Author: M_W Cancer 

When everything about the strategy was finally finished, Leo left with Cassandra, Elizabeth, Angel, Charlotte, Brad, Jasmine, Jeffrey, Matt, Venice, and Number One to Number Ten to prepare themselves as well.

Although Cassandra and Elizabeth shouldn't be involving themselves with this since they were not in any way included in the fight nor in the strategy, but due to their relentless insisting which was so troublesome for Leo if he let them continue on, he could only let them come. Anyways, Veronica and Alfred can handle the work of the Mischievous Lion Academy's Student Council, so there is no problem with leaving their duty. Moreover, Michael, Adrian, Angelo, and Raffy could help them as well.

.....

Inside a castle in the middle of Silver city, specifically in a meeting room, a soldier frantically rushed inside bearing with him a report about the Mischievous Lion organization.

Bang!

"Your Majesty!"

King Erskine, who was in the middle of planning, was immediately attracted by that soldier, "What is it?"

"Your Majesty, the Mischievous Lion organization, and Blue Fin Kingdom have unfortunately agreed in forming an alliance. And right now, they are going to attack the Southern Fortress to fight against the Sword and Magic."

"Unfortunately, we have lost an ally, your majesty..." Commander Novak of East Fortress could only shake his head after hearing the news of the Blue Fin Kingdom joining the Mischievous Lion organization.

"If only we knew that the one in command with the Blue Fin Kingdom was actually their Queen, then we would have sucked up to her..." The Vice-Commander felt regret.

"There is no use regretting now. No matter what, their King has already promised us to lend his help no matter what his Queen's decision would be, so let��s just be content with that." Royal Magical Knight, Karl reprimanded.

"Karl is right, let's just be content with what we have right now. Anyways, what's the news with the reformed Snow Noble Household, would they still be helping us or not?" Crown Prince Edward asked.

"They said that it would take them weeks to cross from Snow city to Silver city." An Official reported.

"What?! That's ridiculous, can't they just use their Flyingboats?" Crown Prince Edward exclaimed in displeasure. It was obvious to see that the reformed Snow Noble Household with its newly added strength of Honoris Noble Household and Skull Noble Household doesn't respect them the same way anymore.

"They said that majority of their Flyingboats have already taken off to cross the Frozen Tundra and should be in the Frozen Mountain already as we speak." The Official replied.

"They..." Crown Prince Edward really felt helpless. In the past, every time the Snow Noble Household request help from them, they would always not hesitate to lend a hand, but this time when it was them who need their help, they keep on giving excuses instead.

"Calm down, Edward." King Erskine finally spoke after thinking for a bit, "Vincent should be being cautious right now considering that his daughter Elizabeth is with the Mischievous Lion organization right now. That's also the same case for Patriarch Simon Honoris, as his daughter Veronica is also with them. If they make any rash decision, it might just cause the death of their beloved daughters."

"But father, they have dozens of children in their family, can't they just sacrifice two?" Princess Fiona, who Leo had mentioned about before, suddenly butted in.

"Do you really think that Elizabeth and Veronica are the same as any other members of their Noble Households? Elizabeth is the future Heir of Snow Noble Household and Veronica is as well the future Heir of Honoris Noble Household, so they can't just abandon them without thinking." Princess Tiana quickly rebutted her older sister Fiona without holding back. Although they were in the middle of a war right now, that still doesn't remove the fact that Veronica is her bestfriend, so she would of course defend her with everything she got.

"Ha? Even if they are indeed their future Heirs, it is still possible to replace them. Such minuscule problem, yet they are treating it seriously more than this war." Princess Fiona argued back.

"Tch, what can a trash Princess like you even understand?" Princess Tiana can't hold on to her temper anymore.

"You..."

"What? Bite me!" Princess Tiana taunted, "Think about it, stupid older sister, in our family, we only have 2nd brother and 3rd brother who has a high potential to become powerful Mages, while the rest of us are basically considered as average. Simply put, with all of the resources we have, we were actually only able to have 2 geniuses, not to mention the Noble Households. Sacrificing Elizabeth and Veronica is the same as wasting all of those investments they have invested in both of them when they were still young, so they will not just casually do that!"

"That's enough, Tiana." Queen Triana stopped her daughter from speaking any further to leave Fiona some face.

Hearing this, Princess Tiana immediately went to her mother as she asked, "Mother, why did we even think of including that trash in our planning? Aside from wasting our money, she does nothing else! In short, she's practically useless!"

"That's enough, little sister, no matter how garbage 5th sister is, she's still a part of our family." Even Crown Prince Edward didn't bother hiding his disdain for Fiona.

"You both..."

"That's enough!" King Erskine can't help feeling irritated watching his children fight amongst themselves, "We should be united right this moment, so why are you fighting amongst yourselves. Let's focus on the bigger picture than that small picture."

"Yes, father!"

"Yes, father!"

"Yes, father!"

"Continue," King Erskine motioned for the other to continue with their discussion prior to that soldier bargaining in to report to them the movement of the Mischievous Lion organization.

"Your Majesty, while the Mischievous Lion organization is fighting against the Sword and Magic, we can just stay on the sideline and wait until who can win between the two, then we strike while they are still trying to recuperate." Commander Nov proposed.

"With all due respect, Commander Nov, just how do you think exactly would we be able to achieve that? Although they indeed would be going to fight against the Sword and Magic, with the type of people the Mischievous Lion organization has, they would obviously be expecting our attack already. After all, their profession basically involves stalking their prey before launching an attack." Royal Magical Knight Karl shook his head, "And not to mention their 24 Elders. Do you really think that they would just send all of them to the battlefield? Even if they do, just assigning 1 of them to fight against us can already give us a hard time."

"No matter how powerful their Elders are, there are always numerous ways to successfully kill them. Just look at that Leo who has killed Commander Decker back at the Southeast Fortress. Base on the report we have received a few days ago, he's just a No Star Mage, yet he was still able to make plans after plans to kill a 2nd Galaxy Mage." Commander Nov argued back.

"Hahaha, but can you also do the same thing as that Leo?" Royal Magical Knight Karl sneered at Commander Nov. Aside from fighting, Commander Nov actually knows nothing about strategy. That's why he always has his Vice-Commander by his side.

"We can always just copy what that Leo had just done." Commander Nov shrugged his shoulder off.

Hearing that, Royal Magical Knights Karl turned to look at King Erskine, "Your Majesty, this person is obviously ignorant about strategies, so please don't take his suggestions seriously."

"What ignorant?! Haven't you heard of my legends and tales?" Commander Nov pointed at Royal Magical Knight Karl out of anger.

"If only we still have Commander Decker with us..." Even Crown Prince Edward felt the same way as Royal Magical Knight Karl. "Anyways, how about let's just attack the Heart city? Both President Olivia and Queen Maria would obviously lead this army. And even if they would leave some Elders to guard the Heart city, one person against a full army shouldn't be something they can easily handle, right? Let's just make our goal not to conquer the Heart city but instead to take back Elizabeth and Veronica. Once we complete that, Snow Noble Household would definitely not hesitate to lend us a hand in this war anymore."

"That's indeed great Crown Prince Edward!" The Vice-Commander agreed.

"Yes, we can do this." Royal Magical Knight Karl agreed as well.

"1st brother is always the most reliable during this time." Princess Tiana added.

Hearing his son Edward's suggestion, King Erskine thought for a bit before nodding his head, "Let's go with that plan. Once Elizabeth and Veronica are on our hands, Snow Noble Household would definitely follow any of our orders. But, after we take them back from the Mischievous Lion organization, will then force Elizabeth and Veronica to marry Edward so as to have the Snow Noble Household in our hands, HAHAHAHAHA!"

"King Erskine the wise!" Commander quickly Nov supported.

"King Erskine the wise!" The Vice-Commander followed after.

"King... Erskine the wise!" Royal Magical Knight Karl hesitated, but fortunately, it wasn't obvious.

"King Erskine the wise!" Crown Prince Edward added as well.

"King Erskine the wise!" Princess Fiona joined in.

At the side, Princess Tiana can only pretend like she also agreed with her father's plan, "King Erskine the wise!"

After making that plan, everyone immediately dispersed out from the room to prepare everything. It was only Princess Tiana and Queen Triana who were left inside the meeting room.

"Mother..." Princess Tiana looked at her mother with worry evident in her eyes.

"I know what you are currently thinking right now." Queen Triana can't help heaving a sigh of helplessness. Ever since her 3rd son Edmon followed after his 2nd brother Edson and after finding out that even Crown Prince Edward and Fourth Prince Ethan also wanted to follow after their 2nd and 3rd brother, her husband Erskine seemed to have changed for the worst. He was no longer the wise King Erskine she had fallen in love with in the past. How the mighty have fallen!

"You can go and warn Veronica, just be sure not to get caught by anyone." Queen Triana said, "With the current you now, it's also time for you to look for your own path."

"Thank you, mother!" Princess Tiana hugged her mother and kissed her on the cheeks before quickly leaving the room.

Seeing that her daughter Tiana has left, Queen Triana looked at the sky outside of the room as she began reminiscent about the past. She then suddenly heaved a sigh of helplessness once again as she said, "Yes, it's time for you to look for your own path Tiana, this family is as good as done, anyway..."

Unbeknownst to Queen Triana, Princess Fiona was actually eavesdropping on their conversation ever since the beginning. 

"Hehehehe, mother, I've never imagined you would also betray father..." Princess Fiona whispered to herself before leaving to report to her father what she had found out.