The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

When Marcel arrived at a nobleman's mansion in the city, the ball had already begun, but the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.

When Marcel arrived, the members of the old party surrounded him and began to fuss over him.

With Marcel's arrival, the ball quickly got down to business, and everyone began to analyze the situation in the capital.

The main issue is that the current governor is too harsh on the nobles, and the forces in the north are too powerful, squeezing the living space of the nobles in the capital.

Hearing the nobles' complaints, Marcel scoffed, "You don't actually want to put Augustine on the throne, do you?"

The nobles shook their heads and said, "You must be joking. Augustine is finished. Do you think His Majesty Cliff is still in charge?"

"Oh? So what do you want to do? Don't tell me you brought me here just to watch you dance."

Seeing Marcel's growing impatience, the nobles stopped beating around the bush and said, "Sir Marcel, don't you think those officials from the North are too arrogant?"

"That's right, those officials from the North, just because they followed the Governor earlier, they dare to point fingers at the nobles of our capital."

"Moreover, the Lars family's power has become so great that it's hard to tell whether this kingdom belongs to the governor or the Lars family!"

At this moment, a former member of the old party of the nobility cautiously remarked, "His Majesty is still Augustine..."

But no one paid attention to this statement. The nobles were filled with righteous indignation and expressed their determination to help Linde break free from the shackles of the Lars family.

Marcel understood that these people were incompetent and dared not lay a hand on the governor, so they came up with crooked ideas to squeeze out the officials from the North, especially the Lars family, in order to secure their base in the capital.

It sounds reasonable, because the Lars family's power is indeed too great, and many of its high-ranking members are surnamed Lars. This is also related to the fact that Linde initially had very few talented people around him.

Marcel couldn't figure out what Lind was thinking or what his attitude was towards the Lars family.

After all, although the Governor is nominally the patriarch of the Lars family, can you say that the Lars family poses no threat to the Governor at all? Just as these old-party nobles said, if things continue like this, we won't even know who the kingdom will belong to. So if a good opportunity arises, Marcel thinks the Governor might just give those members of the Lars family a warning.

So Marcel asked, "So what? Do you have any dirt on the Lars family?"

One of the nobles shook his head.

"Have you heard any news that the Governor is going to take action against the Lars family?"

The nobles shook their heads.

"Then what are you going to do?"

At this moment, the nobles finally spoke up, asking, "Sir Marcel, have you heard the recent rumors about the tower?"

Marcel nodded and said, "Many high-level professionals have already returned to Cape. I recently heard from the governor that he is trying to find a way to control those high-level professionals."

"That's right. The management isn't very strict right now, so there are already some high-level professionals lurking in the capital."

Upon hearing this nobleman's words, Marcel suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, the nobleman continued, "The governor is not so dependent on the Lars family's power anymore, and the Lars family's current power is mostly based on the governor's wife."

"Although the Governor has no intention of changing his position, Sir Marcel, do you think it's possible that the situation will be reshuffled after the Governor's wife dies?"

Hearing this, Marcel broke out in a cold sweat. "If you're looking to die, don't drag me down with you!"

But the nobles seemed unsatisfied and continued, "The Governor's wife also has a younger sister, though still young, but to prevent the Lars family from being shameless..."

At this moment, some other nobles who had been summoned, like Marcel, asked, "Are you kidding me? The Governor's wife is a sixth-rank knight, isn't she? Although the Governor's wife is currently mainly researching weapons, it doesn't mean that she is powerless."

"So we'll have to rely on those high-level professionals who have already infiltrated the capital. Gentlemen, do you remember the Black Crow Gang from back then?"

Although the Black Crow Secret Society's assassination attempt in the North failed, their assassination attempt in the capital was successful. Moreover, with the return of the Black Crow Secret Society's high-ranking professionals, the success rate of assassinations has greatly increased.

In an instant, Marcel's aversion to stupidity kicked in. The thought of this being discovered sent chills down his spine. But if you call these nobles stupid, they actually know that the perfect window of opportunity for a high-level professional to infiltrate the capital when the capital's security measures are not yet in place is the time when such opportunities will no longer exist once the governor has taken control of those high-level professionals.

Marcel originally thought that these nobles had heard some rumors and wanted to give the Lars family, whose power had become too bloated, a normal thing, and even the governor would turn a blind eye.

But little did they expect that these nobles were lighting lamps in the toilet—looking for shit!

"Not only that, to avoid being exposed, the Black Crow Secret Society did not require us to pay immediately. We only needed to provide them with financial assistance from time to time, and we could also use other methods to pay off the debt."

I see. This way, it's less likely to be exposed. Moreover, Marcel also realized that if these nobles' plan succeeds, the Black Crow Secret Society can use this method to control the nobles in the capital and thus interfere in politics.

"Sir Marcel, all of this is for the future of our royal family and nobility. We must unite!"

These nobles watched Marcel's decision with great anticipation.

But after a moment of silence, Marcel asked, "Gentlemen, do you think it's possible that many nobles in the capital were spared because of the governor's wife's protection?"

Is it possible that even within the army, there are many women associated with the governor's wife?

"Gentlemen, I'm a little confused by your opinions."

......

At this moment, in the capital, Raven, a high-ranking professional who had returned from the Black Raven Secret Society, was overlooking the entire capital from the bell tower of a church. Although the capital's defenses were much stronger than during Augustine's reign, it made no difference to a top assassin like Raven.

Although he didn't know the final outcome of the nobles' discussions, Raven knew that once the nobles began to hesitate, there would be no turning back, and he would manipulate them to become the mastermind behind the country.

Once they entered the secular world, the high-level professionals, now free from constraints, began to stir up undercurrents. Raven decided to strike first; once he controlled the center of a country, he could have as many resources as he wanted.

Just as Raven was feeling his legs getting tired and wondering why the nobles hadn't finished their discussion, a group of people slowly entered the capital.

A group of Lars Knights, clad in massive and powerful armor, were talking to two people. Although both sides were still somewhat wary, it was clear that they were at least communicating normally.

Raven's eyes widened immediately. Weren't those two Myron and Sidney?

Myron had always been fairly well-behaved, and his calm and peaceful interactions with the Lars Knights were normal. But the arrogant Sidney seemed to have been beaten up, now with a bruised and swollen face, obediently following behind Myron.

That doesn't make sense, does it? There weren't any high-level professionals among those Lars Knights. Could it be that Myron did it? Given how inseparable the two of them were, would Myron really bring himself to do it?

So who else has the ability to beat that Thunder Sidney like this?

Something was wrong; the raven sensed that something was amiss.