Chapter 117: Perhaps there is another way

Watching the words on the Sky Screen.

Brandish could not help but look at Irene.

"Using... Irene as a bargaining chip?"

Brandish found it hard to accept such a thing.

In her eyes, Irene had supreme power, supreme wisdom, and was even called one of the two absolute, unbreakable walls of the Alvarez Empire along with August.

It could even be said that she was at the very pinnacle of the Spriggan 12!

One must know that even among the Spriggan 12.

Even as people standing at the ceiling of humanity, there were differences between them.

If one were to ask who the weakest of the Spriggan 12 was, there might be controversy.

But if it came to the strongest, there was no doubt it was August and Irene.

They truly had an insurmountable, cliff-like gap between them and the others in the Spriggan 12.

Yet, such an existence could actually be used as a bargaining chip for a kingdom?

Furthermore, Irene was the Queen of that kingdom at the time?!

Being reminded of this matter, Irene's brows furrowed slightly.

Her right hand, which had already turned into a dragon claw, touched her abdomen unnaturally.

There...

A conspicuous scar had accompanied her for over four hundred years.

This was a past shame.

It was also a stain that Irene could never erase in her life; the cause of all this was precisely this meeting on the Sky Screen.

This meeting... to discuss a political marriage with a neighboring country to exchange for an alliance to fight against the dragons together...

Irene did not want to say much about this matter.

She just locked her gaze firmly on the Sky Screen, whispering softly:

"If... Natsu in that world can have a different growth trajectory, then... will I in that world repeat the same mistakes?"

Irene's eyes were full of expectation, but hidden beneath that expectation was also deep fear!

She was too afraid that she in that world would repeat the same mistakes as she did back then.

"You must not agree..."

Irene's call naturally could not reach another parallel space-time.

On the Sky Screen.

【Facing Dylan's aggressive pressure, Irene, sitting in the main seat, was biting her lip tightly.】

【Seeing that Irene did not express her stance, Dylan even stood up from his seat.】

【"Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, the inspection team from Nor has already entered the capital not long ago and is currently waiting for the Queen's arrival in the reception hall."】

【"Therefore, I had a brief contact with General Nor, and I can see that General Nor's character is very good."】

【"He is also very responsible and is one of the top warriors in their kingdom, plus his status as a Great General."】

【"It can even be said that Nor is the dream lover of countless girls in the entire Selby Kingdom; I believe he is worthy of the Queen!"】

【Hearing this, Belserion's brows furrowed even tighter!】

【His pure white eyes stared firmly at Dylan: "Dylan! What are you thinking? The Queen has not yet returned, and you actually took it upon yourself to accept the Selby Kingdom's inspection team?!"】

【It seemed he knew Belserion too well, so Dylan faced this questioning without the slightest fear, looking directly at Belserion, and said in a deep voice:】

【"From the moment the front line failed, we could no longer hold on; Lord Belserion also knows that there are very few dragons left in our kingdom that can still fight against the evil dragon race."】

【"Even Lord Belserion is heavily injured; in this situation, do we still have any room for choice?"】

【"Even if the Selby Kingdom is not the best, it is the only kingdom nearby that also possesses dragons; we can only join forces with them to fight against the evil dragon race now!"】

【Belserion was so angry he laughed, and could not help but snort coldly: "You expect that kingdom, which doesn't even have a Title Dragon, to help us?"】

【Dylan remained calm: "However, as far as I know, the enemy doesn't have many dragons with titles either, right? With the addition of the Selby Kingdom, our chances of victory will undoubtedly increase significantly."】

【Speaking of this, Dylan looked at Irene: "And all of this only requires Her Majesty the Queen to sacrifice herself a little; it's not even asking the Queen to give up her life."】

【"It is merely to marry the Great General of the Selby Kingdom; they don't even have any other requirements. Isn't such a condition generous enough?"】

Lucy: "Marriage? What a joke, what exactly is that guy Dylan thinking about!"

"The life and death of a kingdom is actually to be pinned on a woman? That's really too terrible!"

Inside the Fairy Tail guild, Lucy, seeing this, cursed out loud without hesitation.

The development of all this even made Lucy recall the past.

Her own father was the same.

For the prosperity of the Heartfilia family, he actually wanted her to marry a noble son she had never met?

Even arranging her like cargo, clearly and thoroughly.

When to marry, what benefits it could bring him.

When to have children, and the children born would belong to the Heartfilia family to inherit property?

It was simply absurd!

Even Erza frowned: "This guy named Dylan probably never considered Irene's feelings, right?"

"That is his Queen; how could he do such a thing?"

Mavis: "So, this is the sorrow of that era."

"From our current perspective, even if that kingdom called Selby joins the war, under the deterrence of the dragons, it still won't have any effect."

"However, that guy named Dylan is already afraid, which is why he is so anxious to find any insignificant way out."

Makarov: "Furthermore, there was actually no room for negotiation in this matter at all."

"For the dragons, there is no doubt that their target is the entire Ishgar."

"Then, at this time, the kingdoms on the Ishgar continent should unite voluntarily to fight the enemy together; otherwise, after the Dragonof Kingdom perishes, the next one will definitely be them!"

"I can only say... these people, because of fear, have started to seek medical advice blindly."

In the scene.

【Irene, sitting on the throne, clenched her fists tightly.】

【Looking at Dylan and Belserion with a livid face, she said nothing.】

【Or rather, she didn't know what to say, nor did she know how to say anything that would be useful.】

【If asked if she was truly willing to go through with that marriage?】

【What a joke, no woman would be willing to use her own happiness as a gamble.】

【Although Dylan blew that Nor guy up to the heavens, only stopping short of saying Nor could slay dragons with his bare hands and was the savior of humanity.】 ===== CHAPTER 118 =====