Chapter 1096

Finally... finally...

Looking at Leon, who reached out to support the Princess's cheek and strongly invited her to "do something big" with him, the black goat couldn't help but desperately hold its breath, and a wave of excitement faintly rose on its sheep face.

Finally waited for it!!!

This kid's personality is too cautious. He won't move around when he's not sure. I originally thought I would have to hold back for another three, five, or seven years, until he became strong, before I could see him being dominated by his own desires and starting to wantonly vent his anger at this world.

I didn't expect that after joining the Cleaning Bureau, he had only been working honestly for two months, and he couldn't hold back the flames in his heart and started to attack this human Kingdom!

And after he uses this stupid woman in front of him as a springboard to gain the ability to act recklessly, the anger that has been fermenting in his heart for more than two months and was finally ignited by the Nightmare King will completely sweep everything!

Just by imagining that beautiful future, the black goat, which had been feeling aggrieved for a long time, began to tremble with excitement.

By that time, as long as a little bit is absorbed from his wildly raging anger as food, it will be enough to make me undergo a qualitative change. I am finally going to...

"I am finally going to become!"

In the black goat's stunned expression, a roar full of joy violently broke into its soul.

"Wonderful! This is really wonderful!"

Through the black goat's eyes, feeling the wildly surging desires, as if seeing the seeds he had planted for a long time finally breaking through the dark soil and tentatively arching out tender green buds, 【Heart of Wild Ambition】 couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"This ultimate wild ambition will definitely bring ultimate power, and ultimate power will also breed ultimate arrogance! After he completely controls the whole Kingdom, this greed that has expanded to the extreme will definitely help me return to the peak!"

"..."

No... I am the first one to come, okay? Who the hell do you think you are, babbling here?

I didn't expect that there would be someone... no, demon crazier than me. The black goat was furious, but just as it was about to curse the sheep heart in the soul, another extremely excited voice also sounded.

"This is greed! I feel endless greed! This wants to dominate everything, let the whole Kingdom follow his..."

"Are you blind? This is clearly endless wild ambition!"

"But I clearly saw..."

"Fart! You two blind demons don't even have eyes, you can see a fart! This is absolutely the rage that destroys everything!"

"Haha, who do you think you are? I am the strongest, so I say it is arrogance, it is arrogance!"

"I think it doesn't matter whose eyes they are. After all, with this endless greed as food, your eyes will sooner or later become my eyes."

"Get out! Not allowed to come in! All get out of my brain!"

While the three sheep miscellaneous were arguing over Leon, the Princess, who was also troubled by Leon's question, was begging in a low voice with a hint of helplessness in her eyes:

"Leon, I really don't know what to do. These words of yours are a bit... a bit too sudden. Can you give me more time to think about it carefully?"

"Of course, after all, this matter must be based on you. Whether to do it or not in the end must respect your meaning."

After looking at Princess Veronica's eyes, understanding that doing this was the limit at present, Leon didn't continue to press step by step, but nodded and retracted his right hand that was supporting her cheek.

"Thank you..."

After that palm, which was shockingly hot, left her cheek, Princess Veronica couldn't help but subconsciously breathe a sigh of relief, then couldn't help but bite her lower lip and asked in a low voice:

"Leon, you... I didn't nod just now, will you be very disappointed with me?"

Leon was silent for a moment, then shook his head:

"Disappointed, yes, but not with you. After all, you didn't have the obligation to do so in the first place.

Even if you just go back and express your position, indicating that you are willing to give up those proposals that may damage the interests of the royal family and thin out the King's power, there is a great possibility of inheriting the throne, and there is no need to take this risk at all.

On the contrary, it is me who has been using your kindness to force you to agree to my proposal. So on this matter, no matter how you choose in the end, I can understand."

Can understand... but not necessarily agree?

After hearing the subtext of Leon's words, Princess Veronica bit her lip again, then said with complex eyes:

"Leon... these things you just told me, whether it is known by the Kingdom or the Cleaning Bureau, your results are probably not going to be very good. You... you are not worried that I will betray you?"

Leon looked at her, pressed his finger against the black goat beside him under the table, and then asked seriously:

"Then will you?"

"No."

After looking at the Princess's bottom color with the help of the black goat's soul vision, Leon nodded:

"Then I'm not worried."

"..."

Looking at Leon, who just got her promise and chose to believe it directly, Princess Veronica's heart couldn't help but warm slightly, then she said softly with soft waves in her eyes:

"Leon, can I ask you one last question?"

"Ask."

"I want to know, why do you think that after I become Queen, I can change this country?"

"Um?"

Hearing this, Leon couldn't help but be slightly startled, then asked:

"Aren't you already changing this country?"

Am I... already changing this country?

Hearing Leon's answer, Princess Veronica was also slightly startled, then subconsciously clenched her palms.

Yes, although I haven't been able to completely break this pool of stagnant water, just like Leon said before, I have always been doing the right thing!

Even Leon's willingness to take huge risks to tell her his thoughts stems from his recognition of her efforts. So what she has done over the years is not all in vain. Perhaps... she really let some people see the light.

"Thank you..."

After getting full recognition from Leon's response, the Princess, whose heart was almost filled, couldn't help but take a deep breath, relying on the little reason left, and finally managed to endure it without agreeing on the spot.

"I'm leaving first. Regarding your proposal... I will definitely consider it carefully."

After leaving this sentence, she, whose heart was burning hot, walked out of the private room and left the restaurant, and hurriedly stepped into the night wind of the capital with a hint of chill. Leon, who couldn't stop her, just wanted to go out with her, when the waiter guarding the door suddenly flashed and politely but firmly blocked in front of him.

"Sir."

After sympathetically looking at Leon who was abandoned by his female companion, the well-dressed waiter hardened his heart and smiled politely:

"The dishes you ordered are all being made. Do you have any other needs?"

"..."

What do I need... I need you to call back the one who paid the bill!

Looking at the waiter in front of him who was looking at him vigilantly, as if afraid that he would escape the bill, Leon's lips opened and closed twice, but in the end, he was too embarrassed to call the Princess back to pay the bill.

"That what..."

However, after thinking about the price on the menu, the rebel leader, who was really short of money recently, had to cough awkwardly and try to discuss:

"Are there any dishes that haven't been made yet? After all, my... female companion went home because of something. I can't finish so many dishes alone. Can I return a few?"

"Sorry, all the dishes are already being made, but I can help you urge them."

"Fine..."

By the way... what on earth did I go to do?

When Leon was sitting in front of a table of rich dishes, eating the most expensive meal of his life with pain, the Princess, who was on the carriage, also suddenly thought of her original plan under the reminder of her growling stomach.

Not right?

I just wanted to have a meal with Leon today to keep in touch, so that he wouldn't always think about canceling the engagement? How did it change from ordering food and chatting for a few words to armed coup, suppressing nobles and seizing the throne?

And it seems I haven't eaten the meal yet...

After pressing her growling stomach, thinking of the absurd development just now, the Princess couldn't help but blink speechlessly.

Really... I feel that every time I am alone with Leon, there will definitely be some problems.

Going to watch a play and being attacked by an anomalous object, turning from watching a play to acting. Later, going to contact feelings, but teasing too much, and being thrown on the sofa by him for a night.

And today is the most absurd. I just wanted to have a simple meal, and by the way, invite him to show his face at the parliament meeting in a few days to help me push the proposal, but I was almost persuaded to directly launch an armed usurpation...

It seems that no matter what purpose I hold, after meeting Leon, I will strangely deviate from the original plan, be led by him to a new road I have never imagined, and then lead to a strange result that has nothing to do with the original plan.

Strange man... um... but this seems not bad.

Thinking of this, for some reason, Princess Veronica suddenly raised her hand and touched her left cheek lightly.

Just a few minutes ago, a palm with amazing heat was still supporting here without refusal, asking herself to answer his question directly.

Really didn't expect that, clearly just being teased by herself, the little man who couldn't bear it, actually had such a strong side...

Imitating Leon's movements, trying to support her cheek several times, but couldn't find that strange but not annoying feeling, the Princess had to put down her hand, leaned against the carriage wall, emptied her messy thoughts as much as possible, and began to ponder Leon's proposal.

If she refuses Leon, after the parliament meeting the day after tomorrow, it is estimated that it won't be long before Father will ask to terminate the engagement between her and Leon as King, and then marry her far away.

At that time, she will not only lose Le... lose her hard work for so many years, but also lose the opportunity to thoroughly change the Kingdom, and can only watch countless "Leons" and "Annas" continue to struggle in painful life.

But if she chooses to agree to Leon's proposal, it is equivalent to cutting off the last trace of father-daughter affection. With Father's stubborn personality, he will probably not say a word to her again until he dies.

In addition, Father has been King for nearly twenty years, and his prestige is not low. In order to ensure the stability of the Kingdom, she must place him under house arrest. Considering the backlash of the old nobles after pushing the reform, this time is probably more than ten years, or even longer.

And Father has been sick for six years, and his physical condition has always been very poor. If he is placed under house arrest again, in the situation of illness and anger, he may not be able to hold on until the situation is completely stable and the house arrest ends...

How should I choose?

After returning to the palace by carriage, the Princess, who was full of hesitation, walked into her bedroom, stood in front of the storage shelf by the table, and was in a daze.

On the top floor of this storage shelf, there is a row of photo frames that look somewhat old, but are obviously often wiped by someone. In the largest photo, there is a young and healthy couple and a girl full of laughter.

Although the photo is somewhat old and faded severely under the light, if you look closely, you can still recognize the girl's eyebrows and features, and see the laughter from the heart.

The girl in the photo is wearing a flower crown made of wild flowers, sitting on a swing made of wooden boards and vines, swinging high into the sky. Her carefree eyes are so clear, and she can't see the cunning and disguise after adulthood at all.

Behind the girl, there is a young man with deep tear troughs on the side of his nose, but who is very gentle when he smiles. In the photo, he is maintaining a posture of pushing forward, holding his arms flat, and pushing the girl's swing hard into the high sky.

Not far from this father and daughter, a young woman who only entered the frame with half her body is sitting on a chair beside the swing, looking at the frolicking of her husband and daughter with gentle eyes.

"Father... Mother..."

After reaching out and touching this old photo, the Princess clenched her fists slightly, then moved her gaze away from the photo and moved down a layer.

A tin doll with half its cheek broken and a face smiling like complaining is quietly leaning on the storage shelf, and two emerald glass eyes are looking at her timidly with a hint of inexplicable resentment.

"..."

Cornwall City six years ago... the broken factory at the end of the street... the gorgeous syrup flowing all over the ground... the survivors hiding in the warehouse... the little girl looking at her timidly holding the doll... the incendiary bomb falling from the sky... the ignited syrup... the surging orange-yellow sea of fire...

When seeing the tin doll, the nightmare that had tortured the Princess for six years surged into her heart again uncontrollably.

Reaching out and gently stroking the burn marks on the doll's arm, thinking of Leon's expression when he told his past, the Princess couldn't help but bite her lip again.

What on earth should I...

"Knock, knock, knock."

Just when the Princess's heart was in a fierce struggle, a knock on the door sounded.

"Princess."

After getting the Princess's permission, two ladies-in-waiting pushed the door and entered the bedroom, respectfully notifying:

"His Majesty knows you are back and wants to invite you over to talk about the situation after meeting with the Prime Minister this afternoon."

(End of chapter)