Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 169

Chapter 169

Two days later, Dylan and Rafael’s strategist, Jacob York, returned.

It was raining heavily earlier, so Jacob had changed into a fresh set of clothes before he hurried to the study to see Rafael.

Jacob was direct and to the point..

“The king’s intention is to strip you of your military command. Since you’re willing to relinquish it, then let it go. However, you mustn’t allow your marriage to be used as leverage.

“The king knows you once sought to marry Lady Sinclair. He wants. to

use her as compensation, to ease his own conscience. However, I bélieve it is unnecessary. Once you surrender your command, request him to retract his edict. Whether or not you marry Lady Sinclair should be a matter between you and her, not tainted by the royal family’s interference.

“If the king inserts himself into the matter, it will complicate things and turn it into something more than just a marriage. Both you and Lady Sinclair will be put in a very awkward position.”

Marriage should be purely about affection, not a matter of profits and interests. To marry for gain would be to betray the true feelings. involved.

medal of command was given to me by the late

for the late king’s wishes and the court’s expectations. At the

reward, he will likely

wait for you to reclaim the Southern Frontier.

what troubles me the most,” Rafael said, pushing aside a paperweight on the desk. “The king’s actions hav

is it possible that the king is not necessarily forcing. you to surrender your command… What I

I I

suggesting that the king. genuinely wants

Lady. Sinclair. If you insist on having him retract the edict, he might still seek to have

any interest in Carissa. If he had, he would have asked Victoria to intervene when Melanie arranged Carissa’s marriage

hadn’t been interested before, only to change. his mind after the

who was both capable in both literature and martial arts, and

be a

eased. Also, Carissa had proven her worth before the soldiers who had followed Hector before this.

words must have hidden

this thought in mind, Rafael’s eyes grew colder. “So, at this point, I must surrender the medal of command and formally propose to