Chapter 564: The Blue Stone I

"Don't be nervous, we just have a few questions we want answered, and we thought it would be more convenient for us to come to you instead," Daphne said, smiling in what she hoped was a reassuring manner. 

"Rumors are flying everywhere in the capital now about Nikun's arrest, and I hope that I can find some information to clear his name," she continued, and Phari's eyes seemed to lose the slightest bit of wariness at her words.

"... You don't believe Prince Nikun did it then?" Phari asked. 

"No, no, I do not," Daphne said, "But my words mean nothing without proof, so here I am, hoping you can shed more light on Nikun and his family. Can you tell me if any of his brothers might hate him enough to wish him dead, even oceans away?"