Chapter 258: Trouble knocking on Leo’s door once again (1/2)
”Haysttt... In the past, I always desire for my daughter to grow up fast. But now, I can't help myself desiring for her to stay as a child. This is maybe the reason why every father is against their daughter's marrying because they would start caring about their significant other more than their very own parents.” Queen Maria said, but what her feeling right now was obviously the otherwise, specifically she's happy for Princess Elaine, ”Since you are already a grown-up. You're no longer a girl, but an official woman. Even to the point that you dare treat me, your own mother, like this just to persuade me for this alliance. Then, I would accept it! Let's form this alliance!”
Leo and the others were immediately delighted after hearing that Queen Maria would accept being their ally. Even Olivia was smiling sweetly because of this.
”However,”
Though everyone soon after turned serious as soon as they heard the word 'However'. In their case right now, using the word 'However' simply means a condition. And since it has a condition for Queen Maria to accept this alliance, they obviously need to treat it seriously. No matter how much Princess Elaine says that they need to form an alliance with the Mischievous Lion organization, it was pretty obvious to see that Mischievous Lion organization needs them more.
”Just like how Princess Elaine married Prince Ethan, one of the soon-to-be princes of Mischievous Lion organization would also need to marry one of the Blue Fin Kingdom's princesses.” Queen Maria sat on her chair once again before moving the queen piece to check Olivia's king piece, ”Check! You also understand this, Queen Olivia?”
Ever since Queen Maria meet Olivia, she had always been addressing the latter with her name Olivia only. But right now, she now addresses her with the word 'Queen', implying that she's treating Olivia with the same status as her.
”I, of course, understand this,” Queen Olivia nodded her head with a smile before she used her side's queen piece to defend her king piece from Queen Maria's queen piece, ”But unfortunately, I don't have any child yet, hence I don't have anyone to offer to you.”
Queen Maria then used her rook piece to check Queen Olivia's king piece, ”Check! But I heard you have 3 beloved disciplines, which should be the soon-to-be prince once you conquer the Silver Kingdom, right?”
”Yes, they would indeed be the soon-to-be prince once I conquer the Silver Kingdom. But, I'm only their Master, so I can't decide what kind of life they should live nor choose a woman that they should marry. It's their life, so it's their choice. The only thing I do as their Master is to teach them what to do and not to do, but the choice would still remain entirely up to them whether they would follow my suggestion or not.” Queen Olivia used her bishop piece to defend herself from Queen Maria's rook.
Seeing that she can no longer check Queen Olivia's king piece due to the tight defense, Queen Maria then began setting up a new strategy to chip off Olivia's defense on the board, ”That's indeed so unfortunate. But, the Blue Fin Kingdom can't just trust someone who doesn't have any ties with us, right?”
”Of course, as that is the common thing needed to have a good political relationship.” Queen Olivia moved her horse to check Queen Maria's king piece. ”So how about one of your princesses marries one of my 24 Elders.”
Hearing this, Queen Maria's forehead furrowed, but she still remained calm, ”Although they have high potentials, as I've heard all 24 of them has a cultivation ranging from 9 Star to 1st Galaxy-”
”1st Galaxy to 2nd Galaxy,” Queen Olivia corrected. Ever since the start of the war, she immediately handed plentiful of resources to the 24 Elders, hence helping them breakthrough to another realm or level.
”Oh, then 1st Galaxy to 2nd Galaxy, but still they are not members of your soon-to-be royal family, right? At best, they would be your Royal Magical Knights or Ministers.” Queen Maria then moved her king piece to the side, ”So, I, unfortunately, can't accept them.”
”Why? Do you look down on the position of Royal Magical Knights or Ministers? Although they would have such a position, their cultivation is not something to look down upon on by anyone. So, even if other Merlfolks heard of you allowing this marriage, they would understand that it's the princesses themselves who insist to marry a powerful knight as a hero or a smart scholar.” Queen Olivia moved her rook to check Queen Maria's queen piece.
”It's not that I look down on them. In fact, I don't have any problem with Royal Magical Knights and Ministers. But, we are talking about my daughters here. So, they deserve a status and richest as well.” Queen Maria moved her queen piece to check Queen Olivia's horse piece.
The Blue Fin Kingdom was actually a matriarchal territory with no harem, which is unlike the territories where their rulers can have one Queen or King and multiple concubines. In such kind of territory, there exist two types of royalty for them, the main bloodline which would obviously be the Queen's offspring, and the branch bloodline, or otherwise more known as sacrificial offspring, would be the concubine's offspring. The main bloodline would of course be marrying the main bloodline of other royal families, while the branch bloodline would be marrying fellow branch bloodline or worst Royal Magical Knights or Ministers. Those main bloodlines would be marrying to expand the territory, while the branch bloodline would be marrying to form an alliance.
However, since Blue Fin Kingdom was not like that, hence they don't have any branch bloodline but only the main bloodline. Hence, such kind of marriage as having one of their princesses to marry Royal Magical Knights or Ministers is absolutely not allowed. And although this wasn't to expand a territory either, this was still something close to that as the Silver Kingdom once successfully conquered by the Mischievous Lion organization would become an ally the same way as to how Princess Elaine had described they would be, specifically they would not hesitate to climb a mountain of swords or swim an ocean of fire.
Hearing this, Queen Olivia nodded her head in understanding. She didn't move any piece anymore, implying the stop of the game, and instead looked at Queen Maria's eyes, ”So, which of my three disciples would you want one of your princesses to be married to. But, you should heed into consideration that if they want a harem, then don't blame me for not giving you any face.”
”I heard that the moment you become Queen of Silver Kingdom you will be giving the President position of Mischievous Lion organization to one of your three disciples, specifically the most capable one, am I right?” Queen Maria said.