After Defeat, the Empress’s Negotiating Chip Turns Out to Be Me

Chapter 112

112~ The Scarlet Phoenix Nation's Runaway Imperial Consort (4)~

"So, what exactly is your intention?"

Intention...

The tailor lady hesitated slightly.

"Can I tell you after I go with Your Highness to Glaze Nation? Your Highness also needs care along the way, right? Once we reach Glaze Nation, you'll be in charge."

Mo: "..."

She still completely couldn't figure out the tailor lady's intention...

"Are you certain? You want to go to Glaze Nation with me."

"Certain. If Your Highness doesn't trust me, I can establish a contract with you, guaranteeing I absolutely won't have any unfavorable thoughts toward you during the journey."

The little Princess was now thoroughly left speechless. The tailor lady had already said this much. It seemed she also had nothing more to say.

Just daring to establish a contract with her on this point alone, she felt she could bring this tailor lady along.

Just as she said, she truly did need someone to take care of her along the way. With just her small physique, she'd probably basically be declared game over if she encountered some wild beasts after leaving the city.

Those hired with money might, after leaving the city and arriving at the wilderness, waste the only magic scroll on her body. Then she'd be left trying to learn how to drive a horse carriage back to Glaze Nation by herself.

"Fine. As long as you're willing to establish a contract, then bringing you along isn't impossible."

The little Princess agreed to the tailor lady's request.

"But is it no problem leaving your clothing shop sitting here?"

"No problem. Someone will come help me continue operating it."

So she'd already found someone to help watch the shop...

"Mm... then do you have a contract scroll?"

After thinking about it, the little Princess still felt establishing a contract first would be more secure. Otherwise, if after escaping in a bit she suddenly turned traitor, that would be difficult to handle.

"I don't."

So... without a contract scroll in hand, yet talking to her here about establishing a contract to prove sincerity, wasn't that completely pointless?

It also made sense. Contract scrolls themselves were extremely precious. Especially those kinds of contracts where the signing target was humans were even rarer. Although the contract the Empress produced was called a "Pet Contract," in reality it was used to sign with people.

The Empress's "Pet Contract" scroll's value was immeasurable. After all, it came from a Great Archmage's hands and could even be forcibly signed.

The lowest-grade contract scrolls had already been speculated up to nearly one hundred gold coins. Contracts signed between people multiplied several times over on this foundation. She supposed this tailor lady also couldn't obtain one.

Then... the next second she was proven wrong.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness. Although I don't have one now, I've already asked someone to help me make it. It won't take long before it's delivered."

Huh? She really has one?

The little Princess somewhat didn't dare believe her ears. She hadn't expected this tailor lady would really dare say she could produce one.

"You can really produce one?"

"In response to Your Highness, I can produce one."

"Certain?"

"Certain."

Judging by her eyes, it also didn't look like she was lying...

"What's your name?"

"In response to Your Highness, I'm called Nina."

"Nina..."

She felt it seemed somewhat familiar... heard it somewhere, but it seemed too distant to remember clearly.

"Are you alright, Your Highness?"

"I'm fine. Just thinking about something."

Since Nina said she could obtain a contract scroll, then she'd tentatively believe her for now. As long as she didn't pull out the trump card she was using to preserve her life before the contract was signed, it would be fine.

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Time passed another day. The little Princess lay on the table thinking about exactly how she should escape.

The number of patrolling soldiers outside hadn't changed, but they'd already started extracting some households to go check. Continuing to hide here, sooner or later she'd be found. The scene at that time... she didn't dare imagine.

"Sigh..."

"Your Highness, you still haven't thought of a method?"

"Not yet."

The little Princess toyed with her hair ends. Racking her brains, she still couldn't think of how to fly out from the city.

Otherwise, should she still follow Nina's suggestion and take the sewers?

"Sigh... what a pity. If only there was a mage, that would be good."

The little Princess lay on the table dejectedly.

"A mage... there is one?"

"There is?"

After confirming with Nina again and again there really was a mage, the little Princess was overjoyed. This represented that her next plan might be able to be implemented.

She didn't need too many mages. Just one would suffice.

"Can I meet that mage now?"

"If that's the case, wait for me to go out and bring her back. Coincidentally, the contract scroll should also be almost finished making... Also, Your Highness, whatever you need, feel free to tell me. I have the capability."

After eating her fill, Nina went out again. The little Princess sat back at the table. Different from before, her face was now full of anticipation, and her entire body brimming with motivation.

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Time passed another half day. Nina finally brought that mage back. It was just that meeting for the first time, this mage appeared very shy. When speaking, she was somewhat stammering.

"He-hello... Your Highness. I-I'm called Ainomi."

"Ainomi..."

The little Princess couldn't help but want to complain. Why was the Scarlet Phoenix Nation's naming so chaotic? Names from both Eastern and Western styles from her previous life existed. She truly didn't understand why the Scarlet Phoenix Nation's naming habits would be so chaotic.

Mm, it seemed she also wasn't qualified to criticize the Scarlet Phoenix Nation. Glaze Nation's surnames and names were also quite chaotically chosen...

"Good. Ainomi, can you use Purification Magic?"

"Pu-Purification Magic? Such-such advanced ma-magic, I still can't use it..."

Advanced? Alright then...

"Then what magic can you use?"

The little Princess continued asking.

"As-as long as it's low-grade magic, I know it all!"

Knows all low-grade magic...

Speaking of which, she seemed to have never carefully looked at what all the low-grade magics were...

"Um, Your Highness?"

"Speak."

"Ainomi isn't very good at combat. As long as it's a low-grade magic whose name can be called out, she knows it. The mid-grade magics she knows are mostly support-type magics."

"I see..."

Then she could specifically provide enhancements for her.

Although she couldn't fight, it should be about right. Her purpose in finding a mage originally wasn't for combat anyway.

"Alright, alright. Ainomi, come here. Come with me to the room to have a good talk."

The little Princess beckoned with her finger, speaking mysteriously.

"Oh oh... co-coming!"

Nina covered her forehead. She couldn't help but worry somewhat whether this idiot Ainomi would say something wrong in front of the little Princess.

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The little Princess brought Ainomi into the room. She casually pulled out a sheet of paper and pointed:

"Can you use magic power to change me into this appearance on here? Temporarily able to slip past those soldiers' eyes would be enough."

"But if leaving the city gate, there are mages inspec-inspecting..."

Now everyone knew mages could use magic to a certain degree to disguise their appearance. So at the city gate entrance, they specifically stationed mages there watching. If suspicious people were discovered, they'd first detain them. Only after finishing inspection would they release people to go out.

Ainomi was somewhat worried about this.