Renner's Proposal, Ainz's Burden

A sacrifice?

"I don't think having my brother make a 'sacrifice' is a bad strategy."

Princess Renner rose from her seat. Her white lace-trimmed gown swayed softly as she walked around the conference table toward Tang Zheng. "My brother made that choice of his own will."

"By trading his own life for the survival of most of the nation's people, my brother must have been willing in his heart as well."

"Perhaps this was also the choice or price my brother spoke of, one that a ruler of a nation must bear."

Princess Renner's deep blue eyes gleamed. She raised both hands before her chest in a devout prayer pose. "I hope my brother receives God's praise and cleansing."

When she mentioned the word "God."

The smile on Princess Renner's lips bloomed like a cherry blossom as she gazed deeply at Tang Zheng.

Her short heels sank into the carpet as she walked.

Princess Renner came before Tang Zheng, then crouched down. "Sir Tang, what do you plan to do next?"

Watching Princess Renner kneel before him, Tang Zheng raised an eyebrow, his expression unchanged. "What do you think?"

Yet inwardly, he was stunned.

What was this woman doing?

"Hmm~"

Princess Renner raised a finger and lightly touched her chin, putting on an innocent, thoughtful expression. "I think Sir Tang's current identity as an adventurer may need to change."

Tang Zheng said nothing, waiting to hear what she wanted to say.

The next moment.

Rustle~

Princess Renner shifted from kneeling on one knee to both knees. The hem of her white dress spread perfectly flat across the red velvet carpet.

From above, she looked somewhat like a white flower blooming in blood.

"Compared to the few tens of thousands left in the destroyed Draconic Kingdom, a population of several million