Reborn as the Tyrant's Son

Chapter 63

Chapter 63

"What's this?"

Kunot noong tanong ni Sigyn kay Eunice after her younger sister gave her a proposal paper with a large grin on her lips na parang excited pang ipabasa ito sa Empress.

"Read it." Eunice smiled.

Sigyn flipped the paper, reading what was written in there. Her face remained blank habang binabasa ito kaya napalunok si Eunice sa kaba, hindi alam kung nagugustuhan ba ito ng ate niya.

"Who made this proposal?"

"First of all, maganda ba?" Eunice dodged the question.

Sigyn looked at her. "Yes. Now tell me, who made this?"

"It was actually Hades." Eunice proudly said. "Nung busy kami sa delegations as part of his training sa pagiging heir, napansin niya ang buhay ng mga citizens sa ibang lugar so he asked the situation of our citizens here in our empire. I reported to him everything I knew. That's when he started to investigate, observe, and gather information about our empire and other lands."

Tumango-tango si Sigyn. "How did he come up with this?"

"He found out that only nobles ang nakikinabang sa mga pagkain ng ating emperyo. Masyadong matataas ang presyo ng mga karne for our citizens kaya most of them eats yung mga tira-tira ng mga nobles. Sometimes, they don't even eat. That's when Hades discovered a land full of crops."

Eunice placed a map on Sigyn's table, pointing at a certain land.

"It's the land of the Filenio tribe. It's small pero sobrang yaman nila pagdating sa taniman."

"He wants to start a trade with them." Sigyn hummed as she read the paper she's holding again. "In exchange for what?"

"Protection, Your Imperial Majesty." Sagot ni Eunice. "The biggest job in our empire is the mercenary job. Because of that, our country was said to have the biggest military group. The Filenio tribe has always been targeted dahil sa kanilang yaman pagdating sa mga pagkain. We can use our mercenaries to protect them in exchange for food. Most of our mercenaries naman ay commoners so they'll gladly do it for food dahil iyon ang talagang pinoproblema nila."

Sigyn sighed, rubbing her temples. "I never thought there was this kind of problem in my empire."

She felt guilty for being ignorant to her people's pain and hunger.

"The noble faction are hiding this to you, Your Majesty."

Eunice also felt guilty.

"To all of us. They were paying traders of meat na taasan ang presyo ng mga karne para hindi ito ma-afford ng mga vendors ng ating emperyo."

Sigyn sighed again, annoyance can be heard from it. "They're so annoying."

"Hades actually suggested something, Your Majesty. If you're willing to hear it..." Eunice smiled.

"What is it?" Tumaas ang kilay ni Sigyn dahil sa kuryosidad.

"Hades actually thought that we should make the citizens take part in our assembly!" Eunice said. "Para maipahayag din nila ang kanilang mga hinaing."

"But Eurenacacia, we can't invite all of them to join. That will be too crowded and messy." Kunot noong sabi ni Sigyn.

"At doon na papasok ang suggestion ni Ares." Sagot ni Eunice.

Aside from Callirhoe, Hades' advisor when it comes to politics is actually the Second Imperial Prince himself, Ares.

"The process of electing one person to be the citizen's spokesperson."