Problem

"...This time, I'll owe you one, Fiona. I'll buy all the resources on this list. Someone will come to coordinate with your adjutant afterward."

Looking at Fiona, who still wore an innocent expression, Oswivia sighed softly to herself. She could not help feeling that a brilliant new star was about to rise upon the Empire's stage.

She truly could not refuse. Even though she knew that accepting Fiona's gift at this moment meant openly showing the outside world that she supported Fiona... "Why did Sister Oswivia look so troubled at the end? Was there something wrong with that list?"

Standing before the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Lord's Manor, Fiona watched the Fourth Princess's carriage gradually disappear into the distance and asked Anvis in confusion.

"The Time-Reversing Crystal Egg is an important treasure that Her Highness the princess has sought for a long time. It can be used to construct a Secret Art ritual that assists in breaking through to the ninth rank, Lord.

Any force that understands its value would treasure it as a family heirloom after obtaining it. It would almost never appear on the market."

Standing behind and to Fiona's right, Anvis explained his arrangement to her.

He had specifically had Fiona add that egg to the list in order to convey a message to the Fourth Princess: her supposedly secret actions were no secret to Fiona.

At the same time, it was tempting the Fourth Princess to make a choice. Would she accept this grand gift and stand with Fiona, or continue watching cautiously from the sidelines?

"Really? Is that egg really so rare? Don't even the Imperial Royal Family's storehouses have any?"

Fiona tilted her head. In the private warehouse within her Dream World, that item was indeed the least numerous, but it did not seem