Even though my father does seem concerned at the same time he doesn't care, and it kinda bothers me, I just need to get smarter and more knowledgeable so that he can one day never take his eyes off his precious daughter starting today!
"Adelaide, where is Father?"
"He's preparing to head to the palace right now."
"Tell him accompanying him," Maybe I can help him with the knowledge I have from my past life on earth, "Prepare clothes for me, the simplest I have." Adelaide nods nervously, I've heard that the kingdom (Reandra) is facing issues with the kingdom of Ferissia the kingdom of elves, it seems trade isn't going well there. The merchants have stopped trading with Reandra foods and weaponry, which could be lethal for the kingdom of Reandra and its people, I think I might have an idea on how to fix this. When I went shopping just yesterday it seemed like there were a few merchants from Reandra that were closing down their posts and telling the middle-class people that they were closing down since there weren't any goods from Ferissia.
Of course, I asked Adelaide but she told me not to worry that Father would definitely fix this situation but I bet he's having trouble, so much trouble that even a five-year-old must come to help him. I studied Business, and finance. I graduated much earlier than expected, I wasn't the number one in my class but I tried.
"Adelaide, Did you inform him?" I ask, I'm pretty sure he probably said no, but I won't allow it, this is my chance to show off my knowledge and power, "Please prepare a carriage for us to leave," I ask a maid behind us, Adelaide looks at me anxiously and places her hand on my shoulder, I turn around and smile. I'm not leaving until this is fixed...
This is now getting awkward. Sitting on the same carriage as my father with complete silence is nerve-wrecking! What do I do in this situation?! How did I get myself into this mess?!
"Do you want to see your father at work, or visit the palace?" He asks, but he's not even looking my way he's looking out the window! What the hell?! If you're going to talk make eye contact! "Both, Father, I would like to see how father works.I've been studying for this day."
"I won't babysit you." '
Wow... That was a really low blow... You really know how to make a kid feel bad.'
"Father, I just wanted to see what your job is all about, Someday I want to do what you're doing for the kingdom of Reandra," I say smiling happily, It's snowing a bit outside so I need to be careful on the ice and snow that's been left from a few days ago with the blizzard. I'm learning to control my mana and stop it from trying to get out, now my eyes are shinier and much more bluer than before, that's the only reason I was allowed to come out. hehe.
We arrived at the palace and it's much bigger than I'd expected it's almost as if it were made of Diamonds! But the castle's name is the Crystal Palace, since it's the only castle on earth to be built out of crystals. The inside it pretty nice though it's warm and here I thought it would be cold inside since crystals aren't necessarily warm.
"Sir Baudelaire? The Emperor is waiting for you at the meeting room."
"I know," He said, but he seems pretty calm about it, has he thought up a plan? "Louise, you'll be meeting the emperor some other time."
"Yes Father," I say, I cannot wait to see what this is all about, I want to see how much the kingdom is wasting on the goods to make a deal, "I'll behave myself." I smile at him brightly but he looks away and makes this disgusted face.
'What a weird man...You crazy Bastard!'
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"Ohoho," Oh my god he sounds like Santa clause! hahaha! sorry, "Who do we have here?" My father steps away and leaves me alone being stared at by these uncomfortable men, nothing I can't handle though. The Emperor himself had white hair and dark orange eyes, and pale skin and looked almost colorless as if he had no life in him, but he seemed to be very cheerful and around the same age as my father, around his mid-30s.
"I am Louise Baudelaire, Daughter of Chancellor Ezekiel Baudelaire."
"I see, Well, I hope you don't find our meeting to be boring, Dear Louise," After that my dad made such a weird face, kinda like the one he made when I smiled. "You can go and find the little prince he's somewhere around here." He chuckles.
"Alright, is the entire council here?" The Emperor asks, everyone nods, but we look at the empty seat left behind, and no one pays attention to who is supposed to sit there.
"Ferissia has been stopping all goods from arriving to Reandra and there have been a few thefts near the border, the thieves haven't been found but we believe that they might be the ones responsible for the goods to stop traveling to our empire. thoughts, comments, concerns?" He sounds like my math teacher who always asked me if I had questions or comments, I always felt embarrassed so I always shook my head 'no'.
I raise my hand and everyone's eyes are on me, "Dear Louise, What's wrong?"
"I have comments and concerns relating to this situation." I say, This was serious, if there have been robberies near the border this is probably the elves doing, probably a warning, "According to what you've said recently, I believe this is the elves doing."
"Dear Louise what are you-"
"Your Highness I think she has a point. Speak Louise." Count Elias says, I nod and continue on.
"The elves have stopped trading goods before the robberies so this is something the elves have probably come up with to avoid trading with Reandra, but this is for political reasons. Eventually, they are our allies but ever since the coronation of the 8-year-old, Prince Lucius Anastacius Ferissia, we have had bad negotiations with the kingdom itself." I say seriously, everyone looks at me in complete shock while Count Elias chuckles. I put everything I learned from my history book to the test. I guess it worked.
"If the elves did this, why didn't they break the alliance contract we created 35 years ago?" A man in a black suit asks, he unlike everyone else had tannish skin and also had dark blue hair. They look like those anime characters from that one anime I watched.
'They were hawt...~ No! Focus Louise!'
"Good Question, Count Elias, Since that was the case, they didn't need to terminate the contract," The elves are actually looking for a way to end things with Reandra but at the same time avoid being on their enemy list, "They're wanting to look for a way to stay on Reandra's good side but at the same time they're looking to end things thoroughly without lifting the empire's suspicions. I can see it's a good plan but it has it's own risks as well," I say but I'm a hundred percent sure they're looking for a fight without doing it directly.
I'm guessing many here have also guessed that would happen but they didn't think it through deeply or think about the risks they're taking to do this, considering the one in charge right now is the Prince who's recently been crowned so he probably doesn't know about this. But there's a chance he's being controlled by someone in the background.
"This might not be the king's doing though, this could be done by the prime minister who has a history of being a greedy and wealthy man, and there's a chance it could also be that the young king is being controlled from behind the scenes" This definitely has something to do with the prior king's death, how else would you explain the coronation of the prince in such short notice, they definitely wanted control over the king, especially since he is young.
I guess I haven't explained this yet but, this empire reigns over all the continent of pandora and the emperor is in charge of setting things in the kingdoms, if not the kings with land and power will be eliminated and their land will be ours. It would no longer be a kingdom. For example, the incident that happened 12 years ago, where the kingdom of Laos had tried to take over Reandra and steal the crown the royal family has held for more than 35 generations. So the emperor destroyed them in one go instead of taking an army. So their land is now completely barren and destroyed. Except for the people in the kingdom.
There are 13 kingdoms and 1 empire, who has complete and utter control over the 13 kingdoms and their kings.
'So yeah now you know all about the empire I'm about to work for. hahaha and it's very atrocious.'
"If we move to the south of Ferissia they won't suspect anything so I suggest we move some of our men there," I place one of the little totems or whatever you call them on the map south of Ferissia where there is least border control, "They should have a mage that can create a teleport crystal and can use it to bring them back immediately if needed, as for the men I also suggest that if you want to find out what's going on they should be completely disguised as elves, and they should look around and casually talk to them so we can interfere. Just know, never say the word '#@%*$ they are severely offended by it." I say and smile gleefully.
Everyone looks at me with a face that says it all.
It's the Are-you-serious? Face.
'Hahaha I wanted to say that just once. Hehe'
The emperor sits there thinking and looking at the map on the table everyone starts to whisper and nod about everything I've just said, "What about the supplies, Louise? I believe we still need to find a mage with that type of power."
"I've just recently passed the blue phase, so I believe I'll be able to do that," I say casually, I haven't explained so here it is.
In this world mana attributes are attained through stages first the maroon stage which awakens at age 4, then the white stage awakening at age 7, thirdly the orange stage which should awaken from 10-12 years of age and last but not least the Purple stage which awakens at the ages 16-25 years of age, when you've passed those you should be ready to attain the alpha stage and then you can obtain as much as your mana can hold.
"Lady Louise, this is no time for a joke many know you can only reach that stage until you're 16 or farthest is 30."
"I see you have much confidence in me Your Highness, I'll demonstrate how far I've gotten into the Purple stage." I hop down from my chair and land on the soft carpet, I walk into the balcony and wave at everyone to see from a distance I tell them to back up a bit and that's when I start to visualize the power I want to spread out through my small hand.
'I just need to visualize the element I want and the force I plan to use.'
I feel a power rush through my veins, and then I open my eyes and release my mana around me, it was the cool color blue, the color I liked, I don't know why it was this color but it is a rare color for mana. the colors grey, orange, and white were common colors and my fathers' is red, which is why it didn't make sense since it wasn't genetic either.
I blast a white thick laser beam through my finger and everyone stood there in shock, I then create a teleportation crystal.
'I used this a lot when I wanted to run away from an art class I couldn't stand the teacher's daily lectures she didn't teach me a damn thing.'
I stand there for 2 seconds and then I disappear from mid-air I appear behind the emperor and my father, then I laughed childishly.
"That was alright I guess." My Father said I stood there and laughed everyone looked at me and their faces were pale. "I kind of expected this since she is the daughter of our talented chancellor."
"Dear Louise, Thank you for the demonstration, you're only a five-year-old child and you're demonstrating such talent and intelligence and helping our empire. You should meet the prince someday, I believe you'll make great partners in the future."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Is what I said but I don't want a partner! I don't want to marry! all the men in this world are jerks! If I met someone nice and kind I would definitely consider them but, the prince?! He's probably snobby! Eww!!!
"Let us begin planning, Dear Louise."
"Of course, Your Majesty," I say and with that, we end the first meeting, and the last time we see from the balcony the happy people from Reandra shine.