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98 “New System: Fulfilling Her Dreams”

The whole world looked black and white to Eleanora.

Although the surroundings were very loud with some people celebrating the succession of the new emperor, where the rest was mourning the emperor’s death silently like Duke Dalton.

Eleanora seem to heard nothing. She felt as if she was falling into the endless abyss and standing in a remote place.

As she remembered the time before returning to the past again, how she and the emperor spent their time together in the garden when her father was at the borders.

The emperor had always supported and loved her whole heartly, either it was the past or present.

He might be annoying some times but he has loved her equally at the same time, to the point his own son become jealous of her.

The emperor couldn’t show his love to Cathain completely, so to endure his loneliness, he used to shower Eleanora with that love.

As just like him, Alexander couldn’t show his love to his daughter and protected the crown prince, the young emperor with everything he could.

Even if Eleanora in this life didn’t spend much time with the late emperor, she was still grateful for his support and love from her past life.

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‘It’s only a little while ago that the emperor passed away. How can they express joy about the new ruler instead of expressing condolences over his death?’

Eleanora knew the practice reflected the customs of the empire, but she couldn’t accept or understand it.

In the past, she couldn’t make it to the late emperor’s deathbed like this and in this life, she caused him to die earlier then before.

At that time, she was in battlefield, fighting against the Republic Army along with her father as a knight who had yet to take the knight oath.

Eleanora was seventeen at that time, who didn’t celebrated her coming of age ceremony during her sixteen birthday because of the war.

So, Eleanora at that time, just got a piece of paper on which just one line ‘His Excellency, Emperor Valerian De Xavier Valentino has passed away’, was written.

Even if Eleanora was sadden by the fact, she had to focus on ending the battle to return.

If the crown prince has become the emperor, then as the crown princess, she has to return soon to his side and become the empress to support him.

She also had to focus on imperial duties and custom from then on.

When, Eleanora returned, the late emperors one year death anniversary was already near and the new young emperor had become more cold and hard to approach.

According to the customs, she had to celebrate the new emperor’s rise, but Eleanora didn’t have the nerve to open her mouth to congratulate him at this moment of his father’s death.

As she felt her eyes were blurred with tears, Eleanora hastily lowered her head to avoid being caught by the noble faction.

It seemed she saw the crown prince’s bloody red eyes, but she couldn’t clearly see him because of her blurred vision.

‘Was he looking at me?’

After wiping her welled tears, she raised her head while controlling her expression.

Eleanora saw the new emperor standing, escorted by the royal knights including the captain.

Apparently, his poker face was the same as before, but he looked a bit different to Eleanora.