The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress
Chapter 86: A shrewd king vs a shrewd Sigrid.

Chapter 86: A shrewd king vs a shrewd Sigrid.

As the breakfast which was composed of mostly fruits, bread, fluffy scones and tiny cakes was served, Sigrid maintained stoic silence. The fake smile which she had on her face moments ago had long died a natural death as soon as she realized that the shrewd king was playing his games again.

He wanted to use her to put someone inside the Thorin family, not just one someone but many someone’s because Thalassa had to have maids, ladies-in-waiting and knights from the royal family moving with her to her husband’s family when she married.

King Raff sighed loudly, deliberately, "She is over twenty and not one young proper lord has made an offer for her hand in marriage. I cannot sleep comfortably lately because I am plagued by worry for her vague future."

Sigrid looked down and rolled her eyes, ’you are not sleeping comfortably because you have a consort that believes sex is the only way to hold on to you so every night, she is as active as a rabbit in heat. You are almost seventy, give it a rest before your heart decides that for you.’ she thought. Not that she would ever share these thoughts with the king.

She raised her head and gave the king a sad look similar to the one he was giving her, downcast eyes that were glistening with unshed tears.

"Your highness, like any other citizen of Eldoria, I too happen to be troubled by the unwed state of the princess, but, a princess is only worthy of a king. My Thorin family has taken up farming lately, every morning, everyone wakes up to work in the coffee plantation before having breakfast and they continue after until lunch time.

It is even busier lately, they are preparing to plant something called sweet potatoes in the green houses my grandfather had built a month ago. If she marries into our family, the princess will have to put down her identity and take up farming.

Her precious hands will have to dig the dirt, her bark will ache, her nails will break and her beautiful face will become wrinkled from the lack of daily facial care." She stuck her own face out. "Look at me, my skin has become more tan and dry."

She held her palms out, "My hands have a few calluses from wielding hoes and gardening tools. The princess should wed a prince from another kingdom."

King Raff stabbed a fork into one of the moonberries on the fruit platter. Sigrid imagined the fork poking into her eyes and she gulped.

"Is that so?" the king asked in a skeptical voice.

She nodded eagerly. "It is so, father-in-law, from long ago, most princesses are wed to strengthen political ties. You should consider princess Thalassa’s marriage carefully. If I might make a small suggestion, you should consider an alliance with the empire of Solandor, the land of eternal light. I have met two merchants from there, they are very tight lipped about there empire but I have heard that they have flying ships."

King Raff snorted, "I have heard about flying ships too, the rumors are there but nobody has ever actually seen one."

"Not if they know how to camouflage them, with all due respect your highness, they say there is no smoke without fire. An empire with flying ships sounds like a stronger empire compared to Medoris, it would do use good to ally with them. If we have such ships, it will be much easier for us to swallow Medoris and Nemoris." She shrugged, "If Medoris finds Solandor first and allies with them you know what will happen, we will be the ones in danger of being swallowed."

This was actually something that happened in the book and Eldoria only survived because of one cliche reason; prince Tiberius Solan fell in love with Emmah at first glass on a trip to Eldoria when he was posing as a merchant.

He stopped his father Emperor Leontius Solar from uniting with Medoris and it gave Eldoria the opportunity to swallow Medoris instead with Emmah the valiant leading the war.

Sigrid did not want to lead the war, that was Roland’s job, in fact she thought it would be best if they had no war at all. Another reason for her suggestion was because Emmah introduced flying ships into Eldoria by doing business with prince Tiberius.

She simply wanted to eliminate the middle man Emmah and let the king find Solandor directly. It would also help her get rid of Thalassa easily, after all, Solandor was all the way across the ocean.

"Did you say merchants from Solandor?" the king asked.

Sigrid nodded firmly, "Two of them, they were passing near the Mystwood Grove forest on their way to Medoris when they were attacked by an unknown beast and somehow lost their way, ending up here."

King Raff’s eyes lit up. "Mystwood Grove, really!!"

It was a dangerous forest, extremely so that only a few people that went in, ever returned and they usually had scars or missing limbs.

It was the natural boundary between Eldoria and Medoris. It was also home to thick trees and deadly beasts, most magical in nature. The reason why Medoris had failed to conquer Eldoria was because they could not get through the forest just as the Eldorian’s couldn’t do the same.

"Imagine that, two merchants came all the way from across the ocean, made it to a part of the forest and all the way here without sailing over in a ship on water or a carriage by road. Don’t you want to know how they did it?" She arched her eyebrows curiously.

As the king chewed on his food, his interest in the merchants grew, more than that, he wanted to know what had attacked them. Any information on the Mystwood Grove was important.

"What else have you heard in your restaurant, any information on noble families and the royal houses?" King Raff asked, casually.

He wiped his mouth and leaned back in the chair, acting as if the question did not matter, and yet his body language betrayed him. He was obviously tense, his eyes had a flicker of interest and he was avoiding direct contact.

"Cosmos." Sigrid called out in her mind. "What is new or what has changed?"

"The king and his spider Romilda are planning to do away with the Silberuss house. They know about the false map information you leaked in the restaurant, they don’t know it’s false of course.

They also know about his treason so his family is pretty much over, their end has been brought forward two years ahead of schedule. You are doing great, you reeled the fish in and now you have to hook it."

Cosmos knew that as long this plot was stolen by Sigrid, Emmah’s halo would crack and dim, getting him another minute closer to leaving this world and returning to the heavenly bank of fate.

"Do you need me to tell you how to proceed?" he asked.

She wanted to smirk but if she did, the king would see it and know that he was being played, so she held in her confidence.

"Watch and learn Cosmos."

Sigrid lowered her eyes, her lips gently formed a smile. The king was shrewd but she was

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