Western Fantasy: The Princess Wants to Save the World

Since when has Her Royal Highness the Princess's growth become so obvious?

Valken pondered.

It seemed that after her twentieth birthday ball, Her Royal Highness the Princess began to show that she could stand on her own.

He was so lost in memories that when he came back to his senses, he didn't even know which knight was in front of him.

"...According to some local people, 'Her Highness' arrived at Aslaide City six days ago. As soon as she arrived, she encountered the giants provoking her at the city gate. She calmed down the chaos at the city gate in an instant and was welcomed in by the city lord. She is now staying at the city lord's house."

Valken, who had just come to his senses, heard this.

He looked at Her Royal Highness the Princess.

Is this good luck? Or is it foresight?

His Highness has already sent the first knight to the city lord's mansion as an undercover agent, and by chance he discovered that Freya was also in the city lord's house.

It's like sending a pillow to someone when they are sleepy, for fear that Her Royal Highness the Princess will not have a breakthrough.

Valken looked at His Highness, and His Highness's expression became somewhat mysterious.

The knight continued, "It is said that the son of the city's financial commissioner fell in love with Her Royal Highness at first sight, and was still pursuing Her Royal Highness passionately yesterday morning."

This time it was Valken's turn to look bitter and resentful.

What is this for?

How could he be charmed by the fake princess?

What kind of magic does Freya have?

"Any other news from the financial specialist?"

The knight nodded. "I just heard some relevant news outside. Can I ask that person to come in and tell you?"

Cecilia nodded, "Thank you for your hard work. Please come in with him."

One knight goes out and two knights come in.

The knight who came in later was so nervous that he even forgot to greet her. "It's just a rumor, and there is no substantial evidence."

Cecilia would always take advantage of the one or two minutes when these knights came in and out to find an opportunity to eat something.

I have to admit, it looks a bit sneaky.

It was as if someone was not letting her eat.

Before Valken could say anything, two knights came in.

"It's okay, just tell me what you found out."

The knight swallowed and said, "The ones who said this are the old ladies in the city. One of them seemed to have committed a crime in the home of the financial commissioner Hubbard and was kicked out. She said that when she was at Hubbard's house, she heard Hubbard and the city lord discussing how to drain the economy of Aslade City to invest in the transformation and mass development of new machines."

Cecilia frowned slightly.

It seems that no matter where the history comes from, once technology has developed to this point, it will continue to move forward.

This is the trend of the times and Cecilia can't stop it.

But Cecilia felt that she could still do something about this kind of behavior of using the country's or the people's money to make profits.

"Whether it's true or not, I need you to investigate this matter thoroughly. Do you have the confidence?"

The two knights were naturally confident, "We will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly."

Cecilia nodded, "Do you have anything else to share with me?"

A knight who came in later said, "The old ladies also said that buying vegetables these days feels more expensive, and it is much more expensive."

This indirectly proves what the first knight said, that someone in the city was hoarding food.

"Okay, I understand. If there is nothing else, you can call the next knight in."

Cecilia had not finished her dinner until the last knight shared the news he knew. She looked at the last knight in front of her and said, "If what you said is true, do you know what this means?"

The other party nodded very seriously, "I know, I didn't hide anything nor exaggerate, I found out all this."

Cecilia's face was not looking very good, and of course Valken's was not much better. "Have you told the knights outside about these things?"

The other party shook his head and said, "I felt that if I told people about it, people would panic, so I didn't say it."

Cecilia breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Please keep it a secret and don't tell your companions for now. It would be best if you can find out the follow-up information, but don't let them find out and become defensive."

Finally, the knight nodded, "Yes! Your Highness!"

Valken waved the knight out and announced that everyone could return to their rooms to rest.

After the noise outside slowly died down, Valken slammed the table and said, "How dare they abandon Aslaide City? Who gave them the guts?!"

Cecilia's face also looked a little ugly. She thought that there must be many problems here. From the words of the knight in front, it was not difficult to conclude that there were huge problems with the economy of Aslade City.

Judging from the previous news, perhaps it is really just as it appears on the surface, that the city lord and the financial commissioner have teamed up to drain the city's economy and then seek personal gain.

But the news brought by the last knight completely overturned this conclusion.

They wanted to abandon the lives of tens of thousands of people in Aslade City and thousands of giants outside the city, and run away with the money they had lent out!

Cecilia thought again of the local lord, Duke of Bulwell, who had not yet devoted himself.

The mayor of Aslade City could make such a decision. Cecilia didn't believe that Duke Bulwell had no intention behind it.

"No matter what, we can't let them destroy the city and escape. We need to find a way to talk to the giants outside the city."

Cecilia didn't know what had happened.

In the original novel, when the heroine Freya came to quell the conflict between the two parties, there was no plot of destroying and abandoning the city.

The original novel did not spend too much space to talk about this conflict until it was resolved, but only mentioned it in two lines as a recollection in a later plot.

How come this happened to me? The plot seems to be happening the same as in the original book, so why are there such huge differences in the details?

Valken didn't understand. "Isn't it too early to tell them now?"

Cecilia thought about it and realized that, indeed, the authenticity of the news had not been confirmed after all, and blindly telling them might cause unrest.

While helping Finnian preach in the church in the afternoon, Cecilia could feel that many people in the city still had strong hostility towards the giants outside the city.

Suddenly I admire Freya in the original book for being able to calm the situation here so quickly.

Cecilia agreed with Valken's opinion, "Then let's wait until the knight gets accurate information, and then we can discuss it with the giants."

There is no need for the city’s management to negotiate for the time being.

They even have to be on guard against the possibility that the other party has discovered their existence.

Cecilia picked up the cutlery and ate the cold dinner on the plate.