"I’m so foolish, really."
Olivia said dejectedly: "I only knew that Huo Guo couldn’t complete the prince’s trial, and that I could use other means to save Sister Wang, but I forgot what happens once the trial is completed."
Olivia knew Sister Wang’s plans.
The [Sin of Greed], that power, was strong enough to qualify as Sister Wang’s protector, even she admitted it.
You could say Huo Guo itself was a sapling worth cultivating.
However, in the past life, Huo Guo was somewhat useless, failing to protect Sister Wang as her guardian, which was the most unacceptable thing for her.
But even so, Olivia was acutely aware of the horrifying potential of Huo Guo, far surpassing the conventional definition of genius.
Yet this person failed to use this power properly, leading to such a tragic ending—
Olivia couldn’t accept it.
She wanted to correct this part of history herself.
The accidents Huo Guo couldn’t handle, she would handle well!
The people Huo Guo couldn’t defeat, she would defeat!
The tragedies Huo Guo couldn’t reverse, she would personally reverse them!
Why now, instead of defeating Huo Guo, Sister Wang was about to announce she was taken?
Where did it all go wrong?
Olivia knocked her own head twice.
It buzzed for a moment.
Suddenly, she frowned.
"Huo Guo, oh Huo Guo, letting you step into the spotlight now may not be a good thing for you!"
If it were a few months later, it would have been fine.
After all, Saint Louis Academy would have been on vacation by the end of the year.
A group of troublesome ones would leave Ense, returning home.
But if it were now... honestly, there might be some issues then.
"This time, those who want to strike at you, Huo Guo, might not be as polite as me."
Just as she thought this, she heard knocking at the bedroom door.
Lumi came in, cheerfully saying:
"Your Highness, everything you wanted is ready!"
Olivia asked, puzzled, and the next moment she realized, excitedly:
"The Mermaid’s Tear is in hand?"
Lumi beamed, gently stroking the little swan’s head, said:
"Yes, we traded the Merfolk Pearl with the mermaids for it."
The little swan wrinkled her nose:
"Wasn’t Sister Wang quite fond of that Merfolk Pearl?"
The Merfolk Pearl wasn’t particularly powerful, just scarce.
It wasn’t a product of the Star Continent, but from beyond, possibly the only one on the continent.
Sister Wang loved the pearl, but now, it had changed its form, appearing in her hand as the Mermaid’s Tear.
Thinking of this, Olivia felt warmth with a touch of ache.
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When she opened them again, the confusion in her eyes was gone.
"Louis, can I really still trust you?"
The little swan shook her head.
Don’t think about it too much, you can’t leave your fate in someone else’s hands.
Once the curse on her body was lifted, her last limitation would disappear too.
No need for long slumbers.
She could truly start exploring her own talents.
"Lumi, get me the Empire’s best alchemist, I need to remove the curse on me!"
Lumi nodded and left.
Not long after, the Imperial Palace suddenly tightened its security.
Soon after, Beatrice, who was still working outside, rushed back to the palace.
Looking at Olivia’s bedroom, tangled into a spiral of magic threads, and the cocoon made of dense magic power, a trace of worry flashed in Beatrice’s eyes.
"Will she succeed, Lumi?"
Lumi gave a slight bow:
"She will definitely succeed, Her Highness Olivia now has a reason she cannot afford to lose."
But at this moment, Beatrice had no mind for these concerns.
She dismissed all maids except Lumi and paced back and forth in front of the little swan’s bedroom.
Suddenly, an abnormal wave of magic power that made her scalp tingle spread out.
She didn’t assume a defensive posture and instinctively looked towards the little swan’s big bed.
An indescribable inert magic power almost stalled the blood in her body.
Before she could get nervous, she sensed another intense power spreading above the Imperial Palace.
[Location: White Tower]
Gandalf slightly raised his head, looking surprised, said:
"The Emperor made a move? Who’s important enough for him to act?"
He shook his head, looking towards the laboratory.
At this time, a mage approached Gandalf:
"Tower Master, what you requested is ready."
Gandalf then subtly shifted his gaze, looking at the iron box levitated by the mage’s spiritual power.
He reached out and opened the box, examining the sharp two-handed sword inside, satisfiedly lifted it with one hand.
"Having a sword and not using it is different from not having a sword, makes sense."
[Location: Burning Smoke Mountain Range]
Two legendary dragons shrank their necks.
The male dragon sulkily said: "Good thing we didn’t act then, seems like the Emperor is still awake."
The female dragon muttered softly: "Knowing the danger, you still wanted to drive the demons down the mountain?"
The male dragon said bitterly: "What could I do? I couldn’t just let those pests desecrate the king and personal guards’ remains, right?"
The female dragon opened her mouth and bit him:
"Caused us enough trouble, if you really annoyed the Emperor, we’d all die here."
The male dragon snapped: "We’re over a hundred kilometers from Tino City! Even if the Emperor gets angry, so what? If we run fast enough, we might not be killed in the mountains."
His face turned bitterer, looking like a pure-blood ancient dragon trapped in human troubles, like someone burdened with loans and unable to argue back against a boss’s abuse.
He muttered: "Luckily, the humans resolved it in time, otherwise, even if it angered the Emperor, I would have..."
"I’d drive the demons down the mountain, chase away the undead!"
"Tch, you’d really dare cross the Emperor’s boundary line then?"
"What if the Emperor’s men come again?"
The male dragon, with an air of authority, said:
Seeing his partner’s gaze, he hunched over:
"...I’ll talk to them properly and retrieve the king and personal guards’ remains."
[Location: Fallen Star Sea Coast]
The mage who called himself Mad King Rudelson adjusted his hat, a flash of relief in his eyes.
"Good thing I ran fast..."
He murmured, and the next second, he shivered and flew quickly toward the depths of the Fallen Star Sea.
In seconds, a pillar of crimson light exploded where he had just stood.
A paladin on a flying horse descended from the sky.
"He runs really fast."
And just then, the palace resonated with the little swan’s hearty laughter.
"Huo Guo, it will be my era now!"
"Huh, Sister Wang, why are you here?"
"Ah, no, don’t! Sister Wang, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have secretly taken the potion when you weren’t around!"
"Ah, don’t pull my skirt!"
"My butt is still healing!"
In the Imperial Palace, the sounds of cries echoed for a long time.