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

Chapter 241

241~ The Truth Pursued (1)~

"No matter what, at least it's temporarily safe, right?"

"Yeah..."

At least Glaze City now is safe.

Who would have thought Scarlet Phoenix Nation had been hiding such a figure all along?

After several people were silent for a while, the little Princess suddenly noticed that the Empress hadn't made any movements since answering her question.

"...Fei? Fei?"

Walking before the Empress and waving her hand twice, discovering the Empress had no reaction, she moved closer to look.

Is she asleep?

Looking at the Empress who had already closed her eyes and fallen asleep leaning against the headboard, she suddenly had a strange feeling.

This was the first time she'd seen the Empress exhausted to the point of falling asleep.

"Her Majesty overextended her Magic Power which caused this. Princess Mo need not worry. Let Her Majesty sleep well, and after a period of time when Magic Power recovers to a certain degree, she'll be fine."

Hearing this, the little Princess pouted.

"Who cares about her!? Whoever wants to care can care! I don't care at all!"

"Pfft..."

"What are you laughing at!?"

Cecilia forcibly suppressed her laughter and shook her head.

"Nothing. Princess Mo, please continue."

"...Forget it. I won't bother with you about this. But there are some things I really need to properly ask you."

She remembered. The Cecilia before her eyes, like her, originally wasn't a person of this world. They were originally from the same world.

"Shh... If Princess Mo wants to ask something, I'll naturally answer, but before that, please find a place where there's no one, okay?"

If they talked here and were accidentally overheard by the Empress, who knows what would happen.

Although the Empress is asleep now, no one can guarantee whether the Empress, this kind of figure already standing at the continent's peak, has a way to hear their conversation even in her sleep.

The little Princess glanced at the Empress.

"Alright, alright. Then let's go to the small grove out back."

There's no one there, and it's also quiet enough.

"Then let's go."

......

"......"

Not long after the two walked out of the tent, the Empress's eyes suddenly snapped open.

......

"Here is enough."

Having walked out of the Empress's sensing range, Cecilia casually used magic to manipulate the trees' growth, finally weaving them into two chairs and one table.

"Please sit, Princess Mo."

While speaking, she also took out a tea set from her storage ring and placed it on the table, putting in tea leaves and hot water to steep.

"Black tea?"

"That's right~ The legendary Sleep Tea. Will Princess Mo drink it?"

Cecilia teased.

"I will!"

She didn't believe Cecilia would dare do anything to her!

After pouring a cup for the little Princess, Cecilia set down the teapot and propped up her chin with one hand.

"What does Princess Mo plan to ask?"

"When did you come to this world?"

"That, it's all from a very long time ago. Who knows?"

She didn't plan to explain clearly. Or perhaps in the long years, she had long forgotten exactly when she was born into this world.

"Then when Scarlet Radiance Nation was established, or in an even earlier time, were you in this world?"

The little Princess continued pursuing.

"Scarlet Radiance Nation... I can clearly tell Princess Mo that although I already existed long before Scarlet Radiance Nation was established, I myself am not a Scarlet Radiance Nation citizen. My understanding of Scarlet Radiance Nation isn't deep either."

As expected, Cecilia had already transmigrated or crossed over to this world long ago! Even before Scarlet Radiance Nation was founded!

"Then have you seen other reincarnators or crossers!?"

"I have."

"!!!"

The little Princess clenched her little fists.

She'd almost forgotten when she started searching for people like herself, who came from other worlds. Now, finally, besides another timeline, she'd found one in her own timeline!

Cecilia, the first person below Scarlet Phoenix Nation's Empress, Scarlet Phoenix Nation's Great Guardian! Lived at least five hundred years or more!

"Then where are the others!?"

She could no longer restrain the excitement in her heart!

What she'd been searching for so long, she finally found!

"Dead. At least among those I know, the vast majority are dead. The rest have also lost contact, though it can't be ruled out that quite a portion of them are faking death."

"......"

"I can very responsibly tell Princess Mo that among those from the same world as you, perhaps only I remain on the entire continent now."

"Why?"

She wanted to know the answer.

"That, I don't know either. I didn't mix with that group, so how would I know how they died?"

Cecilia waved her hand somewhat helplessly.

At least before the large-scale deaths of reincarnators and crossers, she hadn't really had much contact with the outside world.

Moreover, it's not like she died. And she herself didn't need to have too much interaction with others. She was too lazy to investigate the reason for the large-scale deaths.

"Then why could you survive until now?"

"Um... probably because I stayed home all along researching magic. Researching and researching, somehow inexplicably survived until now? A Great Archmage's lifespan reaches several thousand years after all!"

It can be said that as long as they're not killed, basically every Great Archmage can live to over a thousand years. Among the Great Archmages still existing on the continent, there are also several who have already lived hundreds of years. It's just that this batch of long-lived Great Archmages are unwilling to have contact with the outside world.

It can be said that among existing Great Archmages, those who would fight for their nation are mostly only a few decades old.

"When I first came to this world, there wasn't even the concept of Great Archmage yet. The highest rank that could be reached at that time was just Archmage."

It took nearly a thousand years to give birth to Great Archmage as a new, higher-level rank, but this also has nothing to do with her...

"If Princess Mo still wants to search for other reincarnators, I suggest Princess Mo should give up on this idea. The probability that you can find other reincarnators infinitely approaches zero~"

"Moreover, that group tried to change the world. In the end, they changed nothing and made the world even worse. So Princess Mo, please don't think about changing the world."

After Cecilia finished speaking, she kept smiling while waiting for the little Princess's next words.

"......"

Finishing the tea in her cup, after Cecilia refilled it for her, the little Princess finally spoke.

"Then can you tell me about the results of them trying to change the world?"

"Of course. I said before, as long as it's what Princess Mo asks, within the scope of what I know, I'll tell Princess Mo."

"But before that, please promise me, Princess Mo, not to try changing this hopeless world anymore. This will only harm you, okay?"

"I don't hope Princess Mo repeats their mistakes. You're probably the last person from the same world as me."

And, she also doesn't hope the Empress would be sad because something happened to the little Princess.