"What? Prime Minister Primo was assassinated?" Hearing Loren's report, Carlo instantly lost all sleepiness and hurriedly asked, "Is the Prime Minister all right? What is the situation now?"
For Spain as it currently stood, losing Prime Minister Primo was an utterly unbearable loss.
It was no exaggeration to say that, at this moment, Primo was far more important to Spain than Carlo, the King.
Carlo was still too young. He could not possibly make all of Spain's factions submit to him.
Only Primo, who came from the military and possessed immense prestige in both military and political circles, could currently suppress those factions harboring ulterior motives.
In this regard, Serrano fell far short.
Although Serrano had likewise come from the military and held a certain degree of prestige in political circles,
he leaned toward the Conservatives and did not have the support of the Reformists or the Progressive Party.
Perhaps Serrano was personally more loyal to Carlo than Primo was, but he was not suited to be Spain's Prime Minister. He was better suited for a military post such as Secretary of State for War.
With Primo handling civil affairs and Serrano military affairs, that was Spain's best arrangement at present.
Carlo did not wish to see either of them come to harm.
"Prime Minister Primo was not injured, but when the guards pursued the assassins, they found only two corpses," Butler Loren said, his expression somewhat strange.
"Two corpses?" Carlo froze for a moment before understanding. "So they were silenced? Are there any concrete leads?"
"Not yet." Butler Loren shook his head and said helplessly, "The people behind this were clearly prepared. Aside from the two assassin corpses whose identities cannot be determined, even the weapons used in the assassination were taken away."
Carlo nodded. Since Prime Minister Primo