Volume 6 Chapter 22

Volume 6 + Chapter 22: Alright, I’m Going For It!

“Your Highness, why didn’t you greet Her Majesty the Queen just now?”

Elly asked Xia Yi in confusion.

In her memory, every time Xia Yi saw Xia Lulu, her emotions were always very positive, whether she wanted to act spoiled or even try to challenge her.

Only this time was different. This time, she was extremely withdrawn.

“Why are you asking about that?” Xia Yi replied coldly. “I don’t care about that person anymore. Whatever she does has nothing to do with me.”

“B-But…”

“There’s no ‘but,’ Elly. Forget about Xia Lulu, what matters is our next move. We don’t have much time. We must act quickly. Time is tight, and the task is heavy.”

“Yes, ma’am!”

Elly was intimidated by Xia Yi and stopped asking further about Xia Lulu.

“Your Highness, what are we going to do next?”

“I’ve already figured out how we’ll proceed. Follow me.”

Xia Yi led Elly deeper into the Dragon Clan’s imperial palace.

“Your Highness wouldn’t really blow up the Dragon Clan’s palace… right? She must be joking… she has to be…”

Elly muttered inwardly.

After all, Xia Yi had no reason to do something like that. She must have exaggerated on purpose, maybe just to scare her.

However, when they arrived at a certain location, that thought completely vanished.

“…As expected, there are a lot of people. I can’t handle this alone.”

Xia Yi hid in a dark corner, observing the outside.

Ahead, numerous patrol guards stood watch, their vigilance extremely tight.

“Y-Your Highness… p-please don’t do anything reckless…!”

Elly turned pale, collapsing onto the ground and trembling.

This was one of the most critical locations in the Dragon Clan’s palace, the magical power supply center.

Within the palace, countless tools and devices required magical energy to function.

For example, the ever-burning night lamps used magic as their source, consuming it to emit light for illumination.

These lamps could use magic stones as power sources, but that required frequent replacement, which was wasteful.

The Dragon Clan’s solution was to lay magical conduits throughout the palace, continuously supplying energy. One only needed to flip a switch to use them, eliminating the need for replacing stones.

And night lamps were just one example, there were many others: kitchen fires, refrigeration units, alarm systems, communication systems, protective magic arrays…

If one wanted to destroy the Dragon Clan’s palace, disabling this place first would be the optimal choice.

That was why Elly was so terrified, Her Highness truly intended to blow up the palace!

“Your Highness, please calm down, we can still turn back!” Elly pleaded.

“Elly, how can you lose your nerve at a time like this?” Xia Yi frowned. “What about the oath you just made?”

“I…”

“As long as you help me successfully infiltrate the magical power supply center, forget becoming an official member of the Royal Maid Corps, I’ll make you the head maid in the future!”

Xia Yi threw out an extremely tempting promise.

“Head maid?!”

Elly’s eyes widened.

That was a position she had never even dared to dream of.

“That’s right. Trust me, I’ll make you the head maid of the Royal Maid Corps. Even Lucia will serve under you.”

Xia Yi’s words were like a devil’s temptation, impossible to refuse.

“We’re doing something big, Elly. Something huge!”

“If I became head maid…”

Elly imagined it in her mind.

She would appear in full glory as the head maid, commanding authority. Not only Lucia, but even senior figures like Atiya and Serra would bow their heads and follow behind her.

She would command an entire group of maids, what a magnificent scene that would be!

Under Xia Yi’s persuasion, she was completely swayed.

“Alright, Your Highness, I’ll… give it everything I’ve got!!”

“Very good, Elly. I have high hopes for you.”

Xia Yi was quite satisfied.

Now she had an assistant to help with the operation.

Once she successfully infiltrated the power supply center, she could tamper with the energy conduits and cut off the supply at a critical moment.

At that point, she could do whatever she wanted.

That was her plan.

On her birthday, she would stage an unprecedented grand performance, one that would make Xia Lulu understand just how terrifying she truly was.

“Just you wait, Xia Lulu. You’ll regret leaving the Dragon Clan’s palace!” Xia Yi thought.

“Your Highness, how are we going to infiltrate?” Elly asked. “Security here is extremely tight. Are you planning to show yourself and draw them away?”

“Of course not. If I show myself, it’ll be recorded and reported to Xia Lulu, that would expose everything. I can’t appear directly.”

“Then what should we do?”

“Don’t panic, Elly. Everything is under my control. I have a clever plan,” Xia Yi said confidently. “Let’s go back and rest first. We’ll regroup here tonight.”

“Alright. If Your Highness has a plan, then I’m relieved~”

…

…

Late at night.

After pretending to sleep, Xia Yi quietly slipped out.

Elly also arrived at the meeting point as instructed.

As expected, the guards were no different from daytime, still maintaining high-intensity patrols.

“Your Highness, what’s your clever plan?” Elly asked.

“My clever plan… is you.”

Xia Yi patted Elly on the shoulder.

“Huh?”

Elly froze. She had a bad feeling.

“Elly, don’t you have a special ability? You can transform into others.”

“Y-Yes…”

A sense of dread rose in her heart.

“Then transform into someone else and attack the power supply center. Cause chaos, draw all the guards’ attention away, and create an opportunity for me to infiltrate.”

“No, no! Your Highness, if I get caught, I’ll be treated as a traitor and executed on the spot!!”

Elly waved her hands frantically.

“I’ll really die!”

“As long as you don’t get caught, won’t everything be fine?”

“… ”

Elly found herself unable to refute that.

“Elly, this is a trial! I know it’s dangerous, but it’s also your path to growth. Only by passing this trial can you prove you’re capable of becoming head maid!”

“A trial?”

“That’s right, a trial! Elly, charge! Go, go, go!!” Xia Yi urged enthusiastically.

At this point, Elly had no way out. Even if she refused, Xia Yi wouldn’t let her off.

She might as well take the gamble and stop overthinking.

“Alright, I’m going for it!”

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