“How was it Black Scale’s doing that Asbestos’s Wizard betrayed them?”

One month earlier, at Orazen, Black Scale.

In the grand hall of the palace, the ministers were having a heated conversation before Kyle arrived.

“There’s word that Prince Vasen might have coaxed the Wizard when he overpowered him.”

“Is that true?”

“There’s no way to know.”

All news about Black Scale ended up reaching those at Orazen, but it was up to them to judge whether the news were truthful.

“How did Prince Vasen even end up there? Wasn’t he only going to explore the eastern mountains in the beginning?”

“Did you see the demonstration of the new weapon called cannon not long ago? Apparently the expedition team was tasked with transporting them to the Southern Archipelago as well because there weren't enough military ships.”

“Then does His Majesty know about all of this?”

“But wasn’t there a lot of opposition at the time? That was why a supervisor was included in the expedition team, right?”

The ministers had thought they were in charge of every matter in Black Scale; they became confused when an unprecedented event arose on the continent.

“Let’s stop talking about Prince Vasen now. The more important thing is that the five allied nations disapprove of us.”

“What do you mean ‘disapprove’?...