"Let's break out quickly! Your Majesty the Queen!"
After going out to observe the situation, Seraya rushed back in a hurry.
"I finally understand what happened before!"
"The enemy has foreign aid! And in extremely large numbers!"
Evelyn, who could no longer sit on the throne, exclaimed in shock:
"Foreign aid? What do you mean?"
Seraya was so excited she was almost stuttering.
"Your Majesty! Do you remember the magical beast riot in the northern forest a month ago?"
Evelyn thought for a moment.
"Of course I remember... didn't all those magical beasts rush toward Elasia?"
The previous large-scale magical beast riot was known to all Holy Court higher-ups.
For unknown reasons, that group of magical beasts that could almost sweep across the entire Holy Kingdom didn't charge toward the Holy Kingdom at all.
Moreover, according to later reports, all those magical beasts had charged toward Elasia.
However... the Holy Court didn't know what happened afterward.
After all, the northern forest was not only massive in scale but also full of dangerous powerful magical beasts.
The Holy Court, with its strained military forces, naturally couldn't spare effort to monitor that forest.
After all, this matter ultimately had nothing to do with the Holy Court.
The Holy Kingdom was already in chaos, and the Holy Court had no energy to manage Elasian affairs.
However... the only possible enemy now... could only be Elasians...
Thinking of this, Evelyn suddenly realized:
"You mean... Elasians have joined the war?"
Just after saying this, Evelyn herself denied it:
"This is impossible!"
"No one understands Elasia better than I do!"
"Have you forgotten! Previously when we fought against the Blood Clans... ah!"
Suddenly, Evelyn unpredictably covered her head and screamed loudly in pain.
"Your Majesty..."
Seraya looked at her lover with concern.
For unknown reasons, whenever matters from before the great disaster were mentioned, Evelyn would become like this.
Moreover, after she recovered, she would continue deploying previous tasks as if nothing had happened.
And if she asked about these questions, she would be inexplicably stopped angrily...
Looking at Evelyn covering her head and screaming, Seraya didn't know what she should do...
Even in such urgent circumstances, she could only stand there stupidly watching Evelyn slowly recover from this state as before...
"What were we talking about just now?"
Perhaps affected by this urgent environment, Evelyn's condition quickly recovered.
"Your Majesty, this matter isn't important anymore... Your Majesty, what's that behind you?"
Taking advantage of Evelyn turning around, Seraya quietly walked behind Evelyn and raised her weapon.
Seraya, who could clearly hear the sounds of battle outside, immediately made a judgment—they must break out immediately now!
There wasn't much time left for them!
Perhaps in a few minutes, perhaps the next moment, Northern Fire soldiers would inevitably charge in!
"Forgive me!"
"Thud!"
Knowing that Evelyn definitely wouldn't be willing to evacuate before understanding the situation, Seraya directly knocked her unconscious with her sword sheath!
"Sigh..."
After handing Evelyn over to several trustworthy Holy Tribunal officials, Seraya let out a long sigh.
Honestly, she really wanted to take the unconscious Evelyn to surrender to Northern Fire.
But... it was impossible.
Evelyn's mistakes were already too serious...
If caught by Northern Fire people, only death awaited her...
Even if Ileina was unwilling to kill her out of mother-daughter affection, the other Northern Fire people definitely wouldn't be willing to do so...
Northern Fire might have internal strife then, and Evelyn would probably be in danger.
Seraya was Evelyn's queen and also Ileina's mother; she couldn't accept such an outcome under any circumstances...
Seraya looked at the last remaining Holy Tribunal officials with helpless eyes.
"Alright... while we still have a chance, let's break out quickly..."
...
"Have all the surrendering Holy Tribunal officials been fitted with restraints?"
With the situation stabilized, looking at those Holy Tribunal officials with their heads down wearing restraints around their necks, Ileina asked Adeline and Caroline about the aftermath.
Adeline nodded seriously.
"Don't worry, Princess Ileina, we couldn't possibly be negligent about such important matters."
"Except for very few enemies who fled north, the Holy Court's high-level combat forces have been basically completely annihilated."
"The captured enemy high-level combat forces have all been fitted with restraints; there will absolutely be no errors."
Ileina nodded.
"Very good..."
She was about to say something when Caroline, seeing Elashia descending from the air to their side, smiled and asked her:
"By the way, for Your Highness now, isn't there something more important than this?"
Ileina was stunned.
"What do you mean..."
Could there be something more important than handling the battlefield aftermath?
"Lena... are you feeling alright?"
Elashia slowly descended from the air to Ileina's side, observing Ileina who had just finished battle with concern.
Seeing Elashia, Ileina suddenly realized!
How had she not asked about all those things concerning Elashia before!
Whether it was why Elashia could fly, or those battle techniques Elashia had displayed in the recent combat...
These were all much more important than this single battle!
"Shia..."
Looking at Elashia who cared for her just like five years ago, Ileina's questions reached her lips but couldn't come out.
After all, she and Elashia had only met for less than a few hours, and they had been fighting the whole time before. There were really too many things she wanted to ask her...
Seeing Ileina's stunned appearance, then looking at Elashia whose small face was full of worry, Caroline smiled meaningfully:
"Princess Ileina, you know mine and Adeline's capabilities. You don't need to worry about the aftermath."
Meeting Elashia's somewhat puzzled gaze, Caroline continued smiling:
"Now... we've already cleared Nova Lista, it's quiet there. You should go have a good chat with Her Majesty Elashia first."
"Please, you two... have a good discussion... about our 'cooperation'."
Ileina, thinking Caroline's suggestion made sense, nodded.
"Mm... alright, then I'll leave these matters to you first."
Nova Lista was the tallest tower in the entire Holy Capital. It was both quiet and convenient for observing the entire Holy Capital, indeed the most suitable place for her and Elashia to talk.
Looking at Elashia beside her whose small face was somewhat flushed, Ileina said softly:
"Shia, then let's go."
Elashia nodded with a red face.
Why Nova Lista...
Ileina, who had left the Holy Kingdom at a young age, might not know, but Elashia, familiar with the plot, knew—according to unwritten convention, Nova Lista was the place where successive queens and kings of the Holy Kingdom had their trysts...
Having her and Ileina, as Holy Princess, go to that place together... what did this mean...
However... that quiet place was indeed very suitable for her and Ileina to have a good discussion about each other's changes and future matters.
Elashia thought for a moment and said to Dorothy beside her:
"Then Big Sister Dorothy, let's go together..."
"I won't go! I'll stay here and have a good chat with future colleagues."
Dorothy immediately smiled and declined Elashia's suggestion.
"Alright then..."
Placing her pale small hand in Ileina's, the red-faced Elashia glanced lightly at Ileina with her emerald eyes before looking away, saying softly:
"Then... Lena, let's go."