Princess Ladia was well aware of the consequences of her course of action. As Duke Dion had predicted, once word of her announcement spread throughout the empire, it was possible that civil war would break out.However, it was necessary.A letter had been left on her desk sometime earlier. The letter's colour was red, and a strong rose scent permeated it. One organization, in particular, came to mind for Ladia—the one that was run by a certain "goddess" who seemed to love roses so much that it had to be a part of everything they did or said.In contrast to their attire, which was pure red and scented like roses, their banner was a rose in gold colour.Even bathing in rose water was allegedly a practice among the organization's adherents.However, Ladia refrained from maligning such a group because it controlled close to a quarter of the empire's population of commoners.Despite the fact that nobles despised the common people, Ladia, who once presided over the empire, realized that the
Duke Ifrit sipped wine in silence inside his chamber from the gold wine glass. His domain was in view as he peered through the window. He was the leader of the Ifrit family and one of the four dukes of the Empire, giving him authority second only to that of the Imperial family. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers would march in unison under his flag at the sound of a single order."Sigh... "I didn't expect the lass to hatch such schemes."'She must have been aware of my animosity toward the Imperial family, but that shouldn't have been the only factor in the lass's choice.'What was the actual cause, then?'The Dukes will not join the war, so it is not possible for the Princess to exhaust the four families and take them all in at once.'"The candidates must demonstrate their abilities, not their family's power,""or is related to the Demons?"The Duke's thoughts stopped dead in their tracks at this point."The signs of demons have disappeared, so that must be it. Does the Princess real
Brightwing Castle"Princess, the representative from the Ifrit palace has arrived.""Duke Ifrit will probably send only one official candidate," Princess Ladia said, giving the advisor a quick glance before nodding. "Well, I'm not sure anyone is brave enough to aim for the throne while keeping their family in the dark.""Duke Ifrit has a reputation for being a rigid upholder of family traditions and he adores his adopted son." The advisor added."If you mention the word "adopted" in front of Duke Ifrit, he'll burn you to ashes and even I won't be able to stop him.The advisor took an awkward glug.Before the envoy entered, there was a brief period of silence in the room.He lowered himself to the ground and raised a scroll for the advisor to accept."Your Highness, Duke Ifrit, applauds your decision." Duke Ifrit's message was calmly relayed by the envoy."I, too, wish the Duke well. Please forward it to me.""Your Highness, I will certainly convey your heartfelt wishes."The advisor
Zikk checked the people he would be travelling with, and when he discovered nothing suspicious, he exhaled with relief.He wasn't afraid of conflict or battles in general, but this particular task was so crucial that he couldn't even let anyone know about his prowess."Are you ready, Zikk, to meet your friends?" The merchant smiled politely.In his years as a merchant, he had encountered many people, and despite Zikk's shoddy attire, the merchant recognized something special about him.No one could conceal the eyes of the strong.According to the task, Zikk was a commoner visiting Ice Demon City to see old friends. Because of this, despite being a commoner, he was willing to pay the transport merchant a sizable sum of money. To avoid the shopkeeper noticing, he even made an attempt to haggle a little on the price.So how on earth could Zikk be any good at haggling?He only succeeded in getting the merchant to lower the cost of travel by one silver.His wife and daughter were the only
"Is she completely recovered?" I took a quick look at the young child.Mason turned to face where I was looking. He laughed when he saw the shy girl stumbling towards them. "I've been looking everywhere for her!" He motioned for her to move more quickly. "You repeatedly asked me to bring you here, totally correct?" He said, grabbing her hand and whispering in her ear. "Go ahead and say it."I grinned as I noticed the girl's anxious expression. "How are things going, Saki?"The young girl gave me a quick glance before quickly averting her eyes and asking, "Young Master, how do you know my name?"I thought before responding, "Naturally, when I was treating you previously, your father gave me your name. Hahaha…"I should keep in mind that not everyone is aware of my godlike system.While Mason cocked his head in perplexity and questioned, "Did I really bring up his daughter's name to the young master?"He was certain he didn't remember doing anything like that. After all, he didn't let h
I inspected the farms and then the irrigation canals, which weren't particularly impressive, before turning around to head back to the mansion.Since the cement was brand-new, I wasn't surprised when the irrigation system was a little on the humble side."Wise.""Master, I have arrived.""How are the monsters developing, exactly? Have you figured out how to get to the dungeon's fifth floor?"Wise took a brief pause and then remained silent. Due to his excessive workload performing tasks for me, he was still at Unique rank, and I couldn't help but feel a twinge of sadness for him. Unfortunately, he was the only one who could deal with all of my annoyances."You're close to reaching your maximum level, so take some time to rest and go monster hunting," I suggested.As if I wasn't the cause of Wise's low level."Rage."I called out, and there was a slight tremor in the room as soon as my words left my mouth."Come with me."I got out of my room, told the housekeepers to leave, and walke
The multicoloured lion continued to hesitate before stopping and moving back to its original spot on the lake's edge. It had a cunning aesthetic in its eyes.It licked its lip while sticking out its tongue. The lion in many hues continued to fix his gaze on the lake.It questioned itself, "Why did the sound go away?" The lion was hesitant. It wanted to investigate what was going on.A pair of blue eyes that resembled the moon was staring at it when it turned to face the sky.The rainbow-coloured Lion was the focus of Rage's relaxed gaze as he glided still atop the lake in his Kun Peng form.It was an uncomfortable situation.The multicoloured lion was full of inquiries, including, "Weren't you only now evolving? How did you manage to complete evolving so quickly?"Rage faked a smile. He would have transformed into a humanoid and smacked this clown lion to death if it weren't for trying out his new form."Do you have any idea how exhausting it was to keep screaming?""Growl!" The air
"Wasn't an angel supposed to be a lady?"Still scurrying erratically, the egg was moving. I had the impression that a chicken was living inside the egg at one point because it even started to make a crowing noise.It was also heavily shedding its shells at the same time.Indeed, the glossy shells beneath were visible as the outer layer of shells shed.The egg grew larger and noisier as it did until it was completely covered in eggshells and the ground beneath it.The eggshell had turned completely white and had a brilliant lustre at that point.The size of the egg kept expanding.Till the egg was roughly two heads taller than I was, the growth did not stop.Remember, I was in a teenager's body. Therefore, the egg's size was roughly equivalent to a normal human's height.The egg's aura, which was almost comparable to a disaster-rank monster aura, was what I noticed as being different.Unexpectedly, a black ember of flame began to spread across the egg's shell, and a startling scene app