"There... there was no need to go that far, was there..." Roland stammered. Nyx seemed utterly unfamiliar to him at that moment... Only then did Roland suddenly remember that the woman beside him had never been a pushover! She was a female grand duke who had dared to launch a Crusader eastern expedition! A player moving pieces across the Empire's political chessboard!
All this time, Nyx's sweet and innocent side had only been something she showed him! Their lovey-dovey flirting had made Roland subconsciously overlook the fact that this woman, who could still lead her duchy forward amid political turmoil, was not some naive, ignorant girl!
"Human nature cannot withstand temptation. It is better to lay down the ugly truth and keep them in line now than to try making amends after they truly betray us!" Nyx said gently.
"Isn't that right?" Nyx asked, looking at Roland.
"Yes... you make a lot of sense!" Roland did not argue with her. He knew he had the system, and that these Lagrangeans would all remain loyal to him, but Nyx did not know that! She was doing her utmost to think for him, so how could he blame her and hurt her feelings?
"What happened?" Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso asked calmly as he looked at the hurriedly arriving Okrian-Lujin. As a Grand Duke of the Empire, he had cultivated his composure well.
"Your Highness! Dragons! Dragon Knights!" Okrian-Lujin panted.
"Hm?" Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso froze for a moment, then abruptly rose to his feet, grabbed Okrian-Lujin, and ran in the direction he had come from.
"Are these really our target?" Wes asked Caslo as he looked down from the sky. It was difficult to reconcile this dark, sprawling sea of people with the people of the Lagrange Kingdom he remembered.