"Emma, you should know better than anyone that it wasn’t Hannah who betrayed the empire, but the empire that betrayed her."

A person who had quelled wars multiple times and won peace and glory for the empire was ultimately betrayed mercilessly.

The hero who was once held in the palm of their hands was later thrown to the ground and spat upon by those very people.

Looking at Emma’s tear-stained face, Sheffield Benedict only felt weary, "Even for the sake of your status as the First Princess, you should conduct yourself with dignity and manners, Emma. The citizens of the empire adore you, and if one day they see you like this, they will only feel disappointed."

Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.

This is the way of a monarch.

Yet Hannah was the one who suffered from it, even though she was blameless.

Emma sobbed, tears falling ceaselessly, until she finally lay down on the pillow and began to cry unrestrainedly.

Does she not want to be a poised and graceful princess? But as long as Hannah remains unpunished, how can she be at ease?

"I don’t care, you must find Hannah, you have to find her!"

Emma wiped her tears and sat up straight, her red eyes staring directly at Sheffield Benedict, who stood by the door.

Sheffield Benedict remained as calm as water, "Tiffany, you must understand, Hannah is no longer simply a fugitive from the empire. She now stands in complete opposition to the entire empire; she will be our greatest enemy. Even if your father were here, he wouldn’t dare to speak lightly of capturing her or putting her to death."

The strength of the wanderers was already enough to confront the entire empire, and Hannah’s existence would deal them the most lethal blow.

He and Wayne Lane both knew that the odds of the empire winning this battle were very, very low.

If Hannah sought vengeance, what awaited the entire royal family would be a catastrophe.

Emma was utterly ignorant of these facts; she still saw herself as the lofty First Princess, still considering the royal family of the empire to be the foremost power in the stellar realm.

"If you had studied the distribution of powers in the stellar realm seriously, you would clearly understand that the empire no longer has its former splendor. The power struggle within the Nine Realms Kingdom has halted, and although the strength of their new king is unknown, he is certainly not a simple character."

"The Wastelands have always been the most mysterious place in the stellar realm. Should a power struggle erupt, their stance will surely be neutral, neither participating nor supporting."

"And there are the wanderers, the looters, those refugees who once roamed between planets without a home. They have now formed a new force. They are all threats to the empire."

At the end of his speech, Sheffield Benedict simply added, "Emma, you shouldn’t be so willful anymore."

Emma’s tears had stopped; she wasn’t foolish and naturally, understood what Sheffield Benedict was talking about.

But she was unwilling to believe it.

Because her father had always told her that their imperial royal family would become the sovereign of the entire stellar realm, and she would become the Princess of Stellar.

Nine Realms Kingdom, wanderers... she had never regarded them as enemies of the empire.

"That’s not true; we still have Brother Wayne Lane." Emma thought of Wayne Lane, and a light immediately brightened in her eyes, "Brother Wayne Lane is the most formidable commander in the stellar realm, and he will not lose."

Sheffield Benedict looked at the stubbornly delusional Emma with disappointment. Over the years, they had protected her too well, so well that she had lost the ability to judge.

"Even Wayne Lane will not be a match for Hannah," he revealed without further concealment, "Hannah has already found the Star Acacia..."