Chapter 19 Unexpected (b)

I poked her nose to prevent her from being sad. "Don t think about it. They do deserve it, after all." She nodded. "You have a point there. The people were the ones who put your parents there. If they had a monarch they don t like, civil war is a possibility." "You re quite smart, Laura. How do you know that a civil war will happen?" I answered, looking at her with an expression of shock and confusion. Her eyes widened for a while and she stayed quiet for a few seconds. "Well… from hearing stories from Grandpa Ben, he said that usually happens when the people aren t satisfied with the current monarch," she explained. I smirked. "Grandpa Ben must ve worked for a royal family before, huh?" "He did work for a rich family who acted like royalty," she quickly answered. "Really?" I asked in enthusiasm. "Mind telling me the story?" "Well, it all started--" "Laura,&quo