After he finished listening to me, the Prime Minister spoke with an apologetic look on his face.
“I am sorry. I didn’t expect it to be High Priest Leppe.” (Prime Minister)
“No, I didn’t see it coming either.” (Welner)
In fact, I was fooled as well. I think it could not be helped since High Priest Leppe was rather pro-royalist until that moment, even if it was just an act. It was only natural that a man who was normally an extreme church supremacist would stand out more. I hope this would result in a better atmosphere in the church.
I wanted to ask about the missing High Priest Maravois and what happened to Count Yerring, who was being treated under medical treatment, but I held back from those questions until after I had explained everything His Majesty and His Highness wanted to know.
“I understand that much. Next, Lily, I would like to hear more about what you know.” (King)
“Ye, yes.” (Lily)
His Majesty’s gaze turned towards Lily. Lily explained in detail what she had heard from the other party and the story of Knott, the eldest son of the Marquis of Coltrezis, while Mazell looked surprised.
After listening to Lily’s story, the royal family members were silent. I expected this reaction when I heard that the first king had assassinated his sister, the saint. It was a heavy silence, but then the Crown Prince spoke.
“Interesting, but I can’t entirely believe it… Oh, I don’t mean to imply that I think you are telling a lie.” (Crown Prince)The latter part of the statement was directed at Lily.
In reality, a royal family that had survived a period of warfare in the first place was more or less a mass murderer, and there was no such thing as a clean royal family. That’s what I think, but what Mazell and Lily think was another matter.
Anyway, when I asked why they think so, His Highness opened his mouth.
“According to what Lily just said, the other party who called herself Juliane said that she heard the Demon King’s voice after her death and became his subordinate, but I don’t recall any other instances of such a thing.” (Crown Prince)
“Ah!” (Welner)
I raised my voice involuntarily. His Highness was not wrong.
“They say that the Demon King was meekly sealed away. Despite this, I also feel a little uncomfortable that the previous hero did not leave behind his sword that was used to seal the Demon King.” (Crown Prince)
“That is certainly true.” (Welner)
Grand Duke Seyfart nodded as well.
“Was the person who called herself Juliane the real Saint Juliane or did she believe herself to be Juliane? I think we need to start thinking from that point of view.” (Crown Prince)
“I see.” (Seyfart)
“Deceptive information, huh?” (Welner)
His Highness shook his head at my question.
“As long as Juliane and the like have already disappeared, there is no way to find out the truth anymore. However, it is dangerous to believe what they say unconditionally.” (Crown Prince)
“Indeed, I wouldn’t go so far as to say that the Demon King can manipulate people’s memories, but he may have the ability to influence their thought process.” (Uwe)
Certainly, if a person had been deceived to believe that something was true, then their statements would also feel like it had fragments of truth weaved into it to someone who didn’t know anything. And if more people were made to believe the same thing, then it would become a fact, fooling everyone. Basically, a very deceptive tactic that could easily be applied.
The person who claimed to be Juliane may have believed things she said to be true, but whether they were actually true or not was another matter.
“We can believe such assumptions but still be skeptical about it. Everyone should do as much as possible to see the whole picture.” (Crown Prince)
“Yes.” (Welner)
“Indeed.” (Use)
Mazell and Lily nodded, most likely not understanding what this implied. I, on the other hand, was sweating inside. Was there some kind of sophisticated psychological information warfare propaganda being transmitted behind the scenes?
If someone from the Demon King’s side had told Juliane’s “story” to Mazell, especially if it were someone he could believe in, it might have made Mazell question his reasons for protecting the Bain kingdom. As a result, it might have even created room to drive a wedge between Mazell and Laura’s relationship of trust.
If the person who called herself Juliane could prepare the body for a new demon general, that might be great, but even if she could not, she might have been planting seeds of confusion to divide us.
On the other hand, since there was no evidence to the contrary, there was a possibility that everything “Juliane” said was true, so rather than denying everything she said, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince corrected Mazell and the others’ thinking, telling them to remember, but be skeptical.
In a way, the Crown Prince had closed the crack that the Demon King’s side was perhaps trying to make between the Royal Family and the Heroes.
And to me, who had probably grasped the whole picture, they looked at me like they were telling me not to say anything unnecessary. Yes, I understand…
I guess this was what it means to live in the world of politics, but this kind of exchange was just plain scary.
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