The Abyss of Despair - Three (I)
The luminescent screen was broadcasting a conversation between Seraphina and the Count of Stoneheart, cleverly…edited and adjusted.
The dialogue revealed a piece of information —
Hydral was publicly promoting his greatness while secretly sending people to make the nobles pay for the coal costs, gaining immense fame without any expenditure.
This scene even drew out the impoverished citizens who were hiding in their houses, their faces filled with disbelief as they stepped onto the cold streets, staring at the repeating images.
"What... what is happening?"
"This is fake! The nobles are slandering Lord Hydral!"
"But, but that girl... isn't she one of Lord Hydral's most trusted subordinates?"
A chilling silence, colder than the winter itself, spread across the white streets.