Talk:A Study in the Dubious Meiho-sou/@comment-32856683-20190518182721/@comment-32856683-20190518191012

I think there are several groups with conflicting interests at play.

We have Oka/Antonio trying to reconnect with his sister, Elis with her childhood friend.

We have Cortes/Isidoro and Salazar conspiring to kill anyone endangering their plan to expose and destroy Tan. Antonio is a danger to him because likely his marriage to Gabriele wasn't as consensual as it seems to be and the Prince is obviously a problem.

We have Tan/Roma trying to take down Cortes and in doing so probably seeking cooperation with Oka.

We have Prince Garcia and Vargas sneaking around trying to find the blackmail material.

I find it somewhat likely that Vargas had found something in the store house that either placated Salazar as the culprit of Gabriele's murder or Salazar acted out on Cortes' orders to kill the prince. I think Arash is right in that this was a mistake on Cortes' part and he mistakenly believed that Vargas is the royal one.