Cardinal Treniel was at a loss, unable to understand why the ones who had died were the Ministers. As per his instructions, they were supposed to be far away from the place of assassination. So how could they be caught in it?
If anything, it should have been the Royal Guards and the Holy Emperor who should have been hurt which would have caused enough commotion to make the Holy Church interfere.
It would have been understandable if the Ministers had died at random but almost all those who supported him were dead. Unfortunately, those who were not on his side were walking out of the Royal Palace, perfectly fine.
"Greetings, Cardinal." The Ministers who had survived, greeted the cardinal.
"What happened here? How did the Ministers die?" The Cardinal asked the surviving Ministers.
Although the Ministers didn't know that the Holy Church was involved in this matter, they could still not tell the Cardinal everything that they had seen.
