Reborn as a Mind-Reading Empress
Chapter 956: Sounding More Relatable

Chapter 956: Chapter 956: Sounding More Relatable

Once the Court Session was over, she prepared to head to Sibruh again.

Arabella met with her assistants, and Alwin teleported them to Sibruh.

Alwin stayed invisible just as yesterday.

The Marquess once again guided them to the highest balcony in the castle, where she had made her speech yesterday.

Alwin used magic to show a larger view of them to the people.

This time, he had made a voice amplifying magic tool for each of them so he wouldn’t have to cast a spell every time they changed speakers.

"Please use this voice-amplifying magic tool made by His Eminence when you speak to the crowd. It activates once you press this button," Blanca explained as she distributed it to each of Arabella’s assistants and the Marquess.

[Amazing! His Eminence immediately made one?]

Her assistants were awed by the magic tool Alwin made in a short time.

The Marquess silently marveled at it as well and tried to maintain his composure even though he was new to seeing magic used so often.

’There are more people today than when we started yesterday...’ Arabella noted.

She listened to people’s thoughts, and it was because of the feast yesterday, the announcement about discussing employment opportunities, and the smooth progression that did not lead to violence.

Arabella could even see nobles and merchants among the crowd today.

They tried to dress as commoners, but the difference was still obvious because their clothes were clearly new and made of better quality.

They came here to join the gathering due to the announcement about projects for employment, since it might also affect them.

The merchants were also seeking ways to minimize their losses. Some of them had been interviewed by Felix and Nadia the previous day about the game tournament, so they gathered other merchants to join the public hearing.

"You are in the presence of Her Majesty..."

The Marquess announced Arabella’s presence once everyone was ready for their tasks.

Everyone bowed, and it further gave away the disguise of the nobles. The way they elegantly bowed stood out. At least for Arabella, and everyone else who was here on the balcony.

The nobles realized their mistake and quickly copied the commoners.

They thought no one noticed due to the crowd and the distance.

However, they were already spotted.

Alwin had enhanced Arabella’s sight once again. And someone from a higher place perceived distance differently compared to someone at a lower elevation.

"Please be at ease," Arabella said, and continued when they finally looked up. "Thank you for gathering again. I’m glad there are more attendees today. I hope you enjoyed the feast yesterday."

"Yes, Your Majesty. Thank you for your generosity," the people replied with smiles on their faces.

Their mood today was so much better than when they started yesterday.

The feast did greatly help.

Arabella noted to reward Nadia for her suggestion later.

"It is my pleasure. I also enjoyed Sibruh’s cuisine prepared by the Marquess’ family," Arabella praised their food.

The nobles who did not join the feast despite hearing the invitation for everyone to join yesterday regretted not asking their servants to get some food for them so they could have at least tasted it.

Meanwhile, the others had considerate and courageous servants and dared to bring some food for their masters after they had eaten theirs. Thus, some of the nobles also got a taste of it.

"As promised yesterday, employment opportunities will be discussed today.

I believe some of you have already been interviewed by my assistant about it.

Each of my assistants is assigned to certain projects.

They will discuss it with you in detail, and I hope you listen and participate in the discussion.

We will gladly accept your inputs to improve the planned projects," she said, and seated herself.

Arabella’s throat hurt from speaking too much yesterday, so she let her assistants do the talking today. It was also better, so they could build their confidence and reputation.

It was also so she could focus on listening to see if there were more spies here in Sibruh.

Since all the people they caught had died, they must search for other spies to get information from.

However, this time, they decided not to let the spies know they had been noticed. They would not catch them either to prevent a repeat of what happened yesterday.

This time, they decided to watch and observe them from afar, and Arabella would simply listen to their thoughts to learn as much information as she could.

The spies are unable to leave Sibruh anyway due to the magic barriers.

She and Alwin had even agreed to tail the spies while remaining invisible so Arabella could listen to their thoughts.

Riley would then use magic to pretend to be her so people wouldn’t notice she was gone.

She had no major speeches anymore, so it was alright.

"Hello, everyone!

I believe most of you already recognize me from yesterday.

I am Nadia Safiro, one of Her Majesty’s assistants.

Before discussing short-term and long-term employment opportunities, please allow me to inform you of the schedule of activities to be implemented here," Nadia began.

They made her the first to talk since she could speak like the commoners more naturally.

It made her seem more relatable and approachable to the people, so they listened to her without thinking she was commanding them.

Ivan, who was truly a commoner from birth, was even better, but he was back to his experiments.

Thus, Nadia was their hope in making the crowd feel more at ease with them, communication-wise.

They tried speaking less formally, but it did not sound as natural as Nadia’s did.

From the results of the interviews yesterday, Nadia gathered the most information from the commoners due to the way she acted and talked like she was a commoner.

But when it came to nobles, it was Nadia who had difficulties.

Meanwhile, Narcissa and the others were the ones who gathered more information from the nobles and rich commoners.

The disparity was quite huge.

There were more commoners in the crowd, and they were the target audience today.

Thus, it was decided that it was best for Nadia to speak to them first before the others did.