I felt bad for lying out of my teeth like this. I felt like I was just using her and taking advantage of her. After all, my goal was to overthrow the Duke of Xylax, her uncle.
And for that, I was just using her.
This was Alisa's plan and I didn't like it. But I had to agree, for the time being, this was the best plan. We were going to get what we want, avoid a war and also overthrow a tyrannical ruler.
But if I ever felt like I couldn't do this, I wasn't going to. I had enough of betrayals and that's why I didn't want to betray another.
I just didn't see another way.
"Take a left."
"Now to the right."
"Straight ahead."
She was commanding like a veteran but even moments ago her voice was small. I guess she was getting used to all this fast. And thanks to that, our journey became a lot easier. My opinion of her improved a bit.
