[Mecha novel, alternate setting]
Opening verse:
Once the empire's little rose,
Now she lives amid the refuse.
I love you as I love my life,
Yeah, right. Your grandma can take a hike.
1.
The old era has ended.
The princess was betrayed by the person who had protected and raised her since childhood, and her entire family died in a plane crash. Everyone praised Lin Heng, the God of War, for putting duty above family for the good of the people.
The princess escaped, changed her appearance, and returned, carrying dreams of restoring her fallen kingdom and a desire to take revenge on the old friend who betrayed her.
2.
That day, General Lin nearly lost control in a plaza rocked by a string of explosions. He risked his life to save a new student at Starry Academy named Xia La, supposedly only because she looked like someone he once knew.
"Little Rose...?"
"Sir, the person you're looking for died a long time ago."
A fallen princess with maxed-out talent, who fights her way from commoner to general, one step at a time, versus a statesman who gives his all for his country and its people, but is forever trapped on the day the princess died.
Theme: The feudal monarchy must be destroyed.