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As the news of King Cae's assassination reached the ears of an elderly man, his trembling hands gripped Judsah's shoulders, his eyes widening in disbelief. The world around him seemed to blur as the reality of the situation sank in.
"King Cae... dead? Assassinated?" he murmured, his voice quivering with shock.
The weight of the revelation pressed heavily upon his weary heart. Memories of a bygone era flooded his mind, of a time when King Cae's rule had brought prosperity and stability to the kingdom. The elderly man's features contorted with grief, lines etching deeper into his weathered face.
"And to think... Lyon, involved in such a heinous act," he muttered, his voice filled with a mixture of sadness and disbelief.
He looked through the window and toward the empty courtyard with a brood. He sighed, "Young master Mavis, what have you just sent to Second Heaven..."
