Succession Conundrum, The Seed, Ghost Face

"I-…" Valeria got tongue-tied, not knowing how to retort. She was speechless.

As expected, she was too preoccupied with the matters of succession to think about that disgusting brother-in-law.

"If you want to carry through with that plan, you need to make sure of a few things in advance. First, Richard is dead, which would only happen after the war is over or during the war. Anyway, that wouldn't be a proper time for pregnancy because Juvia will most likely be on the front lines helping that brat Leonardo."

"Second, the time doesn't conflict with Leonardo's schedule because he has only this one ticket to travel back to the higher realms. If he wanted to leave but the World Tree was in the process of nurturing the baby, do you want him to simply leave Juvia behind? Would she even accept that?"