I Don’t Want This Bad Ending

Chapter 125: KEEPING YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER: PART 2

"What are you trying to say here, your highness?" Cabel was the one to answer, he is still respectful but his face is stoic and his eyes can freeze someone.

"I found the one who locked Evelyn in the storage house. And it was the Saint of the temple of light."

The bomb was dropped without a moment's pause and everyone looked at Edickart who just said it nonchalantly.

"What do you mean?" Allan butt in.

"The saint? You mean that pink hair lady?" Gabriel's dangerously lowered voice was heard and he glanced at Evelyn's.

Cabel and Silvester were quiet. Silvester knew about it while Cabel is silently organizing his thoughts in his mind.

"That's impossible," Allan said as he looked at Edickart's way.

"I also found it hard to believe that a Saint did that"

"Ha!" 

Allan brushed his silver-blue hair. He can't believe that Elise, the one who comforted him when he was in pain, lost and shocked, was the one who locked his sister and killed her in the process.

The woman he fell in love with and needed to give up because she chose the Crown Prince, and became the light of the people when there was chaos and fear sipping in everyone's heart that same Saint killed his sister?!

Allan can't believe it. He doesn't have the guts to swallow all this information.

"I need to check and investigate this information, your highness. I won't believe it otherwise." he said while he looked at Edickart. Allan's face still looked stoic but his sunset eyes, the resemblance they had with his sister are shaking.

"You can check it all you want, Young Master Allan and if possible, try to check if there is a connection between your father's circumstances to the temple of light."

Allan became more shocked as bomb after bomb were dropped and slapped him in the face. It was because all the contents seemed to be about the Emsworth Family. He breathed deeply as he thought that a heavy boulder was pressing him down. He needed to breathe.

While all of this is happening, Evelyn just observed at the back, her chestnut eyes are cold and devoid of emotions. She's like a statue at the back. 

Even the knight beside her is feeling the chilling wave of air coming from her but decided to ignore it as the knights are also shocked at what they're hearing from the Crown Prince.

"How did you find it out?" Cabel inquired, his voice became colder like the ice king.

"I have means Duke" Edickart replied.

Then, Gab chimed in.

"Then, do you have evidence, your highness?"

"Sadly, I don't" Edickart leaned in his chair and let out a sigh.

"The rats escaped when a cat found their nest" Edickart continued.

Allan chuckled at that.

"Then why did you gather us here if you don't have any evidence, your highness? Surely, you didn't gather the representatives of another kingdom just because of the internal affairs of my family?" he asked.

Allan has a point. 

If he just wants to reveal what happened four years ago, then Allan is enough for that. He didn't need to gather the people that don't have a connection to Lady Evelyn.

Edickart nodded in agreement.

"You're right. But what if I tell you that the Saint has been brainwashing everyone that was here with the help of the temple of light the affected are the people outside and here, including you Young Master Allan."

Edickart smirked and everyone frowned. Evelyn can't help but smile inwardly as she looks at Crown Prince Edickart.

'Smart bastard' she thought.

The silence filled the area. And Silvester is the one to break the ice.

"Then, isn't this a problem of your kingdom? What am I here and Commander Gabriel? I didn't get affected by Saint's hypnotism because I left the Academy earlier on like Commander Gab who also left after that incident" he said.

Edickart knew that Silvester would say that so he chuckled.

"What's funny?!"

"You"

The tension seems to be rising inside the supposed tea time of the respectable nobles. Silvester is gritting his teeth while the corners of his lips are still formed like an arc.

He was keeping his businesslike smile.

"Care to explain ba-... Prince Edickart?" Silvester almost cussed because he saw the smirk on Edickart's face.

"Of course, your highness. Crown Prince Silvester." Edickart called SIlvester with respect that made the other turn serious as he focused his blue eyes to Edickart's emerald eyes.

"The temple of light seems to be spreading their reach to your country. I don't know what method but the Nights Guild must also have this information. Am I right? Duke Cabel?"

Evelyn is having chills at the back, it's because of the information that Edickart has. Unlike Evelyn who knew about the contents of the book because she read it in her last life and knew about what will happen in the novel of "A happy Ending", add to that her childhood memories, she definitely knows who are the enemies.

Edickart seems to have a large network for him to gather that much information.

'As expected of a main lead.' Evelyn thought as she looked at Edickart's leisure demeanor.

'The author really did make them stand out among every male that I've seen' Evelyn also leisurely thought as she looked at the four male leads that are here within the room, of course except for Gab that isn't part of the novel.

At the end of Evelyn's thoughts, Cabel sighs and garners the attention of everyone.

"So, you knew. Well, it's to be expected of the next King" Cabel said chuckling with his chilling voice as expected of the Guild Master of the information network of the Night's Guild, then he continued.

"The Night Guild has found something peculiar as of last year"

"And what was that?" Gab chimed in as he saw the seriousness in Cabel's voice.

"The temple of light has been spreading their religion in different kingdoms and right now the affected Kingdoms are almost all. For example, the Kingdom of Perspiru" Cabel paused and glance at everyone.

"Almost half of the Kingdom have been converted to the temple of light"

"What?!" Silvester eyes are wide opened.

'Those lunatics have sneak in our territory?!' he thought before he gave his opinion unconsciously.

"You're telling me that the citizens of our Kingdom converted from the temple of Moon to the temple of light?! Impossible!"

"That's to be expected" Edickart said.

"The temple of light is stealthily expanding their influence, we don't know what means they are doing but there's no convincing that is happening, or like what is happening here, you need to be baptised and present yourself to the light and you'll become a member of the religion." Edickart continued.

"Is the temple of light doing something to the citizens like what you said about Saint Elise?" Allan asked.

"The statues... " Edickart sighs as he reveals the information that he got.

"Then why don't you just destroy it?" Commander Gabriel asked.

"You think that's easy, commander?" Edickart asked as he looked at each and everyone of them before he explained again.

"We tried to destroy it stealthily but the next day, the statues are there again. It just came back We tried to do an experiment with the statues and everytime we break it with any means after the break of dawn it will go back to how it was." Edickart sighs again.

The problem that he's been trying to solve on his own for the past year since he found out all about it was getting out of hand and he himself knew that he needed to have allies especially if the majority of the innocent lives will be at stake.

"Did you find out what's inside those statues? Magic circles? Incantation?" Silvester asked, his frown is more vivid now than ever.

He didn't know what it was unlike Evelyn who knew it all along, it's because Evelyn decided to hold the information about it.

'The scale is larger than I thought I need to tell Sil about it.' Evelyn thought.

Silvester didn't know that his problems were getting piled like the documents that he needed to sign after he got back to the Moon Palace, his palace.

While everyone forgets about the "death incident" of Evelyn, the lady with a mask on that covers half of her face is processing all the information that she's getting from this "tea time".

Her brain is working faster than ever.

'Why does the temple of light use black mana? Why is the temple expanding their influence? What's the connection of my heart that they want?'

These thoughts are swirling in her mind while she tries to put the pieces of the puzzles.

Evelyn then heard Edickart along with the others.

"We found nothing"

She then agreed about what Edickart said.

'They won't find evidence of black mana because they don't have black mage that can detect it. Unlike Cassandra who has lived for a long time and has more experience with the uses of black magic thanks to her, I learned that information, unlike Sir Edrich who didn't notice what is enveloping those statues.'

She then looked at the back of the frustrated Silvester and the frowning Edickart.

'They won't notice it because the people of the light are the ones who are using black mana. I should give this information to SIl after this.' she thought.