Alien world

Chapter 1057 288. Chessboard and chess pieces

Annan placed the parchment scroll next to the chessboard.

The invisible hand picked up the parchment and floated it in front of the head councillor.

[King Clo ordered Grand Duke Barbatod to forget Princess Serles in the dungeon.]

The first line silenced the councillor.

"You have great courage," he said.

"I can't lie to you..." Annan showed a hint of nervousness.

For a chess piece rather than a chess player, he knows too much...

The Speaker continued to watch, without stopping his hands, and continued to place his own chess pieces.

Annan looked at the chessboard again and felt that there was a deeper meaning behind it... but he couldn't understand it. He just thought that the chess piece called the Witch was pretty.

“This is Babatod’s plot to throw dirty water on the king.”

The floating parchment disappeared silently, and no third person saw it.

"I think so too. Your Majesty is the king of Rekanel. How can you betray your own kingdom, your own people, and your own relatives?" Annan followed suit and said with a hint of sincerity and sarcasm.

"…But there is one thing Babatod did not lie about. He was being manipulated by someone."

"Who else can order him around?" Annan asked knowingly.

"You need to investigate this yourself."

A pass flew out from the congressman's wide white sleeves.

"There should be clues in Barbatod's estate. I'll leave the investigation to you."

"understood."

Annan took the pass, not surprised that this job fell into his hands.

"Go, find the murderer behind the scenes..."

I’ve found it, but you said it’s not the one I want… Do I have to find a fake one for you?
Annan thought to himself, looked at the chessboard again, and left the lounge.

"Phew, I'm suffocating!"

Not long after Annan left, a chattering voice suddenly rang out in the quiet lounge.

"Little Annan is so cute when he's being weird. Oh, my heart is melting~"

The council president ignored the staff and continued with his unfinished game of knight chess.

"You didn't even talk to him more, ask about Olmedo's recent situation, and you took advantage of him. Is this really a good thing to do?"

"Because only he can do it." The chairman of the council said without even looking up.

"And let him take risks for you?"

"He won't be in danger. On the contrary, if he does what I say and doesn't do anything unnecessary, there will only be benefits."

"You're always like this, treating everyone as a chess piece. You think you're a chess player? You're just a bigger chess piece! You make mistakes too!"

The entire lounge echoed with the complaining sound of the staff.

"You care about him?"

"Because he called me senior! He is still little Olmedo's man. When I saw him, I felt like I saw little Olmedo..." The eyes and mouth that emerged from the staff began to sob, "It's all your fault. If you hadn't stood by and watched, old Augusta wouldn't have died, and she wouldn't have hated us."

"She never hated us."

"I don't believe it! She never contacted us, it's like she forgot about us! Oh, my little Olmedo..." The Staff said in a sad tone.

Speaking of Olmedo, the Councillor was no longer silent: "If I capture Annan, she will send a letter and call me uncle affectionately in the letter. If I agree to join the Free City, she will even come to the new capital in person."

"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you reunite with little Olmedo!?"

The councillor said nothing. The staff seemed to remember something and became depressed. He retreated and said, "Then we arrest him?"

"You don't care that he's Olmedo's man?"

"Little Olmedo will forgive us!" The Speaker of the Senate completed the last move.

The old blue eyes swept across the chessboard, like a pair of eyes watching the Kingdom of Rakanr from deep space...

……

Annan scratched his head and looked back at the palace.
I feel like I've been dragged into some incredible conspiracy... but that should be a good thing, right?

They are here to cause trouble. The more chaotic the new king is, the faster the scales of victory will tip towards them.

Forget it, let’s do the current things first.

Annan shook his pass and hurried to the mission location.

"New list... new list... new list..."

He hummed all the way back to the Purification Court to gather everyone, then went to Grand Duke Barbatod's manor, took over, and began to plunder...search!
As a grand duke, a grand duke of a kingdom, a grand duke of a kingdom without much conscience, the treasures he collected could be described as piled up like a mountain.

Many nobles would have a set of tableware made of pure silver or pure gold. In Barbatod's manor, a separate warehouse was needed to store these tableware.

The collections were priceless, but their value was not obvious: a huge gold nugget that needed to be looked up at; a golden scepter inlaid with gems from a country that had been destroyed by the kingdom; a complete set of eight-ring magic circles that could resist epics and damage epics; various precious magic materials in the alchemy room warehouse, and piles of dragon scales and dragon skins. There were also countless paintings, statues, and antiques...

There is even half a leaf of the World Tree——

These good things were originally protected by mechanical barriers, but they were all broken by the Speaker of Parliament, giving Annan a good deal.

No, it's a bargain for the kingdom.

Babatod was so rich that even Annan would feel bad if he gave the kingdom 30%.

After a whole day, they probably didn't even move out one-fifth of their belongings.

The nobles outside were watching. Those who didn't want to offend Master Olme were thinking about how to deal with him, while those who hated Master Olme to the core were thinking about destroying him by making him crazy first.

Annan was so obsessed with making money that he almost forgot about his business.

However, the manor was too big and had too many things in it, so for the time being, he could not find the clues that the chairman of the council wanted. Annan had to do another important thing first: ask Olmedo for help.

……

In the Purification Court, the safest place in the entire New Capital, Annan and Olmedo sat on both sides of the portal.

Olmedo watched as Annan asked for a Knight chess set and started to play it on the chessboard. After he finished playing his side, he moved on to Olmedo's side.

"Well, this is the chess your uncle was playing."

As the first person in the kingdom, every move of the Senate President has a deep meaning. It doesn't matter if Annan doesn't understand chess, just write it down and let those who can understand it see it.

Let’s see who still says that the warlock’s brain is down there.

"This is..." Olmedo frowned.

"Did you see it?"

"Well, it's not complicated. It's just that the war situation between us and the kingdom...is this chess game not finished?"

"OK."

Olmedo analyzed the situation as he spoke: "Uncle... the Council President should have sat on my side. Your side is Liberty City."

"and then?"

"The chess game is not over yet. You are short of seven pieces, and I am only short of four. However, the most important lord chess piece has not been played yet. So I can only calculate the current result of the confrontation: a large number of chess pieces and grids on my side will be eaten, and your chess pieces can march straight into my castle..."

"Are you talking about chess?"

"Don't interrupt."

"Oh."

Annan followed Olmedo's line of thought.

Does the castle represent the kingdom, the new capital, or Clo?
But it seems to make no difference...

(End of this chapter)