Jason turned around absentmindedly.
Birna Claudio was running towards him with her pink hair fluttering.
"Your Highness! It's Birna! Birna, daughter of Duke Claudio! Please, help me!"
But Jason was more concerned about saving Ost's only remaining child than the regent's daughter.
He gave it his all without hesitation.
"Hey!"
"Your Highness! I... Ha! No! Noo..."
Although Birna ran hard, she could not keep up with the horse.
She could not accept the fact that the kind and gentle Grand Duke Castullo had turned away from her and gone away.
"I, you didn't see me, that's impossible. There's no way His Highness the Grand Duke would pretend not to know me... Aah!"
She was screaming and pulling out her hair.
A blind sword flew over Birna, who was left alone on the battlefield where a fierce battle was still taking place.
"Ahh!"
A terrible pain shot through her back.
Amid the pure white pain, Birna fainted again.
***
Even from atop the distant walls, Medea could spot Jason.
He was seen holding his dead escort and crying.
Even the cowardly sight of him desperately turning away from Birna and running away without even having time to control his anger.
Medea watched the scene with an indifferent face.
'Jason, I told you that I would completely destroy your foothold in using Baldina.'
Nothing will be handed over to him, and everything he holds will be taken away and destroyed by Medea.
In this fake rebellion, it wasn't just Uncle Claudio she was targeting.
'One, two, three... There were four in total, but Tom missed one. Did Ost run away?"
Her ultimate goal was to destroy Jason's hidden secret power and even eliminate the shadowy royal guard that protected him.
Medea was also well aware of the existence of the hermits who protected the bloodline of Alcetas II.
Is it just that she knows it well?
"There is a grudge between you and me that needs to be resolved."
They were also the bodyguards protecting their son Lian.
According to the principle that bloodline is inherited by the eldest son, Jason's first son, Lian, inherited his blood entirely.
They were the first to discover General Jared tormenting Lian in a basket of poisonous snakes and inform Medea.
From then on. Nord and Ost took full responsibility for Lian's security.
"My son is still too young. He doesn't fight demons, so he doesn't need an escort as skilled as you."
Jason opposed it, but he could not break their stubbornness in prioritizing the preservation of the royal bloodline.
'So I trusted them and let Lian into the palace.'
But what came back was the cold corpse of her son.
Medea, while investigating her son's death, discovered that Empress Rachel had allowed them to poison Lian.
Breaking the rule of not interfering in politics, the hermits joined hands with Rachel and betrayed Medea and her son.
"Madam, we no longer wish to live in the shadow of the Imperial Family. The Empress has promised us the power and freedom to stand proudly in the open.
But Valdina is ruined, and what can you, a lady who is not even royalty, give us?"
Jason was also involved in their scheme.
He had already been trying to remove Medea's hat from the end of the expedition.
Rather than investigating his son's death, Jason covered it up to prevent blame from being directed at the Empress.
Her teeth chattered and tears of blood flowed, but she could not repay him.
Because the hermits who had become Rachel's puppets were after Leah as well.
'You will end up dying in this foreign land without a name or honor. I will also take away the shackles of the shadow you so desperately wanted to throw off,'
Medea vividly saw them fall from their horses after being shot with arrows, roll around on the dusty ground, and get trampled by the hooves of their fleeing comrades.
She stepped forward, then shouted down the wall.
"Surrender! Throw down your weapons and surrender, and I will spare your lives!"
The rebels raised their heads. Their eyes were filled with disbelief and confusion.
"Is it really true? You're going to spare us? Wasn't treason just a case of losing your balls?"
"Theo said it was a fake rebellion. We were fooled by the leader from the beginning!"
Then the soldiers on the wall repeated their call again.
"There will be no second chance! Drop your weapons and surrender!"
The captain of the guard could see the Princess's intentions.
'In the end, each and every one of them is a citizen of Valdina.'
Fear only silences you for a moment, but it will eventually explode again.
Rather than executing them all and creating another spark, it would be better to deal with only the leaders who incited the rebellion and show the royal family's generosity, which would leave a deep impression on them and the other people's minds.
Thud. Thud.
The people dropped their weapons and bowed down.
"We didn't know! We really didn't know!"
Whenever they attacked with their sharp blades, they would bow down against the high walls.
They didn't want to die like a dog. They wanted to beg for their life somehow if they could survive.
"Oh. oh my! If this happens..."
The ones standing there, confused, were the mercenaries who had become neither here nor there. Their leader was dead, and Theo had betrayed them.
It was uncertain whether he would be able to save his life, let alone receive the promised gold.
In front of them was the lofty palace, and behind them were the soldiers of Gilliforth.
What more hope is there for them?
They too, with a thud, dropped their weapons.
As the rebels gave up their attacks, the dust and commotion slowly subsided.
In the vast land, there were only those who bowed down.
It was the moment when the civil war disguised as a revolution that the Regent had dreamed of came to a vain end.
Meanwhile, Theo walked out between them.
Everyone held their breath and watched as he took each step towards the gate.
In one hand he held the chief's head.
"Look, Princess of Valdina!"
The boy who reached the wall knelt down toward Medea.
Then he took off his helmet, took out a letter from his bosom, and shook it.
"This is a letter from Regent Claudio to the leader of the rebels. Not Highness the Princess!"
"Huh!"
Saya almost screamed when she saw the young rebel's face revealed through his helmet.
The rebel who had cut off the chieftain's head was Theo, her brother. She quickly covered her mouth. Fortunately, everyone was so focused on Theo that they didn't seem to notice Saya's reaction.
"The chieftains who received aid from the regent bought mercenaries and deceived the people to increase the power of the rebels. Their plan was to use the chaos in the country caused by the rebellion to allow the regent to seize the throne, and it was the price of our people's lives!"
The boy's boiling blood and heartbreaking cries seemed to pierce people's hearts.
At every turn, the anger of the people who were used as mere chess pieces was evident.
So it sounded so true.
"I too am not free from the sin of treason, but I could no longer stand by and watch this country being played into the hands of that detestable hypocrite."
Theo glared at the Regent. Tears of sorrow flowed from his reddened eyes.
"Princess of Valdina! Even if it means beheading me. I beg you to reveal all the harm the Regent has done to this country."
The shadows and the remaining drops of blood on his handsome face that caught the eye reminded him of the difficult times the boy had gone through.
"What, what does this mean? Did I hear something wrong?"
People were shocked by the boy rebel's revelations.
"Are you saying that the Regent, who has been acting so enthusiastically as the savior of the palace, is actually the one who instigated this?"
Dozens of eyes turned to the Regent as if seeking an answer.
The Regent stopped his steps, which were about to step back, and held his ground firmly against the wall.
"Yes, You punk! What nonsense are you talking about! Now that cheap thief is trying to overthrow the throne with his three-inch tongue!"
Thick veins appeared on the neck and the back of the hands.
The Regent became delusional and denied it.
"Oh, my goodness! It's all a conspiracy! It's fake evidence, a scheme to bring me down! Everyone! You don't believe that nonsense, do you? I, Joaquin Claudio, swear by the Goddess that I have never seen or met the traitor!"
The voice that was spewing out sounded very desperate.
It was a time when people were confused by the desperate voice full of resentment.
"Uncle, are you saying that this is also a lie?"
Medea, who had been silently watching them, turned to face the Regent.
Then she extended her arm toward him.
Under the straight hand, a scroll unfolded. At that moment, everyone held their breath.
"...!"
The Regent's heart sank as he looked at the document.
"This is a letter of intent to revolt. At the top are Joaquin Claudio, Uncle, and Samon."
Medea stepped forward and showed the decree to everyone.
So that all the people in this place who guard the royal palace can see it.
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