It turned out that Cassius truly lived up to his reputation. Before the first rays of morning sunlight appeared over the horizon, the mysterious Orbal Device shutdown had been completely resolved. Cassius also returned triumphantly from the underground ruins with the unconscious Colonel Richard. At last, the turmoil that had swept across the entire kingdom had finally come to an end.
But Fang Zheng still had to go apologize...
"I am truly sorry, Her Majesty the Queen."
Fang Zheng pressed Little Black's head down.
"My apologies. Little Black can be rather reckless, and she damaged Grancel Royal Castle... Please forgive her. Naturally, to express our apologies, Starlight Technology is willing to cover all restoration costs for the castle."
"Hohoho, Mr. Fang Zheng, please do not say such things."
Queen Alicia, seated before Fang Zheng, smiled and shook her head. Then she stood and bowed to him.
"I should be the one thanking you. If Mr. Fang Zheng had not acted so decisively, I fear this coup would not have ended so easily."
Queen Alicia's gratitude was sincere. The Intelligence Department had only launched its attack two or three days ago. First, they imprisoned Colos, then raided Zeiss Central Workshop. Using that as a pretext, they announced an investigation into the Royal Guard and caught them off guard, arresting and detaining them. Then they used Colos's life as leverage to place Queen Alicia under house arrest.
Since the Intelligence Department held hostages among the military high command, and the incident had happened so suddenly, Queen Alicia had been completely helpless. In fact, according to Colonel Richard's plan, he had intended to force Queen Alicia to abdicate and have Duke Dunan inherit the throne.
Queen Alicia had been deeply worried at the time. She had wanted to break the deadlock, but had