Chapter 10 : I Never Thought I’d See A Crazy Guy In My Life Who Would Think Of Magically Sprinkling Dirt On A Princess.

What is the first thing a novice mage learns when they begin walking the path of magic?

It is the truth of fire magic and ice magic.

A mage who learns fire magic finds it difficult to master ice magic.

Likewise, a mage who learns ice magic finds it difficult to master fire magic.

No one knows why.

Some say that it’s because the dragon that taught ice magic to humans and the dragon that taught fire magic had a bad relationship, so learning one makes it harder to learn the other…

but whether that’s true or not remains unknown.

Considering that the theory of dragons being the ones who taught magic to humans is gradually losing credibility in academia, it’s highly likely that the story about fire and ice magic is also false.

Regardless, even before the gallery was created, there was always some underlying conflict between fire mages and ice mages.

And it makes sense—if more mages walk the path of ice magic, fewer will walk the path of fire magic, and vice versa.

The more people studying a specific magic, the more researchers there will be in that field, and the more researchers there are, the more that magic develops.

That’s right.

The fire vs ice magic debate is real.

This isn’t WWE.

This is UFC.

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Lily Just Posted an Announcement on NewTube Community!!!

5 minutes ago

Hello, this is Lily.

As I mentioned at the end of today’s stream, tomorrow I will decide whether to learn fire magic or ice magic.
If you could write in the comments the advantages of each, I’ll take them into consideration during tomorrow’s stream.

(NewTube Community Link)

Hurry up and start overhyping fire magic and downplaying ice magic

Comments (44)

Cowardly move as expected from the fire faction

That’s clearly an ice faction pretending to be a fire faction.

Hiding behind masks is what ice faction does

Cutting ties is what fire faction does

Fire factions twisting things to blame others—disgusting.

The number of comments is already insane

Lily’s probably already dizzy just thinking about reading these on stream

This is the hell you created, Lily.

Now endure it with grit and determination.

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Lily, You Fing B

You drop the fire vs ice debate and end the stream right away?

Now the whole gallery is in chaos over this stupid debate!!!

Comments (4)

I will never forgive the gallery users who came to spam chat in the first stream.

That’s all…

So it was revenge, huh?

Lily’s probably laughing while watching the gallery burn because of her.

I turned the gallery into a mess. I control the gallery!

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You Guys Are Too Much

Lily was just trying to get honest advice from her viewers…

But the gallery, obsessed with the fire vs ice debate, only wants to fight.

Lily, caught in the middle of the war between fire and ice factions, is so pitiful.

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Lily, just shut down the gallery.

It’s already a disaster.

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The Fact Is, Ice Faction Always Wins in the End

Just look at Lily’s hair color—she was born to be an Ice Faction member.

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Do you even know about Spear Flame Magic in fire spells?

If you don’t, you’re just a troll pretending to be Ice Faction.

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Why You Should Recommend Fire Magic to Lily

If you watch closely, you can see Lily hesitating slightly when talking about fire magic, unlike when she talks about ice magic.

This strongly suggests that Lily is actually an Ice Faction member.

Now, what if we forcefully recommend fire magic to her and make her join the Fire Faction?

She might hate it at first, but after learning it and witnessing the sheer firepower of fire magic, she’ll gradually be drawn in and ultimately fall into the Fire Faction.

A maid who was once Ice Faction but gets corrupted and turns into a full-blown Fire Faction member…

Doesn’t that sound hot?

Regardless of faction, if you have good taste, you must recommend fire magic.

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Firepilled LMAO

If you have good taste, you’re Fire Faction

I was Ice Faction, but after reading this, I’m going to recommend fire magic.

You crazy bastard

Lily, if you see this, just confirm you’re Ice Faction already.

The reaction was nothing short of explosive.

“Your Highness, look! The overwhelming response! You have momentarily ruled over the gallery!”

“…Ray Volcan.”

“…Yes, ma’am.”

I immediately snapped to attention.

It was the result of both my rationality and survival instincts kicking in at once.

“I never thought I’d live to see the day some lunatic would throw dirt at a princess using magic.”

“Honestly, I don’t understand what I was thinking back then either.”

When I said that, the Third Princess let out a small chuckle.

Did my masterful joke actually land?

“I’m not here to scold you for that. You’ve already paid the price, haven’t you?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

To put it mildly, I got beaten like a dusty rug on a rainy day.

To be fair, I probably deserved it.

“…Well, they say the first time is the hardest, but the second time is easy.”

“Your Highness?”

The Third Princess let out a light sigh before flashing a small smile.

“If the result of that insane stunt you pulled is this much of an impact… Fine, I’ll concede.”

…Was she an angel?

No, seriously, with a personality like this, people might actually start calling her a saint.

“I don’t even know how to repay Your Highness’s grace… But I swear I’ll ensure Lily’s success as a token of gratitude!”

“CHAI.”

…Right. Nothing in this world comes for free.

I was getting a little too comfortable, thinking I could just coast through this.

But my actions were all for the sake of the virtual streamer industry. No regrets.

“You’ll have to make a concession too. That’s only fair, isn’t it?”

“…Yes?”

A concession?

What kind?

So, was the “concession” about letting the Third Princess skip content she doesn’t want to do just once?

“By the way, you don’t have a veto.”

“Uh, can you clarify exactly what kind of concession you mean…?”

“Who knows? I haven’t decided yet.”

…A blank check, huh.

The princess grinned, clearly enjoying just imagining what she would make me concede.

They say the best makeup is a smile, and the way she beamed, she truly looked like the jewel of the empire.

If only that smile wasn’t because she was thinking about how to screw me over…

I might have even gotten lost in admiration for a moment.

“You got a concession from me. That price is going to be steep, so be prepared.”

“Understood.”

She outranked me by far—what could I do but accept?

Honestly, the fact that she even humored the idea of a mutual concession between a mere count’s second son and the Third Princess showed just how much she was indulging me.

Thinking about it that way…

I did feel like the psychological distance between us had shortened a bit.

How should I put it…

Yeah, it felt like we had become comrades.

Though that might just be my own delusion!

Isabella was feeling rather pleased with herself.

For the past few days, she had been the one getting dragged around, but now she had finally landed a solid blow on her opponent.

Of course, if she really wanted to, she could use her superior status to toy with a mere count’s son all she wanted.

But the fact that she didn’t spoke volumes about her personality.

As she half-listened to her lecture, her mind wandered.

Ray Volcan’s concession.

How could she use it in a way that would truly make it worth it?

Was there a way to put him in just the right amount of trouble?

Maybe she could use it as a brake to keep his antics in check for a few days.

Or perhaps she could force him to do a single, extremely embarrassing roleplay stream that would haunt him forever.

Lost in such thoughts, she barely noticed when the lecture ended.

That was the last one for today.

Which meant it was time to prepare for the stream.

She needed to go through the NewTube community comments and pick out the best ones before going live.

So, she quickly left the lecture hall—

“Oh my, Princess Isabella?”

She recognized the voice without even needing to see the face.

No—she could have recognized her even without hearing the voice properly.

After all, there was only one person in this academy who would dare speak to the Third Princess of the Empire with such familiarity.

“…Saintess Revesica.”

The Saintess of the Empire’s state religion, the Church of the Goddess.

A woman blessed by the Goddess herself, wielding overwhelming divine power.

A woman who had performed multiple miracles, something most saintesses could only hope to do even once in their lifetime.

Because of this, she held absolute support within the Church—hailed as the Church’s own princess, even called the incarnation of the Goddess.

Even for a princess of the empire, dealing with her was no easy matter.

This was Saintess Revesica.

And Isabella found her to be a pain in the ass.

Not because of her status.

But because of her special ability.

She could instinctively tell if someone was lying.

Even worse, she almost never called people out on their lies.

If someone tried to distance themselves from her by making up an excuse about being busy?

Revesica would simply smile—that kind of smile—and say she understood.

And that smile would crush their conscience with guilt.

So why not just be honest and tell her they couldn’t associate because of the succession war?

Because there was no guarantee that Revesica would simply accept that and step aside.

Even if the Church had an unspoken rule about staying out of secular politics, could anyone really say for sure that this unprecedented saintess wouldn’t meddle anyway?

That’s why every time Revesica invited her out, Isabella always had to come up with a lie she knew would be seen through.

“I was wondering if you’d like to have some tea with me. I managed to get my hands on a particularly fine blend.”

Which was why Isabella instinctively replied—

“Ah, I have an important appointment today.”

…Up until she became a virtual streamer, that is.

And in that moment, Isabella’s appreciation for the VTuber world grew just a little bit more.