Shara's speech was once again the one that people liked the most.
No one knew if anything she was saying was true or not, but as they were, they could hope. Hope was the only thing they had for themselves.
As the debate continued, Shara's carefree words, with no strings attached and no family lineage to drag her back, allowed her to step ahead of each of the other people.
Slowly, the other ones were starting to get jealous of how well she was doing.
Matthew leaned toward Ning. "This is going far better than I would've expected. Are you sure we will even have to fight at all?"
"We will," Ning said. "I doubt any of them are going to let her have the throne without doing something."
"I suppose I can't expect them to keep their words," he said.
They waited through more questions, which Shara answered confidently now. She had been atop here for long enough that she didn't need to pretend to be confident.
