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Chapter 391

Aden von Agnus chuckled under the radiant sunlight. His lower body was completely gone.

“...I know I’m near my end, but it somehow feels quite empty.”

Jabel had lost it and threw himself at Joshua in a berserk rage and was lying beside Aden now.

“...I really can’t understand,” Joshua muttered.

“Understand?”

“You were in a different situation than the Emperor.”

“Oh, you meant that....” Aden blankly looked up at the ray of sunlight that was shining down through the roof, but a smile crept onto his lips. “What was different?”

“Well...”

“Over the past three years, Marcus ben Britten was tortured over and over again. In the end, he sold his soul to the Demonic Spirit just to get revenge. What part about me makes me different from him?”

Joshua’s eyes widened.

“We’re all just humans. Depending on what environment humans are in, they’re more than capable of changing. From the moment I was born to now, my only drive in life was toppling the Britten Family. That is what my father and my grandfather told me to do even before I could think for myself, and that was the inevitable result when the human named Aden von Agnus started to despise the Britten Family, even though he didn’t even know what those people looked like,” Aden said.

Joshua turned completely silent. Revenge felt very empty even if it succeeded, yet sometimes completing it was the only way to prove oneself.

“By taking the throne away from the Brittens, I was going to complete my revenge—and I would have if you, the variable, hadn’t appeared. But I don’t feel bad even at this moment. Of course, that must be because you’re my son.” Even though he was disappearing, Aden beamed. “What are you going to do now?”

His eyes were pointing at the group of people who were watching him and Joshua from the corner of the council chamber. Cain and Cazes stood at the front looking at him with worried eyes, with Duke Tremblin and hundreds of Imperial Knights behind the two.

“Do you trust them?” Aden asked.

“...I believe they took the necessary measures.”

“Assassinating the Emperor entails the death of the assassin and their entire family, so... my last regret would be dying before I see how you overcome this obstacle.” Aden smiled.

“Do you not have other regrets?”

“Regrets?” Aden quietly repeated. He fixed his eyes on the sun that hung high above them. “Not really. I pulled down the sun with my own hands, so I would say I was actually quite satisfied with my life. My deceased father will welcome me in the otherworld.”

Only Aden’s head remained now, wearing an enigmatic smile. “You don’t have time to ask me questions right now. You not only have to clear your name but also save the princess. I’ll watch how you weather this storm from hell, my son. Ah...”

With Aden’s last gasp, his entire body crumbled away.

Joshua stared into the air for a long moment.

“...Sadly, that won’t be possible since someone who made a deal with the Demon Spirit can’t even go to hell.”

Joshua stood up, ignoring all the watchful eyes he could still feel—he had business with only one person.

“Just like I promised... I’ve taken all the necessary measures.” The First Prince stepped forward after noticing that Joshua was looking at him.

“Thank you.”

“...Don’t. I just agreed with Duke Tremblin, that is all.” Kiser shook his head.

The field investigation had already been completed. Numerous nobles in the council chamber had been slaughtered by none other than Emperor Marcus. The corpses bore clear traces of being attacked by the Sun Sword, the sword technique that only the Brittens could use. However, Marcus, the culprit of the massacre, had disappeared without a trace. If it hadn’t been for the confession of the Emperor’s assassin, Kiser wouldn’t still be able to accept the fact that the Emperor had passed away.

“I’ll ask one more time since we’re already talking... Did His Majesty really sell his soul to the demon?” Kiser asked.

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-You have no reason to do this right now. Everything returned to its original state. Joshua Sanders is practically the hero of this Empire!

“Wh-what does that mean...?”

The people had definitely not expected Kiser’s remark. They were thrown into chaos. Right now, the prince of the Avalon Empire should be more furious than anyone else. How could he say such a thing?

-I’ll get to the point right away.

Kiser quickly added, eager to quell any misunderstandings.

-The previous Duke Agnus did assassinate His Majesty.

“I-I knew it...!”

When the first in line to the throne himself stated it in public, the people felt deeply vindicated.

-That isn’t it! You would all remember Evergrant, the previous royal chief mage, but he conducted an experiment regarding undead using the citizens of the Empire.

“He’s cr-crazy!”

-Duke Aden von Agnus, who is also known as Heimdall, was behind Evergrant.

The confusion was blasted away by a storm of shock rolling over the people. Of course, Kiser was still getting into the important part.

-Evidence will soon be revealed and prove this, but above all...

Kiser cleared his throat.

-The one who took out the previous Duke Agnus was Joshua Sanders, the hero of our Empire.

The people began to murmur among themselves.

“Wh-what did he just say?”

“The previous Duke Agnus is the traitor... but the Martial God killed him.”

“What in the world is going on?”

Under usual circumstances, Joshua was surely the hero that deserved to be praised, but he was also the son of the criminal. Although assassinating an emperor was a very serious crime, a son killing his own father was a crime against humanity.

“To sum up, the previous Duke Agnus assassinated His Majesty, and since the Martial God is the previous Duke Agnus’s son, the right thing to do is to execute him too...”

“Wait, but the Martial God is the one who punished the criminal.”

“But it’s still wrong for a son to kill his own father...”

-It’s my fault!

Now that it had come to this, Kiser, the man with the noblest blood within this empire, willingly bowed to the people.

“Yo-Your Highness?”

-The one who gave the Imperial Order that led him to break the moral law... was me.

“Wh-what...?”

-If Joshua Sanders should be accused of any crime... then it would only be staying loyal to my order as a citizen of the Avalon Empire.

Silence fell upon the area. It turned so quiet that it was hard to believe that tens of thousands of people were gathered there.

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