Selma Payne's POV:
"I'm sure you know what the elf race is like now, so I don't need to hide it. The power struggle was more intense than I expected. I thought that the Crown Prince would not go too far for the sake of His Majesty, but in fact, he was so reckless and tried to take everything away at once, which made it difficult for our entire Council of Elders to deal with because the interim government has racked its brains to maintain the precarious peace and has no more power left.
"The Crown Prince is reckless, but he's not stupid. He knows that he has no power to compete with other forces except for his identity. I sent people to investigate the cause of all this, but most of them have yet to return. The only clue the remaining people gave me was this parchment.
