87 An Unlikely Alliance

___________ POV Ashton___________

I wasn't expecting Momoze of all people to take a stand here. But I guess she's acting as a prince should.

I wasn't the only person who found this surprising. The only person that didn't think much of it was Kurapika, and that's because he doesn't know her all that well.

Even Camille, who's been acting oddly after seeing me kill her brother, seemed somewhat surprised.

I guess I should see where exactly this is going. Not getting involved in the actual Succession War remains a wish of mine.

The only reason the first prince died was due to him attacking me (and Momoze and Kurapika). Otherwise, I won't go seeking them out and killing them.

That would likely end the war early. It would take me less than a minute to go through every room and kill the princes.

"An alliance? Dear sister... I'm sure you realize what happens even if we become allies..." Camille sure is sticking close to the facts.

After all, this succession war would only end when all but one prince is dead. An alliance would simply not last long.

And Camilla also seemed to be the ambitious sort, she's likely the only one in this room that wants to sit on that throne.

Momoze doesn't have the ambition to of so and the other princess is just an infant. Although, if I am to be truthful, most of them have high chances of dying upon reaching the dark continent.

Still, Momoze is intelligent enough to understand the implications of her sister's words. She looked quite troubled too. But I can reassure her a bit.

Yes... maybe an alliance would be quite possible after all. But they won't be allying against the rest of their siblings.

If they want the war to end early there is only one thing they can do.

"Kill the king," I said as I took a sip of my remaining tea, which was only lukewarm by now.

Everyone in the room looked at me with wide eyes. The shock was evident in all of them. It's quite clear that they weren't expecting that.

Not everyone has the gall to threaten the life of the King of one of the most powerful nations in front of his children.

But it's quite normal for me, there have been many kings before this one and there will be many after him, he's nothing but a small footnote in history.

Ending one Succession War early doesn't mean anything either. It just prevents further loss of life and resources.

I could just enter the King's room and teach him a few tricks about dying, but I want to see how the people in this room will face this hurdle.

"Y-You're proposing that we kill King Nasubi to end the war early?" Asked the woman holding the child.

Kurapika also seemed shocked at my suggestion, but he just looked at me and smiled. I guess he trusts me enough? He's strong so he likely can escape if things go bad anyway.

"I'm not proposing it. It's the only choice you have... You guys don't have any political power to go against him, your only choice is to kill him... If you want a lasting alliance that is." I said, looking at Camilla, who seems to be shaking?

Does she care so much about her father? Why is her breathing getting heavier by the second? And I'll stop looking at her because I'm not ignorant enough to not know the answers to the questions I've been asking.

Why would she get that excited over the idea of killing her father? I mean the King isn't a likeable person, but he shouldn't be despised to that extent...

But she seemed to calm down quickly, regaining her composure and asking me a question that I wanted to hear.

"And what exactly would we do after that? Someone still needs to become the ruler. And I doubt my siblings will be pleased if they don't get a fair chance..."

She seemed more curious than anything as if this wasn't an argument against my idea but more of a query.

"Well... I happen to have an idea for what you could do..." I said, letting some suspense set in before continuing.

"A royal election. It's not like succession laws haven't been abruptly changed in the past." Camilla seemed to think about it for a bit. But she still looked distrustful.

"I can also pull some strings that might help us achieve that goal," I said with a small smile.

Momoze looked beyond ecstatic that I was supporting her. She wasn't even questioning what type of connections a random hunter could have.

Camilla and their Aunt on the other hand were still quite sceptical, but they still seemed to be drawn into the idea.

After that, a few more words were exchanged, just to fill the empty air as we all pondered on different things.

The meeting ended with an agreement. Two of them wanted to end the conflict whilst the other only pretended to want that.

Camilla is quite a decent actor, but she can't fool me, as I said, she's likely the only ambitious competitor in the meeting.

We have yet to decide on a way to go, they said they'd much rather try to gather more of their siblings into the scheme.

I obviously won't offer to just go and kill him, even if that would be quite easy for me.

As I said, I want to see how Momoze will handle this. But... If things don't work out I will protect them. Even Camilla, she may have a personal agenda, but she's now part of our group.

Although, I won't hesitate to pluck her head off if she ends up betraying us. (Which is quite unlikely, especially considering the looks she keeps giving me)

Camilla was to anonymously announce her brother's death.

All of us left before anyone appeared to clean up the bodies.

From what I understand, most people should be investigating the random knives that pierced through half of the ship.

Thankfully, it was a small knife, so it didn't do much damage.

And just like that, the meeting was done. We were left to come up with a plan to assassinate the king.

And I have a few ideas for that... Just in case Momoze doesn't get any ideas in the next few days.

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