Wash Your Neck

"Are you certain?" 

A city lord of a nearby town asked with a frown, trying to understand if they truly had a grasp of the situation. 

It was too odd. Jones died, and yet instead of crushing the perpetrator, Anesse befriended him? That didn't sound like it made much sense at all. 

Even if Anesse was just using his son, his son was still his son, after all. On top of that, given Anesse's intelligence and the ease with which he manipulated his populace, he would definitely use this as an opportunity to reel in more power. 

The only reason they were having so much trouble dealing with his city in the first place was because of Anesse's solid understanding of politics and how to guide the feelings and views of the people. Otherwise, he would have found himself crushed beneath their momentum long ago. 

Something like the death of a son, even if the majority of the city hated him, could easily be used.