Seeing that she couldn't convince Vicente to come over to her family's side immediately, Lina gave up pressing the issue, satisfied that he was at least willing to rethink the matter in the future.
'If The Purification really does come to life, then he'll probably change his mind, ' she thought to herself. 'If the calamity doesn't happen, he'll probably leave the kingdom in a few years. Then it wouldn't make any difference to us.'
"Then take your time to think about it." She stood up before picking up a scroll and throwing it into Vicente's hands. "This is the royal edict that His Majesty recently issued. You have three months to report to the capital, Vicente Fuller."
Vicente opened that parchment and saw the king's orders, who wanted a face-to-face conversation with him.
"That..."
"Don't be late." One of the soldiers closest to him and Lina advised. "If you miss that deadline, a group will be sent to 'escort' you to the capital."
