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For a while, silence fell upon the room. The Captain was sitting with a puzzled face which the King couldn't read and all the time, the King's gaze was fixated on her.

"When I was 19, my only brother died." She started, thinking that it would be a better decision to explain before the King asked her more. "He was in his first year as a commissioned Army Officer but he died during the training that took place in the mountains. He fell off a cliff." She trailed off while the King listened to her attentively.

"I decided to join the army so that I could investigate his death. They said it was an accident but it's not. I already have some evidence but it's not enough." Yelena continued.