Yet another sleep-deprived morning, Elashia painfully crawled out of bed again.
Logically, there shouldn't be anything happening during this period, and Candice wouldn't call her up early in the morning.
But today [Goblin Slayer] Aelia should be arriving soon, so she absolutely had to prepare properly to receive her.
No matter what, she couldn't wear her usual casual clothes to receive her.
Because the current Elashia represented Elasia, represented this nation's will.
To make her feel the nation's emphasis on this matter, Elashia absolutely had to wear formal attire and receive her in the palace's main hall!
The last time she wore formal attire was during that speech.
And the last time she went to the palace's main hall was not long after she had transmigrated, during the coup. (−＿−；)
Although it shouldn't be far from the bedchamber to the main hall, Elashia, who had long forgotten where the main hall was, would probably have to search for it for a while.
......
Finally, having struggled greatly to put on the cumbersome imperial robes, Elashia finally found the palace's main hall.
The palace's main hall was extremely clean except for other places, except for her imperial throne.
Normally Candice would meet with other officials here. Although Candice knew that Elashia didn't care about her imperial position at all, and Elashia had already given almost all the Empress's power to her, she would absolutely never sit on Elashia's imperial throne.
So normally the throne would be empty while Candice and the officials discussed political affairs below.
Looking at the "Moon Throne" that originally shimmered with flowing light but was now covered in dust, Elashia's face twitched.
It was currently noon, and the Elasia Imperial Palace, which normally didn't need servants at all, now had no one except the guards outside the palace, and the few servants would only come to work in the afternoon...
It seemed she'd have to clean it herself. If she had known, she wouldn't have worn such inconvenient imperial robes. (╥﹏╥)
After finally cleaning the "Moon Throne," the soldiers outside the door, commanded by "Mind Control," also relayed Aelia's request for an audience to inside the palace.
Elashia thought to herself that it was just in time.
If she hadn't finished cleaning the throne by now, it would have been embarrassing.
"Alright, let her in."
Looking at the adventurer outside the door wearing heavy iron armor, like an iron can, Elashia couldn't help but recall [Goblin Slayer] Aelia from the original game storyline.
Actually, in the game, this character's death was unavoidable.
Her life was merely a tool used by the game's author to highlight the [Goblin Emperor].
In the game, Aelia, who never received any support, would ultimately die in an ambush specifically targeting her by the [Goblin Emperor].
And game players would see the goblin army covering the mountains and plains through the dying eyes of Aelia.
Actually, this character should be considered the most cautious character in the official materials.
She wouldn't use [Qi], much less magic—she was a completely ordinary person.
But it was this ordinary her who became the greatest threat to Elasia in the eyes of the [Goblin Emperor], who could overturn the Elasia Empire.
She spent her entire life slaughtering goblins, but almost never made a mistake.
This was not only due to her profound understanding of goblins, but also due to her extremely cautious personality.
Although her hatred of goblins made her decide to spend her entire life exterminating them, when actually facing goblins, that deep hatred would make her even more calm and cautious.
This was Aelia's greatest weapon as an ordinary person—experience and caution.