Competition? is obviously a word that can make people suddenly feel a little frightened.

Although Suzanne hadn't made it clear, Linya could already faintly feel some indescribable horror and blood smell from it.

"What is the specific method of this system of blood competition inheritance? Could it be that I and Brother Yax and Brother Orlando, the three royal blood who have the right to inherit, have some kind of competition to determine the winner and become the ultimate heir to the throne?" Linya didn't dare to imagine too terrible, so she tried to ask in the easiest words possible.

Suzanne shrugged.

"So...... Did the father force Brother Orlando to be lord in order to force him to compete with Brother Yax, to force them to kill each other to determine the winner?Sister Suzanne, is that so? What are you kidding, how can you use such a cruel method to force the two brothers to kill each other?, it is too much!" Linya gasped for breath, it was terrible to think about.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness Princess, I don't know what to say. This kind of thing is not something that we, as courtiers, have any right to comment on and intervene into. We have no right to question that kind of thing......" Suzanne said with a embarrassed bow to Linya.

"Then why didn't they persecute me like this, and they looked surprised when I wanted the territory?"

"Because you are a princess, there are some special circumstances according to the inheritance law, so you do not necessarily have to participate in the inheritance competition, of course, the premise is that you automatically renounce the inheritance rights...... You have the right to choose whether or not to participate in the succession competition, and the two royal highnesses do not have the right to do so, they must participate. Moreover, even His Majesty the Emperor has no right to interfere in this matter, he must set aside a territory of the same size as that originally given to His Royal Highness the Great Prince to the Fourth Prince. If you insist on a piece of land, it is the same, and His Majesty the Emperor will not have the right to refuse. Ah, I'm sorry, Your Highness Princess, I have been talking too much and saying a lot of things that I shouldn't have said...... I beg your pardon, Your Highness the Princess!" said Susanna, quickly kneeling down on one knee and pleading guilty to Linya.

Linya helped Suzanne to her feet with a heavy heart, and her heart was in a mess. Obviously, she has never considered the matter of the succession to the throne, and she has always thought that the eldest brother of the emperor, Brother Jax, should inherit the throne, but she didn't expect that this was actually the case. Orlando's brother refuses to become a lord in the territory, probably because he has this idea, he is simply an ambitious person, who only loves magic and does not love the country.

He still has the right to choose, to give up the right of inheritance to stay out of the matter, but alas, and the Orlando brother does not even have the right to give up? As a male descendant of the empire, must go through such a terrible thing? Is the end of the competition to end with life or death?

"Sister Suzanne, what will happen to Brother Orlando if he loses the competition?" asked Linya, uneasy.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness Princess, I really can't say any more, what I just said is enough to be hanged......" Suzanne said helplessly, her tone almost begging Linya.

Linya sighed, it seems that the severity of the matter has exceeded her imagination. Linya thought about it again and again, and finally decided to go to her father to make it clear.

"Your Royal Highness, where are you going now?" Suzanne quickly asked when she saw Linya get up from the bed, and had a bad premonition.

"Go to my father, I want to talk to him about this inheritance, and ask him not to persecute Brother Orlando. ”

Suzanne closed her eyes and sighed, "Your Royal Highness, please forgive your subordinates for being rude and saying more...... I think it would be better if you didn't talk about it again...... About the succession competition...... I'm afraid that no one can change anything, and no one has the right to decide the fate of others...... You may just have to make your own decision......"

Linya was stunned for a moment. "No, I just said something because I supported my father's attitude out of my own selfishness. But that happened without me knowing what was going on, and I have to show what I really think. I can't just act like nothing happened, and I won't be able to sleep in that case. Linya said and walked out resolutely. "Sister Susanna, please come with me, okay? I suddenly felt so scared......

Before the exit of the castle, Linya and Suzanne ran into Aven, who was patrolling the guards.

Linya suddenly remembered the slave she had rescued, and she almost forgot about it. "By the way, Aven, I almost forgot. How's that slave I asked you to save last time?"

"Your Royal Highness, I hid him in the barracks of the Scarlet Legion, but he was detained and would not be discovered by others. After all, he was a slave, and he would be in trouble if he was seen. When he saw the princess again, Aven's eyes seemed to change a little, and his expression seemed a little unnatural.

"How's his injury?"

"The wounds are already healing. However, he also suffered serious internal injuries, and I am afraid that he will have to recuperate for at least a month. Now he has just saved his life. ”

Linya sighed, thinking of the fate of those slaves, and her heart was sad. As the daughter of the world's largest slave owner, that is really not pleasant.

Regarding the matter of slaves, I also need to talk to my father about it, and if I can, ask him to release all the slaves and give them the status of commoners, which should be the best outcome.

"If you have time, let's go see him. Linya said. But it was immediately opposed by Suzanne and Aven.

"No, Your Highness the Princess!"

"In your honorable position, it is not fitting for you to meet that lowly slave and heretic. Your Royal Highness, if this kind of thing spreads, it will affect your reputation. Suzanne tactfully advised.

Linya opened her mouth, but there was nothing to say, so she had to give up that plan.

"Aven, I'll hand over that slave to you, and you must cure him. Then ......"

"And then, Your Highness the Princess?" Seeing that she had been hesitating and not finishing, Aven couldn't help but ask.

"Then send him back to Grecia. Send it to Stead, it should be fine. Linya said helplessly. It was obviously impossible to keep him.

"I understand, Your Highness the Princess, please rest assured that I will definitely take care of this matter. Evan saluted.

Suddenly another thing came to mind. "That's right, Aven. What happened to sneaking out that day...... I'm really sorry, I blame me for being too willful and hurting Namia and you......" Linya had a feeling that her father must have scolded him.

"No, no, no, there is no such thing, Your Highness Princess. Ai Wen hurriedly explained, but his face turned red.

Apparently he was lying. It's weird that Evan guy blushes sometimes, this big rock......

Of course, everyone deliberately lied for themselves and didn't want to make themselves sad, and Linya couldn't go to see him in person, so she pretended to believe it, in this way, others would feel better!

"Maybe I can't help all the slaves, but this one, since I saved it, let's save it to the end. As the two continued to advance towards the Emperor's study, Linya sighed softly.

Susanna's heart shook when she heard this. This little princess may really have some love overflowing, but it is definitely sincere.

"Father, I have something I want to talk to you about alone. As Linya said this, her eyes were fixed on the Minister of War, Punis, who was discussing the matter next to Emperor Hermann.

So Punis quickly retired with great interest.

"Tell me something, my child. "Whenever he saw his daughter, Emperor Hermann's mood would become very good. "As long as my father can do it, I will definitely try my best to help you do it. He thought that his daughter wanted or wanted to play some strange tricks, just as yesterday she had suddenly ordered herself to do some strange tricks for the magicians to help her.

"It's about Brother Orlando. Father, if Brother Orlando doesn't want to be a lord, can you not force him?" said Linya tentatively.

"That's not going to work, Linya. Orlando must go to his territory. "Emperor Hermann was clearly not negotiable. "You don't seem to say that at noon...... Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

"That's because I didn't know what it meant!Why did I have to force Brother Orlando to go?He obviously wasn't interested in snatching Brother Jax's inheritance!Why did he force them to kill each other?" Linya was really a little anxious, "This is too cruel! Can't Brother Orlando give up his inheritance if he wants to?"

"You know it all......" Emperor Hermann sighed and sat down. "I'm sorry, Linya, but we haven't told you this because we're afraid you're too young to accept it. ”

"Is Brother Orlando going to die? You know, he can't be Brother Yax's opponent at all!

"If he does lose to Yax, his fate will be decided by Yax. At this point, I can't help you or him, Linya. Emperor Hermann said truthfully.

A question suddenly occurred to Linya. She has only one father, but she doesn't have any uncles and uncles, none of them, never will, and she has never heard of such relatives in her memory.

It is clear that the previous emperor is unlikely to have only one heir.

So what about them......

Linya felt a chill rise all over her body, and the cold swished.

The air seemed to freeze, and Linya felt like she was going to suffocate again.

What a cruel world, such a cruel reality.

"However, it is clear that Brother Orlando does not want to inherit the right, he just wants to be an ordinary person, why can't he be, why must he die?" exclaimed Linya excitedly.

"The boys of the Rantis family can die on the battlefield, but they must not be drunk to death in the gentle country! Our empire can achieve today's achievements because our royal family will never allow people who are greedy for life and afraid of death and steal life to survive!" said Emperor Herman very resolutely.

Linya's hands and feet were cold and numb, and she collapsed on the chair, almost missing her breath.

Linya suddenly found that she and her father had no common language to talk about. It's like the two of them live in two completely different worlds.

In fact, Xiao Yuan, who controlled Linya's body, was originally from the earth of another world, a place completely different from this world.

There is a huge gap that is difficult to bridge, both mentally and ideologically.

The task given to him by the God of Creation seems to be a very simple sentence, but to do it, I am afraid it is really completely impossible. Not only has he now brought about a war crisis, but he can't even stop the civil war in his own home!

Where else is it possible to maintain peace on the entire continent?

Linya felt helpless.

"If Brother Jax and Brother Orlando fought, wouldn't their subordinates and armies be fighting each other, and the people would suffer from war?

"There is no way to do that, some internal damage is to avoid greater internal friction, so as to concentrate on the external unity. "Emperor Hermann was very merciless in striking at her views.

In the past, when he was on Earth, Xiao Yuan had always been extremely ridiculous and incomprehensible about the hereditary monarchy system that used the primogeniture system, if the king's eldest son was an idiot, then the country would be ruled by an idiot? Xiao Yuan often laughed like this.

But now, when I really put myself in such a cruel environment, as a member of the royal family in this hereditary imperial system, I realized that Yiqiē was not as simple as he imagined. The primogeniture succession system clarifies the order of succession to the throne, at least in a way, to avoid brothers turning against each other and killing each other.

Of course, the law of competitive succession also has its advantages, it is simple and effective, and it can ensure that the ruler of the empire will always be the strongest of the royal blood.

Of course, the cost is enormous.

"I take back what I said before, I don't want any territory anymore, Father. I don't have any idea of wanting to be part of this inheritance competition. Linya said dejectedly.

"No, kid, it's too early to say that. On the day of your eighteenth birthday, let's listen to your final choice!"

When Linya left silently, Emperor Hermann looked at his daughter's sad appearance, and he was also very heartbroken, and sighed: "I'm sorry, child. I know you must be feeling bad. However, there is nothing I can do to change anything. ”

At dinner, Linya still couldn't keep her spirits up. After hesitating repeatedly, Linya finally mustered up the courage to say, "Father...... I'd also like to tell you about the slaves......"

"Well, Linya, say whatever you want!" of course Emperor Herman could see that his daughter's expression was a little strange.

"Those slaves, can you let them go?"

"Why?" said Emperor Herman, who was a little puzzled.

"Why do you want to treat them like that?" asked Linya.

"We need these slaves to work for us! Emperor Hermann said truthfully.

"Father, how many slaves are there in our empire now?"

"About three million. ”

Million...... Originally, the population of the Momiji Empire was only 10 million, and with the newly captured Nakans region, it would not exceed 12 million, but there were 3 million slaves......

"Father...... I don't think it's good to do that. Every life is equal, and we can't treat them like that!" Linya said through gritted teeth.

Linya...... My child, I can understand your feelings. You are so kind, but the world is not as good as you think. The life of these slaves is indeed miserable, but we can't do without them, our people also need these slaves to work for them, and the economy and life of the entire Violet Continent need these slaves to support. If we really let those slaves go your way, our empire's economy could collapse as a result!" said Emperor Hermann with a sigh.

In fact, what Emperor Herman said, Linya had also taken into account. However, she still fantasizes about being able to change this reality.

"Mother Goddess created this world, created life, and created intelligent life, hoping that you can coexist peacefully with each other and create a harmonious and beautiful perfect world together. But what you have done now is really disappointing and sad for her!Father, please think about it, is it really impossible to let them go?" Linya really couldn't think of a way, so she had to use the God of Light to suppress him. "All human beings are created equal. That's what Mother Goddess has always told me. ”

"I'm sorry, Linya, please forgive me, and please forgive the great god of light for our transgressions! But we are also doing this to defend the glory of the great god of light! Those heretics, barbarians, and orcs, they do not believe in the god of light, but the enemy of the god of light, the god of darkness! They have betrayed the god of light! This is the greatest crime of the unforgivable! Our holy war is to destroy these evil thoughts and return them to the arms of the god of light!

"For those proto-pagans who have woken up and abandoned their evil thoughts in favor of worshipping the God of Light, we allow them to dissolve into our world and live as free men according to the will of the God of Light. The great God of Light is merciful, and we have always done so. But for these captives who refuse to surrender to the God of Light, there is only ...... Well, we have forgiven their capital sins and given them a chance to atone for their sins, which is already a great mercy!

Linya was stunned when she heard this, but she was speechless when she wanted to speak. In front of this treacherous father, Linya is really too tender. The so-called "holy war" that was originally aimed at plundering wealth and slaves has become a high-sounding reason to worship the god of light!

Linya can't say it again: the god of light doesn't exist at all! That would turn the world upside down, and God knows what the consequences would be.

"Excuse ......," Linya retorted weakly.

Seeing that the conversation between father and daughter had a bit of gunpowder, Queen Isabel hurriedly persuaded: "Linya, you must not blame your father. He does have a hard time. It is very hard to maintain such a large empire, and he is not omnipotent to take into account the interests of all parties! Even if your father agrees to your request to free the slaves of the whole country, the lords who have interests will definitely not accept this order, and the people of the whole country will not accept this order, because people need these slaves now.

"If you have to do that, your father will become the enemy of the people of the whole country, the lords will stand up and rebel, the people will rebel against the rule of the empire, and there is a good chance that our empire will collapse immediately...... If your idea is the will of the God of Light, of course we must obey it, but ...... If it's to be exchanged for that price...... Are you sure you want to do this? We will become the enemy of all the nations of the world, because we have destroyed the existing social and world order, and we have become the public enemy of the whole bright world!

"Linya, we don't dare to disobey your ideas, but, my Linya, you are really still too young, and you know that there are still too few and too few for this world...... When the kings of the whole world are bowed to your feet, when the people of the whole world are worshipping you, you can certainly transform the whole world according to your own ideas. But right now, I'm afraid we don't have the power to help you do that. Linya, do you understand? Give your father a little time!"

The queen mother, who didn't seem to be very good at politics, was able to say such a big truth, and Linya was really a little surprised. But her words were reasonable, and Linya had nothing to say at all.

It would be ridiculous to realize such an ethereal ideal at the cost of the fall of the Empire. The empire has perished, and how can its ideal of emancipating slaves be realized?

Linya felt like she was really too naïve. Such an idea is completely moot. As the queen mother said, one day he really becomes a god worshiped by the whole world, and it is not too late to do whatever he wants.

Now, apparently, it's really out of place.

"Linya, my child, please don't be upset. The current crisis for the Holy See has not yet been resolved, if civil strife breaks out again in the Empire...... Then it's really over...... "Emperor Hermann really didn't want to mention the matter of the Holy See, because it would definitely make his daughter sad and blame herself, but it wouldn't work if he didn't remind him now."

Linya was stunned for a while, thinking of the catastrophe she had caused, and finally she was completely dead. He sighed and ate silently.

The dinner ended in such a dull and unpleasant atmosphere.