Thought It Was 'The End', Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 120
What’s the matter? Can we help?
Adeline always smiled maturely and replied,
I’m fine. Nothing’s wrong.
It was the same this time. Even when Jeff asked if she was okay, Adeline only answered that nothing was wrong. Waiting for her to open up would yield the same result as before.
Shane also knew well about Adeline’s stubbornness.
However, he had said he wouldn’t ask, not that he would sit idly by.
Even if there was no connection between the Kingdom of Brubewein and the dark sorcerer Adeline was seeking, it wouldn’t change anything. After all, they weren’t in a position to be forthright, so they were keeping it secret.
Even if it was unrelated, they would just be eliminating one illegal business.
They would eliminate it because it was bothersome.
If Adeline had seen it, she would have admired the bulldozer-like conclusion worthy of the original villain’s family.
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Princess Mia of Brubewein felt like she was living in a dream every day.
The Green Windsor Empire was incomparable to Brubewein. If there were a heaven described during sermons, it would undoubtedly be the Green Windsor Imperial Palace.
The empire treated its guests with utmost hospitality and didn’t discriminate against the princess of a small, poor country. There were power struggles among the invited guests, but Mia found them trivial.
The blessed weather, not too cold even in winter, meant it wasn’t cold at all indoors.
The Kingdom of Brubewein was so poor that even royalty couldn’t spend the winter warmly.
The king and queen opened the national treasury every year for the starving citizens and condemned waste and luxury. Even if they could eat their fill, they were not allowed to eat much, and even if they could sleep warmly, they were not allowed to light a fire.
Here, however, they could eat enough to leave food at every meal and enjoy various events before returning to take a warm bath. What could be better than this?
“I want to live here forever.”
“That’s…”
“Isn’t it just a matter of catching the Crown Prince’s eye? I have qualifications too!”
“Well, yes, but…”
“If not the Crown Prince, then a high-ranking noble…”
She could leave her detestable homeland.
Mia glared at her lady-in-waiting, Kaitlyn, who never said what she wanted to hear.
“You may think I’m foolish, but I’m serious. I really hate my country.”
“That’s sad. I really like Brubewein.”
“I don’t understand. It’s dirt poor and has nothing to see.”
Kaitlyn smiled slightly.
“Well, if it weren’t for your family, we would have collapsed long ago. My father always said, ‘You are the treasure of our kingdom.'”
“That’s an overstatement. Well, I guess you’re kinda good at business.”
Mia knew nothing.
Because of this, the king of Brubewein could send her off to marry into another country.
No one expected the foolish princess, devoid of patriotism, to truly marry the Crown Prince. Still, they hoped she might catch the eye of a Green Windsor noble who could bring wealth to her family.
“Will we see the Saintess soon?”
“Probably.”
“She’s supposed to be very beautiful… How fascinating.”
Kaitlyn clenched her fists.
Noticing Kaitlyn’s darkening expression, Mia patted her arm.
“If you’re tired, you can go back and rest.”
“I’m sorry.”
“No! I’m fine! I’m so happy right now!”
Kaitlyn stood up. As Mia was about to lie down, she suddenly remembered something and called out to Kaitlyn.
“Come to think of it, Kaitlyn, you were originally from Green Windsor, right? You said you were adopted.”
“Yes. My father saved me when I was dying while crossing the border. I will live my life repaying that debt.”
“Ah, I see… Then you can’t come to marry into Green Windsor with me…”
“That will not happen.”
Mia smiled as if satisfied.
Kaitlyn found Mia, who seemed to think she had just removed a competitor, adorable and left her bedroom.
‘Approaching the Saintess won’t be easy, not yet…’
Kaitlyn needed to see her target to cast a spell. Moreover, this was deep within enemy territory. If she recklessly used sorcery and was discovered, she would die before even approaching the Saintess.
The most painful method would be to eliminate the people the Saintess loved one by one. She had no intention of killing them quickly.
Either make them disappear or betray her cruelly.
‘Who is it? The person the Saintess loves the most.’
Kaitlyn planned to take her time and strangle her enemy.
