76 The Unseen Danger! (1/2)

Alyssa made a note to not let her attention divert from the topic in her hand which is to make her kingdom a better place.

Secretly, she used to release some secret documents of low-level corrupt officials and had them arrested. And in public, she used to come in defense of the people that were mistreated by these men.

Alyssa though what she was doing was right for her kingdom as the officers became scared to do anything illegal in this period of time. But gradually, Alyssa's enemies were growing exponentially. She was like a thorn in their eyes. There was a silent chaos growing in the city too. The streets were daily filled with protestors protesting against the government. Whilst Alyssa's backing, they became more daring and open about their demands. But what Alyssa didn't want them to do was to destroy public properties and harm innocent civilians or uptight officers. She was against the corruption, not the whole system and everybody in it.

Her actions had made the courtroom tense. The more things accelerated, the more losses the court faced. So, the King, King Antonio decided to call Alyssa for a 'chat'.

To say it was for a 'chat' would be not correct. It was more like he wanted Alyssa to seize everything that she was doing.

There were many ways to do these things. The first one was to talk civilly regarding this matter with Alyssa and to tell her to control these people as Alyssa has a huge influence on these rebel groups. This tactic is most diplomatic and was without any bloodshed. it was like subduing a group by subduing its leader. it was also a way for the court to warn and threaten Alyssa regarding the civilian's life and her life as well.

The second one was to send Alyssa to some distant place where she would not have any kind of contact with these rebel groups. With the lack of their leader and her backing, the unity within the group will break and the group will automatically disband.

The third way to subdue the group was to frame Alyssa with some corruption and show her evil side to the public. The crowd is like a heard of a sheep. It can be easily swayed. Thus, the court can sway the crowd's decision and will redirect its anger and resentment towards Alyssa.

The fourth one was to kill Alyssa publically and name her as a rebel or someone against the throne. They will also kill the other rebel members and will establish fear in their eyes.

It would be alright if he was like this and his successors were powerful enough to hold the whole kingdom together. But it was unfortunate that even after having to sons of his own, Alexander and Leonard, none of them were suitable to be a king.

Leonard was exactly the opposite of his father but not in a good way. He was ruthless to everyone. He is drunk al the time and exploits the kingdom's treasury over his carnal pleasures and other desires. He has no interest in the well being of the nation but has a huge desire to become a king. The throne was a ticket to him to enjoy his life to its fullest without getting stopped by anyone else.

Alexander, on the other hand, was exactly like his father. He loved his kingdom and excelled in all the matters regarding Coral Bells, whether it is finance, history, politics, economy, and everything else. He had also studied war techniques so that he could defend his kingdom properly in the time of need. But, he was meek and gets influenced easily by other people's decision.

However, it seemed that King Antonio favored Leonardo over Alexander when it comes to passing the throne. It is because he knew that however great Alexander is, when it comes to the pressure created by the court, it will break him and gradually Alexander will become just like him and will have no other way than to do their biddings.

He also knew that even Leonardo is ruthless and evil, he will not back down and will not hear anything the court will say, whether it is right or wrong. He will do whatever he pleases.

King Antonio had lived his whole life under the court's thumb. So, he wanted his successor to be rebellious and to be the exact opposite of him. he had cared for Coral Bells very much that now he gets repulsed by that idea. All he wanted to teach those officials at the court a lesson and give them a hard time by appointing Leonard as a king. The wellness of the Coral Bells was now thrown back in his mind.

##

Alyssa got a royal mail early in the morning.