Regressor of the Fallen Family novel Chapter 217

Chapter 217

Before the fallen king, Logan stood rigidly with a bottle of alcohol in hand. As the eyes of the royal knights and attendants all concentrated on him, time seemed to stop in the room.

“Your Majesty!”

Although officials, including Cleo, rushed to the king’s side, the silence was broken by the hesitant royal knights who captured Logan, even as they struggled to move themselves.

Meanwhile, Logan, who had been standing dazed, quickly regained his sharp gaze.

‘This is ridiculous…’ He was utterly flabbergasted.

He had considered the possibility of the king playing some new trick, but he never expected something this extreme.

Self-harm? By the king?

‘Damn it.’ He had been completely blindsided.

‘If I use force here…’ He would be labeled a traitor beyond doubt.

As Logan watched the approaching knights and pondered his next move, his anxious master’s voice reached him.

“Logan, what in the world…”

“It wasn’t me. Surely you must know that?” Logan retorted to his surprised master and smirked at the sight of the knights’ drawn swords.

The tension escalated when the knights raised their energy.

“Step back. I shall go on my own accord.” With a cold face, Logan brushed aside the swords of the royal guards and looked back at the fallen king.

He gazed upon the face of the vibrant young prince whom he had made a king.

‘How did it come to this?’ A bitter sigh escaped him.

‘To the point of self-harm, you detested me that much? But why?’ Unfathomable hatred.

His rising irritation and anger were naturally directed at the official who was screaming beside the fallen king.

‘Is this also your doing, Cleo?’ It was a question he couldn’t voice in this situation.

Logan suppressed the rising killing intent and turned around with forced composure.

“Where am I to go now?”

“Th-, that is… You must go to the underground prison.”

“Lead the way.” Surrounded by knights, which almost seemed like an honor guard, Logan left the king’s office.

* * *

Rumors began to spread suddenly throughout the capital that Logan McClain had attempted to assassinate the king.

Initially dismissed as nonsense, the whispers became rampant once it was confirmed that Logan had been confined in the dungeon of the castle. “Why would Logan McClain do such a thing?”

“What utter nonsense.”

“If you don’t want to be ridiculed, stop spreading wild rumors.” Yet when the majority of nobles fell into a panic over these events, their actions were divided into two camps.

“This is disastrous. How did it come to this!” Earl Roberts Floyd paced back and forth in his living room, deep in thought.

‘Everyone knows of the conflict between the king and his son-in-law. Whether it’s true or not, this cannot end well.’

Earl Roberts, having made his decision, ordered his butler.

“Connect me to McClain! And prepare to leave the capital immediately!”

“Yes, what?!”

“Hurry! We must be swift!” Despite the butler’s stunned reaction, the earl began to gather his valuables without hesitation.

Some nobles had already hidden deep within the capital or returned to their territories, feeling the ominous tension, while others chose to wait and see how the situation unfolded. freewēbnoveℓ.com

Despite the unexpected turn of events, many believed that Logan and the Sword Saint, being master and disciple, would keep the situation from escalating. However, the reaction from Logan’s McClain territory was predictably more severe.

“The Grand Duke?”

“Such nonsense!”

“What would our lord lack that he’d resort to this!” The McClain terriotry’s citizens vehemently criticized the king, and Logan’s fiancée and her personal servant, with faces filled with anger, rushed to their lord.

An emergency council was called immediately.

Bang!

“What in the world is going on!” Patrick McClain’s angry roar quieted the gathered vassals, and Dwayne, the representative of the vassals, stepped forward.

“It seems that the Grand Duke is indeed imprisoned. The Sword Saint asks us to wait as he assesses the situation and convinces the king…”

“Wait? Wait for what? My son to be executed?”

“Perhaps if we wait… there’s a certain logic that cannot be ignored.”

“Still, we cannot simply do nothing. Mobilize all troops! Prepare for war!”

“Lord!!” Patrick’s radical orders changed the atmosphere amongst the vassals.

“If the king hears that we are preparing for war, the Grand Duke might be in greater danger!”

“No! Logan would not be easily taken down, act as I commanded!”