"Cecilia, she should be coming soon. Prepare the carriage—it's about time to return to Elasia."
Elashia said to Cecilia with a smile.
Cecilia nodded.
"Yes."
Looking at the carriage parked to the side, Elashia showed a somewhat strained expression.
Originally, her purpose in having Cecilia bring the knight squadron over was for speed.
Knights whose bodies were enhanced by [Qi] could run hundreds of kilometers a day, faster than sports cars from the world she had transmigrated from.
But after meeting Cecilia, she discovered this army had brought horses and carriages?
And when Cecilia faced her question, she answered:
"Isn't the person we're picking up just out of prison? Her stamina might not be able to support long-distance movement with us."
She had to admire that Cecilia, this experienced knight, was well-prepared.
But how were the horses and carriages brought over such a distance?!
Facing this question, Cecilia answered as if it were perfectly natural:
"The men carried them over."
At that moment, Elashia's expression became very strained.
It wasn't impossible, just a bit against common sense.
Shaking her head, Elashia felt now wasn't the time to marvel at these things. Chris would be coming soon, and she needed to prepare.
Looking at the white-haired big sister appearing in the distance, Elashia couldn't help but show a triumphant smile.
For the Chris of the past, this city-state was almost everything to her.
But after experiencing what had happened in Yage City and Elashia's gaslight, her feelings toward the city-state were reduced to just the obsession of "must repay the city-state's nurturing grace with my life."
And finally, Elasia's army pressing toward Yage City was actually hinting to Chris—"Only by offering yourself to Elashia who desires you can Yage City survive."
This also aligned with Chris's obsession to "repay the city-state's nurturing grace with my life."
After this, Chris would no longer feel she owed Yage City anything.
This way, Yage City would no longer be her unique home, but just a place where she had lived for a long time.
This way, Chris could gradually accept life in Elasia and come to regard Elasia as her home.
Watching Chris slowly walking over, Elashia smiled and ran toward her.
"Chris!"
However, when Elashia rushed to Chris's side, Chris extended her palm toward her, making a "please keep your distance" gesture.
?
Elashia was confused.
In the game, shouldn't this be success at this point?
Did Chris not want to leave Yage City with her?
It was over—which step had gone wrong?
Elashia thought despairingly in her heart.
However, Chris's next reaction greatly exceeded Elashia's expectations.
She knelt on one knee and lowered her head.
"Subject Chris presents herself before Your Majesty Elashia!"
"Eh?"
Elashia didn't know that in Chris's understanding of the Elasia Empire, the Emperor of Elasia was supreme in the eyes of his subjects.
And in interactions with the Empress, she not only had to be humble in every way, never overstepping even slightly, but also had to show utmost reverence to her sovereign.
And now that she had decided to submit to Elashia, she should display the proper bearing of an Elasian subject.
Seeing this scene, it was actually Cecilia, who was meeting Chris for the first time, who reacted first.
As a knight, she understood all too well the meaning behind Chris's behavior.
Thinking that the woman in prisoner's clothes before her would be working alongside her in the future, Cecilia quickly said to Chris:
"You don't need to do this..."
If this newcomer acted like a knight toward Her Majesty Elashia, wouldn't that conflict with her character setting?
Her Majesty Elashia only needed her as the one knight by her side!
Originally, Cecilia had wanted to tell her that in Elasia, only knights would do this to their sovereign—other subjects didn't need to do this—but before she could get the words out, a scene that made her eyes split with rage occurred!
Perhaps because she had experienced too much turmoil during that previous period, or perhaps because she hadn't slept all night, that white-haired woman suddenly collapsed toward Her Majesty Elashia!
And gentle Her Majesty Elashia naturally caught her!
"Honestly, don't make me worry like this."
Elashia said softly to Chris.
Hearing her steady breathing, Elashia knew—she must not have been able to sleep peacefully in prison.
With the strength of a ninth-level warrior, Elashia gently lifted Chris up.
"Let's go."
Elashia also said softly to Cecilia.
Then she carried Chris toward the carriage.
Watching Chris being carried princess-style by Elashia, Cecilia's expression was extremely ugly.
She suddenly regretted being too clever in having the soldiers bring the carriage.
But she still lowered her head and answered:
"Yes, Your Majesty."
As Cecilia issued the command, Elasia's army also set out on the journey home...