Kapitel 272: Choose your price...Interlude .5

If the First Princess, Snow, embodied the grace and unyielding power of the imperial family—an image of perfection befitting a monarch destined for greatness—then Princess Sophiel represented the knowledge and cunning necessary to maintain the empire's iron grip on its people.

Though they were not polar opposites, the two princesses possessed distinctly different approaches to their roles within the imperial family.

Both had the intellect and tact to manage people, wielding their influence with precision.

However, what set them apart was their ability—or perhaps willingness—to make decisions regarding authority and power, particularly those that could irrevocably alter the lives of others.

For Snow, such decisions were calculated, logical, and rooted in a sense of fairness.

She embodied an ideal of governance that sought to uplift and lead with unwavering strength.