Payback (3)

“Forgive me.” Juviana ran up to the front and guided them yet again.

“Has your problem been resolved?”

Juviana recalled her statement a while ago.

“Do not forget. They are the benefactors that deserve our respect. While our close friends abandoned us, they came here to protect what is left. They asked for nothing but our cooperation. Please don’t ruin this pure relationship.”

“We still must be aware of them, my queen.”

“Unlike The Holiness, we can’t blindly trust them.”

“My queen, how do you know that they are being truthful?”

The guards were anxious. Their questions were also valid. They had been betrayed by their own kin. If they couldn’t trust their own, who should they trust?

“I understand your worry. I acknowledge your anxiety, but we must be open. They are our benefactors.”

“What if they use that against us later?”

“Then, we’ll fight,” Juviana said sternly.

“Even if they are our benefactors?”

“Does that even matter? We kick out our own kins when they misbehave.”

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