NOVEL WEB Chapter 595: -74- Flattery and Amazement
A Legendary Bloodline made a move, and the interrogation was naturally a success.
Count Corimo, completely terrified without much effort from Albrecht, spilled everything he knew.
"So it is, planning to activate the Roman family's contract through the blood of Roman within Count Castel, thereby gaining Romannus's Divine Artifact..." Albrecht raised his eyebrows slightly.
He looked at Count Corimo with an inexplicable expression, quite odd:
"To actually target that Lord, I don't know whether to say you're too bold or just unlucky..."
"Still, even not mentioning that person's power... What were you thinking, such a blatant kidnapping, did you really think the other Nobles would be blind to this?"
Upon hearing Albrecht's question, Count Corimo swallowed his saliva, tremblingly responded: This chapter is part of the collection on MV2LEMP2YR.
"We... we planned to pin this kidnapping on the Bloodline members within Falling Star, and then... as saviors, 'rescue' Lord Count Castel."
"The Bloodline members from Falling Star are too cunning, they've already infiltrated the high levels of the Kingdom, even some members of the Royal Family have turned to their side..."
"The New Moon Diocese is too preoccupied with its own issues, and the Royal Court Church of Falling Star has long been in name only, we had no choice but to adopt this method to fight against the Bloodline."
Hearing Count Corimo's words, Albrecht was quite surprised:
"It's actually a plan to kill three birds with one stone, if successful, you could have gained the Divine Artifact, stabilized the succession rights, struck at the Bloodline of Falling Star, and had the chance to win the friendship of the Northern Land and even an alliance with Castel..."
"Wow, this scheme, was it thought up by the Duke named Conte? He really is a clever one!"
Speaking, without waiting for Count Corimo's reply, Albrecht muttered to himself:
"No wonder the Nais Clan has been restless lately, they're planning to roll out the Returning Star Plan early, it seems... they're also preparing for the Holy Presence Day."
"What kind of deal did these guys make... to even earn the silent consent or even support of that one?"
Albrecht pondered.
Really, a Bloodline member could infuriate another Bloodline member.
His own Blood Demon Church was chased around the New Moon Kingdom like dogs by the True Ancestor, facing reports and raids, even he, the third Dark Apostle, was beaten up and forcibly turned into a Blood Servant...
The situation was much better for the Nais Clan.
Despite not knowing the identity of the True Ancestor, they could still coexist peacefully with the True Ancestor, even gaining support!
Without the blessing of the Divine, it was the Nais Clan who was the main force infiltrating Castel; when it came to kicking someone who's down, they were not missing either, the Nais Clan!
Albrecht really felt a bit sour at this moment.
Looking at the "girl" whose expression was ever-changing and the guards and Attendants turned into puppets around him, Count Corimo shivered and then steeled himself to say:
"Your... Your Excellency! I've told everything I know! We had no intention to harm Lord Castel, we only resorted to this desperate measure to avoid the division of the Roman family..."
"Enough, to be honest, I don't care at all about whatever tricks you're up to, whether it's kidnapping Count Castel or harming Count Castel, or dealing with the Nais Bloodline, stabilizing the Royal Authority of Falling Star... If you could really do it, I might be quite happy, even cheering for you, but unfortunately... you are just overestimating yourselves, merely a cause for laughter."
Albrecht shook his head.
After speaking, he lazily glanced at the trembling Count Corimo, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes:
"The nobility of humanity, that's all the merit you have."
With that, a dark gleam flashed in his hand, tendrils of black lines like tentacles burst forth, rushing towards Count Corimo.
Seeing those black lines identical to the ones on the other "puppets," Count Corimo's expression dramatically changed, he cried out in terror:
"No! Don't kill me! Please don't kill me! I'll do anything! Anything!"
Albrecht didn't even glance at him, letting the black threads wrap around him, and soon, Count Corimo's eyes lost their luster, becoming indistinguishable from the others.
Only then did Albrecht dip his body slightly.
He motioned with his hand, and Count Corimo, like the others, stiffly saluted him.
"Kill you? Ha, I would like to kill you; I've been in a bad mood lately, itching to rid myself of some blind fools."
"If it weren't for the concern of truly affecting the True Ancestor's plan, you'd all be my living corpses!"
Albrecht glanced over the "puppets" around him, speaking menacingly.
Saying this, he drained the cup of tea in one gulp, touched his chin:
"All right, now that the conspiracy is unveiled, what to do next..."
"Should I continue to disguise my identity, or control the puppets to sabotage the Roman family's plan, or maybe... play along with their scheme?"
Imagining the potential amusement, a hint of interest surfaced on Albrecht's face.
However, he quickly came to his senses, stunned for a moment, and with a complex expression, he mockingly said to himself:
"Tsk, I've really gotten used to the identity of a Blood Servant, already knowing to consider what to do next..."