I'm here to save the world, what are you doing?

Chancellor Otto frowned in confusion, his eyes filled with deep concern.

"Nora, are you okay?"

"Cry if you want to, vent if you want to, grandpa understands completely..."

"Grandpa, I'm fine."

Nora smiled faintly, like a spring breeze blowing across the lake:

"Actually, I had anticipated this."

"Expected?"

Chancellor Otto's voice was filled with undisguised surprise.

"Yes, Brother Lucius mentioned the engagement in the letter he wrote to me this month, but he didn't know who the partner was at the time."

Nora walked slowly to the window and gazed at the garden in the moonlight:

"Among the four border guards, the Western Guardian, Grand Duke Alfred, and Grand Duke Glade, have been at odds since they were young."

"All the daughters of Grand Duke Greyjoy, the Guardian of the Southern Territory, are already married, and there are no suitable candidates."

"Grand Duke Romanov, the Guardian of the North, and Grand Duke Glade are close friends. Furthermore, Sisters Anastasia and Yelena also meet the requirements, but..."

Her fingertips lightly touched and slid across the cold glass, leaving a thin fingerprint.

"Considering that Brother Lucius was summoned by His Majesty to depart early and his fiancée is in Splenda, his fiancée can only be a member of the royal family."

"Before the First Princess returned to the Imperial Family, who else could the Princess be in Splenda besides Sister Plotina?"

Chancellor Otto looked at his granddaughter in surprise.

Nora has always been a gentle and introverted girl. She has been considerate and well-behaved since she was a child.

But at this moment, her calmness and insight in locking onto her love rival made Otto feel unprecedentedly unfamiliar.

"Nora, are you really... not sad?"

The old man asked tentatively, his voice filled with undisguised worry.

"sad?"

Nora turned around, and the moonlight poured down through the French windows, making her seem shrouded in a mysterious halo:

"Of course I feel lost. After all, Lucius and I have been together since we were six years old. We have so many wonderful memories together..."

"But Grandpa, an engagement doesn't determine everything, does it?"

"Nora, what are you talking about?"

Otto frowned slightly, and an inexplicable uneasiness spread in his heart.

"I mean......"

Nora's voice was still soft, but with unquestionable firmness:

"A marriage contract is just a piece of paper. It can't change people's hearts."

"Brother Lucius belongs to me, forever."

Otto Olden:!!!

Otto was just shocked.

Is this still the gentle, non-competitive and submissive Nora?

The girl under the moonlight seemed to have transformed into another person. Her eyes, which were once crystal clear, now seemed to hide an endless deep ocean.

"Noila, you have to understand that a royal engagement is no joke. This is His Majesty's will..."

Otto advised.

"I understand, Grandpa."

Nora smiled slightly, the corners of her lips raised just right:

"I won't do anything out of line, at least not openly challenging the authority of the royal family."

"But I want to tell you that I am willing to do anything for Brother Lucius."

Her eyes became unusually firm, even carrying a sharpness that Otto had never seen before:

"Whoever stands in my way, whoever hinders me, will be my enemy."

"So what if I'm a princess? I don't care. I will use these hands to hold on to my future."

"Nora!"

Otto stood up in shock, his chair scraping against the ground with a harsh sound:

"You can't talk like that! That's just..."

"Grandpa, please don't worry."

A familiar gentle smile reappeared on Nora's face, but it made Otto feel terrified:

"I won't do anything that would damage our family's reputation. I just want you to know my determination."

"Grandpa, I love Brother Lucius. It has never changed since I was a child."

"I will never give up, because I know that brother Lucius also has me in his heart."

She walked slowly to the desk, her eyes revealing the sincerity and honesty unique to a girl.

"..."

Otto was silent.

He always thought that he knew this granddaughter who grew up in his lap very well, but at this moment, he realized that he might never really know her.

Beneath this familiar appearance, there seemed to be a soul that was completely unfamiliar to him.

"Nora, love shouldn't be about possession and fighting..."

Otto spoke softly, his words carrying the earnest teachings of an elder, but he also couldn't help but reveal a hint of powerlessness.

"No, Grandpa, love is possession!"

Nora retorted loudly, her eyes firm and determined, her fingers clenched into fists:

"I love Brother Lucius, so I will protect him and possess him at all costs."

"Love makes me invincible."

Otto didn't know what to say.

He never thought that the gentle Nora had such a strong obsession hidden in her heart.

That kind of obsession is almost paranoid, even a little... scary.

"What if...Lucius falls in love with Plotina, or someone else?"

Otto asked tentatively:

"what will you do?"

Nora's smile froze for a moment, a hint of gloom flashed across her eyes, but she quickly regained her composure.

"Well, that can't be helped. After all, Lucius-nii's dream since childhood has been to become the harem king~"

"But I will correct this wrong idea and make Brother Lucius love only me, just as I love him."

"No one in this world knows him better than me, and no one can love him more than me."

There was a chilling certainty in her tone, as if this wasn't just a possibility but an established fact.

Otto: ???

Damn it, Lucius, you've really done so much harm to others!

Look at what my lovely granddaughter has become after being infected with you?

What on earth did you do to her!

Woohoo, Nora, my Nora...

“Grandpa, you don’t have to worry about me.”

Nora seemed to sense Otto's uneasiness and comforted him softly:

"I know what I want to do, and I won't let you down."

After saying this, she bowed slightly, turned and left the study, leaving Otto standing alone in the moonlight, deep in thought.

After the door closed, Otto sighed deeply and rubbed his temples.

He finally understood a surprising fact: the granddaughter whom he had always regarded as the apple of his eye might never have been the docile girl that everyone praised.

Beneath that gentle appearance, there is a heart full of possessiveness and an obsession that is almost terrifying.

For Lucius, she declared she could do anything.

So, where is the line between “anything”?

but......

Blanch it! It's on fire!

Since his granddaughter is so determined, how can he, as a grandfather, hold her back?

Chancellor Otto was a veteran of two dynasties. Before Kocceus ascended the throne, Chancellor Otto was a brave man who dared to confront the late emperor in the imperial court meeting.

Not to mention that Kokwus made this sudden decision without consulting him at all. Doesn't Otto Laoden have any face?

Since that’s the case, I’ll use this old bone to accompany my granddaughter to go crazy again!

A big brawl? Kind of interesting.

..................

At the same time, on the other side, in Clovis's official residence.

The noise from the outside world had nothing to do with Lucius. At this moment, he was lying leisurely on the big bed, humming a happy little tune.

Beside him, Iveliya curled up like a kitten, her cheeks flushed unnaturally, her breathing even and long.

Obviously, Sister Ai was confused again.

But Brother Lu is still full of energy and vitality. This is the power of the dragon!

"Speaking of which, it's time to conduct the 'Today's Dream' simulation."

Lucius stroked his chin and called out the system to test the depth of "Today's Dream".

The reason why there was no further simulation after completing "Shadows of the Past" was, firstly, to save the number of recharges, and secondly, Lucius planned to simulate again after meeting Plotina, so as to verify some of his guesses.

【...】

[Having just finished a battle, you're already eager to conquer a new target? ]

[Hakilu, you bastard...]

【I want to speak up for Iveliya! 】

You are still complaining.

"Xiao Ai, do you have any objections?"

Lucius lowered his head and asked Iveliya in his arms.

"..."

Iveliya didn't say anything.

Look, even Iveliya has no objection, so what qualifications do you, a stinky system, have?

【? ? ? 】

Stop talking nonsense with Brother Lu and start simulating quickly!