Vol. 16 Ch. 10: The King's Chess

Isaac returned to Felix Ark Ridill's private room within the castle, still dazed and unable to grasp what had happened.

Afterward, he was taken to the infirmary, where doctors came and went in turn, his shackles were removed, and his health was checked...

Before he knew it, dusk was approaching, and the view outside the window had turned crimson. The blood-red sunset reminded him of the cup the Silent Witch had held aloft.

(...What kind of trick had that been?)

As he idly pondered that, someone knocked on the door, and a servant's voice called out.

"His Highness Felix. His Majesty the King summons you to his private chambers."

"...I'll be right there."

Was it really all right to leave a man who had been treated as a criminal only moments ago free, without even assigning a guard to watch him?

(And to summon him to the king's private chambers, no less...)

But Isaac could hardly refuse, so he slowly rose and tidied himself up...