Became a Strategist with a 100 Intelligence and 100% Accuracy

A soldier guided me to the audience chamber within the royal castle.

"Lady Serpina will be here shortly. Wait here," he instructed before taking a position nearby.

I stood in place, casually glancing around the chamber.

The furnishings… were minimal, just enough to give the room a formal appearance.

Well, this wasn’t Serpina’s actual capital, so there was no real reason for excessive decoration.@@novelbin@@

As I stood there lost in idle thoughts, the soldier, who had been watching me with suspicion, spoke up.

"What do you think you’re doing? If you’re an envoy, act with proper decorum."

"Proper decorum, you say?"

"Kneel."

…Really?

I was tempted to argue—shouldn’t I kneel after Serpina arrives, not before?—but this was the heart of enemy territory. There was no point in creating unnecessary trouble before negotiations even began.

So, I complied and kneeled.

"Good. If you’re here as an envoy, then wait with the appropriate respect."

Yeah, yeah, whatever. I swallowed the words before they could escape my mouth.

I wasn’t really angry. The soldier was just doing his job.

More than that, I was impressed.

Every single soldier in Serpina’s army seemed to radiate an intense, almost fanatical loyalty. Even a low-ranked guard carried himself with the pride of one who served an absolute sovereign.

So, what kind of person was Serpina, really?

Since coming to this world, I had learned a painful truth—the characters I once knew as mere data had far more depth and individuality than any game script could capture.

I never expected Airen Juliet or Reika Nighhardt to have the personalities they did.

Serpina was known as a tyrant, a ruler despised and feared by many. But was she truly the same as the figure recorded in history?

Would she be the cold, ruthless woman I knew from the game’s data?

As these questions swirled in my mind, I remembered my past encounter with Serpina—the one that had ended in my death.

I had gone as an envoy, proposing an alliance based on Jinor’s near-perfect prophecy.