After-Effects (Part-1)

"Mistress! We have caught the king! There!"

Suddenly, as Cambyses stood around the premises, feeling a bit lethargic after all the exhaustion she had bottled up until now wash over her, a herald all of a sudden came to her with his huge information.

One which made her interest instantly turn to that.

If that was really true….Cambyses felt that she could cripple Tibias with her ransom.

But that burst of anticipation lasted only a few seconds as after she approached the crowd and saw only a young boy wearing Perseus's helmet, she knew the report was incorrect.

Cambyses had seen Perseus before from up on the wall, and this was not it.

"Heh, so your king has resorted to having small children dress up as him," She hence taunted.

To which Theony declined to answer, and only turned to face her and calmly replied as per protocol, "I'm a noble of Tibias, the next successor of the House of Theony."