Marik escaped all the guards in the Beast Kingdom smoothly. He was used to slipping in and out of the Beast Kingdom at this point and knew many blind spots. He was about to leave the kingdom when he saw an owl beastman who rushed out of his house to check the crowd that had surrounded the envoy's body on the street.
It only took a second for Marik to know that the middle-aged owl beastman was none other than Vestor, the national advisor and the one holding the Beast Kingdom together while the Beast King was away.
Marik's study of this middle-aged man concluded that Vestor wasn't exactly the best at handling more private matters inside the kingdom, but he was undoubtedly the best bureaucrat, rivaling even the best in human civilization.
And the fact that Vestor could give the envoy a good impression despite his initial suspicion toward the beastmen showed his capability as a temporary magistrate.
