After the Hero returned with the princess, all tension was released from the royal palace.

Once the mighty king knew that his only precious daughter, the eldest among her siblings, princess Cleopatra was kidnapped by no less than an assassin who tried to kill his spoiled son, he flew into rage.

'You all pray, that not a single hair of hers is harmed, or no one in this palace, not even the dogs or chickens, will ever be able to sleep peacefully'.

The ministers standing on both sides of the spacious palace were all terrified, they too knew along with all of the empire, that their King was afraid of nothing, but he had a tail, and it was his daughter, princess Cleopatra.

'Aaah! I am doomed! What sin have I done for the heavens to punish me like this?'

This was a minister, who was more terrified than anyone else, and kept muttering some words discreetly.

'I even paid the expensive charges for Blood assassination guild, forget about killing that prince, he took the princess hostage'

'The King will surely investigate the matter deeply, if I am caught...'

'But even if somehow I am not caught, the elder prince who tasked me on killing his brother, he will surely get me killed, What should I do?....what should I do?'

'Oooh.....Praise the Lord, my daughter has been returned to me...'

This was how the King reacted once he caught sight of her daughter again, though this state of his looked quite vulnerable, but anyone knew not to instigate him now, for when a bull has its tail stepped on, things won't be peaceful.

'Call the Royal Medics, also bring the healers from church...Tell them it's imperial order, if they dare to delay, exterminate their three generations from this world'.

Alexander stood silently as ever, he didn't bow down to the King and behind him was the main perpetrator of all this, but no one noticed all this, no one except one particular minister.

'You piece of shit...you couldn't even escape with the princess hostage, and you didn't even die...what's more you came back here alive...Aaah!'

These were his screams, sadly none but him could hear his mental notes.

In amidst this heavenly injustice he suddenly sensed a gaze, filled with cruel intent, quickly, the minister moved his neck to action.

When he realised who the owner of the gaze was, he wanted to die. It was none other than the venerable qelder prince of the state.

The gaze of the prince shifted from the minister and lightly landed on the body of the black robed man for a second, only to quickly move away. But this was already more than enough for the wise minister to get the message.

Movements that could be defined as thunder fast, he unsheathed his sword, which was decorated with jewels, and ran towards the black robed man.

No one realised what was going on, for it was all too sudden, until the minister reached half way and shouted

'You evil scum, in the name of justice, I shall strike you, humph! For a scoundrel to dare to try to harm our princess..'

And finally all the eyes in the hall were focused on what was happening, now that they were looking, they identified the black robed man in an instant by his distinct black robes, and a minister running towards him with naked blade in hands.

Normally the scene would look quite genuine, but quite a few wise ministers were already suspicious, but Ka Lae knew, it was better for them to get suspicious than to have evidence.

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'Humph! If it's just suspicion, even the King hears rumours about how the queen isn't loyal to him, and what can he do...'

King Leo, who was generally very sharp,but now he could not see anything out of the ordinary, he too wanted this villain dead, so he didn't voice his disagreement.

Seeing all this Ka Lae was quite happy, thinking he may actually get away with this, he has already reached to a very close distance, only an arms distance was left between the villain and him.

Ka Lae quickly swung his sword, the arc of the sword was screaming injustice in the hands of a noob, but no matter, it was still more than enough to serve its purpose, kill.

'Ting!!' A light sound rang, and for a moment a milky white barrier was visible which very easily stopped the coming sword.

'This...this is 'light shield'...a skill only for Light class, clearly this assassin can't be using it, then the only one left is...the Hero'

Thought Ka Lae, 'I don't have much time, before anyone recovers, I must finish this scum off'

'What is the meaning of this Hero?This scum dared to abduct our only princess and you openly defend him, what audacity! Quickly move away, today my blade must taste his blood, or I won't rest'

Ka Lae thought 'Even though heroes have high powers, but they are very obedient, this must be enough to for him to give me way...wasting my time is already an expense he can't handle'

In response, the Hero was silent and expressionless, his calm eyes were looking at the King, silently measuring him.

'His power seems to be a bit higher than this body, but clearly he has no control...it must be a power he inherited or he wouldn't have this much of an unstable aura'

Evaluated Alexander. 'But today is not the time of his death, the Devils and the divinity both would be looking at any major events on this day, for this is the day I escaped, I can't let them find out'

Seeing how the Hero wasn't even looking at him much less responding, Ka Lae grew desperate by the second, he couldn't wait anymore.

He started wildly hacking his sword towards the black robed man, but time on time again it was easily blocked by the milky membrane.

At this time, the King was finally calming down, he began noticing the suspicious things, after all he was a King, although his daughter could make him lose control, he would soon gradually regain it.

Something was definitely not right, he could feel it, this instinct he had always trusted, in past it had saved his life quite a number of times from enemy assassinations and traps.

'Why does the minister react like this?'

'How is the assassin back and even alive, he had my daughter hostage?'

'Who would want my stupid son's death and not the crown prince's life?'

All kind of questions rang in his mind, as if the sky was finally clearing up and the clouds were dispersing little by little.

'Hero report! Explain to me what happened!'

Ignoring the noisy minister still trying his best to penetrate the barrier, he asked the Hero directly regarding the matters he was concerned about.

Perhaps the Hero's report could further enlighten him, unveiling the mystery once and for all.