Charles, for caution's sake, carefully selected the Labyrinth Guardian and then interrogated Majion thoroughly again. To his surprise, he learned earth-shattering news—Morgan Axel had returned to Strasbourg and was set to ascend to the throne in a matter of days, issuing an edict throughout the Fars Empire to quell the disloyal.
This news was so startling that it took Charles several dozen minutes to recover from the shock.
Charles had thought that he had long since gone to the New Continent; he never expected that Crown Prince Morgan Axel could play such a brilliant move.