Swear Fealty To Me, My Subjects!

Chapter 82.1: If I'm Discovered, My Life as a Teacher Will End (1)

North of Leta, Blazing Sun Wall.

Beneath the chilling Desolate Tundra, in the abyss where the two strongest demigods of the mortal world once fought...

Two elven demigods were conversing.

One of them was a young girl dressed like a mage; she was a new teacher of the White Light Courtyard, Elebella.

The other was a silver-haired demigod with stunning beauty but an extremely haggard expression—the Great Teacher of the White Light Courtyard, Elktela Lucia.

At that moment, the Great Teacher was listening to her student's report.

"In any case, that's it…"

Elebella sighed.

"I followed the orders of the seniors to stop the Black Catastrophes. However, just as I could no longer hold out, the demigod of Haines appeared. She evaporated the invading Black Catastrophe swarm instantly and flew into the depths of the tundra. I'm sorry, teacher. I should have stopped her, but I couldn't keep up with her speed."

The Great Teacher replied, "That's normal."

After all, the demigod who appeared at the critical moment in front of the defense line that was about to collapse and helped Elebella eliminate the Black Catastrophes was one of the strongest demigods in the mortal world, Edaline Haines.

There was naturally no way Elebella could deal with that monster.

"So… teacher."

Elebella probed, "Is that demigod of Haines really here to help us?"

The Great Teacher replied, "That's right. Haines has to carry out their mission. Be it friend or foe, they won't let any major country in the mortal world be destroyed."

Haines and Leta had a blood feud. Furthermore, a few years ago, a lunatic in the White Light Courtyard sacrificed his life to place an irreparable curse on the crystal throne of Haines.

Even so, in the face of a crisis of the level of annihilation…

Haines was still a reliable comrade that the elves could trust.

At the very least, the Great Teacher was willing to believe that.

If not for the help of Edaline Haines, the Blazing Sun Wall in the North would have been lost by now and a calamity would have been inevitable with Black Catastrophes invading the depths of Leta.

Indeed…

The Great Teacher felt extremely helpless.

She knew that it was still too difficult for her to let a newcomer singlehandedly guard a line of defense.

"Speaking of which, teacher."

Elebella asked curiously, "How's the situation in the capital? Is the ascension ritual of Her Majesty Alice ready?"

The Great Teacher replied, "We've encountered some trouble."

Elebella said, "Huh?"

Ever since Obadiah's death, the White Light Courtyard which was lacking in talent had no other choice but to let Elebella, an apprentice newcomer demigod, guard the Blazing Sun Wall.

While Elebella was guarding the borders…

Something that she did not know about happened in the capital.

The Great Teacher said, "The palace doesn't acknowledge Alice. They chose another candidate from within the palace and insisted that we use their candidate to complete the ascension ritual."

Elebella asked in confusion, "But… didn't the seniors say that Her Majesty Alice is the only remaining qualified descendant of the Moon Goddess in Leta?"

While that was the case...

The Great Teacher said indifferently, "However, Alice is a candidate found by the White Light Courtyard…"

For a long time, Leta had two factions that ruled over the country.

One was the White Light Courtyard which was in charge of nurturing and grooming the demigods for Leta as well as governance management.

The other was the Moonlight Court that controlled the secular politics of Leta and was formed by a group of Moon Goddess descendants.

Unlike Haines, the mortal political groups of Leta possessed the strength to go against the demigods.

The Moonlight Court was closely related to the ruler of Leta, the Moonlight Queen.

They were an organization that existed solely to assist the Moonlight Queen.

At the same time, only the Moon Goddess descendants of the Moonlight Court could give birth to a new Moon Queen.

Relying on the authority of the Moon Queen, the nobles of the palace could challenge the demigods, even in the years where no Moon Queens were born.

Armed with the fact that they were the only ones who could produce the new Queen, the Moonlight Court could fight against the White Light Courtyard without being disadvantaged.

But now…

Alice, who was picked up by the White Light Courtyard at the borders, made the Moonlight Court feel fear.

On the one hand, Alice would be a Moon Queen that did not belong to the palace.

On the other hand, due to grudges that were sowed in political strife in the early years, right now, most of the upper echelons of the Moonlight Court...

Had a blood feud with Alice.

Elebella asked in surprise, "In other words… despite knowing that their candidate won't be able to complete the ascension ritual, the nobles of the palace insist on snatching away Her Majesty Alice's sacred item to conduct a ritual that won't succeed?"

The Great Teacher replied, "That's right."

Notwithstanding the success rate, more importantly, the palace wanted to ensure that the newly crowned Moon Queen was aligned to their interests.

Evidently, in order for Alice to be crowned the new Moon Queen, things with the Moonlight Court would have to be settled first...

However, the matter of the Moonlight Court had to be put aside for the time being.

Right now, the Great Teacher had to focus on the defense of the northern border.

The Great Teacher said, "Elebella, I'll assign you a task."

Elebella was extremely respectful. "Please speak, teacher."

The Great Teacher said, "I want you to reconstruct Obadiah's barrier. Use the ancient dragon's barrier to defend the Blazing Sun Wall."

Elebella was shocked. "H-Hold on… Teacher, this is way too difficult. There's no way I can do it, right?!"