The Princes from the other clans exchanged glances. With their ancestors' protection, they now felt safe enough to enter the city, unafraid of any tricks the Celestial Race might pull.
Saying no more, the twenty-plus Princes filed into the city.
"Father, I really didn't do it! I didn't do anything! Father, you have to believe your son... I'm truly innocent!" Atop the city walls, the Sixth Prince was still shouting at the top of his lungs.
But no one paid him any mind.
Only a wall of spears pressed in around him.
"Your Highness, Sixth Prince, just keep kneeling peacefully. Once the ancestors have concluded their discussions, the Clan King will handle this himself."
"I really didn't abduct the bride... I truly didn't..." The light in Sixth Prince Mueller's eyes dimmed; he could already foresee how this incident would be resolved.
But he couldn't accept it.
He had truly done nothing at all...
...
「As the Celestial Race "gathering" began,」
