Chapter 169: I promise you I’ll succeed

Chapter 169: I promise you I’ll succeed

Darineathe fate of this kingdom rests on your handsI hope you can someday forgive me for being such a powerless kingnove(l)bi(n.)com

Father, worry not. I promise you Ill succeed.

Despite knowing that this could possibly be her last time to see her father, Darinea steeled herself and spoke confidently.

As a princess, she had worn only luxurious and beautiful clothes her whole life, but right now, she was dressed with the shabby clothes that a traveler might wear. Shabby as clothes might be though, it couldnt hide her unmatched beauty.

This secret journey she was about to go on was unsurprisingly too dangerous for a young, beautiful girl to go alone. If she ends up being captured by bandits and the like, who knows what ill fate awaited her.

On the other hand, it was impossible to provide her a large group of guards. In the end, they settled on entrusting her to a single guard.

Marisha, I beg of you, please take care of Darinea.

I vow to do my utmost, your majesty.

Not only did she possess strengthenough that she was made a member of the royal guards even though she was a womanshe also had a good background as well as great loyalty toward the royal family.

These qualities made her the ideal companion for the princess.

Your highness, to hide our real identities, I suggest we pose as sisters. However, since I can pass only as the older sister, Im afraid I will have to talk to you casually. Apologies in advance.

I understand, Marisha-neesama.

Just to doubly sure, I also propose that we use aliases. If I may, Ill be referring to you as Ria from now on.

Very well. Then, I shall refer to you as Rin-neesama from now on.

alright, lets be off, Ria.

What a fantastic city

I heard this was an old city though?

The buildings and the roads in the city looked as though they were built just recently.

Furthermore, not a piece of trash could be found anywhere.

If you take a walk around most cities, even in the royal capital, youre bound to see trash and animal waste somewhere along the way. At times, human waste as well

The people in the streets are clean too. Too clean, even.

Indeedyet, judging by the clothes theyre wearing, they seem to be just ordinary citizensbut are they really?

Moreover, the city was abuzz with activity.

For some reason though, vagrants, which were a common sight in the royal capital, were nowhere to be seen.

Whats going on in this city?

If Lord Albert managed to build a city like this, can it be that hes actually a great lord?

Ive heard countless tales about his warmongeringbut I dont believe Ive ever heard of a tale saying that hes skilled at territory administration

Bewildered like that, the two proceeded to their destination.

What awaited the two there was

Please consider supporting me. You can do this either by turning off adblock for this blog or via my Patreon page. Thank you.