Chapter 8.2

'Why me···?'

Amer di Kairos sighed inwardly.

She is 19 years old this year, and has a property test that will determine her life in the upcoming New Year.

Like all 19-year-olds, regardless of status, she has been losing sleep lately because of the matter of her attributes.

'What are my attributes? I am still from the royal family, but i won't be a dud, right?'

Concerns that she won't awaken are absolutely ridiculous.

Amer is a member of the imperial family.

It is the most noble lineage in the empire, inheriting the blood of the goddess Kairos.

In the history of the empire, there has never been a case in which a direct descendant of the imperial family did not attain an attribute.

Her younger siblings and her maids remind her of this fact and all in all tell her not to worry about it.

But how could she not be nervous?

If Amer were a non-attribute, the whole empire would be turned upside down.

This shocking news would spread everywhere, from nobles to slaves, with no one ignoring it.

The respectful eyes of her younger siblings and the courteous attitude of the court ladies would, in an instant, turn into contempt, and she herself would not be able to raise her head in the imperial castle.

Perhaps, in order to maintain the legitimacy of the imperial family, it may be announced that Amer was not a member of the royal family in the first place.

Her mother would be dethroned with the disgrace of being an adulteress, and her genealogy would be destroyed.

Amer couldn't stop her thoughts from going further down a rabbit hole of pessimism.

She is so insecure about the matter in fact, that she had started following the superstitions of the townsfolk that supposedly allowed her to gain an insight into her attribute.

If she put water in a bowl and bowed to the sky seven times a day, the god would supposedly take care of her and bestow her with an attribute.

If she acquires pure magical water and bathes her body in it three times a day, she may acquire attributes, or so they say.

'I know it doesn't work, but there's no harm in trying it...'

As such, while Amer suffered from nightmares in which her attribute test came back as a dud every night, the signs of the cataclysm were reported to the imperial palace.

Numerous unannounced summoned being of another world.

Immediately, all events in the imperial palace were canceled, and an emergency meeting presided over by His Majesty the Emperor was convened.

Amer also attended the meeting as a member of the imperial family that governs the empire.

Meetings were held daily for several days, and the conclusions reached were as follows.

1. The summoned are not an immediate threat to the Empire. However, since we cannot be too sure about the summoned beings due to lack of information, we must constantly monitor them.

2. In order to turn the summoned beings into allies later, we must give them a good impression of the empire. Therefore, they must be treated with special care.

3. Appoint the 3rd Princess Kairos as the person in charge of the summoned.

'My head hurts because of the attribute test already! Why does it have to be me?!'

The dissatisfaction with her name being included ran through her head countless times in the past few day, but in fact Amer knows exactly why the heavy responsibility has been imposed on her.

Her younger siblings, the 4th Princess, the 4th Prince, and the 5th Princess, are too young.

The 3rd prince lost the emperor's trust and fell, and the 2nd princess lived in seclusion after taking a step back from imperial politics.

The 1st Prince, 1st Princess, and 2nd Prince are currently maintaining a precarious balance with their respective political factions.

Following the aging of the emperor, the fight for succession to the throne was not far off.

Today's situation is literally the prelude to the storm.

Everyone who works at the imperial castle can feel the impending crisis.

In this situation, if one of the three gets the summoned under them, the balance may be broken and bloody winds may start to blow in the imperial capital.

Therefore, only the 3rd princess remains via the process of elimination.

This is why Amer now greets four of the summoned who bow their heads in front of her.

"Summoned representatives, please raise your heads."

The distance between her and the summoned was considerable, so she had to speak in a louder voice than usual.

"My name is Amer di Kairos. I am the third daughter of His Majesty the Emperor, the sun of the Kairos Empire where you are now. First of all, I would like to convey my deepest condolences to you who are inevitably cut off from the world called 'Earth'."

Amer had been contemplating since the morning whether to treat them with respect or speak in plain language.

The bottom line is, they are the will of God itself, so she chose to respect them.

"Um... First of all, would you like to introduce yourself, starting with the person on the left?"

"Ah, hello! I'm Choi Ji-hoon! I am one of the executives in our class! The princess is really beautiful! The most beautiful person I've ever seen in my life—"

The man on the far left appeared like a rambunctious aristocrat who fell in love with her beauty at a social gathering.

She only asked for a self-introduction, but luckily, the man next to him cut off his flowery words of flattery.

"Hello, I'm Jung Ji-hoo. I'm the vice president of our class."

'Hmmm... This man gives off a magical, intellectual vibe. His hair looks great.'

"Hello Princess, I'm Park Min-ho! Thankfully, I was chosen as the representative of our class."

She had more regard for the man named Park Min-ho than Jeong Ji-hoo.

It was because she liked the confident atmosphere that Park Min-ho gave off.

'And looks-wise... He's more handsome than most aristocrats...'

"Hello. My name is Min Hye-rin and I was also chosen as an executive member of our class."

Amer, who turned her gaze to the sweet voice of the woman next to him, was quite surprised.

'Wow, she's so pretty... I wonder if this is comparable to my level?'

This is a judgement laced with a hint of pride, but the saying that the princess is the most beautiful in the empire is, in a way, the truth.

One's appearance is proportional to the level of their attributes, and genetic factors have a very large effect on attributes.

Also, the blood of the imperial family is the noblest blood in the empire.

Therefore, the most beautiful of people always had no choice but to become a member of the imperial family.

It is in everyone's instinct to be interested in beautiful things.

Amer felt like wanting to get to know Min Hye-rin.

"I see. Thank you for introducing yourselves. It's late, but I want to say welcome to the Kairos Empire. I've been appointed as the general manager of all the summoned, so if you have any inconveniences, feel free to communicate with me through the maid!"

Several people stood behind her: the maid who recorded every single exchange down, the maid who was the general manager of the main building where the summoned lived, and the knights who were in charge of the safety of the princess and her maids.

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