"I heard his head was cut off. Butchered by the one who claims to be the great Cassius."
"Huh!" The other woman gasped in disbelief, "And who told you these things, Lady Zenas?"
The Lady Zenas signaled that the other lady came closer and she did, with a fan covering her mouth, Lady Zenas spoke again.
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"Well I heard that Duke Festus Obadiah is behind the one someone else to become emperor. If anything, I feel like he is one who would aim for the throne himself."
"Indeed, that is what I think too. Makes me wonder who exactly is this person who has the entire capital shaken."
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"Do you think the words in the letter are true? That Emperor Ceteus is dead?"
"I am of the opinion that this is all just a trick to test our loyalty. We all know the Emperor has the tendency to act—" The man paused, looking around at the other people gathered around him before shifting to a whisper, "we all know the emperor acts rather foolishly at times just for his amusement."
