Chapter 1619 - 97: Fox and Mouse Game (7)_3

Chapter 1619: Chapter 97: Fox and Mouse Game (7)_3

Before the words were finished, Winters had already found the appended letter.

He read through it quickly and discovered that the first half of the letter was mainly about experiences in Paratu, while the second half abruptly jumped to suggestions for governing the country based on those observations in Paratu. The transition was so vast, it seemed like a friend was sharing foreign landscapes with the Oath Breaker in the beginning, and suddenly turned into a seasoned advisor guiding the Oath Breaker on state governance.

Winters read "Marvey’s" letter with great interest and smiled, saying, "This guy has a lot of things worth digging into, but he should not be the ’Envoy’ we’re looking for."

"Major Moritz has judged the same way," Luosong nodded.

Gessa snorted discontentedly; clearly unconvinced, his eyes shifted, and he asked Luosong, "By the way, isn’t this guy two people? Doesn’t he have a bodyguard? What did that guy say?"

Luosong’s forehead was sweating more profusely, "That guy... was very tough, after pouring water on him all afternoon, he didn’t make a sound."

"What are you doing?" Gessa glared, "Only using water?"

Luosong stammered, "Claiming to be Marvey’s Pretender Emperor’s secret agent says if we hurt his companion, he will kill himself..."

"Useless!" Gessa burst into a rage, "Threatened by our own prisoner? Didn’t he say he doesn’t know any proper magic? Suicide? Rip off his jaw, saw his arm, let me see how he commits suicide!"

Luosong also stood firm, "General, Major Moritz said such actions would be useless..."

"Oh, useless, is it?" Gessa laughed angrily, turning to Winters, "Are you sure this isn’t the ’Envoy’ you want?"

"Moritz says it’s not," Winters nodded, "then it should not be."

"Alright," Gessa made the decision on the spot, "kill him today, save us trouble later on, no, also kill that tough guy, being tough, kill them together."

Everyone else present was stunned.

"General," Luosong raised his head, "anyway, this guy has a background, we can’t kill him carelessly."

"You know nothing!" Gessa sneered, "The more distinguished someone is, the more we should kill them carelessly. If you find out their background, then you want to kill but can’t."

"Consider it again," Skur rarely spoke up to oppose Gessa.

"Consider what?" Gessa suppressed Skur’s voice, "They’re the Pretender Emperor’s spies, kill them as they deserve. Being killed is his own fault."

"Anyway, we haven’t gone to war with the Oath Breaker," Winters also opposed, "Besides, this person has value, I still have many things I want to ask him."

"Not at war, so what? Can the Oath Breaker fly over Sheltering Mountain, fly over Ashen Stream River to fight us? And who doesn’t know, the Oath Breaker has always coveted the Two Mountains Narrow Land; not killing him, he won’t attack us? " Gessa glared, "Besides, as you said, spellcasters are easy to kill but hard to interrogate, keeping him is indeed a trouble. Kill them, problem solved."

"These are two different matters..."

"Are you listening to me or not? Am I still the head of the military political committee?"

"Even a head needs to vote..."

"I declare, no voting on this matter..."

"Wow, you really are..."

Gessa’s voice grew louder and louder, and just as Winters was about to explode, Xial crashed through the small door and stumbled in.

Winters and Gessa, who nearly bumped heads, each stepped back.

"What is it?" Gessa asked aggressively.

"There’s... a novice nun outside, she says she needs to see the top New Settlement Official," Xial gasped, "She was brought by Dean Morwenval of White Spring Nunnery..."

"First a group of nuns, now another nun," Gessa was outraged, cursing loudly, "Is the New Settlement some [expletive] den? Just any woman can come and go?"

"That novice nun..." Xial’s face twisted in bewilderment, "She said..."

"What did she say?" Winters asked.

"She said she is the Empress Princess, daughter of the Oath Breaker."

The courtyard fell silent enough to hear a pin drop.

Winters felt as if someone told him there was a whale in the pond in his backyard.

He thought Xial was joking.

"See, I said didn’t I?" Gessa snorted, throwing himself heavily onto a chair, sneering, "Now it’s impossible to kill her."

...

That evening, at Winters’ home.

As soon as he entered, Winters mysteriously asked Anna, "Do you want to know who I met today? Someone you’d never guess, no one could guess, as strange as seeing a whale in the pond in our backyard."

Anna helped Winters with his clothes, pursing her lips, "It’s the ’I can keep a secret so you can too’ routine, right? I’m not falling for it."

"Not this time," Winters said, "this time it doesn’t require secrecy, soon everyone will know, and I need everyone to know, but I can tell you in advance."

"Well, I’m so honored," Anna deliberately drawled, "His Excellency Montaigne."

"Enough already, don’t you want to know?"

"If you don’t want to tell, just don’t say it."

Winters couldn’t resist, leaning close to Anna’s ear, "Then I’ll tell you now."

"Go on, who is it?"

Winters lowered his voice to nearly inaudible, "Oath Breaker’s daughter."

"What?" Anna didn’t hear clearly.

"I said," Winters laughed, "I met the Oath Breaker’s daughter."

Anna’s reaction was identical to Winters’ earlier, as if hearing someone say there was a whale in the pond in her backyard.