Bab 1781: The Day of Fate (Part 1)

Jirni pointed at all the members of the Crown's inner circle who like Morn had signed the Royal Decree yet were now complaining about the consequences of their own decision. Following that logic, they should receive the same sentence as the Royals, creating a power vacuum that would cripple the Court for months if not years.

"Also, it's only thanks to my parents that we managed to recover the corpse of the god of healing before it was brutalized." Peonia said. "They brought back Manohar's equipment before it fell into enemy hands and found among them the diagnostic spell that he had devised.

"Without their quick thinking, instead of running away like a coward, the Dead King would have kept bantering like a conqueror in front of the whole Kingdom and we would have no protection against Thrud's Skinwalkers.

"The King and Queen may have broken the law, but desperate times require desperate measures. Protocol can't supersede good sense in war."