The Villain Saint is my secondary account

"Chief Mage, it's not that I didn't want to come, but my residence was attacked just last night."

“Oh, then I apologize on your behalf, Mr. Isaac, but that should not be a reason for you to trespass into the palace.”

"Chief Mage, you flatter me. You just completed the foundation-building ceremony this morning. Have you already forgotten?"

"I was avenging the king..."

“What a coincidence, me too,” Isaac said slowly, revealing a somewhat sinister smile.

"Ridiculous! If that's really what you're thinking, why are you protecting Evans?" Bazel looked at the palace guards. "What are you all standing there for? Quickly take down this intruder!?"

The royal guards and knights, who were already confused about the situation, immediately drew their guns and swords and rushed towards Isaac.

"Your Highness... we need to help this commander..." Ye Xiao quickly reminded Skadi, "He's probably here to help you."

"Huh?" Skadi's eyes were clear. How did this have to do with her again?!

But since it was Ye Xiao speaking, Skadi naturally had no objections and immediately shouted, "In the name of the royal family, all of you step back! Uncle Isaac is also an earl of the empire, he has the right to speak here!!"

The dizzy royal guards couldn't help but stop in their tracks.

“Your Highness, you…” Bazel looked at Skadi with some surprise.

“The Royal Guards and the Royal Knights are loyal to the Palace. Is it wrong for me to give them orders?” Skadi replied with her arms crossed and a cool demeanor.

"You're right, Your Highness. I misjudged you just now." Bazel could only swallow his words with a sullen face.

Prince Raymond, though helpless, had no right to stop Isaac from speaking, since the other party hadn't mentioned him, and forcibly obstructing him would only make him seem guilty.

Isaac looked at the eldest princess with the same surprise. He had been prepared to fight, but Skadi had helped him at the crucial moment.

But Skadi simply nodded at him, signaling him to continue.

Isaac turned around and stared into Bazel's eyes. "...Chief Mage, I stopped you from killing Prince Evans, of course, because he didn't kill the King."

"His Highness Evans did indeed have connections with the Samuel Clinic, an organization of dubious origin that worships supernatural powers, but he should have just proven that he had nothing to do with the regicide. The evidence that shows he was not in the palace that night is still in perfect order."

"Take advantage of his madness and confusion, and execute him as a king killer to settle this matter. Chief Mage, if you truly care about His Majesty Harold, you shouldn't do this."

"So you mean, who is the murderer of the late king?"

"Since Evans didn't kill the former king, then who gave you the image crystal that shows 'Evans' assassination attempt on His Majesty'?"

Bazel paused for a moment, then slammed his staff on the floor. "Enough! Stop talking nonsense!"

“At first I thought that His Highness Evans was trying to silence me because I witnessed him entering and leaving the room on the day of the king’s assassination, and then heard that I wanted to expose his regicide at the coronation ceremony.” Isaac ignored Bazel and continued.

"But the reality seems to be different?"

Bazel raised his staff, about to interrupt Isaac, but then he noticed Raymond giving him a barely perceptible shake of his head.

Isaac couldn't possibly have any concrete evidence, and forcibly interrupting him in front of so many people would only raise suspicion.

After all, Prince Raymond never personally accused Evans of regicide, so the flames of war never reached him.

Bazel then gently lowered his staff, as if beginning to listen carefully to and ponder Isaac's words.

Seeing that the other party hadn't fallen for his trick, Isaac smirked, but continued:

"The reason I was being hunted down was because the Crown Prince heard that I had evidence to expose his relationship with Samuel Clinic, so he sent assassins to eliminate me completely."

"Thanks to the adjutant who tried to kill me for sharing his knowledge, I now understand that the real reason I was being hunted down is completely different from what I actually thought it was."

"Then who tampered with the information about me that the First Prince received?"

Chapter Eighty-Three Should be

Isaac's words echoed in the hall, and all the nobles held their breath and listened intently.

“Unfortunately, although I understand who is ultimately behind this, I have no proof,” Isaac said.

"Then what nonsense are you spouting?" Bazel gripped his staff tightly. "Are you just playing with us?"

“There is no evidence, but I have reasons to choose my side.” Isaac said, but this time he looked at Prince Raymond beside him. “Excuse me for being blunt, but the royal family is basically rotten to the core.”

"Isaac, watch your words!" Bazel was taken aback when Isaac suddenly uttered such a sentence, and his heart trembled slightly.

"I ask you all, do you really think that only the First Prince Evans worships evil spirits?"

"The long worm that appeared inside the Second Prince Ken's body when he died must have been something no one has heard of, right?"

"The former king, who was once known as a wise ruler, suddenly became so delirious and listless, like a walking corpse. Has none of you ever wondered why?"

"Since then, the Queen has jumped from the palace hall and fallen into the deep pool of the waterfall at the foot of Mount Vallond. Has none of you thought about investigating the reason?"

"Even when the king was assassinated a week ago, the Royal Guard and the Knights were in charge of the investigation, but has anyone of you studied the details of the case or analyzed the killer?"

"No, because it doesn't involve your vital interests, so you don't care."

"Even though the king's body is still warm, you don't really care who killed him. What you're considering is how much benefit you can gain from this royal election!"

"That's why evil spirits breed within the royal family, and the palace becomes an iron cage for demons to fight!"

"Because you are afraid, not of evil forces and the strange, but of whether your interests will be harmed as a result!"

"But as long as you remain nobles, and your families can still bleed the empire dry, you don't care whether the people above you are human or demons!"

"So what I'm saying is terrible, it's not just about the royal family."

"That includes you, and myself, a bunch of nobles who consider themselves the elite of the empire!"

"They're all absolutely rotten!!!"

"Isaac, are you crazy? Do you know what you're saying?!" Bazel's eyes widened.

"Of course I know, what I want to know is whether you know what I'm talking about!?"

"In my quest to uncover the truth behind Queen Cassandra's death, I have toiled in the shadows until now, and only now do I realize that her death was not caused by any one person, but by the entire despairing Loren!!"

“I am covered in filth myself, so I know I am not very clean either.”

"But I will not watch the empire sink into darkness again, even if it means using every means necessary, because this is the oath I swore to the late king!"

“Your Highness Raymond, I truly have no way to overthrow you and the gods behind you, or the evil that planted the worm within Evans.”

“But I believe someone can do all of this, and that sign has long appeared in the legends of the Empire.”

As Isaac spoke, his gaze fell upon Skadi, who still looked bewildered beside the throne.

The surrounding crowd and royal guards couldn't help but make way, as if the sea had spontaneously split in two, leaving the land in between.

He walked straight up to Skadi, then clenched his fist and knelt on one knee. "Forgive me for not saying it earlier, because I always felt it was too early. But Your Highness, the situation is urgent now, and I must say that you are Loren's only hope."

"Please allow me to follow you, for only your pure soul, recognized by the bloodline of the Twin Dragons, can lead us to fight against the evil spirits lurking in the darkness."

"Huh???" Skadi never expected that this conversation would somehow turn around and involve her.

"Quickly, Your Highness..." Ye Xiao whispered, "Speak out and show your determination to participate in the imperial selection..."

“But…” Skadi looked at the gazes of all the nobles in the hall and her throat trembled slightly with surprise.

Even if Ye Xiao said that, it was still too sudden, and she was not prepared at all.

She was indeed indignant about Isaac's speech, but she didn't expect to be the one to lead it.

She did indeed boast to Ye Xiao, but, but...

Ye Xiao noticed Skadi's helplessness and shrugged helplessly.

When you were pursuing me in the lounge, you said all those things so well, why can't you pull them off now?

You can't afford to falter at this crucial moment, Your Highness. If you're truly speechless, then I'll have to ask someone else to help you get back into the swing of things.

"Ha, you actually believe fairy tales? How pathetic, Chief Isaac."

Just then, a light and melodious voice echoed and once again captured everyone's ears.

Ella, hiding behind Prince Raymond and covering her hands, squinted at Skadi with a disdainful and mocking expression. "After all that absurd monologue, isn't it just because of Evans' downfall that you want to find a new faction leader as a puppet?"

"Perhaps only you would think that someone like me, who was defeated by him, is qualified to stand on the same level as our Prince Raymond?"

"In the end, to put this kind of guy on the throne for the imperial election, and even the other nobles in your faction don't want to support him, is truly embarrassing."

"If you ask me, you might as well just admit defeat. Don't you find this pointless struggle ridiculous?"

After hearing Ella's words, Ye Xiao could feel the temperature around him gradually rising.

"Aila-Havier!!!" Skadi gritted her teeth, her azure pupils almost spitting fire.

Ye Xiao had previously discovered that Ella could be used as a potential unlocker for this guy, after all, it's hard to say whether Ella contributed even half the credit to Skadi's awakening of her twin dragon bloodlines.

So, when Ella poured a bucket of oil on Skadi, the First Princess indeed began to unleash her power.

Skadi stared at Ella's disdainful face, her fists clenched tightly.

But she managed to control her anger first, and then bent down to help Isaac, who was kneeling on the ground, to his feet.

"Please get up, Uncle Isaac."

“I… I am not qualified enough to be a suitable heir to the throne.”

"I am not wise enough, nor do I have a meticulous mind or strong military force."

"But as a member of the Loren royal family, I will shoulder this responsibility."

"I'm sorry, but at this moment you, who are hoping for the bright future of the empire, have no choice but to follow such an clumsy person as me."

“But,” Skadi raised her head, her eyes fixed on Prince Raymond and Ella, who was half-hidden behind him, “as long as evil spirits roam the Empire, as long as there is one follower willing to follow me.”

"I will do everything in my power to drive them out of the empire!"

"Therefore, I, Skadi Betis, will become the King of the Loren Empire!!!"

Chapter 84 Effective Teaching

The afternoon's palace council finally came to an end.

Skadi and Isaac's statements were one aspect, but more importantly, the factional vacancy that arose after the fall of the Crown Prince, the leader of the conservative faction, needed to be filled.

Therefore, although this hearing was the final stage, Skadi's announcement of her candidacy has opened a new chapter in the royal election.

Since it was getting late and the downfall of the First Prince Evans meant that the factions needed time to reshuffle their power, the next Royal Council meeting was scheduled for two weeks later.

Isaac's impassioned speech and Skadi's promises garnered support from some smaller factions with similar goals, but the largest old noble families in the Evans faction had not yet made their positions clear.

Clearly, as the oldest noble power in the empire, they were still considering many deeper things.

Night fell quickly.

In the palace atop Mount Valond, in the bedroom of the fourth prince, Prince Raymond sat upright on a soft chair, his hands clasped around his knees, his head slightly bowed.

This restrained demeanor was something no outsider had ever seen before, yet here he was in his own bedroom, looking so timid and fearful, like a child being scolded.

"So, at the last minute, you actually let a new opponent emerge?"

A clear and ethereal sound echoed in the bedroom.

On the table in front of the soft chair, a fingertip wearing a lace glove pinched a white pawn piece on the chessboard and gently pushed it forward, knocking down a black chariot piece.

"So easily dragged into a king-versus-king situation by a mere soldier?"

"Teacher, I... I was just thinking..."

"Thinking of Ella Hayville?"

"No...no! No!" Prince Raymond swallowed hard, his voice trembling. "I never imagined that Isaac would survive and even get involved with my good-for-nothing sister!"

Have you received any reports confirming Isaac's death?

"No……"

"No, you didn't expect him to appear at the imperial selection?"

"I thought... I thought he wouldn't dare to come back..."

"Of course you would think that, because you have Ella Hayville all you can think about."

“Teacher, I really didn’t…” Cold sweat dripped down Raymond’s forehead.

"Your eyes said it all when that woman's hand was bitten by Evans."

“I…” Raymond gripped his knees tightly, opened his mouth, but ultimately remained speechless.

If the other party can see through your thoughts and emotions to a certain extent, making foolish excuses will only make them angrier.