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The person with the Empress was Ensia. Despite making eye contact with Acelia, Ensia merely smiled casually with feigned innocence. Hiding her confusion, Acelia greeted the Empress. "Your Majesty the Empress, have you been well?" "It's been a while, Princess. The princess seem to be doing well." Why the hostility right away? The phrase 'the princess' implied that the Empress herself had not been doing well. Expanding on the meaning, it was something like 'I've been worried because of…-
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Resident registration number. The princess's proposal was groundbreaking. Assigning unique numbers to citizens served both as a powerful means of control and as justification for protection. The poor were ignored because they didn't pay taxes. If they could be controlled, the state would try to collect taxes from them too. To collect taxes, minimal welfare would be implemented, and the poor would receive state protection. Additionally, though limited to the poor for now, expanding it to all…
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Joachim explained. "Those people are what the slum dwellers commonly call the 'powerful' gang. They steal from, trample on, and exploit the powerless. They also make people collect relief supplies two or three times. That's why no matter how abundant the supplies we bring, they're always insufficient." "What? Then we should stop them!" "Do you think the temple allows this out of ignorance? This is the ecology of power." Blue eyes colder than winter turned toward the slum dwellers. "No matter…
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While Acelia was speechless and unable to say anything, Windsor asked a question. "Are you going to break off your engagement with Count Felix?" The answer to this question was predetermined. Acelia nodded firmly. "I was planning to break it off from the beginning. Oh, absolutely not because of High Priest Joachim, okay? We're not in any kind of relationship. I'm a believer in staying single." "Staying single......? What's that? It sounds like something cool!" "It's exactly what it means.…
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......Is this person joking right now? Acelia's face turned grim. Joachim remained composed, as if he had expected this reaction. "Don't look at me like that. It's the truth." "You're young but already confused about your age. Isn't that serious?" "I have been living the same life dozens, hundreds of times repeatedly. I found out it's called a loop." "......!" "When I reach a certain point, I inevitably die and return to the past. Then I start again. The last time I counted was the…
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The moment Diego's hand touched her, a sensation Acelia had felt before overwhelmed her. —Don't call me brother! A piercing voice, sharp enough to tear, stabbed her ears. —Do you think you deserve to? —Acelia, I heard you're engaged to the son of Duke Wade. Finally, you're going to fulfill your duty. —A person's worth depends on how much benefit they bring. —I never cared for you. Ring, ring, ring! Her vision spun, and the wave of emotions that…
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Liliana wasn't alone. She was with Duke Seta, who adored her deeply. The two, who anyone could see were father and daughter, surrounded Acelia and drowned her in a flood of compliments. "Haha! Your Highness the Princess. I never expected the gift I gave you would lead to such a result. All I can say is that you're amazing. Perhaps you have a talent for diplomacy?" "Princess, you're truly wonderful! You had a plan all along, didn't you? That someone like you hasn't stepped into politics until now…
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After the working-level officials negotiated until their noses bled, the salt price increase ultimately became a non-issue. Though the subordinates did all the work, strangely it became Acelia's achievement. 'Why......? Why does this even work?' The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had their accomplishment stolen yet maintained a party atmosphere. Originally, they would have had no choice but to accept the Yulitas Empire's proposal, but they overturned it, so they couldn't help feeling happy. The…
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Finally, a meeting with the Yulitas Empire delegation was arranged. After holding out, they seemed to change their approach when there was unexpectedly no reaction from the princess's side. Despite the threatening atmosphere from these people who came grinding their teeth, Acelia's eyes were cloudy as she tried to hold back a yawn. Let's finish this quickly and eat. "We will now proceed with the meeting regarding supplementary measures to the 〈Maritime Peace Agreement〉. First, the Yulitas…
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During his absence, Joachim was busy. As a high priest, he had to handle temple duties and thoroughly investigate historical cases of those who received divine blessings. But no matter how much he searched, there were no cases of someone completely changing like Acelia. Moreover, after closely examining the statue that caused the anomaly, it turned out to be nothing more than a stone. He could only conclude that a god had directly intervened at that moment. Then why, of all people, the…
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