"His ideal was to build a Liberl Kingdom that did not fear the powerful. He hoped to make Liberl a truly renowned nation across the entire Zemuria Continent. His dream itself was not wrong, but the path he was taking now was unknown—and fraught with danger."
The queen took another sip of tea and said, "It is like this tea. Though it is wonderful, if it is not blended properly, its flavor will suffer greatly. You may add sugar to black tea, or you may not. If you add sugar, the tea becomes sweet—but if you add too much, it becomes overly sweet and cloying instead. That is the way of governing a nation. Some things must be done, but they must not be taken too far. Richard's current ideas are good, but he has taken them too far."
Uchiha Madara and the others finally gained a rough understanding of why Colonel Richard had launched a coup and placed the queen under house arrest. However, what kind of force Richard held in his hands remained unknown. The queen merely sensed that this force was far too vast and dangerous. She had once tried to persuade Richard about it, but he had not listened to her.
He had always been a gentleman. Even when he stood against the queen, he maintained the humility expected of a subordinate in her presence. Yet in the end, he had still set foot upon that dangerous path, using an unknown power to lead Liberl into a rigid and uncharted realm...
"Then how should we stop him?"
Uchiha Madara's question was the most important topic of this meeting. The queen rose and walked to the balcony. "Rather than rescuing me, I would prefer that you first save someone else."
"Who?" Uchiha Madara and Estelle asked at