The wind in the forest blew past, bringing with it a murderous aura.
The small forest was already filled with people who had arrived later.
Heinz looked at Pierre's body coldly. After a while, he said,""Kloss, you shouldn't have killed him.”
" I didn't mean to kill him." Kloss smiled bitterly." In fact, I just used the most common Charge. But I didn't expect…"
"Alchemists stay in the laboratory for a long time, and their bodies are easily corroded by poisons and other materials. It seems that you have neglected this point.”
Kloss opened his mouth, wanting to say that he hadn't overlooked this, but he didn't say anything in the end.
Avril, who had just finished crying, roared angrily,""Heinz, are you finally willing to come out and see me? You still think Kloss shouldn't have killed Pierre? That's right, I think so too, because he deserves to die ten thousand times!”
"He actually tried to rape the princess!”Avril was almost hysterical.
In the days when Gong Hao was by her side, she was very gentle most of the time. However, Gong Hao was seriously injured because of her, and she herself was in danger. Her heart was extremely pained, and this was the first time she had said that she wanted to kill someone.
Heinz's expression was a little ugly.
He wasn't afraid of Ariel. Although she was the princess of the empire, he didn't care about her. It was just that trying to rape the princess was actually done by Pierre. This was really too embarrassing.
Especially since Pierre was different from ordinary people. Heinz knew his disciple's hobbies very well. His habits were not just about sex…
Unfortunately, he was not the only one who knew about this habit.
Avril's head guard, the Grade 8 Earth Warrior Alexander Padgett, knew some things about Pierre.
The danger that the princess was in made him very angry."Master Heinz, if I remember correctly, Pierre did something like this more than twenty years ago. My friend Raschel once caught this bastard because he raped and killed at least six girls.”
"Oh my god." "If that's the case, why is he fine?" Avril exclaimed.”
" It's because Pierre is indeed talented in the field of alchemy," Padgett said helplessly. Master Heinz had pleaded for him in exchange for his life. Then he followed Grandmaster here. I originally thought that he would never have the guts to attack the princess, but I didn't expect that he would still do so.”
Kloss sighed." Long-term repression can sometimes make people's desires break through their rationality. It's not unusual.”
" But that's what I don't understand," Heinz said, a little confused. Your Highness, why did you come to this forest at night? How did Pierre know you were here? And Xiu Yi, what's wrong with you? Why are you here?"
"Master, you know that while the princess is on Purgatory Island, my main job is to make her happy." Gong Hao replied slowly. So I designed a little program for her. In this forest, she can enjoy the fun of the bonfire party and let her experience the beauty of nature. In fact, the princess likes it very much."
"This could have been the best night of my life…if that villain hadn't appeared.”Avril said angrily.
She was still wearing the apprentice robe that Gong Hao had given her. The torn clothes on the ground had fully confirmed what Pierre had done. In fact, Heinz, who couldn't rush over in time, had seen it clearly through the crystal ball. He was just pretending to be confused.
"When Pierre hit you, why didn't you fight back?”
"Because he's my lord, I can't attack him. Even if he was assaulting the princess, I could only stop him, not attack him.”
Gong Hao's "humility" made everyone sigh. This child was too "dutiful."
"Then how did Pierre know you were here?”Heinz continued to ask.
"I don't know, but from the looks of it, he might have been prepared and had his eyes on the princess."”
Heinz looked at the clothes on the ground and said,""I noticed that you were wearing the clothes of a maid. Could it be that the person he wanted to attack in the first place was not you?”
"Oh, maid clothes are just a way for me to have fun. If you say that Pierre just got the wrong person, then he saw my face later. Why did he still violently attack me?”Avril shouted angrily.
Heinz sighed slightly. He had also seen the situation. It wasn't that he wasn't angry at Pierre, but his death had brought an immeasurable loss to Purgatory Island.
" Yes, Princess," he said." I understand. No matter what, Pierre is unforgivable." However, Your Highness, I hope that this matter can end here. Pierre is already dead. I feel that it's best for the princess to not publicize this matter after returning to Wenrington.”
Avril stared at Heinz in disbelief."Oh my god, Heinz, you old man. Your disciple once violated the laws of the Empire, yet you shielded him. He wanted to rape a princess of the Empire, but you turned a blind eye to it and interrogated me non-stop. When the crime has been proven, you want everything to end just like that? God above, you actually told me not to tell my father that such a thing had happened. You're really an old bastard!”
This was the first time in Heinz's life that he had been called an old bastard. His face turned green and red, but he could not explain himself.
Perhaps sensing Heinz's awkwardness, Gong Hao gently grabbed Avril's hand."You don't have to be so angry. I believe Master Heinz has good intentions.”
"You're actually speaking up for him?" Avril's beautiful eyes widened.
Gong Hao calmly spat out a mouthful of blood on the ground.
"Oh, Hughie, your injuries are very serious." Avril's heart softened immediately. What are you trash doing? Hurry up and bring the medicine over."
A large group of people went forward to give Gong Hao medicine. The best medicine was given to Gong Hao as if it was free.
Gong Hao stuffed all the potions into his arms impolitely. Then, he looked at Avril with an affectionate gaze and said,"Avril, you know that the person I care about the most is you, right?”
"Yes, Xiu Yi, I saw you risking your life to protect me. Xiu Yi, you really care about me."
"Then I hope you can forgive and understand Master Heinz. Don't be angry, okay?”
"Why? This bastard protected his student. Pierre should have died long ago. And now, he was still trying to quibble, shirk responsibility, and even hide the matter.”
"At first, he just wanted to understand the situation, and it was indeed more reasonable to suppress this matter.”
"I don't understand, Xiu Yi. How is this reasonable? Pierre should be condemned by the entire empire and judged by the court!”
"In fact, I don't think you think that it's a good thing that the princess of the empire was raped and became a joke in the Lance Empire, right?”
Avril was slightly stunned.
Yes, if the entire country knew that she was almost raped by a damn bad uncle, then this scandal would definitely have an extremely negative impact on her and bring shame to the royal family.
Kloss and Padgett looked at each other. To be honest, they didn't want this to get out either.
When the princess was in danger, the first to suffer was the person responsible for protecting her. Although she had snuck out by herself, people would not think so. They would only think that it was the negligence of the squires.
"Besides, if everyone finds out that you snuck out with an acolyte, what will they think?" Those who knew would naturally understand that I was only bringing you to enjoy the moonlight, bonfire, and beautiful night, but what about those who didn't know? They'll think we're having a tryst. Rumors would spread everywhere. Perhaps His Majesty will fly into a rage and order me to be killed. Your retinue will be dismissed, Master Heinz will be punished, and everyone will suffer. Do you really want that? Avril."
"Oh no, Xiu Yi, I won't let them treat you like that.”
"Then listen to me. Accept Master Heinz's suggestion and let this matter go. Don't mention Pierre again. He's dead anyway, and no one will know how he died. Let's just say that he…died of illness."
Avril looked at Gong Hao affectionately and finally nodded."Alright, Xiu Yi. I'll listen to you. I'll do whatever you say. You know that I don't want you to be implicated. Everything you did was to make me happy.”
Ariel finally agreed to Heinz's request, which made everyone heave a sigh of relief. They looked at Gong Hao with gratitude in their eyes, and they no longer minded that he had brought the little princess out for a date.
Gong Hao's biggest goal was to please Heinz and give Bailey an explanation. If Bailey knew that he had just given Gong Hao information about Pierre two months ago and that Pierre had died because he tried to rape the princess, and Gong Hao was there at that time, he would definitely guess something.
Now that Pierre had died of illness, he could no longer suspect Gong Hao.
In Bailey's eyes, Gong Hao was just a pitiful worm who had secretly discovered the secret of death on Purgatory Island and worked hard to curry favor with his master in an attempt to live longer. What he wanted was to use this poor man to fight for enough benefits for himself.
If he knew that this " pitiful worm " had been thinking about how to counterattack from the beginning to the end, he would not dare to move a mountain of gold even if he was given one.
Of course, there was another benefit, and that was that the matter could be resolved so quietly that the people from the Empire's Law Department would not get involved in the investigation. After all, it was impossible for the hounds not to notice something as important as the princess. They were not like warriors and mages who had no experience in scheming.
These hounds were definitely not easy to fool. They could find out a lot from the cause of Pierre's death.
Fortunately, this was not the mainland, and the Law Department would not easily reach here.
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After handing Pierre's body over to the servants, Avril walked to Heinz's side angrily.""Old man, you better remember that your student is so terrible that he can destroy you. If it weren't for your good apprentice, I can guarantee that my father's fury would burn the entire Purgatory Island to ashes!”
Heinz was too embarrassed to face him and could only leave dejectedly.
Faced with the arrogant and despotic princess, who was now extremely angry, even the Great Alchemist, who the Emperor relied on, could only choose to retreat.
Kloss patted Gong Hao's shoulder and said,"I should have scolded you for sneaking out with the princess, but now that I think about it, it's really not your fault. You're just trying your best to make the princess happy. In fact, you used your own life to protect the princess's chastity, but what I really want to thank is that you convinced the princess not to report this matter. Good boy, on account of this, if you have any problems with magic, feel free to ask me. This time, you don't have to go through the princess. I will definitely answer all your questions.”
Earth Warrior Padgett looked at Lancelot, who was watching the show coldly but did not say a word. Then, he said to Gong Hao,"I heard that guy taught you some martial arts training methods, but it seems like he wasn't a good teacher. Otherwise, you wouldn't have been beaten so badly by Pierre. I think you know that knowledge and educational ability are sometimes not equated. Not all students taught by Saint-level warriors were necessarily the strongest students in the world. How much strength a teacher had was not important to the students. What was important was how much he could teach the students. That stingy, selfish guy almost got you killed because of his stinginess. If you want, you can ask me. Like Kloss, I answered all his questions.”
A high-level mage and a high-level warrior had extended their friendly olive branches to him at the same time. This was probably not only because he had convinced Avril for them, but more importantly, they had discovered that this blond boy had an unparalleled influence on the princess.
With Avril's temper, even her mother, whom she respected the most, might not be able to persuade her not to report this matter after such a thing. The reason why she was willing to agree not to report it to the Emperor was probably because of Gong Hao's words,"I will also be unlucky." In order not to implicate Gong Hao, Ariel finally suppressed her anger. In the end, Gong Hao wasn't implicated, but Kloss and Padgett were lucky enough to escape. Of course, Heinz was also lucky.
For Kloss and Padgett, if they couldn't see the importance of befriending Schuiglaire, they wouldn't have to stay in the treacherous and dangerous officialdom anymore.
Those who were involved in the government would always understand one thing-never be an opponent of the strong, but be friends with them.
Here, the meaning of being strong was not just martial strength, but also other aspects. For example, Shuiglaire was now a powerhouse in a sense.
Lancelot, who was far away, snorted coldly and left after hearing Padgett's words. Lancelot, who had lived in seclusion for a long time, was indeed incomparable to the world-famous Padgett in terms of his ability to educate disciples. Even three to five Padgett's combined might not be his match. However, the ability and individual strength required to educate disciples were indeed different.
With Padgett guiding Gong Hao, Gong Hao didn't have to worry about making any mistakes on the path of cultivation.
Avril's men were trying to curry favor with Gong Hao. Andrew looked at Pierre's corpse with a complicated gaze and finally let out a long sigh. This sigh was for Pierre and also for himself. For many years, he had been suppressed by Pierre and had never been able to stand out.
Now that Pierre was dead, Heinz had lost his most outstanding assistant. He would be the second true master of Purgatory Island in the future. This made him a little happy, but also a little melancholic.
He was happy that his status had risen, but he was sad that he had not earned it through his hard work.
Thinking of this, he could not help but glance at Gong Hao again. If nothing unexpected happened, this kid was going to take over his position.
He had displayed incredible bravery. In less than two years, he had jumped from a lowly servant to the princess 'favorite person. He was about to become the third most important person on Purgatory Island.
Thinking of the spirit seed in Gong Hao's body, he felt conflicted again.
Should he think of a way to completely research the method of extracting the Soul Seed so that Shuiglaire could truly escape death? However, if he knew the truth about the spirit seed, would he still support her and her teacher as usual?
Without the spiritual seed, he would lose the greatest control over him. Would it be the same as releasing a terrifying opponent?
However, if he could accept it and become his teacher's student, with his intelligence, he would be able to solve the mysteries of alchemy as soon as possible. Then, the day he left Purgatory Island would not be far away.
Survival? Or death?
Andrew was like Hamlet, unable to find the answer.
As for Isadora, she was probably the only one who doubted everything when she saw the maid's clothes on the ground. However, when she saw Ariel looking at Gong Hao affectionately and Gong Hao's cold and warning gaze, she immediately realized that perhaps shutting up was her best choice.
In fact, she did not have any evidence to prove that all of this was a conspiracy. After all, even she herself was not sure what was going on. Saying that Pierre might have come for him might not prove anything, but it would definitely bring him trouble.
Her wisdom had paid off.
After that, Gong Hao gave her a few bottles of Charm Potion. Not long after this girl returned to Wenrington, she found an earl and married him, becoming the wife of an earl. The Countess had completely forgotten about Pierre.
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First, I overslept again today, so I'm late.
Two: Ma Beitian, are you there? Long Kong, I'm going. I've also read the post. I have no objections to your article and your wish to publish other things about me. The problem is that I hate the Dragon Sky's evil post system-I can't reply to it.
That's why I've been dragging it out until now.
So…this…I can only remain silent for the time being, just like the theme of this chapter. Sigh.
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