Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
Chapter 135: The Puppet Behind the Table
"where...me?" one of the kitchen attendants in charge of taking care of the entrails of the academy students was suddenly held captive by several people on the way back to his house.and now, here he is.a damp, cramped, cramped place, and pretty narrow.
he had thought about why he was here now, but after pondering for a while, the man began to understand the reason.he poisoned the Princess, one of the symbols of the royal family.know what he was going to face later on, he started to understand the reason, The man began to roar in his chair, but his body which was now bound by chains could not do much.he just shouted indistinctly while still breaking free.
from outside the room, Issac and Wolf continued to watch over him.he intended to immediately interrogate the man but decided to restrain himself first. it was certain that he was the one responsible for Aurellia's daughter's illness. Before she took the information from this man, there was something they had to do first and this would determine the course of the interrogation.
after waiting for a while, someone in simple clothes came to them. In his hands, he had already gotten what Issac and Wolf wanted. After giving something to Issac, the plain-clothed person resigned.
the one in charge of interrogating was not Issac but Wolf. Issac was just watching by standing at the door of the room.he handed this affair to Wolf, who had had a lot of experience and methods to retrieve information from someone in various ways.
Issac came in and stood at the door while the wolf continued forward holding a chair and sitting on it. Now, he was confronted by the man who was the perpetrator of the attempted murder. looking at him with a casual look but while leaking his killing intent, despite being smiling.
"just relax. don't strain. I don't like to use violence at all. Depending on how far you work together, we make sure that you won't get hurt."
the man before him suddenly fell silent.he was still panicking.even very worried.but it seemed, he decided not to cooperate with Wolf for some reason.
but Wolf did not mind about it at all. by remaining calm and relaxed, he let out a few questions from his mouth.
"as I've said, we won't hurt you as long as you're willing not to hide anything.My first question, are you the one who poured poison into the princess' lunch?"
the man again did not budge.he still did not say anything. Actually this is just a rhetorical question. Wolf already knew very well that one hundred percent of the people who were suspects of the incident were people who were in front of him, therefore, he remained relaxed. while occasionally reading some of the files in his hands.
"well, it doesn't matter if you don't want to answer that. No or yes it won't change the fact that you did it. but most importantly...ah forget this case first.how is your family doing? are they okay?"
at first the man in front of him tilted his head in a daze.he thought to what does the mysterious person with the wolf mask in front of him mince words with him? but then he realized that the question had other intentions, and it made him very angry even though he was struck by fear.
"DON'T TOUCH MY FUCKING FAMILY! IF YOU TOUCH THEM, THEN..."
"then? hmmm, do you not intend to continue? well, I think you know what your position is now. Name, Michael.you live in a suburb of the academy, a simple but comfortable house. one man and one woman.really a happy family huh."
the man, Michael, feels he is getting desperate.He is indeed afraid of being tortured and afraid of death, but he does not want his family to get involved in this.
it was a teddy bear and a miniature horse carriage made of wood.There were certain scratches on both toys.
"Well, as you can see, we're not going to hurt you. ah no, no. neither are we going to hurt your beloved family. The proof is, now they're playing together. in another room."
Michael's body trembled when he heard what Issac said, meaning his wife and two children were in the same place with him. Just different room only.no need to think twice, no need to think twice, he told me everything about this incident.
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Michael is the head of the kitchen who is responsible for the food consumed by the students of the academy.His responsibility is not only limited to the commoners.he also regulates the schedules and meals of the nobles.
Michael lives well.along with his small family they live in a simple house.although not too big, They are classified as people who are able to remember him including important people in the academy.
but he has one of the bad habits that cause a lot of trouble. a few months back, he has a hobby of gambling. occasional wins, but more often loses. In the end, he is addicted. using almost his entire salary and savings to gamble, Michael has a lot of debt. His wife and son did not know his bad habits.To cover his needs, he borrowed money to certain parties with very high interest to cover his daily needs.
some people were sent to collect his debts.They violently tortured Michael and forced him to pay those debts.he had no choice but to sell his personal jewelry to pay off his accumulated debts. but that was not enough, after all, his gambling habits were not lost either so he could not escape their entanglement at all.
however, amidst his increasingly gloomy expectations, he was like getting a light when a person who looked like a very rich merchant appeared before him. he was willing to pay his entire debt provided he was willing to do the thing he wanted. Michael agreed. Despite knowing the act was very dangerous but his eyes were already blind and in the end, with the poison coming from the merchant, he poisoned the princess.
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Wolf and Issac finally find out the main cause. Michael gave no details about who the trader was and from which company, but it was a very easy thing to take care of. Issac had an accurate record of the circulation and purchase transactions of such forbidden poison originating from the Dark Guild.in just one day, in other words tomorrow, in other words tomorrow, he could tell who was responsible for it.
now everything is clear to Issac. Prince Hermann is most likely behind this incident.it seems that the merchant Michael intended to be closely related to the third prince.
Issac whispered something to the wolf and he nodded.The interrogation process was completed and the door of the room opened.A few people dressed in royal army armor closed Michael's eyes with a black cloth and took Michael away. he will be tried and punished for his actions that have tried to kill one of the core of the royal family.
this time, Issac was unforgiving, he might just let Michael go if he did such a thing because his family was being held hostage by the people of the third prince faction. but he did this at his will, which is why he deserves to get the pancake.
Issac also did not let the third prince escape alive.His mind now, he was trying to destroy the third prince faction as well as remove him from the conflict for the throne.