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After being severely injured by Jidi and losing consciousness for an unknown amount of time, Liu Xingluo finally awoke.
She hadn’t expected to survive being skewered like a hedgehog by ice spikes. This body’s vitality was incredibly tenacious. If she had been in a human body, there was no way she would have lived through such a state.
But where was this? It looked like an abandoned factory. How had she gotten here? Had someone rescued her and brought her here? But who could have saved her from under Jidi’s nose? After all, Jidi’s hatred for her was no ordinary matter.
Could it be that some incredibly powerful Superhuman she’d never met had not only saved her but also defeated Jidi and even killed her on the spot? Yes, that must be it. That was the only reasonable explanation she could think of.
Alright, since this incident had been handled by an expert, she should hurry back and watch a movie with her sister. It was a rare day off; she couldn’t waste it.
“You’re awake, Your Highness. How do you feel? Is there any discomfort?”
Just as Liu Xingluo was about to leave, Lain suddenly emerged from the shadows, startling her.
“Whoa! Lain, you’re still here?”
Liu Xingluo had thought he would no longer be by her side, which was why she was so shocked to see him.
Because when she had confessed to Jidi that she was actually a human borrowing the body of the Seventh Princess, Lain had been present and must have heard their conversation. Since he knew she wasn’t the real Seventh Princess, he should have had no reason to stay by her side.
Or did Lain also want to kill her like Jidi, to return the body to the true Seventh Princess? But from what he had just said, it didn’t seem he had that intention. Still, she couldn’t trust him just yet; he might be saying that to lull her into a false sense of security.
“Of course. My mission is to protect Your Highness’s safety. If I weren’t by your side, how could I protect you?”
“That sounds nice, but I was beaten badly earlier and you didn’t lift a finger to protect me. Now you remember to protect me?”
If Lain had been willing to step in back then, she wouldn’t have suffered so much. So Liu Xingluo still harbored some resentment toward Lain, especially now that she knew he was still carrying out his mission to protect her.
“That was because the opponent was also a Princess. In a duel between Princesses, I cannot interfere.”
When Lain was created, such an instruction had been programmed into him, so even if he wanted to help Liu Xingluo, he couldn’t.
“What? So from now on, if I encounter other Princesses, I have to face them alone?”
Thinking that she would likely have to confront other Princesses by herself in the future, Liu Xingluo’s head ached. From this personal experience, she had realized just how terrifying the power of a Princess was. Surviving Jidi’s attack was already a miracle. If she had to face another Princess alone later, she might not be so lucky.
“Yes. From the results, that is how it is.”
Lain did not care about Liu Xingluo’s current mood and stated the fact bluntly.
In the face of the terrifying power of other Princesses, the combat strength of human Superhumans was virtually negligible. So even if Liu Xingluo wanted to team up with other Superhumans, it would make little difference compared to going alone. Not to mention the Princesses’ Domain abilities; once dragged into their Domains, human Superhumans’ combat power would instantly drop to zero.
“Ah… this is giving me a headache. Forget it. In the future, if I run into other Princesses, I’ll just hide. It’s not like someone else won’t deal with them, just like this time.”
After all, it wasn’t necessary for her to defeat those Princesses. Wasn’t the Sixth Princess, as strong as she was, still taken care of by other Superhumans? She would just honestly fight some Evolved Beasts she could handle. As for Princesses, she would leave them to the experts.
“Your Highness. It seems you have a major misunderstanding.”
“Huh? What misunderstanding?”
“You seem to think that the Sixth Princess has been defeated by a human. Actually, that is not the case. The Sixth Princess is still carrying out her order to eliminate humans.”
“What? She hasn’t been defeated? Then who brought me here?”
Jidi wanted her dead so badly that she had even used time-stopping abilities. Liu Xingluo didn’t think she would suddenly let her go. And who had the power to save her from Jidi while she was severely injured and bring her to this safe place? If it wasn’t a very powerful Superhuman, then it could only be…
“It was I, Your Highness.”
As Liu Xingluo had guessed, aside from the incorrect answer, the only one capable of doing all this was Lain.
“But didn’t you say earlier that you cannot interfere in battles between Princesses?”
This point confused her as well. If Lain couldn’t intervene because it was a fight between Princesses, then how could he rescue her from Jidi’s Domain and bring her to this safe abandoned factory?
These two points clearly contradicted each other.
“Yes, as Your Highness said, I am not qualified to interfere in a duel between Princesses. But at that moment, the outcome had already been decided. You lost. The duel was over. So I was able to act and bring you here.”
“I see… So that’s how it is.”
In other words, as long as one party could no longer continue fighting, the battle was considered over. Then Lain, who couldn’t interfere in fights between Princesses, could do something.
Moreover, since he was still on her side, even if she was defeated by other Princesses, she wouldn’t die. Well, although she was a bit dissatisfied that Lain couldn’t directly participate in the battle, this was acceptable. As long as she was alive, she had countless chances to start over.
But now, there were still some things she had to ask Lain clearly. If she didn’t ask now, she would surely suffer greatly in future battles.
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