News of Cedric's arrest spread like wildfire.
In less than six hours after he was taken into custody, almost the entire empire had already heard about it.
People everywhere, especially in the capital, couldn't stop talking about the news.
"Hey, have you heard?"
"You mean the news about Prince Cedric?"
"Exactly! I heard he was arrested by the Phantom Guard today. You've heard it too, right?"
"Yeah, I have. I really didn't expect something like this to happen. What exactly did he do?"
"I don't know either. But if the Phantom Guard arrested him, he must have committed a serious crime."
Similar conversations could be heard throughout the capital.
No one knew why Cedric had been arrested so people started spinning all kinds of crazy theories.
Some claimed he was involved with a heretical cult, while others accused him of all sorts of other crimes.
