How to Save Humanity After Transmigrating into a Villainess Princess? Chapter 164 : Is This Just An Excuse

Dorothy knew—Cecilia held too many hostages.

She had no doubt—as long as she made even the slightest threatening move or showed any tendency to escape, the knights would kill a ranger to teach her a lesson.

She didn't dare gamble at all.

She couldn't possibly bet her subordinates' lives on the enemy's rcy.

So she decisively threw down her weapons and put on the restraints on the ground.

However, it was after this mont! The scene that would haunt her for life occurred!

The rangers and knights, seeing that she had finally fallen for the trap, imdiately showed expressions of joy!

Then... she discovered—all the ropes on the rangers were slip knots!

Without even needing the knights' help, the rangers untied the binding ropes themselves!

A few subordinates with so conscience walked up to her and said:

"Boss, we're doing this for your own good!"

......

Her subordinates excitedly planning their upcoming knight careers.

Knights who had already adopted senior attitudes and began explaining the knight's code to the rangers.

Cecilia and the old lord who lowered their heads, not daring to look at her.

......

All these things flooded into her vision at once.

Only then did she realize—she had been betrayed.

Betrayed by the group of people she trusted most.

Whether it was her childhood best friend, the old lord who treated her like a father, or the subordinates who had fought alongside her through life and death, upholding justice...

Not a single person stood on her side...

So, in extre anger and grievance, she...

Directly fainted.

When she woke up, she was tied up in the dungeon.

"This is the complete process of how I was captured by the brave and invincible general of the Elasian Empire. How about it, funny, right?"

Dorothy looked at the ceiling above her head mockingly, her voice carrying a few sobs.

Finally understanding how Dorothy was captured, Elashia imdiately realized—Dorothy must be very sad right now!

No matter how carefree she was, there couldn't possibly exist anyone in this world who wouldn't be sad after being "betrayed" by the people they trusted most, right?

Although these people "betrayed" her truly for her own good, how could Dorothy, who woke up imprisoned in a dungeon, know this!

Seeing Dorothy's eyes well up with tears after finishing her "tragic past," Elashia imdiately knew—she had to do sothing now!

Just as Elashia was preparing to explain this matter properly to Dorothy, the system notification sounded quite tily.

[System Task Issued]

[Task One: Show your true face to the currently depressed Dorothy—"Kekeke! Now you have nothing left! Let have so fun with you!"]

[Task Reward: Mountain Collapse and Earth Split (Spell)]

[Task Two: Explain the reasons behind this to Dorothy properly—"No! They're doing this for your own good too!"]

[Task Reward: Fire Control Magic (Spell)]

[Task Three: Don't speak, just lean down and hug her—"......"]

[Task Reward: Mage Level increases by one]

Elashia, who was about to explain, froze when she saw the tasks before her.

Why was the reward for not speaking actually higher?

She knew Task One definitely couldn't be chosen.

But why was the reward for Task Two Fire Control Magic?

This was quite a powerful spell that could greatly enhance the power of fire magic for herself and others.

Elashia was very clear that great rewards often ca with great risks.

So after careful consideration, Elashia still chose Task Three.

After all, although she couldn't understand why there were risks, that didn't an the risks didn't exist.

The frozen ti began moving again. Looking at Dorothy with tears already welling up in her eyes, Elashia gently hugged her.

"Eh?"

Feeling herself being hugged by the petite pink-haired girl in front of her, Dorothy's body trembled.

Although Elashia's height didn't even reach Dorothy's chest, the pink-haired girl's gentle embrace inexplicably made Dorothy feel dependent.

Although Dorothy had only t this girl once, the kind of gentleness she had never experienced before—like a mother's—made her inexplicably nostalgic.

Combined with the sense of familiarity she could feel from her, Dorothy further lowered her guard.

She wanted to have a good cry in this gentle pink-haired girl's arms...

So Dorothy followed her heart's desire, leaned down, and brought her face to Elashia's embrace...

"Wuu... wuu wuu..."

"Eh?"

Elashia was startled.

Why did she suddenly start crying in my arms?

To avoid stimulating Dorothy, Elashia could only maintain the gentle embrace.

"Clearly... we used to be such good friends... To avoid affecting her career... I even painfully took the initiative to cut off contact between us..."

Having found soone to confide in, Dorothy imdiately stopped suppressing the pain in her heart!

"Why... when we et again... she would bring knights to capture ... This isn't fair... I was so good to her..."

Elashia sighed.

Although she wanted to defend Cecilia, it was best not to speak for now.

Dorothy's emotions had clearly lost control, and she probably wouldn't be able to listen to anything she said.

"And those rangers... they... actually betrayed so quickly..."

"Cecilia only ca for a few days... and they were all turned by her..."

"We clearly promised to share hardships together... Even when the Elasian royal family sent troops to eliminate us back then, none of these guys betrayed us..."

"Could it be just because of that Elashia... Just an unknown woman... couldn't compare to our years of friendship..."

Uh...

Hearing this, Elashia's expression beca slightly difficult to maintain.

What did I do to you? Why are you inexplicably blaming ?

However, Dorothy, with her face buried in Elashia's embrace, couldn't see her expression.

She continued sobbing while saying:

"I... am also a relatively rational person..."

"Actually... I also know that Her Majesty Elashia is indeed very good..."

"After she took office... everyone indeed got to eat... The goblins that posed great threats to ordinary people's lives were also eliminated through her efforts..."

"Especially those officials also restrained their greed after Her Majesty Elashia ca to power..."

"Her Majesty Elashia is indeed good! There's nothing to slander about that... but... but..."

"Is this just an excuse for them to treat like this... wuu..."

Looking at Dorothy, who should have been carefree and confident in the ga, crying like this in her arms, Elashia could only gently stroke her head to try to calm her emotions.