Cersei and James knew the truth, of course. Their faces were deathly pale, and they could offer no defense.
Joffrey, who had originally been first in line to inherit the throne, couldn't accept the dizzying turn of events. He spoke up sharply.
"These are all lies! He's lying because he wants to become the heir! I'm the real Crown Prince!"
Joffrey, who had been cruel by nature since childhood and enjoyed tormenting others, now wore a twisted expression.
While neither Cersei nor James dared to speak, he suddenly challenged them.
His anger seemed to awaken Cersei's maternal instincts. She hurried to shield her child and pleaded repeatedly.
"Robert, for the sake of our marriage, please. Eddard, they're only children."
Cersei had managed to find a way out of this in her panic. She looked up at the ever-just Eddard Stark.
That did make him hesitate, as if he wanted to say something in their defense.
But before he could speak, he discovered that his mouth had been sewn shut by some unknown force. It was as if he no longer had a mouth at all; he could only make muffled sounds.
Tao Yu looked back at him with a mysterious smile.
"Would you like to know what happened in the original timeline after you let the mother and her children go?"
After witnessing the power Tao Yu had displayed, everyone here had accepted that he was a God, even a God King!
The Seven had never shown miracles like the ones this man had performed!
Hearing Tao Yu's words, Eddard couldn't help but freeze. The original timeline?
What was going on?!
"The world has now fallen into the Abyss, which is why I appeared and intervened. But if this incident hadn't happened, then this is what would have taken place..."