With the question brushed aside, Historia propped her head on her hand and looked at Bai Yu.
"Honestly, sometimes I really feel you'd make a better ruler than me."
The pen in Bai Yu's hand paused, and he raised an eyebrow at her.
"I'm busy enough already, and now you want to dump the throne on me? You might as well kill me. Speaking of which, you've changed quite a bit since becoming queen."
"Well, I am the queen of Eldia. Besides, plenty of people would love this position but can't have it."
"Not me, that's for sure. If I hadn't joined the Survey Corps back then, I'd probably be in the Garrison Regiment right now, gazing at the sky and enjoying a nice nap."
As he spoke, he glanced at the pile of documents before him again. Clearly, Historia had deliberately saved these for him: matters that weren't particularly urgent, but were difficult to decide.
"But things have gotten much better lately, haven't they? We don't have any powerful enemies out there anymore. We just need to focus on developing things at home."
At some point, Historia had moved behind Bai Yu. Taking over from Xiate, she gently massaged his head.
"Well, when you put it that way."
Suddenly, Historia leaned toward Xiate beside her and whispered something in her ear. A strange emotion flickered in Xiate's eyes. She glanced at Bai Yu but said nothing, quietly leaving and pulling Annie and Ming along with her.
"What..."
Before she could get the words out, Xiate interrupted her.
"Bai Yu."
"What is it?"
Bai Yu didn't look up. He simply frowned at the document in his hand.
Something seems off about the officials here. I'll arrange for the Investigation Team to take a look later.
"Actually, I think it's time