"But Your Majesty, there has still been no outcome in case of the assassination of Her Highness," Jenkins reminded in a low voice, making one last bid to drag Lazaar down into the mud.

"Oh, I didn't get a chance to tell all of you about this yet. Yesterday, I was informed by Archbishop Sirius and Prime Minister Fuller that according to their investigation, people from the Skycourt Kingdom had bribed the tournament committee's administrators to tamper with the equipment of Lazaar's son. That was why he went into that deranged state and tried to assassinate Onean," King Cameron said. "It seems that the people of the Skycourt Kingdom are trying to sow dissension among our ranks before the commencement of the war, but their little tricks aren't going to work here!"

"Your wisdom is truly unmatched, Your Majesty! Those imbeciles from the Skycourt Kingdom have placed Her Highness in grave peril and also greatly tarnished my reputation! I will be sure to exact vengeance against them on both accounts on the battlefield!" Lazaar vowed, and it seemed that the...