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

Chapter 171

171~ Chat~

"Lady Saint, did you sleep well today?"

Early in the morning, Elysia came to the room to find her.

"Pretty well. I just felt a bit hot."

The Eastern Region had already entered a relatively cool climate—deep autumn—but the Western Region was different. The Western Region was still as hot as ever.

Looking at the map, based on her previous life's high school geography knowledge, she could deduce that this area should belong to the subtropics, while Glaze Nation was roughly in the temperate zone.

This otherworld's maps didn't yet have things like latitude and longitude lines on them. Map precision also had very big problems. Up until now, a truly accurate world map hadn't appeared... or should it be called a continental map?

In any case, she hadn't heard of any nation dispatching fleets for any global voyage or measures to search for new continents. The native inhabitants of this continent still believed in the theory that heaven was round and earth was square, thinking the end of the sea was the world's border.

Ships at most only operated in canals and coastal areas.

This couldn't be helped. The entire world was still in a transitional period from slave society to feudal society. Although very advanced in some other aspects, this was also because of magic's existence.

"Do you have maps of the Western Region?"

"Hm? What does Lady Saint want maps for?"

"Just purely curious. The Western Region maps drawn in the Eastern Region are ultimately not as accurate as maps from here, so I'm curious whether the maps here would be more accurate."

"So that's how it is. Then I'll have someone deliver the maps to your hands in a bit."

Elysia had already roughly sensed some intentions, but still agreed.

Wanting to use maps to determine one's general location also required some instruments. At the same time, it also required a place with good, open visibility to confirm.

Their entire order was located in the forest. As long as they didn't leave this forest, it would be very difficult to measure one's general position. As long as the little Princess left the church, she could sense it immediately, so she could confidently hand over the maps for her to study for a period of time.

Her task was just to delay the little Princess as much as possible until the Deity of Abundance fully awakened. Delaying until that moment, her task would be considered complete.

"Thank you."

The little Princess bowed slightly toward Elysia.

"No, Lady Saint, you don't need to bow. This is what I should do. As long as Lady Saint needs it, I will do everything in my power to help you."

Her words sounded nice, but if she proposed leaving here immediately, it probably wouldn't be this attitude anymore, right?

The main reason she was still staying here now was because Xiao Xi hadn't recovered well yet. Although the wound had healed, if she engaged in strenuous activity, the wound might split open. Her body was also still somewhat weak, unsuitable for traveling by carriage.

"Alright, Elysia, what brings you to find me so early in the morning?"

"Oh, I came to explain to Lady Saint the origins of your marriage contract."

Elysia said with a smile.

"Then explain it to me properly."

Afterward, she signaled with her eyes to Maid Xiao Xi, then waved her hand at her.

"Xiao Xi, you can go out and wander around as you please first."

"Understood, Your Highness."

......

......

She talked for a full two hours. During that time, they also chatted about other topics, such as the little Princess's current identity—being both Glaze Nation's First Princess and Scarlet Phoenix Nation's Empress, and so on.

There was also the type the little Princess liked and such. After learning the little Princess didn't like men, she was stunned for quite a while.

"Lady Saint actually doesn't like boys?"

"Why must I like boys?"

The little Princess asked somewhat matter-of-factly.

Could only boys work? Girls could work just as well, okay!

Ahem, she wasn't saying boys didn't work. It was just because of her previous life's influence. She really didn't feel there was anything attractive about boys. She'd seen everything she should have seen in her previous life, and even had the fortune to personally experience it once.

If she liked boys, she always felt like she'd be like Nantong.

In short, this lifetime, even if someone held a magic wand to her head, she absolutely couldn't possibly like boys. Weren't fragrant, soft girls good? Why like smelly, hard boys?

"Ahem... Then Lady Saint, do you like Scarlet Phoenix Nation's Empress?"

"How could that be possible? That Empress is just a hentai. I was only forced to marry."

"So that's how it is..."

Elysia couldn't help but think deeply. Lady Saint had a marriage contract with the great Deity of Abundance Midilayo, but her chastity had already been taken by Scarlet Phoenix Nation's Empress. Was this truly no problem?

Or perhaps... They just had this particular taste?

"Then Elysia, what type do you like?"

"Me?"

Elysia stared at the little Princess for quite a while, becoming somewhat lost in thought for a moment.

"I don't know."

"Then you should think about it carefully. You're already this old. It's time to go seek your own love. Don't keep holing up here all the time."

Seek love? Love... could she truly obtain it?

That was probably impossible.

The Abundance Order was still being suppressed by the Midias Empire. They couldn't do without her. Moreover, aside from her, Midilayo had no other target to directly communicate with. And she herself still believed in...

"My apologies, Lady Saint. I'm feeling somewhat unwell. I'll return to rest first."

"Mm, go ahead. If your body isn't well, remember to rest a bit more."

The little Princess smiled gently with concern.

Elysia's heart immediately warmed. The corners of her mouth couldn't help lifting slightly with a smile.

"Elysia thanks Lady Saint for your concern."

After Elysia left, the little Princess put on her serious little face again.

That's right—everything just now was something she could fake.

After tidying the bed, the little Princess stroked the ring on her hand.

In a certain sense, this ring, like that crystal necklace, counted as the Empress's marriage proposal token, although this marriage was still established with her using forceful means.

As the first female Empress in the entire continent's history, and also the youngest to claim the throne, Fei did an extremely incomprehensible thing—establishing Glaze Nation's First Princess as Imperial Consort. This was probably also an extremely rare event, right?

Most importantly, no one dared say anything about this Consort Establishment Ceremony, because it was established by Scarlet Phoenix Nation's Empress.

Scarlet Phoenix Nation suddenly experienced a usurpation ten years ago. The usurper was precisely the current Empress. At that time, the Empress had just turned sixteen. Now the Empress was twenty-six, almost approaching thirty, yet her face didn't have a single trace of being eroded by time. She was even more mature than before.

One could say strength and beauty coexisted. If placed in modern times, she'd definitely be a proper ice queen female CEO.