Richard followed Prince Wilder when he returned to the palace a few months later.
The first thing Wilder did when he arrived was go find the king where he was looking out into the lake and grab him by the neck until Eli's back was against the wall of the podium behind them.
Wilder squeezed viciously, and even Richard had been too shocked and scared to know what he was supposed to do. Seeing how there were no guards around, he didn't know whether that was a good thing or a bad thing.
"You must have really lost your mind!" Eli spoke in a strained voice but made no effort to fight off Wilder.
"You really listened to him and took our own people as slaves," Wilder said in disbelief.
"My... Prince..." Richard called out in fear when the two just kept staring heatedly at each other, and Wilder was not leaving him alone. If other people saw this, they would tag Wilder as committing treason and trying to get rid of the King.
