But the contestants could not really be blamed. If one or two of them stumbled, that was still understandable—if they encountered it, they could only count themselves unlucky. But when nearly every top-ranked contestant stumbled, that was no longer something that could be explained away as bad luck.
Even the envoys from the other nations attending the event were deeply dissatisfied. The Toussaint Knight Champion Tournament was a historic and highly influential competition, and many knights from other countries took part as well. If those knights achieved good results, they brought glory to their nations. With such a vile incident occurring now, how could those envoys possibly be happy?
Facing their accusations, Yetana could not voice her suffering. In the end, with no other choice, she reluctantly agreed to let the envoys of the various nations form a joint investigation team to reassess the previous accidents.
For Yetana, this was a form of humiliation. She was the first Grand Duchess of Toussaint ever to do such a thing.
Although the results proved that Yetana and the Duchy of Toussaint had not shielded Solam, and there was truly no evidence that Solam had ever cheated, Yetana was still left utterly exhausted by the ordeal.
That was actually a minor matter. What truly weighed on her was the speculation Solam had told her before.
When Solam said that her sister Xianna's death was inseparable from their father, Yetana had truly been both shocked and furious! That was an accusation that her father, the former Grand Duke of Toussaint, had murdered his own daughter!
But after calming down, Yetana realized that it was not as baseless as she had claimed. Yetana knew very well that her father, the former Grand Duke, had disliked her elder sister Xianna.
Yetana still remembered when she and