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

Chapter 156

156~ The Absolutely Neutral Nation of the Western Region~

"Lady Mo..."

"Mm? What? Do you know your mistake?"

The little Princess shifted her small feet clad in white stockings, allowing Xiyan, who was being stepped on beneath her feet, to raise her head.

"I think Lady Mo should wear garter... mmph!"

Before she could finish speaking, the little Princess's foot pressed back down.

"Now, you can shut up."

Maid Xiao Xi wiped the bean-sized beads of sweat from her forehead on the side.

The Her Highness she was seeing now could be described as the super scheming version of the one who once governed the nation well and distinguished clearly between love and hate!

Honestly, sometimes she almost couldn't help but doubt whether the little Princess before her eyes was actually her Princess!

To make her own Princess completely change her demeanor like this, she must be angry, right? It's just because the target was Xiyan, so she had to transform her towering rage into some strange and peculiar desire to punish...

For some reason, she suddenly felt that her Princess seemed to be playing rather elaborately, or rather perversely, with a faint sense of developing toward a certain Empress's personality direction.

"Ahem, um, Princess, I think you can let Xiyan go now."

It wasn't because she suddenly felt Xiyan was somehow good, but rather they were about to reach the checkpoint. If the little Princess continued stepping on Xiyan with her white-stockinged small feet like this and others saw it, it probably wouldn't be quite appropriate.

"Oh, then get up. Clean yourself with magic."

"Alright..."

Xiyan stood up, turning her face away to prevent the two from seeing her current expression, only silently raising her magic wand with trembling hands to use a Purification Magic on herself.

......

Lady Mo~ Lady Mo~ huff huff!

"Xiyan? Xiyan? Are you listening to me?"

The little Princess forcefully knocked twice on Xiyan's little head. Xiyan, who had originally been spacing out drooling, immediately reacted and hurriedly wiped away the drool at the corner of her mouth.

"Your Highness, please speak!"

The corner of the little Princess's mouth twitched slightly.

Although she didn't know what Xiyan was just thinking about, she had a feeling it was something very bad...

"Then I'll repeat it once more. Listen carefully. After we arrive at the Midias Empire, you must hide your identity as an Archmage well. Absolutely cannot let outsiders know you can use magic. Only in emergency situations where magic must be used can you employ magic. Do you understand?"

"Mm mm!"

Little loli maid Xiyan nodded, indicating she had firmly memorized the little Princess's words.

"Then, no matter what, you must properly fulfill your duties as a personal maid. No more fooling around outside, and you must obey my orders without question."

"Okay!"

Although she didn't know why the little Princess was bringing this up, she still silently noted it down.

Originally, as the little Princess's personal maid, one thing she needed to do was obey orders without question.

"Then the most important third point: within the Midias Empire's territory, no matter when or where, don't leave my field of vision. Stay closely by my side."

"No problem!"

Little loli maid Xiyan readily agreed.

After all, normally she always stuck close to the little Princess. Now that the little Princess was instructing her to definitely stay close...

"Also, could you please not make these strange and peculiar movements?"

The little Princess somewhat disdainfully wanted to pull her foot free from Xiyan's hands.

"Okay!"

Before long, the three arrived before the Midias Empire's defensive checkpoint.

The little Princess leading a small army approaching the defensive line naturally ignited the atmosphere at the scene. Until now, the soldiers along the entire defensive line maintained a state of high alert.

"I'd like to speak with your lead general."

The little Princess directly stated her request.

Given that the little Princess had already directly brought an army up to them, the soldiers didn't dare slack off and hurriedly went to invite their general out.

"I am a member of the Eastern Region Glaze Nation's royal family, named Mo. I just came from the Eastern Region. I heard that Midias is one of the few nations in the Western Region that maintains absolute neutrality toward the Eastern Region, so I wish to stay here for a period of time. I wonder if you could convey my wishes to your esteemed country's His Majesty the King?"

Straight to the point, not beating around the bush at all, the little Princess directly revealed her purpose.

Long before setting out on the Western Region expedition, she had already conducted thorough investigation. As one of the few absolutely neutral nations in the Western Region, the Midias Empire had no small number of Eastern Region people within its borders.

Although the Western Region had been very resistant to Eastern Region people these years, there was still a continuous stream of Eastern Region people going to the Western Region every year. Although the numbers were small, little by little accumulated over time had already reached considerable scale.

She dared to be certain that after she revealed her identity, the Midias Empire's king would definitely invite her in, though the army could only be stationed outside the defensive line.

Sure enough, after a short while, the general who went to magically relay the message to the king returned and immediately had people escort them into the palace.

"Princess, is it really alright to leave the army there?"

Maid Xiao Xi leaned close to the little Princess's ear to inquire.

"It's fine. The Midias Empire won't easily attack an army that hasn't crossed the defensive line, and other countries couldn't possibly attack right up to their doorstep either."

The Midias Empire, one of the great nations of the Western Region. Although their military strength wasn't extremely powerful, they were absolutely wealthy. The nation's overall productivity was also quite high, serving as the Western Region's main producer, with quite deep trade relations with almost all the Western Region's great nations.

If someone wanted to attack the Midias Empire, they would definitely be ganged up on by the Western Region's other great nations. This wasn't just talk...

So no one would idly dispatch troops toward the Midias Empire. Even if they did dispatch them, at most they could only intimidate from outside the defensive line.

There was completely no need to worry about the Raider Empire suddenly jumping out to betray them again. This was also one of the reasons she made the Midias Empire the first foothold for the Western Region expedition.

The Midias Empire's royal capital was established in a place near the defensive line. After her army left the Raider Empire, they also followed the defensive line to approach the royal capital, so if she went to see the king, she actually didn't need to travel too far.

After about half a day's time, the little Princess was finally brought beneath the royal capital's city walls.

"Please, honored guests from the distant Eastern Region, follow me. I'll first prepare several rooms for you. His Majesty is not available to receive you today. Please understand."

Just upon reaching beneath the city gate, a servant received them at the gate, while the soldiers who had been leading the way earlier had already retreated to the side.

"It's fine. Meeting tomorrow is also no problem."

As long as she could achieve her objective, even if it was a bit later, she felt it was completely acceptable.