"I'm sure the king was protecting you all this time" I mean, I don't want to sound rude, but that sounds like bullshit, how exactly is it that the king/former hero couldn't have directly helped his friend and taken away the empress's authority, if you ask me what she did to the saint/former hero would have been enough to execute her.
"I'm sure the king was protecting you all this time"
I mean, I don't want to sound rude, but that sounds like bullshit, how exactly is it that the king/former hero couldn't have directly helped his friend and taken away the empress's authority, if you ask me what she did to the saint/former hero would have been enough to execute her.