3.6 Marigold: Happiness That Will Surely Find Its Way

‘It seems your father took precautions in advance. The Imperial Palace is collapsing, so evacuate quickly…!’

As the Empress had shouted, the palace might indeed have been collapsing due to physical or magical devices the Emperor had set up to prepare for treason. Of course, that was only natural. The Emperor must have spent his entire life preparing for the day Transis would rise against him. Fearing that his enemy might storm into his bedroom to cut his throat, he likely had double, triple, or even more layers of preparations in place. Those preparations would not simply vanish just because the Emperor died at the hands of his own confidant; there were likely many devices that even other members of the Imperial Family were unaware of.

Once the Imperial Palace collapsed, this passage would eventually be compromised as well. There was no more room for hesitation. Squeezing out the last of his strength, Hyeon ran toward the opposite side with Mikhail.