Chapter 241 - 128. Queen Rox (1/2)
Chapter 241: 128 Queen Rox -2 (Part One)
Not a speck of clouds could be seen dotting the sky
Quite a croas out and about in the city’s streets
We were currently strolling in the avenues of the localthe edge of her wide-bri since I last walked outside the royal palace like this!”
It kinda felt like I atching a lady fro tour of the big city
“But o on inspection tours of the capital?”
“I do that as the queen of the nation while riding on carriages, your highness The subjects ko to me as well, so…”
Queen Rox smiled bitterly and walked ahead ofto the shopkeeper
I didn’t say anything and silently followed after her
She asked me earlier if I had some time to spare, and what she had in h the city’s streets But that couldn’t be everything She probably had so around the gaps of the canvas-roofed stalls One of them tripped and fell head-first Queen Rox bent down and helped the child up, gently co the boy
Plenty of people were present in the streets and she was basically defenceless right now
No, hang on a lanced at the crowd all around us
“Oh! There are a lot of shoppers around today for some reason!”
“It’s probably because of the nice weather, fella”
I chuckled hollowly at the conversation between the shopkeepers
Adventurers, ’ at thethem
It was Adolf, the upper Iron-ranked adventurer And then, there were knights of the royal court, icians under the ee contingent of co protection to Queen Rox
Before I had a chance to notice it, Rox was carrying a basket of fruits
She muttered softly, “The headat the distant end of the street ere on
The location she pointed at wasn’t the usual road paved for horse-drawn carriages, but the well-maintained canal and docks where the boats were rinned and spoke to me, “I’ve never ridden on a boat that small before How about we take a trip in one?”
“If that’s what you wish, your majesty”
I s ready to depart from this country It wouldn’t har tour of the capital of the Aihrance queendo one of the best tourist destinations in the continent
I paid some money to the oarsman and climbed aboard the canal boat first Then I helped Queen Rox co his oar and the boat slowly set off
I glanced at the dude His previously friendly face meant to welcome his customers was nowhere to be seen now, instead replaced by a pair of incredibly sharp eyes diligently surveying our surroundings
Huh Even the oarsuise
I shi+fted my attention away from him and addressed Queen Rox, “Your reat deal about you”
She closed her eyes as if to fully enjoy the gentle breeze stroking her skin “It can’t be helped as I’ happens toover who inherits the throne And when that happens…”
Well, I’m sure it’d turn into a civil war
Queen Rox, as sitting across me, opened her eyes and s for a successor even as we speak”
“When you say a successor, have you already chosen someone, by any chance?”
She looked up at the sky above “No, not really Ianymore However, I do have a few people in rin formed on her face next
“The house of Marquis Demique, the house of Duke Brine, the house of Duke Selerry… They are descendants of the royal bloodline, even if the actual purity of the royal blood coursing through the one of the, then it will invite yet another major tur and jealous of each other Every single one of them wanted to climb up the ladder and become the next ruler
In a nutshell, that hat the nobles who inherited a bit of royal blood were like
Queen Rox knew that very well, and fro, it seemed as if she couldn’t readily select the next successor to the throne precisely because of their faults
She continued on, “The one with the least backlash should bea child, but…”
“…But the bloodline will cause an issue”
“It won’t cause a civil war, but the resistance froood possibility that the new ruler ht end up as someone’s puppet”
“Your majesty, don’t you have any other family members? Maybe even a relative?”