A smile appeared on Ethan's face the moment the king made that utterance, he was really doing something about it, he wanted to find out the person behind Aiden's capture. And this was the thought that ran through Ethan's mind at that moment,

'I wonder how the person is gonna hide it now. Your thoughts would be read, and everything would be exposed. If the person is among you guys, he'll be exposed today. And I can't wait to know who the person is so I can rip him apart'.

..He was really glad that this was the king's plan all along.

What kind of expression was on Asher's face the moment he heard the king's utterance? Unreadable. The king glanced at the woman and said to her,

"Go do your job, read their minds, and tell me if it's one of them that is behind the capture of Ethan's son. Reveal the person so he would be severely punished...he'd most likely lose his life".

..And at that moment, the woman began moving toward the chiefs and nobles.

There were about two long chairs in the palace, a certain set of officials were sitting on one chair, and another set of officials were sitting on the other. Right now, the woman had already moved to the officials sitting on the right-hand side of the chair...

..And she had started reading their minds.

The other chiefs and nobles were innocent, they knew they were never behind what happened to Ethan's son, so they weren't afraid. Their hearts were free, they weren't guilty.

But some of them were still afraid, what if the woman makes a mistake while reading their minds and accuses someone innocent of capturing Ethan's son? What if the woman's mind reading wasn't that good?

..But was there anything like that? Could she make a mistake while reading their minds?

Well, some of them were afraid and were hoping something like that doesn't happen. The woman was reading their minds as she kept moving from one official to the other.

How was the mind reading taking place? She'll move to one official, glance directly into his eyes, search around his brain, and move to another person. And so it kept on going, she was reading their minds one after the other. And until now, she hadn't revealed a culprit.

She read the minds of all the officials on the right-hand chair, and she didn't reveal a culprit, she didn't accuse anyone of capturing Ethan's son. She was done with the right-hand side chair, it was time to begin reading the minds of the officials on the left-hand chair.

She moved to the left-hand chair and began reading their minds...that was the chair Asher was sitting on. She kept on moving from official to official, and Ethan sat there waiting for her to reveal one of them as the culprit, but nothing of that sort happened.

The king was sitting on his throne eagerly waiting for the woman to reveal one of them as the culprit as well...but as said, nothing of that sort happened. The woman kept on moving from official to official until she arrived at where Asher was sitting.

..So right now, she was standing in front of Asher...then she glanced into his eyes and began searching his brain.

She stood there for about 40 seconds before moving to the next official. She read through all the officials' minds, and she didn't reveal anyone as the culprit. She then glanced at the king and said,

"All of them are innocent my Lord, none of them is behind the capture of Ethan's son".

And at that moment, many of the officials focused their gazes on Ethan while giving him the look of, 'You see? You kept accusing us wrongly'.

And Ethan was really surprised at that moment, so it was none of the officials that were behind what happened to Aiden? What does that mean? It was among the natives of this kingdom?

And at that moment, Ethan began wondering if the woman read their minds well. And that was what was running through the king's mind too, and he didn't waste time voicing it out,

"Did you read through their minds well? Did you search their minds well?".

"Yes, your majesty. All of them are innocent". The woman responded.

One of the high-ranked chiefs glanced at the king at that moment and uttered, "Your majesty, you're really holding on to the belief that it was one of us that was behind what happened to Ethan's son, whereas, all of us are innocent. Seems like you want one of us to be guilty of the offense,

This only proves one thing, the person behind what happened to Ethan's son in the past and even recently is among the natives of this kingdom, not us. We are all innocent".

The king didn't say anything, a confused look was just plastered to his face. And that was the same case for Ethan as well, he was really confused, so the person behind Aiden's capture wasn't among them?

So he's been accusing them wrongly all this while? He was really confused. Who was the person among the natives of this kingdom that despises him so much? How has he wronged the person?

Asher was just glancing at the confused look on Ethan's face, and a little smirk appeared on his face at that moment.

We all know Asher was behind what happened to Aiden recently and even in the past. So how come the woman searched through his mind and didn't declare him the culprit? She was definitely a good mind reader, there was nothing like a bad mind reader in this world.

Once you notice you have the ability to read minds, you'll become good at using it. And the longer you possess the ability, the better you become good at using it.

And the woman was in her 'sixties, she had possessed the ability for a long time now, she was super good at using it. So how come she didn't declare Asher the culprit?...

..This was what happened a few days ago.

After the king dismissed them from his palace the last time he summoned them to it, Asher was really afraid. And why was he afraid? Because he didn't know what the king planned on doing to find out the person behind Aiden's capture.

It could be something effective that would reveal the culprit immediately...and that was him. And he'll most likely be killed once the truth is revealed 'cause as said, even if the king doesn't kill him, Ethan would definitely kill him.

It would bring great stain to his name and his family's...a man capturing his brother's son? Failed the first time and still went ahead to shoot his shot again after the passing of years. Does he hate his brother that much?

..Those thoughts made Asher really scared, he doesn't want the truth to be revealed, so he knew he had to do something about it.

So the moment he arrived home, he mounted a horse again, told his knights not to follow him, and rode out of his compound. He was heading straight to the assassins. As said, by now, he was aware one of the assassins had been killed, and the other assassins were really pained by it.

..Asher saw the lifeless body, and he was having a strong feeling it was Ethan that killed him, but he wasn't sure.

At least, he saw the assassin's corpse before it was buried. The assassins didn't complete the job of killing Aiden, but he still paid them...what can he do? Aiden never saw their faces whenever they visited him, thank goodness, he wouldn't be able to reveal anything.

But at that moment, Asher needed their help again, even if it was one of them, and he was ready to pay the person again. He doesn't want the truth to be revealed, he doesn't want to die.

Asher reached where the assassins were, and the moment they set eyes on him, a kind of expression appeared on their faces. Has he come to tell them to capture Aiden again? That small boy that seems to possess abilities?

..But that wasn't what Asher was here for. He came down from the horse and strolled toward them.

Reaching where they were standing, right in front of their house, 'cause the assassins were living together, Asher said to them,

"I'll need you guys' help again, in fact, only one person can do the job. I'm ready to pay that person again".

"What do you need help with? Hope it isn't to capture that small boy again?". One of the assassins voiced out glancing at Asher.

"No, it isn't that". Asher responded.

"Then what is it?". The assassin threw back the question at Asher.