THE CONSPIRACY ABOUT SAMLEE
THE CONSPIRACY ABOUT SAMLEE
After our wedding, it was customary for us to go on a honeymoon. The expedition to Hell was still in the preparation stage. Sara was preparing a surprise for us.
Queen Mistral has no time for honeymoon because she must rule a kingdom.
Eirot was busy too because she must prepare for the invasion of Hell, and she needed to train her demon army.
Rinna was busy too because there was much to do in her temple.
Even Meera didn't have time to go on a honeymoon with me because she was compiling her Book of Revelations.
Only Cassandra cared about joining me.
We returned to Eloora city after missing for about three months.
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"Oriese, where did you go? You got me all worried", Orol asked me.
Orol stayed in the Mithridocus family residence while he waited for news of my return. He became a close member of the family now.
"I was on a mission with the Conjurer Court. Something happened I must take a detour which took a bit of time", I replied to him.
"Xene told us all about it. She also told me that you awakened the memories of your previous life. No wonder you have knowledge and abilities that you never had before", Orol said to me.
"We should not tell this to others. The Church doesn't like people with different stories", I replied to him.
"Yes, of course. And now that you are back, we should start planning your wedding to Xene", Orol said to me.
"What? I never agreed to that", I replied to him.
"You want another wedding so soon after you just had one?" Cassandra asked me quietly while Orol was going on and on about the wedding preparations.
"There must be a way to delay this wedding. I won't be in this bodysuit forever, but I still need this alter-ego", I replied to her quietly.
"Tell him you still need to go to school or college", Cassandra suggested to me.
"Orol, I can't have a wedding so soon. I have things to do", I told Orol to his shock.
"What is more important than your wedding?" he asked me.
"School. I need to go to school", I replied to him.
"But you already finished Magic School in Starri city and you became a Conjurer. What school do you want to go to?" Orol asked me.
When I was thinking about it, someone replied to Orol on my behalf.
"Uncle Orol, Oriese needs to be trained in the Knight Templar's Academy", Xene said to us suddenly as she walked into our room with her father.
"Yes, Xene is right. Every successor of the Mithridocus family must be Knight Templars and only by passing the trials of the Knight Templar's academy, can one become truly the patriarch of our family. All the regents of the families must graduate from there", Prince Geoffraie said to us.
"Yes, cousin. You are right. Oriese needs to become a Knight Templar first", Orol said to his cousin.
"Damnit, I'm going back to school again?" I complained to myself.
"Don't worry about The Knight Templar Academy. Xene will accompany you there. You too can learn more about each other there in the academy", Prince Geoffraie said to me.
"Geoffraie, have they found Prince Stamatis' murderer yet?" I asked him.
"No, there is no progress at all on that front. The Appolokis family are making their displeasure heard in court every time there is a session", he told me.
"That is understandable for the aggrieved party to complain about the authorities' inactions", I said to him.
"There are rumors though among the families", Geoffraie told me.
"What rumors?" I asked him.
"There is gossip among the noble families that", Geoffraie said before lowering his voice so that nobody else could hear him except us, and said, "Prince Samlee is behind the murder of Stamatis".
"Prince Samlee?" I asked.
"It makes sense. Minister Kimon works for Prince Samlee and he was so conveniently around our residence when we wanted to report the murder of Stamatis", Orol added.
"Prince Samlee murdered Stamatis and puts his body in our residence to frame us for his murder and then uses this evidence to blackmail our family", Geoffraie told me.
"If you were not quick witted to discover flaws in Kimon's investigation, I will be held for Prince Stamatis' murder", Orol told me.
"And the Appolokis family will want our family's blood", Prince Geoffraie told us.
"I really hope it is as simple as this", I replied to them.
"What are your thoughts, son?" Orol asked me.
"The problem is, does Samlee have the ability to murder a Legendary Templar Knight together with his also legendary bodyguards without anyone noticing. A strike from one of them could flatten a building. Someone who can kill them without making a big scene could be well beyond our understanding", I explained to them.
"He might have employed powerful assassins", Orol replied to me.
Suddenly, an advisor rushed in to inform Prince Geoffraie about an urgent matter.
"What is the urgency?" Prince Geoffraie asked his staff.
"Master, something grave happened. Duke Kiriakos of the Appolokis family was murdered", he said.
"How did he get murdered?" the master asked.
"Duke Kiriakos was petitioning the king to punish Minister Kimon for fumbling the investigation of Prince Stamatis' murder", the advisor told us.
"And then what?" Prince Geoffraie asked impatiently.
"Minister Kimon arrested Duke Kiriakos", the advisor said.
"How dare a minister arrest a duke?" Prince Geoffraie asked.
"Well, he dared arrest me last time", Orol added.
"What happened to Kiriakos?" I asked the advisor.
"Duke Kiriakos was found dead while under Minister Kimon's interrogation", the advisor told us.
"Preposterous, Kimon must pay for this", Prince Geoffraie said to us.
"Oriese, you came back? I was worried about you", Princess Xene said to me and asked as she came to our meeting to see me.
"I think we should continue our game of chess, let the young people talk", Orol suggested to Prince Geoffraie.
"What are you going to do about Kiriakos' murder?" I asked him.