[Vol. 8] Chapter 287: Everyone Knows the Emperor Works Like a Horse
The priestess raised an eyebrow, her expression a bit subtle.
“Do you know her exact name?”
“Not sure. Intelligence work has never been the Austre Empire’s strong point, and most of the intelligence bureau’s manpower is tied up because of the war between the two countries. They’re already trying their best to investigate, but that [Daughter of Truth] seems to be protected by some mysterious power. She hides herself very well, and almost always gives orders only from the shadows.”
Carinvega spread her hands helplessly and shook her head.
“According to my brother Xiluo, the only thing we know so far is that she probably comes from the outer seas and belongs to the Mingjiao merfolk. I haven’t heard about the prisoner transport you just mentioned, but bringing Mingjiao people thousands of miles from the coast to the capital is very likely connected directly to that [Daughter of Truth].”
Violet nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly asked another question.
“Carinvega, do you think this whole thing is planned by Xiluo behind the scenes, or by the Emperor, who people say doesn’t really handle government matters anymore?”
“?”
The princess froze for a moment, as if she hadn’t thought about that before. But then her eyes moved slightly, and she answered firmly.
“It’s my father.”
“Mhm… thanks~”
It was as if Violet had just confirmed a guess she’d been holding. She waved at Carinvega and seemed ready to leave.
The girl with mismatched eyes quickly stood up.
“Miss Violet, leaving so soon? Um… this might be a bit rude, but I’ve been wanting to ask, what exactly did you come all the way to the capital for? Aside from bringing me books, there must be something more important, right?”
Violet’s steps paused slightly. She looked back and smiled lightly, speaking in a calm tone.
“Don’t worry. Since I helped set up the teleportation anchor point, I won’t do anything that puts you in a difficult position. If I have to say, this might actually help your capital and the entire Austre Empire. Otherwise, do you think the Sword Saint would just let me run wild? His dojo is still here in the capital, after all.”
“Well… I guess that makes sense…”
Seeing Carinvega still looking like she had more to say, Violet shook her head and asked instead.
“If you care so much about the people, why not just become the Emperor? With your power, just sitting in that position would make things better, even without trying too hard. Fate itself would push the country to prosper without disasters, just like the [Emperor Lion Beast] from before. It would be much better than now.”
Hearing that, the princess’s face immediately turned bitter.
“Be the Emperor? Miss Violet, please spare me. We both have memories from that other world, don’t you know how exhausting that job is? Forget working 9-to-9, 6 days a week. It’s more like no rest for the whole year. Endless reports to approve, endless government problems to deal with… If you do it well, you work like a horse your whole life. If you do it badly, people stab you in the back with insults, calling you a useless ruler. Why would I ask for that kind of suffering?”
“To be honest, I’ve never once wanted that position. It’s just that fate played tricks on me and somehow pushed me step by step into today’s situation. My brother Xiluo is very capable, he’s the one truly fit to inherit the throne. I’m just an outsider. I’d be happy enough just living as a carefree royal relative in the future.”
“You’re really too laid-back… Aren’t you afraid that when Xiluo takes the throne, he’ll see you as a threat and get rid of you?”
“My brother would never do that.”
Saying this, the princess with mismatched eyes scratched her head, looking completely unconcerned.
“If things really get bad, I could always just run away in the middle of the night. Before, I might have worried about whether I could escape, but now that I have this kind of power… I should at least be able to keep my own life… right?”
The priestess couldn’t help but laugh and sigh at the same time.
“Unbelievable. You have the amazing power of the Wheel of Fate, and you’re using it for something like that? You’re also a person from another world, there’s someone else I know who loves building a big harem, but even she is more ambitious than you in this regard~”
“Ahaha… Wait—what? There are other people from another world?!”
Violet just shook her head, not answering Carinvega’s surprised question, and waved her hand to change the topic.
Maybe that’s exactly why Hen decided to let Carinvega be the one to hold this power. The power of Fate is too dangerous, if it fell into the hands of someone with bad intentions, no one could predict what would happen.
Also, the [Agent of Fate] has no personality of its own. Or rather, it’s actually another side of Carinvega herself. Her own character will, to some extent, influence how the [Agent of Fate] acts. Hen is always careful and thorough, so of course she wouldn’t allow such an unstable factor to ruin her plans.
“Alright, alright, everyone has their own goals. I’m too lazy to lecture you. But for now, remember to go out less and keep a low profile. If I’m not wrong, your father the Emperor is probably preparing to make some big news. If something urgent happens, use the thing I gave you to contact me. I’m leaving now~”
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Using the Anchor of Time, Violet openly left the princess’s room and returned to the courtyard of the royal palace. There, she immediately saw a certain dragon god waiting for her.
But unlike usual, Xiao Guang had her head lowered, clearly deep in thought. In her hand was a dragon scale, one that had been given to her earlier by the White Dragon King, Cielru. It was said that the scale could be used to contact her. The scale was faintly glowing, and as soon as it sensed the priestess’s presence, Xiao Guang quickly ended the contact, looked up, and forced a small smile.
“Master, you’re done?”
Seeing the dragon girl’s gloomy expression, a faint light flashed in Violet’s beautiful eyes, but she didn’t mention it. Instead, she habitually reached out to rub the girl’s head.
“What’s wrong? Did that White Dragon King lady say something to you? You look so down~”
“No… it’s just some internal matters of the dragon race.”
That was clearly a lie.
The dragon scale Cielru had given her was indeed special, it seemed to work based on bloodline. Violet didn’t have a close enough connection with dragons, so she naturally couldn’t activate it.
But Xiao Guang, being a Holy Crystal Dragon, already had half the bloodline of the Holy White Dragon in her body, and she was also an incredibly high level, Lv100. Just like how she could easily resonate with the mysterious silver dragon scale in that ancient dragon maze inside the ruins, she could also easily make this white dragon scale respond to her.
Using this scale, they had already reconnected with Cielru more than ten days ago and exchanged information. Even the ancient book about the Wheel of Fate that Violet had given to Carinvega was actually one of the dragon treasures they found in a hidden underground palace, following Cielru’s directions.
The book had been sealed away for three hundred years. This was Cielru’s gesture of goodwill for the collaboration, and the priestess was simply taking advantage of the situation.
The dragon race had lived in this world for millions of years, so naturally they had a vast collection of treasures, books, and inherited knowledge.
The underground palace was located within the Holy Empire and was said to have been one of the White Dragon Clan’s treasure vaults. But three hundred years ago, a great war broke out suddenly, and they hadn’t had time to take everything with them, so many things had been left behind, sealed away for centuries.