Chapter 80✨ · TRCR

Rebecca answered as though meeting his curiosity head-on.

“Of course. In the end, Your Majesty will have no choice but to take my hand.”

“And why is that?”

“Because I can give you what you truly desire.”

“How could you possibly know what I desire?”

Rebecca turned her gaze from Zahidra and looked up at the night sky.

“Long ago, after the rebellion succeeded, the Rotandus Empire boasted an unprecedentedly solid imperial authority. But as the power of the temple gradually grew, the throne weakened, and the forces allied with the temple—including the House of Johannes—swelled in influence.”

Zahidra stared silently at Rebecca’s blue eyes, bathed in moonlight.

“To keep the Johannes family in check, Your Majesty strengthened the Latranis house on the frontier. Yet now even that power has grown enough to threaten the throne. And on top of that, the Earl of Devonshire holds the empire’s commerce firmly…