Section 74 Digging

Under the eyes of Ashu Rufate, the little girl looked a little panicked. "Can... be able to do it?" she asked. Although Ashu Rufate could see that this sentence was not what she originally wanted to say,

"Of course, that's right." Ashurufat pointed outside the door. "All ministers cannot take escorts in the palace. In other words, no matter how powerful Byron has, he is just an old man without combat power in the palace." He said. "And he is not prepared for you. As long as you are willing, you don't even need to ask a reliable subordinate to help you. You can do it yourself. Just a small bag of poison... put it in wine, and it can make him disappear forever. The source of the poison is easy, because you have learned botany. If you want to collect some rare plants in the name of learning... no one will pay attention to it." He said. "The possibility of success is very high. Of course, if you want, you can also let me do it. It's okay if you want. For example, I think Falyss will definitely do it for you."

"But...but..." The little girl stopped talking.

"Do you think he is innocent and shouldn't have such an ending?" Ashu Rufat asked. The little girl was silent for a few seconds and nodded vigorously.

"Your Majesty, have you seen what is sitting under you?"

"Ah... it's the throne." The little girl looked under her butt. This was a classic throne, made of wood and stone. Like all the thrones in the world, it was not for comfort, but for showing majesty, so the throne was made very large. Even for burly adults, this throne seemed too big, and even more so for the little girl.

"Is this throne...has it been there since ancient times?" Ashurufat asked. "It's a pity that it's not. It was accumulated by Garunas relying on the bones and blood of countless people. Maybe Garunas created this throne with lofty ideals, but the cornerstone of the throne itself is made with the blood of innocent people!"

"Nonsense!" the little girl retorted softly.

"Didn't we just discuss the attack on Tiberius before? He was a big deal and sent more than 100,000 people to the arms of the gods in one breath... If you say that these people deserve all sin and deserve it, you think it's impossible."

The little girl's expression seemed to have held her breath and her face turned red. It was obvious that she tried her best to refute, but she couldn't speak for a while.

"Since there are so many innocent souls under this throne, it doesn't matter even if our Duke Byron is added. What is innocent or not... what is it?"

"But he is the minister."

"That's right, it's precisely because he is the minister - of course General Rafa, so in the struggle between them, many people will die for various reasons. They are chess players, and those who die are chess pieces. As long as the chess players do not admit defeat, the chess game will definitely continue. If they continue to fight like this, more people will die. In order to save more people, necessary killings must be made. Isn't this the way you agreed before? This is also the reason why Garunas massacred the city in Tiberius."

"…but…he didn’t threaten me…kill him…”

He looked at the little girl and smiled again. "Can't you make up your mind?"

"It's wrong to do this..." the little girl replied in a voice that was as light as a mosquito. "And, he is the Regent. If he dies, then... the country will be in chaos..."

This time, Ashu Rufate just smiled and didn't answer. The entire conference room fell into an awkward silence.

"Let's go back." After a long time, the little girl finally spoke.

"sure."

The two began to go back to the bedroom along the original road. When they came to the meeting, a team of imperial guards led the way, but when they returned, only Ash Rufate accompanied the little girl. In fact, the situation was the same during the last meeting.

"Can you go out with me again in the afternoon?" the little girl said softly.

Ashu Rufat looked around and there was no one else listening. "Of course," he said.

"Don't you dissuade me?"

"Why should I dissuade me?" Ashu Rufate asked. "I don't want to go to the gallows yet."

The little girl bit her lip and changed the topic.

"As the queen, do I still lack something?"

"There are a lot of things missing," Ash Rufate replied. "Too many."

"What is the most important thing? Wait, don't say it one by one, let's talk about the most important one first."

"You... didn't treat yourself as a queen." Ashu Rufate said. As he finished saying this, the little girl looked at him in surprise.

“If you really treat yourself as a queen, you won’t allow your subordinates to argue in the meeting,” Ashu Rufate explained. “Everyone treats you as a ‘trial queen’, and even you think so.”

"But...everyone thinks so, if I don't change their opinion... then what can I do?"

"You can ask the minister who is too much to get out of the conference room. If he doesn't listen, then you can order the guards to drive him out of the conference room." Asu Ruffatt replied casually.

"Can they listen to me? Will those guards... listen to me?"

"How can you know if you don't try it? You have the courage to sneak out of the palace alone and go to the dangerous corner of the Eagle City to take risks - risk personal safety. Don't you have the courage to scold a subordinate at the meeting?"

The little girl was silent for a while. They kept silent and returned to the bedroom all the way and sat next to the table where they had been studying.

"That...Ash Rufate... do you think...it's dangerous for me to sneak out like this?"

"It's true." Ash Rufate replied.

"I don't want to go out anymore." The little girl said seriously. "No, I'll go and take a look this afternoon, but this is the last time. From now on, can you... teach me all kinds of things?"

"Of course, although my position is personal guard, even if I give some personal opinions, I don't think even the Chief Scadra will care. As for now, let's take a look at the course... Oh, the next lesson is about the relevant history of the church..."

...

"Essin, it looks good." Cleo pulled a chair open and sat down openly. "What, is there something good? I guess, has the Duke appointed you as the commander of the Guards?"

"Ha...haha... how is this possible!" Essin laughed. "My identity is just a knight. If I want to sit firmly in that position, I think it is impossible without the title of Earl."

There were not many people in the tavern at this time, so a beautiful waitress quickly walked up and gave Cleo a beautiful high-footed glass wine glass. Of course, she also poured him half a glass of blood-red wine.

Cleo picked up the wine glass and took a sip. "It tasted bad," he commented. "Compared with the last time the golden wine, this thing is like sour soup."

"Hey, the last time it was a public fund consumption. This time I invited you to drink. Forget it, that kind of wine is really unaffordable with my income. It's so expensive!" Essin said with a smile, picking up his glass and taking a sip. "Maybe I can invite you and that kind of wine in three years."

"Does it take three years?"

"Ah, this is just a guess. Maybe it won't take that long." Essin replied. The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

"By the way, how is Falyssus?" Essin asked suddenly.

"Why ask this?"

"Of course it's because I care about my colleagues. Isn't this a normal thing?" Essin smiled. "Well, I know from the Duke, you are the person in charge of this matter. I think I need to learn... Alas, the last negotiation with Eshu Rufate was completely failed. I should learn from the failure, right? That guy Falyss is loyal to General Rafa, and I'm very sure of this. So I'm curious how you accomplished such an amazing thing and pulled that guy to our side."

"Ah, this...isn't there an old saying: as long as you swing your hoe well, you can't dig without a corner." Cleo smiled sly. "All we need is skills and patience. With these two, there is no one in this world who cannot be bought."

"I understand patience, but what are the skills? Or, what are the key points?"

"Woman." Cleo replied. "What is the biggest enemy of a single man living in a royal city? Of course, it is loneliness. Although he is loyal to General Rafa, people cannot use loyalty to send loneliness. So," he smiled. "He met a woman by chance."

"Blowing the pillow wind? Did I make a mistake? If the pillow wind can blow, then his loyalty is limited."

"Of course it's not pillow style. That kind of thing can't deal with people like Falyses. But... a person has a family, even children... then he will encounter all kinds of new problems. You know, putting aside other aspects, do you think the biggest difference between Duke Byron and General Rafah? Of course, Duke Byron is richer and richer."

"Ah...ah..."
Chapter completed!