>>149240825
>Citation needed.
The queen's entire storyline. The entire purpose of the scheming is to prevent Alderode from being an existential threat to Cresce without engaging in the wanton violence and bloodshed Cresce would have to endure from the escalation of border skirmishes into outright war.

Thankfully to save the trouble of citing entire scenes I can just invoke Word of God instead, but I encourage you to reread the comic.