Naturally, not everyone in Cortinvar's court supported the Queen's decision to hold event for the Everbright Chruch especially when the Queen herself wanted to participate in it.
Because if Emmalise were to become infected… and if Prince Elias succumbed to Red Slumber…
The kingdom would crumble. There would be no heir, no stabilizing power to keep the realm from chaos.
But Claude had already anticipated all of this.
In fact, he had planned for it.
Cortinvar was to become the prototype—an example of how his disease protocol could work even in an era as unprepared as the Middle Ages.
And once his experiment was successful, the rest of the envoy would follow.
Of course, Emmalise's stubbornness made the blessing event possible—but under strict conditions.
She was heavily guarded and forbidden from getting too close to the patients.
At all times, one of her most trusted men stood by her side: Duke Archie.
