"The subtext... you have once thought of abandoning the royal authority of Pendula, of abandoning the leadership of your people?" The old man's expression turned slightly cold.
"Divine power is not the same as a throne, and our people have more than one way out besides Strife—"
The old man interrupted Wandi's words. "—Wordplay! You know full well the plight of the Pendula people. The lone vanguard of Pendula that left the homeland with you, and their descendants... what sustains us to this day is precisely the yearning for former glory. If they were to know that the crown prince, revered by the people, has given birth to the notion of giving up... Medermos, how would you account for this to your departed mother?"
Chapter 333