Chapter 527
Charlotte couldn’t believe what she’d just heard about how Heinrich von Schwartz was soon going to be assassinated. It seemed absurd, but I had just told her that it would happen.
‘Yes, I know it’s ridiculous, but it’s going to happen! And yes, I acknowledge that it’s all my fault!’
“Just assume it’s going to happen, and tell me what you think,” I said.
“Okay.”
Heinrich was going to die while on a regular mission, but his death would be disguised to look as if it had been caused by monsters, rather than an obvious assassination.
Even in the original story, Heinrich was an annoying character, but his importance grew as the story developed. His death would shock the entire Allied Forces and unsettle the Royal Class.
Ludwig would notice something strange when observing Heinrich’s funeral, hastily conducted by the Kernstadt royal family. He would report this to Vertus and be granted the authority to investigate the matter discreetly.
While the Allied Forces mourned, Ludwig would investigate the suspicious aspects of the case and, with the help of several people, discover that Heinrich’s death had been sanctioned by the Kernstadt royal family.
After that incident, Vertus, enraged by the petty politics causing such a mess during these times, would execute the Kernstadt royals and forcibly integrate them into the empire’s command structure.
In the original timeline, Vertus acted as the emperor’s proxy and the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces. However, since the late Emperor Nelliode de Gradias had died and Vertus was the current emperor, he couldn’t leave the capital permanently, and was instead shuttling between the capital and the Allied Forces’ encampment.
Originally, the execution of the Kernstadt royal family received significant backlash from within the Kernstadt army, with many even considering desertion.