Alien world

Chapter 1056 287. The fucking truth

"Lily..."

Annan tilted his head, and Maria realized that this was a fake name Annan gave herself, and stood with Annan.

The tough, hairless rat tail, like a whip, slid down from her waist and wrapped around her thighs.

"She is a 'guard' sent by the clan to protect me."

Barbatos couldn't close his mouth. He subconsciously refused to believe it, but who would bring a ratman guard into the dungeon...?
"You can trust him. Behind Young Master Olme is Elder Iron Gnaw of the Council of Elders."

Maria said, and Annan added: "Which faction are you from? Or do you work for the McKeon clan?"

Thanks to Gale, Annan knew everything about the Stoon clan, if not everything about them. Even if the champion rat was in front of him, he would have to listen to him in a daze.

Barbatos had already half believed it, and said with grief and indignation: "Since he is one of us, why do you want to -"

"Because you've been exposed." Annan said with pity. "You don't think that I, the head of the Purification Court, can persuade the chairman of the House to investigate the dusty Princess Saiers case and let him arrest the Grand Duke of the Kingdom, do you?"

Babatod opened his mouth: "You can also remind me..."

"I reminded you." Annan spoke more and more smoothly: "I went to your manor and reminded you not to move rashly recently. I also wanted to take Faro away...but you didn't seem to realize it."

Babatod had been fooled by Annan and was full of regret. He wanted to blame Annan for not explaining it clearly at the time, but if he explained himself clearly, wouldn't he be dragged into the water?
"Okay, you have one last chance to ask questions."

Annan made a gesture as if he was looking at his watch. Babatod didn't understand, but he guessed that he was urging him.

He still had a lot of questions, but when the time came, the fear of death took over.

"I can still live..."

"No, there is irrefutable evidence that you are colluding with the Saints... and the Rat People. No one can save you. However..."

Desperate Barbatod raised his head again.

"You have done so much for our Saint Clan. I can protect your descendants."

"Thank you, thank you sir..." Babatod also had to thank Annan.

He caught the details and asked tentatively: "Who are you...?"

At this point, Annan stopped pretending and said, "I am a rat man."

Barbatode and Maria both looked at him in shock.

"I am the Gray Rat Priest. I say this to warn you. Don't try to betray me... The Saints will do everything they can to rescue me, but your people..."

"I understand, I understand..."

Annan was satisfied with Babatod's cooperation. He took out the parchment and said, "Tell me everything you know so that I can report to the head of the parliament.

"What should I say?" Babatod asked quickly.

"The whole process of Princess Sayles's case, why did you instruct your men to murder the princess?"

Babatod was ready to die, but he didn't want to take the blame, so he quickly explained, "It wasn't me, it was the king himself who gave the order!"

"Hiss..." Annan took a deep breath, causing the temperature in the dungeon to rise slightly.

That way everything fits in.

When the gods' turmoil had just begun and Annan had just arrived in another world, the two heirs of the kingdom, the eldest prince and the second prince, were fighting for the throne.

Behind the eldest prince are the rat people, and behind the second prince are the conservatives.

When Annan was still playing the role of the fake King of the North and battling wits with old Augusta, they were evenly matched.

Then when Annan became the Lord of Star-Moon Bay, changes occurred in the capital: first the king died suddenly, then the second prince colluded with the ratmen, and he and his supporters died or rebelled. However, Asimov had a backup plan, and sent the life box containing the second prince's soul to Star-Moon Bay with his residual soul.

During this period, Annan went to the capital to warn the king about the incoming ratmen, met Princess Sale's, and led a team to investigate the ratmen.

On the other hand, Clo brought the kingdom together with the slogan of "Let the ratmen break the old order and make the Kingdom of Rekanel great again", and watched the ratmen all the way, causing the Kingdom of Rekanel, the only kingdom in the North that could resist the McKeon clan, to stand idly by, kill the Holy Grail Knight, and hand over the Snow Mountain Fortress.

Finally, he took the remaining people to hide on the west coast, which would not affect the activities of the McKeon clan in the north, but would allow the kingdom to be continuously weakened and eventually become nutrients for the ratmen.

Now, Clo is useless, but a loser is needed to occupy the throne to prevent the kingdom from regaining its glory. So Clo is getting more and more sleepy, and his awake time is getting less and less...

As a king, Clo was unqualified. As a ratman spy, he almost maximized the benefits and made the McKeon clan earn a lot of money, allowing the McKeon clan, which was originally ranked in the middle among the thirteen clans, to almost rush to the top three.

The only question is, what role does the Speaker play in this?
Rat people, kingdom, family?

"You don't know . . . ?"

Annan's reaction made Babatod suspicious again.

Annan came back to his senses, his expression solemn: "This is not the plan of the Council of Elders. You have been deceived by Clo."

"Hiss..." It was Babatod's turn to gasp.

"I suspect that the Storn clan is causing trouble... It's none of your business."

Annan looked as if he remembered something, and left the dungeon with Maria, leaving behind Barbatod, who was in shock and had a crazy brain storm.

In fact, Annan could have told Babatod at the end that he was lying to him, but Babatod might not be able to bear the blow and go crazy.

He didn't offend me that much, and he even gave Faro to me, so there was no need to be so ruthless...

After coming out of the dungeon, Annan split his troops into two groups: he gave the parchment to the chairman of the parliament, and Maria went to find the captured members of Barbatod's tribe. Those who were guilty would be convicted, and those who were innocent would be made civilians.

They have enjoyed so many blessings, it's time to pay the price.

……

When Annan arrived at the lounge, the chairman of the parliament was playing chess with him.

No, he was playing chess with the staff.

"Mr. Councillor, Mr. Staff..." Annan greeted them one after another.

The councillor made a move first and raised his head: "Are you talking to it?"

"What's wrong?" Annan blinked.

"Why do you think a staff can talk?"

"Uh……"

Annan was hesitant. What happened in the lounge that day still seemed strange, and the staff hadn't spoken yet.

He made an excuse: "Because I heard a story from a bard that things used by legends are tainted with spirituality. You are a legendary wizard, so the staff you use must be very smart..."

The councillor smiled and did not embarrass Annan any further: "Can you play chess?"

"No." Annan shook his head honestly.

He had seen Olmedo and his elder sister play "Knight Chess" and understood the rules, but it was not interesting...

The name of Knight Chess sounds interesting, but it is a pure strategy game. In the early stage, each side places their own chess pieces, and at the end of the game, they confront each other to see who has better strategic vision and the most flags. It is not as fun as Military Chess.

(End of this chapter)