Princess's Struggle for Survival-Chapter 265: Come Alone~

Although it was said to be a surprise, it was only for a brief moment. As smart as Amalia, she immediately understood Astrid’s meaning.

Since her sister hoped she could steadily ascend to the throne above all, besides her own combat skills, many other abilities also needed to be assessed.

The exceptional eye for talent, outstanding political skills, the long-term vision to see the future development of the empire... These are equally important for an emperor...

Although not every aspect is required, at least one point should not have too obvious a flaw that is difficult to compensate for.

Amalia took the initiative to sit on Astrid’s lap, her legs together, and gently took the pen handed to her by the other.

"Sister, what should I write about?"

This should be considered a pop quiz, it’s impossible to write it out directly, probably Astrid will modify the content accordingly, polish it appropriately, and then rewrite a copy.

"Write about the hidden meaning behind this duel, the main purpose is to make Lucas realize that his good brother is not only confronting him head-on, but also has many tricks up his sleeve, so he should pay more attention to his surroundings."

As Lyra moves from behind the scenes to the forefront, and as Astrid gradually reveals her edge, one is naturally the female lead with the halo of destiny, the other is a staunch supporter of magical devices, and the nobles eyeing them will only increase.

Vorelter is just one of them, there are many other nobles from the Second Prince’s faction lurking in the shadows, eager to bite a piece off her to weaken Lucas’s power, but they dare not act rashly due to Astrid’s status as an Imperial Princess, let alone the fact that she publicly supports Charlotte, which has caused disastrous among many nobles within the First Prince’s faction.

All these contradictions cannot be perfectly reconciled by Astrid alone, she must use the First Prince as a visible card to sweep away some obstacles, allowing her to live relatively peacefully during her time at the academy, and also pave the way for Amalia’s future succession.

Hearing this, Amalia nodded thoughtfully, then gripped the quill, and after a few minutes, wrote the first line on the paper.

"Dear brother, it has been a long time..."

Astrid wrapped her arms around Amalia’s waist, her thighs supporting the little girl’s entire body weight, her red eyes slightly narrowed, quietly watching the ink spread on the parchment.

"...Reneth Aulwyn drank a special potion during the battle, which multiplied her strength. Through a conversation with Professor Elowen, I learned the name of that potion, the Mental Cleansing Potion, the main magical ingredient of which comes from the homeland of the elves, the Eternal Dark Forest in the Giant Wood Mountains."

"I am curious, where did a lowly viscount’s daughter get this bottle of potion?"

"And, is it really that important to defeat my former maid?"

Arrogant and willful, not treating minor nobles as human beings, it does indeed carry a bit of the original Astrid’s flavor in the lines.

Watching Amalia write out the content stroke by stroke, Astrid pursed her lips, her fingers resting on the hem of the former’s nightgown, gently playing with the ink-black hair that fell to her waist.

Compared to black hair, Astrid still prefers Amalia’s original appearance, with golden hair and blue eyes, like a delicate and beautiful crystal.

On the other side, Lyra looked back at the two princesses sitting together, Astrid’s head resting on Amalia’s shoulder, even though she only gave her a back view, it looked particularly gentle under the orange light.

Her gaze lingered for a long time, Lyra turned her eyes to see Elise making tea, thought for a moment, and walked over to her with her notebook.

If there’s something... it’s better not to disturb Princess Astrid for now...

"Miss Elise, I have a few questions I’d like to ask..."

"What questions?"

"It’s about today’s duel, I just reviewed the battle process carefully, and I feel like I didn’t seize some opportunities well, and my response was also problematic, so I wanted to ask Miss Elise for her opinion."

Combat is indeed the fastest way to enhance one’s strength, but besides the combat itself, post-battle reflection is equally important.

When Lyra has free time, besides reading, she also reviews the sparring process comprehensively, checking for knowledge gaps and ensuring that both her theoretical and practical abilities grow together.

Hearing this, Elise nodded and said okay.

She had also watched the entire process in the replay barrier, knowing where Lyra didn’t handle well and where she could have done better.

Time passed minute by minute, Amalia’s letter was quickly finished, Astrid reviewed it carefully and gave a pretty good evaluation.

"Sister, is there anything I wrote wrong?" Amalia asked.

Although she was extremely disgusted with her blood-related elder brother Lucas, Amalia believed she did not show the slightest dislike on paper, on the contrary, she used an arrogant tone to disguise herself as a royal sister who always considered her elder brother’s interests.

"Overall, there’s no problem..." Astrid let go of the hand playing with Amalia’s hair, her voice crisp.

"The general idea of using Reneth as a clue to hint at the Second Prince’s involvement is correct, but there’s one point that’s a bit too obvious."

"Lucas is a prince, his intelligence network is not that bad, at least he couldn’t possibly not know what happened inside the Elizabeth Academy of Magic."

When she first transmigrated, she was surrounded by the First Prince’s spies, it was only after a series of operations, including the allergy and the establishment of the intelligence organization, that Astrid quietly replaced all the spies around her.

"So I shouldn’t elaborate so much on the ins and outs of the matter?" Amalia asked.

"Yes, and no."

Astrid pointed to a line on the parchment, about the relevant information of Reneth meeting Vorelter earlier, her pink lips parted.

"This one doesn’t need to be singled out, Lucas can find it out himself."

"Amalia just needs to write about my anger and displeasure at Miss Reneth’s actions, and the attitude I want to take against her. This letter should show the emotions of an Imperial Princess expressing her desire for care to her elder brother, not bringing other hidden things to the surface."

"It’s too purposeful, or rather, Astrid Calliste thought too deeply, the effect is counterproductive."

What Astrid meant was to write more about what happened during the duel, not the people manipulating it behind the scenes, Amalia thought for a few seconds and quickly understood her words.

"I see."

Sister said she wrote herself as too smart, originally the other party’s performance on the duel stage had a high probability of attracting Lucas’s attention, and showing it so obviously would only make the latter think more.

In fact, in Lucas’s eyes, Astrid is no longer the clueless sister she was a year ago, sometimes her performance even makes him, as an elder brother, feel uneasy.

"Take this opportunity to express to the First Prince my determination to firmly stand on his side, while also setting up a goal to bring Alistair’s attention back to Lucas."

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Hearing Amalia’s words, Astrid nodded in recognition.

"Hmm, Amalia is very smart."

"Next, I’ll rewrite a letter, you can carefully see the difference."

With that, Astrid picked up the quill, gently dipped it in the ink bottle, and rewrote the letter based on the one Amalia had just written.

Outside the window, the crescent moon gradually moved, and the tree branches were dotted with cold dew.

Just as Astrid finished discussing the letter with Amalia, Lyra had also sorted out the battle process and found her own problems and concerns.

There’s class tomorrow morning, and if we don’t sleep now, we might be out of energy, so the few of them took turns to shower and lay down on the bed, quickly falling asleep.

.......

A week of classes passed in the blink of an eye, and Charlotte’s long-awaited elemental affinity test still didn’t yield an accurate result.

The crystal ball couldn’t determine Lyra’s affinity for the light element, the only thing that surprised Charlotte was the resonance of the light element the moment Lyra touched the surface of the crystal ball.

It’s not impossible to be exceptional, because light is different from ice, it doesn’t have such a strong external manifestation, even in a relatively dark environment, it only flashed for a moment, like the ashes after an extreme burn.

The light faded, and the room fell into darkness again.

Astrid didn’t point out that Lyra’s light element affinity was stronger than Charlotte imagined, after all, in the original work, Lyra was described as the light surrounding her even made the sun dim, it’s not necessarily good to reveal these too early.

She has already changed the story trajectory enough, as long as Lyra understands that she is not completely without talent in light magic, that’s basically enough.

"Princess Astrid, 2 PM, library."

Hearing Evelyn’s charming and moving voice, and the other’s almost pressing against her chest, Astrid, who had come back to her senses, slightly nodded and stood up with Amalia, who had been in a strange state since the class started.

"Okay, I’ll be there on time."

Regarding the historical artifacts left by the ancient humans, Astrid had a premonition that she could gain a lot from them.

Hearing this, Evelyn looked at Astrid a few more times, nodded, and picked up the teacup and lesson plan on the lectern.

"I’ll be looking forward to it."

"But Princess Astrid, remember to come alone~"

She only filled in Astrid’s name on the registration form, bringing someone in at the last minute could easily break the rules.

But even so, considering Astrid’s status as a princess, it’s probably no one would dare to stop her if she wanted to bring someone in without registration.

It felt like Evelyn’s last sentence had some hidden meaning. Amalia looked at the linguistics professor walking away, recalling her repeated teasing of her sister in the morning, her cold red eyes barely suppressing the possessiveness in her heart.

Sister... has to be alone with such a person...

"It’s just a visit to the exhibition room." Astrid said.

Although she wasn’t sure why Amalia insisted on coming to the class, considering the other’s age and mental state, Astrid thought she didn’t need to be stingy with words.

But she did feel that Amalia’s dependence on her was a bit too high, continuing like this might not be good for Amalia in the future, she’s just her sister, and she plans to leave the capital to travel the world in the future, she can’t always be by her side.

Hearing Astrid’s words, Amalia tightened her grip and obediently said yes.

At 1:50 PM, Astrid and Evelyn arrived at the library, passed the information check, opened the door to the top floor, and entered the storage room containing various historical documents.

"Besides the documents left by the ancient humans, the storage room also has many relics from other intelligent races, such as the fragments of music the elves used to please their mothers, the construction blueprints engraved on stone tablets by the goblins, and some special texts used by the sirens recorded on magic runes..."

Standing at the entrance of the storage room, Astrid saw rows of objects protected by glass, some emitting magical faint fluctuations, while others lay silently on the silk-lined display platforms.

"These glasses are equipped with isolation barriers and strengthening magic by the dean, updated every time in a while, only an attack at the level of an Arcanist mage can break them."

"Since Princess Astrid is most interested in Elders Speech, let’s go to the Elders Speech section first."

Following Evelyn to the special area for ancient human artifacts, the words here immediately felt familiar to Astrid.

"Retain the wind that can be guided."

"Harness the free-floating ice particles in the air, shaping them into razor-sharp arrowheads that follow the path of my mental will."

"The gathered light carries intense heat, burning a sufficiently small point."

Just as humans have observed, many of the surviving Elders Speech texts explain magic, rather than describing specific events or historical periods.

Can it be inferred that ancient humans rarely used Elders Speech in daily life, they only saw it as a tool for chanting spells, and used another human language for normal communication.

If it wasn’t for that entrance exam, Astrid might have thought so, but after seeing that question, her thoughts wavered slightly.

What exactly was Elders Speech to the ancient humans?

Scanning each glass cabinet, whenever she saw the words inside, Astrid would pause briefly, remembering the relevant information in her mind.

Lady Gemini explained many ancient spells, but some were not translated, these ancient spells were unknown to the public, and no one knew their specific uses.

One of Astrid’s purposes for this trip was also to collect these ancient spells, in case they might be useful in the future, they could be her trump card.

Corpse Explosion, which can use the flesh and blood left on the battlefield to create a chain explosion, causes massive damage.

First, infiltrate the corpse with dark elements, filling the limbs and internal organs, creating a temporary magical tide, expelling the not yet completely dissolved life, then ignite it with fire elements.

Plague, a magic that causes the body to fail.

Let the dark elements occupy the position that should belong to the water elements, causing an imbalance of light and dark elements in the affected, who then exhale a deathly cloud, infecting the next target.

Undead Will, Puppet, Sacrifice...

This one seems to have been written by a necromancer, the spell content is somewhat unacceptable to modern people.

Just in case, Astrid still recorded the content of these spells, her dark element affinity is excellent, casting them shouldn’t be difficult, the only thing to consider is the public reaction, she’s an Imperial Princess, using such magic indiscriminately would greatly affect the royal family’s reputation.

Coincidentally, ancient spells were also to be used only after Astrid was promoted to a magnus and could chant silently, besides, they would only be released when her life was threatened.

If her life is at stake, reputation can only be temporarily set aside.

Looking around, this magic note is just a single page, with no more content, Astrid was disappointed but also a bit more expectant.

Maybe there are other better ice attribute spells around, these spells might be more suitable for her.

Turning around, she continued to search as if nothing had happened, besides dark attribute magic, Astrid noticed many fire and earth attribute spells scattered around her that were not in the books.

Since no one understands these Elders Speech, the staff did not classify them professionally when placing them, only roughly splitting the papers, stones, weapons, and utensils according to type, placing them in a specific area, which also results in various types of magic being mixed together, only able to determine which type it is based on the name and effect.

Of course, for Astrid, this is enough.