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Translator: FusionX
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Hooo- Hooo-
At a ti too early for anyone to be awake, Yuria slowly opened her eyes to the sorrowful cry of an owl.
Her body was hungry from not eating for a day, but her mind, lost in thought, could not recall the hunger.
She had faced Robert, and a day had passed like that.
Shutting herself in her room was to have ti alone.
Did she really make a mistake, Yuria stared blankly at the wall that reflected nothing.
To steady her shaking heart, to correct her own thoughts.
She reflected on the fact that her heart had wavered, if only for a mont.
For a very brief mont, she had shown an emotional side to Robert’s words.
There was no need to waver at all.
Hadn’t she always made the right judgnt for the family?
If she questioned her conviction, the reason was.
Well.
Yuria pondered while staring at the wall.
Her long hair had beco short at so point.
Short hair barely reaching her shoulders, Yuria shook her head once and let out a faint sigh.
“…I’ll admit it, I was wrong.”
She thought she knew why Robert said he disliked her.
It was because she had been too weak-hearted.
Because she had held the words of her late mother in a corner of her heart, what she had done under the pretext of caring for her younger brother was wrong.
What she had done, saying she would rehabilitate him into a suitable mber of the family.
Who would have known it would break Robert to this extent?
She should have been harsher.
She should have treated him so that his eyes would hold only reverence and loyalty towards the family, not emotions like resentnt.
Didn’t she bla her brother for being weak?
But in the end, it was she who had been weak-hearted.
Cutting her hair was to repent for this sin.
She thought he had changed because he hadn’t shown a pathetic sight recently, but he disliked her.
Just saying such a thing to the Young Lady was a sin in itself.
Should she punish him, Yuria pondered for a mont and shook her head.
There was no need to punish him right away.
Even if he had committed a sin, shouldn’t he be given ti to atone?
“Because I am the Young Lady.”
A generous side towards a family mber was also an aspect the Young Lady should possess.
She closed her eyes for a mont, then slowly opened them again.
The scene in the room illuminated by the faint moonlight was cleaner than before.
On the night when the full moon had disappeared, blue eyes glowed in the distorted moonlight….
That light was so pale, it was cold and chilly as if frozen.
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After the Full Moon Festival ended, various events were lined up.
There was the family head eting where the heads of each family gathered, led by the Taylor ducal family, and there was the hunting festival where animals were caught and offered to the ladies.
I had no authority to not participate in those events.
In the first place, even if they told not to, I had intended to participate, if I had to give a reason, it was because of the princess.
“The princess was closest to the Crown Prince.”
Our relationship was much better than mine and Yuria’s, but it was still awkward between us.
But to approach the Crown Prince, I needed her.
What I needed was preparation to beco close to the Crown Prince, and with the Taylor family behind , it wasn’t too difficult to approach him.
But my goal was to beco the Crown Prince’s ‘loyal subject’.
That way, I could see his every move.
Watching him from the closest position, and when the ti ca, stabbing him in the back without hesitation would be the best.
It was a thought close to treason, but in fact, the empire held little aning to .
Rather, wouldn’t it be better if the empire disappeared?
But my individual power was not enough.
I needed forces that would fully align with my will, at least.
I did need those forces to assassinate the Crown Prince, so for now, starting with Arwen, I had to gather information first.
“Then the last place I’ll head to…is here.”
On the map depicting the geography of the empire, my gaze turned to the imperial capital drawn in the center.
The imperial capital Eden, the human paradise created by the descent of the moon god in ancient tis.
Since it had never been invaded by foreign enemies, the tis the imperial palace had been stained with blood could be counted on one hand.
Perhaps it could be called the city symbolizing the empire’s prosperity.
I had a strange feeling.
If my wish was fulfilled, wouldn’t it an the imperial palace itself would disappear from the empire?
The Crown Prince would die, and naturally, the imperial family that would beco my enemy would not fare well either.
With the quill pen in my hand, I drew a line at the location of the imperial palace.
This map could be considered my own plan.
Since I had to gradually gather forces to deal with the Crown Prince, I had no intention whatsoever of marching straight to the imperial palace.
At best, I would be no more than a re moth to a fla.
I had the experience of the previous runs.
The reason I wasn’t particularly nervous despite making the grandiose plan of overthrowing the imperial family was because of that.
Even if it was difficult to fully recover my realm, if it returned to a certain level, it would be quite helpful.
I had caught the assassins earlier because their level was low, but it was still too much for to fight several knights at once.
How many imperial soldiers had set out to subjugate before?
I rember it was easily 500.
I killed them all, and the princess appeared and died, but this ti I had no intention of fighting alone, so it should be fine.
The only problem was who would align with this intention of treason.
I couldn’t do anything alone.
I realized this fact only after going through several runs.
But the more I thought hastily about such things, the bigger the problem tended to beco.
Perhaps, it was fine to think slowly now.
Because a few nas imdiately ca to mind.
And the person I considered most important among them was Adele Igrit.
My gaze, which had been on the map, turned to the handkerchief I hadn’t returned last ti.
As I had promised to go to the north, I intended to visit before the end of this year.
If I didn’t go this ti either, given her personality, there was a high probability she would get angry, so it was natural.
But what I was agonizing over was whether to warn her about what she would experience.
My intention to save her remained unchanged, but if I wasn’t careful, she might suspect .
Compared to a few days ago, my thoughts and attitude had changed quite a bit.
It was because I had abandoned thoughts filled with indifference and neglect.
Even though I was living my 101st life, after letting go of my lingering attachnts, didn’t I resolve to think of this life as my first life?
In the first place, so many things had changed that it wouldn’t be far-fetched to say there were no commonalities with my past lives.
Being bound by the past only made my thoughts complicated.
So I slightly modified the plan.
Rather than an assassination-like thod, I decided to change everything by destroying it all instead.
Thus, I resolved to save Adele.
The false accusation of treason against her was a certain future, and whether she would follow my will in that situation was unknown.
It was better to think about this part when that situation arrived.
Then what should I start with first?
I had already sorted out my thoughts on this part to so extent.
“What I need to use are the princess and the Taylors.”
I had no ill fate with the princess, but it was true that I had so doubts about her recently.
Did the princess really know ‘nothing’ about the Crown Prince trying to kill ?
If she knew, she had hidden that fact from , and if she didn’t know, that was strange in itself.
So I had no guilt.
Rather, if I approached her this way and found out her true colors, it would be a greater gain for .
It was better to bite my tongue than to be used by soone.
It would be better for to find out first and use her instead.
As for the Taylors…
I had agonized over this quite a bit.
Because I had never touched the Taylor family before.
I had tried erasing the na Taylor by killing everyone, but I had never personally ascended to the position of family head.
As if my place was determined to be only here, I never even thought of moving up.
But there was no need for that in this life too.
Yuria no longer held any aning to .
So there was no need to consider her, and my current position was a bit low to properly use the na Taylor.
Thanks to our Young Lady revoking my authority, my status within the ducal estate was also ambiguous.
becoming the family head.
Thinking about it suddenly, it was quite amusing.
I was thinking of bringing down the imperial family with my own hands, and the family head who should be most loyal to the imperial family was taking the lead.
Although it wasn’t a definite future yet, if I made up my mind to do it, there was nothing I couldn’t do.
I no longer had any hesitation, so if I wanted to do it, I would do it.
Yes, as Adele had said before.
“Because I decided so.”
Thud, covering the map engraved with various markings with a board again, I surveyed the surroundings.
It was a map that would be quite troubleso if soone saw it.
Drawing a line straight at the imperial family, wouldn’t anyone see it as planning treason?
A smile inadvertently appeared.
It was certain that my heartbeat, which I felt for the first ti in quite a while, was beating faster than before.
After completely hiding the map and confirming there was no presence around, I plopped down on the chair.
I seed to be getting tired from using my head in various ways.
Now that I had roughly made a plan, there would be no problem moving forward, but what awaited was a future I had no knowledge of at all.
The variables that imdiately ca to mind were more than just one or two.
At least it would be clearly different from the future I originally knew.
The closest schedule was the family head eting held in the imperial capital.
I don’t rember any particular incident happening there, but it was certain I could et the princess.
et her, gain her friendship, and beco close to the Crown Prince.
This could be considered my current goal.
I planned to et the Crown Prince before the end of autumn.
‘That way, the plan will proceed to so extent.’
Of course, he might have bad feelings towards at this point since he had falsely accused of treason, but it would be difficult for him to easily dismiss , who appeared to be just a loyal subject on the outside.
At least it was better to maintain my outward appearance as close to an incorruptible subject without a single flaw.
While I was lost in such thoughts, the wind suddenly blew through the open window.
Co to think of it, it was autumn now.
When the Full Moon Festival ended, the weather always changed quite abruptly, and the wind that seed like it would always be hot quickly turned chilly.
I closed my eyes at the wind cooling the sweat on my forehead.
Leaning my head on the backrest, I enjoyed the montary leisure that had co.
Only then did I recall a variable I had forgotten.
I had forgotten for a mont, but it was what Saint Adriana had told last ti.
Didn’t she say Miragen and Adriana were friends?
I knew that, but this ti it might be quite effectively applied.
Didn’t she say last ti we t that we would et again soday?
If we were to et again, wouldn’t this trip to the imperial capital be the ti?
“…If we et again, maybe it will be fate this ti.”
Adriana was always soone I couldn’t et, as if sothing was twisted and we couldn’t quite connect.
It felt like our eting was not allowed in that turn.
Whenever I needed to find her, she was always absent.
But this ti was different.
Even if I didn’t particularly try to et her, even if I had no intention of eting her.
As if it was ant to be this way, we naturally ran into each other.
Adele coming to the Full Moon Festival, and running into the saint on the street again.
I didn’t know what these events were trying to tell , but if it was an opportunity, I had no intention of letting it slip.
If it was an opportunity.
If this was really… fate.
This ti, for sure, I would see it through to the end.
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