Reborn as the Psycho Villainess Who Ate Her Slave Beasts' Contracts

Elara, still bent over her documents, lowered her head slightly. "You... don’t have anything to ask me?"

Lisa, continuing her work, glanced up briefly. "Well... what could I ask, Your Highness?"

Elara didn’t lift her eyes. "Most people would."

Lisa smiled faintly, a calm, knowing curve of her lips. "That’s because they forget their place." She stopped, looking at Elara with steady eyes. "Your Highness, you are our master. Whatever you desire, it is our duty to fulfill. Asking you a futile question... I see no reason to waste my time on it."

The room fell into a comfortable silence, the only sound the soft crackle of the fire and the occasional scratch of Elara’s quill across paper.

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In the days that followed, the mansion buzzed with activity. Following Elara’s orders, the administrators summoned repairmen, and renovations began in earnest. With the Beast Knights lending their strength and precision, every task—from mending walls to restoring rooms—was completed faster than anyone had anticipated. The mansion slowly transformed, sturdy and orderly under her careful direction.

Meanwhile, in the capital, Elara’s "blind arrow" had hit its mark perfectly. Just as she had predicted, murmurs spread through the court. Whispers of the fourth princess, living in a dilapidated hut with barely enough money for a decent home, had reached every corner. Nobles talked in hushed tones, outraged at the perceived embarrassment to the royal family.

How could a kingdom allow one of its own princesses to live in squalor? What if other nations heard of it? Would the empire not become the subject of ridicule? Even the Emperor, faced with the mounting petitions and growing unrest among the nobles, found himself at a loss for words.

Finally, he acted. Calmly but decisively, the Emperor ordered that the fourth princess be provided with funds and everything she needed—enough to restore her home, secure her position, and silence the critics. The court was pacified, the nobles appeased, and Elara’s plan had worked exactly as she had intended.