Chapter 336: Need a army

"What's on your mind?" Alver asked.

"Hm, nothing. Just... just thinking about what we are to do going forward. I—" I felt a lump in my throat.

'You fine, princess?' Blaze questioned.

Yeah... I'm fine. It's just I feel a bit uneasy for some reason.

"Yeah, there's that too. I was going to ask you why you wanted Viceburg cut off from the empire. Was there any specific reason, or did you just want to expand the business?" Alver looked at me, seeming like he was asking a simple question, but deep down I knew he was testing my thought process.

"You'll understand soon, but for now, going forward, I want you to tell me how deep you are in the Royal Palace."

I knew for a fact that this guy had his people in there and had been using them for a long time. Keeping things like these from the eyes of the Royal Family or the Tribes of Reva was not an easy task.