Restart:Untalented Man

"Sorry for the sudden visitation, Aunt Tina. I'm here for your son," Riz explained, his words cutting through the tension in the room.

Aunt Tina's expression shifted from surprise to confusion. "M-my son?!" she exclaimed, her voice a mix of shock and bewilderment.

Just what this good-for-nothing son of hers could have done to attract the king's attention.

Riz, pleased to see Aunt Tina's genuine confusion.

He interpreted her reaction as a sign that she wasn't involved in the plot and unaware of her son's activities.

"Your son has joined a movement that plots against me," Riz elaborated.

As the words hung in the air, both Aunt Tina and Ellie underwent a visible transformation.

The blood drained from their faces, leaving them visibly pale.

Aunt Tina, known for her resilience and composure, found herself momentarily shaken by the news.

The poor old lady was about to fall but managed to hold the table and stabilize herself.

Ellie, too, displayed a mixture of concern and disbelief, the gravity of the situation etched across her features.

She looks at her elder brother with dissent.

Even though her mouth shut, her face took the job of conveying her question. 'What the f*ck did you do? Are you trying to get us all executed?'

Nevertheless, she tried to amend the situation but not for her brother, obviously.

It's for herself and her mother so they don't get implicated by whatever charges the government would put on Evan.

"Y-Your Majesty, there must be some mistake."

"There's no mistake, Ellie. Keep quiet and stay out of this." Riz shot her down while his eyes never left Evan, the one who appeared most frightened in this situation.

"A-As you wish, Your Majesty." Ellie was slightly taken aback. She didn't expect to be refuted so harshly.

However, she does feel relieved by the king's words that signalled her to not meddle in this matter.

Without further ado, Riz ordered Charlotte to apprehend the man.

As Charlotte moved forward, prepared to handcuff Evan's hands, he suddenly spoke out in a desperate plea, "Wait! Wait! Wait! Let me tell you something."

"What is it?"

"I never had the intention to go against you. I was led...Yes! I was led by a woman I met to do so." Evan hastily confessed.

Hearing this, Riz's expression twisted into one of disdain.

Multiple questions rose in his mind.

Are you braindead? Why do you let others lead you by the nose?

"And that woman is?" Riz inquired, pressing for more details.

"Irene. Her name is Irene." Evan quickly revealed.

"Irene? That's it? Does she not have a family name?" Riz probed further, his patience waning.

There are simply too many women on his side and they keep getting replaced.

The wastrel in front of Riz lives a life that even he, the king, doesn't live.

"T-that... I'm not sure?" Evan stammered, lowering his head in a display of uncertainty.

"You're not sure?" Evan's reputation in Riz's eyes continued to plummet.

With every word that escaped the man's lips, his idiocy became increasingly clear.

The confusion surrounding Evan's lack of certainty raised questions in Riz's mind...again.

Does he not inherit Aunt Tina's business acumen? But the report doesn't make him sound that dumb. Or perhaps...He's the kind of person who excels in one thing and is a complete idiot in other fields?

Riz gave up and decided to redirect the focus of the investigation.

He turned to Charlotte who finished handcuffing Evan, "Investigate all the women he has been with."

"That...will take a while. We don't even know if the name is real or not. He needs to give the descriptions of the woman to speed things up."

"Oi, did you hear that?" Riz directed the question to Evan.

"Yes, yes, you have my full cooperation," Evan affirmed, nodding several times.

As Charlotte takes him away, Riz looks at Aunt Tina and apologetically says, "I'm sorry for the disturbance and also for what happened to your son. His stupid action may affect you later."

"Is he going to be executed?" Aunt Tina expressed her concern.

Wastrel or not, Evan is still her son. She simply can't bear her son to die before her.

"Most likely, since he has direct involvement in this matter," Riz stated plainly, not sugarcoating or planning to hide anything.

He also had no intention to show leniency just because he was close to Evan's mother.

"But he only agrees with their plan. He didn't do anything that contributed to it." Aunt Tina argued, desperately searching for any possible way to spare her son.

"His action of agreeing is all we need. Such a thing could only happen when there's intention in the heart which could lead to action with hands. I'd rather plucked the bud before it could fully blossom."

With that, Riz left the mother and daughter duo alone. He didn't tell them that her son was prepared to contribute to the scheme.

It's just he didn't have a chance to do so due to Riz's response that swept them altogether.

....

Outside the factory, people gathered as they saw Evan was escorted out, handcuffed and later thrown inside the prison-

like carriage.

Despite all of them treasuring time and productivity more, it didn't hinder them from wasting their time watching the whole scene.

After all, it was a situation they rarely crossed by.

Not far from the factory, Irene, the blackout agent, was also watching.

This woman, astute as she is, has obviously known about many businessmen being arrested.

It didn't take a genius to notice the common thing among them.

They are all involved in the scheme.

If those individuals, who were much more cunning and experienced, had stumbled and fallen into the hands of the authorities, how could she ever think that a wastrel like Evan would be left unscathed?

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"I'm glad that I spent less time with him in the past few weeks," she said while nonchalantly munching on a snack.

Since the authorities get hold of Evan, she should pack her stuff today and get out of this kingdom.