After greeting Queen Maria, Leo and the others then stood up before walking behind Olivia's back, except for Princess Elaine who stood beside her mother.

Seeing this, Queen Maria slowly nod her head, seemingly understanding something as she turned to look at her daughter Elaine, "So, what's the other reason?"

Princess Elaine turned serious, "It's about the alliance."

"We are actually in the middle of a discussion about the alliance before the bunch of you barge in. So, what about the alliance?"

"I want to persuade you to accept it." Princess Elaine didn't bother beating around the bush.

Queen Maria immediately became intrigued by her daughter's intention, "Oh, and why is that?"

"Mischievous Lion organization can lead the Silver Kingdom much better than the Silver royal family." Princess Elaine replied.

"In what way?"

"In many ways!" Princess Elaine firmly said, "Like for instance, the Silver Kingdom being led by the Silver royal family has thousands of Noble Households. Hence we can already imagine just how many Nobles are there, right?"

"Inheritable or not?"

"Basing on my observation throughout the years, all of the titles are inheritable."

"And what else?"

"There exist dozens of internal war secretly in each of the cities, except Heart city. And all of those battles were fought for the purpose of becoming the City Lord, which should not have happened due to the fact that City Lords are agreed by the majority of the people living in the city they rule."

"There is always an exception."

"Yes there are indeed exceptions, but it shouldn't be in all cities and moreover not lead by huge numbers of Noble Households as well."

"Oh, that is indeed not good. But aside from those, what other reasons do you have? With only those two reasons, it wouldn't be enough to persuade me, as all of them were things that can easily be fixed."

"The four Princes of Silver royal family doesn't want to inherit the throne saying that the territory is trash."

"Then they simply make the Silver Kingdom a matriarchal territory."

"They lack the capability to lead the Silver Kingdom."

"As one of our closest allies, we can teach them. No matter how long it takes."

"They are just a bunch of trash."

"Then recycle them to make them not trash."

"They-"

"You can stop now," Queen Maria waved her hand to stop her daughter from spouting any more reason, "If what your saying is indeed the case, then I should revoke the marriage between you and Ethan."

"You can't!" Princess Elaine exclaimed in complete disagreement.

"Oh, but what you have said just now meant that the Silver royal family should step down and let the Mischievous Lion organization claim their throne as the new ruler of Silver Kingdom. In that case, you, as a member of the Blue Fin Kingdom's royal family, can't marry Ethan anymore due to him being demoted into a commoner, or at worst, a Nomad or Outcast." Queen Maria explained.

"Even if that would indeed be the case, you still can't." Princess Elaine still disagrees.

"And why is that?"

"Because... because... I'm pregnant with Ethan's child!" Princess Elaine replied, which completely surprised everyone.

"Then congratulation for Queen Maria on having a grandchild soon." Olivia congratulated. But looking at her face, it was obvious that she wasn't happy about it.

"That's so surprising... I didn't expect I would be having a grandchild soon," Queen Maria felt joy after hearing that her daughter was pregnant. However, her face suddenly turned solemn soon after, "I apologize, Olivia, but it seems to me that I can't continue with this discussion anymore."

Princess Elaine's face turned into trouble, but she still didn't give up, "Mother, why?"

"Daughter, it's very simple. If you and Ethan would be having a child soon, then that child should not be born out of a marriage between a member of the royal family and a commoner, but to another royal family as well. What do you think would the other Merlfolks' reaction if they heard of us allowing one of our princesses to marry a mere commoner? They would look down on us, sneer at us, and we would become a laughingstock. Do you want our family to be treated like that? Or even our entire Blue Fin Kingdom? So listen to me, let's come fetch your husband and go to Silver city to prepare for the coming war." Queen Maria stood up.

"But, those are all just superficial things! Is it really necessary for us to care about what others would view us? In the end, it would still be the action that will prove that our decision was right!" Princess Elaine right after taking a step back towards Leo's side.

"Daughter, those things I have just said are just the tip of the iceberg. You are not a Queen nor a ruler of Kingdom, that's why you won't understand what my intention is. But trust me, this is for your own good, and also for the good of not only the Mermaid race but also the other Merlfolks!" Queen Maria said as she took a step forward, intending to grab Princess Elaine's hand.

"No!" Princess Elaine quickly runs behind Olivia.

"Don't wait until I decide to force my way to bring you with me!" Queen Maria's eyes suddenly turned sharp.

"Nothing is wrong with what you have just said mother. You are actually right in thinking of my own good. But you see, I'm no longer alone now, I have Ethan and this child in my belly. So, what would my own good do for us?" Princess Elaine said in full determination. "If it was in the past, I would have agreed with this without any hesitation since it is for my own good and I also understand the reason why. But I'm no longer just a you now but us, mother, as in us for I have my own family now, so I need to think of what my family wants. What Ethan wants is not to rule a territory but to travel around the Celestial World, carving his own legend with his own hand. What I want is to stay by his side, to fight alongside him until death do us apart. As for my child, I don't want this child to grow, only knowing what's inside the Blue Fin Kingdom or the Silver Kingdom, for I want this child to see outside of both of those territories' land. To not be a frog inside a well. So, if you insist on being against the Mischievous Lion organization, then, unfortunately, I would be fighting with you, mother."

Princess Elaine stood firmly against her mother, not thinking of backing down a single bit. It wasn't only because she's stubborn, that's why she's doing this not only for thinking of what her family wants, but also because she knows what's good for the Human race. Although she is a Mermaid race, but after causing the deaths of thousands of Humans due to her stubbornness and selfish desire in the past, and after living for years with the Humans alongside her husband Ethan, she came to feel compassionate and care about the Humans, just similar to how she feels with the Mermaids.

For Princess Elaine, what's best for the Humans of Silver Kingdom was not to be ruled by the Silver royal family but rather the Mischievous Lion organization. With how weak they are, they need to become stronger in order to survive, and the way for that was to be led by a courageous and powerful Leader, and unfortunately, she can't see that in the Silver royal family.

Such an example was this war happening right now. Why was the Silver Kingdom losing just after dozens of days or so? Even with their Kingdom Protection Array destroyed, it shouldn't have been hard for them to fend off against Magical Beast. But instead, just a day or two had already caused cities to be destroyed. It shouldn't even be hard for them to fight against the Mischievous Lion organization as well, but the latter was actually able to attack what should be the hardest to win, their loyalty and faith for the Silver royal family.

Why were their people's loyalty and faith for the Silver royal family easily scattered like fine dust of sand, or like stick easily snapped by even a child? It was simply because the Silver royal family has never ever been a responsible Leader to its own territory and people. It can already be seen just from their 4 Princes who fully desire to leave the Silver Kingdom and not take the throne. Hence, why should the ruler be such kind of people?

"You..." Queen Maria was stunned. She was really surprised that her daughter would actually not follow her anymore, "Did Ethan corrupt your mind or something? Or is this the doing of the Mischievous Lion organization? Tell me, I will make them pay, so don't be afraid!"

"No, mother, this is my own choice." Princess Elaine firmly shook her head, "Me and Ethan would definitely be leaving Silver Kingdom in the future, go on an adventure in different places of Celestial World. The people of Silver Kingdom had accepted me despite causing thousands of deaths amongst their people, so I feel indebted to all of them. But since I would be leaving, I need to find a way to repay them, and such a way is to give them a good Leader that will allow them to become much stronger than today. This is not just beneficial for them, but also for us, because a powerful ally means a powerful Blue Fin Kingdom. And an ally that will go climb a mountain of swords and swim an ocean of fire for the Blue Fin Kingdom? Don't you also like that idea, mother?"

"As a Queen of Blue Fin Kingdom, I of course need such an ally!" Queen Maria said as her lips slowly form into a smile.

"Then the chance of having that is right in front of us, to be more exact, it's them," Princess Elaine pointed at everyone at Leo's side, "So, why should we waste this chance? Would you rather have an ally who isn't responsible rulers or an ally that is a responsible ruler? This is our only chance to make Blue Fin Kingdom's status rise once again, so let's grab this chance now while it's still hot!"