For Seviala, today was a disastrous day.
She had just completed an extremely difficult diplomatic mission with much difficulty. Using the Dragon Tooth Bracelet of Bair as collateral, she borrowed the legendary national treasure of the Auland Empire, the Heart of the Ocean. Then, she secretly returned to her own country through a special channel … Just convincing the Auland Empire not to send any overseers and guardians of the God Equipment was already an epic mission.
She rejected the other party's escort in order to avoid attracting too much attention. Her development in the country was getting better and better. Even though the title of the next Sage Emperor sounded good, it attracted countless hostile gazes and restrictions, especially her troublesome siblings. Now, whenever they heard that it was something she wanted to do, they would brainlessly oppose it to the end.
But this time, as long as the God Equipment that could control the ocean could really reach her country, as long as her plan could be carried out, the economic growth of the coastal regions would be doubled within 10 years. At least 200,000 jobs would be created. If everything went well, it was even possible for Bair to gain a huge profit of an entire province.
This also meant that as long as this strategy could be carried out, there would be no suspense as to who would become the next King of Bair.
Seviala wasn't working hard for the throne. She just felt that since she was in this position and had so much power in her hands, she should do something … But obviously, some people felt that she had already done enough, to the point where others would appear foolish.
"My plan shouldn't have been exposed. I didn't even leave behind a draft. Even my guards don't know about it … This means that some people can't stand it anymore. No matter what I do, they just want to get rid of me while I'm away from the capital."
Seviala, who was lying in the magic armor, found it difficult to bear. It wasn't just because of the squeezing. Compared to the depression in her heart, the discomfort in her body was nothing.
After all, no matter how intelligent she was, she was still a teenage girl. How could she be happy when her own blood relatives wanted to harm her?
She could even guess which barbarian elder brother was the one who attacked first, which venomous elder sister was the one who spread the rumors behind the scenes, and which of her brothers and sisters not only didn't report it to her father, they even helped to conceal it … Her emotional side still subconsciously rejected her guesses, but her rational side told her that if she continued to passively take the beating, even if she managed to survive this time, she would still die.
"… If I'm able to return alive, I definitely won't be so passive anymore. I'll first establish my own personal guard force. Many elite knights have already said that they're willing to serve me. Although some of them have other ideas, there are also knights who are purely loyal to the royalty and the country. It shouldn't be too difficult to establish a knight squadron …"
In this dark place, the genius girl had nothing else to do.
When a person was hurt, when she had some time alone, she would always look back and think about what she had done wrong and what mistake she had made that led to her current situation.
Seviala believed that she had already done everything that she could. She took on the responsibilities of a royal princess to the outside world, shared the pressure of her parents, and was especially concerned about her brothers and sisters.
In this generation of the Bair royal family, there were a total of 26 siblings, 17 princes and 9 princesses. Even though she was clearly the youngest of the siblings, she had always carefully protected the relationship between her siblings.
She cared for her younger siblings and took them out to play during festivals. She was always respectful to her siblings and always remembered her duty as a younger sister. She would never forget to give all her siblings a small gift on their birthdays or important occasions, including their mother.
Even her brothers and sisters, who were known for being difficult to get along with in the royal family and had been abandoned by the citizens and her father, would not be forgotten by Saiyala. She would not visit them during festivals, and would often invite them to the social events that she organized, even though the social events would often end on bad terms due to their appearance.
"… I've already done what my parents and teachers wanted me to do …"
She was quite intelligent and had maturity and wisdom that far exceeded her age. However, she still wasn't a transmigrator who was born with knowledge. All her knowledge and experience had to be accumulated over time and through lessons. Sometimes, although her parents and teachers' teachings were the most ethical, they weren't the most realistic …
"… Did I do too well? I gave them too much pressure? They misunderstood my actions of protecting my blood-related relationship? They interpreted it as a provocation or a demonstration? My kindness was misunderstood as fake kindness because I felt that I had a great advantage? "
It didn't take much intelligence or emotional intelligence to come up with such an answer. It was just that she hadn't thought in this direction before, and nobody had reminded her.
The people around her didn't dare to say anything in this direction either. Inciting internal strife within the royal family was a capital offense, and her parents and teachers were in an awkward position. They couldn't possibly say, "You need to be careful of your older siblings. You're doing too well, and they might want to kill you."
From the perspective of an elder, they could only repeatedly emphasize, "Brothers are friends, blood is thicker than water." Although they didn't believe it themselves most of the time, "The royal family has no relatives." That was what most people believed.
Seviala had done far too well. She had done so well that apart from those with ambitions, everyone else had excellent praise for her. And this sort of heavy praise was no different from roasting anyone with aspirations for the throne.
And youth was a tremendous advantage at this time. This meant that if she ascended to the throne, it would be almost impossible for their next generation to obtain such a position.
In fact, nobody knew if the reason why nobody told Seviala to restrain herself was because even her father was slightly afraid of her, afraid that she would be interested in the path of authority … After all, there had been many outstanding emperors in history who hadn't obediently waited for their fathers to step down.
In the past, when Seviala faced her siblings' objections, she probably thought that they were simply objecting to her thoughts and actions. But from now on, everything would probably be different.
It wasn't that Natsuya hadn't thought about this before. It was just that every time she considered this possibility, her parents and teachers' opinions would always be placed before her. At the very least, their opinions would be more in line with her worldview, so she just let it go.
However, smart people were smart people. Since Natsuya was quick to learn economics and politics, how could she possibly be slow to learn this?
Perhaps some people understood everything except the human heart. Those who could learn everything except the ways of the world wouldn't be able to learn the ways of the world. However, Seviala, who had so easily tricked Rorschach, was obviously not one of them.
Natsuya carefully began to categorize her siblings: those who could be bought over, those who could be a threat to her, and those who could be eliminated as soon as possible due to their threat.
"Since none of you treat me as your younger sister …"
Now that this vague boundary was broken, many evil thoughts would appear in her mind. If she really returned, not a single person who wanted to kill her would have a good ending.
"… You always say such nice things. I didn't expect that they were all lies."
But at this moment, Natsuya recalled a certain person. This was the first time she had met him, but it was destined that she wouldn't be able to tell a single lie.
And from a certain standpoint, this was the first time that she had seen someone her age being suppressed in all aspects.
It wasn't that she had never seen geniuses before. There had been geniuses who were able to see past life and death at such a young age and possessed astonishing strength. Bair's dragon knights had plenty of young geniuses as well. However, she had never seen someone like Rorschach, who had mastered a forbidden spell at such a young age and had reached the level of a Calamity Grade Super.
It would have been fine if she had only been suppressed in terms of combat strength. Seviala wasn't known for her combat strength to begin with, so she wouldn't be depressed just because of the difference in power level.
"That little bastard must have seen through my disguise from the very start. He even intentionally teased me. Is it that fun to see me act like a fatty?"
Seviala had previously tricked Rorschach with words. She had felt somewhat unwilling to admit defeat. She had been viewed with enmity, hatred, and even fear before, but this was the first time that she had been treated like a fool and a clown.
"Hmph, he's not gentlemanly at all. He's moving people around like they're goods. This little brat who hasn't even matured yet will definitely not be able to find a girlfriend. But if he looks in the mirror and changes his clothes, he probably won't need a girlfriend anymore …"
"… Crack."
The sudden sound of something opening and closing gave her a fright.
"… Take your luggage. We're moving. We have a place to stay."
"You???"
"What about me? Let's find a village. We'll stay there for a while. Hurry, it'll be impossible to travel when it gets dark. "
"Oh … I didn't hear you."
"I heard you. I just didn't want to argue with a little brat who hasn't even matured yet. Besides, I already have a girlfriend, and she's prettier than you. Hurry up. If you waste any more time, I'll just move out. "
Move out? Yep, move out.
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