Chapter 54

She knew that Zeno McMillian was the type of person who disliked facades and charades. He was the type of person who wanted no bullshit.

“I can accept that you’re in the noble faction but know this Sir Zeno. There are neither factions nor royals that will be affected but those in the Pivet Alley. I know that they’re just sewer rats compared to high society but they’re living beings. They should not be the casualties in our power plays.”

You can’t let those innocent people die, can you?

In Tori’s estimated ring of affected area around the darted location of the dam construction, the Pivet Alley which was located at the southernmost part of the capital was the only residential area that would be affected. She concluded that the plague that would kill the second prince was an elaborate plan that caused a hundred thousand more casualties around the empire.

Just to kill the second prince.

“No. Your ring of