Book 19: Chapter 6
Troy asked a few questions. He then nodded and whispered in Freya’s ear.
The story sounded surreal, almost as if it was the plot you’d find in a fictional work. The boy served Vera Galaluocia as a bodyguard. Vera didn’t have siblings. Usually, females didn’t take the mantle of ruling Galaluocia Kingdom. Although it wasn’t written anywhere that was how it was meant to be, the females of the nation were belittled.
Before Vera took the reins, their King was about to pass away from illness. Vera wasn’t married. Therefore, the King lacked a male heir. Subsequently, the mantle was passed to Vera. Alas, there were some who opposed the decision. They demanded Vera married and then pass the throne to her husband. Vera already loved a man, though, and he was the neighbouring nation’s Abner. Therefore, Abner secretly discussed a marriage with her, where she would hand the nation to Abner. Unfortunately, Abner’s wife, Ikana, found out and was exasperated.
Abner didn’t have a child, which was why people pestered him to find himself a mistress. Ikana was a jealous woman. Moreover, Abner and Vera still had feelings for each other. Ikana was very reluctant to lose the life she went through to settle down. Consequently, she incited the people of Galaluocia into objecting to Vera’s rule.
Owing to Vera not concerning herself with politics, she didn’t hold any power, which left her powerless to the challenges. Faced with opposition that continued to endlessly encroach upon her, Vera was unwilling to lose her last chance to be with Abner. Hence, she sent a team to the North to contact King Troy. As long as Troy supported and recognised her kingdom, the opposition would have to stop their interference.
Liu Yue’s attention was on the reason. The boy truly loved Vera. His gaze was incredibly gentle and resolute when he mentioned Vera. He would abandon everything he had, including his life, for her. Nona respected his resolve. His love story was the type Nona considered to be a beautiful fairy tale. As for Vera, she seemed to be pondering something. Perhaps she would be the only one to care about that type of boring national affair. It was as if it wasn’t Freya who was whispering to her father but herself. Vera pondered why Vera Glaolucia would seek help from them and sent people to her dad.
It was probably due to the North once displaying their military might and iron battleships that led to everybody fearing the North’s military might. If such a formidable nation were to acknowledge Vera, Ikana would also fear the power of the North.
Vera had to be credited for her wits. She didn’t offer mined stones but the right to mine. To lay it naked, the North had to send people over to the mines. With people from the North present in Galolucia, Ikana would be wary and not dare to make any moves on Galolucia. In essence, it was mire with no escape. Ikana may have been in contact with her Troy in the past, but they only had an agreement to not invade the other. There was no friendship between the two. They were too far away from each other, after all.
Vera made the following conclusion: “Father is unlikely to accept the request. Father won’t agree to help with this unless he wants the stones that much. That said, if Galulucia submits to Ikana, Father will be able to buy the stones from Ikana. Frankly, there’s no point in the North getting involved with this. It’ll only drag the North into the mud and offend Ikana.