In a drastic turn of events, the "Black Dragon" and Crown Prince of the European Empire died.
And as soon as his death was confirmed, it was as though a massive iron dam holding back a massive ocean of filth that was Ricardo Draco's list of sin exploded.
Everything he did, said, insinuated and even expressed through his ugly face's expression which was even the slightest bit treasonous to the Crown was immediately leaked to the public and to the ravenous media hungry for sensational headlines.
It was an uproar that gripped the entire Empire in an incredible wave of hysteria, panic, rejoicing, and all sorts of emotions in between. Everyone had something to say, and for the next few weeks, his death, his list of sin and the implications of his absence was all the public could talk about.
But that was all they could do.
Talk.
Power was still held completely in the hands of the old Emperor.