Chapter 58: Aftermath
It had been over a week since the explosion.
A week of rumors, whispered gossip, and political maneuvering that made Azel want to roll his eyes into the back of his skull.
No wonder he hated politics in his past life, it was unwanted attention.
The first and most important piece of news to the outside world was that Azel Thorn, son of the Sword Saint, had miraculously survived the palace blast while the Second Empress had perished, the Emperor and First Empress were out of the castle on that day.
The more "tragic" part — depending on who you asked was that he’d been gravely wounded in the process.
The first two days after the incident, he was confined to bedrest, patched up by healers while a steady stream of officials came by to "express concern."
By the third day, however, he was already up and moving — though still bandaged choosing to recuperate somewhere far less suffocating than the castle.
The second development was that the princesses of the Starbloom Empire had been sent away for "training" far from the capital — a convenient excuse to remove them from the political scene.
Even Ira, who technically wasn’t a princess, had somehow tagged along.
Azel suspected that Naelia was adamant to be accompanied by her, and he could only imagine what this training entailed but he hoped they could grow stronger as well.
The third, and perhaps most telling, update was that the treaty between the Starbloom Empire and the Aegis Empire remained entirely intact.
The supposed death of Empress Edna — who had been married off to secure peace had apparently changed nothing.