[NPC Post]

[b][color=#4269E2]"Understood. So far there are several incidents in the capital since your departure, but one thing is most immediately relevant to your present undertaking."[/color][/b] Anderson stood straight and delivered the report in a neutral tone despite the soon to be apparent grave nature of it. [b][color=#4269E2]"The royal tutor had leaked the purpose of investigation to the Delving brothers yesterday. The words of it quickly spread through the ranks of nobility that are present in the capital, and this morning they came to demand explanation from his majesty. King Fredricus managed to temporarily appease them by claiming that the prince is currently secured in a safehouse far from the capital, and will need at least three days to be recalled back. You will need to bring him back before that time, ma'am. The political fallout otherwise may be impossible to revert."[/color][/b]

Three days. A very tight deadline, especially considering the party's condition.

[b][color=#4269E2]"If Ser Henri is present, I am to escort him back to his majesty for questioning and punishment. Besides that, there's the bombing incident as well as Constable Delving's doomed raid, but I have the impression that your investigation team knows more than what we could gleam from the smouldering ruins."[/color][/b]