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Chapter 413 The Crown Prince's Concerns

"Your Highness, since the so-called United Nations only has such a small territory and its power is not strong, why don't you take the initiative to attack?"

Before Alice arrived, Leman's wife, the Crown Princess, asked—the Empire's territory is vast, and even the Royal Territory under Leman Danlex's control alone—encompasses five star systems, including four habitable planets, ten residential space stations, and dozens of mining stations, research stations, and space docks.

This is precisely the sheer size of the empire—its adversaries, once they glimpse its full extent, will feel a deep sense of dread. The empire's subjects number in the billions, its ships blot out the sky, and its army is ever-growing.

Anyone who dares to defy the Empire will face its almost inexhaustible war machine—a deterrent, a silent threat from the Empire.

The productivity of Riemann is far superior to that of the so-called United Nations planet, Amelansi. Apart from two artificially preserved oceans, there is no natural surface on this planet. Cold buildings run throughout the entire planet, and people call it the "Ideal City".

Logically speaking, a civilization that has just left its home planet should not be worth any concern for the next possible successor of this empire—Riemann was a war architect, and he certainly understood all of this.

However, the peaceful years of the empire were over, and Riemann knew this. The status of the eldest prince did not guarantee him the throne. Although the second prince, Kells Danlex, was not from a military academy, his political acumen was enough for him to make use of the resources of prominent families and companies in the inner circle of the empire.

The Third Princess, Fourth Princess, and Fifth Princess are not caged canaries. The Third Princess has a deep influence on the Imperial Security Bureau, and the well-known alliance between the Fourth and Fifth Princesses gives them enough leverage to contend with others.

Therefore, at this juncture, any step could have a fatal effect—everyone knows that seizing the Amelansi system would be enough to bring a crown prince honor, prestige, and power.

But the question is, what if it fails?

Failure is more unacceptable than success.

Thinking of this, he sighed: "My dear, the empire may be vast, but we cannot afford to fail. We and the empire are two different things."

No matter what, the crown princes' primary consideration will always be their own interests. At this critical juncture, losing face is exactly what their opponents want to see.

Alice Delalaye can be won over and used—the Empire cannot accept an equal human nation, but what is written in the decree and what is actually done are two different things.

His wife helped him change into a formal suit, and the royal procession was already waiting outside his residence.

"Darling, wait for me to come back."

After the two shared a sweet kiss for a while, Riemann finally stepped out of the bedroom—above them, Alice was silently watching the group of people in front of her.

"Wait, Rafis, and Vera, when did you two get into the fleet?!"

Alice looked puzzled. It seemed like there wasn't a place for these two girls in the fleet.

The two women exchanged a smile: "Oh dear, it seems like Sister Alice has quite a few documents to approve. Hehe, I, Vera, will of course accompany Sister Alice on the ship as her special scientific advisor!"

"As your bodyguard, Rafis should naturally follow you. Don't even think about abandoning your guard knight."

The two men each held one of Alice's hands, staring at her with smug expressions and expectant looks in their eyes.

Alice thought about it and realized that it made sense. She had become somewhat distant from them in recent years because of work; they didn't see each other often and were frequently separated.

"Okay, okay, it's our problem."

Alice said helplessly. She suddenly noticed that Rafis had some unusual patterns on her body, and she pulled up Rafis's sleeve.

It was a dark-toned pattern, attached to her skin—no, it wasn't a pattern, it was some kind of attachment.

"Hehe, this is the experimental interface for the Magical War Maiden. Alice might not know, but I was the chief designer of this project~"

Vera puffed out her chest, which was already heaving. The little guy raised his glasses and said proudly, "This is the latest technological achievement of microelectronic magic. As a guard, Sister Raphis naturally has to use the best. I won't go into the specific technical details. Sister Alice, you will know how useful these things are in case of an emergency."

Alice nodded: "Then, let's go!"

Alice was dressed in a school uniform, which she had personally designed. It was a blue and white sailor suit with a pleated skirt and black tights underneath. Her little leather shoes were already weathered.

Over his school uniform, he wore an administrative jacket, with the emblem of the America Farsighted Alliance and the blue flag of the United Nations pinned to the collar.

With a red star hair clip adorning her meticulously styled long white hair, she picked up a rough octagonal hat and put it on her head.

The "Vanguard" was docked at the orbital dock. Alice was greeted not by Riemann himself, but by his Royal Household Steward—the Empire did not have a Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and similar functions were handled by the General Affairs Department.

When Alice appeared on the bridge, the head steward stared at her in disbelief—her silver hair shone brightly in the lamplight, and her red eyes resembled blood.

The imperial family of Danlex also shares similar characteristics, being predominantly female.

"His Highness said he's going to receive a guest, and this guest is of royal blood?!"

"Wait a minute, we've never heard of a crown prince named Alice?"

"Could it be one of His Majesty's... illegitimate children?!"

People whispered among themselves, and what Alice and the others didn't realize was that Alice had indeed made a certain impact here, a tremor—something Raffarin had told Alice long ago.

The De La Leyer bloodline is not limited to the Amelansi lineage. Long ago, this bloodline was born in the United Nations' most advanced laboratory with the aim of creating a perfect human being.

Project De La Leyer

It should be immortal, indestructible, beautiful, powerful, and intelligent—and it should be transformable, able to assimilate other unenhanced humans in a simple way.

But with the onset of war, the laboratory conducting this research was divided into several research groups, and several experimental genomes disappeared into the sea of ​​stars.

But since Raffarin Lorenzo was able to continue this research alone, then naturally other survivors could as well.

"Miss Alice, this way, this way please. Welcome, welcome to Leman Star. His Highness has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Then, thank you for your help."

Alice wore a faint smile. Behind her, Rafis carried a power sword at her waist, while Vera secretly used the device in her hand to gather intelligence.

The steward was sweating profusely. He naturally looked down on every foreigner who arrived in the Riemann territory, especially "foreigners" like Alice. But Alice's appearance...

He had stumbled upon a sacred place by mistake. Trembling, he instinctively opened the car door for Alice, bowing to her, and heard her thanks clearly.

"Your Highness, who exactly is this Alice...?"

While in the car, he secretly asked on his phone.

"what happened?"

“Your Highness, Miss Alice, is she related to the royal family? I am worried that my actions may have overstepped my bounds.”

Riemann was full of questions. He suddenly remembered that Alice had white hair.

Could it be that hair color?