Chapter 666 ( Mona Haulia )

"By the way, you still don't tell us what happened during our separation" - said Cloud while handing the princess a plate with the food they had prepared.

"The truth is that things are bad" - Liliana replied as she frowned - "I'll be honest, the stability of the kingdom is starting to break down since Kouki-san disappeared."

Kaori was silent as she gave a glance to Cloud, who could only shake his head.

"The royal family has lost a lot of support now that the heroes have decided to take other directions, there are less and less applicants for knighthood, and the church seems to be making strange moves" - Liliana continued with a frown - "No matter how we look at it, the kingdom is in danger of being eliminated by the church, and the worst thing is that we can't do anything because we have no tools to prevent it, after all, the church is the most important organization in the human continent."

The girls looked at each other with a frown.

"You saw something, didn't you?" - Cloud said seriously.

Liliana was silent for a few seconds, as if trying to struggle with the idea of speaking, though after a few seconds she let out a sigh and explained what she had seen.

She had been walking through the corridors of the castle on her way to the knights' training camp because she had heard that her sister had returned from her mission, when she heard an unknown voice talking to a minister.

Liliana slowly walked in that direction and saw the minister of economy talking to a hooded woman, or at least she deduced after seeing the curves that the unknown woman possessed.

At first, she thought it was the usual, a clandestine meeting of lovers, but when she heard the content of the conversation her face paled, after all, the minister was talking about the most important secrets of the royal family, secrets that he should not possess.

Liliana struggled with the idea of showing herself and seeking a response from the minister, though her logical side dismissed this idea because she knew she was weak. She was not a warrior like her sister, so she decided to walk away quietly and speak directly to her father, though when she did, she seemed to make a small sound because the minister and his companion quickly ran to see who the spy was.

The princess quickly ran to a room that had an open door and hid, only to hear her pursuers behind her.

A cold sweat ran all over her body, although she was relieved when she heard that they had not discovered her, although now she was sure that she could not talk directly to her father or sister because they were watching them, even she could feel eyes on her back, as if someone was waiting for them to try to contact them, that's why she had raised the idea of going to recruit prospective knights from the different duchies.

Her father was a little skeptical with this idea, although after thinking about it, he decided to accept, although he was still a little surprised by his daughter's strange proposal, especially when she asked him to say that it had all been his idea.

Liliana knew that sooner or later someone would discover her strange actions, so she wrote a letter and hid it in a place where only her younger brother could discover it.

Her trip had been normal, though she could feel how someone was still watching her, so she didn't do anything strange, though after the bandits' attack, something told her that her spy seemed to have lost patience.

"That's what happened..." - Liliana said with a frown - "I think that woman who was talking to the minister, was a high command of the church, I say that because they have been pushing in some sectors that have been hurting us."

Cloud frowned as he looked at the others - "What do you think?"

"What Lili says makes sense" - Kaori said with a frown - "The church may have been the one that brought us to this world, but it was the royal family that gave us everything to survive the first few months, so if we had to say who we were loyal to, it would be the royal family, the church did nothing for us after we talked about our mission"

Liliana smiled when she heard this, though she quickly sighed because she knew those times were over - "That's why I would like to ask you something..."

"I'm sorry, but we're busy" - Tio said flatly - "We have a mission to complete."

"Tio-san!" - Kaori exclaimed with a frown.

"I'm sorry, though I have to remind you that we don't have time to intervene in the political situation of a kingdom we're not affiliated with" - said Tio neutrally as she looked at the princess - "Don't get me wrong, princess, it's not like we don't care about your kingdom, it's just that our current mission is much more important"

"What kind of mission do you have?" - Liliana asked with regret because it was obvious that they wouldn't want to help her, at least that was shown by Cloud's attitude, who was in silent wind as everything was unfolding.

"Sorry, it's confidential" - Tio said seriously while throwing a glance at Kaori because she could see how she seemed to want to talk - "And I hope you understand that we are an independent group now, Kaori-san, we can't just join a meaningless battle when we are doing something dangerous."

Kaori remained silent, though she could tell that she was a bit angry at the dragon woman's cruel attitude.

"Kaori, please calm down a bit" - Shizuku said as she looked at her friend - "I want to help Lili too, but now is not the time."

Kaori frowned as she looked at her friend.

"Though that doesn't mean we can't do it after we finish our current mission" - Cloud said as he decided to intervene - "Though the princess will have to hold out until it happens, which I see impossible when it's clear they want to get rid of her."

Liliana ducked her head as she looked at Cloud with hope because she could see that he seemed to want to help her.

"Cloud..." - Tio said with a frown.

"I know what you're trying to say," Cloud replied as he shook his head.

"Ok, I'm not going to say anything else" - Tio said as she sighed and sat quietly.

"We're going to help you, though like I said, you'll have to wait until we get back to the capital" - Cloud said seriously.

"Ok, I think I can resist" - nodded Liliana as she looked at the group, and although she wasn't very happy with Tio's attitude, she could see that it wasn't because the dragon woman disliked her, but because they really had something dangerous to do.

"Now that we got that out of the way, I think I can help you some more, we just need to get Rika to protect you with her group" - Cloud said as the image of his companion appeared in his memories. If he was honest, he had forgotten about Rika for a few days during his trip because of all the trouble he had been in.

"You mean the purple menace?" - Liliana asked in surprise.

"Purple menace?" - Cloud repeated as he raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, that's the name they gave to Rika Minami, the leader of Squad 7" - Liliana replied while explaining that [Squad 7] was the name of Cloud's subordinate's [Party] - "They named her that because she's potentially lethal thanks to her weapons that can eliminate her targets from tens of meters away."

"It's good that she's created her own reputation" - Cloud said with a small smile as he shook his head - "Back to the point, I'm sure she'll have no problem helping you if I ask her to."

"Are you sure?" - Liliana asked skeptically because she knew that Rika was busy most of the time on missions in and out of [Orcus], there was even a rumor that she had managed to discover the real secret of that labyrinth, and that was that the 100th floor was not the end of that place, but a new beginning.

"Sure" - nodded Cloud calmly as he took out one of the communicator spheres.

"Cloud-sama?" - A male voice said.

"Dad!" - Shea exclaimed as she heard the voice she recognized immediately.

"Oh, it's good to hear from you again, princess!" - Kam said happily - "How have you been, has the young master been treating you well?"

"Of course he has" - Shea replied calmly.

"And when will I have grandchildren?" - Kam asked, only to hear his daughter's cry.

"Are you talking to our daughter?" - a female voice asked.

"That's right" - answered Kam.

"Mom!" - Shea exclaimed as she looked at the sphere. She could still remember how Mona had managed to survive her illness, albeit in such a weakened state that she was barely alive. It was thanks to Cloud that she managed to recover after drinking the liquid from the sacred stone.

This was the biggest reason why the Haulia clan was so loyal to Cloud, he had managed to save Mona's life, one of the most important and beloved people in the clan

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