When the lords and noble heard the prince''s words they became speechless. Most of the lords were not surprised to hear that the man did not give any face to the late king.


    They have attended many meetings before and they knew that the crown prince did not take his father''s wish seriously. But the noble knew little about the prince.


    "your highness as the current head of the family you can not say such words," one of the bold generals spoke. He was friends with Lady Carrero''s cousin and he knew that the man was trying to force the prince to a corner but he forget who was in his front.


    "What if I do?" it was a simple question but they did not answer the question. ''so what if he did?'' he had the ability to act arrogantly.


    "I will not seat and discuss things that are unrelated to me? If the Carrero family are finding it hard to get a suitable husband for their daughter they can just let her live with them. Moreover, I already said that prince Elliott will be here tomorrow. Or lord Carrero, did that man promise that I will be the one to marry her? " he put the lord on the spot


    " No," lord Carrero answered. All the other lords who still had something to say could only keep quiet. The lords had so many things going on in their heads, so they did not notice how he had addressed the king. With the growing number of their enemies, they could not deliberately add to the list.


    "Bring him in," the prince said. He had decided to visit the issue of what happened years ago. His uncle Ericsson has already suffered so long to take care of him and his mother. He knew that more than anything else, the man wanted to clear his name and use his real face.


    Having to use the face of your traitor subordinates will not be easy for anyone. Once the prince finish speaking his words, a man was dragged in. At first look, no one could recognize this man. Prince Sébastien has put him on much torture since the day he was locked up.


    The man was bearly alive, prince Sébastien had let the man continue to live, for a day like this. The lords and nobles looked at the man who was dragged in. All his elegance and grace were gone. His exposed skin was covered with injuries. One could tell that the man must have been visiting hell.


    As they continue to observe the man, the nothing that his face had not been tortured so much. The more they looked at him the more he looked familiar.


    A few of the lords looked away and exchange a meaningful look at the person close to them.


    "General Thompson, would you like to tell the royal council what happened twenty years ago?" Jeffery was the one who asked.


    When the lords and noble heard how Jeffery addressed the man they all gasped. General Thompson has died a few weeks ago fighting the Queen in the battle of truth. His head even hangs on the wall of shame for a few days. How could he be the one?


    They turned to look at the man again. It was as if a scale fell off their eyes, after hearing the way Jeffrey addressed the man. He did not seem familiar, he was familiar.


    But if he was still standing there, then whose hear hanged on the wall. "you must learn that things are not always the way they seem."Queen magret had kept him alive because she wanted you all to know the truth that has been hidden for over twenty years. General Thompson speaks," Jeffery said. His voice was cold.


    General Thompson has been tortured so much that as soon as he had the cold voice he broke into a cold sweat and started speaking. Today was our first time in weeks that his wounds were cleaned and he had a change of clothes.


    Although he knew he was standing in front of many people who could save him from the crown prince if he decided to torture him to hell and back


    "I stabbed the crown prince of Avalo, prince Edward, using his brother''s dagger and wearing his brother robe that was provided for me by General Mason," He spoke in a single breath.


    He was not sure how the prince and his mother found out about his involvement or why they cared at all but Mason could not leave unharmed. He was unwilling to take the burn of their actions years back along.


    Most of the noble seated were from the same generation as prince Edward, so they understood what he meant. It turns out that the prince''s brother never killed his brother for his throne-like it was said years back.


    But why will Thompson kill the prince, he was not a member of the royal family. And most of this mean knew that prince Edward and prince Ericsson were friends with him. So why would he betray the both of them?


    These men were smart, even if they were foolish they could still see the handwriting on the wall. The person who gained the most had been the third prince who became the Queen.


    Moreover, after the death of Prince Edward and King Roderick took over the throne the two of them became close and General Thompson has raised in status. Before then his family was just a small noble family.


    After thinking like this, how could they not come to the right conclusion. "King Roderick had murdered his brother in cold blood. It seems that being a coward flows in their blood. Sure a person can not rest in our Ancestral hall. His remains will be thrown into the forbidden forest to join his son. The same fate awaits General Thompson, " prince Sébastien said after giving the men seated time to understand the situation.


    All the lords nodded their heads, this was the natural punishment. No one could argue." what about General Mason?" one of the generals asked. He had never liked how General Mason asked.


    "Uncle," prince Sébastien looked at General Mason. General Mason looked back at his nephew and the Queen, he did not know that they had the plans to clear his name.


    He felt so touched, finally, he will not need to wear that disgusting face anymore. General Mason got up and walked out


    There was a small hall beside the meeting hall, after entering, he took off the necklace. He could not let people find out about the powerfully disguised in his hands.


    After taking off the necklace, he hid it inside his robe before walking back into the meeting hall. Meanwhile, inside the hall, the people were finding it difficult to believe that General Mason was prince Ericsson. How was that possible?


    Some greedy lords were already plotting to get close to him and learn his disguise techniques. Just then the door to the hall was pulled open.


    Prince Ericsson walked back in, the people in the had their gaze facing the door waiting for prince Ericsson to return. Once they sighted the young man who was looking very handsome. Looking at the man that walked in, those men from his generation felt envy.


    Why will he still look so young? Ahh! This is a  blessing in disguise. The man had hidden his face for so long that he was looking like a baby. Which human will not want to be looking so manly.


    Some of them had already added weight and their face was old up. "uncle take your seat so that we can 0continue the meeting," prince Sébastien said.


    Ericsson smiled and took his seat, finally, he did not have to hide anymore, his name has been cleared. Back then people had called him a green snake. If he really wanted to challenge his brother he would have done it openly.


    "prince Ericsson it''s good to know that you are fine," one of the lords said.


    The General that was picking on General Mason could not help but sigh. He thought he will finally see General Mason''s loss face, he turned out to be a prince.


    "where is the Mason that betray the prince?" the General asked.


    "Dead, over twenty years ago," Ericsson answered. He knew why the man was asking, after all, they never got along.


    The man bites his check, it tuned out that the man that he has been picking on all the while is a member of the Royal family. He felt bitter about it. The two of them were commoners who walked their way up the ladder after joining the Royal Amy.


    Back then the young Mason has impressed the second prince that he brought him under his wing. Who knew that the fool will become greedy and dare to betray the prince.


    It was fine, as long as that hateful man was dead. To be honest this general was just Jealous because he thought that Mason was better than him.


    It turned out that his greedy destroyed him. "Your highness, since we now know the truth, how can we crown the son of murder. The person next in line for our throne should be prince Ericsson," an old lord spoke up.