Little Tyrant Doesn’t Want to Meet with a Bad End

out between the Ascart House and the Elric House.
She knew that Roel had replaced her as the Elrics’ new target.

Alicia had once heard from Carter that Roel’s potential as a transcendent was severely limited.
In fact, it was unlikely for him to even obtain an Origin Attribute in the future.
The plan had been for him to lie low and expand the Ascart House’s family tree quietly, but it was all in shambles, now that the Elric House was eyeing him.

He had inadvertently gotten himself embroiled in the factional rivalries of the Theocracy, thus placing himself right in the face of danger.

Even if Roel told her that she didn’t have to pay any heed to it, how could she possibly pretend that nothing had happened at all?

The old Alicia might have wept about it when no one was looking, but the current Alicia was going to handle it differently.
She, too, had been changed by the incident.

From the moment she grabbed hold of the knife, her cowardice and weakness had been washed away.
She used to wait for Roel to bring her the happiness she sought, but everything that had happened made her realize that she had to take a more proactive stance.
She had to fight in order to steer the future in the direction she wanted and protect what she treasured.

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Happiness might have come knocking on her door, but she had to reach out and grasp onto it tightly.

And, it was not beyond her means to do so.

It was not as if there had been no precedence to the circumstances that Roel was faced with.
Houses like the Ascarts, from time to time, would find themselves faced with a generation where transcendental powers seemed to have suddenly vanished.

There were many ways to deal with this situation.
One was to marry more spouses and have many children, but if the house was standing in the face of a powerful enemy, the wiser decision would be to marry a powerful spouse.

There were plenty of cases in history where powerful women protected their weaker husbands, and some of them had even been adapted into folktales and made commonplace.
Alicia, as someone who possessed a bloodline, even if it was just a non-offensive Copper Bloodline, was able to grow faster as a transcendent than most others, making her suitable for the role.

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She had already made up her mind to protect Roel no matter what happened.

And for that to happen, she needed strength.

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Dong dong dong!

Standing in a silent corridor, Alicia knocked on the tall study room door.

“Who is it?”

“It’s me, Lord Father.”

“Alicia? Come in.”

The man inside the study was a little surprised to hear Alicia’s voice, and he quickly gave her permission to enter.

Alicia pushed the door open and looked at the man sitting behind a wooden desk covered with documents.
She got straight to the point.

“Lord Father, please teach me spells.”

“…”

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Carter was taken aback by Alicia’s sudden request.
He stared at the silver-haired girl standing before him in surprise, before the emotions reflected on his face gradually changed.

“Child, what is it that you want?”

“I wish to protect Lord Brother.
For that, I need to become strong.”

“…”

Carter fell silent after hearing the girl’s reply.
A conflicted look surfaced on his face as he struggled internally for a long while before finally speaking in a sobering tone.

“Alicia, the road of a transcendent isn’t as smooth-sailing as others think it to be.
It’s filled with danger and horrors.
Are you certain that you wish to walk on this path for another person?”

Carter had cast aside his identity as Roel’s father for the moment.
He was asking this question from the standpoint of someone who had walked the same path that Alicia now sought.

Alicia looked seriously at Carter in response.
The slight tinge of warmth she felt inside thinking about her resolution brought a smile on her face, and she answered determinedly.

“Yes, Lord Father.
There’s nothing in this world that scares me more than the thought of losing big brother Roel.
The danger and horrors I face will not knock me down; they’ll only make me stronger.”

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“!!!”

Carter stared at the smiling girl with a dumbfounded look on his face.
He thought that he was seeing things.

Her back was faced against the abyss, and the path ahead of her was filled with brilliant radiance.

O’ great Sia, this child…

Carter silently stood up from behind his desk and walked over to Alicia’s side.
He squatted down to look her in the eye, and he spoke with words filled with such great conviction that they almost seemed prophetic.

“Alicia, you’ll become strong.
I promise you that.”