Book 8: Chapter 28
Among several people seated at a table, a small silhouette that looked as though it was standing on a chair looked at those seated below, “If you’re going to do it, you must do it as soon as you can.”
“Looked” isn’t quite the right word since the entire room was pitch black without a light in the room. The individuals in the room weren’t very visible, so it was impossible to identify the individuals.
An individual resentfully complained, “It appears that the previous incident has raised the Prince’s alertness. It is all the Valkyries’ fault. We could have used the opportunity to go all out on the Prince, but their mistake wasted the opportunity to capture him.”
“The Valkyries can’t be blamed for it. Not even the captain would have the right to stop the Valkyries in that situation. At best, the Valkyries’ captain is only Her Majesty’s representative, not someone who can command the Valkyries directly. Their disrespect for the Royal Palace was the equivalent of an insult hurled at Her Majesty; therefore, they wouldn’t have stopped even if their captain commanded them to.”
“Whatever the case, it seems that option is not viable. Just as importantly, the Empress has decided to pass the throne to the Prince. We think that only Her Majesty has the right to be the Empress. The throne cannot be handed to a brat still wet behind the ears. Therefore, if we can’t make him lose his right, we’ll just control him directly.”
One of the individuals solemnly agreed, “Uhm, let’s do that. But according to what you said, His Majesty will be extremely weak on the full-moon night every month, so let’s take action on that day then.”
“Uhm, let’s do that then. At present, there are only three days to go until the next full moon. It’s worrisome that we haven’t obtained our weapons yet, though.”
“It’ll be fine. Even without weapons, I believe that the Valkyries who support me will be able to defeat all those standing in our way. We don’t need weapons. We have Her Majesty’s loyalty. That is our honour, our soul and also our weapon.”
“The Valkyries know about this?”