Shade had learned from his superior, Director Anlos, that Wilundell intended to use the imminent completion of Moon Bay Bridge as an opportunity to organize citizens to march in the streets and denounce the city hall councilors' embezzlement during the bridge's construction. He could therefore roughly guess why this Gray Gloves officer had come. But Richard certainly would not put it that way:
"His Majesty is planning to send a member of the royal family to visit Moon Bay. I'm here to handle the preliminary security arrangements."
Earl Hawthorne exchanged a glance with Miss Belinder, who then asked with a smile:
"May I ask who will be coming? Prince Samuel Anjou? Princess Margaret Anjou?"
Kasonlik had only three princesses and two princes in total. Prince Samuel Anjou was the eldest, while the Second Prince, William Anjou, had fallen out of favor with Lion Ryan after mishandling the Stone Masons Association affair in Randall River Valley earlier that year. He certainly would not be assigned such a task. Margaret was the second princess, while her elder sister had already married and left the family. Though the eldest princess still retained some influence within the kingdom, everyone could see that she had long since withdrawn from the political center of Weilun Dai'er City.
As for the youngest princess, she was only twelve and was not the sort of genius who could shoulder great responsibilities before coming of age, so she would not be sent on such a mission either. Thus, the only people who might currently appear in Moon Bay were Samuel Anjou and Margaret Anjou, who had both participated in the Green Lake Negotiations some time ago. Among the Anjou Royal Family's descendants, the two of them now seemed the most likely to inherit the throne.
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