Merlin who had returned to the castle felt unprecedentedly relaxed. In those few days, he did not go to Phantom, nor the palace and simply stayed within his castle.
"Swish."
Suddenly, a shadow swiftly vanished from the castle. When Merlin looked up, there was a note on his table. He reached out to pick it up and carefully read its contents.
After reading it, Merlin used the candle's flame to burn the slip of paper to ashes, his face falling into a contemplative look.
"The king had made the decision to quickly gain control of the power vacuum left after the Princess Royal 'died' and he's indifferent towards the second prince, merely sending out the order to seize Shadowthorn. As for Shadowthorn, I wonder if there are dozens, or more than a hundred, of his wanted posters."
