“Your Highness, I’ve created a place where you could meet with the Second Prince. Won’t you think about talking with him?”

The First Prince frowned at her. He would have drawn his sword if it hadn’t been Claudia who had spoken those words.  

“What are you saying? You want me to talk with that bastard Byron?

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“What would I even gain from talking to him right now? It’s pointless.”

Claudia gave him a smile.

“Do you remember Count Troian, Your Highness?”

“I remember. He was definitely…”

“He was the first one from the Second Prince’s faction to be assassinated. But isn’t it odd, Your Highness?”

“What is?”

“We never sent anyone to assassinate Count Troian, Your Highness.”

“That’s true. But it wasn’t someone under my command taking the initiative? 

Count Troian had been the first person to be assassinated in the Second Prince’s faction and with his death, the First and Second Princes began to take extreme measures and began to assassinate the members of the other faction. 

Claudia shook her head.

“At first, I thought the same thing, Your Highness. I thought someone who was overly loyal had done such a thing. But after investigating a bit, there was something odd about it.”

“What do you mean, something odd?”

“One morning,...