Chapter 196: That’s Right

Chapter 196: Chapter 196: That’s Right

"Don’t you want to know the details? For instance, whether the death of the late Empress was related to me, or how I borrowed the Valmont family’s power to cause the downfall of the Crown Prince and all the factions supporting him?"

Evelyn didn’t quite understand why Thalira dared to openly state these things in front of someone she was meeting for the first time. Even with the bond of blood, one must know that royal blood ties were the cheapest and most easily broken of all. ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

These words were related to Jeremy, and Evelyn didn’t want to dig too deeply.

She also didn’t want to see these words cause any negative impact on Jeremy.

"There are some things not suitable to be spoken, so you can choose not to say them."

This statement was a reminder, but Thalira heard a faint hint of warning in it.

The smile on Thalira’s lips returned to a placid look.

"It seems that captain is very important to you?"

Evelyn remained silent.

Just as Thalira thought Evelyn wouldn’t answer, she heard the person in front of her speak up.

"That’s right."

"Therefore, no matter what the truth is, regarding these matters, I hope you bury them in your heart and do not let them out of your mouth."

"..."

Thalira let out a soft chuckle, its implication unclear.

"...Why are you so serious? I was just joking."

"He and I have never interacted directly. The fact that the Valmont family had a hand in the Crown Prince’s downfall is something everyone knows, but whether it’s the other nobles or our father, none of them could find any flaws. Naturally, they didn’t dare to investigate deeper either. I don’t harbor any malice toward him, so don’t worry."

Evelyn took the latter half of the sentence to heart, and only then asked: "The deaths of the late Empress and Crown Prince Amber, are they both related to you all? Are they all people left behind by our mother?"

She said "you all", not "you".

Thalira tilted her head slightly, her smile not reaching her eyes: "What benefit do I get from telling you?"

"What do you want?"

"Simple," Thalira said. "For instance, you proactively giving up the heir position?"

This sentence plunged the entire grand hall into a deathly silence.

Evelyn also understood Thalira’s true intention.

Seeing Evelyn not responding, Thalira said in a flat tone: "You can consider this a joke, but I hope the answer will be what I desire. After all, I don’t want a day to come where my biological sister and I have to reach the point of fratricide."

At the same time, Thalira’s realm pressure emanated.

Tier Four.

Could this be considered a threat?

Evelyn shifted her gaze downward, looking at the back of Thalira’s hand.

Thalira was younger than her, currently only eighteen years old. It could be said that in terms of this realm, Thalira was not inferior to Kathy, the undisputed number one genius among their peers that Evelyn had ever met.

And the number beneath the divine rune on the Mark on the back of Thalira’s hand was...

<06>.

Evelyn’s originally calm mood was also stirred up by this.

Evelyn had thought Thalira was laying low and biding her time these past few years, but she didn’t expect Thalira’s innate talent to be so high.

No wonder the divine stone of Holy Covenant 06 in the Divine Realm had once reacted but couldn’t locate its owner.

Thalira had no name and wasn’t bound to a life stone; she was a forgotten existence.

Therefore, she couldn’t be sensed through the divine stone in the Divine Realm.

I fear that in the entire Empire today, no one could have expected that the owner of this rare Holy Covenant 06 would be a forgotten princess, called a fool, and discarded in a desolate cold palace...

Currently, in the entire St. Aetherwing Academy, aside from Raphael who possessed Holy Covenant 09, and herself who had recently awakened Holy Covenant 07, there was no other owner of a top 10 Mark.

And across the entire reigning Empire, counting both newly awakened mages and the oldest living generation of mages, the number of people possessing a top 10 Mark was less than a hundred.

If Thalira could become the first royal child to break through to Tier Seven within the next ten years, then even without the support of any faction, she could become the heir. As for actually succeeding the throne, she would still need some meritorious deeds capable of completely knocking out the others.

But being able to become the heir was already the 99th step toward success.

Evelyn had no intention of fighting for the heir position, but the premise was...

"I have no interest in the heir position. Whatever your goal is doesn’t matter, and I won’t interfere. As long as you don’t endanger the people I care about, everything is up to you."

These words from Evelyn made Thalira very satisfied, her smile becoming a bit more genuine: "That is a given. I don’t extravagantly expect you to help me either, as long as you obediently stay put and don’t get in my way."

Evelyn didn’t respond to this, only casting a glance at Thalira: "Since when did you start scheming all of this?"

Thalira stared at Evelyn for a moment, not knowing whether she was weighing the pros and cons or thinking if it was worth spouting nonsense.

A moment later, Thalira finally spoke up: "Before the age of five, my intellect was indeed lower than ordinary people due to the toxins. During that time, I was also treated as a plaything by Amber and the children of other nobles, who sought me out at the palace numerous times to mock and bully me. But at the age of six, after I awakened the Holy Covenant bestowed by the gods, the toxins in my body also dissipated by more than half, and my intellect barely reached the level of a normal person.