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Sebastian had to step in because if he did not make a move, this peerless genius would be killed. For the people of the Imperium, this winter was a little cold.
Inside the palace of the Imperium, there was a bleak and cold silence. Ever since Max took control of the imperial government, the smiles on the faces of the people in the palace became less and less. The palace maids and butlers walking were also in a hurry.
Next to the Research Institute in the backyard, there was a tall building dedicated to observing the stars, it was named Stargazing Tower.
In the earlier years, it was a very popular place for various scientists as the most advanced telescopes in Greater Terra were also present there. Those were used to observe the sky above closer stars. Of course, these weren't exactly stars.
Rather, Sebastian used the Origin Power to transform a star-like energy mass to maintain the normal operation of Greater Terra, except that there was no entity from the outside. They look the same as a normal star.
At this time, the Stargazer tower was empty. Since the closure of the three institutes, the number of scientists in the palace has also decreased. Only some scientists who were responsible for teaching princes and princesses to read were still there.
There were even fewer people coming to the Stargazer tower, so the entire nine floors of the Stargazing tower were empty. Only on the highest floor, a little girl who was only four or five years old was standing on her tiptoes in front of that huge telescope. She was barely fibbing in front of the telescope lens.
She was looking at the sky with curiosity and she stood there until the night darkened.
A shout came from outside saying, "Princess, dinner is ready-!"
"Got it." This little girl took one last look at the sky and left reluctantly.
She followed the palace maid back to the palace where she lived. After she finished eating, she picked up a book and carefully looked at it, her face was full of concentration. This was a book that recorded the chronicles since the beginning of time, it also had a series of relatively significant research experiments.
The little girl turned to one of the pages, after seeing the Leaning Tower Iron Ball Experiment, she couldn't help but be fascinated.
"Why are these two iron balls, one weighing a hundred pounds and one weighing only one pound, actually able to land at the same time?" She was full of doubts.
She turned down the page while thinking about this, to see the answer on the back but the answer wasn't too satisfying for her. There was only one simple explanation, but it didn't thoroughly explain why. There were also speculations and assumptions about this by scientists.
"It's so complicated." The little girl looked at these complicated numbers and symbols.
Although feeling a little prickly, she watched it with great interest.
"Princess, it's time for you to sleep." The palace maid came in and put the book away.
"Okay." The little girl reluctantly complied.
"Why don't girls learn manners and poetry, instead of reading these things?" The palace maid was very puzzled.
The little girl was growing up, she was even more charming but her interest remained the same. Sneaking off to the Stargazing tower every day was her favorite hobby, she loved watching the stars in the sky through that big telescope.
The Research Institute of the Imperial Palace became a place to teach princes and princesses but now, the teachings had changed. The main study was changed to the etiquette of poetry and calligraphy while Physics, chemistry, medicine, etc. which were mandatory in the era of Bruno were no longer valued.
The few scientists who remained were very embarrassed. They would have left a long time ago, as every day in their classrooms, there were a lot of truants. The only thing that comforted them was a little girl named Elizabeth, as she was always attentive. After the class, she would occasionally ask a few questions.
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Time went by day by day and great changes had taken place in the Imperium.
Fabre died from illness and Max got all the power and established a puppet emperor. This emperor was only five years old, it was the youngest of the princes and princesses. The disturbance of the court also affected this.
Although nothing had changed there, the number of princes and princesses who came to study was decreasing day by day. The guard standing was changed and their numbers got bigger.
Elizabeth remained the same year-round and she was not affected by these events. After the class, she would run to the Stargazing Tower in a hurry.
Two more years passed and Elizabeth turned 10 years old. She was slender and elegant, she looked like a beautiful young lady.
On this day, after Elizabeth finished her class, she discovered that there was something wrong with the surrounding atmosphere. Many guards were coming from outside, and immediately after that, a tall, well-dressed man walked in. He had a very magnificent aura.
The man walked straight in and came in front of Elizabeth. After sizing her up for a few moments, he nodded slightly and said, "Not bad."
After saying these two words, the well-dressed man was escorted by guardsmen.
Elizabeth was a bit baffled, she glanced at the scientist-teacher beside her. The scientist-teacher's mouth twitched, she wanted to say something. However, in the end, she didn't say it.
She returned to the palace where she lived. Elizabeth found out that her mother, who had always looked so sorrowful, actually prepared a large table of dishes with her own hands this time with a smile on her face.
Fabre had a very large harem, while there were not a hundred concubines, there were still dozens of them. Yan's mother was just one of them and a very insignificant one.
Fabre only came over once in a while and Elizabeth only saw her mother's smile when Fabre came over. Since Fabre's illness and death, it was as if her mother had lost her soul. She used to sit in the room all day. Today, it was the first time she smiled.
"My Elizabeth has grown up." Elizabeth's mother looked lovingly at her face with a small smile.
Elizabeth felt that there was something odd about this statement but she didn't think much of it. After eating dinner, she just went ahead and kept reading.
"Princess, from today onwards, you have to read these books..." The palace maid placed a thick pile of books on Elizabeth's desk.
Elizabeth took a curious look. However, it was something that she hated the most such as Etiquette, Book of Poetry, and Book of Songs.
"Can I not look at it?" Elizabeth asked in a small voice.
"No." The palace maid sternly refused, saying, "This is what Her Majesty has explained, you must read it within ten days."
"Okay." There was nothing Elizabeth could do about it. She could only temporarily abandon the Introduction to Mathematics.
Another year passed and Elizabeth grew up another year older. Inside and outside the palace, Elizabeth's name began to spread. During this period, Max came to the classroom again to check the knowledge of the prince and the princess.
But Elizabeth felt that Max seemed to have come to see her specifically, maybe, there was a trace of detachment towards her. This year, Elizabeth finished memorizing all the books of etiquette and poetry. But, she lied that she had only read a small part of it. In the remaining time, she read the idle books that the palace maids mentioned.
What made Elizabeth a little upset was that it was not that convenient to go to the Stargazing Tower, the palace maid always followed behind her.
On this day, a small poetry party was held in the palace. The participants were a group of young and handsome people from the upper class. Including princes and princesses, ministers outside the palace, and children of big families. Elizabeth was not interested but she was forced to come here by her mother.
She could only hide in a corner where no one was looking. She was quietly thinking of a math problem she saw in the morning.
"Your Highness." A voice came out.
Elizabeth looked up; it was a teenager 15 or 16 years old. He had been to the palace two or three times before, so she had an impression of him. He seemed to be the son of a certain minister.
Elizabeth nodded as a greeting.
"Your Highness." The young man glanced around, then got close to Elizabeth, lowered his voice, and said, "You… Come with me!"
"Go with you? Where?" Elizabeth was not sure what to do.
It was dark outside besides, there was nothing to do in the palace. Could it be the Stargazing Tower? But the Stargazing Tower was also closed at night.
"Go wherever you want." This teenager had a look of determination in his eyes and said, "I have prepared a carriage outside and there are people outside to meet us, as long as we leave the capital, Max's people will not be able to catch up with us."
"Huh?" Elizabeth was puzzled.
What the hell was this guy talking about? It was so cold, what was she going to do outside the capital?
"I know we haven't known each other long." The boy continued to say in a deep voice, "But I fell in love with the princess at first sight, and I couldn't bear to see the princess fall into the clutches of the devil. I will give my whole heart to you, princess."
Now Elizabeth finally understood something. Does the other person like her? Did he want to run away with her? Elizabeth didn't know how to refuse it, as she was not familiar with this young man at all. Although they met a few times, she didn't even bother to pay attention to the other person's name.
"Princess!" Seeing that Elizabeth seemed to hesitate, the young man strengthened his tone and said, "Come with me, do you want to marry that sick consumptive Dong Kendall!?"
"Marry Dong Kendall?" Elizabeth froze but she was smart, so she reacted quickly and figured out that all of this happened over the past year.
Originally, the attitude of the people around her changed. Was it because of this? For the first time, Elizabeth lost the mood to think about math problems.
She ignored the self-assured young man, as she left the poetry meeting in a hurry and returned to the palace.
"Elizabeth, why are you back so early? Did something happen?" Her mother asked softly.