NEXT STOP: HAZELDEN KINGDOM

IT WAS only morning, but Neoma's energy was already drained.

She listened to Paige Avery's full report during breakfast. The more she listened to it, the angrier she got.

[I'm glad Lewis isn't here or else he might have left the palace to kill Lukas.]

Lewis, Juri Wisteria, and Jeno Dankworth weren't done with their community service yet. As the three's punishment for breaking the underground cell recently, she sent them to poor areas to feed the less fortunate people.

Xion, on the other hand, was still in the prison while being checked on by Greko. She asked their youngest to give the assassin a thorough check-up to make sure Lord Redgrave's power had settled safely in Xion's body.

[It's really hard to be a single mother. Thankfully, my children are all capable individuals.]

"Princess Neoma, I'd like to investigate the matter about the Darkness attribute in depth," Paige Avery said politely. "May I?"