The Emperor and Roa (4): The Four Princes

Though the order had gotten a little mixed up, we finally told Tsetsie and Lulria about Rudek's current situation.

“As for the First Order of Knights... I saw them when I had an audience with King Zeurasia, but to think they were like this... And Lifrea... Rudek truly is in an unprecedented crisis.”

“If my father-in-law hears that, he'll be eager to raise an army.”

As I listened to the couple's impressions, I asked them more about the Emperor's character and Prince Lokabir.

From what the two of them told me, Emperor Drak seemed to be more or less what I'd expected.

The real problem was Tsetsie's older brother, Prince Lokabir.

I didn't know much about him, either. In the history I knew, Tsetsie and the Second Prince were already dead, and the First Prince had succeeded the Emperor.

The First Prince wasn't as capable as Drak, but he wasn't incompetent, either. While his father was alive, he was always at the front lines, but after inheriting the throne, he seemed to show more talent for domestic affairs.

In the history as it was supposed to unfold, it should have been this First Prince who spread bottled food to the general public.

What had the Third Prince, Lokabir, been doing back then...