Chapter 25

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

Am I really worthy of a handsome Heaven Realm expert? Catherine had always been confident of her looks, but this was the first time she started to doubt herself.

After staying silent for a while, Elder Alfred’s sigh suddenly sounded from behind.

“Elder…”

Catherine’s face turned red after being caught, and she was momentarily speechless.

“Your Highness.”

With the crisis of the druid village resolved, Elder Alfred once again displayed the respect worthy of a Royal Princess, even if there was only a miniscule amount of royal blood left within her.

Elder Alfred looked at Catherine with a solemn expression and said, “Your Highness, for the sake of the renewed prosperity of us druids, I hope you will not assassinate Mister Chu Nan.”

Catherine was momentarily stunned before she realized that Elder Alfred had misunderstood her intentions.

Seeing Catherine in a daze, Alfred assumed that she hadn’t agreed with his request and continued to speak. “Your Highness, I know that Chu Nan has seen your body; however, killing him is not the only option. You can also marry him.”

“Ah…” With her intentions exposed, she could only release a whimper.

Elder Alfred took her response as a rejection and continued to persuade her. “As the princess of the druid race, it is indeed unbefitting for you to marry someone of another race; however, Chu Nan is a Heaven Realm expert and is familiar with our druid race’s battle inheritance skills. From today’s conversation, he not only has knowledge of and , it seems as if he also knows several other inheritance skills. Perhaps among the wide range of skills he knows, there might also be skills that not even the temple has records of. If you were to…”

Catherine’s complexion was as red as a ripe apple, and she softly muttered. “I shall heed the elder’s instructions, but… will a Heaven Realm expert like Chu Nan really fancy me…?”

Elder Alfred blanked out for a moment before releasing a long sigh as he shook his head with a bitter smile. “He’s a Heaven Realm expert…”

Catherine also fell into silence. Heaven Realm experts were considered a rare existence both in the Heaven Forest and the outside world.

For a rare existence like him, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to find a beautiful girl. Even though Catherine was a princess, she was only a powerless one.

In the society outside of the Heaven Forest, it was not an easy feat for even princesses of powerful influences to marry a Heaven Realm expert.

“How about this?” Elder Alfred paused for a moment before he continued. “From the information he has revealed, it is likely he will be leaving in several days. In addition, Your Highness has reached the age where you should go out and experience life, so in that case, you shall leave the Heaven Forest together with him. As for the druid rules that state you have to marry him, don’t bring them up immediately, and let him slowly fall in love with you over time. Even if all things fail, you can probably learn more battle skill inheritances if you stay by his side. It would also be rather beneficial for you in the future fight between druid royalty, wouldn’t it?”

Catherine fell into silence once again. When the current king of the druid race met his end, the next generation’s royal princesses and princes would enter into a cruel fight for the throne.

Only the fittest could survive from natural selection.

In order to select the strongest among them, the druid royals would be forced to fight among themselves—something they would have never done if not for the royalty selection.

Moreover, a battle like that was often bloody.

The final victor would naturally be the king of the new generation, and its village would also follow him and enjoy a good life.

As for the losers, those who were lucky to have not been severely injured in the battle were allowed to return to their villages, whereas the unlucky ones might even meet their death.

The battle for the throne was a terrifying one for any royal candidate. In particular, it was worse for the royals from smaller villages who did not possess any high-grade battle skill inheritances. Their expressions would change dramatically the moment they heard about the fight.

Fortunately, the battle for the throne was not something every generation’s princess would encounter, and any royal candidate could live a peaceful life; however, Catherine’s generation was unlucky since the lifespan of the current druid king was nearing its end.

In several years, the bloody battle for the throne would begin once again.

As someone who could only use , Catherine had no chance of winning the fight. Her only wish was to emerge from it safe and alive.

“Think about it. If Chu Nan has knowledge about even more battle skill inheritances…” Elder Alfred’s voice was filled with temptation. “Then not only would you have the opportunity to become the queen of the druids, but the village can also enjoy a better lifestyle and learn more skills. Even if you were to lose in the fight, you can still learn more skills.”

After a moment of silence, Catherine gently nodded and a faint smile surfaced.

A girl was generally more thin-skinned, and even though she was already interested in Chu Nan, she was embarrassed to immediately agree when the elder brought up the topic. Now that she had a legitimate reason, Catherine shyly nodded.

Elder Alfred stretched out his twig-like arms and gently patted her shoulder. “Sorry to put you through all of this.”

“Elder, I will do my best.” Catherine tried her best to control her happy emotions and walked out of the elder’s room with a solemn expression.

Elder Alfred revealed a smile after he believed he had managed to deceive Catherine into approaching Chu Nan. Yet, he did not know that a joyful smile had blossomed on Catherine’s face at that moment.

Battle skill inheritance? Catherine believed it was only by chance that Chu Nan knew about the inheritance skills of the druids. As for other inheritance skills, she would never believe that a human could possess the majority of their race’s inheritance skills.

Her real objective was to get closer to him and eventually marry him. Catherine took brisk steps as she shuttled between the trees.