There are some accusations that attack a man's actions. And there are some that attack his existence.
In every sense, the king here had chosen the second.
A few council members gasped, exchanging looks of disdain, but others did not react the way they should have, as if this was not the first time they were hearing such a thing from the king's mouth.
Those who gasped looked at Leon with eyes filled with pity and doubt. They knew exactly what was happening here.
Some wanted to speak on Leon's behalf, but they waited.
Leon, Myra, and Eula had all smiled in the previous moment when the king accused him of being the sole cause of the Tiara Incident.
The three of them knew all too well that the king had fallen straight into Veronica's web. They can't ignore the sheer might of her of how easy it was for her to fool an entire kingdom to this scale.
The king's eye traced Leon from head to toe.
