Something behind her was pressing down on her...
Elashia twisted her body uncomfortably.
But the thing behind her wasn't shaken off; instead, it pressed even closer...
Could it be Candice? Why would she wake me up in this way?
But if it's not her, then who else could enter my bedchamber?
Elashia struggled to open her eyes, only to see an unfamiliar scene.
"Oh!"
She suddenly remembered—she wasn't in Elasia at all right now!
This completely startled Elashia awake!
Upon waking up, she remembered—she was currently lying on someone else's bed!
To avoid disturbing Chris behind her, Elashia tried her best to make her movements gentle.
Looking at Chris pressing down on her, Elashia felt quite embarrassed.
Giving someone a "body examination" and ending up "examining" her way onto their bed.
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However, fortunately, Elashia had completely accomplished all her objectives.
Not only had she successfully ensured Chris's body would be fine, but the gaslight progress had advanced further as well.
^-^
If Chris didn't think everything she said made sense, then she wouldn't have allowed her into her home, nor would she have said those things to her earlier.
Climbing off the bed as gently as possible, Elashia looked at the wall clock hanging in Chris's house.
The time pointed to nine o'clock in the morning.
They had slept from yesterday afternoon until now...
Looking at the current time, Elashia showed a smile of having everything under control.
Soon, the gaslight progress could advance another step...
In a while, an army from another city-state would come to launch an attack on Yage City.
But they had chosen ten o'clock as their timing.
And ten o'clock—was exactly when Yage City's citizens' assembly was scheduled to convene today, and all citizens of Yage City, including soldiers, would attend this assembly.
It could be said that by then, almost only the two of them would be staying in the northern part of the city-state.
And those about to invade Yage City would invade from the north.
In the plot, Chris, who was originally planning to get up at nine and go directly to the citizens' assembly to face trial, discovered something suspicious outside the city when she was about to leave.
With the spirit of being responsible to the citizens until the very last moment, she went out of the city to take a look.
And this one look doomed her.
With her rich experience, she immediately discovered the enemy army preparing to attack the defenseless Yage City.
By then, it would be too late to go to the citizens' assembly to report the danger.
By the time she reached the citizens' assembly, they probably would have already burned half of Yage City to ashes.
So in the plot, Chris ultimately decided to repel the Bal City army by herself.
The final result was—the Bal City army was repelled by her alone, but not only was she injured, she also missed the time for the citizens' assembly.
In the end, she couldn't even say a word in her defense before being angrily convicted by the very citizens she had protected.
Looking at Chris still lying on the bed, Elashia showed a somewhat complex expression.
Honestly, Elashia felt quite uncomfortable when she watched that part of the plot.
Having transmigrated into the game, she naturally didn't want Chris to suffer those grievances and torments either.
But if she didn't do this, there would be no way to poach Chris away in the best possible condition.
If Elashia wanted Chris not to suffer these grievances, it would actually be very easy—she just needed to have Cecilia send over the weakest unit from the Imperial Guard, and the entire Yage City would prostrate at her feet.
Never mind the Imperial Guard with thousands of knights capable of using [Qi], even if Elashia randomly found some lord under her control would work.
The city-state guard with almost no warriors capable of using [Qi], numbering only a few hundred, and with average training, simply couldn't contend with a nation's professional army.
But this way, there would be no way to gaslight Chris into willingly coming to Elasia to work for her.
So now Elashia decided—she must ensure that Chris would willingly come to Elasia while suffering the least possible harm!