Although the King never said a word, his Ministers—the 2nd Class Slayers—hounded him about what occurred in the Hunter's Forest. Normally, 95+% of the Participants died when taking their Examination, but this time, only a little over four-fifths of them met their demise. This anomaly raised suspicions among the Royal Court, and with Cassius's unknown origins, those suspicions were raised even higher—especially when they found out from the other Participants that he alone paved a path out of the forest.
The King's expression briefly changed when he heard all the Participants' accounts, but he still didn't say a word. Like a menacing man of stone he was.
