114: Siding with the devil

Azekiel proceeded with Raphael's thoughts. "She let her enemies plot. No... she herself gave them the opportunity to plot by deciding to send the child away! If I'm not wrong, she also had this plan be suggested by one of her men to the Duke!"

" But how will she prove that the Duke was behind it?" Lia asked. "As the Duke thought, the queen has all the motives to kill the young prince since the world knows she doesn't like him. It will start a civil war, and more people will believe the duke."

"Not quite. Since she planned so far, there's a good chance she already thought about that." Azekiel didn't believe that the queen was an idiot to not think what they were thinking, despite knowing the enemies' plan.

If, despite all that, she went along with it, there was certainly something she was keeping for her safety, to prove that she was innocent.