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Chapter 246 Public Opinion War

"You are not allowed to visit her again!"

Nearly a hundred injured people caused by the stampede were placed in the venue. While Catherine, Lilith and several other students of Goletia were treating them one by one, Canion finally woke up from his coma. After finding the silver hair in the crowd, he pulled Catherine to a deserted place and roared in a low voice.

"You're hurting me." Catherine frowned and shook off Canion's hand, looking at the big bump on his head and said.

"She used to be very well-behaved. It was you who always hung around her that fostered her ambition!" Seeing that Catherine refused to agree, Canyon looked gloomy, but the big glaring bag on her head looked a little funny and had no deterrent effect.

"This is not Freya's fault. She was just doing what she was supposed to do. It's only natural that the people love her. What happened today was obviously the plot of the twins from Mulete." Catherine said calmly, looking at her brother. "She's already pitiful enough, Kanien."

"You..." Kanyon laughed in anger, "You still pity her? If you have so much emotion that you don't know where to put it, you might as well pity me more!"

"Why are you so pitiful?" Catherine looked puzzled. Before Canyon became even more angry, she finally tried to comfort him, "You and I both know that she can't become the crown prince, Canyon."

"...But she has the support of the Church of Light. What if the church fully supports her? She herself may not be able to do it, but what about her descendants? That's right! Maybe she made such a promise and reached a deal with the bastards!" The more Kanien thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed.

"Sister Freya has never really come into contact with outsiders. I don't think they have started talking. I went to see her a few days ago. The Church of Light is very strict in her discipline, and... my aunt and His Majesty the King would not agree." Catherine shook her head again in denial.

"Hmph..." Kanien sneered, glancing at his sister in front of him, "You've found countless excuses for her, haven't you? I can't argue with you. But you look so much like your father now!"

Catherine was stunned.

"What qualifications do you have to accuse my father of favoritism and tolerance towards Uncle George? You are just the same person, Catherine! But you can't tell who your real family is!" Kanyon looked at her angrily and left the arena with a cold face.

Catherine opened her mouth but gave up trying to call him. She turned back to the wounded and continued to treat them.

A civilian was knocked to the ground while fleeing, and his legs were trampled and deformed. He already felt that he was about to become a cripple.

But after Her Royal Highness the Princess repelled the dragon, she immediately began to direct everyone in an orderly manner to accommodate the wounded, and even treated them personally despite the dirt and mess. After the princess put her hand on his leg, he only felt a warmth, and the twisted bones actually returned to their original shape.

Miracles are just like this!

The kindness and beauty of Saint Freya spread throughout the streets of Highgarden, but he had no chance to see them. But the princess's achievements in repelling the dragon and protecting the people were real!

"Thank you, Her Highness Catherine, may the light always bless you." The citizen knelt on the ground and offered his most sincere blessings to the crown prince.

——Is it bright?

Catherine raised her head and looked at the temple that was still smoking, with mockery in her eyes. Who else could a god who couldn't even protect his own temple protect?

"Give me one." A bottle of blue potion was handed over. It was Lilith.

Perhaps it was because the temple was also in crisis and the people favored by the Church of Light had not arrived yet. They continued to cast magic to save people, which consumed a lot of their mental energy. Lilith took out the mental potion she had made and distributed it to each other.

The two looked at each other, and Catherine couldn't help but think of Lilith's nonsense when she was standing on the fence just now, and her depressed mood suddenly disappeared.

"Thank you... How did you think of that just now..." Catherine found it very funny when she thought of Lilith's expression.

"Well, it's just a war of public opinion. What's the big deal?" After the two of them had moved away from the crowd, Lilith waved her hand indifferently.

“Public opinion is something that you can use, and I can use it too. This is a war that everyone can participate in, and it all depends on who has better means.” Lilith felt particularly good when she thought of the annoying twins who had planned for a long time and worked hard to win the game, but in the end were disrupted by the sudden appearance of the black dragon and messed up everything, and she had a smug smile on her face.

Catherine listened to Lilith's words, thinking about it. After seeing Lilith's expression, she couldn't help but smile, "It seems that you like this kind of battle without a sword."

"Hmm? That's not the case." Lilith shook her head again, "I'm quite annoying."

Catherine looked surprised.

"This is a dangerous double-edged sword, Your Majesty." Lilith sighed as she looked at the now dilapidated arena. "What if the situation is more complicated? How do you distinguish between false information, rumors, and malicious attacks? No one can be invincible in the war of public opinion. The winner may be you today, but someone else tomorrow."

"So this thing is still the best..." Lilith took out her cold steel and flicked it, admiring the crisp sound of the sword, "Win is win, lose is lose."

"Yeah." Catherine said in a daze, "I wish everything was that simple..."

Lilith turned to look at Catherine with a worried look on her face.

Catherine's position as crown princess is unstable... If that stupid dragon hadn't messed things up today, Lilith didn't dare to think about what Catherine would do. She has obviously been working very hard to become excellent, isn't that enough?

"Is it that the Church of Light that is trying to trip you up?" Lilith suddenly became angry. She remembered what Melissa said, that the church had been ambiguous about Catherine's position as crown prince from the very beginning.

"I don't know..." Catherine lowered her voice. The imperial power and the ecclesiastical power were deeply intertwined, and those bishops went to and from the palace all day long. So was it the church that did not recognize her, or was it her uncle the king who did not recognize her?

"Tsk, I think they just have nothing to do!" Lilith was indignant for her friend. She glanced at the dilapidated roof of the church, her blue eyes rolling around.

"Perhaps, you should find something for them to do so that they have no time to bother you again—" Lilith scratched her chin and said thoughtfully.

"What?" Catherine looked confused.

"Isn't it ready-made?" Lilith pursed her lips and pointed in the direction of the temple.

Seeing that Catherine was still confused, she looked around, put her arm around Catherine's shoulders, and whispered in Catherine's ear at the closest distance -

"The God of Light is dead."