The Five: The Fight for the Imperial Throne
Chapter 38: Eileen Pearce (2)

"I've heard what has happened in the capital. And I have also decided to send a letter to the King of the Eileen Pearce Kingdom at this time." Obviously Princess Lea to her friends.

"But Yang-Fira, how can we trust the King of the Eileen Pearce Kingdom?" Ask Luca. Leah who knew it confidently told her friends "Relax, the current King Eileen Pearce will not betray us I promise about it. I even talked about this with him." Said Princess Lea who had prepared everything.

Luca, who heard this, was surprised and wondered, When did Lea prepare? whereas during this whole day he had not come out of his room at all how could he have prepared everything?' While his friends were confused by the intentions of Princess Lea just now. Satisfied with this, Princess Lea immediately sent her cousin, the current Crown Prince Eileen Pearce, Rudolf Eugene Laverty Von Eileen Pearce and his cousin's aide and best friend, Frederich Gregory Nietzsche De Mikhailovich, Duke Gregory is currently to come see Princess Lea and her friends.

Shocked by the uninvited guest's presence Luca, Ian, Eugeo, Zidan, Terra, Athanasia and Sena pointed their swords at the two men while shouting disapproval. "Your Majesty, how can you invite someone like them to help us?!! What if they betray us and hand us over to Princess Quinella??? Have you forgotten what happened to all of our parents? Have you forgotten how many victims have fallen until now??" Shouts they did not accept with the arrival of the uninvited guest.

Lea who had expected that to happen then explained to them with a cold head. "Calm down, they won't betray us. They are even willing to help us to regain our rights without a penny in return. So, trust them, because in the future they will help us." Princess Lea said.

"But Your Majesty, what if they suddenly betray us? what if they suddenly declare that they want to fight against us and say that they have teamed up with Princess Quinella to arrest us?" Ask Luca. "Then we also do not know exactly where my brother is at this time. Whether he's dead or he's alive none of us know." Luca is sad.

"For that matter is not known with certainty, but we will try our best to find it. Because he's the only key to our victory. And I'm sure Alice is hiding somewhere in Eileen Pearce Kingdom." Obviously Princess Lea. "Is that really Fira? You didn't lie to me, did you?" Ask Luca lirih. Lea who heard that could only smile at her fiance worrying about her foster brother. "Of course, Luca. Why would I lie to you like that? Trust me I'll find Alice and give her back to you." Her speech.

Luca, who heard this, was touched by Leah's words saying she would find him. Luca agrees to cooperate with the Kingdom of Eileen Pearce. "Alright there seems to be no other way but this. I accept this offer of cooperation on condition that they should help us find Alice's whereabouts." Luca submitted the terms to Crown Prince Eileen Pearce.

"Well, if that's what you're asking me to do I'll approve. Are there any other conditions you'd like to apply to us?" Crown Prince Eileen Pearce. Surrender with unsuccessful efforts Zidan, Terra, Eugeo, Sena, and others, Ian and Athanasia were forced to decline their weapons and agreed to the deal on the condition that the Kingdom of Eileen Pearce should help them to hide their existence from the eyes and ears of the Harvest Empire or now known as Glade Empire and must prepare a residence for them to live in the future. "Well that's not a difficult enough condition, and I've also thought about including your name in the famous families of Eileen Pearce Kingdom." Crown Prince Eileen Pearce.

"Well, since one matter has been resolved completely without any problem, how about we proceed to our next discussion about the execution of our parents and the announcement feast of the new Emperor? And for that I have also prepared the perfect pseudonym for you, Starting from Eugeo your name from now on is 'Yujin'.." Said Princess Lea who immediately gave her friends pseudonyms one by one. "For Zidan his pseudonym is 'Zayn'." Which continues. "Sena 'Sonia'." Continues to. "Luca 'Luke'." Continues to continue."Athanasian 'Eve'." Continues to continue."Terraria 'Tia'." And it continued "Ian 'Vincent'." until Ivy came to be given his pseudonym by Princess Lea. "And Ivy's last pseudonym for you was 'Vania'." Princess Lea said.

"Anu. Excuse me Fira. If we may know how you can bring people from outside the Empire here?" Tanya Terraria who had been curious from earlier. "Ah, that was yesterday I sent a letter to Crown Prince Rudolf, and it contained..." It wasn't finished yet Princess Lea spoke Crown Prince Rudolf had already interjected first. "Let me explain it to them, Leah. So I was sparing with Nie at the time, but all of a sudden, the message-delivering eagle who it belongs to passed right in front of me and it happened right when I wanted to show my newest skill to Nie. But that damn eagle came and ruined all my plans." Struggling sad.

Young Duke Gregory who saw that could only surrender and stroke his chest. "I?!" Young Duke Gregory was surprised. "Of course." Crown Prince Rudolf. "Haah.all right then. Then, Your Majesty, I have one request for you once we arrive in the Kingdom the day after tomorrow please allow me to look after Princess Lea in my residence." Said asking.

Rudolf asked in a whisper and immediately embraced his best friend to dispel his arousing curiosity upon hearing that his rumored sidekick showed no taste for women other than books is now starting to be interested in his cousin?! "Haaahhhh??!!! Why is Gregory's house? Wasn't in the Palace already more than enough words and safe for him to hide?! Moreover, it seems like they won't let you go just like that, Nie." He was astonished as he looked at his friends Princess Lea.

"That's... Because I'm sure that I can protect her and there's a feeling in my heart that I can't explain in words the first time I saw her." Rudolf who knew immediately whispered something that was no stranger to his best friend. "Did you like it?"

Young Duke Gregory who heard that even blushed in shame his face turned crimson red. "I-i-it's impossible!!" His shout then turned his face back towards Princess Lea and her friends. Princess Lea who saw Young Duke Gregory's face that turned crimson instantly walked up to him and asked. "What is impossible, sir? Are you okay?" Ask. And it immediately made his face turn into a more solid red again and fled to his room. Princess Lea and her friends who witnessed it could only speak a thousand languages while Luca who saw it felt jealous of Young Duke Gregory.

"Damn, what happened to me. I don't usually act like this. I have to get back to the Crown Prince's place if I don't know what else he's going to say to them." His whisper in his heart. After tired of strengthening his heart, Young Duke Gregory came out of his room and immediately approached Crown Prince Rudolf and the others. The conversation had stalled for a while after Young Duke Gregory had just run away, but not this time, now he returned with full confidence so that he looked so elegant and full of charisma.

"I'm sorry, because there was a little problem with me just now. So, how about we start the meeting again." Agree with Young Duke Gregory Princess Lea and her friends to restart the meeting which was delayed by a few minutes. "So we were doing sparing at the time. Then suddenly an eagle fell right in front of us. After we investigated it turned out that the eagle was injured on its wing and we accidentally found a letter that was shown to Crown Prince Rudolf."

"As soon as he read the message he looked very anxious and immediately asked me to activate the gate in the southern region of the Kingdom. So that's the story of why he's here at the moment, and I'm sure Her Majesty the Queen and Her Majesty are currently worried that the Crown Prince is the only one who's taken him out of his room for granted." Young Duke Gregory quipped Crown Prince Rudolf.

"Calm down, I've left a message for them. So they won't be looking for me for some time." Speak in a confident tone. Time passed quickly and night came, and all the preparations for the big thing were almost finished, from the pseudonyms, the robes, the not-so-obtrusive clothes, until the food has been carefully prepared without a single lag. So that as soon as dawn came they only needed to lift up their belongings and put them on their horses that had been faithfully waiting for them to ride.

"Alright, let's see what kind of bait they put up to catch us." Princess Lea cried to everyone. "Depart!! Our destination this time is the capital square and the emperor's palace. Let no one get caught, everyone must behave as usual. For the invitation to the party, you don't have to worry, I've prepared it for all of you. As soon as all of our business here is done, we'll leave the Harvest Empire forsaking everything we have." His words Princess Lea encouraged her friends like a Queen who encouraged the people and troops to go to the front guard in a battle.