The way that he said this seemed like he wasn't surprised to see the second prince doing this.
The way that he said this made it seem like the second prince was laying a trap for us.
So I couldn't help clenching the Staff of Earth in my hand and the royal guards couldn't help clenching their weapons.
But that wasn't what the king meant by this.
The king continued by saying, "You're initiating a coup at a time like this? Do you know how much turmoil this will put our citizens in? Do you know how many people will suffer as a result of your actions?"
This didn't seem like the king was working with the second prince to lay a trap for us.
It just seemed like the king had expected the second prince to lead a coup because he expected the second prince to try to seize power from him.
Though we still didn't let our guards down for even a second.
