Chapter 44: CHAPTER 44 - Wherever the Enemy Lurks
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While Sage was having her private conversation with her sisters before, Prince Yue was still in the room thinking about what happened and the shattering truth that he discovered.
Of all the secrets that he would discover there in Northia, he didn't think he would find out that the woman he's interested in and having feelings with, is one of the Northia Queens herself.
That and finding out through the conclusion that her sisters are also the queens is such a shock that he was speechless at the time when he found the seven masks.
Although it would make sense as he thought deeply in his mind. He didn't think of it first when he met Sage as herself being the royal advisor because he became interested in her first with the kind of approach she used to get closer to him and keeping an eye on him.
It figures that the queens would be leery of the peace treaty he offered and believed that they suspected him of other motives for him and his men to be in Northia.
Luckily, Prince Yue knows that they don't know yet about his true mission and what they're here for yet. But by then, when he bonded with Lady Sage, he was beginning to get doubts and conflicts to himself because of that.
So he became torn in his decisions on what to do, whether he should tell his men the truth or not.
He knew that he had already hidden the knowledge and held back the other truth about magic. Right now, he doesn't know what course of action that he needs to do upon discovering the Northia Queens' greatest secret.
He weighed the pros and cons of this, and none of them suit well to him as he thought over it.
Prince Yue knew the risks and chances he's in, the queens won't take kindly to his betrayal and they won't hesitate to use their magic to do something against him and his men, ensuring that their secret remains hidden and safe.
As Prince Yue wondered what to do, he didn't know that Sage is having the same dilemma as he is in another place somewhere in Silverine Palace.
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Sage kept on working over some paperwork in her office while listing and making plans over what to do for the day.
She still has chaotic thoughts in her head as she worked over what to do and decide over Prince Yue finding out her and her sisters' secrets.
Normally, she did promise to her sisters that she would deal with it, but then she also has doubts and conflicts with herself because of the still budding feelings she's getting towards the Southirea Prince.
She had vowed to herself to not feel them again but they didn't stop and it frustrated and irritated her when they didn't fade away from her very being.
She wondered and thought deeply over what to do, and she couldn't lose focus over this and get distracted because of the red-alert high priority that the enemy is still out there on the loose.
And the possibility that he might be plotting something very nefarious and bad when given the opportunity or advantage he's exploiting.
Though she might need some of her sisters' help over this, she decided herself that she will deal with it alone, but she's not careless or stupid enough to ask for help if she's in trouble.
Right now, Sage is finishing up the paperwork before she gathered up the blank papers to make the list of plans that she needed to create to maintain order on what to do.
First things first, she'll need to figure out a way to find out the true motives of Prince Yue and whether he was really sincere with his promise to keep the secret.
Secondly, they'll need to find the enemy very fast and soon, and find out where he's hiding so that they'll confront him.
Lastly, once finding the enemy, dealing with him, and also dealing with Prince Yue, Sage and her sisters will need to find a way about how to deal with the peace treaty offered from the Southirea envoys.
Though at first, as the eldest of the Song sisters, Sage would easily refuse it and discard the treaty, but then this would be the first time in history for the other nations to unite and make peace with the fourth nation that wasn't united into their fold, and that is the nation of Southirea.
As she pondered over all of this and thinking deeply about it, Sage wasn't aware of the passing of time since she's pretty much has her mind full of thoughts inside.
It was until night time that Sage is finished at what she's doing before she goes to leave the office and go to rest.
With that done, Sage hoped that the decisions made aren't going to be something that all of them will regret making once everything is all over and dealt with.
And she hoped that wherever the enemy lurks somewhere, he might not find about this and take advantage of the weak link he'd use to catch them off guard.
Hopefully, Sage prays that it won't come to that and they'll catch the enemy first before that happens.
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