Astronomy and Geography

Shearn Lorand, the Crown Prince.

This name was not unfamiliar to anyone in the Empire.

As the seventh Prince, his term was the longest, and his achievements were also the most dazzling among all the Crown Princes.

Yet, no one would sympathize with or praise him.

Gambling, arbitrary decisions, indulging in beauty, enjoying pleasure, greed for wealth and lawlessness… All the words used to describe a tyrant or a corrupt ruler could be thrown at his head.

Flora, at first, also viewed the Crown Prince in this way.

Even when she heard that the Crown Prince’s guardian spirit was in the form of a knight, her first reaction was more of scorn, laughing and mocking that: “At this stage, even such a vile guy has a guardian spirit in the form of a knight.”

However, she quickly realized how ridiculous she herself was.

She thought of her own ghost horse,

She sensed that something was amiss.

This world might be corrupt.

People might be lying.

But the guardian spirits, they would never lie.

Thus, she began to pay attention to this infamous Crown Prince.

Nothing special, she didn’t have much of a difference… in the ways she obtained information.

But even so, she could still see some clues.

The ones who publicized the Crown Prince’s evil reputation most frequently and actively were the very nobles she had always hated and despised.

It was the first time she saw these people so angry, so upset, so resentful of a person.

In contrast, she was always very welcomed by these people.

These people are learning.

So she couldn’t do anything, couldn’t do it well.

The world was also filled with praises for her.

Completely the opposite of that Crown Prince.

So, she spent money to have someone investigate the Crown Prince.

It is said that those who follow the Tao have many helpers, and those who go against the Tao have few.

She easily obtained a lot of information.

Nonsense, even if you thought about it carefully, you would find it self-contradictory.

Even so, she still pieced together some different information.

She was even more surprised.

She couldn’t believe there could be such a person in this world.

She didn’t want to believe that what she couldn’t do, someone could actually do.

She was jealous.

This Friday passed faster than expected.

Flora was, for once, not being bullied by her friends and plunged herself into research and study, completely ignoring other matters.

Olivia, Her two good friends, playing, just wouldn’t let her do any training… It is said that they will also take her to the tea party of the fairies.

And Flora and Snow, except during lunch to deal with Stella, who came over to deepen their relationship, also didn’t encounter anything special.

Soon, it was time for the afternoon dismissal.

The two, who had no club activities or training plans, set up surveillance magic in their dorm, took their important documents, and then came to the school gate.

In fact, noble children in the Imperial capital would go back home every day or on weekends, and there were at least three or four hundred such day students…

Therefore, the academy didn’t allow carriages and guards to enter the school gate, except on the first and last day of the term.

Therefore, Flora and Snow had to go down the mountain and cross the river first, and then take a carriage there at the artificial lake to go back.

I don’t know if it’s because they were tired of staying at home during the summer vacation, but students were more willing to spend the first weekend at school.

The road down the mountain was particularly quiet, with hardly any people in sight, and the road down the mountain was also particularly long.

Although they didn’t use any abilities to speed up, nor did they use their physical abilities to walk faster, they walked for more than ten minutes without noticing any change in the scenery.

There wasn’t even the feeling that the scenery below the mountain was getting closer.

“It seems we’re trapped in a barrier,”

Snow, chuckling, said.

“Your Highness, please-“

Snow agreed, but the latter looked like he was so bold and wanted to see what the other party was up to.

No matter how Flora persuaded him, he wouldn’t listen…

Now, perhaps Snow had become impatient waiting for the enemy to make a move, and so he said it directly.

Of course, beneath his superficial disdain, he wasn’t careless.

“You just take care of your own safety. If it’s dangerous, don’t worry about me, run away immediately and seek help from Lammont Academy.”

“I won’t do something like abandoning Your Highness… If I need to ask for help, I can do it anytime.”

Flora was a bit helpless; if she were alone in this situation, she would never do such a stupid thing like a roadside trap, but would find the spellcaster outside the barrier and directly take down the enemy leader…

If she could control the leader, she could ferret out all the enemies.

Unfortunately, Flora and Snow’s habits were not the same… Snow was the type who loved to confront head-on, meet force with force and meet water with earth,

“Why, do you have a better approach?”

“No, I was just wondering if there was a safer approach.”

“Tell me about it?”

Flora truthfully told her what she was thinking.

“Indeed, it’s safer… Next time you think of it, just say it; it’s a bit late now.”

“If I had said it like that at the beginning, would Your Highness Snow really carry it out?”

Flora couldn’t help but ask.

“Of course not. Would I let you do something dangerous alone? I won’t let you out of my sight.”

“Your safety is the most important thing, Your Highness.” Flora said.

“I only remember that I hired you as head maid. Does your job include the duty of a bodyguard?”

“Of course not,” but Snow’s words were just a trick, Flora had the duty of a bodyguard, from the positioning of the Lai Academy.

But Flora knew that Snow wouldn’t budge on this matter, and didn’t say much.

And, her method wasn’t safe either.

If the other party knew that she was going to go around and sneak attack, it was possible that they would set a trap in return…

The best thing to do beforehand was for the two of them to act separately, one to attract the enemy’s attention from the front, and the other to be responsible for going around the back.

But when the words reached her mouth…Snow was too weak, Flora dared not leave.

“Are you thinking of something very impolite?”

Snow keenly noticed.

“No, I’m just a little worried.”

Flora quickly used a slightly timid expression to brush it off.

Seeing this, Snow seemed a little apologetic.

“I’m sorry… I’ll protect you.”

Flora had to silently accept Snow’s slightly unnecessary kindness.

But after walking in the barrier for so long, Flora wasn’t without gains.

“Your Highness, I think this barrier… should be the work of the ‘astronomer’ and the ‘geographer’ from the Renaissance organization.”