Character : Eric Axwell, Accusations
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"Are you… accusing the royalty, Sir Eric Axwell?"
That serious question was thrown by the crown princess of Valkaria, Frisena Valkaria. Everyone else can only listen in shock after I revealed the truth to them, and all I can do is stand firm to my beliefs.
"That is right. The royalties are responsible for the death of the Holy Knight. Sir Kayden Calfman."
Fifteen minutes before this, Princess Frisena started the meeting by mentioning all of the fallen from the attack this morning. Aside from the holy knight, over one hundred and fifty civilians also lost their lives to the random attacks from the dark republic spies spreaded throughout the city, and many questions were thrown asking how such a thing happened.
And when asked what happened, Frisena answers as follows.
"All of the earth nation's military was focused right here, because the biggest siege of them all was at this castle, where one elite of the dark republic has made an appearance." She told everyone listening, and the meeting had no choice but to continue.
Frisena then informed everyone regarding the enemies, specifically towards the elite knights owned by the dark republic. There are ten of them, and they are called the 'Ten Commanders'. Their names are based on numbers, ranging from 'One' all the way to 'Ten'.
Their origin abilities were different. From what the prince of Fiordall reported, the knight with golden armor that is known as 'Two' was a light origin. The golden knight was the elite knight who killed the holy knight, and it made sense considering earth origin can never win against light origin.
Aside from 'Two', another elite knight with dark blue armor known as 'Five' has also made an appearance. 'Five' was mentioned to have water origin, and fortunately he was killed by the prince during the battle.
And then, an accuser appeared.
"How does it make sense that a fire origin won against a water origin?" The crown prince of the earth nation, Prince Flinch, questioned aloud to everyone on the table.
However, contrary to him, everybody else on the table has known Nathan and is quite close to him. Hence, we all know exactly what kind of person he is and how strong he truly was.
And yet, the second prince himself who is sitting on a wheelchair only laughed.
"Are you doubting that I'm siding with the dark republic, Crown Prince Flinch? I'm a prince too, you know?" Nathan asked with his usual annoying smirk, and the crown prince only snorted.
"I think I speak for everyone when I say that you are not a real prince."
No… No one really wants to speak with you at all.
"Let's continue the meeting. Flinch, shut up." Frisena even said so rudely at Flinch, which made the crown prince so shocked.
After that, Frisena continued the briefing about what happened here at the castle. One of the elites with red armor, 'Seven', came and attacked the royal castle. The aim is clear, to assassinate the royalties of the earth nation. But, his acts were stopped by Frisena and the earth nation military. Many of the dark republic's hidden spies were killed, but 'Seven' managed to get away.
'Seven' has a fire origin, which fortunately can be countered by Frisena's water origin. She single handedly pushed back the elite knight, and once help came from her Valkarian soldiers, the red knight escaped.
And with that, three out of the ten commanders of the dark republic have been pushed back, with one of them killed. Only nine left, but if we count their president, there are still ten leaders to take down.
Frisena warned us about these elite knights. Because while it is true that the dark republic is only one country, their military strength is almost equal to three or four countries. Their golden knight known as 'Two' was powerful enough to take down the holy knight of the earth nation. We have not seen 'One' and what they are capable of, but president 'Zero' is very clearly someone we can't handle by ourselves.
And since we are on this topic, once again the crown prince of the earth nation made an appearance.
"In that case, should we talk about the 'Eleven' commander of the dark republic? Second prince Nathan Fiore!" He pointed his hand at Nathan, and everyone let out a sigh.
"What is it again, your highness?" Even Frisena lets out a sigh, but this time the person stepping forward wasn't the crown prince. The butler of the royal family took out a large piece of paper, and he started reading them aloud.
"From the king of the earth nation. This message is for the council of leaders attending the meeting to discuss the future of the earth nation.
I, King Desia Korvus of the earth nation, hereby accuse the second prince of the fire kingdom to take responsibility for the death of the holy knight, Sir Kayden Calfman." The butler read aloud the message, and everyone turned widely shocked at what they just heard.
"See? I wasn't joking around." Flinch said while wearing the same punchable grin as before, and Frisena placed down the notes she was holding to the table.
"Flinch. Tell me straight. Is this accusation real?" Frisena asked to confirm, and the crown prince only smirked as he stared at the confused second prince of Fiordall.
"My father wrote it himself. He is very saddened by the death of the holy knight. Everyone, do not be fooled by that man! He is a spy from the dark republic!" Flinch stated while pointing his finger at Nathan, who looked really bored by this whole thing.
"Can we just get this guy out of here?" Nathan asked without care, but Frisena shook her head.
"The royalty of the earth nation is the owner of the house we are staying at. It is quite rude to us to kick him out of the meeting." Frisena reasoned to Nathan, and the second prince just let out a sigh.
"So, you're saying… I killed the holy knight after colluding with the dark republic?" Nathan asked with his plain bored face, and the crown prince folded his hands.
"That is right! You are secretly a knight to the dark republic--"
"Do you even know how the holy knight even got to that place? Why was he there, or what were we facing? Do you even understand the very concept of betrayal? I'm friends with his son, by the way. His son is my roommate back at the academy." Nathan said while pointing his thumb at Jonah, who only looked confused as to why he got roped to the conversation.
"You think any of that matters? So long as you, a random newbie from the academy arriving back by yourself after your whole team was wiped out… you are suspicious." The crown prince does give a good argument, but Nathan is tougher than any of us guessed.
"Then, you are saying I purposely killed all of my teammates? If that's the case, why did the dark blue knight known as 'Five' also get killed? If I were a traitor, that wouldn't make sense, does it?"
"The dark blue knight 'Five' could've been killed by the holy knight!"
"Hmm, I don't know… his body was burned to coal, and I don't think earth origin can do something like that." Nathan said while acting, and the crown prince only looked more angered than ever.
He really is excellent at pissing people off. I feel bad for the crown prince, because this talk is really going to be painful for him.
"You killed the holy knight! Admit it so we can all rest easy!" Now, the crown prince is just blatantly pointing his finger, and everyone else wanted to just get this talk over with.
"Crown prince Flinch. What you are making is such a difficult accusation to prove. Are you sure you would go to war with Fiordall without a definite proof?" Nathan asked coldly at the crown prince, and he only folded his arms.
"You think Fiordall has any chance against the earth nation?"
"Mind you, your holy knight is dead. And his son is my best friend." Nathan once again pointed at Jonah, and the tall guy only nod powerlessly.
The crown prince looked very defeated by that betrayal, but Frisena cleared her throat.
"This conversation is getting nowhere." Frisena said, and she turned her gaze at Nathan. "Second prince, would you like to ignore this accusation and continue with the meeting?"
"Of course. I've been waiting for you to ask." Nathan said with a grin, and Frisena turned her gaze back to the screen. But before she could say a word, a hand was lifted from the crowd.
"I have… an accusation to make." I said to everyone with my left hand lifted up, and they all turned their attention to me.
"Y-You too?" Princess Frisena asked out of confusion, and I lowered my left hand to point at the crown prince. Seeing that I was pointing at him, the crown prince looked widely surprised.
"I accuse the crown prince, and the royal family, to take responsibility for the death of the one hundred fifty citizens of the earth nation. And, quite frankly, the death of the holy knight." I said while pointing at the crown prince, and he only looked so shocked.
"W-What!? Who the hell are you, anyway!?" The crown prince turned defensive instantly, and I just placed my hand at my chest.
"Eric Axwell. The first ranked student of the Ellen academy first year." I introduced myself, and everyone has started to react.
"W-Wait, Eric. Are you sure?" Miss Hilda asked me to see if I'm serious, and I nodded firmly.
"Are you accusing the royalty, Sir Eric Axwell?" Princess Frisena asked, and I just stared straight at the crown prince and his butler next to him.