Vicolai's cry of "Dad" sent the entire room into an uproar.
The clerics admitted to observe the proceedings were all people of standing and status. There were virtually no ordinary passersby.
So everyone knew who Vicolai was, and they knew that the old man in the VIP seats whom Vicolai was calling "Dad" was his "grandfather."
But now his legal grandfather had become his biological father.
Such violations of family ethics were often the most eye-catching scandals, and their appeal only rose with the status of those involved.
Those who had attended the trial from the beginning could not help inwardly exclaiming how satisfying it was. Not only had today's scenes been spectacular, but they had come one after another without pause, leaving them almost breathless.
Those who had arrived midway felt the trip had been well worth it. Though they had missed the exciting first half, they had caught the even more exciting second half-and right at the end, there was even this delightful surprise.
Compared with those present, who still had to maintain some restraint and reserve, the clerics watching before the broadcast magic formations were far more uninhibited. Whistling even broke out at viewing sites outside the York City District in particular.
Clerics appeared solemn in the eyes of ordinary people, but within their own circles, they were really no different from anyone else. They had all the usual emotions and smiled happily when they got their teeth into some juicy gossip.
As for the reporters present, their eyes practically glowed green, like ravenous wolves.
As the foremost church of the day, Order made news with its every move. An internal power struggle within the Order God Church, coupled with a family scandal-news like this could hardly fail to explode. A single front-page headline would no longer