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When Ivita rebounded the curse, Henry VII and Jalen were not in the main hall, the bedroom study of Arthas Palace, but in a dark chamber below an interlayer.

Besides the two of them, there was also Mr. Pativart Channi, the court supervisor and a confidant raised by Henry VII, along with Albyreo Salgado, the King's chief advisor and Minister of Finance.

Albyreo Salgado, Henry VII's son-in-law, had been supported by Henry from being a mine owner to the Minister of Finance of the kingdom. Over the years, Albyreo had devoured a significant amount of the kingdom's tax revenue, a fact well known but unchallenged due to his relation to Henry VII.

And Pativart was a childhood friend of Henry VII, which is why he had been heavily favored.

The important positions of the Alsace Kingdom were always occupied by these related and acquainted individuals, hence the kingdom was becoming increasingly corrupt, and the army was utterly ineffectual.