122: Lucas
"Will this plan even work? Aren't the governing council suspicious of you and your motives?" Maria asked as she followed a few footsteps behind Elma. The plan had been for Maria to pose as Elma's escort while also gathering information once the meeting between delegates began.
Generally, no one paid any real attention to the escorts the ministers decided to bring and they were even hosted in another room while the council meeting was held in the council.
However, Lady Elma had confirmed that she had been a part of the royal fraction before democracy had taken hold of Imu and as a result, she had been kept under a tight lock and key situation. And this was also why the princess was to be executed.
Not because she had done something wrong (not that Maria knew), but as a future-proof plan to make sure the royal family never returned to the throne. It was such a barbaric reason and had yet gained such extensive support for itself.