"Your royal highness, we had gone to King Lison's palace but the witnesses had gone away. We searched all over the country but we didn't see any of them!" General Aldrich reported in front of King Avner and the ministers.
"Is that why you had been gone for so long?" Andreas Beckett, the minister of Justice, sounded skeptical.
"Yes, your honor. My soldiers turned all stones to find them but they returned empty-handed!"
King Avner was just listening to the proceedings. His expression was poker-faced. No one could guess what he was thinking.
His ministers and high officials in his government came with high recommendations from past officers. He had no choice but to trust them--but with a pinch of salt.
He always retained a small distrust to each of them. Master Ammad had trained him we
