Chapter 146 – The Empress' Investigation

"You still have a chance to remain alive. I can't trust a whole group of guards, but it's not a problem when it's only one. I wouldn't want to lose a promising expert mage."

The Empress said as she stood in front of the man kneeling before her.

"The Empress is wise. My loyalty will never be shaken."

"Tell me, Keiki. Why is Isuzu dead?"

"I deserve to be killed! I couldn't protect the first princess!"

Keiki had no idea what to say; he also didn't know why the first princess died. He made sure to hold back the expert mages of the second princess, yet she got killed by a mere true mage in a single strike.

"Did you see any expert mage attack her? Did you sense any fluctuation from the man she was with?"

One explanation she had in mind was that an expert mage with Darkness affinity ambushed Isuzu the moment Hanako attacked, and the second explanation was that Kisuke sneak-attacked her when she wasn't ready.