To Be a Power in the shadows part 2

chapter 88

Rose is running in the rain.

Not knowing where she's headed, simply plunging heedlessly onwards.

Before she knew it, the rain had stopped, and she is in the middle of a forest.

Shafts of sunlight shine through the gaps of the rain-slicked leaves above.

Rose leans against a tree, trying to calm her breathing.

Various thoughts are racing throughout her mind. About her father, about her country, and about her own prospects......

Everything is getting jumbled together, throwing her heart into disarray.

Regardless of the reason, she is the criminal who murdered the king of Oriana Kingdom. She has no intention of denying it, and also no longer feels like running from the responsibility into death.

She had wanted to shoulder both the responsibility of killing her father and the responsibility of a princess.

But the burden is just too heavy.

The more she thinks, the more Rose shivers with anxiety.

Resolve, conviction, responsibility, pressure. All of these weigh so heavily on her.

She can still fight. She must continue to fight. However, what can a 17-year-old teenage girl do......

Rose buries her head between her knees.

She makes herself small, but cannot stop the trembling.

It is only when the sunlight has turn madder red that she can gather herself to some degree.

"I have to move......"

So says Rose, as if to make herself listen, while standing up.

She has no specific destination.

However, she has no other choice but to advance.

She begins walking while looking straight ahead. But at that moment.

"There are two options available to you."

A beautiful voice suddenly calls out to her from behind.

"?!"

Rose whirls around and sees an elf wearing a jet black dress.

Blond hair, blue eyes, an exquisite face that seems sculpted.

"Alpha......"

Alpha crosses her arms and smiles bewitchingly.

"You can either fight by yourself, or fight alongside us. Now choose."

"Alongside......?"

Rose's enemy and Shadow Garden's enemy is the same.

But just because their enemy is the same, it doesn't necessarily mean they can fight together.

But it is true that her options are limited.

Her pursuers would probably be here soon. If she intends to fight alone, she would have to find a place to lay low for a while, maybe in the depths of some mountain...... no, maybe Outlaw City is also worthy of consideration.

But right now, Rose is charged with the crime of regicide. Even if she enters Outlaw City, she could be chased by bounty hunters.

"Can you save Oriana Kingdom?"

"That depends on you. We currently have no reason to move for your sake. If you want us to save your country, prove your worth."

"Worth......?"