Khaled led the knights, chasing after Raul.

Somehow, Velia felt empty in the absence of him, with whom she used to be together every day.

Even when she buried herself in books in the library as before, her mood consistently fell.

Of course, it was just a regret for the person who had been familiarly around her was gone.

“Haah…….”

She couldn’t concentrate at all.

Velia ran her hands through her hair.

But soon she messed up her hair and covered her face.

“……A familiar person, what’s that.”

Thinking about Khaled, who had not thought of being away from her, making an excuse that he wouldn’t see her for a while before he left, her heart was constantly fluttering.

‘I surely didn’t feel like this in my previous life…….’

Even though she had never met him, she was certain of how scary he was when she heard the rumors.

When Raul became the emperor, he tried to kill Khaled, who would be a stumbling block to him. But all those attempts ended in failure.

Eventually, Raul gave Khaled a dukedom and bestowed a fiefdom far away. After that, Khaled never returned to the capital.

He was a forgotten duke, but Velia knew. It was not for Raul or to avoid a fight that he didn’t come to the capital. He was just waiting for the right time.

So she had once told Raul to keep an eye on Khaled. Of course, Raul had no intention of listening to Velia at that time.

‘What would have happened after I died…….’

Of course, she had already returned to the past, and everything was futile, but she was curious.

Did Khaled cause a rebellion?

Did Raul live happily with Erze?

How did the Ronica Kingdom, where all the royal families had disappeared, perish…….

‘Those are useless thoughts. I have returned to the past, and none of those happened.’

Velia shook her head fiercely.

She had to determine when to spread the news about the gold mine.

No matter how she thought about it…….

“When the date of the engagement is determined by the emperor’s personal letter.”

That would be the optimal time.

When all the attention is focused here, she will spread the news about the gold mine.

Adding the news of the gold mine to the fact that Khaled defeated the monster and saved Raul in crisis will make him shine more.

‘I need people to spread the rumor.’

Of course, the rumor should naturally spread in the social world, but more importantly, it was the imperial citizens.

She had to get their support.

The rumor about Khaled was not very good in the social world already.

That would be a rumor created by Raul over a long period.

There was no choice but to change the target because it would be difficult to aim at the social world immediately.

‘I have to rise up with the support of the imperial citizens.’

A prince with a wiser and warmer heart than anyone else. If such a prince is also capable, he will receive everyone’s envy.

She had to instill in the imperial citizens the perception that the next emperor is naturally Khaled.

Since he is the rightful prince of the empire, it won’t be difficult.

Then naturally, these stories will spread in the social world.

‘The strategy should change according to the situation.’

When she made Raul the emperor, she targeted the nobles of the empire.

Since his external image was already good, she spread rumors focusing on his superior abilities. However, for Khaled, it had to be the opposite.

‘I will make the hearts of the nobles turn towards Khaled, starting with the imperial citizens.’

By reversing all the bad rumors about him, she will announce to the world who among the two princes is worthy of the throne.

‘That’s his specialty.’

Velia thought of someone she had tried to visit a while ago, and immediately picked up a pen without hesitation.

Khaled continued to move, encouraging his knights. They were moving to the location told by Velia, not the location written in the report stolen by Raul.

Honestly, she was skeptical, but since all of Velia’s stories so far were true, she decided to believe it for now.
And when they followed the traces of the First Prince and his knights and reached the downstream of the river, they found Raul and his knights under attack by Alrag.

“Wow. Was what the princess said really true?”

Acid excitedly asked.

“Honestly, at first, I doubted whether it was real, but now I think I can believe everything Princess Velia says.”

Acid had been skeptical when Velia pinpointed the exact location where Alrag had appeared, inwardly he had doubted what a princess who had only read books in the castle would know… But Princess Velia was right. Acid’s eyes sparkled.

Initially, he was unhappy about the audacious move of ordering Prince Khaled around.

However, Khaled had taken such a liking to Velia and banned any criticism against her, even though it was unpleasant, he could only watch from the side…

Honestly, both the gold mine and the monster subjugation were largely thanks to Princess Velia. Acid somehow felt a growing fondness for the princess.

“Let’s just move in according to the situation. It seems manageable for now.”