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Chapter 4759
The civic and military officials assembled in the main hall ten minutes later. They were all
taken aback when they saw how unsettled Zack was.
A beautiful thin figure stood out among the crowd. She was dressed in a brilliant yellow
gown with golden flowers and hair accessories made of feathers. She was certainly eye
candy. The woman was Fanny Windsor. She was Quincy's favorite official, and she was the
Guardian of the Hall. Even though it was only a third-rank official, it wielded considerable
power. She could take the Empress’ place and handle the government affairs while the
Empress was unavailable.
Fanny stood quietly in front of the throne seat. All the civil and military officials stood
respectfully and did not dare to be presumptuous. On the other hand, Zack had a
disdainful expression on his face.
He needed to rush back to the Royal City for several reasons, one of which was to get rid
of Fanny. She was the Empress's confidante and had a position of great power. Zack would
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtnot allow Fanny to live to see another day.
Fanny looked at Zack, trying to conceal her anxiety. "Zack, you accompanied Her Majesty
and the soldiers on their mission to eliminate the pirates. Why are you back alone? Where
is Her Majesty?"
Each statement was uttered clearly and authoritatively, as expected from someone who
kept the Empress company. All the officials stared at Zack, waiting for his response.
Zack looked around as he purposely did not look at Fanny. He acted like he was in grief.
"Something happened to Her Majesty." 'What?' All officials were shocked to hear it,
especially Fanny. Her body trembled. She thought she had misheard it and shouted at
Zack, "What did you say? Did something happen to Her Majesty? What happened?'
Zack continued to ignore Fannie. He took a deep breath and said, "When Her Majesty and I
surrounded the Dragon King Island with the army, we thought we would win with our
formation. However, the pirates' female leader knew every detail of our plan. They broke
through our formation, and
Her Majesty fought with the leader of the pirates. Her Majesty was eventually wounded
and sunk to the ocean's depths. Our army had been defeated, and the majority of our
troops had fled."
The main hall remained quiet. Fanny and the officials were shocked to hear that, and their
heads buzzed for quite a while before they could think clearly. The plan to kill the pirates
had failed, and they were defeated so mercilessly.
Then, one of the officials asked, "How was that possible? We deployed more than ten
thousand soldiers. How could they not match a mere small pirates group? Furthermore,
Her Majesty had always been good at tactical skills. How could they predict her strategy?"
'That's right!" 'There must be something going on." 'How could we lose a war we were
supposed to win?'
Everyone began to offer their thoughts and opinions. Zack's face was still sad, but his
heart was smiling bitterly.
Zack took a quick peek around the hall and said, ' Hello, everyone! Like you, I had trouble
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmunderstanding it too. However, I managed to catch a pirate during our retreat. According
to the pirate, there's a mole in South Cloud World."
The newly discovered information was like a bomb had detonated in a peaceful lake. The
main hall erupted with an uproar. All officials were fast to express their anger.
'It is no wonder-we have a mole.' "Indeed. How else to explain how we lost the war that we
were certain that we would win?" 'Great General. Tell us, who is the mole?"
Zack looked sorrowful as the officials interrogated him, yet his eyes twinkled maliciously.
He pointed to Fanny. "She is the mole! She betrayed Her Majesty. She betrayed the South
Cloud World."
Zack had been planning to set up Fanny the entire time. He intended to utilize that offense
to eliminate the most significant obstacle. A few hundred pairs of eyes locked their sight
on Fanny, and everyone was taken aback.
’She betrayed Her Majesty? That's impossible. She is Her Majesty's most trusted and
favored official. Why would she betray Her Majesty?'
Fanny was so shocked that her body shivered. She did not expect Zack to accuse her of
betrayal.
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