Pirate Kingship-Chapter 805 - 499: Evernight Queen, Sudden Accident_4
The two of them didn’t notice that a raven, which had been perched on a branch for days amidst the wind and snow, had clearly heard their conversation.
The crow Fukin, who had flown from the Malta Monastery in the Inland Sea to the Eternal Night Peninsula, rolled its eyes and actively transmitted the information to Byron’s main body.
"My hunch was right, Mother-in-law is indeed not dead, and this [Evernight Queen] was one of the participants in the plan back then.
They accuse us of practicing forbidden knowledge and being inhuman, yet I think you political creatures are far more inhuman!"
Based on the intelligence acquired from the Hall of Valor, and by placing the supposedly deceased Mother-in-law Vanessa from more than a decade ago into the puzzle,
The answer can be easily deduced.
What else could make a top-tier powerhouse like the [Whale Hunter] leave his daughter and country for ten years,
aside from the ideal of the Bayfolk revival, it could only be his wife’s life.
Mother-in-law Vanessa must have been confined by the Church in a highly secure location, one that even Father-in-law couldn’t find, forcing him to compromise with the Church and help them locate [Noah’s Ark].
Finally, linking all the clues and piecing together the entire puzzle, Byron sighed in relief.
But a new problem presented itself.
The Church can threaten Father-in-law with Mother-in-law’s life to ensure compliance, so merely rescuing Mother-in-law would not suffice.
However, with countless churches and monasteries across the continent, where exactly could Vanessa be found?
One avenue is to directly ask the Church’s Saints, and the other is to ask the Evernight Queen.
Byron’s consciousness descended into Fukin’s body, tilting its head towards the room from which loud coughing noises were emanating.
Facing this [Evernight Queen], an overwhelmingly controlling ’parental figure’, Byron felt no malice towards the sickly Prince Eric, rather he felt a tinge of sympathy for him.
"Things are becoming quite tricky now.
This old woman is so emotionally detached to such an extent, like a stone from a cesspit—both foul and hard.
I initially intended to use Eric’s treatment as a bargaining chip to make her reveal Mother-in-law’s whereabouts.
Even if he were to be rescued, gaining another contender for the throne, perhaps they could just seize the throne directly, after all.
Nobody understands how to seize a country better than this Pirate King.
Violet has the right to claim, with the esteemed reputation of the Pirate King [Mad Hunt] and the Bay Citizen Princess [War Witch], how could a frail sickling compare?
At that point, there might not even be a need for a heated battle; the Bayfolk might welcome King Byron and Queen Violette back to their loyal Kalmar Union with open arms."
But [Evernight Queen] would rather let her only grandson die than tolerate forbidden knowledge.
His original scheme ended up in vain.
Meanwhile, Byron also realized that even with force, he probably couldn’t pry open [Evernight Queen]’s mouth.
Not just because she currently wears the crown of three great kingdoms, making it nearly impossible to defeat her head-on,
But also because such a stubborn martyr is the hardest to deal with, even if she were killed, she’d probably feel she died for a worthy cause, practically without any flaws.
Byron felt the situation had reached an impasse.
Unless the [Evernight Queen] herself changed her mind, it seemed he’d never get any information out of her mouth anyway.
The other route is leveraging the Church hierarchy, seeking clues through [Holy Hammer] Oliver and [Sister of Mercy] Teresa’s connections, but since this involves Noah’s Ark, it’s undoubtedly top-secret, and who knows when they might find any hint.
Byron now longed to infiltrate the "Creator Church Group Corporation", participating in Church affairs as a "Holy Spirit".
At that time, directly accessing the [Silver Law]’s database would suffice.
Just when the investigation reached a deadlock, Byron, who had long returned to the colonial main body, suddenly received an urgent alert from the "Lighthouse Union":
"Attention all members!
Recently, a large number of Lighthouse Sequence Extraordinarys have gone missing without cause in the Southern Continent. All members and their forces are urged to remain vigilant and report to the Union immediately upon discovering any clues."
...
At the same time,
In a tropical rainforest between the "Monetary Restoration Party" of Remit and the "Barbary Pirate Kingdom" in the Southern Continent, a group of people were desperately fleeing.
Leading the charge is a green-haired pirate captain named Schindler, who was among the first batch of captains groomed under Pioneer Guiding Colonial Trading Company’s "Captain 721 Fission Mode".
Now joined under Westwind Express, he is responsible for escorting and distributing various goods dumped on the Southern Continent by the company, being very familiar with all major colonies.
Clearly, they’ve run into trouble now.
Using his pirate ability [Mountain Goat Steps], he leapt five to six meters atop branches, observing enemy movement while calling out to a large group of immigrants from the West Coast trailing behind him.
"Even though we just happened to meet in this border area, I, Schindler, have always looked down on the Remit people’s atrocity of treating any foreign race as slaves and livestock.
They even ransack neighboring countries that kindly took them in, something that would enrage the creator.
Everyone, run quickly, hold on a little longer; once we reach the riverbank, Pioneer Navigation Trading Company’s inland transport ships will be waiting to pick us up.
Once we’re on those ships, those damned Remit Slave-catcher Teams won’t be able to catch us!"
