It was quite possible that this could have built up a stigma in the people's minds against his Kingdom, making it so that some extreme people could even take this gesture to be a mocking one.

Thankfully, there weren't that many people like this, otherwise, the results wouldn't have been so good.

Yet, something needed to be done now to hasten the unification.

As always, Daneel's first option was to think about his memories on Earth. Of course, this was only after no good ideas appeared to him.

He had reflected on this before, and he had realized that his specialty came into play when he designed plans to apply things from Earth on Angaria.

What was usually done to relax tensions between the citizens of two countries to potentially unify them?

Rifling through everything in his mind, an event came to the forefront which was attended by all countries regardless of enmity.

In the history of this event, there had been many instances where respect was earned by a country due to the performance of its people even by those who formerly hated it or had bad opinions about it.

From his experience, Daneel knew that public favor was like a boulder on a hill that had settled into place with two rocks in front of it, stopping its forward momentum.

A lot of energy might be needed to push it forward to roll down, but after doing so, it would pick up speed on its own.

Public favor was the same. Starting a change was the most difficult thing, after which, proper handling of circ.u.mstances could definitely result in a s...o...b..ll effect.

In Lanthanor, Daneel had done a lot to begin the rolling effect which had enabled him to bypa.s.s the drop he had had due to the ma.s.sacre in the Palace and bring the satisfaction level to 19%.

He needed just one more percent to earn a lot of EXP, but it had been stuck at this point for quite some time.

Clearly, some event was needed to push it forward again.

Similarly, the boulder had already begun to roll in the case of the Black Raven Kingdom. Again, a push was needed.

Deciding that this event he had in mind would hopefully be the push that would let him accomplish two things at the same time, Daneel immediately contacted Eloise through the oathstone before remembering that she was still unconscious.

After all, she was the one whom he depended on whenever he wanted to enact any of his plans for the betterment of Angaria.

At this moment, he truly understood how much he depended on her.

Yet, he felt that he had never really appreciated her enough till now. Still, she had always put in even more work than necessary to make sure that everything went smoothly.

Just as he was resolving to himself to appreciate her more and let her know that she was an integral part of his life not just because of her actions, but also because he truly valued and admired her as a human being, a voice was heard through the oathstone which shocked him and almost made him fall through the air.

"DDaneel? You never spoke till now, how are you speaking now?"

It was Eloise's voice, but it was slightly different than how he remembered it. It was more… pleasant.

"Eloise? You can hear me?"

"Yes! Where am I? I thought I was still dreaming… But this feels different from a dream…"

Rapidly beginning to teleport back to the Palace, Daneel continued to speak to Eloise, fearing that he might lose her if he let a pause come in their conversation. She sounded confused and even scared, and hearing that fear in her voice made Daneel panic more than he had in a long time.

"What do you see around you Eloise? Tell me."

"Nothing. I can't see! Am I blind? What's wrong with my body?! Something is happening to it! It's being…destroyed! But it's also being reborn at the same time…Daneel, I'm scared!"

"It's all right, Eloise. You sustained an injury, and the medicine is just doing its work. Just relax. Why don't you try to open your eyes?"

"But I can't feel anything! Your Highness, you can tell me what's really going in…it's ok if I'm dying."

Daneel had no idea how she had jumped to this conclusion. Yet, the desperation he heard at the end of her sentence made his eyes moisten as he felt a mad urgency overtake him.

He was already at the Palace, so he ran through the corridors to get to the room she was staying in.

While the servants watched on bewildered, the King of Lanthanor barged into the room a.s.signed to the guests in the Palace and closed the door behind him with an urgency that none of them had seen before.

Inside, Molan and Sister Xuan were sitting in the courtyard again while having a cup of tea. Hearing him, they stood up with shock.

Ignoring them, Daneel ran to Eloise's side.

"She's talking to me through the oath stone!"

Screaming this, Daneel looked at Eloise who still looked the same. Just as he was about to answer her in his mind, Eloise's voice devolved into sobs and she said something that he would never forget.

"The pause means it must be true. I just want to say one thing to you, Your Highness. I... love you. Just once, can I call you by your name?"