You have to choose

The group begins to leave the abandoned house where they were taking refuge. Currently it was evening, they made the decision to walk at night given the high level of Lanola, there was no possibility of finding threats that could put the group at serious risk. And then Asteri, Betty and Allatu were at their best, so no problem.

Only the princess could not stand up for herself, so their walking formation was set around the princess. In order not to give a chance to any attack.

'But this woman knows the fact of her ...' Asteri thought of Lanola, to be precise to her level of power, the woman was in the fifth degree of the yellow core. On the contrary, the princess was in the fifth grade of the white core, she practiced some fencing, but nothing more.

"So, Miss Lanola, how far is this city?" Asteri looks at the face of the burgundy-haired woman, who walks beside the boy, but a few inches away.

"It's a few days to go, hopefully. And there's a good chance we'll run into some obstacles, as we've blown up the plan to kidnap the princess from under their noses. The throne bastard will have sent his loyal dogs." Lanola he spoke with disgust of the new King and those who supported him.

"Why did he want to kidnap the princess? Isn't it more convenient for him to kill her?" Betty looked at the princess, who walked in the center of their group.

"... No, it is more convenient for him to kidnap me, and then force me to become his wife. Currently I am the only heir to the throne, by marrying me no one will be able to oppose his rise. There are still nobles who are linked to the previous King, my Father, but some of them cannot do anything given the iron grip that the current King has. The others, on the other hand, do not want to risk their home and family, so they are in their place Only a few nobles support the rebellion, so few you can count on your fingers ... "The princess explained the reason for her kidnapping, it is about how the politics of the kingdom were unstable. "Obviously the remaining slice of nobles, which is the largest, is in the service of the current king, some of those nobles helped him to ascend the throne."

"Well, your kingdom is in a fragile state, Miss Lanola, are you a noble?" Asteri had the impression that Lanola was also a woman of high lignaccio.

"Yes, but not such a tall lignaccio. Anyway, don't call me miss, only Lanola is fine. I'm only twenty-six after all." Lanola was slightly bothered by the way she calls her Asteri.

"Oops, then I'm sorry, Lanola. But you princess, what would you like to do about this situation?" Asteri apologizes to Lanola and turns his gaze to the princess. Lanola was strangely happy when she was normally called by Asteri.

"What do you mean?" The princess was confused at Asteri's question.

"It's simple enough. This new king is rotting this kingdom, which many have praised was a solar kingdom. Doesn't it bother you that this impostor stole everything that belonged to your family?" Asteri stops and begins to seriously look the princess in her eyes.

"Of course it bothers me ... I hate him with all my heart. After all, in addition to stealing our kingdom, after killing my parents, he is also making the honest citizens of Eléftherou suffer." The princess began to tighten the skirt she was wearing, showing a face full of various emotions. Anger, fear, helplessness, all these emotions have been repressed deep within the princess.

"So are you doing something to unseat this king?" Asteri noted the status of the princess, but continued the speech anyway.

Meanwhile the other three women stopped to watch the scene. They had no intention of interrupting the conversation between the two, even Lanola did not move an inch.

"How can I just think of doing something? I am weak, I can do nothing without the few people who support me. If it had not been for the rebellion I would have already become a puppet in the hands of the king ..." After these words, in the mind a crazy idea of ​​the princess was born. "So maybe if I let myself be captured and become this king's queen, I can do something without him knowing."

"Stupid ..." Asteri says only this, looking at the princess with a disappointed look.

"What ?! since you are so knowledgeable, then tell me what I should do!" The princess was angry at what Asteri had said. Lanola was surprised, she had never seen the princess so angry.

"I'm not the one who should tell you what to do, it must be you. You said you were weak, that's right. But the strength of a ruler is not just possession, money or individual power. Of course all of these matter and are important. ., but they will never be more important than the support of your own people. If you have people on your side, you can do many things, the only thing you need is to inspire them is to give them a prosperous life in the future."

Asteri spoke with a free heart, he said only what he thought, which was his idea of a good sovereign. "Oh, at least that's what I think. You are free to become the king's puppet and try to change the kingdom behind him." Although he had a choice, the idea of the princess was nothing short of insane.

The princess looks at Asteri with wide eyes. 'The strength of the people ...' she murmured these words in her mind.

Lanola let out a smile from her lips, no one from how she was informed, had ever tried to say these things to the princess. Sure, the rebellion was doing a good job of holding out for so long without major outside help. But with the princess's full backing they would have a good chance of holding on even longer, perhaps even overthrowing the rotten king's new reign.

"Stop! There's someone here." Asteri immediately dampens the calm atmosphere that had formed.

He sensed the presence of some beings approaching their position. The three women, who were captured by Asteri's speech, immediately put themselves in a position to protect the princess.