Chapter 428: Chapter 324: Good At and Not Good At
Selena couldn’t believe her eyes! She had always thought that this sister of hers was as cold and hard as metal. Who would have believed that she could cry too?
But why? Under her leadership, Heaven Realm was soaked in an unprecedented joy. Previously, people were wary of this suddenly emerged princess, but now, Elsa had won the highest respect and support through her actions. Even among the common people and officials, the voices supporting her began to grow louder. If she made good use of this opportunity, Elsa could even become a powerful contender for the throne!
Selena did not intervene; she simply sat next to Elsa, silently watching her as she seemed to have regained her composure.
"Congratulations, little sister," said Selena.
"Why?" Elsa seemed somewhat confused.
"Because the victories you have won successively have begun to win supporters for you within the royal family," explained Selena.
Elsa nodded and asked, "Do you know why I am crying?"
Selena was startled, as that didn’t seem to be relevant, did it?
"Not long ago, a minister I barely know asked for a private audience with me. He told me that he had always been part of your faction, but now, he wanted to stand with me. He said if I wanted to be the Emperor, they would combine all their resources to pave the road for me," Elsa said.
Selena was thoroughly stunned. She knew that people in her faction had been restless, but she hadn’t expected they would dare to betray her so openly. Or perhaps they hadn’t expected Elsa would tell her. After all, the conflict between her and Elsa was a secret that everyone knew but no one spoke of. How many in the higher echelons didn’t know?
"Why are you telling me this?" asked Selena, puzzled. What advantage could Elsa gain from telling her this?
"Because I want to tell you why I am crying," Elsa replied, "So I told him that I wasn’t interested in becoming the Emperor at all. I don’t like intrigues; I only like fighting. Then he said they could assist me, teaching me how to become an outstanding Emperor."
"They just want to control a puppet, right?" blurted out Selena.
"Since you, the smart one, think so, then he certainly didn’t die in vain," said Elsa.
"You killed him?" Selena’s eyes widened.
"Yes."
"Oh, my God! My sister, what on earth are you thinking?! No matter who it was who sought you out, you can’t just kill people like that!" exclaimed Selena, panic seeping into her voice.
"Look, even though I don’t particularly like politics, this kind of action to split the royal family is not quite appropriate from any perspective, is it?" Elsa retorted.
"But... even so, you can’t just kill him!"
"Then what should I have done? Agreed to his hope for me to become the Emperor? Or let him go back, to go and find that older brother I’ve never met?"
As soon as Elsa mentioned her older brother, Selena’s complexion turned ugly.
Obviously, there’s a huge obstacle standing in the way of becoming the Emperor of Heaven Realm.
Sajia, the First Prince, due to his stunning abilities, was sent by the Emperor alone to rule over the entire planet. This was seen as the Emperor training his successor. The open and secret struggle between Selena and Sajia started when Selena was just five years old. From the current situation, Selena, who is always by the Emperor’s side, seemed to have some advantage. However, Sajia’s time away was almost up, and once Sajia returned, the struggle within the royal family would undoubtedly intensify.
And now, a variable had appeared.
Elsa.
Elsa’s return initially did not ripple the waters. After all, the complex affairs of the royal family could not be easily changed by a mere title of princess. However, the consecutive advancements of the Boundary Monuments under Elsa’s command changed everything.
Elsa had suddenly become a participant in the power struggle from being just an observer.
In Selena’s wisdom, how could she fail to see the benefits of winning over Elsa? However, well-known reasons prevented her from getting too close to Elsa. What’s strange was, Elsa never held any animosity against Selena.
Apparently, that minister who courted Elsa was definitely from the faction of the First Prince. He had been hiding within Selena’s faction, waiting for the opportunity to split Elsa’s faction. But Elsa’s presence made him expose himself before time, only to be killed by Elsa.
Selena’s mind was racing at this point, continuously contemplating any resources she could utilize.
Then, she looked at Elsa.
Could Elsa be considered part of her faction?
"You still haven’t said why you cried," Selena suddenly interjected.
"Because I suddenly thought of Brother Long. He once faced the same situation as me. I’ve been thinking, if it were Brother Long, what would he do? I guess Brother Long would probably beat up that kind of idiot, right? So I killed him and then started thinking about Brother Long. I just thought and thought about him, and I started crying," Elsa said, her eyes reddening once again.
Selena felt like she was losing her mind.
You just killed a minister who came to you, and now you’re crying here over missing your little lover? If anyone should be crying, it should be me! How am I supposed to clean up this mess you’ve made? Wait, why do I have to clean up your mess?
"Because for now, I stand with you," Elsa suddenly remarked.
Selena was shocked. She looked at Elsa in panic. Clearly, Selena hadn’t said anything, but Elsa seemed to have heard her inner thoughts!
At this moment, Elsa just gave a faint smile, gently wiped away the tear at the corner of her eye, got up and opened her beautiful Light Wings, and gradually flew away.
Selena sat in place, stunned. After a while, her eyes widened.
"That girl, she always says she doesn’t like intrigues and politics, but she never said she’s not good at them!"
Selena couldn’t help but laugh bitterly. It seemed that this sister of hers was really a tough opponent.
Meanwhile, on the way to the Undersea Academy.
Long Yi had dark circles under his eyes, feeling utterly listless. The nightmare of the night before filled him with waves of despair, to the point that he couldn’t even look Ruoshan in the eye without flinching. Long Yi swore that he had never been so weak in his life. If it were just a mere fight, he wouldn’t have been so tender-hearted, even if there were tens of thousands of Ruoshan to fight against.
However, this problem couldn’t be solved with a simple fight!
The Sea Emperor, Boris, obviously knew what was going on. He could barely suppress the amusement in his eyes. As for Ruoshan having a crush on Long Yi, Boris was naturally aware. Furthermore, it wasn’t unusual to have cross-species love affairs - there were quite a few Elves and Dragons who had fallen for Humans. It was the magnificent size difference that made it so amusing. After all, Ruoshan was a massive Tiger Whale Warrior, while the poor Long Yi was only as tall as a Human.
Thinking about Long Yi, who could easily lift heavyweight before any enemy, being so downcast was infinitely amusing, both for the Sea Emperor and Mina. Although the chances of it working out were slim, seeing Long Yi eat humble pie was nonetheless delightful.
The Undersea Academy is located at the bottom of a massive trench behind the Imperial Palace, guarded by the largest octopedal Sea Dragon. Each of its tentacles was five hundred meters in length and completely covered in huge spikes and suckers. In all of the ocean, there was no creature that could pose a threat to the Sea Dragon. As the Guardian, it spent most of its time in sleep, and it had an excellent temper. At least Boris had never seen the Sea Dragon angry.
However, it was said that a long, long time ago, the Sea Dragon had once flown into a rage. It destroyed almost the entire Undersea Empire in its fury, leaving many Sea Clan homes in ruins. However, no one was quite sure why that had happened.
Being led by Mina, Long Yi walked between two huge tentacles. The walls of gigantic tentacles created a terrifying sense of pressure. Every sucker on them had sharp teeth capable of instantly shredding any creature it came into contact with.
Looking at the two giant tentacles on either side, Long Yi thought to himself, ’A common piece of iron would certainly not be enough to roast this thing, right?’
The Undersea Academy was situated right under the head of the Sea Dragon, with only a small door exposed to the world outside. Boris inserted his trident into the keyhole, and the seaweed-covered door slowly opened inward. Mina immediately pulled Long Yi, who was still looking up at the massive head of the Sea Dragon, and rushed inside.
Past a row of bright tunnels, within a gigantic space, Long Yi saw the corpus of the so-called Undersea Academy.
It was an incredibly large shell dragon.
The two enormous semicircular shells were a hundred meters high, and in the center was a huge pearl several tens of meters in diameter.
"This is the oldest recorder of the sea, documenting the entire history of humanity from its birth to when it moved under the sea."
Long Yi nodded and slowly approached. At this moment, he was a bit nervous. Would the truth of history be revealed today?
He reached out and put his hand on the bright pearl. As the light flowed, everything in front of Long Yi suddenly brightened!
"Hey, little guys! Can you see me? Haha! We did it! We’ve really created life! What should we call them? We are Giants, after all, and life was created using us as blueprints. Let’s call them Humans!"
"Look, if you want to build structures, you have to find suitable materials. Dirt won’t work. You need stones and wood!"
"Today let’s talk about laws! You don’t understand? That’s alright, we can start from the beginning. Laws, you see, are rules that everyone must follow."
"These magic spells are pretty good, aren’t they? Once you learn them, you can use them to entertain the kiddies!"
"That’s strange, lately those big dragons seem a bit odd. Where has my old friend gone?"
"Heavens! The Dragon Clan is attacking us? Have they gone mad? Everyone, hide! We’ll deal with the Dragon Clan."
"It seems I’ve lost. I don’t know what those dragons are up to, but I won’t let them hurt you. You’re my most outstanding creation. You’ll definitely survive!"
"..."
Long Yi, gasping heavily, felt like someone who had just been saved from drowning.
Damn, he was surrounded by water. Of course, he was drowning! Instinctively, Long Yi began to struggle.
"Brother Long, wake up!"
Mina slapped Long Yi’s face hard, but Long Yi continued to struggle.
"Sorry, Brother Long!"
Slap!
Mina’s beautiful tail hit Long Yi’s face, jolting him awake.
"Oh my god, I thought I was going to die."
Long Yi said in a frightened tone. (To be continued. If you like this piece, please vote on qidian.com. Your support motivates me to write. For mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
