Outside the small chapel, the crowd had already gathered. A piece of news that suddenly spread shook everyone. The aristocrats and soldiers were all in shock, even those who had faintly sensed some truth beforehand were dumbfounded upon learning the details—
The King, in order to eliminate the noblemen who had once opposed him, to falsely accuse Duke Gawain Cecil, to secure his own royal authority, and to prevent the Cecil Clan from returning to the center of power of the kingdoms, orchestrated the horrifying massacre on the Raven Plateau.
