Chapter 9 Making Princess Cassandra a Slave
Author: M_W Cancer
Grammar Checker: M_W Nomral
Princess Cassandra finally realized something after looking at Leo's mischievous smile, "You... you plan this all along!"
"What plan?" Leo smiled while acting innocently. Who in their right mind would even tell the truth that it was all part of their plan?
Indeed, Leo had made such a plan the moment he saw the unconscious Princess Cassandra.
But then again, Leo's plan has its pros and cons.
The moment that Madam Silva heard about the Blood Contract, she smiled and also proposed the same plan to Princess Cassandra, "The Sword and Magic will also accept you if you sign a Blood Contract with me."
However, Princess Cassandra shook her head in response to Madam Silva's offer. Though she was a bit foolish a while ago, she was called the strongest of the Crimson Rose Kingdom for a reason. The strongest doesn't only describe a person's strength, after all, but also their wisdom. And she was called the strongest because of her wisdom.
If Princess Cassandra chooses Sword and Magic, then she would be competing with a lot more people with the resources since the organization doesn't only have her as a Mage. But if she chooses Leo, then she will only be sharing resources with Leo. Though the resources won't be the same as Sword and Magic, at least she'd still have a lot of freedom.
Choosing Sword and Magic, Princess Cassandra would become the organization's tool at their disposal. But, choosing Leo, she might not exactly become a tool. As long as a chance is possible, she would naturally choose it. She might have been foolish before, but that was only because she was desperate and she thought that she could fool Leo with her beautiful looks.
Well, everyone who has a devilishly beautiful face and body like Princess Cassandra would also think of the same thing, using their beauty to their advantage. Unexpectedly, Leo wasn't someone who would fall into such traps easily.
Leo's thoughts were simple, "She's a princess and I'm just an ordinary Noble. She has a Kingdom and I have a town, hence the moment she gets stronger to the extent that she can take back her Kingdom back from those people who mistreated her, then she will also obviously be able to threaten me to stop our cooperation. If that day indeed comes, I will be helpless to do anything since I'm weak and she's strong. Though I would still be able to get some benefits. But, it would be nothing compared to her becoming my slave."
By making her a slave, he would not only be getting a princess slave or a beautiful woman to potentially become his wife, but also a Kingdom.
It was all worth the investment!
However, it was not only Leo who thought of such a plan but also Madam Silva, as well.
Madam Silva was the Head of the Silver Kingdom branch of Sword and Magic, after all. She was put into that position since she possesses the capability.
That was why Leo couldn't openly agree or disagree with Princess Cassandra's choice of signing a Blood Contract with him. He was afraid that the moment that he agreed with her, Madam Silva would dispose of him within the next moment.
After all, Leo still values his life more than anything. What's the use of possibly getting a kingdom if he's dead?
He was waiting for Madam Silva to talk before giving his final answer.
Naturally, Madam Silva also understood Leo's thoughts.
"It's your life, so your choice." Madam Silva said before turning to look at Leo, "But I also want to get some benefits!" She is now involved in this mess because of Leo. So, she has to receive something from it.
Leo breathed a sigh of relief as he said, "What kind of benefit could I offer to the kind Madam Silva?"
Madam Silva smiled, hearing him calling her kind. She was indeed kind, but she was also cruel if ever her personal or the Sword and Magic benefits were threatened.
"You!" Madam Silva pointed her finger towards Leo while wearing a smirk on her face.
Leo can't help blinking his eyes many times. He was taken aback. He didn't anticipate this situation at all. Is this perhaps what they call 'If I can't get the slave, then I would make the master the slave' or something?
Leo became stuck in a dilemma, "What a troublesome thing!"
"I'm sorry, Madam Silva, but I cannot offer myself in exchange for her." Though being stuck in a dilemma, Leo was still able to choose a thoughtful answer.
"No? Do you want to disagree with my proposal without even hearing its content?" Madam Silva replied, clasping her hand as if telling him that she was serious.
"Since Madam Silva had put it that way, then I would like to hear the contents of your proposal." Leo agreed to listen to the content of her proposal. Maybe her demand isn't that unreasonable, right?
"My proposal is simple, I'll help you both enroll at a Mage Academy, hence getting more resources for getting stronger as a Mage. But, in exchange, I want you to help me if ever I need one. Of course, it's up to you whether you feel like accepting my call for help or not." Madam Silva explained.
This was Madam Silva's thoughts after Princess Cassandra disagreed with her proposal. She was even glad that Princess Cassandra didn't agree with her proposal. Because she had unexpectedly given herself the chance to propose a much more advantageous plan to Leo.
Madam Silva's mind was telling her right now that she should rather invest in Leo, simply because of the feeling that kept on telling her that he would be capable of doing big things in the future, hence her investment in him would be more worth it compared to Princess Cassandra.
'He was already capable of making a plan to get a Kingdom at his age!' Madam Silva can't help but imagine what Leo would possibly be able to get on his hands in the future. Considering the possibility that he can successfully get the Crimson Rose Kingdom in his hands. Then, his help would no doubt be tremendously helpful for her in the future.
Hearing the content, Leo, without any hesitation, nodded his head in response. However, he doesn't know what Madam Silva plans to do in the future that might require his help. But since such a deal was to his advantage, he would naturally gladly agree to it. Helping her would also mean that he can establish a relationship with a branch of Sword and Magic in the Silver Kingdom, hence getting himself a powerful backer. Not only that, he was the one to decide whether he would help her or not, hence his life would never be in danger at all.
Not to mention getting enrolled at a Mage Academy. Even the weakest of the Mage Academy in the Silver Kingdom would be able to provide Leo more help than his meager 10,000 gold coins at this moment.
Even a blind person could see clearly that Madam Silva's proposal was a path made out of gold.
What was a Mage Academy? Just like what its name suggested, it's an Academy for the Mages. Being able to enroll and becoming an official student in a Mage Academy was the number one goal of all the Mages in the Celestial World.
Throughout the entire Celestial World, a Mage Academy could always be found.
Human Race or Foreign Races, a Mage Academy was a must-have for every race.
A Mage might be a powerful person, but every race in the Celestial World was well aware that they needed a place to cultivate these Mages for them to make the Mages powerful.
Let's put it this way; A Mage is a product and a Mage Academy is the factory. Since a Mage is an in-demand product used by every race on the battlefield of the War of Races, all businesses naturally need plentiful of this factory called Mage Academy to produce such products.
It's already a given that the affinity of becoming a Mage doesn't mean that a person can automatically become a Mage at that same moment they learned of their affinity and hereby become powerful, too.
Every Mage naturally needs tons of resources to become one.
A Mage Academy was the place where they could get the tons of resources they needed.
So, being enrolled and becoming an official student in a Mage Academy had become the number one goal of all the Mages.
Even though Leo has just learned of his affinity of becoming a Mage for less than a day. He was still aware of just how important a Mage Academy was for the Mages. He had even considered just investing all of his 10,000 gold coins in Princess Cassandra after hearing such a proposal from Madam Silva.
But of course, Leo wasn't truly planning on investing everything in Princess Cassandra. But, he might consider investing more than half of his income or a bit of his city tax to her, since he would be enrolling in a Mage Academy anyway, hence getting more resources easily.
After hearing such a deal, even Princess Cassandra was tempted to think of not signing a Blood Contract with Leo anymore. But of course, she just shook her head at such an idea. She was naturally aware that Madam Silva wouldn't allow her to be enrolled in a Mage Academy if she didn't sign a Blood Contract with Leo.
Who in their right mind would even be stupid enough to invest in something with a lower return when they are given the same chance to invest in something with a huge return in investment that also has the same percentage of chance of the lower return? Moreover, this huge return investment could even be obtained just by investing a small amount of money compared to the less return investment.
Even Princess Cassandra was aware in her mind that even if the Sword and Magic would help her take back her Kingdom, they would still gain less and lose more. Not only that, but after taking the Kingdom, its strength wouldn't be the same as before, hence they need to invest more money again to build it back to its former glory.
In short, the loss outweighs the gain. It's not worth the investment!
Madam Silva would rather choose to make Leo invest in Princess Cassandra, while she on the other hand would invest in Leo, Princess Cassandra's future master.
If ever Leo fails, then Madam Silva would only lose a meager amount of gold coins and resources. But if he could be successful in the future, then Sword and Magic would surely have a powerful ally.
In short, it's worth every gold and resource that was invested! It's even like betting in a lotto knowing already that the number would win in the end. Though it's a bit exaggerated, it was indeed a win-win situation.
So, at this moment, Princess Cassandra could only accept her fate and become a slave to Leo, full of unwillingness and reluctance.