The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

While the gray-collar workers were embarking on large-scale development, the newly appointed saintess Lilith Dorian, residing in the capital, had just concluded a charity event.

"Honey, why don't you take a rest first?"

The fourth prince, Kran, looked at the exhausted Lilith with some heartache.

"It's alright, Your Highness, I can still hold on. As long as I'm by your side, I feel an endless surge of strength within me."

Lilith's pitiful appearance only made Crane feel more sorry for her. He then waved his hand and said, "You don't need to attend the next ball. Just rest here. This is an order from the future king, and you are not allowed to disobey!"

Then Crane shouted loudly at Lilith's maids, "Let the Saintess rest well, understand?"

“But Your Highness, the next ball is hosted by the Grand Duke of the West, and I feel that as a future member of the royal family, I must attend.” Although she was very tired, Lilith did not want to miss the next ball, because it was actually hosted for her by another male lead—the eldest son of the Grand Duke of the West. If she did not attend, it might affect her favorability rating.

"I don't want you to think, I want me to think."

After saying that, Crane Augustine turned around and struck a cool pose before leaving.

Lilith's maids watched the domineering fourth prince leave with trepidation.

But as soon as the fourth prince disappeared from sight, the maids immediately relaxed. Several maids brought tea that had been chilled by freezing magic to Lilith's side, who was already sitting with her legs crossed.

Lilith took a big gulp, her expression began to relax, and she opened her chest and fanned herself with her hands.

"Damn it, they keep talking all day long, it's exhausting."

"What a load of bull, what a future king! He's so greasy."

While enjoying the massage from the maids, Lilith complained, "If it weren't for the fact that I'm going to be the future queen, I wouldn't bother with you."

The maids immediately flattered, "That's right, how can a prince who hasn't ascended the throne be worthy of our Holy Maiden? Prince Crane should at least wait until he officially takes the throne before we talk about it."

As she enjoyed the maids' exquisite massage techniques and the expensive iced tea in their hands, Lilith's thoughts drifted back to three years ago when she had just transmigrated.

When Lilith first transmigrated, she was very nervous, but also a little excited. She had actually transmigrated into the otome game she had played in her previous life.

Although she didn't transmigrate into the female lead's body, but rather into a minor noble family, at least she was in the same academy as the male and female leads.

Moreover, it was a time travel to before the male and female protagonists met.

When Lilith deliberately stalled the female protagonist and prevented her from meeting a male protagonist, Lilith realized that the game's plot could indeed be changed at will.

However, the more changes are made, the more likely Lilith will encounter unexpected situations. After all, Lilith's greatest advantage is her familiarity with the subsequent plot. If the plot is completely altered due to her butterfly effect, she will lose her advantage of knowing the subsequent plot.

So Lilith had a bold idea: to replace the female lead's storyline herself. This way, the original plot wouldn't change, and Lilith could perfectly utilize her advantages.

Things progressed very smoothly. Lilith successfully encountered various male protagonists one step ahead of the female protagonist, Isa, each time, and then frantically increased their affection by following the choices in the game.

In the end, Lilith not only maxed out the favorability of everyone, including the fourth prince, achieving a reverse harem ending, but also avoided the influence of the original heroine on her, allowing the original heroine to return to her hometown to farm.

As for the game's final boss, Rena Lars, Lilith, in a rather wicked way, married her off to a minor nobleman who shared the same name as her older brother from her previous life.

However, life after the ending was not as wonderful as Lilith had imagined.

The story didn't end up like in fairy tales: the prince and princess lived happily ever after.

As the fourth prince's fiancée, Lilith had to attend numerous balls and social events with him every day. In addition, because of her status as a saintess, Lilith also had to attend many decision-making meetings of the Papacy.

Meetings, meetings, meetings—the endless meetings and social engagements shattered Lilith's vision of a better life.

Moreover, in order to maintain her persona, Lilith has to speak in a high-pitched voice every day, and only when she is alone with her personal maid will she reveal her true self.

Although the Fourth Prince, Kran, told Lilith that she didn't have to attend the next ball, the schedule handed to her by the maid showed that there was a joint meeting between the Kingdom of Capet and the Holy See to attend after the ball.

In this world where there isn't even a cell phone, you can't even slack off during meetings. This made Lilith clutch her head in anguish, but she quickly regained her senses.

"Let's get ready, the next meeting is about to start."

After Lilith finished speaking, the maids quickly got to work. The princess's clothes for various occasions and the saintess's clothes for various meetings were different and very complicated. Lilith felt that she was wasting a lot of time every day on dressing.

Living in this otome world is even more painful than the life of a corporate slave. Lilith is already tired of seeing the male protagonists' hostess-like faces. Now she thinks they are even greasier than Huang Xiaoming.

Thinking of this, Lilith couldn't help but feel nostalgic for the days in her past life when she wore a tank top and played video games at home with her older brother. Although the two of them would give each other the cold shoulder every day, and her brother would always complain that she would never get married if she looked like that, life was incredibly easy. Moreover, her brother was truly there for her when needed. It was her brother who helped her complete the combat part of the game back then.

Unfortunately, the man passed away before he could do anything to help others.

Not long after, Lilith, dressed in a specially made nun's habit, accompanied the fourth prince, Kran, to a joint meeting between the Kingdom of Capet and the Church of the Goddess of Light.

Lilith has never paid much attention to these kinds of meetings; at most, she'll keep up with news about the former female lead, Isa.

After hearing that the former female lead had rebelled and there was no possibility of her returning, Lilith immediately started to act.

After all, Lilith wasn't the female lead, didn't have the favor of a goddess, and didn't have much real power even after becoming a saintess. Lilith also couldn't understand most of what was being discussed at the meeting.

Many people attended the meeting, including Lilith's fiancé, the fourth prince Kran, who was known as the future hope of the kingdom. He was sitting to the left of the old king, gazing at Lilith with infatuation.

There's also the old king's eldest son, Prince Cliff, who is middle-aged and even starting to go bald.

However, this eldest prince, like Lilith, was just there to make up the numbers, and he was even more restless than Lilith while sitting in his seat.

Because of his cowardly and foolish nature, the old king did not like his eldest son. After Crane showed amazing talent and courage, Cliff immediately lost his status as crown prince.

However, the eldest prince himself had no complaints and was even relieved. There were no nobles in the kingdom who supported the eldest prince, so the change of crown prince went quite smoothly.

"Next, we will discuss some issues related to the war between the North and the Demon Race."

With a wave of his hand, the Kingdom's Prime Minister, Cordick, distributed all the documents to everyone participating in the meeting.

The meeting was conducted in a round table format, a traditional meeting style passed down in the Kingdom of Capet, signifying that all parties involved could engage in equal dialogue and negotiation.

"The border war in the North has been going on for five years. Continuing to fight will not yield any results and will only drag down the kingdom's finances. As the kingdom's prime minister, I suggest to our esteemed emperor that we cancel aid to the North and order the North and the demons to cease hostilities. Both sides should sit down and have a good talk for the sake of peace and their respective peoples."

After speaking, Cordier bowed to King Augustine III, who was seated at the head of the table, signifying the official commencement of the discussion.