As Eden had anticipated earlier, after Duke Cedric's death was relayed to the Royal City court, the King immediately ordered a nationwide pursuit of the duke's murderer and Elder William.
It is said that upon learning of the duke's death, the emotionally driven King was at first stunned, then burst into tears in front of his ministers, pleading for the divine to protect the duke's soul. His sorrowful visage moved everyone deeply.
With the duke's death, new tumult gradually began to rise within the Royal City.
The newly forged missing crown suddenly, one day, returned to the Palace.
The crown was found in the palace stable when a groom was preparing to feed the royal horses and unexpectedly discovered the crown in the haystack.
