While Azaroth had investigated Black Hurricane and found out more about the Fate Energy, Edwin watched chaos erupt within the Capital City of the Sinyalian Kingdom.

The news of Bernado Valliadis's death spread in just an hour after his body was found.

The King had been sleeping since it was nighttime. His personal maid came to know on his chambers.

As he was rather drowsy due to being woken up in such a manner, the King yelled out, "Who dares to disturb my sleep?!"

The maid backed away as she heard the King's furious voice. However, the information she had received was far too precious. If she delayed any longer, the King might be even more furious at her.

"…Your Majesty, it's your maid Ayah. I bring you urgent news," The maid named Ayah spoke with a grave tone.

A few seconds later, the King responded, "For your sake, I do hope this is truly very urgent information or else…."

The King left the threat hanging. It told Ayah of the unthinkable methods with which the King could punish her for disturbing his sleep.

However, the information was truly urgent. Ayah was sure that when the King heard her, he wouldn't blame her.

After a couple of minutes, the King allowed Ayah to enter his chambers.

Within his personal chambers, the King was seated on a large bed. It was even larger than a king-sized bed. The bed had many beautiful designs, and its frame was made of pure gold-like metal. This metal was rather useful for enhancing the life force and would calm the spirit of the individuals sleeping on this bed.

The maid noticed a fair-skinned lady laying beside the King. She was covering her body with the bedsheet.

This was one of the Queens from the King's Harem.

Ayah immediately understood that the two were indulging in sexual activities before they turned in for the night.

It was because of her that the two were awake now.

The King Valliadis ordered, "Speak now!"

The maid spoke while trembling with fear, "Your Majesty… It's…It's the Third Prince. His dead body has been found in his private mansion. There were signs that a massive battle occurred there."

"What did you say?!" The King Valliadis spoke out with a powerful voice.

His voice was unconsciously imbued with intense Ardor. Ayah immediately crashed against the wall.

Fortunately, she had prepared a defensive technique beforehand, or else this crash would have broken a couple of her bones.

"…This is the truth, Your Majesty. A few guards patrolling that area sensed a huge battle occurring, and when they approached it, they saw that most of Third Prince's Mansion had been destroyed. They also found Third Prince's corpse in that mansion." Ayah forcefully squeezed those words out.

The King remained flabbergasted at that information. Even his queen laying by his side could hardly believe it.

"There is someone who dares to make a move against my son! What of the assailants? Have they been caught?" The King asked the maid.

Ayah replied a moment later, "…The guards are still searching for them."

The pupils in the King's eyes narrowed at that statement. He immediately stood up and wore a robe to cover his upper body as he stormed off the room.

Suddenly, Ayah stood on the ground as she felt the oppressive aura around her disappear.

Meanwhile, the Queen looked at Ayah and ordered her, "Close the door and dress me up."

"As you command, your highness," Ayah replied while moving forward to close the door of the room.

Meanwhile, the King was summoning his servants, guards, and ministers.

The courtroom was soon filled with his ministers. The Ministers had been informed of Bernado's death, and they were absolutely shocked, just like the king.

For a few minutes, there was a deathly silence in the entire court.

The King then shouted out, "…Speak! What happened?! Why have I suddenly received the news that Bernado is dead?!"

All the ministers visibly flinched at those words. Most of them remained in the dark about this situation.

They looked at each other, trying to figure out the perpetrator of this entire scenario.

These ministers were all from different Noble Families and had joined different princes' factions. Each one doubted their opponents.

No one could be trusted right now.

There was an elder minister who felt this was a great opportunity for him to speak. He stood up while gazing at the King with a respectful expression.

"Your Majesty, there is a great chance that it was someone from the faction opposing the Third Prince who arranged this." This was the great elder speaking about the Sinyalian Kingdom.

Dozens of elders found this statement rather offensive. They were well known to support the second prince, fourth prince, or fifth prince.

The great elder was supporting the first prince, who was also the crown prince at the moment.

To say that this was something prepared by the opponents meant he was pointing fingers at them, which could be considered rude.

Naturally, they all had a clear conscience about this since they really didn't arrange for Bernado to be killed.

However, they still had to be suspicious of each others' factions. Thus, a rather tense court meeting had been formed.

Each one gave their own alibis and reasons why they couldn't have killed the third prince, Bernado.

The King heard their alibis, but he still couldn't help but be suspicious of a few ministers. One of them was this great elder who had spoken earlier and pointed fingers at the other ministers.

Even without his orders, the Crown Prince's faction must have taken action against Bernado.

There were many other people the king was doubtful of, but he remained quiet in the court.

Naturally, no one dared doubted Bianca and her family residents. It could be said that the king trusted Spencer more than them.

If someone dared to point fingers at Spencer's family, they had to be prepared for the consequences.

On more than one occasion, Spencer had proven himself to be absolutely loyal to the Royal Family.

Thus, the King was more likely to believe Spencer's side of the story than any other minister. And rightly so.

Currently, Edwin had this card under his direct control through Sophie and Bianca.

Spencer hadn't returned to the capital yet, but Edwin knew that things would only get smoother from that point.

The King had also activated all of his sources to find out Bernado's murderers.

However, even after a week of investigation, he found nothing regarding Bernado's murderers.

He was getting rather anxious about this entire situation. The information was spreading about how Bernado had been killed.

Since even a Royal Family Member wasn't safe, the citizens' trust in the Royal Family decreased greatly.

Many of them were hiring private guards. Hiring private guards couldn't be considered safe by any means.

This showed that the people didn't trust the security provided by the Royal Family.

And a week later, Azaroth shared his memories with Edwin. Thus, Edwin found out about Fate Energy as well.

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