Schemes in Moonlight

While the family headed back home…

In Moonlight Country the fight for the throne was taking its toll and due to various circumstances the young prince of the Snow family had made excellent progress in his cultivation, not to mention his calm temperament and rational thinking earned praises from the King.

While the prince gained more popularity his little sister was very loved by the kings mother, gaining more support towards the princes claim to the throne.

She however was born unable to cultivate, suffered from frequent illness.

The king, his mother and the prince made great efforts to recruit as many alchemists and medicine experts in order to find a cure but none were able to find a solution.

Over the years the young princess has declined in health and it was estimated she would not live past the age of 20.

Meanwhile the prince of the Dream family was a mystery to all, he never revealed his strength and did not appear often in public.

Dream family mansion

In poorly lit room 2 old men were seated at a table full of documents ranging from maps to financial documents.

One was dressed in a dark robe while the other in animal skin clothing, the both of their faces wrinkled as they both frowned looking over the documents.

The animal skin old man spoke with a sigh. "It is to be expected that things turned out this way, we held back on our advances for the throne during the past year, concerning our strength we should not be at a disadvantage right now while the Snow family went on an all out attack and is attracting a terrible public opinion."

The black robe old man trembled. "So does this mean we have to bow to the Snow family? I would sooner die family head!"

"That's where you are wrong, wars aren't always won in these simple little quarrels and even if that prince has gained complete assurance for the throne, that is the moment when he will be at his most vulnerable." A vicious grin appeared on the dream family leaders face.

The man in black gasped. "You… You don't mean to kill the prince right?!"

The leader frowned slightly. "Who says we will do it? Don't forget that's what we trained our secret forces for? Killing a smug little child would be easy work for them. Plus our little prince is just keeping his head down and training diligently so nobody would suspect his involvement. Also with our approach towards the public fight, our stance of withdrawing shows our lack of interest in pushing him to the crown at all costs… Casting suspicion away from us."

"I see, so we have a chance!" The black robed man grinned.

"Don't get too happy too soon, we need to begin making plans! It must be perfect, otherwise if a mistake is made we could be revealed to the enemy. Make plans for the attack, think of further backup plans just in case and don't let a word of this leak to the outside!" The leader became serious as he commanded.

The leader fell into deep thought, opened his eyes which had a sharp glint in them. "Start from the princess, the prince always keeps her close and is always actively looking for someone to help cure her. This is their most obvious weakness, so we can start there to lure them out into the open."

"Yes sir! I will begin immediately." The black robed man left in a hurry.

The country was beginning to quiet down a bit more but in secret places forces began to start planning their next move.