The Lord Of Blood Hill

Chapter 624: Next, I Make Money

Henwell and the others move into Divine Revelation City's royal residence district.Naturally, more than a thousand people cannot all live there. The place is not that large.

Aside from the Lord Iron Guards, only the southern region's military and civil officials can follow Henwell into the residence.

Most of the remaining people are arranged in an area two blocks away from the residence. All the houses there have already been cleared out.

More than ten thousand people have been temporarily moved away, making space for the attendants who receive guests.

Inside the residence, there is one protocol officer from the duchy and two stewards. Guards stand watch at the gate.

As for security inside the residence, it is decided by the guest's own will.

For someone like Henwell, who refuses the guards arranged by the duchy and instead uses the Lord Iron Guards to stand watch, the duchy's remaining people serve two purposes.

On one hand, they make it easier to meet the guests' requests. On the other, they monitor the guests' movements.

They will not stop guests from going out, but they will report their movements to the royal palace.

The next day, Henwell receives an invitation to visit the residence of the Ika Kingdom delegation.

Henwell does not bring many people. He only takes Wizet and four Iron Guards with him to the meeting.

The southern region's senior military and civil officials follow Sera and Svir to make contact with Lumir's middle and high-ranking nobles.

The most important figure in Ika's delegation this time is not Prince Kullen. It is Her Highness the Grand Princess.

Henwell is also surprised. Why would this woman attend Lumir's royal coronation ceremony?

This is the main reason Henwell visits the Ika delegation before the coronation ceremony.

After they enter the residence, Ika's Golden Guard knights immediately stop the protocol officer and stewards who have been following Henwell.

Then Henwell and the others are led by Ika officials into a hall.

The Grand Princess of Ika and Prince Kullen have already been waiting here.

When Henwell arrives, the people in the room show proper respect and rise to welcome him.

After polite greetings, everyone takes a seat and the doors are closed.

Inside the room, Ika's side includes Grand Princess Dilina, Kullen, Ika's second prince, and Nosk, commander of the Golden Guard Knights.

There is also the commander of the Second Guard Legion, namely Henwell's father, Obian.

On Henwell's side, all four Lord Iron Guards wait in the lounge outside the room. Only Wizet follows him in.

Prince Kullen gets straight to the point. "Henwell, do you know why Obilian became king?"

Henwell says calmly, "He certainly did not do it on his own. Someone must have helped him."

"Since you have come to me, that proves the people who helped him were not you."

"It also could not have been the Veil. Otherwise, you would already have found a reason to send troops."

"As for Ogiro, according to my intelligence, they clearly did not intervene in this matter."

"Diversion Bay is still suspicious of Obilian's sudden rise to the throne."

"I do not think it was the Western Federation either. Otherwise, you would not have invited only me."

"If the Western Federation had intervened, the delegation representatives from the other countries should also be sitting here."

"That leaves only one answer. People within Lumir supported Obilian, letting him turn the situation around from a hopeless position and ascend the throne."

By now, Henwell pauses. "There are not many people with that ability. The Marquess of South Bay is one, but he is too far away to do it so quietly."

"The Trade Alliance and the Shipping Association could also do something of this scale, but those merchants could never carry out such clean work."

"Also, their business sense far exceeds their political instincts. They could not possibly react this quickly."

"To be honest with you, I have a few small channels in Lumir as well."

"Who could hide the matter from my investigation and act so cleanly and decisively?"

"After thinking it over, I can name only one force with such methods."

"That is Lumir's intelligence agency, Coral Reef."

Apart from the Grand Princess, everyone looks at Henwell in astonishment.

Prince Kullen frowns even more. "How did you know? We only just discovered this news ourselves."

Henwell shakes his head. "I did not know. I only guessed. Now it seems I guessed correctly."

"Then I have a question."

"Coral Reef has always been tightly controlled by old King Semson, and its leader is Semson's childhood playmate."

"The two of them have gone through so many storms together. They have decades of friendship."

"What made Octopus choose to betray his old friend at the key moment, turn sides, and choose Obilian?"

Prince Kullen asks in return, "Are you so certain Octopus betrayed Semson?"

"Could it not be that someone else seized Octopus's authority and took control of Coral Reef?"

Henwell glances at him. "That question proves one thing. You do not have many reliable helpers among your Golden Spiders."

"Otherwise, you would not ask such a question."

"If the chief of an intelligence agency can be easily controlled, or even sidelined, then that intelligence agency is obviously useless."

"And if Coral Reef could conceal this from all sides and carry out such clean work, it is obviously not useless."

"So Octopus must have personally commanded this matter. No one else could have done it this cleanly."

Kullen gently claps his hands. "Henwell, everyone focuses on your military force and always overlooks your intelligence."

"It seems many people have forgotten."

"When you first made a name for yourself by taking Arius's place on the Path of Honor, most of the threats you encountered were solved through intelligence."

"Then, Henwell, do you want to know how Octopus helped Obilian, or why he did it?"

Henwell takes a light sip of tea. "No."

"Since you want to know, I will tell you..."

Prince Kullen then stares at Henwell in confusion. "What? You do not want to know?"

Henwell nods. "Yes. I do not want to know. The matter has already happened. Chasing the reason has no meaning."

"I only need to consider what effect Obilian's rise will have on me and on Peace Haven."

"I care more about how Peace Haven can gain the greatest benefit from the situation that follows."

Kullen is somewhat unwilling to let it go. "Did you not just say you were curious about the reason?"

Henwell smiles. "Yes. But curiosity does not mean I must know, especially not from Your Highness."

"I believe that with the passage of time, the current secret will no longer remain a secret."

"I only need to wait for a while. My curiosity will be satisfied."

"Right now, I only want to know what your country wants to discuss with me. That is the most important question at hand."

Henwell's move catches Prince Kullen off guard. The long string of talking points he prepared loses all effect.

The Grand Princess speaks. "Henwell, we want to know how Peace Haven will treat Lumir now that it is about to change."

Henwell says calmly, "Next, Peace Haven is going to make money. Whoever has money, we earn from them. Whoever needs Peace Haven, we provide service and help."

"Even a military alliance?"

"Of course. Everything has a price, as long as they can pay it."