Chapter 257: Side Story 3 (1/2)
Chapter 257: Side Story 3
Peace
It was a good word It may even be the word that allthat can be obtained without a price Sometimes, blood needs to be shed in order to achieve peace, and steady efforts are needed to keep that peace so the blood shed wouldn’t be in vain
After the end of the 3rd Ideological Conflict, the Lester Ereatest task was to maintain that peace and Empress Leila and Grand Duke Milton Forrest did their best However, the two of theeneration would have to continue their greatest accoeneration were already in progress
“Please, Your Ihness, these as well”
“Ah, just leave that there”
She was about 20 years old with shi+ning blonde hair and white jade like skin Perfect features and blue eyes that sparkled like jewels; she was a beautiful wo about the most beautiful woman on the continent She was the second most valuable and noble woman on the continent and one day, would become the most noble woman
She was Elizabeth von Lester
She was just about to turn 20 and would soon be holding a coe cere the state affairs of the Lester Eh she ical pressure froe Empire, she didn’t show it
She had already shown interest in state affairs since her early teenage years and had been involved in it with her parents’ perave it her all to do her best in beco half of the Lester Erowth of the surplus balance of the marine trade decreased Should I browbeat Robin some more?”
As she looked at her docu that someone out on the ocean would trereatlines
“Your Highness, your meal is prepared”
A maid approached her as she spoke, but Elizabeth didn’t look away frocup of coffee”
Most of the time, she ate a sandwich at her office because she couldn’t bear to waste ti a proper meal
Most of the people in the world most likely wondered how luxurious and splendid an Ilamor, her life was filled with busy schedules and a tremendous amount of work And if you added in her earnest personality, there was no such thing as a breaktime
Perhaps it was out of consideration for her, but the people around her tried to get her to rest even just a little bit For exaht you aright now, carrying a tray that was bigger than her entire body
“Huh? Oh, Sabria!”
Before, Elizabeth hadn’t taken her eyes off her docu sirl had black hair, brown eyes, plump cheeks, and adorably shter born between Milton Forrest and Grand duchess Violet She was now five years old and was loved not only by her parents, but by her older siblings
“I ether
“Really? You did? How are you so sweet and nice?”
Elizabeth lifted up her youngest sister and rubbed their cheeks together as she poured out her love for her sister
“Sister, that tickles…”
“I love you sooo much, Sabria What should I do about it? H they were members of a royal family, they were extreuess I’ll take a break?”
Elizabeth surrendered to her youngest sister’s cuteness and sat at the tea table as she ate the sandwich and drank the coffee her sister had brought
“Is it good, big sister?”
“Yes, it’s very very delicious”
“How delicious?”
“It’s the best in the entire world I’m so happy that my adorable and pretty Sabria made me a sandwich”
“Heeheehee…”
When her pretty older sister patted her hair, the young Princess Sabria s she wanted in the world She felt like she was being soaked in pure happiness
At that moment, Elizabeth’s office door opened and a woman entered without permission She spoke calmly to I in your office again”
Elizabeth placed her sister to the side, stood up, and bowed politely
“I greet the Ehter greeted her politely and her stepdaughter smiled artlessly at her As you probably realized, the woman who entered the office was sodom into an Empire She was Empress Leila von Lester
As the year went by, she was already in her 40s but her beauty remained the same Who would think that she would be a mother if she stood next to Elizabeth? At best, they’d think that Leila was an older sister with a bit of an age difference
While she reed a lot When she had ascended the throne, the Lester Kingdoh turbulent times and she had cloaked herself with a sharp and cold atmosphere But now, there was no sharpness to her, instead there was only benevolence and warmth
She reached out and held Sabria in her arently stroked her
“Are you listening to yourall your vegetables?”
“M about vegetables Leila smiled when she saw that
“But if you don’t eat your vegetables, you won’t be as pretty as your sister and mothers?”
“Really?”
“Of course”
“Eee… But I don’t want to…”
The six year old girl began to seriously agonize over her future beauty and her current tastebuds as she irl’s head, Leila turned towards Elizabeth
“I’ you knohy I’m here today, Elizabeth?”
“Unfortunately, I do”
With a troubled expression, Elizabeth tried to avoid Leila’s eyes
“You still don’t want to?”
“It’s a bit… I don’t have to think about it yet, do I?”
“No If I’er”
“Mer sister as she looked troubled and fell into deep thought Although the weight of the worries were different, it seemed like they were equally worried
There was one thing that was causing this co easily, to worry That thing was…
“In order to succeed the Empire, you ”
The issue of le?”
Elizabeth let out a sigh
Elizabeth had been born into a royal family, and now she was a part of the Ient about her duties in preparing to become the nextshe didn’t want to do - e