The Unfettered Ice Princess [ EN ]

Chapter 71 [ Zeta's Past (2) ]

Being approached suddenly by an unknown Elf in such a situation naturally made Zeta feel wary. But Lenarya's attitude, which tended to be ignorant and to the point, made the current Zeta feel that she had wasted too much time trusting Lenarya.

Yes, it took about a week for Lenarya to make Zeta trust her.

Lenarya brought Zeta back to her house, which was separated from Madam Lin's employee residence for some reason. There, while waiting for Zeta to trust her, Lenarya explained everything Zeta wanted to know. Including the reason why she was helping her.

What kind of reason would make Madam Lin's right-hand woman like herself humble herself to help Zeta even if it meant betraying her employer.

Although Zeta knew that people like Lenarya were not people who acted on feelings. She never thought that Lenarya was planning a rebellion at that time.

Yes, rebellion.

Lenarya had intended to do so for a long time. The only thing that delayed her was the fact that Madam Lin was indeed the employer who saved her life when she was a child. Lenarya was not an ungrateful person. For this reason too, she had been loyal to Madam Lin for 70 years.

But as time went on, Lenarya became increasingly unable to tolerate Madam Lin's arbitrary behavior. The climax was when she saw the gambling that Delta did when she won against Madam Lin in the past. At that time, Lenarya realized that gambling should be pure betting and skill competition. Instead of what Madam Lin and Lord Durren were doing now. Right at that moment, Lenarya's determination to create an environment where gambling like that was what the Conqueror would see when they arrived on the 3rd Floor was completely rounded.

Unfortunately Lenarya realized that she was not that good at gambling. If she had a gambling match against the Ruler, it was certain that she would lose. Fighting directly was suicide. The only way she could win against Madam Lin was by utilizing the supporting variables that would move according to her strategy.

In this case, the existence of a person who is good at gambling like Delta is the biggest help in displacing Madam Lin and stabilizing the Eastern Region later.

However, when she told Delta about the plan when they crossed paths (when Delta was just a slave), Delta had become a person who could not trust others. She wouldn't even listen to a word from Lenarya. Let alone help her plan.

In that short period of time, all of Lenarya's efforts to get Delta on her side turned into a huge failure. Delta ended up being sold to Lord Durren before Lenarya had a chance to work with her. At that moment, Lenarya blamed herself. She was too passive in trying to persuade and gave too much space to think. She should have forced it, or she should have done whatever it took to get Delta to listen to her.

Regret always comes too late. There was nothing else Lenarya could do. At least make this an experience so that in the future, she wouldn't give people in urgent situations too much space to think.

Lenarya was dealt a big blow. She had to choose between waiting until she found someone else who was as good at gambling as Delta or saving Delta herself. Both were difficult choices. Finding someone who was so good at gambling that they could defeat the ruler might take decades. Meanwhile, saving Delta is not possible with her current abilities. Moreover, she was not sure she could persuade Delta when she was rescued later.

At that moment, Lenarya saw the figure of a 16-year-old teenage girl who claimed to be Delta's younger sister and made a scene at the casino to avenge her sister and force Madam Lin to get Delta back.

Well, even though in the end, the furor ended in the girl's destruction and defeat, Lenarya didn't care. There was only one thing on her mind. She had to save that child no matter what! That child would be the key to success in her strategy!