KILL THEM WITH KINDNESS (3)

[THE LITTLE rogue is seriously crazy. She's my daughter but…]

Nikolai held back a sigh.

He was taken aback when Neoma challenged the nobles and suggested having everyone's secrets revealed to prove the Bookworm's identity.

[Neoma, you're the one who has the most dangerous secret here.]

But he wasn't worried because his daughter wasn't dumb. Neoma knew that her royal secret must not be revealed. Not until Nero returned, at least.

[She's just bluffing.]

And it was working.

He couldn't believe that a nine-year-old child's bluff was working on the higher nobles. The representatives of the Twelve Golden Families were some of the strongest people in the empire. But he could see some of them gulp and tremble in fear.

It wasn't like he didn't understand though.

[Neoma's aura… it's the aura of a ruler.]

There was a reason why the de Moonasterios had been the rulers ever since the empire was built.