Trampled and Broken (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 46

It was an unusually strong and extreme statement, uncharacteristic of her.

Could that be why?

At last, everyone seemed to be taking the matter seriously.

As she had said, both Yorgos and the Temple were well aware that ever since the Daehan faction, they had been steadily losing their influence over the North.

They also fully recognized the gravity of the situation: the resentment among the Kalati people had grown so intense that mere relief supplies sent through Aslan were no longer enough to placate them.

They sensed it would be difficult to sweep the people’s anger under the rug as they had done before, yet they had no clear idea of what alternative approach might actually work.

If things continued this way, the Northerners would abandon their struggle against winter and march toward the capital, breaking through the “Impassable Wall.”

Everyone agreed that in such a case, civil war would be nearly unavoidable.

Watching the two men lost in thought over how best to secure their own interests, Hestia swallowed a sigh.

“So, please use it—my marriage.”

In one sentence, she urged them to extend a gesture of reconciliation before they lost all influence over the North entirely.

“You won’t need to explain every detail. Just give a subtle hint so people will talk in the direction we intend.”

“A hint?”

“Yes. A hint that I will be married to Duke Kalati as proof of peace.”

They had to deceive these men first before they could deceive anyone else.

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