Chapter 256: Unrest at the outskirts
Cedric’s brows furrowed in confusion hearing what Eleanor planned on doing. "Where did you hear this from?" Cedric asked, a vacuum surrounded by magic, making it impossible for anyone to eavesdrop on their conversation.
"One of our ears in the queen’s quarters heard her speaking to Astrid the night before the first day of the duel," Elias explained, Cedric felt a headache coming due to this news. This was going to be a sticky situation to handle without a doubt.
"She wants to use the Nightshade family against me," Cedric muttered; he clicked his tongue in disgust, imagining how Rebecca would play according to Eleanor’s music to give her an excuse to hate him.
"Presumably, that’s the plan; your marriage to the holy lady Abrielle is a threat to her and her ambition of securing Lucian as the next king. They want to have the absolute majority by getting rid of your allies." Elias explained that politics always made Cedric tired. Just thinking about it gave me a headache.
"We will just have to keep a close eye on Eleanor for now." Elias nodded at the instructions. Elias and Cedric were about to bring an end to their conversation when Cedric’s eyes caught sight of Axel running towards their side.
"Your Highness, there is an emergency." The knight said in an urgent tone. Elias and Cedric halted a bit wary about what the knight had to say
"This better be good", Cedric sneered; he kind of had an idea of what this emergency might be.
"There have been sightings of Ghouls on the outskirts. Word just got to the king now." Axel was feasibly stressed; Cedric could already guess this was bad.
"They are reacting to the high-ranking appearance," Elias stated the obvious. The ghouls were drawn to the capital after sensing the presence of a high-ranking ghoul.