The Imperial Capital has been quite peaceful lately.
So peaceful that many nobles find it somewhat unrealistic. The banquet hosted by Duke Ash that night seemed to them like the last calm before the storm. They were certain that Duke Ash would make the murderer who killed Baron Fulin pay for his crime. For this reason, they privately set up a betting pool to wager on when the Flayers would drag the culprit to the plaza of the Imperial Capital, where, as before, they would skin them alive in public.
But three days passed, and the Simpler Clan remained as calm as if nothing had happened.
Not only that, but the case of Lance, who was captured by the Imperial Army, and the case of the Great Summoner Haitia, who was murdered in Gear City, have both gone silent.
