The Reason I Made Her My Queen - Chapter 10

“Hey, did you hear? Princess Elvira is coming back home.”

“Idiot, that’s not right. Her marriage was annulled. It’s not like she’s returning after being married off.”

Such conversations were frequently heard among the people of the Carnia Kingdom.

“And that’s not all. The First Princess and Second Princess are also said to be returning.”

“Huh?! Those two were married off quite some time ago, weren’t they? Why would they?”

“It’s obvious, isn’t it? They’re being divorced.”

“Divorced?!”

“Yeah, that’s the rumor going around.”

“Hey now. Won’t that cause prices to rise again?”

“They probably will. The princesses’ marriages had brought trade surpluses. But now…”

The Carnia Kingdom, having been turned away by other nations, was now in complete chaos.

Repeated failures had sown seeds of discontent and resentment not only among the nobility but also among the common people.

In a normal country, a coup d’état would have broken out, but the Carnia Kingdom no longer even had the luxury to stage one.

They were barely managing to deal with the immediate problems.

There wasn’t the slightest sign of resolution.

The nation was rapidly declining, powerless to do anything about it.

Soon, the Carnia Kingdom would completely lose the protection and aid of other nations, and the people’s hearts would turn away from it.

The future of prosperous enjoyment had been sealed shut.

They had sought a path to national survival through the marriages of their numerous princes and princesses, but all of them had ended in failure.

“Another refusal.”

“You too?”

“Yeah! They said no princess would marry into a country that can’t even respect its own princesses.”

“Same here.”

“Even the princes were rejected?”

“They said a prince consort is ultimately the queen’s husband. Whether he can participate in governance depends entirely on the queen’s discretion. They said a prince who neglects his own sister just because she has a lower-status mother would never be suitable. They said a husband who can’t respect someone who is both queen and wife is out of the question.”

“I see…”

They had thought that a handsome and wise prince could become the prince consort of a neighboring country.

But…

Ever since Princess Petronila’s affair came to light, the Carnia royal family had been kept at a distance by other nations.

Even from countries maintaining diplomatic relations, they were told, “We’ll continue trade, but marriage between royal families is impossible.”

The Carnia Kingdom was completely isolated.

From countries with whom they barely maintained kinship ties, they were warned, “Don’t cause any more trouble,” and it wouldn’t have been surprising if those agreements were broken at any moment.

“What do we do? If this continues…”

“That’s… But there’s nothing we can do, is there?”

They were at a complete impasse.

The Carnia royal family struggled to break through the current situation, but it was impossible.

This was truly the decline of the Carnia Kingdom.

“Why did it come to this?”

It’s no use crying over spilt milk.

The end of the Carnia Kingdom was drawing nearer with each passing moment.