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 treatment

be grateful that she saved his life and saved you from

saving grace, what was Emmah doing in the land of 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

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

him and not any

was caressing her round stomach that had only just started

think that she deliberately saved the crown

share her belief as well, it was just too unbelievable

we can prove it, she will have

won’t work." Sigrid

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

is a man that was raised to put duty and responsibility above everything else, she took a sword for him and it almost penetrated her heart.

confirmed this." The duke

the heart almost losing her life in the process. Of course what they don’t know is that her body has the ability to

two emotions will bring out the urge in him to protect her. No matter what we say, all she has to do is cough a little blood and we will

all!"

if we do, damned if we don’t."

nobody tried to encourage them to veil their words, the situation made them

don’t." Sigrid told them. "In fact, we should help her and make sure that she coughs up blood more often. Sun Tzu said we should engage people with what they expect, it is what they are able to discern and

to provoke her a little, she will be expecting it and she will react as expected. The more she coughs up blood at every single slight, the more people will begin to predict

up as they came to realize what she

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