How to Save Humanity After Transmigrating into a Villainess Princess? Chapter 334 : Do You Trust Me

"Alright... don't look like that."

Looking at Adeline who was completely different from usual, Caroline still maintained her deliberately relaxed smile.

"If you're like this, I won't be afraid of you anymore."

Although she still bantered with her partner as usual, the joy that used to be in her wine-red eyes was gone.

She trusted this group of companions who had fought alongside her through life and death, and she also trusted the foreign empress who had traveled thousands of miles from Elasia, but... it was precisely because of this trust that she dared not expose her background to them.

...

"Caroline, you... why did you hide this from us?"

After Caroline and Adeline finally separated and sat down again, Ileina couldn't help but ask Caroline:

"We can unhesitatingly entrust our backs to each other on the battlefield, but... why are you unwilling to tell us about your background?"

"And... don't you understand us? After so many years together, I think you should be clear that we're not shallow people who would discriminate against others for strange reasons..."

"Oh my, Your Highness..."

Caroline laughed and covered her face.

"This isn't... because I was afraid you'd overthink things..."

"But... problems can only be solved if they're spoken about, right?"

Adeline, sitting beside them, couldn't help but persuade:

"Look, we're now leaders who control almost all the public authority of the Holy Kingdom. What problem can't we solve together?"

After Adeline finished speaking, Caroline, who was covering her pretty face, inexplicably fell into silence.

"Caroline, I..."

Looking at Caroline who wasn't speaking, Adeline hesitated to continue.

"Miss Adeline... the problem might be exactly this."

Standing up, Elashia slowly walked behind Caroline who was covering her face, and gently placed both hands on her shoulders.

"Miss Caroline... surely doesn't want us to do sothing after learning about this matter, right?"

As soon as Elashia finished speaking, she could clearly feel—Caroline's body stiffened.

"Nothing can be hidden from Your Majesty Elashia..."

Caroline mustered the courage to remove her hands from her face and looked at Adeline and Ileina in front of her.

"Your Majesty Elashia is right about everything..."

Her courage only lasted a mont before she couldn't maintain it. Caroline, not daring to look at them, still lowered her head.

"I'm very afraid... that after you learn about my past, you'll use various powers of Northern Fire to help take revenge."

"That old bastard is very cunning. I even secretly arranged for people to watch him before..."

"Everything he did was completely within the laws of the Holy Kingdom's governnt at the ti... If we strike at him, it will inevitably cause panic among the Holy Capital's people..."

"And he really does have a large family and business, able to mobilize very strong forces..."

"Even if we win this grain war, it will be difficult to shake his foundation..."

"I... am very afraid... that you would do sothing excessive for my sake..."

"Actually, even if we leave him alone, it wouldn't be a big problem for our Northern Fire... after all, no matter how wealthy a rchant is, he ultimately can't cause us much trouble..."

"Also... my mother instructed before she passed away—don't use thods that would harm good people to take revenge against evil people."

"I'm very afraid you would use unconventional thods to strike at the Louis family for my sake, thereby causing harm to innocent people..."

...

After Caroline finished speaking, everyone present fell into silence again.

Now everyone finally completely understood Caroline's inner thoughts...

However, this silence didn't last long before being interrupted by Adeline's sudden statent.

"Caroline, do you trust ?"

"Ah?"

Caroline was stunned.

"What do you an by trust?"

Trust?

This question was really too broad...

"That is... my abilities, my abilities as Northern Fire's political commissar."

Adeline's gaze toward Caroline was extrely firm, making Caroline feel as nervous as if she were on a battlefield.

"This... of course I trust you..."

"If you hadn't managed logistics for every ti we fought, I probably would have starved to death long ago..."

When Northern Fire fought wars in the past, Adeline could always help Caroline, who was fighting on the front lines, manage logistics well, ensuring the army could always eat, even when supply lines had to pass through mountains and swamps, Adeline could still find ways to ensure the army never ran out of food.

So how could Caroline possibly question Adeline's professional abilities?

And Adeline, having received Caroline's recognition, finally smiled.

"That's good..."

She embraced Caroline again.

"Trust ... I'll work with Princess Ileina and Your Majesty Elashia to handle this matter properly..."

...

"What the hell! Again?"

"This... have the Northern Fire higher-ups gone crazy?"

"I feel... sothing's not quite right..."

The next morning, the new policy notice published in Northern Fire's official newspaper "Spark News" once again ignited public opinion in the Holy Capital—Northern Fire decided to open fifty more state-run grain stores through leasing...

Holy Capital residents who had experienced the Holy Court's failed economic managent policies were all very clear—this thod was inherently quite dangerous.

And what no one had expected was—not only did Northern Fire's leadership adopt this extrely dangerous thod, they even applied such trendous force...

All the previous state-run grain stores combined totaled just over 50, and each could create enormous daily transaction volus of fifty to sixty tons, totaling nearly three thousand tons... that's over six million pounds...

Anyone with even a little knowledge of military common sense knew—it would already be quite good if the governnt could store a year's worth of grain for the army.

And all of Northern Fire's southern armies combined were only fifty thousand people, with total military grain adding up to only about fifty million pounds...

Under such terrifying daily transaction volus of over ten million pounds, no matter how advanced Northern Fire's previous grain managent system was, no matter how much they had stored, they could ultimately only sustain for less than a month...

...

"It seems... those people from Northern Fire want to fight us to the bitter end..."

Looking at Louis Das, whose irritation was written all over his face, the old butler handed him the newspaper.

"The newspaper says Northern Fire even plans to open more state-run grain stores."

"Daily transaction volus of over ten million pounds... Master, why don't you apologize to Officer Caroline?"

"I feel sothing's not quite right..."

"Rip!"

However, after Louis Das took the newspaper, he didn't even look at it and directly tore it into pieces.

"No need to persuade anymore. I think you also know—the funds in our hands are completely sufficient."

"If Northern Fire doesn't use military force, they can't possibly beat us in this field."

"But... Master, I'm worried about how this will end..."

The old butler looked at Louis Das who had turned his head away and let out a long sigh...

They had dominated the Holy Capital's business world together for so many years, he naturally knew the power of the funds in their hands...

One hundred thousand gold coins—that was all the taxes the Holy Kingdom could collect in an average year before the civil war.

Using so much money to defeat the unstable Northern Fire was completely without problems.

But... what the old man worried about was—what if Northern Fire got desperate in the end...

They had armies in their hands...

But Louis Das still acted as if nothing was wrong, standing up to do other things...

He knew—Caroline wouldn't do that, and wouldn't let her companions do that either...