Stray

Delia sat obediently in the armchair. Her knees were together, and the heaves of her chest were small. She firmly covered her eyes with an eye mask decorated with fine gems, trying to adapt to her new vision constructed by magic.

It felt very strange— Whether it was communicating with that weird spider with her thoughts, or familiarizing herself with the extremely dim, slightly bloody new world in front of her.

She had thought that Marshal Gallagher wouldn’t be so quick take care of her and would instead directly establish a fake adult heir. When he attacks the prince, he would let the heir “die unexpectedly”, aggravating the prince’s crime. Then Marshal Gallagher would “reluctantly” support the only remaining underage princess more naturally.

The emperor had also considered the possibility of the prince murdering him, and he would assuredly leave Gallagher some information or props that could solve the succession problem. Although she was in a delicate position, she wasn’t really an important key figure. Her life or death will only affect the intensity of the war but won’t make it disappear.

An underage princess; a disposable, expensive doll.

But Gallagher still sent someone over, and not simply a lowly Black Chapter.

As far as the current situation was concerned, this spider, who calls itself “Cat Whiskers”, was definitely some kind of intermediate demon. Although it wasn’t uncommon for demon worshippers that can make use of intermediate demons, they weren’t so easy to talk to regarding cooperation. One of the people there also looked quite a bit like the royal family, and even was similar to her deceased mother…

But what exactly does her mother’s face look like? Her memory was a bit blurred.

“Delia… Ah, you covered your eyes, you are such a good girl.”