Kazuya is too sly.

From what she vaguely remembered about their past. She always made that comment when then no even longer back when they were fighting side by side each other. But recently that word always comes to mind. He"s too sly..saying that he loves her before he disappears somewhere. No matter how many times Lyn hears it, her heart feels like it"s about to burst out of her chest. So sly, saying words like that - even if she doesn"t want to, she will be dragged into his pace just like that.

Lyn could feel her cheeks up, it"s embarra.s.sing. She"s already sixteen years old, and yet such a thing still makes her feel embarra.s.sed. Just hearing the words " I love you" from Kazuya makes her heartbeat in more ways than one.

He says it a lot these days, or rather she can"t even remember a day now where he doesn"t say it. Lyn shook her head, now is not the time to be thinking of such things.

"You know, it always feels like your running straight ahead without looking back," Kazuya brought up, breaking her thoughts.

Why is he bringing up something so random, does he not realize what she

"Looking straight ahead?" Lyn asked. The two of them were waiting patiently since mentor since he would speak with Prince Zenith next. A deep sigh escaped her lips, that man really likes leaving her waiting. How many times has he done this? Made her wait.

"Yeah," Kazuya squeezed her hands, "Do you have a dream, Lyn? Something you want to do in the future? You don"t desire the throne, right?"

Ah, that tone. He"s just making sure. If she said she desired the throne, then he would surely be put in a bad situation.

Lyn shook her head, "It"s not the throne I desire, but the happiness and lively hood of the people. The Empire has to change," she paused, "For the longest time I thought this way, the Empire cannot go on this way. But it was only the past two years where I started to think of this matter in grave detail."

"The past two years?"

"Mother"s rule has become unstable. I"ve lost track of the number of people trying to a.s.sa.s.sinate her every day. She doesn"t even let father prepare her meals, and the General is very carefully whenever he makes Mother food. He uses his own handcraft equipment, and even the tools he made - materials are his own. Such a degree of caution is too much."

"What are you trying to get at?"

"The a.s.sa.s.sin is at the palace; the person who wants to take Mother down is living under her roof."

Kazuya didn"t reply right away, and for a moment, Lyn hesitated. Is it truly fine to speak to him about these things?

"Lyn, you"ve thought about this, huh?"

"Of course I have," she trailed off when she saw his expression, "Is it bad?"

"No, just a bit hard to believe. Your mother hasn"t treated you very well. Since your birth, you were locked up, and only given restricted freedom and access to knowledge. I thought you would bear a grudge."

"I suppose most people would. But not me," Lyn admitted.

A grudge? Why would she hold one against Mother? It"s not as though Lyn didn"t understand; she let"s go of Kazuya"s hand and loosened her robes slightly revealing the mark.

"Wh--what---!"

"Because of this," Lyn pointed to the mark, "I understand why she did what she did. Mother is the Queen, while she"s my mother and the Queen at the same time. She has to keep a balance between both. As the Queen allowing your personal feelings to get in the way would lead to the downfall of the Kingdom. One must strengthen their resolve and heart."

"Did you never hold a grudge?"

"I guess at a time I did. But not anymore," Lyn recalled Mother"s reaction at the banquet and chuckled, "Mother is more interesting than I thought." It"s normal for anybody who is close to the easterners much or less have a child with one to react that way. However, for the first time, Lyn thought she caught a glimpse of the real Queen Orthez.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

Speaking of groups rioting against Mother and the current reign. She supposes Kazuya"s Sound Kingdom is included in that bunch.

"Kazuya, do your people want to kill Mother?"

"No," Kazuya shook his head, "We just want to dethrone her, but we don"t want her to die. Your mother still has the most influence in the Empire, after all."

"Then, what about what happens when you"re successful? Will you elect somebody amongst your people to become King or Queen?"

"The thing is Lyn, I think they are trying to abolish the King and Queen monarchy system," Kazuya trailed off, "They"ve already gathered loads of powerful individuals who support the new rule."

Lyn didn"t show a trace of surprise at Kazuya"s words. She had a feeling it was something like that, "Do these people think that"s possible?"

"Lyn?"

A deep sigh escaped her lips, "I thought the people in your hometown would be smarter. But I suppose they will just have to learn the hard way. Even if Mother"s reign ends, there will be a newly elected King or Queen. This system is still the best one for the people."

That"s right; it"s because they have this system that the citizens have not truly rioted yet. As long as they maintain a standard balance, and people can maintain a good living. There should be no riots. The people don"t want to rule, while some greed for more power. The people don"t want to take over the Empire; anybody can tell that a considerable amount of responsibility is involved.

Kazuya"s expression suddenly darkened, and Lyn felt the atmosphere grow heavy. She stood up, "I think we should check on them, they"ve been in there too long. Wait for me here, Kaz--," her sentence fell short when she saw the darkness in his eyes. In the next second, Kazuya had her pinned against the wall. A somewhat dangerous feeling filled her body.

But how could that be? This is the person she loves; he would never do anything to harm her. Lyn took a deep breath and relaxed her expression, with a firm and yet sharp voice she said, "I don"t want to treat you as my enemy Kazuya, even though you are," Lyn murmured.

While her eldest brother gave her that job to do, Lyn didn"t think much of it. When she got to know Kazuya, Lyn realized that she fell for her brother"s plans all along. He was the reason why Kazuya could easily get through the barrier, the reason why she met him that day. But even then Lyn didn"t treat him as her enemy. Why would she? In the first place, she did not want to get involved with the new game the Empire was playing.

It took a few minutes before Kazuya spoke up. It was a mere six words, and yet it cut through the air like a th.o.r.n.y rose.

"You know more than we thought."