"Thanks for your efforts, Lady Crusch."
In front of the many citizens of the capital, Emilia worked hard to maintain a solemn expression. Using rather serious words, she thanked Crusch for her contribution and gently helped her to her feet.
Only the lively light shining in her amethyst eyes revealed that Her Majesty the Queen's personality was not quite as it appeared on the surface.
Crusch now felt rather fortunate that Emilia had become Lugnica's queen.
Emilia's personality was too weak. That was why Crusch had once believed she was unsuitable to become the ruler of a country.
But as the years passed and Lugnica's national strength continued to flourish, Crusch had no choice but to admit it.
Emilia might not resemble the kind of monarch people imagined, but she was absolutely the monarch Lugnica needed most at present.
Whether it was Crusch herself, Anastasia, or Priscilla, the three former candidates for queen were all highly capable in certain areas.
But their thinking was too extreme. They did not understand compromise or putting themselves in another person's shoes, and their personalities themselves contained certain conflicts.
Only Emilia could mediate their disputes and make the best possible use of their abilities for the country.
Lugnica did not need a militarist like Crusch to become queen. That would inevitably lead the country to wage war relentlessly.
Nor did it need a politician like Priscilla, for that would only cause the country to decline amid stagnation.
It needed a merchant like Anastasia even less, for that would only cause the people to rot away amid money.
What the country needed was progress on every front and mutual checks on power in every direction.
Only Emilia's personality and abilities were best suited to ruling this country.
Although many outsiders believed that the nation's power