694. Resisting Arrest (Extra Chapter for Monthly Votes)

A certain manor.

The weather was bright and pleasant. Beneath a parasol stood an exquisitely designed three-tiered silver tray filled with pastries of every variety.

Beside it, a maid in a black-and-white uniform held a porcelain teapot decorated with floral patterns, ready at any moment to refill her mistresses' sweet, fragrant milk tea.

This was the Kingsley Kingdom's distinctive "breakfast gathering." The nobles here, especially young ladies, enjoyed receiving close friends while having breakfast.

At that moment, three women sat beneath the parasol.

One was Shalina, another was Fularui, whom Sulu had met at the auction, and the third had golden curls and carried herself with noble elegance—the kingdom's Princess Elizabeth.

Yet the shadow of war had affected even the girls' morning tea.

"The kingdom is preparing to enlist over a million new recruits to hold back the Beast Tide at the border..."

Princess Elizabeth slowly lifted a cup of milk tea, her face clouded with worry. "The Sass Kingdom will assist us as well. The Western Holy Spear and the Radiant Knight have already come to provide support."

Those two were both Level VI ace mech pilots, accounting for two-thirds of the Sass Kingdom's peak combat strength!

"I only hope we can hold back the Beast Tide..."

Shalina had already lowered her expectations. She no longer hoped to eliminate Blood Wing, only to hold the line. "I'll be leaving for the front soon. I'll have to leave everything behind me to you, Your Highness."

"Please rest assured!"

Elizabeth covered her mouth and smiled.

It was merely a matter of casually keeping an eye on things. She had the ability to do that.

What concerned her more was the news that the Radical Faction and the moderates of the Nature Society had split.

She also had a vague guess regarding