While Shien Buztout was lost in thought, Capeline looked at him with a complicated expression.
She had indeed strongly opposed Harvis seeking help from the Kingdom, letting people from the Kingdom save their own country.
Although the Kingdom had strength, it was ultimately the Empire’s rival. Revealing their country’s internal affairs to their rival and then asking for their help, who knew if it would invite the wolf into the house and lead to the Kingdom invading the Empire?
Moreover, as a citizen of the Empire, she naturally had a sense of hostility towards the Kingdom.
Therefore, this matter, to put it nicely, was asking for help, but to put it bluntly, it was treason. If things went wrong, it might be met with resistance from the entire Empire.
The fact that Harvis was in this predicament now was also closely related to his trip to the Kingdom.
This showed how absurd it was for a citizen of the Empire to seek help from the Kingdom.
But Harvis seemed to value the absurdity of this matter.
“After all, this way, that venomous Consort would never expect us to make such a move.”
Harvis valued this point, wanting to catch Mara off guard.
But Capeline still didn’t agree.
The reason was simple.
She simply didn’t want to ask for help from the country where that woman was from.
Asking for help from one’s lifelong rival, with Capeline’s stubbornness and pride, how could she possibly agree to such a thing?
Therefore, Capeline and her brother, Harvis, never reached a consensus on this matter.
Now, while she was imprisoned, her brother had already found a partner and successfully had them come to the Empire’s aid, even appearing before her. How could Capeline not feel complicated emotions?
Capeline almost subconsciously asked a question in a hurried tone.
“Did Roselucia Mitra come too?”
This was what Capeline cared about the most.
If even that woman came, then her unsightly state would truly be seen by the person she least wanted to see it.
If that happened, Capeline might not even want to leave this place, preferring to continue being tortured by Mara.
Shien seemed to see through the thoughts behind Capeline’s changing expression.
Therefore…
“You’re overthinking it. Lucy wouldn’t come to the Empire.” Shien said bluntly, “Who knows what kind of traps she might encounter here?”
The implication was that even if the Kingdom took some action in response to the Empire’s request for help, they definitely wouldn’t fully trust them.
Who knew if this was a plot to lure Lucy to the Empire and kill her?
Therefore, not to mention Lucy not knowing about this matter, even if she did, she wouldn’t come easily.
In fact, Shien had invited Lucy to come to the Empire with him, but she refused.
That princess knew that her identity was extremely sensitive in the Empire. Once she appeared, it would definitely cause an uproar.
At that time, it would be true chaos.
Therefore, Lucy wouldn’t come, both emotionally and rationally.
“Is that so?”
Capeline couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, yet for some reason, she seemed a little disappointed.
“Do you want her to come or not?”
Shien was speechless.
As expected, a woman’s heart was like a needle in the sea. You thought it was just difficult to retrieve, but in reality, it didn’t intend to come out at all.
What if that needle was the Ruyi Jingu Bang, capable of controlling the sea?
Then, you could only dive into the sea to understand women.
Otherwise, why would there be so many men who wanted to be sea kings?
“Let’s get back to the main topic.” Shien said, “You suddenly mentioned the treasure beneath the Empire’s land. Are you trying to say that the purpose of the people here is to find it?”
Shien thought of the slave workers who were constantly digging something here.
Capeline also thought of this.
“You said it yourself, they seem to be digging something, right?” Capeline said, “Then the only thing I can think of is this legend.”
This was clearly a baseless guess.
But Shien felt that this baseless guess might not be entirely useless.
After all, why did Mara appear in the Empire and cause so much trouble?
Because she hated Heroes and everything related to them, so she wanted to throw this country founded by a Hero into chaos?
Then why didn’t she go to the Kingdom, but instead came to the Empire?
The Kingdom was also a country founded by a Hero, and the royal family were also direct descendants of the Hero. There was even Lucy, known as the successor of Mitra. Logically, if Mara simply hated Heroes, then compared to the Empire, she would definitely want to overthrow the Kingdom more.
But she chose to come to the Empire, seizing its political power, and only secretly sabotaging the Kingdom, such as the large-scale assassination incident in the Royal Capital ten years ago, which was planned by this venomous Consort.