How was Reina’s performance in the scenario?
If Lind, who has never read female-oriented novels or played other otome games, were to say, it would indeed be hard to express.
It’s one thing for her to be easily provoked and rush to confront the Female Protagonist, but as a princess raised with great care by the Lars Family, she shows no sophistication at all. Her palace intrigue IQ is zero, and she spends her days foolishly circling around the Fourth Prince.
Rather than being a villainous lady, she seems more like a silly sweetness, manipulated by the royal family behind the scenes, becoming a pawn in their schemes.
The only noteworthy aspect is Reina’s unreasonable combat power as the final boss of the battle system.
You should know that the highest level in the game is only level 49, but Reina is a level 65 boss. A fourth-tier profession is already a genius in this world, but genius is just the threshold upon seeing Reina, and she is still very young.
Are you envious? It comes at the cost of intelligence.
How could the rightful queen of the kingdom be swapped out just because the prince himself dislikes her? Moreover, Reina is the granddaughter of the largest noble family in the kingdom. From the clues in the game, it’s clear that Reina’s fall to a marriage with a lower status is due to the royal family’s secret suppression.
Without the royal family’s backing, the Female Protagonist’s fortune, no matter how extraordinary, could never align with so many noble houses in the palace.
However, Reina in the story is completely unaware of this; she simply believes that the Female Protagonist has stolen her fiancé. Even after being sold, she still helps the royal family count their money and even wants them to uphold justice for her.
Presumably, Duke Lars noticed this point and arranged for Reina to be in a remote place, hoping that his granddaughter could live a peaceful life with an honest person.
The next morning, Lind got up early under Lila’s service, experiencing the decay of the noble class, and then went to find Reina.
After all, the marriage contract stated they would manage the territory together, and even though Lind was only watching from the sidelines, he had to sit in the lord’s main tent. Moreover, Lind still vividly recalled the slave-like treatment from yesterday, and if this continued, not only would rebellion be impossible, but the territory would likely self-destruct.
After a simple greeting like yesterday, Lind sat down next to Reina.
I must say, although Reina seemed very busy, most of the time she was handling trivial matters.
Currently, there was little to no management in the camp. Some knights helped Reina manage the subjects, some oversaw the workers, while others did nothing and just followed Reina around to assist with tasks.
And those so-called tasks varied in size, from how to arrange the goods unloaded from the ships to how deep the tent stakes should be driven, where the tents should be set up, and even how to cultivate land for reclamation by asking Reina for advice.
But Reina’s handling could only be described as a complete mess. In fact, when a knight came to confirm which goods were to be moved today, it only took one person’s distraction for Reina to forget. When another knight asked Reina which goods to move today, without thinking, she answered with completely different information.
Watching Reina fumble about, Lind finally understood why the management of the territory was so abstract.
Finally, when Reina made another basic mistake, giving one serf to be managed by two knights, Lind could no longer hold back and stepped in to remind her.
Thus, Lind sat in Reina’s tent, watching her handle those so-called “official duties,” while occasionally pointing out her mistakes like a disembodied spirit observing an elderly man playing chess in the park.
Lind assured himself he was not doing it on purpose; he had initially been a true gentleman who remained silent while watching. But Reina was not just playing poorly; she was treating cannons as carts and horses as cannons. If this continued, the chessboard would be overturned.
In the end, Reina’s face turned red as she looked at the ever-growing stack of documents on the table and said to Lind, “Why don’t you just do it?”
“Lady Lars, I’m just giving you some advice, I didn’t mean to…”
Before Lind could finish his sentence, he caught a glimpse of Reina’s determined eyes and suddenly realized she was serious.
“Really let me do it?” Lind asked tentatively.
“What else? Aren’t you the lord? If I have to do these things when you’re not here, and you come and I still have to do them, wouldn’t that mean your visit is in vain?”
Reina shrugged her shoulders, looking at Lind with a confused expression.
What Lind didn’t realize was that although Reina had been groomed as a princess since childhood, with the primary focus on etiquette, she had never learned the essential skills of territory management that any ordinary noble would need. That’s why the marriage contract written by Duke Lars stated joint management instead of giving full authority to Reina.
In terms of etiquette, Reina’s talent was on par with her governance level. She only passed her etiquette classes because, during a punishment, the teacher’s rod broke while hitting her, making the teacher, in frustration, give her a passing grade.
What Reina truly wanted was to charge into battle with her knights. The knights she brought were her loyal supporters, constantly thinking about going to the frontier to slay the demon clan and achieve military merit, not handling these bureaucratic tasks.
However, because these knights would naturally protect Reina’s power, coupled with the events happening in the royal capital, made them quite exclusive.
Hearing Reina’s reply, Lind almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Did Reina really take everything written in the marriage contract seriously? She actually considered herself to be a lord.
So, all the thoughts he pondered yesterday were a battle of wits with the air.
This couldn’t be blamed on Lind’s lack of thought, as Duke Lars had designed it this way. However, it was clear that Duke Lars also underestimated the innocence of his granddaughter. Reina, as pure as a piece of blank paper, was completely oblivious to the fact that she was the true ruler of this territory.
Nonetheless, this gave Lind some ideas: “Then can I exempt the serfs and free people from their debts?”
“Those don’t amount to anything. I long ago decided not to have them repay.”
“What about those overseers?”
“Those overseers are infuriating; they bother me with every little thing. Just let them come to you from now on; I’ve long wanted to ignore them.”
“What about those knights?”
When asked about the knights, Reina finally reacted, saying, “Just don’t worry about those knights; I still need to take them hunting.”
Hearing this response, Lind finally felt relieved. Reina not only handed all the powers of the territory to herself but also drove away the knights who might not obey Lind’s commands. She truly was something else; it made him want to cry.
