With the dust settled, Hudson immediately took his entire family back to Snow Moon Territory. The Imperial Capital had become a place of trouble, and the sooner they left, the better.
In this political deal, the royal family appeared to have profited, but in reality, Hudson had taken them for quite a ride.
After some time had passed, when they contended with the Conservative Faction in court, the royal family would discover exactly what kind of people his Hudson faction was made of.
Other than the spies planted by the royal family, whom Hudson had removed in advance, he had entrusted the people planted by every other major faction with important responsibilities.
To hold high office, they had to produce results. Relying entirely on their own abilities was too difficult; they had to draw on the strength of the teams backing them.
The Hudson faction had been able to expand so rapidly because half of it came from Hudson's prestige, while the other half came from the major factions increasing their investment of resources in spies.
Every major faction had hoped that, at some critical moment in the future, these spies would play a decisive role.
Who would have thought that Hudson would choose to retire at the height of his power?
There was no need to fall out with anyone if they could solve this grave threat without doing so. Naturally, that was the better choice.
The hidden agents had not fulfilled their purpose, nor could they immediately return to their original factions.
Hudson had merely retired; he was not dead.
Even after leaving the court, he still possessed the power to clean house.
The royal family had taken over all the forces he had controlled in court, including these hidden dangers.
It would be fine if the royal