The day after the attempt, King Eadric reacts to what happened.

Waking up early the next morning, Isolde immediately looked around in panic, overcome with anxiety for her son.

Luckily, baby Kael was sleeping peacefully in a small cradle next to the queen's bed.

Isolde winced in pain.

The two wounds inflicted last night hurt, despite the fact that the physicians had bandaged the wounds and used healing ointment.

"It was naive of me to expect that everything would be peaceful and safe... Vain hopes... Yesterday's bloody nightmare is a natural event... And most likely, this **** attempt is not the last... I must save my son at any cost..." - the queen's thoughts were overwhelmed by dark forebodings.

The servants brought food and drink.

The Physicians examined the Queen's wounds again and made her drink several types of healing herbal infusions.

It seemed that after the tragic events of the night, life had returned to its former "normal"...

However, in the middle of the day, a group of court dignitaries entered the room, dressed in luxurious and lush waistcoats.

After ceremonial bows and greetings, one of these courtiers handed the Queen a scroll with gilded embossing, which was sealed with the royal wax seal.

The scroll read: "I, Eadric the Third, most gracious and blessed by the will of Stern Mistress of Justice, King of the great Kingdom of Eborvair, by my royal will command:

A detachment of the elite royal guard - to escort my beloved wife Queen Isolde and my son Prince Kael - on their journey to the southern region of the kingdom and ensure their safe residence in the territory of Glen Yara Castle."

"Is this some kind of... exile?" the queen thought.

"May I speak to the king?" Isolde asked.

"Alas, I beg your pardon, but His Majesty King Eadric was so saddened by the tragic events of last night that he gave orders not to disturb him with any conversation. The king is so concerned about your safety and... the safety of Prince Kael that he has ordered that your journey be secured today..." - the court dignitary tries to hide the essence of the king's order behind elegant verbal formulations and euphemisms.

And the essence is that Isolde and Kael must leave the capital of the kingdom (castle Segh-Teinarel) and go to the castle Glen Yara, to live there.

Glen Yara is located in the southern region of the kingdom.

It is ruled by Henry the Duke of Glen Yara.

He is Eadric's cousin.

About ten years ago, Henry fell into disgrace with King Eadric. The king deprived him of the right to inherit the throne due to vicious behavior and numerous rumors of homosexuality.

But, apparently, the situation is changing now...

King Eadric clearly wants to come up with some solution to the problem with the half-orc baby. He used the recent nighttime **** attempt as a pretext to send Isolde and Kael to some place more secure from the point of view of his goals.

The details of what happened will not be known to the plebs…

The court dignitaries will hide information about the **** attempt from the attention of ordinary commoners.

The information about the birth of a baby with obvious external signs of half-orc origin by the queen will also be "corrected".

The plebs will only know that the queen gave birth to a baby heir to the throne, who unfortunately has some kind of disease that affects his appearance.

And for safety and to ensure treatment, the queen and the baby were sent to a secure castle somewhere in the borderlands.

That's all that the commoners will know...

Approximately such thoughts were in the head of Isolde, when she, together with the baby Kael, sat in a luxurious carriage moving along the road to the south.

A couple of dozen armed mounted warriors from the royal guard accompanied the carriage on the way to the castle Glen Yara...