"King Julin, despite being of low birth, was a competent ruler. The previous royal family was a target in schemes and scandals, misfortune had befallen them when the corruption behind them was exposed. He was previously a reputable scholar who was fairly decent in the art of war and strategy and had good relations with the commoners and a few aristocrats. With a voting system of the king candidates, he was chosen as the successor to the throne. Unfortunately, after he was crowned, he had not managed to dispose of all the corrupt individuals in the previous king's court, the aristocrats who opposed him and the problems the previous royal family had left to him after perishing before King Hertoil had decided on his moment of attack." He pulled out the pink camellia from his chest pocket and twirled it ever so slowly in his fingers.
