novelraw Chapter 333
Chapter 333
333~ The Flaw~
"Cecilia~ Cecilia~"
"What is it, Princess Mo?"
Cecilia put down her teacup and the magic book she was studying in her hands, turning her head to inquire.
"Nothing much. Just came to see if you're comfortable staying here."
"It's alright. Aside from not being able to research magic anytime, there's no difference from Scarlet Phoenix Nation."
"Then shall I have someone build you a Magic Workshop?"
She knew that for those mages who generally liked researching magic, a Magic Workshop was their life. Many precious magic books were collected inside, and after accumulated soaking in magic power day after day, the environment there became very suitable for conducting magic power and magic research.
"No need. I don't have the need to research magic anytime, anywhere. Just reading books is enough."
These books were all magic books recording super-ancient magic. Their value and significance absolutely couldn't be measured by money.
"Oh... then never mind."
Since Cecilia had no plans to research magic in Glaze Nation, then there was no need to expend large amounts of funds to specifically construct a Magic Workshop.
"Have you discussed it with your Father the King?"
"What?"
"About trade with Scarlet Phoenix Nation."
"This... to be honest, I forgot."
Cecilia: "......"
As expected, counting on this foolish loli was still too careless.
"Isn't it because there've been too many matters in Glaze Nation recently? I still have to handle the corruption problem!"
The Little Princess explained.
"Forget it. There's still time anyway."
She wasn't in a hurry anyway. There was still quite a while before the return time the Empress gave. As long as she could return to report before time was up, it didn't matter. Moreover, there was still Folding Space Magic to use, instantly returning within Scarlet Phoenix Nation's borders.
"However... why does Glaze Nation's architecture here always feel weird?"
A sort of European simplicity?
"This is just Glaze Nation's architectural style..."
Anyway, she'd been looking at it for over ten years and had grown accustomed to it.
"Forget it. If you have something to busy yourself with, hurry and go. I'm going to continue reading now."
She still had to use this magic book to perfect Folding Space Magic a bit, plus research what method to use to directly send that imposter into the earth's core when she returned.
Like this, even if she could rapidly recover, it couldn't possibly be faster than the body's destruction speed, right? Over 6,000 degrees of high temperature. She didn't believe that under such ultra-high temperatures, being burned repeatedly, that imposter would still have the possibility of returning.
......
"Princess~ Time for lunch."
"Mm, wait a moment first."
She was still researching, conducting research on that notebook.
Right now, the biggest problem was that she had no way to condense divine power into a mass like in the notebook, much less manipulate divine power at will...
Something must have gone wrong somewhere. Why could she not manipulate divine power at will no matter what? Why could her future self manipulate everything? There must be some cognitive deviation in between!
"Then Princess, shall I bring lunch back to the bedroom for you?"
"Mm, bring it back."
She also didn't plan to go to the dining hall to eat.
"Alright, please wait a moment, Princess."
Withdrawing from the bedroom, Maid Xiao Xi headed to the dining hall to prepare to retrieve the Little Princess's lunch.
"Yu Xi? Where's Mo?"
"Princess is researching something. She said she'd dine directly in the bedroom."
"Researching something? Researching what?"
"I don't know about that. Princess just kept holding a notebook researching the contents inside."
"Mm..."
Researching the contents of the notebook? Was it content about Glaze Nation rebuilding a new system?
As expected, his precious daughter always thought of the nation like this! The more he thought, the more he felt he owed his precious daughter!
No, he also had to think of some methods to compensate his precious daughter. But the problem was that up until now, his precious daughter didn't seem to particularly want anything. He also didn't know how to compensate her.
He didn't know if his precious daughter would like it if he sent her some treasures?
"Yu Xi, what do you think..."
He raised his head and discovered Maid Xiao Xi had already disappeared without a trace. If nothing unexpected happened, she'd directly gone to the Little Princess's side carrying food.
"......"
Forget it. As for compensating his precious daughter, he'd think about it himself.
......
"Princess~ Chicken soup is here?"
"What's codename Pangolin?"
"Huh? What are you saying, Princess?"
"Nothing..."
The Little Princess's mouth twitched to one side.
This was a meme from her previous life. Naturally, no one in this life could understand it.
"Then I'll leave the food here. Princess, remember to eat."
"Mm."
Nothing else to say, but today's meal truly did have chicken soup inside. However, Maid Xiao Xi wasn't some double agent with codename Pangolin, so she could drink it with peace of mind... probably?
Whatever. Anyway, ordinary poison couldn't poison her to death now. With divine power, she could easily neutralize toxins.
"Wait a moment."
She suddenly called out to Maid Xiao Xi.
"What is it, Princess?"
Maid Xiao Xi stopped her steps and asked back.
"Where are you going?"
"To help His Majesty handle some official documents."
"Handle official documents?"
Hearing Maid Xiao Xi was going to help her cheap Father the King handle official documents, she couldn't hold it in.
As a nation's king, yet you were handing official documents to a maid to handle?
Although the Empress also sometimes handed them to maids to handle, the Scarlet Maid Corps was an organization specifically helping the Empress handle various problems, unlike Maid Xiao Xi who was truly just an ordinary maid.
"Forget it, forget it. You go ahead."
The Little Princess supported her forehead.
"Mm."
After only she remained alone in the bedroom, the Little Princess looked for quite a while, then casually tossed the notebook aside and directly ate.
Anyway, researching on an empty stomach wouldn't produce any results. Better to eat and fill her stomach before researching!
Thinking this in her heart, but after finishing the meal, she couldn't muster up any energy. After glancing at the notebook tossed aside.
Forget it. She'd research tomorrow. Right now, rest was most important!
Thinking thus, she simply directly climbed onto the bed, her entire person rolling up in the blanket.
These matters should wait until her energy recovered. Right now she was tired. Rest was more important! Otherwise, if she exhausted her body, everything would be lost!
"Zzz..."
Before long, she fell into dreamland.
This time, she didn't enter that church again, but sank into dreamland to let her spirit also relax.
"......"
......
"Miss Cecilia, I've come to collect the tableware."
"Mm."
Cecilia casually pointed at the table on the side. Only some food remnants and used tableware remained on top.
After collecting the tableware, Maid Xiao Xi spoke:
"Then Miss Cecilia, I'll go down first."
"Wait a moment. You can't leave yet. Before that, first tell me, who exactly are you? How about it?"
"This... what are you saying, Miss Cecilia?"
Maid Xiao Xi maintained a smile and asked.
"Didn't hear clearly? Then I'll repeat once more. Who exactly are you? What's your purpose in approaching Mo? Why are you disguised as Mo's personal maid? Why didn't you make your move earlier? Why..."
Throwing out a large pile of questions, Maid Xiao Xi's facial expression had some subtle changes.
"Why...? I'm just the personal maid by Princess's side. Isn't caring about Princess natural?"
As the Little Princess's personal maid, couldn't she approach the Little Princess?
"Stop pretending. Although I can sense your body is real, and I can't see any problems with your soul, fake is fake. Fake can't become real. Your flaw is being too perfect, so perfect that I can't sense any other emotions at all."
Speaking to this point, Maid Xiao Xi's complexion finally became somewhat unpleasant.
"So Miss Cecilia, are you going to expose me before Princess?"
"So you're admitting it?"
"...Since it's already been seen through, then there's no need for concealment, is there?"
Maid Xiao Xi smiled.
"Heh... truly good acting. Even Mo couldn't tell at first that you were fake."
Although the Little Princess had already noticed this Maid Xiao Xi had problems, she couldn't find where the problem was for the time being. But she'd already found the flaw now. That was, this Maid Xiao Xi fundamentally didn't have something called "emotions." Aside from that initial excitement upon just meeting the Little Princess, there were completely no emotions to speak of.
So when exactly was she swapped? She was quite curious.
"Many thanks for Miss Cecilia's excessive praise."
"Then, I'd like to ask, how long do you plan to act beside Mo? Or are you planning to wait until your imposter master returns before giving us two a backstab?"
"Imposter? That Princess is no imposter. That one is also a genuine Princess, only there are certain differences between the two Princesses."
Maid Xiao Xi smiled.
"Both Princesses are the real Princess. Since that's the case, then it doesn't matter which Princess I serve."
"Then by that logic, you're also an imposter?"
"No, of course I'm also real. It's just that the other me has already fallen asleep. I'm just taking over now."
"Hehe... Since you say you're real, then why don't you have something called emotions?"
"This, perhaps because I'm not complete? Just like that Princess you sent to the seabed, that one also isn't a complete Princess."
What kind of ghostly logic was this?
Although she couldn't figure out what exactly the specific situation was, since this maid before her eyes wasn't the original maid, then eliminating her on the spot shouldn't have any problems, right?
However, before that, she still wanted to continue asking.
"What you just said, about both being the real Mo, what does that mean?"
"Please allow me to refuse to answer this question for you."
"Then if the other Mo returns, what do you plan to do?"
"Do nothing."
"Do nothing?"
Maid Xiao Xi nodded.
"Anyway, neither Princess will kill the other, right? Since that's the case, I have no need to intervene in the dispute between the two Princesses."
Anyway, both Princesses were real. It didn't matter who she served. As long as both Princesses could live, that was enough, no matter what relationship the two Princesses lived with each other.
Even if it was as that other Princess said, having this current Princess serve as a bed-warming pillow for that Princess, even as a pet, it didn't matter.