"Well, I never expected that Princess Taya could be so skilled in cooking," remarked one of the men distributing food in the marketplace of the Tulip Kingdom. Never before had a member of the ruling family shown such concern for the state of their people.
"They're just trying to buy our silence, especially that cursed princess who brought this plague upon us herself. Now she hands out medicine to appear virtuous and tries to silence your hunger. She wants to make sure no one talks about what she did."
One man's voice rang out loudly. The guards turned toward him; it was Evail, one of the politicians who opposed Luyan's rule by monarchy.
Surrounded by a group of men and women who supported his ideals, he shouted, "How many of your sons, your husbands, have lost their lives because of the plague and that war they waged? No one told you that it was Princess Taya who instigated the king and fueled the fire of war!"
