"I'll just kill the King. If what you said is right… it's better to move now and take action than to wait for that future."

Duke Keene stood up almost immediately after what Cassandra just announced.

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"That's right, we can just kill the King and then the soul of the late Duchess can be freed" Gab chimed in.

Cassandra begins to have a headache.

"Duke Keene and commander Gabriel, please calm down. I know that you must be full of hatred right now and so am I and all of the people that are here right now in this meeting…"

Cassandra first thought that she needed to make the Duke think straight. Gabriel also decided to think things through.

He's still one of the representatives of the Bahalkii Kingdom and though he has been loitering around Evelyn he still has the role as one of the Commanders of the Military force of their Kingdom.

It would be difficult if the nobles in the Levingstone Kingdom learned that he have participated in the assassination of the King. It would spark a reason to cause a war in the Levingstone Kingdom and the Bahalkii Kingdom.

Sure… killing the King will maybe be able to solve the vision that she have seen in her dreams but the aftermaths will definitely make things more complicated as it is

If the Duke successfully killed the King in discretion then that would be great!

They can just crown the Crown Prince as the next King and that is if the opposition wouldn't get any funny ideas of making Prince Adley seat on the throne.

And it would lead to a civil war.

Something like that would make the Levingstone Kingdom a battlefield where only the commoners will become cannon fodder while the Nobles will make a lot of money and will try to coveted each other's territory.

"As you know Duke, even if we know that the Crown Prince has a strong backing, Prince Adley has also been gaining supporters that are formidable. The Temple of Light that was supposed to be supporting the Crown Prince has now become one of Prince Adley's hands."

Cassandra gave her honest opinions after she got the gist of the political positions of the Levingstone Kingdom.

"Why would I be afraid of the other nobles? I'm still the Military General of the Levingstone Kingdom. I hold the military power in this Kingdom."

"That's right… Let's say that you would successfully kill King Charles and make Crown Prince Edickart the next King then, what's your next move?" Gil asked.

"What?" Duke Keene looked at the man who had grey hair and smokey eyes. It was the man who introduced himself as Evelyn or rather Adelyn's brother.

"What I'm saying is, how would you proceed after the Crown Prince seat in the throne? Would you think that the soul of the Duchess will miraculously land in your hands? Would the black mana that the temple has been accumulating for many years will be gone as you killed the King? Would Evelyn be safe after you kill the King?"

The sharp tongue of Gil was flipped on and he bombarded the Duke with questions.

"You… who are you to talk like that to me? You-"

"Me? I'm the guy who actually cares for Evelyn. Personally, I don't really care about the soul of your dead wife, or this Kingdom or the lives of you humans…"

"What did you just say?!" Duke Keene who was standing had his hand folds into a fist. And Allan was looking sharply towards Gil.

"I'm participating in this meeting because Evelyn has told me so, but I'm not here to hear some of your whimsical decisions.. If you want to Kill the King then do so, but at least have the mind to think about the safety of the child that you abandoned, at least have the balls to do that."

Meanwhile, Gil has continued his words that are sharper than the knife. He has a lot to say about the Father and Son duo ever since the day that he got connected to Evelyn after she lost her memories.

Silvester, Gab, Ricardo, Sir George and Sir Erich have their eyes open wide. It was shocking that a commoner can talk like that towards one of the highest noble rankings in the Levingstone Kingdom.

Of course, they don't know that Gil is one of the Greater Spirits. One of the noblest, purest and oldest to have ever lived.

"Stop this both of you!"

Cassandra looks back and forth towards Duke Keene and Gil as her anger arises with what she was silently hearing since earlier.

"You!" She stared at the Duke.

"...before you open your mouth and make decisions based on your anger, think about the consequence. You are the representative of your Dukedom, and you are governing the lives of many people. Think about what will happen once a civil war breaks out! You're going to be the first in the list to be assassinated!"

"I can handle my own battle…!" Duke Keene replied.

"Oh really? Then if you can handle your own problems then why does Evelyn and Chrisfold need to rescue you and your army! If Evelyn and Chrisfold have been late even a second you would be 6 feet under now!"

Cassandra has taken out the formal speech and threw it in the trash and let her sharp tongue burn the Duke.

Duke Keene became speechless as he saw the anger pouring out from the witch and the facts that every word she has spoken stings him.

Duke Keene can't retort what Cassandra has said. Seeing this, Cassandra switches to Gil.

"And you…!"

Gil flinched. In the people inside the room, he is the most acquainted to Cassandra, he lived with her in the same roof for about three years. He know how Cassandra can talk about things that will hurt you the most,

The woman is not normal.

Of course it was because she's a witch. She still has the nature of using the enemy's weakness and manipulating it to her advantage and that is what Cassandra is doing right now.

"Act like your age you old man! How can you talk like that when Evelyn is your master?! You don't care about the soul of her mother? Are you seriously saying that about your master? Do you think when Eve heard that she would be happy?"

Gil became quiet and he tried to avoid any eye contact with Cassanrda.

"Look… I know that you have some issues with Eve's family however that is something that Evelyn will need to face on her own. I know that it is frustrating to see your master personally act on her own, but we know that Evelyn has always been dependent on her own self… we personally saw that Gilbert! So, get your act together."

"Yes ma'am…" Gil mumbled.

Cassandra sighs and looks at Bern, Chrisfold, and Alisha. The three spirits that were also with them.

"What? Do you also have some complaints and arguments that you wanted to say now?!"

Alisha shakes her head slowly in response, Bern closed his eyes like he didn't have anything to do about Gil's outburst while Chrisfold was looking at Cassandra, laughing about how she just made the two shut their mouths.

"This is fun…"

"Chisfold!"

"Sorry…" Then, Chisfold made a gesture of zipping his mouth.

Cassandra sighs again.

"I might have visions of what is about to happen but that's only one of the possibilities. If we try to change the future then there are a million possible outcomes which can be worse than the original or it could be a result of a better future…"

While Cassandra was explaining, Sir Erich was whispering to Sir George.

"What the hell just happened?"

Sir George gulped down his nervous nerves and closed his eyes. What just happened was enough for him to sweat buckets at how intense the sharp words were flying back and forth. He wouldn't be surprised if swords were being thrown now or that blood was spilled.

Meanwhile Silvester was genuinely smiling, finding what just happened to be amusing. He has witnessed arguments of the noble families as well as the Royalty.

But he has never seen a straightforward conversation whereas the Duke was mocked straight to his face. It was always an argument with a play of words and hidden meaning so seeing this personally, It was kind of refreshing that he can just give his genuine smile.

Meanwhile, Ricardo, who is the leader of the anti-temple faction has his jaw drop. He also hasn't seen a commoner argue with a noble and still have his head intact.

What's more unbelievable was that it was the Duke of Emsworth which is known to be the notorious conqueror of war. Where he spilled the blood of many foes.

His tales have a hundred songs sung in the plaza. It was about how mighty and how he killed people who mocked him when he first set foot in a battlefield when he was young.

And Adam? Well, he still doesn't give a damn about what just happened. He still has the looks of someone who is here to just participate in a mission.

Cassandra can only sighed again.

"How the hell did Evelyn manage these people…!"