* Bang! *
Another coffin appeared in the meeting hall of the Lion's Roar Fort.
The guard carrying the coffin reported loudly, "Young Master Joyce, we found this corpse in Butler Durrington's room."
Viscounts Valla stepped forward to examine the coffin and said with a sorrowful expression, "That's right, this is indeed my father's body!"
"Framing! This is framing! " Joyce shrieked, his little face full of anger and fear, "You are framing the butler!"
Looking at Joyce who had lost his composure, Colin smiled faintly, "Young Master Joyce, you can't slander an upright knight for no reason."
Knight Louis immediately stood up and questioned, "If Butler Durrington really plotted to kill Count Oman, why would he deliberately hide the other party's corpse in his room?"
Colin seemed to be prepared as he explained unhurriedly, "Because he wanted to find something on Count Oman's body."
"What is it?"
"The Duke Of St. Hilde's will!"
"Will?!"
For a moment, everyone cried out in shock.
Knight Louis also looked at Colin in bewilderment, various thoughts flashing through his mind. He did not dare to speak for a moment.
"The Duke Of St. Hilde left behind a will?" It seemed to be the first time Akani knew of the existence of this will, her beautiful eyes staring unblinkingly at Colin.
"Of course." Colin pointed at Viscounts Valla, indicating for her to explain.
Viscounts Valla immediately took out a scroll of parchment and said in a deep voice,
"I just found this will in my father's room. It was also this will that caused my father's death!"
With that, Viscounts Valla handed the will to Akani and said respectfully, "Your Eminence, please read the duke's will."
Akani took the parchment. Although she looked calm on the surface, her heart was in turmoil.
Even if she had not read the contents of the will, she could already guess what was written in it.
Seeing how fearless Colin and Valla were, this will definitely make Vera the heir!
Moreover, Colin and Valla's performance just now made Akani realize a cruel fact —
The Oman family was already on Vera's side!
This was the most fatal!
The Oman family's betrayal meant that Joyce's faction had completely lost control of Winter City.
There was still the Golden Lion Legion loyal to Vera outside the city. Under such circumstances, even if the city defense was still in Joyce's faction, they would not be able to cause any trouble.
That was why Colin dared to kill Butler Durrington in front of everyone and unscrupulously framed Butler Durrington.
Once one had absolute power, one would have the right to speak.
It was like a country holding a tube of detergent could claim that another country had weapons of mass destruction.
What was important was not the authenticity of the evidence, but whether or not one had the ability to shut the doubters up.
Now, Colin Now.
Akani's heart was heavy. She knew that she had to make a new choice.
She slowly unfolded the parchment. Under everyone's expectant gaze, she opened her red lips and read aloud:
"I, Cyril St. Hilde, as the 17th Dukes Of The North, confer on Vera St. Hilde the title of Marquess of the Northern Frontier. After my death, she will inherit the position of Dukes Of The North and wield the authority of the Northern Frontier. She will inherit the glory of St. Hilde …"
"Impossible! This is impossible! "Joyce's sharp and childish voice rang out again.
There was no longer any arrogance in his voice. Instead, it was replaced by endless fear and anger.
"I don't believe it! I am father's first heir! How can father let Vera inherit the position of Duke? Let me see, let me see! "
Joyce stretched out his trembling hand and asked to see the will with his own eyes.
However, Akani ignored his request and said lightly, "This is indeed the handwriting of the Duke Of St. Hilde. There is no problem with the badge."
This represented the church's acknowledgment of the validity of the will!
Colin smiled. This beautiful archbishop's ability to take advantage of the situation was very skillful.
However, her understanding of the situation also saved him a lot of trouble.
"Let me see, I want to see!" Joyce was still shouting unrelentingly.
However, Akani did not seem to hear his request at all. She kept the will and handed it back to Viscounts Valla.
Viscounts Valla also ignored Joyce and kept the will close to her body.
Joyce was completely ignored.
"You … You …" The little boy's face turned red. His body began to tremble, and his eyes were filled with disbelief and fear.
This young child had experienced the bitterness of the hypocrisy of the world prematurely.
However, no one present had the time to care about the mental health of a child, especially after the child had lost the halo of being the Duke's heir.
Viscounts Valla continued to explain, "Father told me that when he arrived at Winter Castle three days ago, Butler Durrington found him and showed him this will.
However, the butler did not take out this will to execute it. Instead, he wanted to destroy it completely and help Young Master Joyce ascend to the throne!
Therefore, father pretended to help the butler destroy this will, but in fact, he secretly replaced it and hid the real will.
Knight Louis was also present at that time, and he can testify. "
Everyone's eyes instantly focused on Knight Louis.
At this moment, Knight Louis also understood that the situation was hopeless. The Oman family's betrayal had made it impossible for Joyce to ascend to the throne.
Moreover, the will was not destroyed.
At this moment, Knight Louis even suspected that Count Oman had been playing a spy all along.
Could it be that the Oman family had always supported Vera?
Had he been fooled from the beginning?
Knight Louis fell into deep fear and confusion. Faced with Valla's questioning, he hesitated for a moment before nodding and admitting the truth of the matter.
With Knight Louis' approval, Viscounts Valla became more confident and continued to speak.
"The moment father saw the Duke's will, he had already decided to support Miss Vera. However, Butler Durrington insisted on helping Young Master Joyce ascend to the throne. He even claimed that he had already united the various forces in the city to force father to join them.
Father had no choice but to pretend to agree.
However, when Viscount Angley entered the city on behalf of Miss Vera, father immediately formed an alliance with him and wanted to lead the family army out of the city to fight against the rebels with the Golden Lion Legion!
However, Butler Durrington saw this as a betrayal, so he secretly contacted the Dwarves and arranged for an assassin to kill father cruelly.
After killing father, Durrington wanted to find the will on father's body. That was why the assassin left father's body and only took father's head to leave Lion's Roar Fort to report back.
However, what they did not know was that father had been hiding this will in his room. "
After listening to Viscounts Valla's story, everyone present fell into silence for a moment.
It seemed that everything about Earl Oman's death had a reasonable explanation, but whether this explanation was the truth was not that important anymore.
They all understood that Viscounts Valla's story was just a high-sounding excuse. The real factor was Vera's crushing military strength.
Therefore, when Viscounts Valla decided to side with Vera, the situation in Winter City was already set.
Butler Durrington had to be a traitor, not because of the "truth" Viscounts Valla just said, but because of the Oman family's army and the Golden Lion Legion outside the city.
Colin coughed lightly and said righteously, "Durrington colluded with the rebels to murder Earl Oman. His crime is punishable by death!
Does anyone have any objections? "
His gaze swept across the faces of everyone present.
Joyce was already in a daze after such a huge blow. He stood there motionless as if he had lost his soul.
Knight Louis had already lowered his head. At this moment, he was only thinking about how to save his life.
Knight Chester had always maintained a neutral stance, so he remained silent at this moment.
As for Archbishop Ajani, after meeting Colin's gaze, she smiled and nodded.
"Yes, Viscount Angele, I agree with what you did!" Angele said in a low voice.
Colin also smiled with satisfaction. "It is my honor to receive your recognition, Archbishop. However, I still hope that you can find someone to repair the church and not let the tragedy of Knight Thomas happen again. "
These words meant that Knight Thomas was indeed killed by the collapsed church. It was Colin's repayment for Ajani's change in stance.
Ajani also understood the meaning behind Colin's words, and the smile on her face became even brighter.
Colin's action of returning the favor made her understand that he was someone she was willing to cooperate with.
In this case, it was acceptable for Vera to become a Duchess.
"Viscount Angley, don't worry. We will definitely reinforce the church and not let such an accident happen again.
Now, let's welcome Miss Vera into Winter City as soon as possible. "
"As you wish!"
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