Princess' personal painter

Since then, in order to live up to the name of a genius, I have asked my father for many top-level magic items.

Once slipped out of the palace by chance, and accidentally heard the public's dissatisfaction with the royal family.

Only then did I know that because the emperor had lost control over the princes, the civil strife in the empire had lasted for more than ten years. Therefore, the dissatisfaction of the people at the bottom with the royal family did not happen overnight.

When he was 13 years old, he began to travel around in the name of practicing magic.

Anyway, for the despondent father and the womanizing elder brother, the princess named Fina in the royal family is just a dispensable existence.

In the next three years, during my intermittent travels, I visited almost every communication in the empire, and I really got to know what this behemoth ruled by my father was... and I also heard many disrespectful remarks against the royal family.

Of course, I have long been accustomed to it.

The corruption in the area directly under the empire has long since penetrated into the bone marrow.

On the contrary, many ambitious princes have made many wise reforms, making their territories present a thriving scene.

The contrast among them is astonishing.

I have imagined countless times, if I were the ruler, how to govern the country, how to check and balance the power of the nobles, and restore the prosperity of the empire to the past.

It's a pity that I still have an elder brother above me, so it's not up to me to inherit the empire... Besides, there is no precedent for a queen to succeed to the throne in the history of the empire.

Oh, I almost forgot, when I was very young, there was a little sister who doted on me in the royal family, whose name was Alyssa Mina St. Olysses.She is the second in line heir to the empire. When I was seven years old, she was cursed by the Witch King for some reason and became a sleeping beauty in a crystal coffin. The light environment can cleanse the curse on her body.

I still remember that I was still in great sadness at that time, and I often went to visit her, looking forward to when my sleeping sister would wake up... Time has passed, and it seems that things that caused a sensation a few years ago will gradually be seen by people. Forgot it.

Even for former relatives.

Originally, I thought that I would end up powerless watching the empire decline in this life, and I was ready to escape, but I didn't know... The speed of this behemoth collapsed beyond my imagination.

Led by Le Er, several princes on the southernmost peninsula announced their separation from the imperial rule.

Many princes of the empire jointly put pressure on the emperor, demanding that the empire abolish the hereditary system of the throne and restore the ancient system of determining the imperial throne through the election of the princes.

The heir to the empire, that is, my elder brother died in a jealous duel... Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the conspiracy of the Grand Duke Ruolin, but no one knows and dares to stand up to blame him.

Under the exhaustion of father and soul, he suddenly fell ill and passed away.

He has always been mediocre all his life, facing the plight of the empire, he has the heart to govern, but lacks the corresponding decisiveness. If he was born 100 years ago, he might still be able to earn the title of "benevolent king".It's a pity that the enemies will never lessen their blame for him because of his death.

The rest of the relatives were either liquidated and assassinated, or forced to be fluent in foreign countries.

For these reasons, the crown of the empire is about to be worn on my head.

However, this was a huge conspiracy... Grand Duke Wakabayashi, who controlled the imperial capital at the time, proposed that I accept his son's marriage proposal and become his daughter-in-law.

Naturally, I refused to accept the throne... and thus, the name of the Empire officially ended in my hands.

However, I also thought at the time that this was not the end.

The ancient Olysses family originated from the Bohemia region in the eastern part of the empire, and I will repeat the path that my ancestors walked, starting from unifying the towns in the Bohemia region, developing slowly step by step, and finally defeating all The enemy has rebuilt the empire.

I'm conceited, I thought so...

From the time when he came to the beautiful Lilith Castle alone, accepted the support of the people and became the lord of the city, governed the territory, recruited troops, fought north and south, and established the Kingdom of Bohemia. Several years of glory and brilliance...my life came to an abrupt end.

I am very unhappy...

If only God could give me a little more time...

My ambitions, my great ambitions, my country's hatred and family feud, and my wish for the world to be united... just like that, with my death, it will be in vain...

I……

Anyway, I'm tired...

Let this big dream disappear in smoke.

I... actually wanted to let go of the burden on my shoulders a long time ago...

But why...my heart still hurts so much?

Why, when I am about to die, can I still feel the tears streaming down my face?

I... seem to have overlooked something?

what?

Sounds like crying... Is anyone else crying nearby?

Tears... are those other people's tears?No wonder it feels warm...

Could it be that someone is crying for my death?

seems like it.

Oh, I remembered...

The thing I am most proud of in my life is that countless people have said "love me"...the number is too many for me to count, even including a lot of women, and several of them are of different races... What a troubling situation...

My death will definitely make countless people feel sad...

but……

Love?

What does it feel like to "love" someone... exactly?

A little curious... Well, it's too late.

I——Fina St. Olysses—has built up a great career in this life, but I have no flaws in appreciating the most sincere emotion that God bestows on mankind...

Those who followed me to the death because of "love", and those who I failed...

sorry...

My regret came too late...

The Underground Saint and the Sinner

Qingyue calendar three hundred and two years, summer.

To the northeast of Wakabayashi, the Principality of Silesia, the city of Floz.

At dusk, there is hot and dry fog on the banks of the Oder River. Residents in the city have finished their day's work, and they can't wait to go home early to escape the heat of midsummer.The only ones who stayed on the street were a group of teenagers who were still playing outside, except for a few vendors who were packing up their belongings.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, this group of playful teenagers planned to return to their respective homes.

They bid farewell to each other and made an appointment to come out to play at the same time tomorrow. While talking, they saw a man in black robe walking over from the riverside.

The eyes of the teenagers were all attracted by the man in black for a moment, and they stopped talking and stared at this man.

In the strange atmosphere, the black-robed man passed through the teenagers with a steady pace and disappeared at the end of the street.

The leading boy said to his companions: "Hey, have you heard of that legend?"

"The black witch under the ground?" Another person answered.

Immediately, a third person joined the discussion: "Because she is dumb, she wanders around the city at night, trying to trick the voice of a child with witchcraft?"

"It seems that everyone knows it!" The leading boy lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "You said that guy just now, could it be... Shall we follow up quietly and see?"

The boy thought he had made an interesting proposal, but unexpectedly, his partners lacked interest in it——

"Tch, how can the legend be true?"

"I want to go to you, I'm about to starve to death now..."

"Yes, you will be scolded if you go back late."

In this way, the teenagers dispersed quickly, leaving only the teenager on the empty street.

He put his hands behind his head unhappily, and thought: What a boring city...

……

The man in black took steady steps, walked into a remote alley, and went straight into a church that looked very old.When the priest guarding the church saw the man in black, he bent down respectfully and watched the man in black walk into the passage leading to the ground.

Not long after, the man in black returned to his bedroom, only to hear the nun by the door say in surprise: "Your Highness, you have finally come out of the customs, have you fully recovered your strength?"

The man in black robe took off his hood, revealing a beautiful face.

Qiye Messiah, the saint of the "Old Church" sect in the Bohemia area.

Since childhood, he has practiced the art of speaking spirit, "using the mouth of mortals to fake the words of the gods", so he has remained silent for a long time.In order to protect Irene a few months ago, she had to break the taboo, which caused her own strength to be greatly damaged. After several months of retreat and practice, the skill of speech and spirit finally returned to its original level.

Thanks to her experience in Camilla's Palace, her strength has even improved a lot.

However, she knew that her own strength was far from enough compared to a real "genius".

Sisiana Theresia.

Although Qi Ye had never met the owner of this name, but when she heard that Irene suffered an accident in Insterburg and was rescued by this princess from Ruolin, she had thoughts of regret.

At the beginning, because of his own strength being greatly damaged, too many people were watching his every move, so he didn't dare to bring Irene back to Froz, but he didn't expect that there would be such an obstacle.Moreover, judging from some of Erin's paintings that I saw by chance, the two seemed to have met before that.

Irene's true identity is Alisa Mina St. Olysses, who has the blood of the old Holy Empire, and is also Princess Fina's biological sister.After the fall of the empire, her body was protected by the archbishop of the imperial capital at that time. After the Kingdom of Bohemia was established and stabilized, the archbishop had a meeting with Princess Fina with Alice Mina in the crystal coffin.

Although the bishop was loyal to the empire, due to differences in religious and political opinions, the two failed to reach a cooperative relationship after all, and the bishop refused to hand over the body of Elisa Mina.

Then he came to Floz, where he founded another sect known as the "Old Church".

However, since the Holy Empire entered a period of decline, the religious power of the Holy See has grown day by day, and the "old religion" obviously cannot compete with it, so it is basically based on underground activities.

Historically, due to their similar historical origins, the "Old Church" and the Kingdom of Bohemia had joined forces for a few short periods of time, but they did not maintain their cooperative relationship due to pressure from the Holy See.

As for the body of Elisa Mina, it was forgotten by the Bohemian side due to the "death" of Princess Fina, and was placed in a certain room of the underground sect for 300 years.

Arisa Mina's awakening happened a year and a half ago.

At that time, Qi Ye had just become a saint, and she was still practicing rigorously on Xuefeng. When she returned, she found out that the princess who had been sleeping for 300 years had suddenly disappeared.Therefore, she learned in detail about the waking up and disappearance of the princess, and found that there was something strange about it.

After that, due to the bizarre death of the bishop who adopted Qi Ye, the power was taken over by a certain elder, and the sect fell into chaos for a period of time.During the investigation, Qi Ye faintly noticed that the princess who had just woken up seemed to have been assassinated by the sect.

Therefore, when Qiye met Irene for the first time in an unnamed town during the execution of the mission, she did not consider bringing Aileen back for the time being, considering that she had the elder's eyeliner by her side—and, at that time, she It is not entirely certain that Irene is the princess in the crystal coffin.

However, when Qi Ye went to the unnamed town for the second time to look for Irene, he realized that she had been taken away by a businessman from Anluer.Afterwards, Qiye inquired all the way to Karenin, and also found Irene, who became the adopted daughter of a merchant, but was entangled in various situations there, and finally failed to achieve her goal. Instead, she became stronger. damage.

She, who is used to acting cautiously, regretted her excessive caution.

For more than half a year, I have accomplished nothing after all.

The death of foster father is still a mystery, and Aileen, who is currently in Ruolin, probably won't come here as promised at the beginning, after all, she needs to find a chance to bring her back.

Stopping his complicated thoughts, Qi Ye quietly sighed.