Swear Fealty To Me, My Subjects!

Chapter 123.2: The Moonlight Queen Under the Table (2)

Before long, Regent Hamilton understood why this prince was so calm.

Rayne said, "Hamilton, the regent of Leta. Was it your idea to lock me here?"

The regent said coldly, "I don't have that much power. This is a joint decision of the palace, Rayne Haines. Your crimes in Leta were enough to have you sent to feed the dragons. You should be grateful that we're not killing you right now."

When Rayne heard that, he merely chuckled indifferently.

"What a joke. Do you guys even want to kill me? You should know the consequences of that very well."

Rayne said coldly, "I'm the Prince of Haines and the successor of the Empire. Haven't you guys suffered enough for your previous assassination attempt on the Empress of Haines?"

The White Tower incident 10 years ago had deeply enlightened the mortal countries about how terrifying Haines was.

Naturally, the regent understood what would happen if they incurred the wrath of Haines again by Leta's capture of the Prince of Haines this time round.

However, the regent's smile was even more disdainful than Rayne's as he questioned, "You're only a prince and not the Emperor yet."

"Think about it yourself, Rayne Haines. Are you really the only choice of Haines?"

Rayne: "You…"

For a moment, no matter how much Rayne controlled his emotions, there was still a hint of panic in his eyes.

Rayne understood the regent's words.

He was only a prince and not an Emperor. There were others who could be the Emperor of Haines still. Furthermore... it was clear that his death would create the opportunity for the other heirs of the throne!

Rayne gritted his teeth and questioned angrily, "Who was the one who instigated you guys?"

Fufufu...

The regent was relieved when he saw Rayne's panic.

So, the reason why this guy had been calm the entire time was because of his status as the prince.

However, when he guessed that the Leta elves were not the only ones who wanted to imprison and kill him…

Immediately, he could not sit still.

Indeed.

That was all there was to this lad.

"The palace of Leta is not instigated by anyone. I've already said, Rayne. We had no choice but to capture you because of your unforgivable crimes. We have a legitimate reason. Tell me, Rayne Haines... you were the one who killed the ancient dragon, Obadiah, right?"

This information came from Grand Prince Edgeworth.

With utmost passion, he helped the palace of Leta come up with a plan to imprison Rayne.

He pulled out the travel records of the Imperial Guards. After checking carefully against Leta's records, both parties quickly discovered something.

Rayne Haines and two Imperial Guards close to him, Hela Haines and Thea Constance... all of them seemed to have appeared at the scene of Obadiah's death.

Furthermore, the time matched the date of Obadiah's death.

Not only that, according to some rumors from the White Light Courtyard, it seemed like Great Teacher Elktela had once said that the murderer of Obadiah was related to Rayne Haines.

Of course, the regent would not believe that a mere mortal and two ordinary Imperial Guards could truly defeat an ancient dragon.

As the regent of Leta...

Nobody understood the power of Obadiah better than him.

That ancient dragon resided in the tundra in the north of Leta all year round. Although he was a threat to Leta, he was also an important guard of Leta.

This ancient dragon with an indestructible nature could crush all the demigods, including the Haines Imperial Guards.

Of course, the current situation of the mortal world was different from the past. In the past hundred years, there had been many otherworldly existences among the various races whose strength far surpassed the level of a demigod.

Histia and Edaline of Haines and Elktela Lucia of Leta were the best among these otherworldly existences.

In terms of combat strength alone, Elktela and the other two had the ability to kill Obadiah without much difficulty.

However…

Due to the immortality nature that the evil dragon, Olivia, imbued on her subjects, even those three almost godly existences could not kill Obadiah.

In that case, there was even less chance that Rayne could kill Obadiah.

In summary, although this was not done by Rayne, he matched the time of the crime.

Although he did not have the strength to kill the ancient dragon, there was suspicion of him killing the latter.

This was way too great...

Right now, Rayne could be trampled on like a pushover.

Indeed.

After Rayne heard the regent's accusation...

He had a lost expression.

Rayne: "So, you want to kill me?"

The regent said, "We'll punish you according to Leta's laws."

Rayne: "Fufu, nice excuse..."

Right now, Rayne's situation was rather terrible.

Leta had no intention of letting him off. At the same time, on the side of Haines, the grand prince swore to the envoy that given his maneuvers, he could get the Empress to change the successor in just three months. That way, he would minimize the impact of them killing the prince.

After the regent tested Rayne...

He discovered that Rayne did not have any means of turning the tides either.

The moment Rayne found out that a kin of the royal family in Haines was cooperating with Leta, there was no longer any confidence on his face.

Very good.

It seemed like this lad was no longer a threat.

The regent: "Is there anything else you want to say, Rayne Haines?"

Rayne: "Do you want to hear it?"

The regent sneered and asked sarcastically, "Who am I to stop the future Emperor of Haines from speaking?"

"I'll tell you then."

First, Rayne laughed. Thereafter, he glared at the regent.

Rayne said, "Hamilton, soon, you won't be the regent anymore. You won't be able to kill me."

Rayne's words triggered the regent.

The regent's gaze was dark. "Is that so?"

Rayne smiled. "I have a personal relationship with the Great Teacher. I heard that Her Majesty Alice has a favorable impression of Haines as well. The era of Leta will change soon. Once the Moonlight Queen's coronation ceremony is completed, what's the use of your plan?"

"A personal relationship? A favorable impression?"

The regent was filled with disdain towards Rayne's words.

"Are you sure that the two of them will let you off just because of your relationship with them?"

The regent said with a smile, "Your Highness, you're way too confident."

"Just last night, you blasphemed a woman who was dressed the same as Alice.... Did you think that it was interesting? Did you gain a sense of accomplishment? Do you think that she will still have a favorable impression of you if she hears about your despicable actions?"

Rayne asked, "Who knows, the woman I brought with me last night might be Alice herself. Who knows… your Empress might even be hiding under this table doing something despicable?"