The Goddess of Revenge
Theatricals Again

Everyone was amazed and surprised at the power of Krystal, they had known that the holy power only existed in Emilia – The first Princess of the Albertine Empire. A huge question mark loomed over everyone's head, there they wondered about how Krystal could obtain such holy power. Especially Alexius, as Emperor Archer, of course he must know the reason Krystal can have the power of a saintess, even he used it excessively as at that time.

Krystal heaved a sigh of relief after successfully dealing with everyone's injuries, even though she had only absorbed half of Emilia's strength, but thanks to the heavenly angel's blood flowing in the original owner's body, she had only absorbed half of Emilia's power, he could use his power on a large scale. However, the atmosphere there was even quiet, no one dared to open his voice questioning about the sacred power that was in Krystal.

“Daughter, sorry if I am presumptuous, as far as I know only Princess Emilia has holy power, but why does Princess also have holy power?” ask Alexius.

Krystal did not panic so much to get a question like that from Alexius, because she had prepared the answer to the question from the beginning. Krystal smiled cunningly, she prepared to perform a show in front of Alexios.

“Actually, this matter is a little sensitive to talk about in front of a lot of people, I fear being considered defamatory of Albertine. Is it okay to be honest?”

Krystal floated a wistful smile, her facial expression dim and filled with false sadness. Krystal wanted to create the image of a good Princess but was always bullied, tortured, and ignored by her family. Back then, he thought that this was a good time to make Emilia's good name fall before another empire.

“Please you talk, princess. If there will be serious problems due to your words, we will be able to defend you,”, Alexius said, embraced by the important aristocrat Archer.

“Since the beginning, this holy power is mine and not Emilia's. My holy power was stolen by the Empress and then put into Emilia's body, which is why the Empress hated me so much that she even locked me up in a rundown palace. He was afraid if I spoke up about this matter, but lately the holy power is back in my body.”

“From what I heard, Princess Emilia only used her holy power to heal people from the noble class. In Albertine many commoners died of illness, they were ignored by Emilia, so could she be called a saintess? Letting people die in misery, people's health deteriorates, is a saintess entitled to do that?”

Krystal laced her charade with tears, she sobbed in front of many people. Those who listened to him came to believe in Krystal, not a few of them who felt pity and issued blasphemous words for Isabelle and Emilia. Meanwhile, his concubine with Cleon held back a laugh watching Krystal's play.

“It looks like big brother's acting talent is increasing over time,” Cleon said.

“If I don't know about his success, maybe I will also trust His Majesty's play,” Shion said.

“The girl never lies to people with her acting, not counting how many people are fooled by fake tears,” said Heros.

Although Alexios liked Krystal, he doubted Krystal's statement, he did not want to be too easy to believe without proof. Alexios was wary of any slander that would have destroyed the empire, but Krystal did not give Alexios a suspicious look.

“Daughter, is what you said true? If you are proven to be lying, Archer can sue you later.” Alexios said firmly and seriously.

“Alright, bring the lie detector here,” Alexius orders to one of his subordinates.

It did not take long, a knight carrying a round-shaped tool and decorated by several magic stones. Then a female knight told Krystal to sit on a chair, a rope connected to the device directly attached to Krystal's chest. This is where the tool started to work, Krystal said everything from the start, there was no strangeness shown by the tool. Alexios ended up believing Krystal's words, no one suspected Krystal's play because what he said was the truth.

“That means Albertine has been committing serious sins, forcibly depriving others of power is a considerable mistake. This can be discussed later when the imperial conference later,” murmured Albertine, “Alright, then later I will uphold justice for you, Princess. Don't worry, I will make Albertine admit her mistake,” Alexius said out loud.

This was Krystal's true goal, she wanted to make her matter the main conversation at the imperial conference that would be held in a few weeks. If this problem has become the subject of conversation at the conference, it means that Albertine's fate will be swayed udder and his good name will be tarnished.

“Thank you, Your Grace. I just want to help the people with my strength.”

After that, Alexios held a meal together in his palace by inviting all representatives of the empire as well as nobles. Alexius apologized because the hunting contest this time failed to be held, even the condition of the forest was destroyed, which is why the hunting contest will be abolished until an unspecified time.

On that very night, Krystal left to return to Albertine, the burden of her thoughts about the memories of the past that suddenly appeared earlier weighing on her heart. Krystal wanted to think about it calmly in Albertine later and she owed an explanation to Lucio and his concubines. Alexios reluctantly had to allow Krystal to return, even if she did not. Krystal decided to return to teleportation in order to save time on the way.

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At the same time, in the hiding place of the white-robed men's cabal, a crowd gathered all its members. They were seen talking about serious matters, in addition, a long brown-haired man with blue pupils stood before the men.

“I heard lately that your plans often fail, the girl has high luck. I will not blame you, just calm down because it takes a bigger effort to face the girl,” said the man.

“What should we do next, Your Majesty?” ask one of the women.

“Good question, you guys need to remember who you guys work for, I have taken pains to create a conflict between the Celestial Emperor and the girl. My ultimate goal is to put this world under my feet. However, before destroying the Celestial Emperor, I must destroy Krystalia, because she is the main problem of my step barrier.”

“For now, you must strengthen the magic circle to destroy the girl's soul. Then for the four of you Cleon, Olin, Cherry, and Bleas, good job because you managed to be spies without making the girl suspicious. Keep doing it until you get the original identity of the seven concubines who also became my step inhibitor,” said the man to Cleon, Olin, Cherry, and Bleas who turned out to be the real traitor.

“Good, Your Majesty. Leave everything to us.”