As the king and the nobles were trembling in fear of the Southern Army, the common people of the capital were also trembling. But they weren’t trembling from fear; it was from anger.

“How could he do this?”

“Exactly! How could he treat the hero like this?”

“If I was Count Forrest or Her Highness Princess Leila, it wouldn’t be an armed demonstration. I’d lead the army and…”

“Hey… watch your mouth.”

They were all angry because of a rumor that had been spreading amongst the commoners of the capital. That rumor said the reason the Southern Army was camping outside the capital was because King August planned to behead Milton Forrest and detain Princess Leila once they entered. It’s unknown how that rumor spread, but it spread so quickly in such a short period of time, that unless they were deaf and blind, everyone in the capital had heard it.

The rumors were varied…

The current king wanted to eliminate the hero, Milton Forrest, because he was insane with jealousy.

An assassin sent by the king had already attacked Count Forrest and Princess Leila once.

The reason Princess Leila had to hide her...