novelraw Chapter 91
Chapter 91
91~ Freedom?
"Mo, from today onwards you are my Imperial Consort."
"..."
The little Princess had no reaction.
If it were someone else, they probably would have been overjoyed by now. You know what being made consort meant—it meant possessing absolute status and wealth and glory that couldn't be exhausted in ten lifetimes! Even if it was as the Empress's pet, they would probably be willing.
But who was she? She was the First Princess of Glaze Nation...
"Mo, look at me."
The Empress cupped the little Princess's face and said.
"Listen to me, okay?"
Regarding this, the little Princess only felt somewhat disgusted, but she didn't show it on the surface.
"Is Mo willing to be my Imperial Consort?"
"I..."
The little Princess hesitated, struggled mentally for a bit, then still chose to accept reality. What the Empress had already decided, she had no way to escape.
Although she could manufacture breech-loading rifled guns to greatly improve military strength, it had to be said that Glaze Nation still couldn't leave Scarlet Phoenix Nation.
Glaze Nation didn't have Scarlet Phoenix Nation's abundant military strength. A full seven large-scale armies. Within Glaze Nation there was only one large-scale and two medium-scale armies. Leaving Scarlet Phoenix Nation, they would still face the fate of being conquered.
The so-called wise person adapts to circumstances. Although she detested the Empress, she had no choice but to accept the Empress's demands.
"I am willing."
The Empress smiled, smiled brilliantly, but in an instant the smile crumbled, turning into a barely perceptible smile.
The little Princess had personally said the three words "I am willing." She was very happy, but she knew she still hadn't obtained the little Princess's heart...
"Then does Mo have any wishes now? As long as it's what Mo wants, anything I can do is acceptable."
"...No."
"Then if Mo wants anything later, you can tell me. Don't keep that stern face. I still prefer Mo's smiling appearance."
Hearing this, the little Princess squeezed out a trace of a smile. It wasn't until the consort establishment ceremony ended and she was carried down by the Empress that she changed back to her original cold expression.
"Does Mo want freedom?"
Free...dom?
The little Princess was somewhat surprised. When did the Empress start mentioning these two words to her?
"I can give Mo freedom."
"..."
The little Princess didn't speak, waiting for the Empress to state her conditions.
She didn't believe the Empress would unconditionally grant her freedom. This so-called freedom might just be a ploy to make her obediently listen.
"As long as Mo is willing to truly stay by my side as my Imperial Consort, I can give Mo relative freedom."
As expected... It was just a ploy to make her obediently listen.
"I can release part of Mo's contract. This is the freedom I can promise to give Mo."
Release part of the contract!?
She was surprised again for a moment, having an impulse to immediately agree, but very quickly she calmed down again and asked:
"Release which part?"
There's a chance!
The corners of the Empress's mouth imperceptibly rose slightly.
"It's the part about controlling Mo, which is over seventy percent of the entire contract."
Over seventy percent!
The little Princess was stunned.
Didn't that mean the entire contract would be directly voided for the most part?
No...
She didn't let this go to her head. Having most of the contract released didn't mean it was truly mostly voided. As long as she was still in the Empress's hands, it couldn't truly be voided.
As long as the Empress wanted, she could make her sign a contract again at any time.
As if knowing what she was thinking, the Empress explained again:
"This contract can only be signed once. After release, a second one cannot be signed. The released parts also cannot be restored."
"...Really?"
"I never lie."
"Then what about the content of the retained part?"
"It's merely content that allows you to stay properly by my side."
Honestly, she was moved. If what the Empress said was true, it meant she could indeed obtain relative freedom...
"Do I need to sign other contracts?"
"No need."
"What about in the future?"
"Won't sign them in the future either. I promise."
The little Princess fell silent. Although she didn't know what the Empress was up to this time, such a good condition right now—it would be foolish not to take it.
Wasn't it just staying by the Empress's side? As long as she stayed by the Empress's side she could obtain relative freedom and also preserve Glaze Nation. Why not?
After releasing the part that controlled her, wouldn't the upper limit of her operations increase?
"Alright, I accept."
Anyway, it was just staying by the Empress's side. The good attitude she should give, she still wouldn't give. Everything the Empress had done to her, she still wouldn't just forget about it.
"When we return to the bedroom, I'll release that part for Mo. Mo must obediently stay by my side from now on, okay?"
The little Princess didn't respond. She couldn't guarantee whether she would truly completely obediently listen and stay by the Empress's side in the future. After all, no one could guarantee what the future would actually be like.
The Empress picked her up again, walking toward the bedroom.
...
...
"It's done. It's already been released."
The Empress released the little Princess's slender little hand.
"Mm."
The little Princess felt it, even waved her hand, walked a few steps. It seemed no different from before.
Was this really released?
She felt it was somewhat unreal.
"It's already been released."
Still afraid the little Princess wouldn't believe her, the Empress showed her the contract that only had less than one-third remaining.
This Pet Contract... no, it could no longer be called a Pet Contract now. In the less than one-third of content, the part about absolutely controlling her was gone. The remaining content just restricted her to the Empress's side.
"Is Mo satisfied?"
"Mm..."
Satisfied. Indeed satisfied. But not satisfied with the Empress, rather satisfied that she no longer had to be constrained so much by that damned contract.
"Then what about this?"
The little Princess pointed at the collar around her neck.
Since most of the Pet Contract had already been directly released, this collar on her neck should also be taken off, right?
"This won't work. I think Mo looks better wearing it."
The Empress said with a smile.
Mo: "..."
She was somewhat speechless, but it was still within the acceptable range. At least that damned contract's constraints on her only left that she couldn't leave the Empress without the Empress's permission.
Freedom... Although it was relative freedom, relative freedom only by the Empress's side, at least she had it...
"By the way, the one wish I promised at the consort establishment ceremony earlier still counts now."
The little Princess didn't know what to say. She just felt the Empress had changed personalities again, becoming like a completely different person from the Empress who had forced her before.
However, she wouldn't be hit by the Empress's sugar-coated bullets because of this. She hadn't forgotten what the Empress had done to her.
"Then can Mo properly listen to what I have to say now?"
"...Let's talk after I wake up. I'm tired and want to sleep."
The little Princess fell onto the bed, pulling down a pillow from above to rest on.
She was indeed tired today. That consort establishment ceremony had drained her energy. Moreover, she temporarily didn't want to hear the Empress's explanation. She'd talk after she slept.
"Then sleep. Good night, my little Imperial Consort~"
The Empress gently stroked her.
The little Princess swatted away her hand as usual.
"..."
—Dividing Line—
PS/Author's Note: The first volume "Days as the Empress's Pet" is complete!
End of Volume Remarks, and Cursing Out Certain ACs
The first volume "As the Empress's Pet" is now complete. This is good, but I personally don't think the first volume was great. To be honest, I really didn't handle the emotional plotline well in the latter part of the first volume. Some things also got pushed to the next volume because the first volume was saturated. I can only say the second volume will improve, and I'll put more thought into character development.
But it's already written. The second volume is planned as a transition volume, mainly used to resolve the emotional issues and conflicts generated in the first volume, which is the plot everyone is currently looking forward to (the plot that had to be pushed to the second volume because the first volume was too saturated to fit more content)...
The Empress's setup at the beginning had no problems, Mo's setup also didn't have many issues. It was that Cat rushed too much when going premium, didn't control the plot well, causing everyone's reading experience to decline. I apologize for that here. The second volume will pay attention to this.
The second volume's name is TBD, because some recent events have caused a subtle change in my mentality... Don't ask. If you ask, I've exploded.
Originally I thought the second volume transition volume would be slightly easier to write, but due to certain reasons I lost my composure, afraid of writing too much and collapsing, so bonus chapters might be delayed again. See details below:
(PS/Author's Note: What follows contains some negative emotions. Read at your discretion.)
There are always some people who don't read the book but love to jump around in the comments section and book group. Excuse me, how did I provoke you? Not reading the book, not reading the settings, even too lazy to Baidu search, just questioning things there? Does your phone not have a Baidu browser or are you using an old person's phone? Not even Baiduing once, just casually reading a few comments and acting like you've read the whole text, coming here to disgust me?
I don't really care about bad reviews. Bad reviews can reflect problems with the book, and I can improve based on bad reviews. But those people who come purely with malice to disgust me and drive away new readers, can you please die? Stop polluting the comments section?
Really, on QQ I thought they came to report problems. I was listening seriously at first, planning to improve, but the book reviews you gave me were purely malicious, wanting to disgust me. When chatting privately, directly mocking me to my face. Even in the QQ group, after I said I was going to sleep and didn't send messages for over ten minutes, came to mock again, saying my writing is really terrible, wanting me to give up writing.
This side suggests directly leaving the group. Don't waste the lottery spots in the group later!
Not reading the book, not reading settings, can't Baidu once, just reading one-sided comments and running over with malicious reviews? Excuse me, what did I do that you need to come disgust me with pure malice? If you don't like it and aren't reading, can you please remove this book from your shelf? This is good for everyone!
My mentality has really been a bit broken lately. I can only say when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds. As a newcomer, my mentality might not be as good as veteran authors. I haven't seen too many big waves, so seeing this kind of malicious comment makes me especially prone to anger.
I don't mind people criticizing. If I can see where the problems are, I'll slowly improve. But this time directly mocking me to my face, I really couldn't hold it in.