Benjamin, clenching his teeth so hard that the muscles in his jaw stood out, nodded his head.

Since magic was as diverse as fingerprints for each individual, there were thousands, if not tens of thousands, of branches of magic in this world. However, the traits were somewhat similar among relatives with connected bloodlines. Therefore, magic was often used to examine relatives.

“In other words, the magic engraved in the evidence of this bloodline clearly belongs to Greta, but it is also similar to Viscount Everrium’s.”

Yulrian said, lifting the badge of evidence on the table, which had exhausted its usefulness. And this was the reason why Viscount Everrium had to die. Jürgen muttered with a relieved voice.

“To kill your own father, who tried so hard to gain recognition just to hide the fact that you attacked Yulrian.”

Greta was not human.

At that moment, Hwangseong.

“Even if it is said that Viscount Everrium, the father of Empress Hwangbi, has died in a fire, it’s still a national matter.”

“But isn’t the Chief Executive a bit too ahead of us?”

“I think the same. But the problem is……”

The substitutes gathered in the conference room were making a noisy fuss. Although they had been told to lower their voices, since the words were not just one or two, the conference room was buzzing like a market.

The reason they urgently gathered today, which was not a regular meeting day, was because of the disaster that occurred last night.

“How many people must have died in a huge mansion that caught fire?”

“Moreover, it’s a disaster where the lord also lost his life.”

In reality, there was only Greta in the direct line of Viscount Everrium, and there was only one son who would become the Emperor under Greta’s unfortunate fate. Therefore, Viscount Everrium’s direct line would be passed on to Greta. And the fact that the successor had passed on meant that the direct lineage was cut off.

Even if there were descendants, they could no longer be called a legitimate aristocracy. However, despite knowing this situation, or rather, because of it, Greta insisted that it had to be dealt with as a national matter, just as Yulrian’s path had to be dealt with as Chief Executive.

“No, seriously…… Why is it such a big deal that a magician alone couldn’t escape from a burning mansion?”

“Who else could it be? It’s not like someone tried to save them but couldn’t. It’s more embarrassing, isn’t it?”

“It’s embarrassing because it’s embarrassing. Isn’t it noisy when an empty wagon makes a lot of noise?”

The words of the substitutes were gradually crossing the line. In fact, it was expected that there would be complaints. Acting as Chief Executive meant opening the national treasury to hold a funeral, and that national treasury was filled by nobles.

In other words, the longer the Chief Executive lasted, the more taxes, which were not taxes but taxes levied by nobles in the name of proving loyalty, would increase.

However, on that day, no one raised a word to Hisscliff, who led the meeting in place of Greta.

“Her Highness Hwangbi has lost her parents and family.”

It was a rather concise and seemingly irrelevant remark, but in the minds of some of those present, a flaw that they had not yet considered quickly passed by.
If the real power behind the scenes in the Soljerion Empire is Windsor, Everrium was the only leash of Hwangbi, the de facto ruler of Soljerion without an Emperor and Empress. That leash has been cut. The person who could convey words to Hwangbi is now gone from this world.

Moreover, the story that Hisscliff uttered with a mournful expression silenced the words of the substitutes.

“More investigation may be needed, but it seems like… suicide.”

Although it was known that the death was not due to a common accident or arson, the one who set the fire was said to be Viscount Everrium himself. Somehow, there was no need for water.

“Could it be that last night, an attack on Windsor… happened… Is that really true, huh?”

As one of the substitutes was muttering, someone hurriedly covered their mouth.

The news that Hisscliff, in front of Windsor’s townhouse, had staged a protest shouting loudly spread widely and even reached the ears of the central substitutes. The incident that I wanted to ignore and pretend not to know suddenly came to mind.

‘Come to think of it, Viscount Everrium loved his grandson so much.’

‘Did he harm Windsor Lady… because the Second Prince was broken by his inability to forget her?’

‘And, as the retribution for that crime, Viscount Everrium, who was to pass on the lordship, set fire to himself and ended his own life…’

Everything went according to Greta’s will.