"Mother, please don't talk about my matters first."
Seeing Alexandra and Ileina immediately bring up herself upon meeting, Elashia smiled helplessly at Alexandra:
"Mother, please help me and Little Lena properly explain my background."
Gently taking Ileina's small hand, Elashia said:
"Rest assured, Ileina can absolutely keep this confidential."
"Moreover... as an important part of our final Doomsday Defense Line, the person in charge of the Holy Kingdom should also know these things."
Alexandra smiled elegantly and said:
"Alright, then let me think carefully about how to properly tell my dear daughter's good friend about this matter..."
Watching the interaction between this mother and daughter, Ileina standing to the side became more and more certain of her suspicions...
The woman before her... must be the Iron Empress!
Although she didn't know what this so-called "Final Doomsday Defense Line" was, she was very clear—aside from the Holy Kingdom and Elasia, there was only one major human nation left!
Could it be...
Ileina looked at Elashia in disbelief.
Could Elashia actually be a princess of the Iron Empire?
This... no way...
So her closest friend since childhood was actually the princess of humanity's most powerful nation...
Meanwhile, Alexandra's heart on screen wasn't actually as calm as she appeared on the surface.
After all, she had just witnessed what happened between Cat Beastmen Empress Lucian and her daughter...
Now her heart was extremely grateful that her palace had excellent soundproofing.
If Lucian, who was waiting for her in the reception room, heard about what she had done before, she would probably be scared away directly...
Discreetly using emotion control magic to dispel the emotions in her heart, Alexandra once again put on her signature smile and smiled at Ileina:
"Little girl, next, you will hear a very long story..."
"It begins with me learning from the Iron Empire's treasures, the Future Mirror and The Forbidden Book, that humanity was destined for destruction..."
"..."
"To avoid humanity's inevitable fate of destruction, I used every means available... some could be openly disclosed, while others were completely unspeakable..."
"Among these, there was one thing that made me feel regret for the first time in my life..."
"This matter was the 'Elashia Plan.'"
"In order to control Elasia without bloodshed, I used an extremely inhumane method..."
"..."
"This is Elashia's origin..."
Alexandra completely told Ileina everything she had done in the past.
"What... Little Shia... she was actually born from such a plan..."
After completely hearing Alexandra's words, Ileina was stunned.
She could actually vaguely guess about the news of the gods wanting to destroy humanity, but Elashia's situation was something she truly hadn't expected...
She really couldn't imagine... that Elashia's fate was even more tragic than her own...
She had originally thought that her mother inexplicably becoming an enemy of the Holy Kingdom's people was already devastating enough...
But... although her own fate was heavy and tragic, compared to Elashia it was better by more than one order of magnitude!
At least she had lived a few years as a princess should before being sent to Elasia...
Although both her mothers were busy with official duties, they had still fulfilled their duties as mothers...
But... her closest friend, Elashia, was actually born with the purpose of being controlled by her mother...
Looking at the Iron Empress before her, Ileina didn't know what she should do...
Looking at this woman before her whom she absolutely couldn't afford to provoke, she felt intense anger...
How could such a person still deserve to call herself a mother?
But... she, who had always been decisive in her actions, couldn't speak...
What right did she have to criticize Alexandra...
As Elashia's closest friend, hadn't she also deeply hurt Elashia...
If Alexandra didn't deserve to be called a mother, then did she deserve to be called a close friend...
"Lena... this matter... is actually very complicated..."
Seeing intense anger appear in Ileina's eyes, Elashia worriedly tugged at her sleeve.
Elashia had indeed been inconsiderate...
Previously she had only thought about having Alexandra help her tell Ileina about her identity, but she truly hadn't considered that Alexandra would reveal everything from the past all at once...
"It's fine..."
Ileina shook her head.
She looked at Alexandra and bowed to her:
"So it's Iron Empress Your Majesty... I was truly too rude before."
But Alexandra shook her head and said to her with a serious expression:
"No... Miss Ileina, you need not be too formal with me."
"I know what you're thinking."
After experiencing the Cat Beastmen mother-daughter incident just now, Alexandra had also figured something out.
She knew—she had to face the problem.
Although Elashia had shown trust and intimacy toward her as if they had been together for years after just one meeting, what she owed her as a mother still hadn't been repaid...
Alexandra had already figured it out—how could someone who grew up in such a childhood not resent their parents?
Lucian's daughter Lily was what most people would become after suffering so much.
And for herself, although Elashia appeared completely unconcerned about this matter in front of her, could she really just let this matter pass?
Impossible!
Alexandra said seriously to Ileina:
"Miss Ileina, I think... after hearing my story, you must be very angry right now..."
Ileina raised her head.
"No... I don't have that qualification..."
Ileina shook her head.
She knew—humanity needed to unite.
And as leaders of major human nations, under such crisis they should naturally treat each other with sincerity.
Family members didn't need to speak as outsiders.
Ileina said seriously:
"To be honest, when I first heard about this, I was indeed very angry."
"But... I think you should have heard about my situation from Little Shia as well."
"How could I, who abandoned Little Shia in Radiant Emperor City, have the qualification to criticize you..."
As she spoke, Ileina's head also lowered.
"Mother... Little Lena..."
Seeing both of them extremely dejected, Elashia felt terrible.
Why did it have to become so awkward?
As Elashia herself, she loved both Alexandra and Ileina the most...
She didn't want it to become like this at all...
She had originally wanted to call Mother out to help Ileina overcome her guilt...
Now look what happened—not only was Ileina's guilt not eliminated, even Alexandra had somehow suddenly become like this...
Since Elashia herself didn't care about those things, why did they still care so much...