SSS Class Awakening: Start With A God-Level Choice System-Chapter 175: When Succession Becomes A Formality

Arriving at the imperial palace, Elyndra took the initiative and reached out for Ainsworth’s hand, caressing it before holding it.

Ainsworth smiled and held her hand, teasing, "What? Are you nervous, Ely?"

Elyndra gripped his hand tighter and pouted, "Who wouldn’t? As soon as I was born, expectations were placed upon me, and also the responsibility that came with it."

"The Valtoria Throne Succession Trial used to be a life-changing event for me as it was something I had worked hard for my entire life to succeed in."

"At least, it was until I met you and then awakened an SSS-rank class. The more I became stronger, the less meaningful the succession trial became. Such an idea was further solidified when you became my lover, as I no longer coveted the imperial throne as much as before."

Pausing for a while, Elyndra chuckled, "Anyway, if everything went well, after I introduced you to my parents, the throne succession trial should end with my victory. But even then, it doesn’t guarantee that I’ll succeed my mother immediately as she’s still in good health." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"At most, it will guarantee that if she ever abdicates, I’d be next in line."

Elyndra knew that there’d be no point in continuing the throne succession trial if she were to make Ainsworth her legitimate fiancé.

After all, Ainsworth was the undisputed second strongest in the entire world and also the youngest SSS-rank Awakener. Since his power alone could easily defeat anyone in the Valtoria Empire, Elyndra, as Ainsworth’s lover, naturally had the absolute support of a Five-Star SSS-rank Awakener.

If her mother, the Empress, was stubborn enough to continue the throne succession trial, that would be harming her daughters. Continuing it would only allow Ainsworth the reason to assassinate Elyndra’s sisters, just to allow her to win the throne succession trial.

Moreover, it wasn’t like Elyndra was unworthy of the throne, as she was already the Crown Princess to begin with. The throne succession trial was merely a formality to temper her and make her more suitable and skilled before ascending the throne.

Of course, if during that time, it had proven that Elyndra wasn’t worthy of it, then the throne succession trial wasn’t rigid enough to prevent her royal sisters from succeeding to the throne.

All in all, Elyndra and Ainsworth’s victory was guaranteed. Ainsworth could defeat any of Elyndra’s royal sisters’ backing, while Elyndra could defeat any of her sisters.

While might and combat power alone weren’t enough to become the Reigning Empress, it was still a huge factor in determining whether one could succeed to the throne and ensure that it wouldn’t fall into the hands of outsiders.

Furthermore, as Elyndra had stated, just winning the throne succession trial wouldn’t truly guarantee that she’d immediately succeed her mother. At most, it guaranteed that she’d be the next in line if her mother ever abdicated.

Although Elyndra wasn’t that worried since she was certain that if her mother were to know about her SSS-rank class’s traits, her mother would voluntarily abdicate just to allow the Valtoria Empire to have another SSS-rank Awakener.

With the power and influence of the Valtoria Empire, Elyndra becoming the Empress would allow her to obtain enough Rulership Energy to become a powerful SSS-rank Awakener, even if it was a temporary power-up.

While Elyndra and Ainsworth were chatting with each other, they weren’t worried about being eavesdropped on, as Ainsworth had already used his Ultimate Freedom (SSS) to manipulate reality to ensure their privacy.

So even with the imperial guards near them, they didn’t seem to hear anything or even know they were chatting with each other. From their perspective, Elyndra and Ainsworth were elegantly entering the imperial palace.

As they entered the imperial palace, Ainsworth saw imperial guards stationed inside the hallway, with the weakest being an A-rank Awakener.

’As one of the strongest empires, the Valtoria Empire’s power shouldn’t be underestimated. A-rank Awakeners were already qualified to become teachers at Edenbridge High School, yet they could only become guards here.’

’Of course, even as imperial guards, their salary and benefits should be quite lucrative, or else they wouldn’t agree to this. Moreover, their loyalty and background should have already been screened, with most of them being born in the Valtoria Empire.’

’The majority of the imperial guards also seemed to be female. As expected of an empire revolved around matriarchy, their women are truly powerful and talented.’

With that thought in mind, Ainsworth continued walking in the hallway while holding Elyndra’s hand.

The imperial guards recognized their Crown Princess holding the hand of a man, yet they didn’t react much as they weren’t outdated. If it were other men, they wouldn’t recognize them.

But Ainsworth had caused quite the commotion, and he was currently the most popular man amongst the younger generation, especially when he was the undisputed strongest among them.

Even the older generation wasn’t as dazzling as him, let alone those mere Crown Princes from other empires and kingdoms whose power and popularity weren’t as high as the older generation.

However, it did astonish them that their Crown Princess Elyndra managed to snatch Ainsworth and take him as her lover. After all, Ainsworth was already the number one in the publicly voted "Handsome Ranking" and "Most Desired Husband Ranking".

Moreover, since Ainsworth’s background was clean and he didn’t have any affiliations with other top factions, he was a highly sought-after son-in-law for those top factions. What they didn’t expect was the Valtoria Empire’s Crown Princess taking action before they could.

Otherwise, during the past week, they would have already harassed Ainsworth with a lot of engagement proposals. Of course, since Ainsworth publicly announced his relationship with Elyndra, most of those proposals had halted aside from those with ambiguous statements, enticing him to start a harem.

Faced with such ambiguous proposals, Ainsworth really wanted to curse them since he was checking his social media at that time with Elyndra by his side, and she saw it.

He truly didn’t have such an idea, yet they were making trouble for him, so he never gave them a good response.

While Ainsworth remembered that incident from before, they soon arrived outside the throne room, standing in front of a golden door carved with runes and symbols related to the Valtoria Empire’s history.

Knowing that his father-in-law and mother-in-law would be there at the other side of the door, Ainsworth slightly felt anxious, but who knew Elyndra pulled his hand closer and kissed him on the cheek, catching him off guard.

After her soft and slightly moist lips pressed onto his right cheek, Elyndra sweetly smiled, "Feeling better now?"