Chapter 118

【Irene could not possibly be willing.】

【No matter how strong Irene was, she was still a woman, no, she should be called a girl.】

【Yes, Irene at this time was at most twenty years old, in the prime of her youth.】

【Ask yourself, what girl has not fantasized about her own pure love?】

【No one is willing to have their fantasies tainted by so-called politics.】

【But...】

【"Your Majesty, please think twice; outside this palace, there are tens of millions of subjects waiting for you to save them, please do not forget the ancestral teachings."】

【"Your duty is to guard these countless people!"】

【Dylan's words seemed to completely collapse Irene's psychological defense line.】

【Her fists, clenched until they were white, loosened involuntarily.】

【At this moment, she was like someone terminally ill who, after suffering through countless treatments, only received a "sorry, your condition is incurable."】

【Despair, helplessness, sorrow, depression.】

【Countless emotions surged into her heart, but ultimately settled on Dylan's last sentence.】

【Yes, she was the Queen.】

【She was the King of the Dragonof Kingdom, the person most worthy of trust in the hearts of countless people.】

【If... even she didn't care about the lives of those people, then who else could save these innocent people?】

【Irene lowered her head and reached out to rub her somewhat sore eyes.】

【At this moment, she seemed to have made some kind of decision.】

At this moment, looking at Irene in the Sky Screen scene, she could not help but close her eyes deeply.

Sure enough... did she make the same choice as she did back then?

For the sake of those non-existent subjects?

And bury her own happiness in the hands of that bastard?

And now looking back, Irene only felt it was even more worthless.

If it was for those subjects, but later those subjects feared her, were afraid of her, and even hated her because of her irreversible dragonification.

If it was to win the war?

That was even more worthless; one must know that in the subsequent war against the dragons, the Selby Kingdom actually had no effect.

Although they flew the banner of an alliance, they were extremely cowardly.

Irene did not know if "cowardly" was the right word to describe it.

However, the situation at the time was indeed like that.

In the battle against the dragons, it was clearly agreed that the dragons of the Selby Kingdom would take advantage of the dragon army's attack on the Dragonof Kingdom.

To detour to the rear and sneak attack those evil dragons, so as to achieve the strategic goal of scattering the formation, splitting the enemy, and defeating them one by one.

But... they were disappointed.

Those dragons from the Selby Kingdom had no intention of setting out at all.

Instead, they guarded their own kingdom firmly, refusing to take even half a step out.

And because of the Selby Kingdom's backtracking at the time, that war was lost, and even Belserion... fell in that war.

When the furious Irene went to question the Selby Kingdom afterwards.

The answer she got was that they were short-handed, and apart from the dragons guarding the city, they had no other dragons that could act.

Afterwards, Belserion's defeat made Irene grow up a lot.

And she planned a series of tactics, blocking the dragons' attacks more than once.

And just at this time, those guys from the Selby Kingdom popped up again.

Chasing the fleeing evil dragons crazily, fishing for military merit.

It could be said that Irene was very dissatisfied with the Selby Kingdom at the time.

But, there was no help for it; the two countries had already signed a joint combat treaty at the time, plus Belserion's death.

Made the strength of the Dragonof Kingdom plummet.

Therefore, Irene could not tear up the agreement and set up another enemy for the kingdom.

She could only swallow this breath silently.

Later, the war entered a white-hot stage.

The appearance of one person broke the balance of the war, and that person was Acnologia.

Acnologia ended that war.

And indirectly saved the Dragonof Kingdom, which was on the verge of destruction.

But, the Acnologia incident also gave the whole world a warning.

The horror of dragonification.

Afterwards, it was her own dragonification, followed by the backstabbing by Nor.

That was almost Irene's nightmare, a nightmare she was unwilling to mention to this day!

【At the same time, in Natsu's direction.】

【"Huh? Marriage?"】

【Natsu looked at the maid in front of him in astonishment.】

【"In other words, in order to unite with the neighboring kingdom to fight against the dragons together, your kingdom decided to let Irene marry that... General?"】

【Hearing this, the maid nodded gently: "Although we don't want to see this scene either, Prime Minister Dylan said this is the only chance we have to survive."】

【"The Queen is doing this for the sake of us, the masses, which is why she needs to sacrifice herself, and besides... it is said that the General of the Selby Kingdom also has a great background."】

【"He is the son of the King of that kingdom, a figure like a prince; someone who could have lived in luxury actually reached the position of Great General, which proves his ability is not small."】

【"Whether from the perspective of status or actual performance, he is worthy of our Queen."】

【Hearing this, Natsu couldn't help but laugh.】

【"Who told you this?"】

【"Prime Minister Dylan! He said the Queen and General Nor uniting is a match made in heaven, a perfect match."】

【The maid blinked her eyes and said.】

【Natsu shook his head, then pointed to his own eyes.】

【"I remember my most important teacher once told me that for any matter, don't just listen, you also have to look."】

【"Furthermore, did your Queen agree to this matter?"】

【The maid was stunned: "Uh, not yet, but Prime Minister Dylan said the Queen will definitely agree."】

【Natsu sighed: "Forget it, this has nothing to do with me; do you have any more food here?"】

【"Still... still not full..."】

【The maid's eyelids twitched wildly as she looked at the mountain of plates on the table.】

【"Hmm... I'm eighty percent full; if there is more, that would be even better."】

……

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【In the meeting room on the other side.】

【Irene's struggle was almost all reflected on her face.】

【Countless images flashed through her mind.】

【Images of children playing freely on this land.】

【Images of farmers overflowing with happiness after a harvest.】

【Images of border soldiers facing dragons without regard for their own lives.】

【Images of when her father, the King, passed away and handed the entire vast kingdom to her.】

【Ultimately, she couldn't help but take a deep breath.】

【She raised her head.】

【"I have decided..."】

【"Wait a minute!"】

【Just at this moment, Belserion, who had been silent just like Irene, suddenly spoke up!】

【Interrupting the words that were already on Irene's lips.】

【"Perhaps, there is another solution to this matter!"】 ===== CHAPTER 119 =====