Chapter 305
Unlike downstairs, silence hung heavy in the air. The leaders of the three nations and their advisors remained quiet as they desperately tried to gauge the political situation. From each country’s perspective, they needed to perfectly understand and calculate how current events were unfolding.
There was no need to wait for the appointment ceremony. Tonight, and right now. Most gains and losses for each nation would be determined. With Bariel at the center.
“Prince Noah. His Highness is asking you a question?”
Eripony was the first to break the silence. She urged Noah while testing the waters, and the prince immediately sharpened his gaze.
This wasn’t a matter for Ruswena, of all people, to interfere with. Who was it that caused his identity to be exposed in the first place?
“Perhaps the weight is too heavy?”
She was asking if it was burdensome to manage something the prince had personally declared precious and valuable. Noah bristled and immediately retorted:
“Queen Eripony. Clifford bears the fate of far more people than Ruswena.”
Meaning don’t speak nonsense. Clifford’s population far exceeded Ruswena’s. Though that didn’t necessarily equate to national power, still. He wouldn’t tolerate being dismissed in such a way.