“Dead Trash, No Nursing Home Services Provided Here”
Henry himself had never imagined that the king of this country would actually collude with cultists.
The key point was that as a player, he had been completely unaware of such a major event.
Could it be that in the game’s storyline, someone had secretly resolved this matter? Or was it because he had changed the plot by not leaving Saint Nad Magic Academy, thus altering the entire nation’s fate?
This matter was extremely important to Henry.
A significant reason he could remain so calm was his knowledge of the subsequent plot.
Although some hidden plotlines might not yet have been discovered by players.
But right now, the most important thing was to deal with the trouble at hand.
Henry looked at the disheveled Selina on the stage.
He hadn’t liked this type of woman from the start, mainly because her appearance just didn’t seem like a good person’s!
Judging people by their appearance was very important!
Reina Noel stared intently at the scene before her.
She was somewhat uneasy about leaving Henry and the others here.
Furthermore, many of the House Retainers present neither knew magic nor were skilled in combat.
Thinking this, she quickly made a decision.
“Henry, I’ll leave this to you! I must go stop the sacrificial magic from activating. You must hold on until I return!”
With that, Reina Noel used her magic to blast a path open. At the same time, Ronny Jeffman protected the other House Retainers as they withdrew.
Just before leaving, he gave Henry a deep look, then turned and left!
He believed Henry could handle this.
The spacious palace quickly emptied.
The controlled Royal Knights and the cultists went off to pursue the fleeing House Retainers.
In their script, no one else was supposed to survive this sacrifice!
The palace was left with only Henry, Jessica Lewis, Joseph Louis, Selina, and the puppet of Queen Eliana.
Jessica Lewis was forced back repeatedly by Eliana Doll’s curved blades, until Henry steadied her, stopping her retreat.
“Are you okay?”
Henry looked at Jessica Lewis’s condition; it didn’t seem good.
But he could understand. After all, her opponent was her mother, the person she respected most.
Faced now with the person she hated most and the person she loved most, even Jessica Lewis would find it difficult to accept this reality so quickly.
“I’m fine, but Mother’s body still contains a vast amount of magical power. I’m afraid we are no match for her.”
Jessica Lewis pursed her lips, still able to rationally analyze the current situation.
It seemed she hadn’t been completely overwhelmed by grief.
Henry stood beside Jessica Lewis, his gaze fixed on the Eliana Doll on the stage.
Just as the legends said, even transformed into a puppet, that maternal, elegant aura about her remained unchanged.
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Henry certainly knew about the existence of puppets in this world.
But that was supposed to be later in the story.
He just never expected Joseph Louis to be so deranged as to turn his own wife into a puppet.
Just how much hatred did it take to do such a thing?
“Henry Rumelter, I’m truly curious, what charm do you possess that attracts so many women? In my eyes, you’re just a foul-mouthed brat.”
Selina genuinely couldn’t figure it out. Others having ulterior motives was one thing, but why were both the daughter of the Noel Family and Her Royal Highness The Princess so concerned about this man?
“Old woman, a menopausal woman like you wouldn’t understand the appeal of a fresh young face like mine. Just look at what you’re doing now? It’s marriage fraud! Only a middle-aged like the one beside you, who’s used to being manipulated, would be led around by you.”
Henry rested his sword on his shoulder, a mocking smile curling his lips.
Hearing Henry mention him, Joseph Louis’s face immediately darkened!
Since when could a mere brat insult him like this!
“Castoff of the Rumelter Family, no wonder you were abandoned. That mouth of yours is the source of your ruin.”
Joseph Louis pointed angrily at Henry.
Simultaneously, the Eliana Doll charged forward in a burst of speed, aiming to teach Henry a lesson.
But Jessica Lewis swung her longsword, blocking the attack for Henry.
Not only that, but several longswords flew in from all directions, thrusting towards the Eliana Doll’s body!
The Eliana Doll leaped back, then stretched a hand forward.
Several stone walls rose from the ground, embedding the flying swords within them!
Incantationless spellcasting!
Henry frowned tightly. Facing the Eliana Doll felt like fighting Lady Reina.
Watching this scene, Joseph Louis was ecstatic.
He gently clapped his hands on the throne, his voice dripping with venomous curses.
“Yes, Eliana! This is what you should have been doing for me all along! Powerful magical abilities, superb alchemical skills… If only you had focused solely on these things for me from the beginning, instead of interfering with my governance, then perhaps I wouldn’t have had to kill you with my own hands!”
Joseph Louis’s words made Jessica Lewis’s pupils contract sharply once more.
From this beast’s mouth, she heard an unbelievable piece of news.
He was the one who killed her mother?
But wasn’t her mother supposed to have died from illness?
Seeing the tremor in Jessica Lewis’s eyes, Joseph Louis felt immensely pleased.
“Joseph Louis, you killed Mother?!”
“Of course I killed her!” Mentioning this, Joseph Louis couldn’t help but recall the past.
But the more he remembered, the angrier he became.
“She was just a woman, yet she insisted on interfering with my governance. Every time I made a decision, she had to find fault with it! In her eyes, I was a completely worthless man!”
“You’re talking nonsense!” Jessica Lewis gritted her teeth, tears streaming uncontrollably from the corners of her eyes.
Tears fell onto her sword blade, sizzling and rising in wispy white vapor.
“You understand nothing! I am the master of this country! I am the ruler of this nation! So why was everyone singing her praises?! I hated her, I wished for her death! So I made the most important, and most correct, decision of my life! I secretly switched her medicine, letting her body wither away slowly, until she finally died before my very eyes!”
“Do you know? On the day of the funeral, I cried until I fainted. In truth, I fainted from sheer excitement! Because she was finally dead, and this country finally belonged to me alone!”
Joseph Louis rose from his throne, laughing maniacally.
In his eyes, power was greater than anything!
Jessica Lewis stumbled, nearly collapsing to the floor.
But Henry gripped her shoulder firmly, his gaze fixed on the man on the stage.
“So… Mother’s health wasn’t actually failing. You poisoned her to death…”
“Of course. It’s not too late to know this secret now. At least it will let you die with regrets, my dear daughter.”
Joseph Louis revealed a ferocious smile, the veins on his neck bulging.
“But don’t worry, I’ll have them turn you into a puppet too, so our family of three can be properly reunited.”
Selina watched this melodrama from the side, her mood exceedingly pleased.
As far as she was concerned, the entire affair was reaching its conclusion.
Even if the sacrificial magic was disrupted by Reina Noel, the death of Crown Princess Jessica would still lead to the nation’s complete collapse.
By then, everyone would become refugees, nourishment for their evolution.
CRACK…
The sound of a weapon shattering echoed through the hall.
Everyone’s attention shifted to the man who had remained silent until now.
His longsword lay in pieces on the ground, only the hilt remaining in his hand, broken.
The usually joking man now wore only a professional, detached smile on his face.
“Worthless piece of trash. Try not to piss yourself later. This place doesn’t offer nursing home services.”
In that instant, an overwhelming aura erupted from Henry’s body.
A power that did not belong to this world surged forth from him continuously!