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Eight long years had passed.
In the Leoniva Palace, King Adam sat comfortably on his throne as he waited for his visitor. Clan Leader Owen of the Pho Clan requested an audience with him. He wondered what it could be, insisting that it was an emergency.
"Your Majesty… where's the Crown Prince?!" Clan Leader Owen said in a loud voice as soon as he entered the throne room.
"He traveled as usual," King Adam said curtly.
This short response made Owen furrow his brows in annoyance. Ever since Ezekiel turned eighteen five months ago, he was given permission by the King to travel outside the Nation to try to find his mother Elizabeth. Since then, the leader of the Pho Clan had a hard time keeping an eye on him.
"With all due respect, your Majesty. It seems the Crown Prince had become too rebellious. He kept on doing whatever he wanted to do," Owen spouted in a serious tone, "As Prince Kaio's father-in-law and one of the elders, I would like to guide him towards the right path-"