Please Kill My Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 129

While I was still wondering if I’d heard correctly, Aden calmly tilted his glass and looked straight ahead.

“If an opportunity arises to kill the Crown Prince, what do you think would happen if we ambushed him and either captured or killed him?”

“…It’s highly improbable, but if we succeeded in killing him, that alone would be a major opportunity. The Emperor is on his deathbed, and with an urgent need for a male heir, the Crown Prince’s death would ignite factional strife over installing a new emperor—leaving the war neglected. On the other hand, it might also unite them against a common enemy, giving them a clear, shared purpose.”

“So you’re saying it could be both poison and a blessing.”

Neser quietly nodded, and Aden let out a faint laugh.

“Even if we gamble our lives and succeed, what remains afterward is still another gamble.”

Aden, with a gaunt face, only lifted the corners of his lips and swept a hand through his hair.

“How utterly bleak.”

“That’s war for you. That’s precisely why the reward for victory is so sweet.”

Faced with this undeniable truth, Aden simply nodded calmly.

Meanwhile, beyond the window, the lights flared even brighter. Neser stole a glance outside and moistened his lips with his glass.

“It’s already the fourth day. They’re lighting bonfires right outside our encampment and holding a festival. At a battlefield, they’re feasting on food and drink, and hardly any guards are visible.”

“They’re tempting us to come,” Aden said. “They’re practically inviting us to launch a surprise attack right now. ‘We’re this defenseless—come at us any time. You’re guaranteed to succeed if you strike now.’ Something like that, isn’t it?”

Neser, who had been thinking along the same lines, merely gave a small nod.

As they fell silent, quiet settled over the room.

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