Chapter 850 – Day 98 – The Princess Makes a Decision
“There will be some time before mother figures out the situation. Before that, we will hand over all the information we have to the princess. You will need a lot of information to do something big.”
Leda said her words as she locked the only door that would allow entry into her room, then calmly gave orders to her men.
‘There were women like this…?’
After realizing her turmeric, the princess lightly lifted the huge piece of furniture and placed it in front of the door, swallowing her saliva without realizing it.
“Ceres… Did you know these women who are called the shadows of the emperor?”
“Yes, I knew that.”
“Then why did you never tell me?”
Looking at the princess asking in surprise, Ceres smiled bitterly. Surprisingly, Leda Archibald, who was standing next to her, felt the same way, so she smiled bitterly.
“What on earth has happened? Please tell me quickly what the emperor’s shadow is.”
Even as she spoke, the princess’s eyes were fixed on the beautiful women who filled her room.
They were all so perfect in appearance and body that they didn’t need to be explained twice. Of course, the fullness of the buttocks and the fullness of the breasts varied from person to person, but that was natural.
‘What the hell is Abama…’
The princess swallowed her saliva and was busy spying on the girls busily moving around in her room. It wasn’t because she was pervert or horny. There was that too…
The women filling this room are all wearing black high-legs, known as the ‘demon’s’ combat uniform.
It was as natural as an apple being red that girls wearing clothes with their crotches clearly tightened and accentuated below looked sexual.
“The Emperor’s Shadow. We are beings who do whatever Emperor Jupiter tells them to do.”
“You can think of them as people who start out as espionage and then do things called ‘dirty work’ such as assassination, kidnapping, manipulation, etc.”
After hearing Ceres’ gentle explanation, Leda turns to Ceres with her strange eyes.
“… But princess? You don’t know about us, so how does the maid know about us?”
“Well, that’s right. It’s because Ceres is a demon.”
The princess spoke very calmly, and Leda’s eyes opened wide.
“Demons?”
“Yes, I am a demon.”
After taking a step forward, Ceres politely held the end of her skirt with both hands and bowed.
Seeing that kind appearance, the women filling her room, including Leda, look at each other’s faces and whisper.
“Oh my god, there really were demons in the imperial palace just like His Majesty Emperor Jupiter said?”
“I thought you were hysterical, but I’m told you weren’t entirely wrong.”
“But the Crown Princess seems to be nothing…”
Since it was obvious what they had been doing up until now, the princess lightly raised her right hand.
─Slap!
“Yes, ugh! Princess!”
Ceres, who was showing his two horns to Leda, cracked his butt! The princess who grabbed it smiled.
“Leda. I know very well what you are thinking.”
“Princess, I will spend my whole life as a demon…”
“Some of the many turmoils that has occurred in the history of the empire so far are the work of Ceres and her mother, Eve Terra, the ruler of the demon world.”
Leda did not dare to react to the unexpected story.
“But… Aren’t we humans like that too? Don’t we point knives to each other’s throats, rape women, and throw her toddler into the river to gain a small baronage? Don’t we do cruel things?”〈 Br〉
Leda quietly closed her eyes and exhaled her breath.
“In a war, the sins committed by the victorious disappear and the sins of the defeated become a light that must be repaid.”
“I hope you understand. However, I have no intention of allowing Ceres and the ruler of the demon world to live comfortably with both feet stretched out.”
“Are we each making atonement in our own way?”
“I don’t know if they will understand.”
The princess dropped her hand from Ceres’ hip.
Leda quietly nods her head, her expression contemplating for a moment.
“I understand. As a shadow, I will follow the princess’s wishes.”
“Do you understand?”
“We… The Emperor’s Shadow are also more than the people here, not less.”
Leda gave a very small smile.
“There was a time when a noble who was convinced that he was a demon was human.”
“I thought it was a village where demons were hiding and poisoned it, but there was a time when I was wrong.”
“His Majesty closed her eyes, saying it was something that could not be helped, but now that I think about it… It might have been something prepared.”
The shadows of other emperors who had remained silent also spoke.
“We also have blood on our hands. We have done many things that can never be called clean. That’s why…”
Leda turned his body a little to the side and walked towards the wall where the map of the Empire Where the Sun Never Set was hanging.
“I’m ready to endure anything to do something a little better.”
“If you understand the situation of Ceres, what would be difficult?”
Leda nodded her head. The princess, who sensed that the issue of Ceres’ identity had been resolved, immediately walked to Leda’s side and looked at the hanging map. The map was so chaotic that it seemed difficult to get information right away.
“Ceres?”
“Yes, princess, just wait a moment.”
“What are you doing now… We’ll organize it and give it to you…”
The moment Ceres approached the map and stuck the pitch-black tool on the floor, a sparkling light emitted and instantly scanned the surrounding information, printing out a neatly organized map as a hologram.
“Don’t worry about the information side. Then, let’s talk about how the world is going. What did you do while I was gone?”
“Oh my god, this is… Oh, my.”
Leda, seeing her demonic skills for the first time, twitched her hand in surprise and then carefully smoothed out the hologram. As expected, she was quick-witted and smart, so luckily she learned how to use her map in an instant.
“Emperor Jupiter is currently summoning his army.”
“It seems like there must be a good justification for summoning an army. Have you declared me a traitor as expected?”
Surprisingly, Leda shook her head.
“Like a mother… She treats His Majesty the Emperor with respect. She is only indirectly gathering an army by ordering her concubine, and has not yet declared the Crown Princess a traitor.”
“Abama?”
The princess was worried about a moment that Jupiter, who possesses omnipotent power, could act so cautiously.
“No way… Abama…”
The princess covered her mouth with her hand and tried to read Jupiter’s number for a long time before bursting out in bitter laughter.
“It looks like announcing my death was a big handshake.”
“Yes, it would be somewhat unreasonable to suddenly declare the princess, who was announced dead as Emperor Jupiter, to be her traitor.
“Abamama must be omnipotent and perfect, so showing that she did not anticipate my death means becoming a handshake that will break the hearts of nobles who want to be on Abamama’s side.”
The princess touched her mouth with her hand.
“So… Your intention was to drag the Oberne family and the nobles who collaborated with Eternity to Holympia by using the emperor’s shadow, that is, Leda and her housekeeper?”
“Yes?”
Since Leda herself could not read numbers, she was surprised by the princess’s words.
“Think about it. If the princess the emperor killed was resurrected with the help of her demons, demons, and traitors who betrayed her, shaking the foundations of her empire, and she said she would punish it, wouldn’t most of the nobles take Abama’s side? “
“… Gee, I thought you were planning on sending nobles to the dungeon simply because they wouldn’t stand by your side.”
Leda took a deep breath.
“I’m thinking of telling you just in case…”
“No. We also have information on the families that cooperated with the Obern family and Eternity.”
Leda shook her head.
“… According to the princess’s wisdom, they had been suffering from a problem for a long time that Emperor Jupiter could have solved, and they begged the demons to save their lives. It would be evil to say that the result was evil, but…”
Leda knows because she has been doing dirty work for a long time.
There were a mountain of things that didn’t require bloodshed.
There was no need for a mother to beg her demons to cure her daughter’s illness, and there was no need for her daughter to sell her soul to her demons for the sake of her mother who could not get up from her chair.
The whole tragedy was due to Emperor Jupiter’s neglect, which made them so desperate that they even had to lend a helping hand to Eternity.
Because the emperor was omniscient and omnipotent, he was able to solve such problems.
“Anyway, let’s talk again. Are you saying that Abama is gathering a large army that can destroy me at any time from behind the scenes, and that she hasn’t declared me a traitor yet?”
“Yes, but there is something called public truth.”
“You are raising a large army that you need while informing the entire empire to prevent an uproar…”
The princess seemed to know why Hedone was having a hard time. For the nobles who ‘sincerely believe’ in the emperor, a civil war is as good as breaking out.
He didn’t even give time to those who might be on the princess’s side and declared that they were traitors, and at the same time, it was obvious that he had the intention of crushing the princess.
Unfortunately, there was nothing the princess could do in front of that obvious shroud.
“What is the number of nobles heading to Holympia, Leda?”
“Most of the old nobles are heading to Holympia.”
“Don’t these guys hate Abama?”
“But these are families that have served the royal family longer than anyone else. They are well aware of the power of the imperial family and the fearsomeness of its omnipotence. Also…”
As Leda hesitates to speak, Ceres opens her mouth.
“The reason the old nobles hate Emperor Jupiter is that he rewarded the new nobles with the land they thought was their land for a long time. If the new nobles, united around Diana, take the princess’s side, they will only win the civil war. If you do this, you will think you can get the land back.”
“I guess you could think that Abama was trying to appease her in that way.”
“Yes, in wars like this, there are always those who put their own interests first.”
The princess, with an embarrassed expression, let out her breath.
“I did my best to prepare, but…”
In the end, does this mean that civil war is inevitable?
How many people’s blood must be spilled on this land?
The princess is lost in thought, covering her mouth with her hand.
I worry and struggle.
“… If the princess wishes, among the emperor’s concubines, those who have a strong influence on the old nobles—”
“Don’t do that. I know very well that there are countless concubines of Abama… Who is in a similar situation to the academy’s principal.”
It was not a problem that could be solved by killing one or two people.
“In the end, when the time comes, Abama will take me…”
Wouldn’t that be what happens around the 100th day?
The princess could feel in her heart that her fate was right around the corner.
“Princess… Arcana is not yet ready…”
At Ceres’ worried words, the princess snapped her thumb and index finger.
“I have a good idea.”
“What are your thoughts?”
In response to Leda’s question, the princess looked a little refreshed.
“Abama hasn’t told the entire empire that I’m still alive.”
“Yes, you will want to let her know that you are a traitor and at the same time subdue the princess and deal with her before she even raises her questions.”
“In that case, let’s do the opposite.”
The princess smiled brightly.
Thud! Thud! Boom!
A loud noise was heard from outside as the tightly closed door was opened. Time is up. As capable as Leda Archibald was, Archibald the head deacon also noticed that the princess had escaped from prison.
Hearing that, the princess opens her mouth.
“I guess I should see Abama first.”
“Woe, princess! That’s not a dangerous move!”
“What are you talking about? Aren’t you the omniscient and omnipotent Emperor? How could you treat the Crown Princess, the only heir who miraculously returned from the dead?”
All the traps in this world couldn’t even work if they weren’t prepared.
