Extraordinary in Reality Through Magic Games

448: Chapter 433 Anti-theft (Text will be updated in a few hours)The elves gathered before Frederica’s private quarters in a massive display of force, yet she easily defused the situation.

Anna’s confidant intended to incite them further, but unfortunately, the clanspeople regained their reason and dispersed following their Highness’s instructions; he could only leave with the crowd.

On the way, taking advantage of his companions’ focus on discussing the matter, he quietly slipped away from the group and returned to Anna’s residence to report.

As he recounted the events, he felt very uneasy. Anna had been cold-faced lately, her mood visibly gloomy, and now that the plan had failed, he feared he would be the target of her anger.

Unexpectedly, Anna did not blame him at all. After listening quietly, she waved her hand to signal him to withdraw.

The confidant relaxed and took his leave with a bow.

A moment later, the Third Elder pushed open the door and entered.

”It failed,” he said, sitting down at the table.

With only two days left until the competition and the Elf King coming out of seclusion tomorrow, there wasn’t much time left to act. Once the King stepped out of the palace and heard the rumors, he would surely launch an investigation. With the King’s abilities, it was only a matter of time before he traced it back to the Elders.

At that point, their fate would be utterly miserable.

Anna smiled slightly. ”You were merely bystanders. All these events were orchestrated by me alone. If the King investigates, it won’t involve you.”

The Third Elder was expressionless. ”Who do you think the King is? Why is the King the King?”

”With rumors spreading through the entire clan and the clanspeople kneeling at the palace gates for a full day without a single Elder coming forward to explain, do you think the King won’t guess that we’ve joined forces?”

”Would the King really kill all the Elders?”

”I will bear the guilt alone; the King will not make things difficult for you.”

The Third Elder sighed deeply. ”Since I agreed to join, I no longer care about the punishment afterward.”

”Right now, I only want to know: since the plan failed, what do you intend to do?”

”The plan’s failure was within my expectations. Heh, a half-true rumor isn’t enough to cement a crime against a Crown Prince.”

”That rumor...” The Third Elder frowned in deep thought, then suddenly realized, ”You want to act before the King leaves the palace...”

A cold sneer curled Anna’s lips. ”Correct.”

The facts were exactly as the Third Elder had deduced.

Anna was an elf skilled at manipulating hearts. She knew very well that resentment must be brewed before it becomes large enough to swallow others.

Unfortunately, time was tight, and there was no leisure for her to proceed steadily. She could only rely on a shortcut—deception.

What do humans hate?

Being deceived.

It is the soil that nurtures hatred, the most fertile kind.

Anna deliberately encouraged the clanspeople to go to the palace and kneel, requesting an audience with the King. To use a secret technique, the King had proactively cut off his connection with the outside world. When the clanspeople’s requests went unmet, what would they do?

Question the culprit, Frederica.

The fact that using a secret technique requires prior body adjustment is a secret of the Elf Clan that ordinary clanspeople have no way of knowing, but Frederica, as the Crown Prince, naturally understands it.

She told them the truth, and the clanspeople realized they had misunderstood the King and the Crown Prince. Feeling guilt and the unease of having offended the Crown Prince, they certainly dispersed on the spot.

Furthermore, because Frederica did not blame them, this guilt would only grow more intense.

Just when the clanspeople were feeling immensely ashamed, if Anna were to gather everyone, appearing with a face full of sorrow and determination like a ’lone hero who cannot tolerate darkness,’ and reveal: ’Using the secret technique does not require advance preparation.’

”The reason the Elders did not appear is because the Crown Prince gave a death order, strictly forbidding any disclosure.”

If Anna did this, what would happen next?

As the Third Elder sorted through the logic, a chill suddenly enveloped his entire body.

”The clanspeople, feeling they have been deceived, will angrily demand the King appear again. But the King can only complete his preparations on the fifth day. The clanspeople, unable to wait for the King...”