Chapter 38: The Work of a Princess
In the bright and magnificent royal palace, the morning court session was proceeding in an orderly fashion.
…”Your Highness the Princess, due to the ongoing warfare, there has been some confusion in the tax systems across various regions. It’s not impossible that some individuals are enriching themselves and withholding funds. Should we dispatch a special investigation team to conduct checks?”
“Hmm, but there’s no need for a thorough investigation. We just need to find the ringleader and make an example of them to deter others.”
…”Your Highness the Princess, our allies from the Demon Race have provided us with some Magic Gemstones. The Minister of Logistics has already transferred them to the front-line storage, but there are some special Magic Gemstones whose uses are not marked, and we don’t know how to use them.”
“Store them in the royal treasury. I will send a specialist to identify them.”
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Looking at the officials who came to report one by one below the stage, it was impossible for Lonis not to feel nervous… In fact, she was very afraid of suddenly being exposed and having these people discover any clues.
However,
Perhaps it was thanks to the training she received from Elusius on a daily basis?
Coupled with the fact that Lonis was originally a boy, her brave instincts were still there.
When encountering critical issues, Elusius would guide her answers through hints. Therefore, the handling of affairs so far had been relatively smooth.
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The morning court session was proceeding in an orderly fashion, and the appearance of Princess Cécile greatly eased the anxiety of the people in recent days… because there were already rumors circulating among the public that Princess Cécile was seriously injured and her time was running out.
As the Kingdom Ming, located at the border between humans and demons, although its people were prosperous, its national military strength was also considered formidable, and it possessed the ‘Pure White City Wall,’ which was known as the strongest defense in human history.
However, the Kingdom Ming itself also had many unstable factors.
Firstly, there were doubts about the royal family…
In this world, it was not that there were no humans who had gained extraordinary powers, such as the ‘Rainbow Abyss Successor’ and the ‘Dean of C. Academy.’
However, it was very rare for royal families like that of the Kingdom Ming to have descendants with extraordinary powers throughout generations.
Taking Princess Cécile as an example, performing a super long-distance group teleportation was a magic that could be called forbidden magic—if used properly, it could be used to dispatch an elite assassination squad for destructive actions, instantly changing the course of the battle.
But how old was Princess Cécile?
Around 20 years old.
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Such a young princess being more powerful than a group of old folks inevitably led people to suspect. Naturally, there were rumors that the Kolotia royal family was composed of demons, and that they were exploiters enslaving the people.
This rumor itself was not wrong; in fact, the Kolotia royal family did have demonic blood, but unlike the demons… they were a special kind of demon who had lived with humans since the beginning.
And after so many generations of interbreeding with humans, although the royal family’s power had always been preserved, their characteristics had become almost indistinguishable from humans.
Princess Cécile had no selfish desires; she only wished for the entire country to prosper.
However, the existence of the “demon theory” greatly affected the mobilization power of the Kingdom Ming, resulting in other human countries in the world rarely befriending the Kingdom Ming. (C. Academy was an exception.)
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On the other hand, the appearance of the Black Scale Disease also left everyone somewhat at a loss.
This was a chronic disease, and its symptoms were not very severe—it only caused people’s skin to slowly blacken and some hard lumps to appear on the skin.
However, the doctors of the Kingdom Ming had no idea where this disease came from or how it formed.
The Black Scale Disease was not contagious, but there was no specific cure for it. Even Dean Emerald, who arrived with professional equipment, could not cure it.
Analysis also required a certain amount of time to make progress.
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Therefore, with the appearance of the Black Scale Disease, there were some dissenting voices among the people.
These individuals claimed that it was precisely because of the Kingdom Ming’s improper leadership that black filth had spread across the land, and that they should establish a Holy War Army to remove the royal family’s leadership and return the entire Kingdom Ming to sacred purity.
However, because the royal family’s prestige was always there, the Holy War Army did not gain much traction; at most, they were just a group of people with too much idle time overthinking things.
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However, all of this depended on Princess Cécile being safe and sound.
In other words, Lonis had to perfectly fulfill Princess Cécile’s duties, otherwise, just like the Snow Kingdom in the past, the Kingdom Ming would instantly fall into chaos.
(Lonis, pull yourself together. Right now, only you can do this kind of thing, right?)
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Of course, Lonis did not only face challenges; there were occasional good news from the Demon Race Territory.
Perhaps it was because the Kingdom Ming’s royal family also had demonic blood, that the Demon Race was not monolithic. Several demon lords had established trade agreements with the Kingdom Ming, sharing certain resources.
It was precisely because of their existence that the Kingdom Ming and the Demon Race had reached a temporary armistice, giving them a chance to breathe and deal with the Black Scale Disease.
In other words, although the Demon Race had many, many brainless races that only knew how to invade, such as goblins, jackals, and orcs, there were also many intelligent races, such as the Blood Race, dark elves, succubi, and fear demons, etc…
Invading human territories, while in the interest of the Demon Race, they also knew to revere the strong.
For example, King Ruo Hui Gong of the Kingdom Ming and Princess Cécile were figures that many demons feared. And more importantly,
Last night, while training Lonis, Elusius had said:
“Hmph hmph, Lonis, you probably don’t know either? Most demons have a very subtle attitude towards the existence of the Trickster Demon.”
“W-what do you mean?”
“When the previous epoch was destroyed, it was the Trickster Demon and many other terrifying Yixiu royal families who led the various demons to destroy that world. But that doesn’t mean that most of the current demons still want to obey the Trickster Demon’s orders.”
“Ah?”
“In fact, people are always two-faced, let alone demons? Although they have a bloodthirsty gene, they are no longer satisfied with being ruled by the Demon Lord. And this is precisely where we can take advantage.”
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To put it metaphorically, when the previous epoch was destroyed, most demons were soldiers, and the Demon Lords were generals. The soldiers could only obey the generals’ orders to obtain spoils of war and habitats.
However…
What about after many years have passed?
These soldiers have already procreated and even intermarried with humans, so they are no longer as obedient to the terrifying commands of the Demon Lords.
And from Elusius, Lonis also obtained a crucial piece of information:
“The current leader of the Demon Race is called Candelle, and she is just a young Blood Race princess?”
“B-Blood Race Princess?”
“That’s right, she can also be called the Vampire Queen. Although her strength is quite good, and she has the spirit of a newborn calf unaware of the tiger’s might, she lacks experience and can be designed and utilized.”
“Designed and utilized…?”
“Yes, but if it’s something that requires thinking, then I’ll do it. Lonis just needs to obediently be a princess puppet.”
“Wuwu…”
Lonis blinked her eyes. She had a feeling that she was going to be unlucky again.
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Story Combat Power Explanation:
Trickster Demon: Unknown, at least Rank 9
General Castor (Demon King level): Rank 8.5
Queen Candelle (Demon King level): Rank 8
Elusius (Demon King level): Rank 8
Rainbow Abyss Successor (like Isumi, not using weapons): Rank 7
Great Demon Lord (Yixiu Lord, demonized Dr. Marin): Rank 7
Ordinary Demon Lord (such as Pearl): Rank 6
Rainbow Abyss Certifier: Rank 6
Ordinary Sword and Shield Guards: Rank 5
Minor Demon Lords: Rank 5
High-level demons, large monsters: Rank 4
Orcs, Magic Academy students: Rank 3
Ordinary soldiers: Rank 2
Ordinary people, goblins: Rank 1
Lonis: Rank 0.5
