novelraw Chapter 326
Chapter 326
326~ Violent Means~
"Princess? I think we should still go to His Majesty's side first..."
"Mm... you're right! Right now, Father the King's side is still most important!"
However, before that, she still had to properly examine Maid Xiao Xi. Who knew if Xiao Xi was also as Xiao Xi herself said, cursed by that imposter and then using this to gain her trust.
It wasn't that she didn't trust Xiao Xi. If it were a normal situation, she'd definitely choose to trust unconditionally. She believed Maid Xiao Xi absolutely wouldn't deceive her.
But what was the current situation? Even her cheap Father the King had been controlled, and now you're telling me you're actually fine? And you infiltrated that imposter's side?
How could she possibly completely trust this!?
"Cecilia."
With one glance, Cecilia understood the Little Princess's meaning. She walked up to Maid Xiao Xi, extended her hand, probed with magic power, and only after repeatedly confirming there were no problems did she give the Little Princess an "okay" gesture.
"Mm... very good! Then let's go, to see Father the King."
Although she was also puzzled why Maid Xiao Xi hadn't been controlled, since it had already been proven she wasn't controlled, then she had nothing to doubt.
"Is this the real-world me? Princess~"
"Mm, this is the real-world you."
Through the Little Princess's eyes, Maid "Xiao Xi" saw the real-world herself for the first time. She examined herself curiously from top to bottom.
It seemed exactly the same! Even the maid outfit on her body was completely identical. The only difference might be the shoes. It seemed she'd changed to new shoes?
"Princess, I think you should still be careful. I always feel something's weird about this real-world me!"
Something weird?
Hearing this, the Little Princess couldn't help but raise her guard.
The person who understands you best is always yourself, and this point wasn't wrong. Maid "Xiao Xi" was her one-to-one recreation of Maid Xiao Xi in her dream. Aside from missing some memories, she was completely identical to the real-world Maid Xiao Xi. Whether personality, behavioral actions, thinking patterns, everything was the same.
And now Maid "Xiao Xi" was telling her that this "maid" Xiao Xi before her eyes had something weird about her. Her vigilance immediately rose.
Could it be that this disguise had even deceived Cecilia, a Great Archmage?
She didn't know how great the gap between Cecilia and the Empress was. She only knew the Empress was the acknowledged strongest, while Cecilia was an old woman who'd lived hundreds of years and had considerable achievements in the magic research field.
Thinking of this, she glanced at Cecilia.
"What is it, Princess Mo?"
"Nothing, just looking at you."
How baffling.
Cecilia scratched the back of her head.
So... Cecilia was completely unaware!
As expected, this was quite tricky!
The Little Princess had somewhat of a headache. She truly didn't know what to do now. She feared Maid Xiao Xi would suddenly backstab her!
Quietly touching her Storage Ring, she was already prepared to immediately pull out a Magic Scroll to deliver a heavy blow to the enemy the moment things seemed wrong.
"Princess?"
"Mm?"
"What exactly are you planning to do?"
"!?"
Her movements were actually discovered?
She couldn't understand why her movements were actually discovered, and discovered so quickly. Unless Maid Xiao Xi had been observing her every move from beginning to end, it would be impossible to notice this small action.
She'd only moved her fingers slightly!
"Princess, you dropped something."
Maid Xiao Xi picked up something from the ground and handed it to the Little Princess. It was the tissue she'd put in her pocket earlier...
"Oh..."
Taking the tissue, she felt inexplicably guilty.
"Princess! Are you alright!?"
Walking out of her bedroom's range, a group of Archmages had already rushed over.
However, they quickly noticed that this Princess seemed somewhat different from before. Previously, she clearly didn't have this pair of cat ears and cat tail. How did she have them now?
Clearly... the Princess with this pair of cat ears and cat tail should be the imposter, right?
Many imposter Princesses were imprisoned in the dungeon. The vast majority all had cat ears and cat tail, while that "real" Princess shouldn't have cat ears and cat tail!
"You! Where did you hide the real Princess!?"
The group of Archmages pointed their spearhead at the Little Princess and demanded angrily.
"Eh...?"
She was clearly the real princess!
But no matter how she explained, this group of Archmages had already begun chanting incantations, preparing to release magic to attack, then search for their "real" Princess.
"Wait! Stop!"
She once again took out the jade pendant sufficient to prove her identity, held it high, then had Cecilia use magic to illuminate the anti-counterfeit marking inside.
"I'm the real princess! You've been deceived!"
After a brief psychological struggle, most people stopped their magic, but some still didn't believe the person before them was their real Princess.
"Then... besides that jade pendant, do you have anything else that can prove you're the real Princess?"
"I can prove it."
Maid Xiao Xi stepped forward.
"Lady Yu Xi..."
"I can prove this is the real Princess. The previous Princess only used a superb disguise technique to disguise herself as Princess's appearance. I infiltrated that imposter's side precisely to wait for the real Princess to return."
Maid Xiao Xi extended her hand to grab the Little Princess's small hand and said:
"Princess, show your dagger, that dagger only you possess!"
Although there were many replicas throughout Glaze Nation, the genuine article was only possessed by the Little Princess. Moreover, some of the dagger's characteristics fundamentally couldn't be replicated by imitations, such as the absolute hardness and toughness brought by that extremely abnormal forging craftsmanship, as well as magic resistance and magic conductivity, allowing that dagger to remain intact even when facing magic attacks.
A peerless blade forged by a deceased legendary blacksmith...
......
Pulling out the dagger from her Magic Storage Ring, she held it high overhead to show everyone.
"Princess... this is the real Princess!"
"Princess has returned! The real Princess has returned!"
Now, everyone had already put down their magic wands, stopped the incantations they were chanting, and half-knelt on the ground to show their loyalty.
With Maid Xiao Xi and the identity jade pendant the Little Princess carried on her person, no one doubted the Little Princess's authenticity anymore. They all began defecting to the Little Princess's side.
Nor did anyone question the cat ears and cat tail on the Little Princess's body, because originally the Little Princess had also possessed this pair of cat tail and cat ears. It was just that later, the imposter princess publicly claimed that was being framed by an evil god, and after returning, she'd removed that curse bestowed by the evil god.
"Princess... what do you plan to do now?"
"See Father the King."
She had to quickly go deal with the curse placed on her cheap Father the King. Otherwise, her cheap Father the King would be in danger at any time.
Thus, the group of Archmages made way, allowing the Little Princess, Cecilia, and Maid Xiao Xi to pass through.
"Um... is that person really the real Princess?"
"Nonsense! The evidence has already been presented. How could she not be the real Princess? Moreover, the previous imposter's behavioral habits truly didn't quite match Princess. Too exaggerated. The real Princess couldn't possibly be so exaggerated. Every time, she'd silently contribute... until she truly changed something, then she'd step forward to explain."
"It's just unknown why His Majesty would believe that imposter so much."
He'd also suspected whether Gong had been controlled, but after several detections yielded no results, he could only give up. Now it seemed his guess wasn't wrong?
"Alright, leave some people to guard here. Everyone else, follow me to the palace!"
......
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"Father the King!"
Pushing open the palace doors, the Little Princess cautiously touched her Magic Storage Ring again, preparing to pull out a Magic Scroll at any time to respond to unexpected situations.
"Mo...? No, you're not Mo!"
Gong raised his head. After seeing the cat ears atop the Little Princess's head and the cat tail behind her, he pulled out his magic wand.
He was a mage, Great Mage level. When facing some assassins without being poisoned, he still had counterattack capability. But in most cases, those assassinating him were all Great Archmage level and above.
"Your Majesty! You've been deceived! This is the real Princess, your true child! Your Seventh Princess!"
"Yu Xi... do you want to rebel? My real daughter has already returned. She's a witch!"
The Little Princess bit her lip and clenched her fists. Her heart felt inexplicably wronged.
She was clearly the real princess...
Everything was that imposter's fault! It was all because that imposter cursed her cheap Father the King, causing her cheap Father the King to not recognize her!
Everything was that imposter's fault!
"Xiao Xi, stand back! Cecilia, don't make a move!"
"Alright, alright, alright."
Cecilia crossed her arms in front of her chest, waiting to watch the show. Maid Xiao Xi was extremely anxious, wanting to go up and help but not knowing how to intervene.
What if Princess got injured!?
"Father the King, do you truly not recognize me anymore?"
"Where did you hide the real Mo!?"
"......"
It seemed she could only use violent means. Right now, she fundamentally couldn't reason with her cursed cheap Father the King. She had to violently remove that curse to make her Father the King see clearly that she was the Glaze Royal Family's real princess!
Her Father the King had Great Mage strength. Without other people's help, she had to use divine power.
Gripping the dagger in her hand, she prepared to use it to draw out the divine power within her body. With this dagger's existence, it was easier to draw out divine power.
During her cheap Father the King's incantation chanting, she'd already released divine power to envelope herself.
With this layer of protection, she wouldn't be harmed anymore.
Although divine power couldn't be used as an effective attack method, using it for self-defense was still quite excellent. It could directly disperse magic power that wasn't particularly high quality.