The struggle between the two kings came to a temporary end, and the kingdom's tense situation suddenly eased.
Alpha I's emergency handling had been exceptionally deft. After a series of performances, he successfully cast himself as a strict elder with high expectations for the younger generation.
He won the approval of many nobles.
Unfortunately, Caesar IV had performed just as well. After taking the throne, he had seized the opportunities of the era and amassed a mountain of achievements in expanding territory, making Alpha I's "disappointment in him" seem like mere nitpicking.
As a result, some nobles believed Alpha I was simply narrow-minded, even jealous of his own descendant's accomplishments.
The matter of the Imperial Dao Law was merely Hudson's personal speculation, something without any real basis.
There were countless laws on the Aslant Continent, but the ones people pursued were generally innate laws, such as earth, fire, wind, water, light, darkness, thunder, life, death...
As for the other obscure and unpopular laws, that depended on individual development. It was not impossible to forge a path of one's own.
No one could say how many paths existed beyond the Holy Domain.
Setting down the intelligence report in his hand, Hudson's mouth twitched.
The struggle that had unfolded in the Royal Capital was simply too bizarre.
There was nothing strange about the forceful Alpha I temporarily yielding under pressure. Being able to bend and stretch was an innate talent of emperors.
Caesar IV's counterattack, however, was interesting. Anyone who pledged allegiance to Alpha I would have the younger members of their family arranged for matchmaking.
It had to be admitted that Princess Madelaine's destructive power was immense. No man who had set his sights on her had escaped the Bringer of Misfortune's punishment.
All kinds of accidents and farces emerged endlessly,