The captain brought Ning out of the cage when the ship came to a stop. When Ning got out, he looked out from the deck and was immediately surprised.
Yorshan kingdom was an archipelago with many small islands that were near each other. Most seemed to have bridges between them, but there were some that were too far away to have bridges.
The ship was landed on the main island in the center of the giant cluster of islands and the soldiers were preparing to allow them to disembark.
"This is?" Ning looked at the island he was on that was barely 500 meters in all directions.
"This is the Royal Island of Yorshan. This is where the queen lives," the captain told him and had the soldiers take him down.
The vice-captain got close to the captain and started speaking with him.
"Captain, do you believe what he's saying?" he asked.
"He's telling the truth. I have no doubt about it," the captain said.
"I can understand that. I know he was telling the truth, but maybe he was telling HIS truth. You know what I'm saying?" he asked.
The captain stopped. "You think he's saying what he believes is true and doesn't know exactly what happened?" he asked.
"Yes, exactly. I'm not saying the man lied. I'm saying he doesn't know the real truth and could have been fed up with this fake truth by someone else that he believes is this different power," the vice-captain said.
The captain thought for a moment. "You are right. He could be lying without knowing he's lying," the captain said. "Don't worry. I finally got the chance to speak with the queen. I will find out the truth on my own."
The vice-captain nodded and they started walking into the palace.
Ning walked in freely as there was nothing more for him to worry about. He would meet the queen, she would confess, the soldiers would apologize and he would be back in Darius within the hour, ready to go teach the princess.
He looked around the walls of the palace as he walked in. The man spears that were placed on the walls fully brightened the palace.
One of the servants bowed in front of them and spoke up. "Her Majesty will be with you in just a moment."
The captain nodded and the servant walked away. He then turned towards Ning. "Listen up. I'm setting up some ground rules here," he said.
"When we're in front of the queen, you will not talk at all. I will do all the talking," the captain said.
Ning shrugged. "Fine by me." He didn't have anything else to talk about anyway.
He looked around the waiting area where he was seated and saw that while the designs, paintings, and furniture here were quite good, they had nothing on the things he saw in the room he had teleported to.
'Damn, did I teleport to the queen's quarters earlier?' he thought. 'Thank god I didn't get in during an awkward moment.'
A servant arrived again, bringing another message. "The queen is ready to see you."
The captain stood and brought Ning along with the servant.
Ning was brought to a room all white. The floor was made up of white marble that was polished to such an extent that he could clearly see his own reflection on it.
The walls were white too, but they had paintings and ornaments hung on them. One of the paintings was of a middle-aged man with a fit body standing on top of a boar-like beast.
'That was the king huh?' he thought.
Up ahead on the seat was the woman he had seen earlier. She was in the same white dress as before.
'Finally, I can leave,' Ning thought when he saw the queen on the throne.
"Your servant greets you, your majesty," the captain bowed while Ning remained standing as he wouldn't be needed to in front of his own servant.
"Get up, captain. We do not have time for such frivolous formalities for the moment," the queen said. "Have you found the murderer who killed my son?"
"I have not, your majesty," the captain said.
'Sigh, Janean huh? Where is she again?' Ning asked the system. According to it, Janean was still on one of these islands, spending her time asleep in a tavern. 'So carefree,' he thought.
"If you haven't figured out who killed my child, then why are you here captain?" the queen asked. Then, her eyes turned toward her master. "And why do you have him in cuffs? Take them off."
"I'm afraid I cannot do that, your highness. We still don't know who this person is and he may be harmful," the captain said. "The reason I brought him here is that he said he knows who the killer is."
The queen's eyes went wide. "You do?" she asked Ning.
Ning was a little taken aback by her surprise and looked toward the queen to see if he should answer the question or not.
The captain shook his head and turned to the queen. "Your majesty. Before we hear his potential lies, I was hoping you would have some idea of who did this? I wondered if you knew who killed your son," the captain asked.
Ning sighed in relief. Finally, the captain had reached that line of questioning.
"What do you mean, captain? Why would I know who would want to kill my child? He was loved by everyone," the queen spoke as tears streamed down her eyes.
'Wait what?' Ning's eyes narrowed in surprise. 'Why isn't she confessing?'
"This man here claims that it was you who did it," the captain said, his eyes never leaving the queen.
The queen's face turned shocked. "I did not. I would never bring harm to my own child," the queen said.
And the captain found truth in those words.
"What the hell?" Ning couldn't help but speak in surprise. This wasn't how this was supposed to go.
The queen's eyes turned cold as she turned towards Ning. "This man dared say that I would kill my own child?"
The captain shuddered. "Yes, your majesty."
"Punish him!" the queen spoke up. "Kill him the same way my child died. Burn him and then drown him."
