Aurora was the first to react, and the moment they were surrounded, she prioritized shielding the youngest, Twilight Sparkle, in her arms.
She scanned these "journalists" with anger and disgust, found the right moment to cast Teleportation Magic, and transported all three of them out of the encirclement.
Aurora couldn't be bothered to respond to these bullshit questions, fearing that if she even made a sound, they would be thrilled.
"Get in the carriage, quickly!"
Aurora hailed a carriage and pushed the other two, who hadn't yet recovered from the shock, inside.
"Sir, we're going to Canterlot Castle; can you hurry?"
Learning the passengers' destination, the driver raised his front hooves and charged off before the reporters could catch up.
Watching as they got further and further away from the crazy group of reporters, Aurora was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, but they still didn't seem willing to give up; the fast runners remained within sight, and it looked like they were going to chase them all the way to their destination.
"This... what's going on? What do you mean you're going to be a princess?! And what's this about a ruler of Equestria?!"
"What?!"
Sunset Shimmer's exclamation reached the driver's ears, startling him so much he nearly slammed on the brakes.
"Just drive your carriage!"
Aurora snapped, and then pulled the carriage curtain shut.
Now was not the time to let the driver stop; there was still a pack of relentless dogs chasing them from behind.
"That's why I said this is just a rumor! I just... didn't want you to overthink it, which is why I didn't tell you beforehand..."
As it turned out, Sunset Shimmer had found out in the worst possible way. Looking at Sunset Shimmer's stunned expression, Aurora felt incredibly nervous and panicked.
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She knew Sunset Shimmer had always pursued such things, so she had always avoided discussing them in front of her. She herself only wanted to be a scholar, had no interest in power struggles, and didn't want to be coerced into being dragged into them.
Now, it seemed her thoughts were a bit too naive and presumptuous.
She had clearly learned about similar cases in history books. She was referring to human history.
Fortunately, she was in a utopian society made of ponies, so things wouldn't reach such a terrible state.
"Um... what I want to say is, the Princess probably doesn't have any thoughts on this yet, right? And we're all still in school; we shouldn't let groundless matters affect our feelings for each other, right?"
Twilight Sparkle whispered her opinion at this moment.
She had been frightened by the scene earlier; she hadn't expected those adult ponies to be so crazy.
Twilight Sparkle had only just become The Grand Princess's student and started school. Her daily schedule was packed with coursework, homework, and taking care of Spike, leaving her no time to think about the responsibilities and pressures that might come with being the Princess's personal student.
The experience just now served as a harsh lesson for her, even if the lesson had come a bit too early.
She didn't want the choice of who would become the Princess to divide the friendship between the three of them. If there were a choice, she would definitely be the first to withdraw.
She wasn't joking about the Princess's responsibilities by thinking this way; after all, she was the youngest of the three. In terms of magic, seniority, and responsibility, she still had much to learn from her two senior sisters.
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