Chapter 56 - Regret.....

Edda regained her composure and glared at her cousin sister. "How dare you prevent me from capturing the national criminal?! Guards, get her! She's also with the king!"

During this time, Edda was enraged, and she could not distinguish between right and wrong. Earlier that day, she had shrugged off Linton's sour mood when he left the house in the morning, saying he would see Bradley.

She was only aware of her father's conspiracy with Prince Bradley to overthrow King Rhesus from the throne. Her father had even told her that the current king was ruthless and would never change his ways. She was convinced.

The fake murder was planned by Bradley, and she never saw him again after that. She was also uninterested in politics. Only one thing she wanted was for Lia to be out of her way! Afterward, she would be able to lift her head and walk around the palace with pride. It was just that when a spy showed up at her door to deliver a letter, she didn't give a second thought as to why Linton wasn't coming back and continued to wait while she opened the note.

"King Rhesus captured your father."

Everything fell into place after that. She figured that the king had learned of their plans and had captured her father due to that information. She was about to pull her hair out of her scalp in anger when the spy said in a cold, emotionless voice, "Master has sent you a message. Take a look at these scrolls. As soon as you see them, you'll know what to do!"

She snatched them up and read them all before taking a breath. Bradley made it clear that he wanted her to overthrow the king by any means necessary with the help of those scrolls. At that time, everyone in the palace was hurried to hide because the war had already started. In an instant, she grabbed the scrolls and headed toward the king's palace.

Princess Lia was her opponent in the courtroom a half-hour later. Why? She wanted nothing more than to be noticed! Everyone in the palace has been fixated on the eldest princess since their childhood, mainly because everyone thought Lia was pitiful. Edda would smirk at her cousin, thinking of Lia's wretched life at the palace. That girl had never received her father's love. However, all of her pride washed away when the palace's citizens and servants paid more attention to Princess Lia.

What was it about Lia that made everyone want to be around her? Edda was envious of her sister, even though she didn't remember when it all started. But now, when they were facing off, how could she retreat so quickly now that she had such an excellent method to take Lia down? She would fight back!

She drew her sword and gave the order to her soldiers after a few moments of contemplation. "Stop. To the death, I will fight!"

Lia's lips curled up as she continued to squint her eyes at the girl in front of her. She then slowly drew the sword from her waist and pointed it at Edda before opening her mouth. "Don't look back and regret your decision."

She was frightened as Lia drew her sword and pointed it at her, but she had already promised to fight her cousin to the death! She couldn't possibly change her mind at this point.

A gust of wind blew through their bodies, and Edda said,  "I'll never look back with regret!"

In her knowledge, Lia's military training was limited to the point that the girl only knew how to defend herself. However, Prince Linton, who still held a high position in the royal family, arranged for regular classes for Edda. During these special classes, only royal family members and children from other half-magician clans would be allowed to attend. From fighting with weapons to politics, the topics covered would also vary.

Others attended school on the outskirts of the kingdom's capital, which taught military training and livelihood. Half-elves, half-dwarfs, and half-minotaurs would come here to learn. Except for humans, who did not receive any formal training and were subjected to harsher treatment, everyone in the kingdom would go to school.

Edda, on the other hand, was confident of her abilities. Despite her average grades in school, she could still fight better than Lia, who had never been the one to pick up a real sword in her eyes. Edda had never seen the king encourage his daughter to join the royal school!

Zion stood silently behind Lia, watching the commotion in the courtroom with her. After seeing his face, everyone was shocked, but they no longer cared when they saw Lia and Edda facing off in the middle of the courtroom. The officials had already concluded that Lia and Rhesus were the villains, and the war would stop only after capturing them.

The detective clicked his tongue silently and praised the black-cloaked man for his scheme. This was the first time he had encountered someone who was one step ahead of him, and to be honest, this feeling of fighting someone smarter than him was novel. But that didn't mean he would start taking his enemies for granted.

Zion closed his eyes and thought of what the black-cloaked man wanted to do.

The man would probably come inside the palace after capturing the king and princess Lia alive before revealing his face, which would look identical to Prince Bradley. He would make up a fake story about how he had killed the enemy soldiers and saved the entire kingdom.

But Zion had no idea what that man's true intentions were, and this fact could change the entire course of actions that he just deduced.

His brows furrowed, and he glanced at the crowd before his eyes. Since he didn't know the intention behind the black-cloaked man's actions, he would focus on what he could do.

King Rhesus' innocence had to be proven at this point. But how would he do that after hearing the evidence presented at the court? Everyone believed an anonymous letter sent by Princess Edda.

Perhaps he would have to step up and do something about this situation.