Chapter 57 Princess Treaia
Treaia. Her full name is Treaia Entak. From her surname, you can tell she comes from the Entak Royal Family.
Before each chapter, there’s a one-page character summary written by Will, like a character introduction you’d get when you first pull a character.
However, for a few of the heroines, Will might not need to read the character summary to recall them.
The King of Entak is a famous stud. Treaia is his ninth daughter, and currently his youngest.
And Treaia’s mother was a pure, flawless silver-haired Elf he met while out adventuring. According to the description in the original work, she was a kind, noble, yet beautiful commoner Elf with no significant bloodline within the Elf Race. Despite that, she had an outstanding record in dungeons and excelled at swordsmanship.
Therefore, Treaia…
Is a half-elf princess with hair as white as snow and eyes like blue gems.
In the original work, she also joined the “Shining Star” guild formed by Will and became one of the people who drove Xiu away.
In the original work, Treaia took on the role of being “cold and aloof.”
She was extremely indifferent to everyone, put on a cold face, rarely spoke, and could even be considered difficult to communicate with.
Even Xiu, who always had high emotional intelligence in the original work, couldn’t figure out what kind of person she was.
When Xiu left the team, she didn’t say anything, just nodded to agree with the others’ opinions.
She did this because… she desperately needed an adventuring team to make a name for herself, and… she was surprisingly obedient to the “Young Master Will” of the original work—that was in the early stages, of course.
In the original work, Xiu’s evaluation of her was “not straightforward.” She had high psychological defenses against everyone and held back.
In Xiu’s eyes…
Iaar was a timid and cowardly maid who didn’t dare to speak up for him even when he was being bullied, and he didn’t like her.
Liya was a witch who was violent and sharp-tongued towards him, losing her temper at him frequently and ultimately scolding him into leaving the team, and he didn’t like her.
But Treaia was someone Xiu was afraid of. It wasn’t a feeling of “dislike,” but a feeling of “fear, so I’ll stay away.”
Xiu felt that Treaia always kept her distance, while Iaar and Liya showed some degree of affection, which only shattered Xiu’s trust when they pushed him to leave the team.
Treaia, on the other hand, consistently maintained her distance and her cold, aloof demeanor. Not only did she not take the initiative to show affection, but she rarely even spoke to Xiu. Usually, they would just brush past each other occasionally and exchange glances.
Moreover, this princess carried herself with an air of superiority. Even when she did speak, it was often cold and difficult to understand, making her seem hard to communicate with.
In Xiu’s eyes, this coldness and inscrutability might have meant she was always plotting something and hiding things from him—after all, she came from the Entak Royal Family, where siblings schemed against each other.
Xiu maintained a certain distance from her from beginning to end, with only brief, infrequent interactions.
But…
In the original work…
Treaia was very popular.
This was because the “cold and aloof” persona Xiu perceived was completely different from how Treaia’s perspective was portrayed in the original work!
Treaia…
Was an unadulterated ditzy and cute princess.
Although all three of the “waning moon” heroines had poor social skills, hers were definitely the worst.
She was actually very pure-hearted and didn’t understand what love was at all, nor did she really understand other emotions.
In private, she had secretly followed and observed Xiu many times, and even made small expressions and gestures to hint at him—of course, Xiu never noticed.
She also kept a personal diary and hid many romance novels from the market in her room. She didn’t quite understand the love depicted in them, but what these books had in common was… the male leads on the covers looked a lot like Xiu.
Her superficial coldness was precisely a manifestation of this emotional void within her heart.
A cool, ethereal yet actually ditzy and innocent half-elf, with the silver hair that met Chinese tastes—Will exclaimed “invincible” when he saw this setup at the time.
Naturally…
Her outcome as a “waning moon” heroine was a classic.
After a difficult journey, she finally understood her love, finally comprehended what emotions were, and finally knew how to express her true feelings. Her once simple nature had even changed due to witnessing too much hardship.
But…
By the time she understood what love was, she was already a “waning moon” heroine, and it was too late!
Everyone else had reached the finish line, and she was just finding the starting line!
Just looking at the description, Will recalled several classic scenes from the original work and sighed.
“Actually, thinking about it this way, she’s a bit easier to ‘blacken’ than the other two… because in a sense, she was already quite ‘sick’ to begin with.”
Profound natural airheadedness leads to natural cunning.
Just in the original work, she managed to secretly stalk him, write diaries in private, and like a crazed fangirl, collect a room full of romance novels where the male leads could be stand-ins…
“Iaar worked hard for four years to reach your starting point! Little Princess, you’re amazing!”
—Will, who accidentally blurted this out, heard the sound of the door being kicked open.
“Master, what did you call me for?”
“No… nothing. As I said, don’t make noise when you’re peeking through the door. You should watch secretly, record meticulously, and let your emotions fit within the small gap of the door.”
“Okay, Master. I’ve learned.”
Iaar closed the door and stepped back out.
After a moment, she opened the door a small crack again and said softly, “But still… you should go to bed early. Aunt Susan said that staying up late every day stunts your growth.”
“Okay. Oh, right… tomorrow… ahem, you don’t need to peek through the door anymore. I’ll go to bed early.”
“Master… don’t you like it?”
“I’m happy to be your training material, but… ahem, please leave me some personal time befitting a teenage boy.”
Will wasn’t sure if Iaar would understand what he said.
But…
Looking through the slightly opened door crack, he saw an “OK” gesture made with Iaar’s small finger.
Come to think of it, if she really were to “blacken,” wouldn’t she be more motivated to peek through the door tomorrow?
—Will decided to ponder this problem tomorrow.
Returning to Treaia.
“…I only remember that her joining the adventuring team was actually a coincidence. She actually really disliked—even feared ‘Young Master Will.’ She listened because of fear.”
“In the original work, the three heroines decided to run away to pursue their love, and it was also because she was the first to run off without a word.”
“What kind of karmic debt do I have with her…?”
Will flipped to the first item on Treaia’s quest list.
Just seeing the first item made Will’s spirits rise.
[Quest 85: Don’t Break Off the Engagement Don’t Break Off the Engagement Don’t Break Off the Engagement Don’t Break Off the Engagement Don’t Break Off the Engagement Don’t Break Off the Engagement!]
These words.
Rarely…
Were written on two lines.
There was a lot to write in this notebook, and he needed space for revisions, so he was being stingy with words.
These two lines proved how important this matter was.
Will’s scalp tingled as memories of this book resurfaced…
That’s right!
His “Young Master” persona.
As the “villainous young master.”
He had a very, very, very classic plotline and identity.
That was breaking off the engagement with Princess Treaia on the day of the wedding!
[Quest Reward: Most likely impossible to complete. If failed, jump to Quest 85.]
That’s great, the system he wrote was truly great.
It even included failure branches and jump quests for plot-induced deaths.
