Every member of the royal council knew this so they nodded their head. "I am afraid it not that simple. The people are already convinced by the Amore bearer''s words. When we try to tell them to leave the Palace and go into hiding, they told us that the war will ruin Avalo if his highness continues to live. They are certain that the gods have turned their backs against us, " one of the guards who came in to report the issue said.


    " As long as they believe that the gods see him as innocent, they will calm down, " the lord who spoke about making prince Craig swear said in confidence.


    Of course, he was right, the people trusted the verdict of the gods, but the priest to perform this was not close to the Palace, it will take him a few hours to get here. "We do not have time to send for this priest. If we delay too much our boundaries will not have any strong defense and the enemy will easily enter and ruin the land," a General said.


    The hall fell quiet again but it was just for a few breaths. The guards who brought the news were set out. " This is a desperate situation, there is no time to send for the priest, we should just dress someone up. We have to save the land," the lord who came up with this plan spoke.


    A lot of people would have disagreed with him but time was of the essence and they had to look at the whole picture. So they all silently agree to this but the lord who challenged prince Craig earlier will not let the matter go.


    "What if the rumors are true. Are we going to crown a man that kills his own father?" General Daiz asked The lords that agreed earlier bowed their heads. No matter how they look at it, they did not have the face to defend the prince.


    After all, the armor-bearer will not lie about something like this. So there were indeed more chances of prince Craig killing his father than him being innocent.


    "What is there? If prince Craig performs the ritual for becoming the crown prince and then the king, the gods can reject him if he is not good enough," one lord said.


    The noble nodded their head but General Mason frown his brows. The gods will accept his blood as long as he carries the blood of the royal family. This has nothing to do with his crimes. If the gods walked in the way the noble had said then king Roderick would not have become the king.


    Lots of lords did not know this, those who did, did not want to bring it up. General Mason wanted to bring it up but he decided against it. When he was accused of killing his brother years ago, no one even gave him the chance to swear before the oracle. He was immediately condemned to death.


    In any case, prince Sébastien could always take prince Craig for the throne and they will fight to the death. He did not want to keep delaying everyone, after all, war was already knocking on their door.


    Prince Craig naturally knew about the rejection of the gods. It had nothing to do with what he did or did not do. He was grateful to this lord that helped him out of this situation. At first, he thought the lords would have believed the rumor.


    Luckily there was a war coming to knock on their door so the lords could only consider what was best for the entire kingdom.  He made a mental note to repay this lord for his help.


    After making this plan. The Eunuch went outside to send these words to the people. He also asked them to move to the fighting ring in the Palace. This was where everyone could listen to the prince swear. When the people heard what he said they paused and then whispered something one to another. Just when the Eunuch thought the people will reject and start acting more aggressive they turned around and started walking towards the fighting ring. The Eunuch found something wrong with this situation.


    "These people should have come all the way feeling very angry. How could they act so obedient? Logically speaking they should cause a lot of trouble. After thinking about it for a while the Eunuch could not figure out what was going on so he let it go. Maybe the people just wanted to get answers.


    When the General saw this, they were very happy, since the part out of the place was getting cleared they immediately started putting men together to defend Avalo against the danger that was coming.


    Soon four thousand men were put together, after prince Sébastien took most of their men the kingdom was left with less than seven thousand men. So four thousand had to go toward the forest to fight the enemy, while the rest were divided to go to the other boundaries to keep watch and defend the kingdom.


    The men that match toward their boundary to the forest were not so confident. Although they have been training, they would have to match to the boundary and start to fight almost immediately. No one was sure of the number of men that were waiting at the other side, so their fear was expected.


    Meanwhile, back at the Palace, a random servant was found and wore the robe of a priest. After he was dressed to look the part someone told him what to say and how to act.


    Since a situation like this has never occurred before, at least not in recent times. The lord that came up with the idea was certain that no one will notice anything.


    After the fake priest was ready, prince Craig was led by the lords to meet with the people. The first person to appear in front of the people was the fake priest. He looked genuinely like a priest. When the people saw him they started whispering among themselves. Most of the respected priests were known. So the people thought he was one of those they were not familiar with.


    Since this was the first time, something of this nature happened, the people were not such which priest should have come. Everyone stand had their own opinions.


    As they look at the stage for the prince to show himself, new whispers started going around from one person to another in a low voice.