Brothers' Struggle for Power

A few days after Duke Mollicet died from poison, on November 7, Cosmic Year 125, rumors flooded the nation. The people had no idea which were true and which were false; even the nobles did not know the truth.

Alexandre now realized he had gotten himself into enormous trouble. Worse, the internal investigation uncovered more and more evidence pointing to his deep involvement in both this incident and the earlier ones.

At this moment, quite a few members of the great noble faction pressed the Second Prince for an explanation.

They believed Duke Mollicet's death was inseparable from the Second Prince.

Some nobles even clamored for the Second Prince to pay the price.

Manius told the nobles to calm down and wait until the matter had been investigated before making any decisions.

Manius and Yelishao De both understood that the nation could not fall into civil war at this time.

Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Although the two wanted to ease the situation, Kuroda Seiya intended to add fuel to the fire.

Before long, international media reported on Oya Cross Nation's diplomatic affairs at the time, along with a series of attacks.

At first, when the diplomatic ambassador was assassinated, it had been the work of Duke Mollicet's great noble faction, whose purpose was to cause trouble for Yelishao De.

After that, many terrorist attacks had been caused by counterattacks among the reformist faction, noble faction, and neutral faction.

The media reports contained both truth and falsehood, making it impossible to tell which was which.

Then Grisina was attacked. Fortunately, she had guards protecting her and suffered no serious harm.

Soon afterward, news spread that the great noble faction, seeking revenge for Duke Mollicet, had decided to retaliate against Her Highness the Princess, who favored the Second Prince.

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