Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 418: -166- The Missing Baron

Chapter 418: -166- The Missing Baron

The actions on the part of Violet were quite swift.

Perhaps due to the failure of the war, the situation within the Violet Duchy began to destabilize, and the Duke of Violet fulfilled the treaty obligations with remarkable efficiency.

Within less than half a month after negotiations between both parties, Violet delivered the first batch of materials for buying Transcendent Equipment to Castel, along with one third of the ransom.

Additionally, the contract documents related to the Baron Betel Territory, as well as the documents for the transfer of Baron Betel Territory, were also sent to North Port.

From that moment, the Baron Betel Territory was, de facto, ceded by Violet to Castel.

A week after Castel and Violet signed the peace treaty, an envoy from the Royal Capital also reached North Port, bringing with him two significant pieces of news.

First, five out of the nine dukes of the New Moon Kingdom, jointly with three Public Domain Chief Priests and another twenty-eight vassal nobles, submitted an application to the Noble Council and the Kingdom Court asking for a central meeting to discuss the legitimacy of the issues related to Third Prince Philip de Valva openly violating the "Holy Code" and the "Royal Authority Contract."

Clearly, following the war’s failure, the Third Prince had lost the support of most nobles, and King Louis V’s attempt to use the Third Prince to weaken the local nobles’ power and strengthen centralization had also met with a backlash from the nobles.

The envoy brought news that the Kingdom Central Council meeting would be held in the Royal Capital in a month and a half, and Castel needed to attend as an important representative.

Second, King Louis V issued a decree, limiting Bold, Violet, and Castel, to end the war within a week and return to peace.

Of course, this ceasefire decree came a bit late, as Castel and Violet had already negotiated peace a week earlier.

As for Bold, after Eleanor was captured and the expeditionary force was annihilated, the war had essentially ended, with only the post-war negotiations remaining.

"Lord Bowat-Linte, the war has ended. You can leave here now with Violet’s knights."

Inside the Count Mansion, Viscount Lien-Castel looked at Count Linte, who was under house arrest, and said with a smile.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed in meditation, Count Linte slowly opened his eyes, and after a long silence, finally spoke:

"Have the negotiations... ended?"

"Yes, they ended a week ago. Violet has already delivered your ransom; you are free to leave here now."

"Ransom... what is it."

"2.43 million gold tanas, as well as materials worth 20 million gold tanas, of course... that is for the soldiers, other nobles, and enchanted equipment. As for you, Lord, the offer was the Baron Betel Territory."

said Viscount Lien-Castel.

"Baron Betel Territory, huh..."

Hearing the old viscount’s words, Count Linte had a complex expression.

He gently closed his eyes and let out a resigned long sigh.

And Viscount Lien-Castel continued,

"Lord Bowat-Linte, the Royal Capital has sent word that the central council will convene in just over a month to examine the culpability of Third Prince Philip in the Bold-Violet War."

"This war, fundamentally, was all due to Third Prince Philip’s own obstinacy. You should be well aware of what kind of person the Third Prince is and what he did to Lord Eleanor..."

"We’ve all heard of your reputation; you are a true knight, and Lord says, he hopes you can come forward at the central council in just over a month and expose the Third Prince’s culpability."

After hearing the old viscount’s words, Count Linte remained silent.

"Of course, whether to come forward is your choice, Lord only hopes you would do so. You should be very clear whether the Third Prince is suitable as a successor to the throne," Viscount Lien-Castel added.

After a long while, Count Linte let out a long sigh:

"Let me... think about it..."

"That is natural; there is still some time until the meeting, and you have ample time to consider carefully."

The old viscount said with a smile.

After speaking, he checked the time and bowed to Count Linte:

"Lord Bowat-Linte, knights from the Count Mansion will escort you to join Violet’s forces. I must report back to Lord, so I shall not accompany you."

After finishing, the old viscount turned, planning to leave.

"Wait..."

Count Linte suddenly stopped him.

"Lord Bowat-Linte, is there anything else you wish to say?"

asked the old viscount.

Count Linte hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Please inform Lord Castel, Baron Betel... is a vassal worth recruiting." "He is an excellent commander and a true knight."

Hearing his words, Viscount Lien-Castel raised his eyebrows slightly, not expecting the inheritor of the Bowat-Linte Family to have such high esteem for the last bloodline of the Willert Family.

"I will, but... Baron Betel has been missing for many days. Soldiers say that they saw him knocked off his horse and fall into the Don River that night; he is probably gone."

Recalling the news he found out a couple of days ago, Viscount Lien-Castel said.

After hearing the old viscount’s words, Count Linte opened his mouth and finally let out a long sigh:

"Perhaps... this is fate."

...

After the contract documents were handed over to Violet, Count Linte and other first batch of prisoners were released.

During this period, Castel did not mistreat these people. At most, he had the captive soldiers work as laborers for a few days, cleaning up the ruins left by the war at North Port and repairing the city walls.

As for the nobles, they were actually placed under comfortable house arrest, well-fed and well-drinked. To the victors, these people were walking gold tana.

"Has he been sent away?"

In the nobles’ lounge of the North Port Church Hospital, Charlotte asked while elegantly sipping sweet milk.

She came to the Church Hospital today specifically to see Eleanor.

Although Eleanor’s mental state had improved a lot with her soothing presence, she was still too greatly shocked and needed recuperation and healing.

In this regard, the Holy Royal Court was more adept than she was.

Thus, these days Eleanor had been continuously receiving treatment from Priest Lotti at the Church Hospital.

And today marked the final session of the treatment.

"Yes, my Lord, Count Linte has been taken back by the people of Violet, but he did not clearly declare that he would disclose the Third Prince’s crimes at the central council meeting next month,"

Viscount Lien Castel said respectfully.

"No matter, he is not the only witness. Having him would be better, but it is unnecessary,"

Charlotte said nonchalantly.

"By the way, my Lord, just before Count Linte left, he said a few words he wanted me to convey to you,"

Viscount Lien Castel hesitated then said respectfully.

"Oh? What did he say?"

Charlotte asked, a bit curious.

"He said that Baron Belt is a vassal worth recruiting, an excellent commander, and a true knight,"

the Old Viscount replied.

"Baron Belt..."

Charlotte mused, chewing over the name:

"If I remember correctly, there was a report a few days ago that said this baron had fallen into the Don River and gone missing?"

"That is indeed so,"

the Old Viscount nodded.

"I will keep this in mind. We will talk more if there’s news. The battle that day was chaotic, and many nobles went missing; having no news for so many days probably means they have unfortunately met with tragedy,"

Charlotte remarked.

As she spoke, she seemed to remember something else and asked:

"How is the situation in the north?"

The Old Viscount replied respectfully:

"The military campaign in the north is going smoothly. Our forces have pushed into the last directly administered domain of the Legris Family. The support from Viscount Roman Fuer and the mercenary corps has also arrived. It should not be long before the rebellion is completely subdued. However..."

"However what?"

"We encountered some problems near North Port. Too many soldiers fled that night and we have not finished capturing them all. The frequency of their attacks on towns has increased in the past few days, causing significant trouble for the nobles and the subjects..."

Charlotte frowned:

"It’s been so long, and a few deserters have not been captured?"

Seeing Charlotte’s dissatisfaction, the Old Viscount quickly bowed his head, sweat glistening on his forehead:

"I have already arranged for the cavalry to sweep them up, no more than a week’s time. I will give you a satisfactory answer!"

Charlotte gave a slight nod, signaling her approval.

Just then, the door to the sickroom was gently pushed open, and Priest Lotti, wearing a Divine Robe, stepped out, her face etched with fatigue.

Seeing Charlotte, she bowed respectfully:

"My Lord..."

Charlotte waved her hand, signaling that she could dispense with the formalities, and then asked:

"How is it? How effective was the treatment?"

Lotti sighed and said:

"The condition... is not very good."

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