Chapter 80: The Queen’s Training Plan

"That's the Vapasie family's carriage!"
One of the cavalrymen couldn't help but speak up. Though he was deeply intimidated by Kaivilyn's strength, he still had to muster the courage to protest.

"Silence!"

A stern reprimand echoed from within the carriage.

A young girl in a light green dress emerged, her body trembling slightly. The look she gave Kaivilyn was tinged with fear.

"Your... Your Highness Kaivilyn..."
The girl hastily jumped down from the carriage and bowed to Kaivilyn.

Kaivilyn... Your Highness?

Not only were the surrounding cavalry stunned, but even the onlooking commoners were taken aback. In the royal city, only princes and princesses—children of the royal family, the noblest of nobility—were addressed as "Your Highness."

"You've sat in the carriage for so long, and only now do you recognize my voice, Amelia?"

Kaivilyn sat astride her horse, looking down at Amelia from above.

"Your Highness... I..."
Amelia was at a loss, completely unsure how to handle the situation.

Kaivilyn raised her blood-stained sword and gently pressed it against Amelia's neck.

The four cavalrymen nearby were equally dumbfounded. To protect their lady would mean colliding with the princess herself!

"Your Highness... Your Highness..."
Amelia trembled from head to toe. She possessed no fighting ability whatsoever; both in status and in strength, she had no desire to resist.

A flicker of pity flashed in Kaivilyn's eyes. Yet, for reasons unknown, the image of Lin Wei ruthlessly killing the masked woman sprang to her mind—so merciless, so cold, so absolute.

She seemed to see again Lin Wei's profile bathed in silver moonlight that night.

A murderous intent radiated from Kaivilyn. In a flash, the cross-shaped sword was raised.

"No!"

Amelia broke down, wailing out loud.

The sound of a blade—
A head rolled to the ground.

At the instant Kaivilyn's sword truly fell, a surge of regret and reluctance flooded her chest.

"Lord Lin Wei..." Kaivilyn involuntarily called Lin Wei's name, staring blankly at Amelia's severed head rolling to the side.

Unknowingly, Lin Wei had already come to have such a profound influence over her?

Kaivilyn felt dazed for a moment.

Just then, a hand rested gently on Kaivilyn's shoulder.

Lin Wei, horseback, had come up behind her.

The crowd instantly widened their eyes. Was this man courting death? How dare he lay his hand on Princess Kaivilyn's shoulder?

Most people hadn't seen Lin Wei and Kaivilyn riding side by side earlier.

Among the crowd, some young women gazed at Lin Wei with undisguised regret, as if mourning the imminent loss of such a handsome man.

But to everyone's shock, Princess Kaivilyn didn't show the slightest resistance to the handsome young man's gesture.

Suddenly, Lin Wei raised his arm high, his sonorous voice ringing out over the entire square.

"All acts of bullying, no matter who commits them—be it commoner or noble—are intolerable! We are born free; we are born equal!"

Kaivilyn was stunned by Lin Wei's sudden move.

The commoners fell into silence as well. Such words were unheard of, yet for some inexplicable reason, they ignited a surge of passion within.

"Princess Kaivilyn, in defense of the law of dignity, has bravely executed this noblewoman! Can you not feel Her Highness's mercy and compassion?!"

Lin Wei's voice was thick with persuasion, laced with a hint of psychic force; stirring the hearts of the people was effortless for him.

The commoners still did not react, but a bright light now shone in each of their eyes.

"Kaivilyn!"
Lin Wei seized the moment, clenching his fist and raising his arm high.

This time, the commoners finally broke their silence. They too strained their voices, shouting hoarsely,

"Kaivilyn!"

"Kaivilyn!"
"Kaivilyn!"

Kaivilyn stared, dumbfounded, at the scene before her, unable to utter a word. Though well shielded by His Majesty the King, she was no fool.

Lin Wei's action had clearly pushed her to the opposing side of the nobility! If her father, the king, learned of this... Kaivilyn shuddered involuntarily.

At some point, Lin Wei had already withdrawn from her side.

"As expected, the people of the old era are the easiest to sway—especially when psychic force is used; it's almost effortless..." Lin Wei wore a faint, amused smile.

Kaivilyn exuded a hidden aura of great benevolence. In Lin Wei's eyes, such temperament and sentiment were the very hallmarks of a queen. Just now, the thought of grooming a queen had crossed his mind.

Though there were female monarchs—even empresses—on Starlink Continent, they were exceedingly rare, often the result of strange twists of fate, and always backed by sorcerers, just like Lin Wei himself.

"If she wishes to be queen, Kaivilyn's greatest challenge is not the nobility, but the commoners..." Lin Wei murmured to himself as he watched the commoners shout Kaivilyn's name. "The nobles care only for their interests—whoever is king makes no difference to them. But the commoners are different. In this old age, they simply cannot accept being ruled by a woman."

"So, I must first create momentum for Kaivilyn... When the time comes to fan the flames, the impact of this event should exceed all expectations..."

Lin Wei never considered the current king's feelings. By all rights, Kaivilyn's actions had already challenged the kingdom's authority. The typical script would see the king enraged, the princess confined, and then... the princess would die under mysterious circumstances...

But with Lin Wei's intervention, everything was different.

As a subordinate power of the Shadow Forest, even the academy's most talentless dispatched sorcerers could sway the throne, let alone Lin Wei—a genius sorcerer apprentice of the academy.

Lin Wei held high hopes for Kaivilyn. He didn't just want her to be a queen—he wanted her to become a queen remembered for generations.

And yet, for Lin Wei, this event causing such upheaval in the kingdom was nothing more than an amusing idea. A mere accident.

"Kaivilyn, you mustn't disappoint me..." Lin Wei smiled softly.

Gazing at the passionate crowd, Kaivilyn felt not warmth, but a chill running down her spine. She dared not look directly at Lin Wei, only sneaking glances from the corner of her eye.

She knew she had been used by Lin Wei—and for nothing more than his own amusement.

Kaivilyn felt a measure of fear. But she could only bear it.

For the one who orchestrated all of this was Lin Wei.