After fooling around for a while, Shien and Roxie finally settled down.
Only then did Roxie reveal why she had called Shien over.
"The audience later will be complicated. You need to be careful."
Roxie suddenly said something so abrupt and cryptic.
"What's wrong?"
Shien blinked, completely baffled.
Roxie immediately explained.
"This audience will not only include Father, the King, my elder sister, and the rest of the royal family, but practically every noble in the royal capital. Even nobles from outside the capital will attend. With the entire Royal Knights present as well, the scale rivals the annual national celebration."
Roxie's words left Shien astonished.
"Why is it such a huge gathering?"
Shien was thoroughly surprised.
Roxie, on the other hand, was not. She continued explaining.
"Because the large-scale Assassination incident ten years ago had that much impact." Roxie spoke with considerable gravity. "You weren't involved, so you don't know. That day was a nightmare for the entire royal capital."
"Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of the Old Demon Race infiltrated the royal capital. Each of them carried out a mission to assassinate specific targets."
"Overnight, the royal capital descended into chaos. Every noble household suffered deaths, and the first to die were always the important members of the family. The heads of the houses were targeted first, followed by the strongest contenders to succeed them."
"Under such circumstances, some noble families were wiped out entirely, with no survivors. Others suffered grievous casualties. Even those fortunate enough to discover the attack and escape disaster had to pay a painful price, as their Knights and personal guards sacrificed themselves to resist the attackers from the Old Demon Faction."
"Even the nobles capable of protecting themselves amid that chaos could not rest easy. Once the attackers from the Old Demon Faction realized they