Milena gasped at his words. The perfect Queen. Could she ever reach that kind of level? She unexpectedly thought about Princess Silvra, who had been one of her role models for the longest time. She had done so much in the few years she had lived. Meanwhile, Milena was already seventeen, yet she felt she had only a few things to be proud of. She still hadn’t arrested the slave traffickers and dug up more dirt than she had cleaned.
The Wendigo issue was the most preoccupying at the moment. But if the Giants attacked, too, wouldn’t this Kingdom, who was already considerably weakened, make it through?
“It seems like I said too much,” said Ellias, noticing her dark expression. “What are you thinking so hard and deep about, my Dear Friend?”
“Sometimes, I’m worried we are living the End of a
