The villainous prince who bullied Feng Aotian was actually myself.

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Leon's most important task right now is to get rid of Helena, this big problem.

"Please come in."

Leon stood up from the soft sofa, straightened his tie, and then began to speak.

The exquisite wooden door was pushed open, and a faint fragrance of pear wood wafted out.

A tall, slender man with brown hair, brown eyes, a long, pointed chin, and sparse stubble on his face walked in quietly.

He wore a dark green robe, a silk tie with a water-splash pattern on his chest, and black leather boots that were polished to a shine.

"Your Highness Leon."

Without making any further moves, as soon as he entered the room, Hawkeye's gaze fell directly on Leon. He gracefully raised his left fist and placed it in front of his chest, giving Leon a greeting.

“Mr. Bloomfield, please have a seat.”

Leon nodded slightly, trying to maintain a smile, and gestured with his left hand, pointing the fingertips towards the sofa opposite Helena.

This wasn't the first time the original owner had met Hawkeye.

According to the original owner's memories,

For Hawkeye,

The original owner didn't really like it.

Now that we've finally met Hawkeye in person...

Leon finally understood why the original owner didn't like being around Hawkeye.

Because Hawkeye's aura is just too strong.

Especially his sharp, blade-like brown eyes,

Being stared at by those eyes,

Leon always felt like he had a thorn in his side.

can only say,

As expected of one of the three heroes of the empire, he is a top-tier expert even in the world.

Perhaps only someone like Leon could recruit someone of Hawkeye's caliber.

After all, Leon's eyes, though always carrying a playful smile, gave people a sense of crisis that they were being seen through.

in a sense,

The two are similar types of people.

However, Hawkeye's abilities in this area are more geared towards combat, while Leon's abilities are mainly used to understand people's hearts.

"Thank you."

Hawkeye didn't stand on ceremony and readily sat down on the sofa opposite Helena.

However, his sitting down made Helena very uncomfortable.

The oppressive feeling of Hawkeye

Helena could certainly sense it too.

She did not cure Hawkeye.

Therefore, she did not gain Hawkeye's abilities.

She was still unfamiliar with Hawkeye.

In addition,

With Helena's current strength, she is actually only at the Gold Realm. Under normal circumstances, her combat power is only enough to bully a Mithril Realm mage like Leon who is not good at close combat.

Therefore, if Hawkeye wanted to kill Helena at this moment, even if Helena had many skill enhancements, in the face of absolute strength, it would all be just flashy tricks.

Fortunately, from the moment Hawkeye entered, his cold, icy gaze, as sharp as the snow of the deepest winter, never fell upon Helena.

That wretched Leon!

Why not just handcuff yourself and lock yourself in a small room like before?

They insisted on bringing themselves to this kind of place.

What's even more outrageous is that...

She even dressed herself up as this strange maid.

Ah ah ah,

It's so annoying!

Three days later,

This girl is determined to give this bastard a good beating...

Although Helena outwardly maintained a blank expression, she had already cursed Leon countless times in her heart.

"What is it, sir? Please speak."

Leon sat back down in the chair at his desk and spoke in a relaxed tone.

"Your Highness Leon..."

Hawkeye tilted his head slightly to look at Helena.

Ok? !

Noticing Hawkeye's gaze, Helena froze, too afraid to move, lest she reveal her weakness.

Fortunately, Hawkeye's gaze only lingered on Helena for a second before quickly returning to Leon at the desk.

Leon naturally understood the meaning behind his action.

He felt it was inconvenient for Helena to be sitting next to him and hoped to speak with Leon privately.

However—Leon naturally wouldn't let him have his way.

The reason Leon brought Helena here so early was so that she could hear his conversation with Hawkeye earlier that day.

This is a very important part of Leon's plan to clear his name in Helena's mind.

"She's a fool now, she's not thinking straight, she can't remember anything. Don't worry, sir, you can speak frankly about anything."

Leon flashed what he considered to be a very friendly smile and began to speak.

"Um……"

Hawkeye seemed to have some reservations, but after hesitating for a moment, he took out an old blueprint wrapped in sheepskin from his robe.

“Your Highness Leon, this is the palace defense map that His Majesty asked me to give you. During His Majesty’s overseas campaigns, you will be in charge of overseeing the capital, while I will be responsible for assisting you with the defense work.”

After a silence of about two seconds, Hawkeye stood up, walked straight to Leon's desk, bowed slightly, and handed the city defense map to Leon.

Imperial Palace Defense Map!

Helena's heart skipped a beat after hearing Hawkeye's words.

Chapter Seven: Falling into the Trap

Fchester Imperial Palace

Even if the emperor goes to war and takes a large number of powerful people who were left in the palace to the front line, this is still the core area of ​​the entire Fchester Empire, and its foundation is unfathomable.

Therefore,

To escape unharmed,

Helena wasn't actually very confident.

but,

If we had a map of the imperial palace's defenses...

Having gained a certain understanding of the palace's security forces and the terrain, Helena was now more than 80% confident in her plan to escape.

therefore,

The palace defense map was indeed a great temptation for Helena.

Although she longed to see the city defense map, Helena, out of fear of Hawkeye, did not make any unnecessary moves. She simply stared blankly at the white wall like a mindless puppet.

"Okay, I understand."

Leon politely accepted the city defense map from Hawkeye with both hands.

"That's all I need to say. If there's nothing else, Your Highness Leon, I still have official duties to attend to."

Hawkeye had no intention of communicating with Leon further.

Deep down, he actually looked down on Leon.

This is actually normal.

In the original anime storyline,

In other people's eyes,

The eldest prince, Leon, is nothing more than a "good-for-nothing" with a high aptitude for magic.

in fact,

In fact, Leon was indeed a "useless" character in the original anime, at least in terms of cunning.

Let's take an event as an example.

Because of his obsession with the study of magic, Leon became the disciple of the great sage Bancroft of the Empire.

However, Bancroft, who appears to be Fchester's most powerful and learned mage, is actually the leader of a cult obsessed with dark magic.

He taught Leon magic and became Leon's teacher merely to exploit Leon, thereby facilitating his own research into dark magic.

Ironically, the original owner of Leon was grateful to Bancroft for his patient guidance and was tricked by him into collecting materials for dark magic, providing funding for his research, and covering for him.

"Well, Mr. Bloomfield, take care."

Leon made no attempt to persuade Hawkeye to stay and immediately agreed.

Harmful,

Watching the exquisite pear wood door being closed by Hawkeye as he left, Leon stretched his limbs and let out a long sigh of relief.

Living in such a cutthroat environment is truly exhausting.

Leon felt as if he were living in a palace intrigue drama.

However, judging from the original plot, this can indeed be considered a palace intrigue drama, but it is not like "The Legend of Zhen Huan," where women compete for favor in the harem, but rather a political struggle between men.

As the most powerful human empire, the Fester Empire's political struggles in its capital, regardless of who emerges victorious, will affect the fate of the entire world.

The regent, though cruel, was brave, decisive, courageous, and resourceful, and his reputation was widespread.

Although the second prince is still young and lacks prestige and experience, he is good at discovering, recruiting and making good use of talents, and his methods are also very ruthless.

Judging from the personalities and styles of their rivals, neither the regent nor the second prince should be an incompetent or foolish emperor.

However, as the eldest son, Leon should be the rightful heir according to the law and tradition.

With him as the rightful heir, there will be forces that uphold the rites and laws to support him.

Therefore, whether it is the regent or the second prince, if they want to completely secure their position as emperor, the first thing they must do is to kill Leon, the rightful heir to the throne.

Therefore, Leon, who had little interest in the throne, was forced to join the struggle for it in order to survive.

This is very frustrating.

Leon spun around the city defense map, which had been rolled into a cylinder, somewhat annoyed, his gaze falling on Helena.

Helena sat very quietly, her hands resting naturally on her thighs, her beautiful long hair almost reaching her waist.

She stared blankly at the wall, her beautiful eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings, her dazed appearance suggesting she was sleepwalking.

The acting was absolutely phenomenal!

It can be said that they are in no way inferior to the most outstanding actors on modern Earth.

If it weren't for Leon knowing the plot...