Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival [WN] - Chapter 175.1

Reason to Fight

Princess Elena was discovered in the Khalfaan Empire. The news was delivered to the royal court of the Kingdom of Cleydale by means of a magical device of distant communication that could reach not only the major powers but also many foreign countries.

More than two months had passed since Elena and her guards went missing, and those in the royal court who had been worried about the princess’s well-being wept tears of joy, especially her father, His Majesty the King, who was relieved, but could not openly rejoice in the news.

For an unmarried young woman, especially an aristocrat, even a kidnapping of only a few days could become a “scar”.

Therefore, from the day after she was kidnapped, information was controlled and the students of the Magic Academy were sent home, but even if this was done under the guise of considering the safety of the students, the senior nobles and some noble families were aware that Elena was involved in something.

Even if they did not arrive at the fact that [the kidnapping] was caused by the dungeon treasures brought by the Demons, if she was not seen for months, rumors would start up based on speculation, which would also provide material for the aristocrats to attack the Royal Family.

The nobles of the aristocratic faction had planned to take in the first princess, who had been cut off by the second Queen, and make her a puppet of the aristocratic faction, but Elena, who was not the spoiled princess who adored her elder brother when she was a child, and who had rebuffed the sweet words with a resolute attitude, interfered with the aristocratic faction, so that the center of the kingdom was now occupied by the Royalists. The royalist faction now occupies the center of the kingdom.

Most of the Noble Faction were noble families with no specialties and weak domestic needs in their territories, and their hope was to reduce the power of the royal family, which prioritized domestic trade, and to benefit from it by prioritizing trade with other countries.

However, a move to restrict imports was initiated by the First Princess, who was concerned about the dependence on other countries for food, which made Elena no more than an obstacle to the noble faction.

In order to reduce the nobles’ offensive capabilities, Elena discussed several matters with her father the king using a magic tool for distant communication.

First, Elena was not kidnapped, but rather she was sent to the Khalfaan Empire for short-term study in secret to avoid the danger of a Demon attack.

This would have created several debts to the Khalfaan Empire, but unlike neighboring nations with direct interests at stake, it was deemed not to be a long-term disadvantage in the distant Khalfaan Empire, and was approved.

But of course, the aristocracy doubted it. Even a ridiculous speculation could be damaging if rumors were to circulate in the aristocratic circles.

The point was, which would they believe? The fact that the Princess had not been seen for several months gave credibility to even the most ridiculous rumors, but only Elena had the means to dispel them.

The “Hope” that made those who knew the princess believe that she was still alive.

“Hopelessness,” which led to the defeat of all attempts by aristocrats to assassinate her, and the destruction of several aristocratic families.

The “Ash Crowned Princess of Murder,” who fulfilled the wishes of the princess, without hesitation or mercy for her enemies, even the nobility, and even the underworld thieves’ guilds and assassins’ guilds were afraid to have anything to do with her.

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