Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 418

When marriage negotiations were underway between Grand Duchess Larisa of the Kingdom of Galico and the other party, the Kingdom of Galico had even dispatched an official delegation to meddle obsessively over every single word in the marital alliance contract and even over the selection of attendants.

However, the Grand Duchy of Manchike was not a party that could be pushed around so easily.

It was true that Marquis Sinadenos was a ruler qualified to enter into a royal marriage with a sovereign, but the territory he governed was merely a tiny, remote marquisate, not even bordering the Central Continent proper.

A barren, backward land teeming with heretics—by no measure was it a suitable candidate to form a marital alliance with the Kingdom of Etruria, which stood firmly in the south-central region of the Central Continent and had built up its history and traditions over centuries.

The sole reason this nation was even being considered as a potential match now was because interest in the Latgallin region had reached an unprecedented peak following the recent holy war, because the late marchioness’s natal family had suffered a sudden misfortune that resulted in unexpected windfall gains, and because Emperor Leo III, blinded by his ambition to establish a dynastic union, had taken notice.

That was all there was to it.

Sir Del Pianosa grew thrice as irritated as he recalled all this. He snapped at the staff member handling the matter:

“Then just write ‘as Crown Princess (principessa)!’ And if they still complain, tell them not to come at all!”

Here, the term “Crown Princess (principessa)” did not refer solely to the wife of a prince; it also applied generally to the spouse of a royal heir and to female blood relatives of the royal house who held rights to the succession.

Strictly speaking, this wording carried potential issues.

The staffer felt an overwhelming urge to ask, “Then does that mean we could adopt Princess Yulia Helena and make her a princess (principessa) as well?”—but bit his lip instead.

He knew for certain he’d get smacked on the back of the head if he voiced such a question. Time was short, and the Grand Duchy of Manchike held no bargaining power.

‘It’s not as if I’m being paid by Manchike.’

Determined not to draw his superior’s ire on behalf of someone he didn’t even know, the staffer hurried off to fetch the pre-prepared draft of the contract. Thus, his usual passion for perfection dwindled away.

The contract he went to retrieve would have an added annotation stating that Princess Yulia Helena would be received as “Crown Princess,” would be stamped later that day, and then dispatched to the Grand Duchy of Manchike.

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