Cain and Duke Chen make their way to the Palace again, leaving Chen's Granddaughter at home and bringing two well-trained female fighters from his Sect. The news has been disturbing all morning, scandals, missing Nobles, and hints of the Anti-Royal faction getting ready to make their move.
Add to that the fact that both men know that the King is about to become a Crusader, who can sense deception and betrayal, and the day is looking like it will be very, very violent.
Cain wishes there was time to level up Misha and Mythryll, both are at level 199, so close to using their unique class advancement tokens, but today's events aren't going to wait.