“Are you saying that there are other troops besides the ones currently gathered here?”

The nobles questioned Adelaide’s words. 

“Right now, there is enough reinforcement coming, that we will not be defeated in battle.”

“If there was such a force, then why didn’t anyone know about it until now? Of course, it’s not that I’m doubting your words, Your Highness.”

She responded calmly to the Grand Duke of Iberia.

“I could not inform you in advance because it was a force related to the Imperial Family’s secret, so please understand.”

“Ah…”

The nobles all closed their mouths when she said it was a secret of the Imperial Family. The Empire had ruled the continent for 500 years, so it wasn’t surprising that the Empire had a power that they didn’t know about, nor was it surprising that it had been transferred to the princess.

Soon, their despair was pushed away by their anticipation for this unknown power and the prevailing sense of defeat disappeared as if it had been washed clean away. 

They impatiently and eagerly looked forward to the hidden power of the Imperial Family arriving at Iberia before the princes’ army did.

Finally, the reinforcements that the princess...