Chapter 67

Chapter 67

Marco mistakenly thought the Emperor was behind him and flew all over the place.

“I’m gwad things went well!”

“Yes…”

Initially, the head of the delegation was supposed to negotiate an informal treaty for the grain.

However, they got confused when Marco said he was ordered by the ‘Princess’, so they took an active role.

His Majesty must have planned this!

“Hoo, if things go wrong…Cough-”

The delegation then believed it was the Emperor’s orders and prepared for a large-scale contract.

The grain contract should have been a lot smaller, it’s like the God of mana was really helping in this situation.

Marco suspected at that time that there was already a secret agreement between the Emperor and the King of Mosae.

[ Marco William ]

Thoughts: As I report from the meeting, the Emperor didn’t seem to have an idea you were here!

Siervian already heard everything from the meeting so it was easy to figure out how things went.

“Ahem-, Anyway, I am sorry for what I did, Princess.”

“Sorry?”

“Yes, I dared to assume that the will of the Princess was His Majesty’s, so I was not able to bring the grain the Princess first requested.”

Meanwhile, Marco was concerned that he didn’t complete his task perfectly.

Looking at his expression, Siervian shook her head in disagreement.

“It’s all right! You did a better job.”

The grain Siervian initially requested was supposed to supply the slums anyway. If this had gone through the original history, from the past life, they wouldn’t have been able to get food from people there.

For such a simple solution, this had worked out very well.

“I’m glad Garambell is safe.”

History had really changed a lot.

If Garambell had gone down the way it had before, this wouldn’t even be a dream.

“That’s right, it could have been a big deal, why on earth did they do that?”

Marco responded to Siervian’s self-talk.

The comment was a little strange, so Siervian asked as her head was tilted.

“What do you mean?”

Marco first looked around the room then lowered his voice.

Siervian held her breath at the same time and listened.

“Um, I heard this during my long stay in the Garambell and Mosae Kingdom.”

“Yes, yes.”

Unnerved by his own statement, Marco gulped at once.

“Well, they said that the Garambell epidemic was intentional.”

“What…?”

Siervian was not aware of that information.

Surprised, she opened her eyes wide, and Marco quickly finished speaking, perhaps he was worried for her.

“It is more like a conspiracy theory, don’t be so surprised, Princess.”

[ Marco William ]

Thoughts: It’s just a theory, but the Mosae Kingdom was almost certain. They don’t know who the culprit is, but they said it was artificially spread.

Siervian looked into his inner thoughts only to find herself nervous.

The cause of the Garambell incident will certainly be the same as in the previous life. If so, what was written as an ‘unknown cause’ in the previous life was actually someone’s conspiracy.

What on earth were they trying to accomplish doing that to so many people? An entire country.

‘Was it for the grain?’

From one point of view, the grain agreement did not appear to be a coincidence.

If there was a reason for Garambell to collapse, the byproduct would be the grain incident.

‘Garambell and Mosae Kingdom could easily betray each other because of their relationship. But it would be hard to aim for the Mosae Kingdom itself.’

As much as the legacy of the empire in the western continent was inherited, the Mosae Kingdom was not an easy opponent.

Furthermore, the King of Garambell was famous for being a lovely husband.

If a Queen dies, of an illness for example, manipulating people’s minds about the two kingdoms and the two kingdoms themselves could be done.

‘In my previous life, relations with the Western Kingdom just kept getting worse.’

There was even a minor border conflict problem that included the Empire.

She had never thought that the relationship between the two Kingdoms would be an issue, but after thinking about it, the situation right now seemed to be not irrelevant to them.

From the Mosae Kingdom’s perspective, the empire, the one that didn’t send pharim medicines on time in the previous life, would be considered as the most suspicious or resentful.

‘No wonder Navapal’s grain tyranny was getting worse at that time.’

It must be because the empire did not have a good relationship with the Mosae Kingdom, thus solving it in her new life would be the biggest breakthrough.

But Siervian’s expression became darker and darker.

Naturally, she would suspect the loser of the South, the Navapal Kingdom.

“Okayy.”

“P-Princess? Are you okay? I shouldn’t have said that, here I brought more snacks from Garambell! You said you liked it!”

Siervian suppressed her unnecessary worries and hugged the snack Marco gave her.

Because she trusted her father.

Her father already knew that Navapal was plotting around the trade route, and it was all well predicted.

“I think Papa is weally gweat.”

“His Majesty? Of course, as good as a saint.”

Siervian pondered over and over as she ate the sour dried fruit.

She continued to help her father.

* * *

Peek- peep-

For the past few days, the wizard Tanka had been stalked.

In this unfair and unreasonable event, he had no choice but to shrug it off.

Because the one stalking was none other than the main character, the Imperial Princess!

[ Tanka Mallo ]

Thoughts: I am just like a sacrificial goat for the powerful! This is the life of a sad, sad low-ranking aristocrat!

Siervian had been concerned for days after Marco arrived and thus was first to visit Tanka.

“…”

Although she arrived in high spirits, looking at the status window made her quickly sad.

If anyone could see his status window, some might actually think he was being abused by Siervian.

In reality, she was just sitting around while he worked in the library.

‘I can’t let myself be so soft-hearted. I have to do this.’

[ Tanka Mallo ]

Thoughts: Sob- sob-, even the Lord of the magic tower disregards my words. I went there to get nothing but research assignments. It’s unfair, I’ll say it again, this is unfair.

He must have told the Lord that Siervian was following him.

Of course, she wasn’t following Tanka, or interfering in his private time; after all, she was only sneaking around during his official business hours.

“Mallo the wizard, don’t wie down, you have to work. It’s work twime now.”

“Ughh, that’s too much. You can call me Tanka, Princess.”

“Uung…”

Lying face down on his desk, Tanka mumbled as if he was trying to disagree. And then the unexpected permission to call him by his name was like escaping the topic.

This was the reason she could not give up on this wizard.

After following and encouraging him to work, only his favorability continued to rise.

‘Is he having fun, by any chance…?’

It was a truly incomprehensible way of thinking, but it worked in its own way.

Tanka would have been busy rushing work after lying down for too long, but he actually finished quickly, and he even started his own personal research!

[ Tanka Mallo ]

Thoughts: Aagh, I don’t want to…Eh, who put the formula together like this? It looks so disorganized and complicated. Now I have to fix it.

As expected from a high level, Tanka’s quill pen moved without letting it fall.

…As long as he can hold the quill pen.

“Tanka, sit up and stwudy.”

“Ughh, but, I have to lie down.”

“… here, have some sweets.”

“Eh, thank you.”

Tanka’s face was half on the desk as he chewed the macarons, but he suddenly looked like he was alive.

He looked very tired still, yet his face seemed a little lively.

‘I need to bring snacks like these more often.’

She had a lot of work to do to help her father.

One of them was to also help many great wizards rise in the empire.

Siervian’s eyes glistened as she looked at Tanka’s level.

* * *

As late summer approached, the atmosphere of the city became lively.

The anticipation of the upcoming festival was surreal, and it began with the arrival of autumn.

“Greetings, Your Highness.”

“…”

Then, an untimely shadow fell on the Imperial Palace.

“My name is Lara.”

Looking at the well-dressed girl her age, anxiety swallowed her.

‘The Princess made me do this!’

As if her heart beat expanded throughout her body.

The memories of being betrayed by someone so trusting.

“… Hi.”

Long time no see.

Siervian was sick on the inside, she couldn’t even say a proper greeting.

Lara was the start of the game in her previous life.

“The Princess is so pretty!”

“For starters, please be polite in your speech.”

“Oh, Lara is very sorry, Lara is too greedy for wanting to be close to the Princess…”

With a lovely face, Lara lowered her head slightly.

The faces of the ladies-in-waiting were relaxed by the child’s honesty and innocence. The same was true of Jane, who just gave strict principles.

“…”

Siervian couldn’t smile like the reactions around her.

The memories of Siervian being slandered by someone she considered as a sister were back.

’I just wanted to be nice to Your Highness, I want you to have such a nice beating, huhu.’

She had been thinking about it for years. Why did Lara do that?

They were very close to each other, so why was that?

The answers were right before her eyes.

[ Lara ]

Occupation: Empress’s Spy (Lv. 49)

Favorability: -560

Emotions: Nervousness

Thoughts: Sh*t. Why is she glaring? I suppose I have to work harder.

This was the second time a person had a negative level of favorability.

Siervian wasn’t even supposed to meet Lara yet in this timeline.

“But you don’t seem to like Lara.”

Nervous, Siervian said nothing, and Lara wept with a ready-to-cry face.

The Ladies-in-waiting panicked like kids and started to soothe Lara.

“Ooh, there’s no way. It’s because the Princess is a little shy.”

“Really? So Lara is not disliked? Is that right, Princess?”

In an instant, all eyes went to Siervian.