She Belongs To The Devil

Lillian continued to explain further why she came to Mihir to strike a deal rather than depending on her own brother's help.

"And as I said earlier, the Future Ruler of Wyverndale is a daughter of a concubine of King Dragomir. So there are many dissatisfied noble families in Wyverndale who want to overthrow the current King for letting that happen. The internal unrest is brewing already."

King Reginald smirked and asked, "The internal unrest is already starting?" He was very much satisfied to hear that for some reason… maybe he was trying to justify to himself that under every King's rule, internal unrest was inevitable.

"Yes." Lillian nodded and then added further, "And the King of Frostford is also very unhappy with King Dragomir for letting that girl be chosen as the future ruler of Wyverndale." She said that as if she was not the one to fill the ears of her brother and incited his anger towards King Dragomir.

"Wyverndale is supposed to act as a guardian of Frostford and ensure peace. But with everything that is happening, my brother doesn't think that he is siding with the right Kingdom. Thus, he is willing to break the peace treaty with Wyverndale." She shrugged and then said with a little disgust towards her own father, "My brother was not the one to enter the peace treaty with Wyverndale anyway.

"I trust that it was your father, the late King of Frostford who entered the peace treaty," King Reginald made a lucky guess.

Lillian was quick enough to put a smile on her face while she inconspicuously put forth what Mihir should be offering Frostford for their help, "And regarding what my brother will gain, he will gain the protection from another huge Kingdom as well as new trade opportunities."

"And if Mihir wins the war against Wyverndale, he might even get lucky and gain something even more, like being the maternal uncle of the reigning King of Wyverndale." Lillian gave a smile as if to hint that was what she wanted for herself out of this deal.

But Reginald was confused by that statement. He was about to ask why he would agree to be the nephew of the King of Frostford if he won the war against Wyverndale. "Why would I-"

Thankfully, Lord Horace interjected in between, knowing that he was about to make a fool out of himself. "The late King had agreed to declare himself as the Emperor if he won the war. And he had agreed to crown the firstborn son of Queen Lillian as the King of Wyverndale, while the late King would still hold the ultimate power over both of the Kingdoms."

He glanced at Lillian and smiled. "I am sure that Your Majesty's proposal still remains the same as before?"

Lillian gave an approving smile and said, "Yes. I am glad that you still remember the details, Lord Horace."

King Reginald chuckled nervously and then blabbered something, "I was going to ask why I would agree to become the Emperor, but I guess being the Emperor is not that bad. Your son can lighten the burden of mine by looking after one of my Kingdoms."

He nodded his head as though he was in deep thought and said, "That's not bad, declaring your son as the reigning king of Wyverndale under my banner… unless he decides to betray me and take over the Kingdom for himself."

"I won't let my son betray you." Lillian had a proud smile when she said, "My son follows my words like it is a law. So, if you can put your trust in me, then I will make sure that our arrangement will stay intact. My son won't make it difficult for you."

"He better not." King Reginald gave a sly smile to Lillian. And then he turned his gaze towards Lord Horace and asked, "So, Chief Advisor, you said that my father had already put the plan for the war in motion. What's the progress? Is it…" he took a quick glance of Lillian and asked, "Is it okay if you brief that to me in front of Her Majesty?"

"Of course. She deserves to know the progress as she was the one who came with the offer." Horace gave an appreciative smile to the Queen and continued, "She had given us the insights about the soldiers of the Wyverndale the last time she came to visit Mihir." He glanced at the Queen again and asked, "I hope that there haven't been any major changes in the force of Wyverndale?"

"No, it is still the same as before. So you can continue with whatever the late King had planned." Lillian sold out the secrets of Wyverndale with a huge smile on her face. She had already done that two years ago to the late King.

"That's great then. We can use the same plan as before." Horace was feeling a little relieved because he was sure that the current King would never be able to come up with a full-fledged war plan on his own.

And then he continued to explain to the King, "Wyverndale has a total of eight hundred thousand of soldiers, each division led by one of the eight Generals. The divisions we need to worry about are the ones that are near the Lahare Pass and the ones guarding the Capital. There is one division near the Lahare Pass, while there are two in the Capital."

King Reginald was trying to figure out how many soldiers would there be in a division. But he was unable to remember… Yes, he couldn't figure it out even when Lord Horace had just given the information to him.

Horace cleared his throat to get the attention of his King. He could see that he was already lost in his own imaginative world.

And when Reginald looked at him, Horace briefed the major war tactics, "Now our plan is to take two of our divisions through the Lahare Pass and camping in Frostford.. We will also be sending a decoy brigade of highly trained assassins from the Jhomla Pass to get the attention of the Capital of Wyverndale."