Two weeks. Within two weeks, Prince Cedric managed to take over the kingdom from his father and stepmother. Cedric thought his plan would be much more difficult because he moved faster than expected. But unexpectedly, he got other help from an unknown person during those times.
One by one, King Abel's followers disappeared before he could even handle them. Prince Cedric was allowed to continue advancing until he was finally able to imprison his father, stepmother, and stepbrother in the north tower, far from the main palace.
The smell of iron and blood still filled the corridors, where the bodies of the nobles who refused to submit to Prince Cedric now lay and became silent witnesses of how fast the wheels of power turned.
The nobles thought that uniting their forces would be enough to overthrow the newly ascended Prince Cedric. But alas, their carelessness made them quickly follow the people who Prince Cedric had killed on the day the coup was carried out.
