Can't I develop my own character?

"Wildea cannot be handed over to anyone else!" the royal advisor said gravely. "Your Majesty, a temporary defeat is nothing. If even you give up, how desperate will the people of Wildea feel? Furthermore, who in Wildea is more qualified than Your Majesty right now?"

"...I think your Majesty's idea is quite good."

a voice sounded.

Alford stared at him, frowning, "Duke Knock, what do you mean? Do you still want to be king?"

"Alford, even if you're the king's teacher, don't say such things so casually!" Nok snorted coldly, "Her Majesty hasn't made a decision yet, why are you so anxious? Her Majesty must have her reasons for saying that."

Alford sneered: "Then tell me, besides Your Majesty, who else has this qualification?"

The meeting room was silent.

Nok's eyes flickered as he glanced at the others who were silent: "Of course not, so I think we should arrange for an agent."

"Agent?" Elvian thought, "Go on."

"Yes," Nok said respectfully. "I believe that if Your Majesty insists on an alliance, then this is the best solution. Wildea needs time, and the alliance is a temporary solution. Your Majesty has his own plans, so what we need to do now is to minimize the impact. If Your Majesty takes power, you will inevitably be restricted after the marriage due to your status. If Your Majesty abdicates, who will be the new king of Wildea? Therefore, the best option is to find someone to act as king during Your Majesty's marriage."

After saying this, Nok added, "Your Majesty, I am devoted to Wildea. Please understand."

"I know."

Elvian looked calm. She did not scold Nok. Although the latter was a little greedy and deceitful, he was loyal to the kingdom, which she was sure of. He was also very capable. Otherwise, how could Nok be made the Duke?

In fact, she agreed with Nok's statement.

On the one hand, it is to consider the reputation of the kingdom.

On the other hand, as the king, she was to blame for putting Wildea in this situation.

As for the expedient measure, she herself hadn't figured out what to do next. After all, it was already very difficult to save Wildea and take revenge on Ryan.

We can only take it one step at a time, but we can't tell anyone about this, otherwise others will become even more shaken.

"You guys can talk too. When the kingdom's survival is at stake, there's no need to be formal. Feel free to express whatever you think," said Elvian.

Even Alford didn't object this time.

If Elvian abdicated, he would definitely not agree.

But it is indeed feasible to temporarily step down and transfer the royal power to an agent.

"Since you all have no objections, then let's think about who is suitable to manage Wildea for me?"

Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.

Even Nok didn't dare to suggest it.

Proposing to take over the royal power? That's the king's job, how dare they overstep their bounds?

Elvian knew this very well and said, "Then I will make the decision." She looked at Avril and whispered, "Would you be willing to manage Wildea for me temporarily?"

"Me?" Avril was stunned. "Your Majesty, how could I..."

"Your Majesty!" Alford said in a deep voice, "Avril is too inexperienced to be the king's agent. Your Majesty, please make a new selection."

Elvian said nothing, only looking at 'Avril' and said, "I believe you can do it. Do you remember what I said? In my heart, you are my sister and the pride of the future kingdom."

"But I'm not qualified enough, I'm afraid..."

"Qualifications? It doesn't matter at all. I inherited the throne at the age of fourteen. Wildea was still weak then. How many people ever doubted me? Now, in just ten years, Wildea has become the leader of the Northern Alliance. It's a pity that he took a wrong step and ruined everything he had accomplished."

"Everyone, do you think Avril is not good enough? But I think she is. You probably don't know that Avril's profession is Star Knight."

"Star Knight?!"

Everyone was shocked.

"Indeed, it's the most powerful profession in the Moon God faith, and also the oldest. The emergence of the Star Knight signifies the prosperity and strength of the Moon God faith. The Moon God has not given up on us. As long as Avril is here, Wildea will eventually return to... no, surpass its peak!"

"What Wildea needs is not qualifications, but heroes. The kingdom needs a hero king. And I think Avril is the kingdom's future hero. What do you think? Is that right or wrong?"

Elvian glanced at the crowd, and this time no one raised any objections.

The king of Wildea is always a heroic king.

Only a powerful king can conquer everyone.

"Very good, then it's settled. You are not to tell anyone about Avril, understand?"

"As ordered!"

Including Alford, everyone looked at Avril with eyes full of anticipation.

'Avril' was already popular, and now that Avian said this, no one objected.

Just like Elvian said, if 'Avril''s' strength really reaches a certain level, it will be natural for Wildea to rise again.

For a moment, all the depressed hearts present became active.

At least it is possible.

"Teacher, Avril will be in power later and will need your help."

"I accept your order."

"Then let's break up the meeting."

Elvian asked everyone to leave and sat alone in the hall.

After a long time, she breathed a sigh of relief, and a hint of anticipation appeared in her golden eyes.

"Next... Ryan, it's time for the feud between the two of us."

...

With the end of Wildea's high-level meeting, the Augustus Empire's offensive quickly stopped, and then Elvian announced that Wildea had joined the Augustus Empire.

Once the news came out, it was news. The people of Wildya were surprised but not surprised. After all, anyone with a discerning eye could see the current situation.

Either survive or perish.

Although it once caused strong opposition from many people with lofty ideals and the pro-war faction vowed to fight to the death, Elvian ignored it because this was not the most explosive news.

It was not until the news of Wildea's marriage to Augustus came out that the entire kingdom began to boil over.

They could understand Wildea's surrender, but what was the Queen's marriage like? They didn't understand!

However, professionals soon analyzed the queen's good intentions. As Wildea's spiritual pillar, if she did not choose to compromise, how could the Augustus Empire agree to Wildea's surrender?

Surrender also requires qualifications!

For a time, the story of Elvian's heroic sacrifice to save the kingdom spread throughout Wildea, and the kingdom fell into a sad atmosphere. It was somewhat difficult to accept that the king's sacrifice was needed in exchange for peace, but when faced with the choice between destruction and survival, most of the kingdom's people chose to remain silent.

This is similar to what Elvian expected. Why would people choose to die when they can live?

If she doesn't compromise and has a chance to turn the situation around, that's another matter, but isn't there no other way now?

All I can say is that the king’s greatness needs no further explanation.

However, the matter of letting 'Avril' act as the king did not cause much sensation, at least in the royal city. Seeing that the people accepted it calmly, Avian felt a little complicated. She could no longer tell whether everyone approved of 'Avril' or respected her decision as the king.

Maybe it's still respectful, right?

But that's not what Elvian cares about. She is now eager to know what Ryan's expression is when he knows the news, and yes, Maganna too!

That shorty!

When Elvian thought about being teased in Los City, she felt so angry that her nipples ached. "Great, aren't you proud? I want to see if you can still laugh now!"

Although I don't know how much Maganna likes Ryan, but judging from 'Vine's' statement, she likes him at least 70% out of 10, right?

So now, if she wants to marry Ryan, isn't that a blatant act of stealing Maganna's love?

Moreover, Maganna has no way to deal with it!

It was useless to object, she didn't care. Even if Maganna came to fight again, she had already been defeated, and the loser had nothing to fear.

But what about Maganna?

She wants to challenge the Empress for Ryan. No matter what the outcome is, it will definitely be disadvantageous to the Western Territory.

Elvian could almost imagine Maganna's furious, frustrated and helpless look... Maganna, I just want to see that expression of yours!

...

Magna did jump.

But Ryan soon smoothed down its fur.

Although Maganna once pointed at the sky and cursed the old villain 'Vine' for deliberately destroying the relationship between her and Ryan and disrupting the peace in the West, she immediately smiled after Ryan made a reasonable analysis.

Since it is a marriage, he is nominally the prince of Wildea. If he can take the opportunity to slowly control Wildea, and add to the territory of the Kingdom of Lot, Ryan will rise strongly. Wouldn't she, Maganna, also spiral up to the sky and reach the bottom of the highest point?

As for whether Ryan can deal with Elvian, Maganna is not worried at all. You can ask the Wildyan people whether they can do it or not. Look at the dire situation they are in now.

And Ryan's marriage to the queen is also to save the Wildyan people from dire straits. Isn't this a great favor? As for how they got into dire straits, don't worry about it.

Anyway, this is an opportunity, Grand Duke, do you want to go for it?

Maganna thought it made sense, but she was a little unhappy. Even if they didn't get married right away, just having this relationship meant that Elvian would be on equal footing with her?

Ryan's answer: "Of course not. How can Elvian compare to you, Grand Duke? Rather, when she comes here, she will have to let you and I bully her, and she will be the kind of person who won't say anything when she's bullied."

Besides, who stipulated that a marriage alliance requires marriage?

It's a political marriage, so just having a relationship here will do. Elvian will have to stay in Silvermoon City, and Ryan doesn't intend to let that woman have her way. "Aren't you here for revenge?" Fine, let's stick it out and see if it's big enough.

Forget about being on equal footing with Maganna. Once she gets to Silvermoon City, that's Amabel's territory. She has to stick her head out even if Queen Amabel asks her to!

To put it simply, it should be Maganna > Amabena > Elvian.

The Grand Duke laughed as soon as he heard it.

After pacifying Maganna, the next step was the signing of a formal contract between Augustus and Wildea. According to what Elvian had discussed with "Vine", the title of a vassal state could not be abandoned.

The task of signing the contract naturally fell on Ryan. Originally, Elvian was supposed to bring people over, but Ryan wanted to stop by the Moon Goddess Ruins and get the advancement fragments.

So he asked Jonathan to be his temporary bodyguard and took August's negotiation team on the train to Wildea.

three days later.

Royal City of Wildea, train station.

"Everyone says Wildea is one of the strongest powers in the Northern Federation, but this doesn't seem so great."

Ryan stretched and stepped off the train, looking around.

We soon discovered that the area around the train station had been cordoned off.

Because of prior notice, the army had already taken over public security before Ryan arrived here. Looking at the soldiers holding weapons and with ferocious faces, the Augustus negotiators following Ryan couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

"Master Ryan, are you really okay?"

A noble asked.

If possible, they would prefer to talk in Silvermoon City. Coming all the way to someone else's territory, isn't this a definite attack?

"Don't worry, even if I beat them up, they will still thank me."

"..."

Jonathan whispered, "There are quite a few extraordinary people around."

"Why didn't you say there were quite a few people?"

"You're the only one who insisted on coming here. What? Are the women of Wildea bigger than those in the Lot Kingdom?"

Jonathan was not careful with his words, but he was on guard in his heart. After all, he was deep in enemy territory and he had to protect Ryan.

As he was speaking, there was a commotion in the crowd, and Elvian came towards them surrounded by people.

She was wearing a red dress, with her long blue-gold hair tied back, looking dignified and elegant. Her beautiful face, with golden eyes, held a natural coldness. The noble king walked towards her, her gaze fixed on Ryan.

"Hiss! Such a strong murderous intent!" Jonathan exclaimed, "Ryan, did you kill her whole family?!"

Ryan's mouth twitched slightly: "Why would I kill her whole family?"

"A bright red dress? Is that what you should wear when negotiating between two countries? It looks like she's coming for you, right?" Jonathan swallowed. "Based on my years of intuition, this woman is ruthless. She's ruthless to herself and even more ruthless to her enemies. Don't mess with her unless necessary."

"Has it already been provoked?"

"Run."

Ryan spread his hands.

You can't run away, Old Joe, when did you become such a coward?