The Third Prince... was not that simple.
Charlotte had a bit of a headache.
She could roughly guess why the Third Prince would make a move against her.
The Tulip Count was dead, Bold Duke could die at any moment, Laino had given up his succession rights, and her promise to the Church had become ambiguous due to the Great Priest Linus’s fall.
If there was to be a first successor in line for the Count Castle Domain, it had to be Eleanor.
Thinking on this, Charlotte sighed softly.
It seemed true as Sebastian said, the strategic position of the Count Territory was too critical, and too many sought to claim it.
Of course, she did not fully trust the girl’s words, but turned to look at Sebastian instead.
Noticing Charlotte’s gaze, Sebastian understood immediately. He picked up the Book of Undead again and said in a tone mimicking Charlotte’s:
"Book Spirit, is what she said true?"
The Book of Undead did not respond.
Charlotte glanced indifferently at the book:
"It’s true, all of it."
The Book of Undead flickered slightly, emitting an earnest and respectful voice.
The Bloodline girl: ...
The middle-aged knight: ...
The two widened their eyes, seemingly shocked again by the shameless betrayal of the Book Spirit.
With confirmation, Charlotte narrowed her eyes.
She looked at the two and said:
"Where is your mercenary contract?"
Carrying out such a large attack on a merchant caravan, the two must have signed a mercenary contract with the Third Prince.
Considering the time, the Third Prince should have already reached Bold by now.
Bold was too far from Castel, and as Royal Philip was bound to be protected by the Blazing Sun, plus there were probably a heap of matters in her own territory that needed her attention, Charlotte could not afford to trouble the Third Prince for the time being.
But that did not mean she would let him off.
Hiring mercenaries to attack other nobles was taboo. Some nobles might do this in secret, but it could never be brought out into the open.
Getting hold of the mercenary contract and exposing this affair was enough to cause a significant problem for the Third Prince.
Hearing Charlotte’s words, the Bloodline girl pursed her lips and finally said through clenched teeth:
"The contract... is in my storage ring."
"Miss! You must not!"
The middle-aged knight couldn’t help but change color.
For mercenaries, betraying a contract meant ending their careers and being blacklisted by the Mercenary Association.
The two clearly did not live in wealth, indicating that mercenary work was their main source of income.
"Storage ring? Where is it?"
"In my backpack, my backpack."
The girl pointed to a package lying on the ground not far away.
Charlotte gave Sebastian a look, and he nodded, picking up the package.
After searching for a moment, he quickly found a ring.
However, just as Sebastian had taken out the ring, the Bloodline girl suddenly shouted:
"Rahael! Now’s the time!"
As she spoke, she slammed into the middle-aged knight, who then fell backward in her direction, right where Sebastian had just picked up the package.
The two quickly hit the ground, and the next moment, the ground burst into dazzling light.
With Charlotte watching in astonishment, the figures of the two flickered and disappeared in an instant.
Sebastian’s expression changed slightly.
He dashed to the spot where the two had vanished and, after a brief inspection, looked a bit uneasy:
"Master, it was a one-time, long-range Teleportation Array prepared in advance..."
"The package on the ground was the trigger for the Array!"
They even had an escape route prepared?
Charlotte was somewhat surprised.
At the same time, in a castle somewhere.
In a dimly lit chamber, the ground sparkled, revealing a vast circular Array.
Accompanied by a series of spatial fluctuations, the Bound Bloodline girl and the middle-aged knight tumbled out amidst the light...