No Substitutes for the Bigshots' Dream Girl Anymore!-Chapter 1561: A Display of Authority
"You all say I’m crazy, so of course I must show you my madness," she laughed ostentatiously, but her eyes were filled with playful malice, "Not only the king, but I will not spare your entire royal family."
Hearing this, several older nobles present nearly fainted from anger.
If it weren’t for Wayne Lane stepping in to take Hannah away at the last moment, the palace would have probably been filled with people fainting from rage that day.
Naturally, the king also remembered these words.
But at the time, he never considered Hannah to be a threat to the royal family.
Even though she was once the empire’s finest commander, it was he, the king, who had granted her that power. Without him, Hannah would be no different from those refugees wandering outside.
With this thought in mind, the king always held himself in high esteem,
Showing nothing but disgust and disdain for Hannah.
He never liked his daughter, starting from the day she was born.
It was only in his quest for power that he had previously endured the humiliation.
The queen probably missed and worried about her daughter, as she couldn’t stop her tears right now.
The king felt weary listening to her and raised his hand to rub his temples, "Enough, stop crying. With Wayne Lane there, Emma won’t come to harm."
Wayne Lane is the war god.
In people’s eyes, his strength even surpassed Hannah’s.
Of course, this is merely people’s one-sided belief. Despite Wayne Lane’s clarifications, which no one believed, he eventually chose silence.
If it were earlier, hearing Wayne Lane’s name would have greatly reassured the queen, otherwise she wouldn’t have approved of her daughter’s affection for him. But now, it was different.
"Wayne Lane is certainly formidable, but don’t forget, he’s also injured."
It was a wake-up call.
The king had just remembered this and was very annoyed, but still said: "So what if he’s injured? Is the war god of our empire so vulnerable that he can’t deal with a measly wanderer?"
"That’s true, but Wayne Lane still ended up heavily injured and unconscious after his last battle."
The queen, though intentionally adding to King Taylor’s displeasure, was indeed stating the truth.
Two years ago, the battle was meant to intimidate the wanderers as a show of force from the royal family.
Who would have anticipated the intimidation to backfire, with Wayne Lane getting injured instead? The empire had intended to suppress the news, but it eventually leaked.
The empire was abuzz for several months, with some even starting to question the royal family’s strength and leadership.
After all, for many years the royal family had boasted of their formidable power, and now they were severely set back by wanderers – something laughable if word got out.
Because of this, King Taylor was fuming for days on end, summoning several squad captains to inquire about the details of that battle.
How could the war god Wayne Lane be defeated so unexpectedly?
But in the end, no one could give a clear explanation. It was a matter of finger-pointing, and eventually, nothing came of it.
The official explanation given to the public was that the wanderers had sought external allies.
It was after this battle that some nobles suggested that the royal empire should also seek external alliances.
This search led them to the Nine Realms.
At that time, the Nine Realms had just finished dealing with internal strife, and after what was symbolically considered "deep contemplation," they refused the empire’s request.
Rejected, the royal family couldn’t swallow their pride; they could only consider handling the issue themselves.
But even before Wayne Lane was injured, they were unable to eliminate the wanderers, let alone now with his wounds still unhealed.
