My eyes widened. Beside me, Lise almost jumped in her seat at the revelation. Everyone else only listened slack-jawed as Alset casually deduced our plan from the very start. Well, it wasn't that hard to figure out, but still... We never said anything about that part of the plan to her at all.
"W-what do you mean?" Anna stammered out, caught completely off guard by the sudden question. "From what we can gather, the people want a new ruler. One that can stop the war and answer the questions in their minds."
"Which is?"
The logical tone that the young girl let out made shivers crawl up my spine. I didn't even think she had an assertive bone in her body unless she was pushed... To think that she was this good at interrogating people?