Lucy was preoccupied with her son Dulyo's message and only managed to attend Aunt Munet's show at the end, walking onto a pool of blood. Several of Orig's elite guard units had surrounded the area—it was a massacre unlike anything she'd seen.
This queen detested the sight of blood; she abhorred violence. She immediately stepped back, colliding with one of the knights from the Pentagonal Council. His body was entirely drenched in blood.
"No sign of Eduardo; this is someone who merely resembles him. Search everywhere—there may be a threat to the leader," the man ordered the others, who swiftly dispersed. Since Queen Lucy took control of the kingdom twenty years ago, there hadn't been a single conflict for the throne among the royal family members.
