The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 43: Borrowing the art of war.

An already long day became even longer with the news Cosmos delivered. Immediately upon her return to the vale, Sigrid summoned her family, the immediate ones only.

While she was taking a bath, her grandparents, parents, brothers and Deanna arrived at the vale. They joined Sigrid for dinner and dismissed everyone with the exception of Cosmos and Lanai.

The doors leading into the dining room were heavily guarded by ten knights, allowing the family to discuss openly without holding back.

As soon as they started digging into their food, the questioning started.

"Why did you summon us?" her father, Paxton started.

"Is it related to you special abilities?" Duchess Mila followed up with a question of her own.

"Roland returns tomorrow." Sigrid said, she wanted to get straight to the point and move things along as quickly as possible.

Time had moved fast, it was already approaching eleven, and her body was weary.

Five seconds of silence passed and then conversation picked up but every face at the table was rather ashen, they knew what Roland’s return meant for their family. It spelled the beginning of their troubles.

"Is he bringing Emmah?" Nathaniel asked.

"Of course he is," Duke Thorin slammed a hand on the table. "I sent five of the retired soldiers to keep an eye on Roland, they did not make it to the land of mist, they found the knights and Roland’s army on its way back. They were victorious but Roland was injured by a Nemorian sword mage, a sword almost removed his arm but a woman appeared and threw herself on him and the sword cut her instead."

They all looked at Sigrid, she was their wise woman who had predicted all this.

"After saving his life, she treated his wounds but passed out because she herself lost a lot of blood. She has been traveling inside Roland’s carriage or riding his horse, getting princess treatment." he sneered.

duke had learned the words princess

I should be grateful that she saved his life and saved you from widowhood and

mist in the first place? Everybody knows that the territory is dangerous, on top of Nemorian soldiers and bandits lurking in there, you also have dangerous wild beasts that live in the mountains and

on her own, even if she has magic, it’s too suspicious. Also, of all the soldiers that went off on the expedition, was

did she save him and not any other random

was caressing her

think that she

duchess nodded, the others started to share her belief as well, it was just too unbelievable to be

plot and we can prove

work." Sigrid

little hope that has risen in the hearts of the Thorin’s

duty and responsibility above everything else, she took a sword for him and it almost penetrated her heart. Every time she coughs, some blood comes out of her mouth,

men confirmed

that she plotted to save him and voluntarily put herself in place to be stabbed near the heart almost losing her life in the process. Of course what they don’t know is that her

be mixed with guilt. Together, these these two emotions will bring out the urge in him to protect her. No matter what we say, all she has to

all!"

damned if

were cursing but nobody tried to encourage them to veil their words, the situation made them all want to curse

we should engage people with what they expect, it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them

it and she will react as expected. The more she coughs up blood at every single slight, the more people will begin

their eyes lit up as they came to

about the boy