Conquering The Emperor
Sending the right woman who could win the favor of the emperor would highly benefit the village; however, the opposite was also true if the woman incurred the Emperor’s wraith.
“We have to send a woman as a sacrifice to the conqueror. That woman will definitely be tortured, raped and then executed publicly on the streets. Who should we send? No father will be willing to sacrifice his daughter,” one of the Elders spoke up quite bluntly.
“There is no guarantee that she will be treated that harshly. If the Emperor wants to keep us under his thumb, he will take care of the hostage well,” another Elder voiced.
“Usually, they would ask for children from the Head family; however, this time they are