West Bay County, Sea Eagle Port.
Ines looked out at the garden through the window, sipping iced tea to cool off.
"Still no news from my brother?"
Hearing the princess's calm inquiry, the Intelligence Officer respectfully lowered his head even further.
"I'm very sorry, Your Highness... The people we planted in the royal court seem to have disappeared into thin air."
The princess gently put down the teacup and withdrew her gaze.
"Never mind, don't probe any further. No news is also a kind of message."
Having said that, she was secretly relieved that she had slipped away from the capital just in time. Eric's behavior was becoming increasingly strange, and she couldn't comprehend her eldest brother's actions during this time.
The death of their father seemed to have intensified this long-lost elder brother's sense of suspicion.
