Chapter 8: Conspiracy

The three young soldiers were discussing the matter, and the young officer in the lead was looking at the girl in the video quietly, as if thinking about something.

An older soldier sitting next to him said to him, "Your Highness, Sister Lucy's skills in killing mutant wolves are definitely skills that can be cultivated in the training room. The fourth-class soldiers in our army are as skillful as her."

"Hmm!" The young officer addressed as His Highness hummed softly, his eyes still focused on every move of the girl in the video.

"Although Miss Lucy's skills are not bad, her aura is too strong, so she can only fight against higher-level monsters." The older officer continued.

"Your Highness should remember Miss Lucy. Mr. Schiff took her to a court banquet last year and wanted to recommend her to the young man from the Bai family. At that time, I thought, what's the point? How much better is the Bai family than the Xi family? It wasn't until the matter of the real and fake daughter happened that I understood what was going on." said the young officer who spoke at the beginning.

"So, the Xi family master and his wife knew about the real and fake daughter for a long time, but they didn't reveal it until a month ago."

"I think this is the case, and it is very likely that the Xi family master and his wife did the baby swap."

"Yes, it's the fake daughter's father who did it."

"When Sister Lucy died, her father was critically ill and had never seen Sister Lucy. Sister Lucy's mother also disappeared after Sister Lucy's father died, and then Sister Lucy was taken back by the Xi family to be raised." said the older officer.

Therefore, it was definitely the fake daughter's father who exchanged the two children, and there was someone else who exchanged the two children.

Everyone present was stupid, they thought clearly about the key points and thought it was possible because it made sense.

"Adjutant Chen, how do you know so much inside information?"

"Ever since the incident of the real and fake daughter broke out, I have been asking people to investigate this matter." Adjutant Chen said.

Adjutant Chen is His Highness's first adjutant. He took the time to investigate this matter, which means His Highness asked him to do it. Adjutant Chen said these words in front of His Highness, which means he has solid evidence.

"Why, as the head of a noble family, would he swap his daughter with the daughter of a concubine?" This outrageous operation really made me wonder.

Adjutant Chen looked at His Highness, who was still watching the replay video with a dull expression, so Adjutant Chen said:

"Ten years ago, His Highness was assassinated. Sister Lucy's father, Atom Xi, accidentally helped His Highness block the attack. Atom Xi was only slightly injured at the time, but died of illness not long after. Over the past decade, His Highness has always asked me to take care of Sister Erica." Adjutant Chen said.

Erica Xi is the real daughter. Before she regained her identity as the daughter of the head of the Xi family, she was the daughter of Atom Xi.

The three young officers were also from aristocratic families. They didn't understand anything after hearing what Adjutant Chen said.

The Xi couple most likely wanted Erica Xi to use the identity of Atom Xi's daughter to get close to their Highness and catch the big fish of His Highness.

Even so, they still found it hard to believe: "So what? At that time, the two real and fake daughters were only a few months old, and the couple thought so far ahead."

"As long as there is greed, everything you do will be strange." Adjutant Chen said.

"That's right. Since the Xi couple have such plans, why did they reveal the matter of the real and fake daughter? They are so sure that His Highness will change his attitude after knowing Erica Xi's true identity." This person said while stealing a glance at His Highness's expression.

It was he who was too nosy and had to ask. It was him who had to see clearly what His Highness meant, otherwise he would know if he made a mistake. He regretted that he had called Miss Lucy a fake daughter.

Although His Highness has changed a lot since he narrowly escaped death five years ago.

Especially when it comes to women, he has changed his previous nature of being sympathetic and gentle to young women, and is polite on the surface but cold in reality.

But if it was the prince from five years ago, it would be easy to say. If Erica Xi was extremely beautiful, then this might be possible.

"It was the Xi family's head and his wife who broke the news. After they found out that the matter was under control, they began to manipulate the direction of the rumors and pushed Erica Xi to the top by stepping on Sister Lucy." Adjutant Chen said.

The three young officers knew His Highness's attitude towards the two girls just by hearing Adjutant Chen address them as the real and fake daughters.

"The Xi family head and his wife are really crazy, bullying Miss Lucy for not having parents to support her." The young officer said indignantly.

"Yes, Miss Lucy has just come of age, and she knows how much she has been wronged."

"I heard from my sister that she heard the younger brother of the Xi family complain that the Xi couple even paid for Sister Lucy's tuition at Imperial Capital University, so Sister Lucy signed up to participate in this survival game."

After hearing this, the young prince turned around to look at the young officer who said this, and then looked at Adjutant Chen.

Adjutant Chen explained with some sweat on his face: "This should be just a rumor. Mr. Schiff once wanted to help Miss Lucy pay for her tuition, but Miss Lucy refused. Miss Lucy didn't care about her identity as the daughter of the head of the Xi family and wanted to be independent. But Miss Lucy didn't have much credit coins on hand, which was enough for a school year's tuition, so she signed up to participate in the survival game."

"The tuition fee for one school year in the Blue and Black Empire is only 150,000 credits. My sister's monthly pocket money is limited to this amount. Sister Lucy doesn't even have this little credit. Is the Xi family ruined?"

"Needless to say, the Xi couple must be a little harsh and a little bit sister-in-law."

The girl on the screen skillfully built a tree house with wood, and everyone was amazed.

"Miss Lucy is really good at this. How does she know these things? This must be her first time participating in this kind of survival game." The three officers exclaimed.

After the young prince replayed the footage of the girl piecing together the tree house, he said to Adjutant Chen, "Adjutant Chen, find a chance to go and see the wooden house built by Sister Lucy. Her technique should be a skill from the era of the mother planet, which has been lost now. This technique is indeed effective in construction. Ask her to apply for a cultural restoration patent for her."

The cultural restoration patent is a reward project set up by the Cultural Research Institute to encourage the Nerazzurri to study culture. The reward money is high, but it is very beneficial to reputation.

Miss Lucy has been ridiculed for so long. If she is the first to be eliminated in this survival game, as long as she persists for ten days and then obtains this cultural restoration patent, it will be of great benefit to her reputation.

The others understood that His Highness was looking for an opportunity to clear Miss Lucy's name. They looked at each other and knew what they should do.

"Yes!" said Adjutant Chen.