One priest brazenly asked the question. It was a cheeky tone, but I generously let it slide.

Since shortly, all of them would kneel before me.

“Shailo.”

“Shailo…? Hmm, is it Silver Rose Duke you’re talking about?”

When I called the name languidly, this time, the head of the Crusade expressed confusion.

Enrique slightly furrowed his brows, but whether he said something or not, I continued with what I wanted to say.

“Can you do me a favor?”

“Of course, Your Majesty. If there’s anything I can do, gladly.”

Shailo, who was leaning against the wall, approached me casually.

With a grin, I extended the honor of kissing the back of my hand to Shailo, who made a sweet, cooing sound as if expressing joy.

Shailo did not refuse and kissed the back of my hand in front of everyone.

Facing Shailo, who kissed my hand for a little longer than usual, I spoke affectionately.
“It seems to be an extremely difficult situation. If I ask you, can you summon the supplies that the supply unit is transporting right here?”

“Of course. The power of magic is boundless.”

Oooh!

The positive response came unexpectedly, and the inside of the barn became noisy. The priests had relieved expressions, while the substitutes muttered disapprovingly.

Since the talk about whether food brought by magic would spoil or if it would be safe to eat was nonsense, there was no need to entertain such concerns.

A breeze swept through the tense atmosphere.

Looking at the faces that had softened as if all the problems had been solved, I couldn’t help but burst into laughter eventually.

Honestly, it was too amusing.

“But what about this? I don’t have the heart to ask.”

“……?”

“That’s how it is. Even if there’s a way, why should I ask? I’ll be the one indebted to the Duke. What do I have to do for that?”

I hooked a wriggling bait onto the fishhook and cast it into the sea as if catching fish in size order, and now, I was in a position to cook with a sharp kitchen knife.

“Empress, this joke is too much.”

Amidst the frozen people, one priest stepped forward.

He was a middle-aged man whose protruding belly made it look difficult for him to breathe.

“For the soldiers starving, can’t you at least make a request? I don’t think it would be so difficult for you to say a word for such a noble cause!”

“Oh, what to do? Even if I say so, I don’t feel like asking.”

I remained seated, smiling, and didn’t move a muscle.

Behind me, Shailo stood on the right, and Merem stood on the left.

A priest who had been furious stepped forward in the midst of the people who were shocked.

He seemed to be a middle-aged man who found it difficult to breathe because his belly was so prominent.

“For the soldiers starving, can’t you at least make a request? I don’t think it would be so difficult for you to say a word for such a noble cause!”

“Oh, what to do? Even if I say so, I don’t feel like asking.”

I remained seated, smiling, and didn’t move a muscle.

Behind me, Shailo stood on the right, and Merem stood on the left.

A priest who had been furious stepped forward in the midst of the people who were shocked.

He seemed to be a middle-aged man who found it difficult to breathe because his belly was so prominent.

“For the soldiers starving, can’t you at least make a request? I don’t think it would be so difficult for you to say a word for such a noble cause!”

“Oh, what to do? Even if I say so, I don’t feel like asking.”

I remained seated, smiling, and didn’t move a muscle.

Behind me, Shailo stood on the right, and Merem stood on the

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Enrique, as well as the substitutes, knew very well that Shailo Silver Rose was on the side of the Empress.

Moreover, Duke Silver Rose was somewhat cruel and had a cold demeanor, so I knew that unless I ‘asked,’ he would never use magic.

Even if it comes out oppressively, I wouldn’t even listen with my ears, and I couldn’t threaten myself or the Duke.

In fact, there was only one action I could take here.

“Um, Your Majesty the Empress. I would like to make a request.”

“Yes. I understand that it is a difficult matter, but….”

The substitutes who were watching quickly tried to appease me.

However, what I wanted was not just something like this.

It was something more than this.

‘Yes, politics is about this kind of childish maneuvering.’

But it was absolutely necessary.

It would provide a self-hypnosis that it’s okay to be bent once, and after returning to the palace, it would inadvertently have a positive impact on absorbing the Emperor faction.

If someone who does not bend to me dies here together, it’s fine, and if someone who can bow their head in front of me uses it to absorb the Emperor faction, then it’s fine.

Therefore, I pretended not to hear with a delusion.

Having shown the easiest and fastest way and then snatched it away right in front of me.

If you don’t want to bend to me, persuade the Emperor to take away the belongings of the people here, or wait for ten days while starving. There are only two options.

‘Well, if I were a foreign minister who was executed, I would have bent my waist nonchalantly because I probably lived by eating a thousand worms.’

Or if there was someone with a character like Pabel, this situation would have gone very unpleasantly.

But Enrique kept only people like me by his side.

‘People with a strong appearance of pride but weak inside.’

I chuckled like a devil, tapping my toe.

“It seems like there’s no hurry.”