"Conditions? Three of them?"
Durandal raised an eyebrow slightly. She was giving her a chance, yet she was still making demands—and three of them at that.
"Let's hear them."
Durandal set the white cat Chelsea on the floor, then sat down on the sofa... and took a sip of tea from the cup beside her.
"First, she longs for battle. After the New Empire is established, her position as a general must remain unchanged."
"That won't be a problem at all. Once the New Empire is established... there will be no shortage of wars. If she likes it... I could even make her commander-in-chief. But she can't massacre innocent civilians."
Even so, she would definitely need someone to oversee her when the time came. Swords had no eyes on the battlefield... anything was fine there, but she could not lay a hand on civilians who had no ability to resist.
Even if they were civilians from another country, what she needed was unification.
"Her second request is that General Esdeath wants another fair and square duel with Lord Durandal."
"Huh? Hasn't she been beaten enough? Since she wants it that badly... I can only grant her wish." Durandal smiled. Since Esdeath wanted another beating so badly, Durandal would oblige her!
It seemed that sadistic queen had been beaten into a masochist by her...
"As for her third condition..."
When it came to the third condition, Akame did not know how to say it...
"What's the third condition?"
Seeing Akame's reaction, Durandal grew curious.
"She said... she wants to fall in love."
Akame was still hesitating, but Kurotama, chewing on an otherworldly version of a Snickers bar, spoke expressionlessly.
"Pfft..."
Unable to hold it in, Durandal laughed.
Although... Esdeath had said in the original story that she wanted to fall in