Chapter 56: Asakan Kingdom

Curtis continues to deploy spies to find Eden's whereabouts. The annoying thing is that the man always escapes when his soldiers come. This made Curtis furious because the man was so slippery. 

This problem led him to call Sam and Logan for a discussion.

"What should we do? Of course, the lower-level soldiers won't be able to match his speed of disappearance," Curtis grumbled.

Curtis, therefore, asked the saints for help. Unfortunately, they only gave a net that paralyzed a witch. Not to match Eden's escape speed.

"We have to make a trap that really makes Eden unable to escape," said Sam.

Curtis thought so too. But he had no idea what kind of trap would be effective. All he knew was that Eden had no family. And from the information he received from Arsion, he used women to bewitch the victim's dreams.

"What if I'm the one dealing with Eden?" asked Swana who suddenly appeared from the entrance.

Curtis immediately welcomed the love of his life who wanted to join the discussion.

"Honey, why are you bothering about Eden. You are already busy enough with kingdom affairs," said Curtis.

"Eden is a threat that we cannot ignore. If we let our guard down, the consequences will be severe." Swana actually disliked everything she was doing now.

She didn't like the affairs of the kingdom, she didn't like the political issues and debates of the nobles. But as long as Noel's mental problems had not recovered, and Yerenika had not matured, so she could not give the throne to them.

Curtis must have thought the same way. He would want to go to a region far away from the kingdom's conflicts and live in peace. Swana even doubted that her children would be safe in the kingdom.

"But it's very dangerous, and I won't let you endanger yourself. Never," Curtis said firmly.

He would rather die than put Swana in a dangerous situation.

"Honey, I just need to be her prisoner or someone you throw away. Eden won't be suspicious if I pretend to be your victim."

"No. Forget your idea of that. I will never agree," Curtis said.

Swana sighed. Indeed, her effort was not guaranteed to succeed. She might die in Eden's hands. That man hated Curtis for destroying the magic tower. So it was no wonder that he was worried about her safety.

"Alright, I'm not insisting. Please think again. Eden could incite the other kings to attack the kingdom. Sinclair."

Curtis actually grinned. "Good then, I can vent my boredom. The battle with Arsion was entertaining enough, but if there are other kingdoms that challenge me, then I will be very happy. "

Swana let out a long sigh. That's not what she meant, "Honey, there are many people who got hurt just because of Eden. That's what I don't like."

Both Samual and Logan who came to see Curtis also disagreed with Curtis' thoughts. Although they knew that their Commander was a bloodthirsty person when it came to war, they also didn't want to see innocent soldiers die in vain. They would obey their superiors' orders even if their king's orders were due to magic.

But they also disagreed with Swana's idea of becoming bait. Their commander would truly become a monster who would kill everyone he passed by if Swana died.

"What a tough decision," they both muttered.

***

The next day, Swana decided to visit Yerenika and Noel. She brought Nancy, who had thought to be the royal butler. The trip was intended to calm down from Eden's troubles that haunted the Sinclair kingdom.

"I don't think it's a wise decision to visit the princess and the prince without His Highness Curtis' approval," Nancy said.

"I know but I couldn't resist going. Curtis has become more sensitive because of the Eden problem so he will definitely make it difficult for me to travel," Swana explained.

There were many soldiers here, so she felt that there was nothing wrong with traveling.

'Who would attack the royal carriage anyway?' Swana said to herself.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the kingdom of Asakan is undergoing a revolution. A new king was appointed because of the people's dissatisfaction with the king's taxes. Their new leader was elected because he was able to keep the people afloat, so the people automatically deposed the king and appointed the new leader as king," said Nancy.

Nancy has also been Swana's informant. She needed any news coming from inside and outside the kingdom. Something that a mere spy cannot do. Nancy was able to hear and know all the gossip circulating through the servants. Even if it's gossip from within the noble household.

"That's shocking. Just because of a tax policy, the people dared to overthrow the king who ordered generations of new leaders. It's really strange," Swana said.

"There must be something deeper than that involved," Swana continued, trying to guess what happened to the Asakan kingdom.

"Pendaopat you have a point. We heard that someone gave money to donate to the community. The amount is not small and has been going on for a long time."

"So someone has already started the rebellion by taking advantage of the situation."

The Asakan Kingdom was not rich. They tend to be poor so the people are deprived. The king had also worked hard but it still didn't pay off. Finally, he made him raise taxes.

"What's even stranger is that the rivers no longer dry up. It rains often. Trees and grass are also thriving at times. Agriculture has been flourishing for some time now. So the people think that the new king brings good luck. "

Swana seemed to feel something was wrong. Things could not have changed that quickly. Even the saints in the temple couldn't change the weather that quickly.

Swana began to suspect that this was for Eden. She had not appeared for some time. Then there was a big event like now.

"Nancy, immediately send our spies to the Asakan kingdom. Investigate who the new leader is and who is supporting him behind the scenes," Swana ordered.

Tbc