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The atmosphere began to shift slightly.
Queen Elizabeth's question made the representatives of the Royal Faction, Knight Faction, and Puritan Faction all stop their discussion at once and turn their eyes toward Fang Li and Sylvia.
Aside from the Knight Order Leader and Laura, who already knew some of the reasons, the three princesses—Limea, Kerisha, and Vivian—looked rather surprised.
"Consulting allies?"
"You actually intend to listen to the opinions of people from another country?"
"This..."
Limea and Kerisha's gazes sharpened, while Vivian seemed somewhat uneasy.
Presumably, the three princesses had not expected Queen Elizabeth to hand the final right of proposal to two people of unknown identity during a discussion between the three major powers that controlled all of England: the Royal Faction, Knight Faction, and Puritan Faction.
Laura, however, did not look surprised in the slightest. She merely looked around absentmindedly, while the Knight Order Leader chose to remain silent.
Under those circumstances, Fang Li and Sylvia exchanged glances.
Then Sylvia spoke first.
"Although I don't really have the standing to say anything, if this can be resolved without resorting to war, I would still prefer that." Sylvia spoke somewhat broadly. "Like I said earlier, the current situation is not as simple as England versus France. It has been mentioned online as well that the conflict between England and France could very well become the prelude to a world war. If you raise the curtain on war first and exhaust your strength from the very beginning, the wars that follow may swallow you up, and England might not survive until the end."
Those somewhat alarmist words came from Sylvia's lips.
Though she had not offered any clear suggestion, the content of her words was enough to leave every English decision-maker present speechless.
Because none of them could find