How to Save Humanity After Transmigrating into a Villainess Princess? Chapter 8 : Sophia

The scene looked quite bizarre.

A tall blonde woman with a vast army behind her.

Facing them was a pink-haired girl who looked only about sixteen years old.

The forces seed disproportionate, yet a closer look revealed the blonde woman and her army wearing extrely grave expressions, while the pink-haired girl's face seed relaxed, as if victory was assured.

Elashia hadn't brought troops out of the city because she knew it was unnecessary.

Moreover, bringing troops might actually backfire—once a conflict erupted with the First Imperial Guard, she would be crushed to dust in an instant.

Elashia knew that Cecilia, whose personality had drastically changed, would never attack her rashly. Furthermore, since the incredibly powerful Cecilia loved her soldiers like children, the First Imperial Guard was essentially her private force. As long as Elashia could make Cecilia abandon her resistance, this final force that could threaten her would imdiately beco hers.

"Oh my! What a pity, while you were executing your mission, the old emperor passed away. Since the treasury is temporarily quite depleted, we just held a simple funeral for him. Well! Just pretend he never existed."

Cecilia clenched her fists.

Although she also hated the old emperor—the man who not only deceived her but also separated her from her sister, allowing her to et her sister only once a month, and even then from a full ten ters away to prevent her from suddenly taking her sister and fleeing—

But the girl before her, who looked no more than sixteen, could remain so calm about the old emperor's death and dare to show such composure in front of so many people.

She didn't even bother to pretend!

"Since a country cannot go a day without a ruler, I accepted the request of the ministers and have now beco the emperor."

The pink-haired girl smiled.

But to Cecilia, this smile was no different from a demon's.

She didn't even transition, just went straight to this?

She... didn't even bother to pretend?

Before Cecilia's thoughts could finish, the next sentence from the pink-haired demon nearly seized her heart.

"Oh! Right! I visited your sister a few days ago. She's so adorable."

What!

Cecilia imdiately understood—she was threatening her!

Cecilia was furious but also helpless.

After all... this was her weakness.

Anger wouldn't solve the problem and could easily make things worse.

She understood this too well.

However, Elashia's next words suddenly changed direction.

"Given your outstanding abilities, and since we now need to form a truly powerful army, I wish to disband all Imperial Guard units and then establish a new army. Would you be interested?"

Cecilia imdiately understood.

The demon before her wanted to take away her military power!

But what could she do... her sister was still in their hands...

"I shall resolve Your Majesty's concerns."

Cecilia removed her armor and knelt on one knee.

The heavy iron armor crashed to the ground, like a funeral bell announcing the passing of the old dynasty.

"Very good, very good. Would you join tomorrow in the royal gardens for a discussion?"

?!

The royal gardens!

Isn't that where they're keeping my sister?

What... what does she want to do?

Cecilia was terrified.

"I will be waiting for you in the royal gardens. Please don't keep waiting long."

The pink-haired demon waved and left.

Leaving only Cecilia trembling in fear.

"Commander, I'll take the troops back."

An old officer behind Cecilia spoke up.

He was Siris, the Deputy Commander of the First Imperial Guard.

Having worked with Cecilia since she arrived at the capital, Siris understood her very well.

He treated Cecilia almost like his own daughter.

Whenever the old emperor forced her to do things she didn't want to do, he would always intimidate her with phrases like, "You don't want your sister to suffer, do you?"

And no matter how resistant or firm Cecilia had been before, no matter how despicable or cruel the old emperor's demands were, as soon as he played this card, Cecilia would imdiately give in.

"Commander, go ho and calm yourself."

Cecilia just nodded numbly, abandoning even the armor she had just removed on the ground.

Watching the disheartened Cecilia, Deputy Commander Siris sighed helplessly.

Each generation of Elasia emperors was worse than the last, and he didn't know where the country's fate would lead.

In a deserted alley in Radiant Emperor City.

Elashia cautiously looked around.

Finding no one following her, the still-shaken Elashia imdiately collapsed onto the ground.

My goodness, that was terrifying! (>_