THE NETHERWOOD VILLAIN DIGEST
CAMELOT DISPUTES CRYPTKEEPER!
Snake Buried in Necro Ridge!
THE MALABAR HILLS MIRROR
KING RHIAN VINDICATED
Snake’s Body Verified in Secret Tomb!
THE PIFFLEPAFF POST
KEEPER OF LIES! Snake’s Body Found in Garden of Good & Evil
“Rhian’s fingerprints are all over this,” said Laralisa. “He knows the Courier is onto him. So he’s making sure the other kingdoms parrot his lies.”
“And the other kingdoms go along with it because they trust anything Rhian says,” Agatha realized. “In their eyes, he killed the Snake. He killed a deadly villain attacking their kingdoms. He saved them. The people of the Woods don’t know it’s a lie. They don’t know he’s playing them for fools. The Storian knows and we know.”
“And the Courier’s getting close,” said Laralisa. “But Rhian’s discredited the Storian, he’s discredited Tedros, he’s discredited you, he’s discredited the school, and now he’s discrediting the Courier. Even if we did have proof to show the people that the Snake is still alive—and we don’t—no one would listen to us.”
“Courier might not even be around long enough to back us up,” Devan noted, pulling open its pages. “They’re on the run, printing in secret, and Rhian’s men are hunting their reporters. And the more they’re on the run, the more they’re grasping at straws. Look at these headlines. It’s like something out of the Rot.”
MESSAGE IN BOTTLE FOUND: “SNAKE IS STILL ALIVE!”
MISTRAL SISTERS HIRED AS KING’S ADVISORS? SIGHTING THROUGH CASTLE WINDOW
P RINCESS SOPHIE SECRETLY TRADES FOR FRIEND’S RELEASE
Agatha quickly honed in on this last story.
Until now, the people of the Woods believed that Lionsmane was the pen of the King. Indeed, at his coronation, King Rhian made it clear that unlike the Storian, which was controlled by shadowy magic, his pen could be trusted. His pen would care about all people, rich or poor, young or old, Good or Evil—just like he cared about all people when he saved them from the Snake.
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