Chapter 52

【Eileen could not possibly be willing.】

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

【Yes, the current Eileen was at most twenty years old, in the prime of her youth.】

【Ask yourself, what girl has never fantasized about her own innocent 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 have completely broken through Eileen's psychological defense line.】

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

【At this moment, she was like someone terminally ill who, after suffering through countless tortures of treatment, only received an apology saying their condition could no longer be cured.】

【Despair, helplessness, sorrow, depression.】

【Countless emotions surged into her heart, but in the end, they settled on Dylan's last sentence.】

【Yes, she was the Queen.】

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

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

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

【At this moment, she seemed to have made a certain decision.】

At this moment, looking at Eileen in that scene on the sky screen, she couldn't help but close her eyes deeply.

Sure enough... she still made the same choice she had made back then?

For the sake of those non-existent subjects?

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

And now, looking back, Eileen only feels it was even less worth it.

If it was for those subjects, but later those subjects feared her, were afraid of her, and even hated her because her dragonification could not be reversed.

If it was to win the war?

That was even less worth it; one must know that in the subsequent war against the dragons, the Selby Kingdom actually didn't have any effect.

Although they fought under the banner of an alliance, they were incredibly cowardly.

Eileen didn't 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 giant dragons of the Selby Kingdom would take advantage of the dragon army's attack on the Dragonov Kingdom.

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

But... they were disappointed.

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

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

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

When the furious Eileen went to question the Selby Kingdom afterward.

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.

Afterward, Belserion's defeat made Eileen grow up a lot.

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

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

Frantically chasing the fleeing evil giant dragons, and wantonly grabbing military merit.

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

But, there was no way; the two kingdoms had already signed a joint combat treaty, plus Belserion had fallen.

Making the Dragonov Kingdom's strength plummet.

Therefore, Eileen 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 life of the Dragonov Kingdom, which was on the verge of destruction.

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

The terribleness of dragonification.

Afterward, it was her own dragonification, followed by being backstabbed by Nor.

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

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

【"Huh? Political 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 giant dragons, your kingdom decided to let Eileen marry that general or whatever?"】

【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 common people, which is why she needs to sacrifice herself. Besides... it is said that that general from the Selby Kingdom has a very impressive background."】

【"He is the son of the king of that kingdom, a figure who can be called a prince. A person who could have lived in luxury actually attained the position of Great General, which proves his ability is not small."】

【"Whether in terms 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 that 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's more, that would be even better."】

……

……

【In the other meeting room.】

【Eileen's struggle was almost entirely 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 frontier soldiers facing giant dragons without regard for their own lives.】

【Images of her father, the late King, handing over the entire vast kingdom to her before he passed away.】

【In the end, 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 fallen into silence just like Eileen, suddenly spoke up!】

【Interrupting the words that were already on the tip of Eileen's tongue.】

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