Book 8: Chapter 31
Alice looked at her Valkyries below as she shouted, “So, what are you going to do? Are you going to support Her Majesty or His Majesty? Valkyries, it is time to put your loyalty to the test. Her Majesty gave up everything for this empire, and she saved us. But, now there’s a brat who’s still wet behind the ears with elven blood in his veins no less, tricking Her Majesty. Her Majesty’s empire cannot be handed to a useless brat. This is a great empire. Our brave warriors’ blood was spilt on every inch of land of this empire. This is the warriors’ nation, the home of heroes. We cannot let a brat who hasn’t even gone to war succeed this place. Our bloody-battle history is our glorious and honourable past. We cannot let an obnoxious brat turn our glory and honour into shame! Our blood cannot be spilt in vain. If you are loyal to Her Majesty and if you still remember the blood your comrades spilt, then now is the time to display your loyalty!”
The Valkyries listened to their captain’s speech with maniacal loyalty in their eyes. Their most lofty wish was to loyally serve Her Majesty. Though they didn’t know what the Prince had done, if he threatened her rule then they were acting in Her Majesty’s interest and loyally serving!
“His Majesty has done nothing wrong!”
One Valkyrie spoke out with vehemence. The other Valkyries turned their head back around to look at her. The Valkyrie loudly said to Alice, “His Majesty and Her Majesty have a very good relationship. He is Her Majesty’s only child and the future crown prince. We cannot whimsically harm him. Further, Her Majesty ordered us to protect him. Captain, your order contradicts Her Majesty’s. I cannot follow your order!”
Alice calmly looked at the Valkyrie, who spoke to her, and questioned, “Let me ask you then, what if this Crown Prince isn’t worthy of becoming the Emperor?”
“That is Her Majesty’s business. I have no right to interfere with that. However, if Her Majesty has not retracted her order, then that means His Majesty is still qualified to be the Crown Prince. We cannot harm Her Majesty’s child. Furthermore, we have not received orders from Her Majesty! We are Valkyries. We only obey Her Majesty’s orders!”
The Valkyrie spoke in a loud voice. She then looked at her fellow Valkyries, who she saw as sisters, and encouraged, “Please calm down everyone. This is not Her Majesty’s order. Our order is to protect His Majesty. What our captain has said does not align with the rules and regulations. We must await Her Majesty’s orders before we do anything or…”
She didn’t get to finish because she lost the ability to speak. She blankly looked at Alice who was in front of her, and then her body dropped to the ground, sprawled out similarly to a wooden puppet with her neck floppy as a noodle. Alice threw her corpse aside then turned to look at the other Valkyries and exclaim, “Traitors must be punished. We are eliminating His Majesty for Her Majesty’s sake. Although I don’t have Her Majesty’s order, Her Majesty will understand once we eliminate this conniving vassal. Valkyries, did you see what happens to traitors? This is a shameless traitor. She is no longer living for Her Majesty. Her Majesty gave her everything, but she runs away when faced with a crisis. She went and gave someone else her sympathy. Shameless traitor!! I believe that there won’t be a second traitor among you. All right. We are heading out now. Kill the Prince and our mission will be complete! Sisters, the mission is very simple. Kill the Prince and everything will be over, the same way you kill others!”
The Valkyries looked at the corpse on the ground. After a moment of silence, they drew their swords at their hips one after another and loudly responded, “Roger!”