A God Killed Me By Accident, But I Reincarnated As The 4th Son Of The Marquis

Volume 8 Chapter 3: The Aftermath

 

That was not the end. During lunch, 

 

"Treasure is in the eyes of the beholder. And she's the most precious treasure of all." 

 

"..." Keith and the others stared at the recording of Masked Thief whisking away with Carolyn in her arms. That recording stopped right there. Keith turned to Tristan, "Wait, where did they get a recording of this?" This question must be asked; how could there be so many copies of it?! It wasn't only Maria who had one. These orbs came in droves! 

 

"Someone must have made them. That whole incident was broadcast throughout the Philosopher and Solis Kingdom. If the person got the recording stone, they could mass-produce it," Tristan sighed deeply. 

 

"Why are people mass-producing something like this?!" Keith didn't get it. But that caused the girls to sigh. 

 

"What I say?"

 

"Keith, you wouldn't understand." Faelyn shook her head. 

 

"Something like this is story-like. No one would ever do something like this." Alfia added. It was next to impossible.

 

"Sometimes we wondered if this scene would happen in real life and if it's true," Sarah added. A princess who didn't want to get married through arrangement. 

 

A masked hero swooping to save her and facing impossible odds? 

 

Yeah, that was more of a wonder than a realistic event. It was like the stars aligned for that one moment.

 

"Now I want someone to whisk me away," Scarlet commented. The other girls nodded to that. When they recall the scene, they feel envious of Carolyn. 

 

"…" You guys for real?

 

"Same," Maria commented. That caused Tristan's ears to perk up, "I can do that for you any time!"

 

"It wouldn't be the same. I doubt anything could top something like that," Maria held Carolyn's shoulders, "You're so lucky to have such a handsome man whisk you away."

 

"I know," Carolyn grinned as she immediately added, "I will need a copy of that recording." 

 

"...What?" Keith tilted his head. 

 

"For memorabilia. I can't be the only one who doesn't have one." She was in it, and she didn't have a stone? It wouldn't be right. 

 

"By the way, how is it going with the Philosopher Kingdom?" 

 

"Can't you give us some time to savor this moment!" Carolyn pouted. But the man ignored her as he focused on the matter at hand. 

 

"Oh, we're winning on every count. What you did-""You mean Masked Thief."

 

Tristan rolled his eyes, "Masked Thief basically destroyed the Philosopher Kingdom's economy. Those mines were quite vital to their kingdom." 

 

The Philosopher Kingdom's power came from their magical items and military might. But further down the two were the mana stone mines. Those mines were basically what ran everything. Take that away, and they were basically screwed. 

 

The military would also suffer a significant blow since it used magical weapons. 

 

"But how did Masked Thief do something like that?" Gabriel wondered. Destroying the mines was not so easy. Since it had been a vital resource for their kingdom, it had to be loaded with soldiers to guard it. 

 

"How do you think he did it, Keith?" All eyes were on him. 

 

"Why ask me? I wasn't there?"

 

"But you're the smartest of us all," Carolyn teased. 

 

"It's simple; there was Masked Thief and the Masked Sisters. That makes four people." Four people, four mines. Simple enough if you count it correctly. 

 

"I see." 

 

"Taking down the last mine would be pretty overkill," Keith added. Leaving one mine was by grace. 

 

"With four gone, plus Alger's demented personality and how they wanted to aim that at the Solis Kingdom, the other kingdoms aren't taking this lightly." It wasn't only the Solis Kingdom going against the Philosopher kingdom; others were pressing against them. 

 

"Other kingdoms?" This had gotten big. 

 

"Our father is pressing against the Philosopher kingdom. A weapon like that would have broken the nations' truce." Licht explained. The ancient weapon Sirius: a weapon that shouldn't be allowed to exist.  

 

One shot from that would have destroyed the Solis kingdom. That was why everyone was concerned: if the Philosopher Kingdom would have fired that on an allied kingdom, what about the neutral nations? 

 

There was no need to think about what would happen. The Philosopher Kingdom had evil intentions. 

 

"However, Masked Thief had destroyed it, leaving them little to no leverage." If they had a weapon like that on their side, it would change their current situation. However, it was gone. 

 

"Some nobles are even turning against the royal family." It was quite a crazy ordeal that was occurring inside that kingdom. 

 

"And what's going on with Alger? He's expelled right?" Krystal questioned. 

 

"Not expelled, but basically left. It was basically an ultimatum by our father. Either Carolyn and I leave the academy, or he does." Of course, they would after what had happened. Cadmus, of course, got rid of him.

 

"Good riddance. If he stayed, I would have ended him." Keith cracked his knuckles. The thought of him in the same academy was just sickening. 

 

"Careful, do you want to be on house arrest again?" Because Alger's incident was now known, Keith was off house arrest.

  

"I don't think they can stop me either way." That was the other thing.

 

"You always say the scariest things." 

 

"Also, how's that island doing?" Now that Alger was off the island, Tristan was the one who took it up next as royalty.

 

"Don't even ask; there is so much I have to do." Tristan's head ached by what had occurred. The whole island was affected by this. He needed to figure out what to do with the Philosopher nobles there. Plus, he needed to calm the nobles from the Solis Kingdom down.

 

He wanted more than to let them run wild. But that would cause more harm than good.  

 

"I know how you feel, Man." Licht patted his friend's shoulders. He had gone through the same exact thing.

 

And it had to be because of this guy right before them. 

 

“What?”