"There are only a few places where things and people disappear without a trace. One of them is the mainland, darling. Interesting, isn't it?"
Aries held her breath and carefully released it through her lips. "Indeed, especially when their king was in a deep slumber for almost a year now."
"Well, when one falls, another will rise," Abel commented.
"Did Sir Conan hear about it already?"
"He always knows, darling." Abel shrugged. "The only thing he doesn't know is his father sleeping just around the corner and the fall of his royal family."
Her mouth quivered as they parted, looking at Abel in disbelief. "That means… he thinks his family had something to do with this?"
"We don't know if they were completely innocent, darling." Abel tilted his head to the side. "After all, my dearest friend might be a good man, but we can never know if that goodness in his heart was passed on to his children."
"Are you saying…?"
