# Chapter 45
The king, queen, and princesses. Since their lives after being held captive would be obviously miserable, Machiades had no choice but to bring out the conversation very cautiously when asking Eutostea the question. Currently, he couldn’t confirm their lives and deaths. But he continued to talk in a soothing tone, instead of affirming the worst case.
“If we sweep out the military forces of the Kingdom of Marea by winning a tremendous victory over them, we may be able to safely save the royal family. We have a possibility of doing so.”
“...”
“IF they can endure until then. At the same time, we can also take our country back.”
“...”
“If that happens, we no longer need to send away our loved ones.”
“... I see.”
The two had eye contact. The reason they could each blurt out impossible things without hesitation was that both desperately wished them to happen.
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