Cloud Thinking

Chapter 242 Chess Pieces

Stellar was relieved to hear Claude's refusal. She had expected the other party's reaction, but the refusal at this moment also paved the way for other reasons she had prepared.

"Your Majesty, please don't rush to reject me. Please give me some time so that I can tell you in detail about the contributions I can make to the empire." Starley did not back down, but straightened her back even more.

"Tell me." Claude was also a little curious about what kind of flowers she could name.

Starley didn't say anything, but walked towards Cheko, stretched out his hand, and asked for the sword hanging at his waist.

Chico glanced at Claude, who nodded, and he drew his sword and handed it to Stella.

Starley held the sword, pulled up his sleeves, and cut his arm directly.

Blood gushed out and rolled onto the ground from the smooth skin, which made Claude and Chico frown.

But Starley still didn't say anything, but just stretched out her injured arm forward so that they could clearly see the changes on it.

After ten seconds, the bleeding stopped. After thirty seconds, the wound had healed into a light pink scar. After a minute, the arm was as smooth as before, and there was no sign that there had been a bloody wound there.

"I've noticed since I was young that I have amazing healing abilities. No matter how severe the wound is, I can recover quickly." Stellar began to explain, "And this healing ability doesn't just apply to myself."

"My flesh and blood have a strong healing ability. Even if a dying person drinks my blood, he can regain his vitality."

Contrary to what Alfie and Helia had guessed, Starley was well aware of the secret of her body, but she knew that this secret would bring a lot of trouble, so she didn't tell anyone, not even her beloved sister.

And now, she told Claude her biggest secret, just to give herself a chance for a future.

"I am a water magician. I can be a healing magician, and this can also cover up the secrets of me."

"I have been studying in the academy for three years. As a pawn of the royal family, I can collect evidence of the shady dealings of the Magic Association and the magic families."

"After graduation, I am also willing to join the Church of Benevolence, which is now in its heyday and is known as a half-national religion, as a bishop to control the expansion of its power so as not to threaten the royal family."

"Moreover, as a healing magician, I can do good deeds in the name of benevolence, which can also accumulate a good reputation for the royal family and change the bad impression of the common people towards the royal family."

"What Helia said during the selection test has already made many people resentful of the royal family. But now, another princess of the empire has spread the light of kindness to them. Naturally, the bad reputation before has been attributed to Helia, not the royal family."

"The good reputation I have accumulated is naturally attributed to the royal family and the empire."

"And when I reach a certain age, I am willing to obey your arrangement and become the object of marriage with the dynasty."

"I think they would prefer a gentle, kind, and popular princess to one who is extreme and violent, right?"

After hearing this, Claude couldn't help laughing out loud, but his laughter made it hard to tell what emotion was behind it.

"You should know how much Aya loves you and how much she protects you." Claude frowned and smiled, "She has paid a lot for you."

"If she knew you said that to her, she would be so sad."

Starley still had a decent smile on her face, as if she didn't feel ashamed at all about backstabbing Helia.

"But, I don't want to be the one who is suppressed by her forever. I don't want to always hear others say that I am not as good as her." She said slowly, "She is the red rose of the empire, and I am the white rose."

"I want me to be the first person people think of when they mention the Imperial Princess."

Ambitious... thought Chiko.

Claude had always thought that Starley was a well-behaved and docile little lamb, but when Helia made a mistake, the little lamb bared its fangs and was about to step on her to climb up.

Three months is neither long nor short, enough time for a lot of things to happen.

I don’t know what kind of expression Helia will have when she comes out and finds out what Starley said and did.

The White Rose of the Empire...I don't think it's impossible.

……

Sadris, Morabi Family Manor, Main Building, Fifth Floor, Conference Hall——

"Perhaps, the uninvited guest can give us some advice?" Roden fixed his eyes on Judith. Although he had a rare smile on his face, it was chilling.

Judith faced the gazes from all directions and felt the pressure from the superiors, but she remained calm: "What are you talking about? I don't quite understand."

But Roden didn't plan to continue pretending. "Perhaps, I should call you Her Highness Helia?"

As soon as these words were spoken, many people in the room stood up and stared at Judith warily. Several of them quietly summoned their wands, probably not for self-defense but for attack.

Judith sighed helplessly, looking very embarrassed, and continued to argue: "I really don't know what you are talking about."

"Her Highness Helia is currently in confinement in the palace. How could she appear here thousands of miles away?"

"Mr. Roden, are you a little confused?"

What he said was actually inappropriate. Even if he was framed, Roden was still his elder, and this was his territory. No matter what, he could not say such sarcastic and insulting words.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the man serving beside Roden came up, looked down at him, and said indifferently, "Judith, keep your mouth shut."

Judith was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. She leaned back lazily, half tilted her head back, and curled her lips, pretending to be puzzled:

"I am only speaking the truth. Mr. Roden is throwing dirty water on me. Don't you allow me to defend myself?"

After saying this, Judith felt inexplicably strange. Why did this weird energy resemble Helia so much?

Ah? Has he turned into Helia? No way! They just met briefly tonight, and they weren't familiar with each other before!

"The person is definitely here. I wouldn't lie in front of so many people, right, Sterger?" Roden looked at the young man on his left. He was pale and thin, and it was obvious that he didn't have a long life.

Stergeir put his fist to his mouth and coughed twice, then stood up and looked at everyone, nodded and replied: "Yes, we used the predictive magic to spy on the current scene."

"Your Highness Helia is indeed in the conference hall now."

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.

All the members of the Tanasha family have come forward to testify, so there is a high probability that it cannot be false.

In other words, Her Royal Highness Princess Helia, who had killed a young man from an aristocratic family in public, had somehow escaped from the palace and followed them here.

So what is she doing here? She must be here to prevent the aristocratic families from uniting to retaliate against the royal family. She wants to find out what the aristocratic families want to do and then intercept them halfway.

As for how to intercept... perhaps some people will end up like Dorado.

Moreover, Helia was able to learn about the party and sneak in in such a short time. It is possible that Claude was behind this. Helia was the knife he used to stab the noble families!

But after they thought about it for a while, they calmed down again.

There are so many people from noble families here, all of them are magicians. If Helia comes alone, wouldn't that be suicide? How could she possibly defeat so many people alone?

Is Claude crazy, sending his daughter here to die, or is Helia herself crazy, coming here knowing she will die?

Or maybe this was actually a trap set by Claude, using his daughter's life in exchange for a reason to attack the noble families.

It is only natural for a father to avenge his daughter! Not to mention that Claude has always doted on Helia, and even a three-year-old child knows this. No matter what Claude does, the others can stop him in the name of their beloved daughter.

Claude has such a vicious heart! He actually used such a sinister method!

Helia didn't know what they were thinking. If she knew, she would probably want to roll her eyes.

They are so stupid, won’t my IQ be affected if I get close to them?

After all, the reason they had such a guess was because they were unfamiliar with Helia and Claude, and had no idea of ​​the current situation within the royal family.

Even though this fact was exposed, Helia still did not remove the magic from her body.

Even though she could feel her body becoming increasingly stiff and her consciousness a little fuzzy, most likely because the time was up, and all these might affect her subsequent performance, she still did not take the initiative to expose herself.

As the saying goes, one must have a legitimate reason to do something. No matter what you do, especially when doing big things, you naturally have to find a good reason before you take action, otherwise you won’t be able to convince others!

If she came out now, it would mean that she had deliberately sneaked into the gathering of the magic family with ulterior motives, and their counterattack would become reasonable.

But if they were the first to attack, then even if her motive for appearing here was not innocent, her counterattack was reasonable, and killing a few of the other side in the process of self-protection was also reasonable, right?

Moreover, she had not yet found the person she wanted to find, the one from the Tanasha family, the one who truly predicted the current situation.

That Sterger, she knew at first glance that he was not a direct descendant of the Tanasha family. He looked like a cannon fodder and his appearance here was probably to cover up for another person.

During the time she had been with Euros, she had asked him a lot about this mysterious family, and Euros had always been generous and told Helia everything he knew.

If she didn't have this information, she probably wouldn't dare to come here today.

After all, she is a good girl who cherishes her life.

"Judith, hand him over," said Roden, "then I will not care about your betrayal of the family tonight."

"I guess you don't want the Herlis family to be accused of betraying the family, right?"

It was an obvious threat, and he was being pressured by the family. How was this different from what Helia did that day?

But something that doesn't exist just doesn't exist. Could Judith really create a Helia?

He took the initiative to stand up and spread his arms. "If there is nothing, there is nothing. If you don't believe me, you can ask someone to search."

Judith's reaction was somewhat unexpected to Roden, but in the end he just attributed it to a struggle and disguise before the guillotine fell, and asked someone to search him.

The wand in his pocket naturally became the focus of everyone present.

"Your Highness Helia, are you going to show up on your own initiative, or..." Roden gave a look to the person next to him, and that person drew the sword at his waist, with the blade hanging above the magic wand. With just one order, the magic wand would be cut in half.

It seems that Roden knows about the magic of transforming people into objects mastered by the Harris family, but it is obvious that he does not know much and only knows the surface effects.

The wand still showed no reaction.

It was as if it was just an ordinary magic wand, a dead object that could not possibly speak.

"Your Highness Helia, if you take the initiative to show up now, I think we can sit down and have a good chat." Steger also stood up and spoke.

"Yes, yes, there is no need for everyone to make such a fuss. Everything can be discussed. Isn't it good for everyone to continue to make money in harmony?" said the peace faction.

The main thing is that if a war really breaks out, there will be no benefit to be gained. Instead, it will disrupt the long-standing balance and no one will benefit. Why bother?

As for the dead Dorado?

The royal family should just compensate the Murabi family!

Anyway, he is not the heir of the family. When the position in the Magic Association becomes vacant, someone else can be sent to fill it. He is not so capable that he is irreplaceable.

Judith looked at them all talking to their wands and really wanted to laugh. However, if she laughed in such a serious occasion, she would probably be caught by these old men and scolded.

He pinched his thigh and used the pain to suppress his smile.

As if getting impatient, Roden raised his hand, and the man with the sword chopped down directly, breaking the magic wand into two pieces.

But there was still no change, the wand was still a wand.

"Mr. Roden, this wand was tailor-made for me by the elders of my family. Now that you have destroyed it, don't forget to compensate me." Judith said righteously.

In disbelief, Roden grabbed a section of the wand and took a closer look, but no matter how he looked at it or tested it, it was just a wand and nothing else.

Being fooled. This is the thought in his mind now.

But the foresight magic had clearly seen that it was Helia who had sneaked into the meeting room using the Helis family's magic of transforming people into things! How could it be wrong?

"Puchi——" an inappropriate laugh sounded, attracting everyone's attention.

Because everyone was a little confused about the current situation and all of them kept their mouths shut and stopped expressing their opinions, so the laughter was particularly clear in the quiet conference room.

Everyone turned their heads to look for the source of the sound, and finally locked onto a somewhat unfamiliar woman in the outer circle.

When the woman heard the laughter, she seemed very panicked. She turned her head to look for the person who was laughing, but there was no one behind her at all!

At this moment, the hairpin she used to tie her hair suddenly moved, slipped off the back of her head, and fell to the ground with her hair spreading out, making a crisp sound.

Then, a great transformation took place—

Helia, show up.