Sometimes, you had to wonder if certain people were simply incapable of lying low.
Annan had stormed all the way from Breeze City to Middle Earth. Even while hiding in the New Royal Capital, he had managed to make headlines.
Did he even know what lying low meant?
Now Annan was using the Light Spell to arrest people in front of everyone. All they could do was watch and pray, Not me.
The Royal Palace was busy trying to keep the news from reaching outsiders, especially Free City.
Meanwhile, Annan and Evelyn worked together to spread word of what was happening inside the sealed-off New Royal Capital.
Voice of Freedom was not about to miss a chance to kick the kingdom while it was down. Evelyn wrote the headline herself: "New Scandal in the Rikaner Kingdom: Conclusive Evidence That a Royal Grand Duke Colluded with the Ratfolk."
Elsewhere, Annan took his list, carried his scythe, and went knocking on doors one by one.
He arrested Ratfolk spies. He arrested people who weren't Ratfolk spies, too.
"How did Free City learn the news so quickly? There must be Free City spies in the New Royal Capital alongside the Ratfolk spies!"
Declaring his undying hatred for the Blade of Freedom, Annan rampaged through the New Royal Capital.
The nobles hated him to the bone. If he kept this up, they would either be assassinated or find themselves welcoming the Blade of Freedom into the New Royal Capital.
After their initial fright, the commoners realized he wasn't coming for them. They settled in to watch, wishing Annan would arrest every noble in the city.
In the end, a group of Councilors went to Reynaldo, who persuaded Annan to stop for the time being. The main reason was that the Purification Court Dungeon was