***
{Outside The Projection}
Again, another question was answered.
Malik, of course, had a successor.
A figurehead raised by an owl.
One that none of them knew of.
None except Sinbad and Dunya, of course.
Aladdin, a name popular in stories, much like Sinbad.
He was someone they had hidden from the entire world.
Even now, mere hours before Malik's 'death' would be complete.
Such news definitely would've turned the hall into chaos just a few days ago, but now?
Roya was dead.
Noor was hollowed out.
Zafar was a changed man.
Those who would've contended for the throne were no longer here, either erased or neutered.
A throne that once promised a storm now looked like a place that could be easily controlled, its chaos all but extinguished.
So rather than being confused by this news, those in the hall were happy.
Having a secret successor lord over them was easier to accept than an open war.
