50 Episode 49 Conflict.txt (1/2)

In the darkened prison cell, Riza was sitting upright and meditating.

(...... What to do?) (What's the right thing to do?

Riza was having a hard time believing.

It was just the other day.

Riza came to the dungeon and was told by Berdo that Lemest had given her orders to go to the Belesdral and give him disinformation.

There was no choice but to refuse. He'll have you take it any way you want, he says.

But the Beld also said it honestly pains him to do something outrageous, and he begs me to just shake his head gently.

But no matter how much she begged, Riza's feelings would not change.

I can't do that, and I shove Berdo.

The Beld says, ”You have one day to think it over. If you haven't changed your mind by then, I won't be so lenient,” and he leaves.

For a while, I thought there was no way Riza was going to take what they did to her.

She had no relatives to take hostage with.

Perhaps they would torture her, and perhaps she would eventually die, but she still couldn't just obey this order.

It was after she had made up her mind to do so.

Suddenly, another choice came into Riza's head, other than taking or not taking orders.

If she chose that option, she might be able to save herself and still avoid harming Bellamus.

But if she chose that option, Riza would be betraying Lemest.

It might even lead to the destruction of the Astraeus family.

However, Lemest's hand would be removed from Belesdral.

Riza thinks, but shakes her head and tries to put that option out of her mind.