What if Clay was right?
What if she was the daughter of their King?
Under their law, the firstborn child would be the rightful heir as long as sufficient evidence could support the claim. But, of course, it was not that simple. The Council would still have to investigate this matter.
Then, they would have to check every aspect before ruling the legitimacy of a new heir. He was not fully aware of the rule in this regard, but his grandfather would know since he was the one who oversaw anything regarding the succession.
"What do you know about this Grandpapa?" He silently questioned his grandfather in his mind while he silently sat in his office. He could not help but wonder if he had orchestrated this entire affair.
He vaguely remembered that his grandfather worked on changing their law about succession. Count Julius had worked hard, going to great lengths to convince the Council that their old laws were obsolete.
