For some time after that, things proceeded peacefully.
During that period, Leandro devoted himself to the preparations Prince Morres had instructed him to make, while occasionally using the signs that appeared before his eyes as guides to hunt demons and remnants of the Dark Order.
Then one day, something happened.
That day as well, he returned after spending a long time away from the Imperial Capital as usual, only to discover an unprecedented air of unrest hanging over the entire Imperial Palace.
‘What in the world happened?’
When he attended the Delcross Assembly in puzzlement, all the Cardinals and Captains of the Orders of Holy Knights wore dark expressions.
Apparently, something had happened to Prince Morres yet again.
“Surely His Highness didn’t secretly slip out of the palace alone again?”
“No. It isn’t that this time…….”
Cardinal Meyer looked troubled while relaying the news.
Apparently, Prince Morres had returned from a visit to the Grand Duchy of Asayne and, for some inexplicable reason, had come back as a completely different person.
The change was so extreme that the High Priests had even begun to suspect that some unholy entity had finally taken possession of the prince’s body!
‘What in the world is going on?’
Not long afterward, Leandro witnessed the scene of the prince’s outrageous behavior for himself.
While Leandro had been away, Prince Morres had truly become utterly overbearing.
He constantly picked fights with and tormented anyone he happened to see, regardless of who they were.
“Aaaagh!”
A chamberlain walking past screamed when the prince suddenly yanked at his hair for no reason.
Prince Morres sneered at him, the corners of his mouth curling up nastily.
“If you stand there looking that stupid, you wouldn’t even notice if the ceiling collapsed on you, idiot!”
The prince…