Chapter 244: Queen Leilas Resolve (1) (1/2)
Chapter 244: Queen Leila’s Resolve (1)
At noon, when the sun was shi+ning on the world froathered the citizens of the capital in the palace square Just like during royal events, the square was filled with citizens She appeared holding her children’s hands
She was dazzling to look at with her cloak wrapped around her entire body and royal scepter in her hand Even though she had given birth, her beauty hadn’t diht the people’s eyes with just her presence
“Her Majesty hadn’t evacuated yet?”
“I wonder why she had us gather here”
In a situation like this, her beauty couldn’t be a beacon of hope for the people In this uneasy atmosphere, the crowd looked at Leila with spiritless eyes
“Moly afraid of the crowd, Elizabeth whined as she held her htly Leila looked into Elizabeth’s eyes as she spoke
“Watch carefully”
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At that moment, Elizabeth realized that her mother was different froof adults, but they don’t lack the ability to read the atmosphere
Elizabeth instinctively realized that her ht noas different fro Elizabeth had never seen before She wasn’t Leila the ht now, she was Queen Leila, the dodonity but never arrogant Leila’s voice had the power to draw the people’s attention That was evident when the buzzing crowd stopped talking simultaneously and paid attention to her
Leila took a moment and waited until the people paid attention to her before she continued
“As you probably already know, the Republican Ar our country His ar”
Leila didn’t bother lying In a situation like this, it would be eous if the Republican spiesher for the lies
“We have 40,000 men to defend us It’s true that while we have Duke Palan, the guardian deity of our kingdoe”
She caled the terrible situation they were in The citizens’ expressions got darker and more anxious
“We definitely have to escape”
“Even Her Majesty knows that odds are stacked against us”
Just as the people’s anxiety reached its peak, Queen Leila spoke
“But we are not retreating”
Leila firmly declared that there would be no retreat She continued before the people could question it
“We have no choice We have to protect our country Losing the capital now is tanta the Republic a chance to revive If we don’t stop the another era of war to our children
At Leila's words, the people clenched their teeth without realizing it Their eyes naturally went towards Elizabeth, who stood next to Queen Leila Although she was just a young girl, at this moment, Elizabeth becaeneration
“To put an end to this chaotic era, my husband, Grand Duke Forrest, led the army to war on the Imperial expedition And it’s not justin the E their lives to end the chaos!”
At her words, several women fell to their knees with tears in their eyes They had also sent their husbands or sons to the battlefield and identified with her
“If we give up the capital, then the achieveained with their blood, the peace for our future generation, disappears There’s only one way to prevent that We ht!”
The crowd felt their hearts pounding at Queen Leila’s words
By nature, huocentric Realistically, there weren’t ive up their lives for justice However… Even if they are weak and egocentric, hus still have justice in their hearts
A est person or the wisest The true role of a ht direction And Leila’s speech had evoked a sense of justice in every single one of their hearts
Leila’s words were telling them to put their lives on the line
So that the reason their sons were putting their lives on the line and fighting on the battlefield wasn’t rendered less So that their children wouldn’t have to live in a time of chaos and be able to live in a peaceful world
A man frohen he realized that the at unusual
‘She’s dangerous That woerous as her husband, Grand Duke Forrest’
He quickly sent the signal The spies hidden in the crowd immediately shouted
“Don’t be so selfish and self-centered!”
They continued to pour cold water on the public who see enthusiastic
“Even if you say that, the first ones to die will be people like us!”
“That’s right When things turn bad, the royalty and the nobles will all run away”
“Actually, didn’t your father also do that? The daughter of the father, there’s no way you wouldn’t also… keguh!”
“You son of a bitch! How dare you say that to Her Majesty!”
“Did I say so?”
Even as the spies clashed with the crowd, they continued to say everything they needed to Thanks to that, the atain Just then, Leila spoke up confidently
“I will not run away I will defend this country to the very last moment with you all”
“You’re just…”
The spies started to shout loudly, but they couldn’t continue
At thatcape that had been wrapped around her body Her appearance was different fro armor and a slender sas at her waist
She drew her sword and shouted loudly towards the crowd
“I am a descendant of the House of Lester and wife of the war God, Grand Duke Milton Forrest I will never retreat from the Republican invaders!”
Her declaration was full of dignity and everyone could feel the determination contained in those words There was no way it was a lie She was speaking the truth Anyone who heard it could hear it; her voice was full of truth