Book 15: Chapter 30
“Do you have any opinion on this?” asked Vyvyan.
“Are you talking about the alliance with humanity?” responded an elder.
The Elven King’s throne had been empty for a long time. Even green vines had begun to extend their reach onto it. Nonetheless, Vyvyan didn’t mind. She shifted the vines aside, and then looked at the elders to begin their discussion.
Humanity had no such thing as discussions, but Vyvyan actually had proper discussions. Frankly, Vyvyan already had her own decision, but she still wanted to ask the elders below, nevertheless. Actually, instead of referring to it as a discussion, it was better to describe it as Vyvyan’s attempt to persuade the elders to concur with it. The elders were unaware of her true objective. They were naïve enough to think that they were discussing the matter with their Queen.
Vyvyan shifted her body into a slanted posture, and then crossed one leg over the other. Her blonde hair hung down, resembling a running waterfall that poured onto the armrests of the throne. She had changed out of her emerald dress for a milk white dress with a deep V-cut, thereby revealing her voluptuous breasts that incite crooked thoughts. It was as if the enchanting Goddess of Beauty was born from the spring water. Even the elders, who were in old age, were hooked in by their sight. They then cursed themselves for looking at their Queen with that look. Alas, they couldn’t help but sneak another glance, leading to none of them paying attention to anything she said.
Vyvyan was fully aware of their reactions. She was quite proud of her smart tactic, but at the same time, she still felt guilty and revolted. She asked herself, “Have I fallen so low that I have to use my body to realise my wishes?”
Vyvyan looked at the old men and sighed: “Yes, that’s what I’m talking about.”
“I think you should ally with the North. Prince Troy is your son. As that is the case, the territory that your son occupies should be our own ally. There is no room for questioning that. Furthermore, the North was where we exiled criminal elves to in the first place. From a jurisprudence perspective, it was always our territory. Uniting with them would just mean that His Highness is working outside.”
Vyvyan silently nodded and waited for him to continue. She would ally with the North even without him suggesting it. As he said, the North was an area that the elves were relatively familiar with. From the standpoint of the elders, the North was once a place where defect elves were exiled to. They never wanted to mention it again, but since it was prospering again, the elves were able to acknowledge it. However, the one thing they clearly understood was that the Elven Prince was the one who made it flourish again, which meant that the Elven Prince took back the tainted land. Subsequently, it stood to reason that he was the one to occupy it. Perhaps administrate would be a more accurate term.