Chapter 729 – Day 83 – The Princess Did Not Want to Become the Princess Like This!
“I would like to do my best to help you if possible, but…”
Minerva was bending over with her hands clasped together and smiling awkwardly, unable to look her princess in the eyes.
She desperately wanted to help the princess get out of the palace. But it was crazy for her to lie in front of the emperor, whose eyes seemed to see through everything.
“Aren’t you in a position where you must follow Abamama’s orders? You are also the leader of the Blood Rose Knights.”
The princess put down the glass cup she was holding in her right hand and slapped Minerva’s firm buttocks with her palm while smiling happily.
Jjiing! Minerva smiled very awkwardly and barely straightened her back as she felt the pain coming up from her.
“I, Minerva, really love you, princess, and would like to help you with what you want to do! I am truly sorry for being such a bitch who only talks like this.”
“Isn’t there a saying that you must distinguish between public and private affairs? If you make a mistake, not only the entire knights but also your own head can be cut off, so don’t do something for nothing and do what you have to do.”
Minerva, who thought she would appease her to the end, looked surprised.
“Princess, was I by any chance an unhelpful girl from the beginning?”
“What are you talking about? If you had helped me, you would have rushed out of the palace without even having time to sit down and eat. However, I don’t want to bet with your life.”
Minerva swallowed her saliva and bowed her waist, looking at the princess.
“Thank you, Princess Venus. I really, really appreciate it.”
“Don’t worry, now go back and take care of your work.”
Minerva, seeing the princess waving her left hand, got up from her seat and walked slowly out of her dining room.
‘If everything ends with leaving the imperial palace, I will ask Minerva for help, but isn’t that just the beginning of a long, long process?’
The princess, with no intention of using her human life for money, lets out a long sigh and places her hands on her knife and fork.
“Princess, as I said earlier, there are people who came to say hello.”
“In a situation like this where every minute and every second is precious, we have to play a game to please the nobles.”
“Hedone-nim also slowly—”
Vesta, who was whispering, suddenly stopped talking, straightened up, and walked naturally toward the door.
Also, a lot of footsteps were heard beyond her door, and the princess put down the fork and knife from her hands and rubbed her forehead with her palm.
‘I couldn’t even find out exactly where Minos was! ‘I can’t believe I have to play a game like this!’
She was a princess who went crazy because of injustice, but she was a princess.
─Rattle!
“As I said, Crown Princess Venus was preparing to have a meal with you all.”
Hedone appeared as the ornate door opened and looked at the princess with her bright red eyes filled with regret.
“Ah! Really! It was worth waiting since morning to see the Crown Princess!”
“Your Majesty Venus, since you have finally ascended to the position of crown princess, would you mind eating alone on a happy day like today?”
The number of nobles flocking in was enormous.
Hedone may have filtered and selected people as much as possible, but there were too many nobles living in the empire where the sun never sets.
‘Aren’t there enough nobles to fill this large restaurant?’
The princess felt like she was going to throw up because her head was pounding. She would have laughed helplessly if there were a bunch of beautiful girls sitting at the table and being cute, but that wasn’t the case right now.
“Hmm, princess. I think you know the names of all the distinguished guests who came today.”
“Hohoho, the Crown Princess is busy, so she might not know our names. Still, I’m glad you’re considerate.”
The woman gently waving a fan decorated with colorful decorations was overflowing with elegance. She had expensive accessories around her neck and so many decorations on her head that it was clear she was wearing a wig at some point.
“Isn’t it Count Verdier of Vindobona? How could I not know your name? I’m glad you came to visit me on a happy day like today.”
The princess forced a smile and gently held her knife and fork.
As soon as Ceres saw that, he snapped his fingers, and the waiting servants came rushing out and started serving such sumptuous food that the table was full.
“Oh, as expected, it was worth coming from the outskirts of the empire to Holympia.”
“It’s great to be able to enjoy gourmet food like this. As expected, the Crown Princess is as big-hearted as the rumor suggests!”
“Oh, my goodness. I’m so happy to be able to have a meal with the Crown Princess today~”
The princess smiled brightly as she looked at the faces of the nobles waving her tail, and she had no choice but to hold the knife.
“Well, isn’t celebrating an auspicious occasion something that requires having something in your stomach first? Enjoy your meal, everyone!!”
So Venus Holympia had to do the thing she hated most in the world.
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“What, so you’re hiding in the bathroom and contacting me?”
“It can’t be helped! Many nobles of the empire have seen my face! Haven’t they come flocking to me to have a word with me!”
Really, really, the princess hiding in the bathroom was screaming while holding the crystal ball that Ceres had brought her.
Beyond the crystal ball was Arisa, looking exhausted.
“Well, that’s right? There must be a reason why His Majesty the Emperor made you the Crown Princess.”
Since the princess was the princess, she had to fulfill her duties. She was surrounded by so many nobles that she could not help but push them all away.
Physically, it was definitely possible. Even if she didn’t kill him, all she had to do was push with both hands and run. But what happens next?
What would happen if the emperor, who had a good excuse, ordered the entire empire where the sun never sets to capture the princess?
If she had done anything wrong, the situation could have gotten worse, so the princess was sweating and doing her best.
“First, think carefully, Venus. Try to play with the nobles as much as possible. It is impossible to fool His Majesty, but it is possible to fool the nobles.”
“I plan to move as much as I can, but shouldn’t I do as much as I can?”
“Okay, okay, then let’s talk about the prophecy from earlier that we saw thanks to Mr. Ceres.”
Arisa took a deep breath and snapped her fingers.
“First, I understand why Minos was made to look so horrible. I hate myself like this, but I can’t help it because I’m a wizard.”
Arisa takes a look at the princess’s expression and continues her story.
“His Majesty the Emperor is planning to use Minos as an even worse incubator than Hedone. It seems he was planning to make Hedone at least do something like raising a baby or assisting the princess, but Minos seems to have no need for that. Beggar.”
“Wow, just thinking about it makes me sick. Does Abama really think Minos just needs to have a baby?”
“If you think about it effectively, just having regular pregnancies is more important to His Majesty’s grand plan than having the seedlings act autonomously. In any case, this terrible story isn’t the important thing.”
Arisa, who was not called a genius wizard for nothing, was very serious.
“No matter how omnipotent and omnipotent the emperor is, he cannot ignore the flow or laws of the world. Didn’t you feel that too when you fought Minos?”
“Uh, well, to say that, didn’t Minos build a wonderful castle where there was nothing and create countless villages and dolls?”
“But I did it in the Magica Kingdom, which has turned into a land of death with nothing. Why would I do that? I did it because I could only do it there.”
Arisa shakes her fingers
“Your Majesty the Emperor will be the same. Think about it from the beginning, Venus! Isn’t it strange?”
“W-What do you mean? I don’t know much about magic, so it’s hard to follow your thoughts.”
“If you are so omnipotent and can create anything, why is there a facility where Hedone was born?”
Ah, the princess let out her breath.
“Why did you need to be educated? Shouldn’t you just use the power of the old gods to make Hedo everything you learned? There’s no need to create multiple sisters for her?”
“In other words, Abama couldn’t have done that?”
The princess said her words happily, but her expression darkened again.
“But what does this have to do with Minos’ work?”
“Ha, so Minos was in the imperial palace? No, he was in some kind of pure white hallway with rooms on the left and right? To be honest, I knew where it was as soon as I heard your story, right?”
“Hmm, there are quite a few hidden rooms and corridors in the imperial palace, but that’s right. It didn’t seem like it was the imperial palace at all?”
The princess thinks for a moment and then blinks her eyes.
“Arisa, is Minos by any chance the place where Hedone was born and where I rescued so many sisters?”
“That’s correct. There’s a high possibility that it’s in the Holympia Mountains! No, I’d say it’s almost 99%! His Majesty the Emperor can only create life there. Well, in this case, it’s not the creation of life, but more of a transformation!”
Arisa swallowed her saliva for a moment after speaking.
“However, don’t think about going to the Holympia Mountains right away.”
“You found out the location of Minos, didn’t you?”
“Maybe not. In the worst case scenario, you go there, and you can’t do anything, right? If you took Minos to the Holympia Mountains, lightning would have struck or something would have happened. They even said he was still sitting on the throne?”
It wasn’t a lie because it was a story I heard from Ceres.
“Then they must have sent someone trustworthy. Or maybe they need to fix that facility that they thought was never going to be used.”
“Is that a definite idea?”
“That’s right. You said it was an unexpected variable, right? Making vessels wasn’t even an option in His Majesty’s plan. Creation and transformation of life are different stories, so there may be times when the facility needs to be changed to suit it.”
“Then I guess we should think that nothing terrible has happened to Minos yet.”
Arisa thought for a moment and sighed. She was a little disgusted with herself for thinking she was a wizard.
“Probably because Minos must continue to give birth to healthy children. He must be receiving the utmost treatment.”
“If that’s the case, it’s actually fortunate.”
The princess swallowed her saliva and had to get up from her seat.
“Venus, don’t overdo it, okay? There are plenty of people who can help you. I’ll gather as much information about Minos as I can, okay?”
Nodding her head at her trusted friend’s words, the princess exhaled, opened the door to her bathroom, and stepped out.
“Ugh…”
A richly decorated hallway was immediately visible outside the bathroom.
She could see the nobles at a distance, probably waiting for the princess to come out. Of course, it seems that they were considerate of the princess coming out of the bathroom, but there were more than one person who stood unnaturally at the window or stood at the corner, glancing at them and then naturally coming out.
‘Well, it’s good to please the nobles, but! Isn’t it clear that you will be swayed all day like this?!’
The princess, who felt like a scream was about to burst from her mouth, let out a sigh and swallowed her saliva as she looked at her approaching Hedone.
“Princess, Count Albecete and Duke Laxelve said they wanted to talk.”
“I don’t think that’s the end…”
“Yes, the Count of Lapland would like to meet you as well. Sigh, there are so many people that it seems difficult to line up…”
The princess looked at Hedone, who was muttering with concern in her voice, and grabbed her head with both hands.
“Well, it doesn’t have to be like this all day, someone please tell me no!”
The princess’s worries had already become reality.
