"I hate this kind of situation… how the fuck that bastard is so cunning?" Rain thought.
Rain couldn't shake the troubling thought that the King might be the masterminds behind this situation. Without the royal family present, it appeared that the cunning monarch had intentionally left his daughter behind, likely planning to craft a narrative of her kidnapping, with the royal guards serving as witnesses.
This unsettling notion implied that those who should have been protecting Princess Esmeralda were now part of a complex scheme. If this was indeed true, its purpose seemed to be manipulating the entire kingdom into believing that the princess had been abducted. Such a fabrication could elicit sympathy and rally support for the king and Joanis' agenda.
