Lord of Caldera - Chapter 375 - Zichard Fear

... mperial family as his sole purpose. And now, that very same Dietrich had betrayed the Crown Prince and smuggled the Emperor out of the capital.

"Where did the butterfly effect start?" Sylas wondered.

Whatever the case, this development spelled the end for the Crown Prince. Dietrich, once the greatest talent at Maximilian's disposal, had turned his back. That left Maximilian with only Rozier, a diplomat ill-suited to crises that rendered diplomacy irrelevant.

In other word ...