Cloud Thinking

Entering the palace was easier than expected. Helia and Kaka first met the local lord, and were sent to the imperial capital amid the lord's flattery. After two days of bumpy ride, they finally arrived at the palace. On the way, no one doubted Helia's identity. Even though her red hair was different, her sapphire blue eyes were the clearest and purest they had ever seen. She was undoubtedly a member of the royal family.

She did not get the chance to meet Ko Misa on the day she entered the palace, and it should be said that it is very likely that she will not be summoned in the future. Because Ko Misa has spread a lot of seeds outside, many of them are children who come to recognize their relatives. He is busy seeking pleasure every day, so how can he spare so much time to maintain the almost non-existent family affection?

This was both a good thing and a bad thing for Helia. The good thing was that she didn't have to think of a reason to explain her red hair, but the bad thing was that she couldn't ask Komisar to find Turhei. There were too many royal family members, but only so many resources. Even if she entered the palace, the only treatment she could enjoy was good food and good sleep, and nothing else could be expected.

So it's up to her to find someone.

"Sister, where are you going today?" Kaka saw Helia was about to go out, so he immediately ran over and hugged her waist. After these days of getting along, Kaka became more and more attached to Helia. If she said that she was not used to the new environment and was afraid, it would be fine, but she had been with Kaka for almost three days to adapt, and she was still so clingy, which was a bit unreasonable.

"I have my own things to do. You stay in the room and wait for me to come back. Don't run around." Helia pulled away Kaka's arm. The incident with Jepas had left such a deep shadow on her that she felt inexplicably scared when she saw similar children getting close to her.

"Okay... then Kaka will wait in the house for sister to come back..." Kaka hung his head aggrievedly, with the corners of his mouth almost falling to the ground, but in order not to be disliked he listened obediently. Now he looked like a strong but weak little white flower.

Helia was a person who would rather be soft-hearted than hard-hearted. Even though he looked at her pitifully, she still didn't harden her heart. She raised her hand and rubbed Kaka's head. "I'll be back soon, don't worry."

After getting Helia's assurance, Kaka watched her go out obediently.

Helia planned to walk around the palace first, maybe she could bump into someone she knew and build some relationships with them. Of course, she wanted to walk around, and so did everyone else.

The palace was still the same as she remembered, except that the Amber Palace where she originally lived was now a ruin, everything else was the same as before. In other words, the Amber Palace was built by Claude specifically for Helia, which was enough to show how great his love was.

Helia couldn't help but walk towards the open space. It was a bit of a problem to call it a ruin. This should be considered a site. Traces of bombardment could be seen on the broken walls.

The palace of the Abraham royal family was once bombarded during a war. Of course, that was a long time ago and it was not even recorded in history books because it was too embarrassing. This was something Helia found out from the historical materials on the border.

She walked slowly in the ruins, looking up and comparing the layout of her Amber Palace bit by bit, but not long after, the sound of several footsteps behind her broke the silence.

"Are you the new sister who entered the palace?"

A cheerful voice belonging to a young man sounded. Helia stopped and turned to look. As expected, she saw three boys and girls with blue eyes like her. The little prince in the lead had neat short golden hair and a proud look in his eyes. His dress was obviously very different from that of Helia, who had come in halfway to recognize her as a relative.

It seems that this is the little prince born by the imperial concubine in Komisar's harem, Helia thought.

The three visitors were speechless when they saw Helia's stunning face, especially the leader, who was so stunned that he opened his mouth but couldn't say a word. His eyes fell on Helia's fiery red, slightly curly long hair, and it was the first time he felt that there was a hair color in the world that was more beautiful than the golden hair that symbolized the royal family.

Flamboyant and beautiful, Helia's extraordinary temperament can be seen just by standing there. She is nothing like those uneducated wild children picked up from outside. Even he, who grew up in the royal family, is inferior to Helia in terms of momentum.

Helia smiled slightly, holding up the hem of her skirt with both hands, stepped back, squatted slightly, bowed, and said softly, "Nice to meet you, my name is Helia, nice to meet you, Your Highnesses, the princes and princesses."

She did not call them brother and sister casually, even though the other party called her sister first, but Helia knew very well that these guys were probably here to intimidate her. If she rashly called them like that, these guys would probably take the opportunity to mock her for being ignorant and just a wild child. She didn't even get Komisar's recognition, but she was so self-righteous that she thought she was a princess?

"You...you...He...Aya." Cardolo stuttered for a long time. The three words Helia seemed to be hot in his mouth. No matter how he called it, it didn't sound smooth. Finally, he had an idea and called out Aya. Suddenly, he felt much more comfortable.

"I wonder what your Highness has to say?" Helia responded with a smile.

"What do you mean Your Highness or Not? You are my sister, so you should call me brother." Cardolo didn't like Helia's polite tone, so he corrected her with his hands on his hips.

"I'm sixteen." Helia only said this, and the meaning was obvious: who was the brother and who was the sister was still to be discussed.

Cardolo understood what she meant, and he held his head high and said proudly, "I'm eighteen years old this year, you should call me brother."

Helia smiled, revealing her eight beautiful, neat teeth, and explained, "Brother was born noble, and looks young. Unlike us exiled people, we work hard and look older. I was wrong for a moment, and I hope you won't be angry."

Helia's calls of "brother" and "older brother" made Cardoro feel so comfortable that he forgot the purpose of coming today. He pointed to the other two people standing on his left and right and introduced them, "The one on the left is Ademi. He is fifteen years old and younger than you. You can just call him your younger brother."

"The one on the right is Midori, she's one year older than you, you should call her sister."

"My name is Cardolo. You may have heard of my name. You don't need to remember the others so clearly, but you must remember that I am your brother."

Helia's mind raced, trying to find some useful information. After all, it was immoral for Claude to kill his own blood relatives, so it would not be recorded in history books and outsiders would not dare to comment on it.

Not to mention that her grandfather Ko Misa left seeds all over the place, and there were so many children that she couldn't count them. How could she remember which was which?

She had some vague impressions of the few princes who had fought fiercely with Claude and had the support of great nobles, but it was obvious that the three in front of her were not within the scope that Helia needed to pay attention to.

Guess what kind of cannon fodder he is.

"Hello." Helia just smiled and greeted again, without any intention of further establishing a relationship or getting close to them.

"Aya, what are you doing here? We went to your room to look for you, but we didn't find you." Cardolo felt inexplicably good when he saw that Helia didn't call the other two brothers and sisters, but only called him brother.

Helia thought of Kaka who was left in the room by her, and decided that it would be better to bring the child out next time. After all, who knows if the next time someone goes to her room to look for her, it might be for some bad intentions?

"I was just wandering around because I was bored. I saw this place was deserted, so I came here to find some peace and quiet." Helia explained, "I wonder what my brother wants to talk to me about?"

Helia was actually reluctant to call him brother. Blot had tried everything before but failed to trick her into saying it. Now, if it wasn't for the purpose of pleasing others and getting them to help her with things, she would not want to call him that at all.

Cardoro then remembered the purpose of coming here today, but he didn't want to do that after seeing Helia. He pretended to cough twice, gave the two people behind him two unnatural looks, and then smiled and lied: "I heard that there is a new sister, so I came to see her out of curiosity and take care of her."

"After all, we have the same blood, we are all one family, one family."

Helia just smiled and didn't express her opinion.

Seeing that Helia had an indifferent expression and looked uninterested in what he said, Cardolo wanted to show off. It would be even better if he could coax her to look at him warmly with those beautiful eyes and praise him.

"Aya, you've just arrived, so I'm sure there are many things you're not used to. If you need any help, just ask. I'll definitely help you out!"

"Thank you for your concern, brother. I do have some things I want to do, but I don't have any way to do it. I'm worried about it now..." Helia pretended to be pitiful, which unsurprisingly aroused Cardolo's desire to protect and show off.

"Aya, just say it, I will definitely help if I can." Cardolo patted his chest and promised.

"I want to meet the Emperor." Helia said, "Um...our father."

Helia figured out one thing during the past three days. She didn't need to cover up her red hair. Instead, she had to let Komisa see it clearly. She also didn't need to explain her identity. The old man would guess it himself anyway. As long as he found value in her, she could use Komisa to achieve her goals.

What she has to do is to put herself in the public eye and let people clearly see her own value, because only people with value are qualified to be used and can obtain power equal to their own value.

Carlodo was speechless. Not to mention that it was Helia who wanted to see Komisar, all of these princes and princesses, which one didn't want to see Komisar and get their father's attention and love? But the fact was, Komisar seemed to be very nice to every child on the surface, but in fact he was just a master at playing both sides. There was only so much love, and when there were more children, each person would get less.

"Well, come to think of it, my father hasn't seen you since you entered the palace." Although Cardolo was in a difficult situation, he was not completely helpless.

He is different from the two princes and princesses who are like followers around him. His mother is from a prominent noble family. With this identity, he has more confidence and opportunities in Komisa.

"Could you please help me, brother?" Helia pretended to be helpless and pitiful just right. Her beauty was her weapon, and she was very good at using her advantages.

"Please, brother..."

Facing Helia's misty eyes and her pitiful look of longing, Cardoro's desire to perform swelled up like a balloon. He had patted his chest and said such words before, but now he couldn't find a way down, so he gritted his teeth and agreed.

"But Aya, you may have to wait for a while. You know, father is very busy." Cardolo said.

Helia smiled brightly, took the initiative to step forward and held Cardoro's hand, blinking her eyes and said, "I can wait, thank you brother."

Cardolo blushed, stammered and spoke nonsense for a while, then hurried away with his men, as if Helia was some kind of monster.

Cardolo was very efficient in his work. The next day, Helia received a summons from the emperor. She packed up her things simply and went to the Executive Hall with Kaka.

The child was terrified and held onto Helia's hand tightly, refusing to let go. However, Helia looked relaxed, walking towards the most solemn and inviolable place in the entire palace, as if she was going home.

Komisar had originally thought of sending Helia away after just meeting her once, but after seeing Helia, the amazement that flashed across his eyes was not fake. This girl was prettier than any of his children, and her natural nobility and the aura of a superior that emanated from her every move told him—