22. I Am the Strongest!
Iku Xisi’s perspective.
After delivering a decisive kick to the dangerous and infuriating man between his legs, fearing that she might be tied up again and subjected to his grinning “this and that,” leading to some salacious scenarios that only appeared in books, Ikushis fled in a panic without looking back!
Hmph! Idiot! The one who thinks others are fools is the real idiot! What queen of the Great Ying Empire, what genius daughter of the Great Ying Empire, and that priest Li De who opposes her—are all idiots!
They thought they could “kidnap” her with some flimsy excuse, not realizing that she had already seen through their lies with her ‘prophecy.’ What nonsense about exploding if she strayed ten meters away! Such tricks are only for children, and she wouldn’t ‘t fall for them! She had been waiting for the moment he let his guard down to escape! Although she couldn’t stab him to pieces, a kick was enough to vent her frustration!
As for escaping? Hmph! That was too easy!
“There’s a patrol from the Great Ying Empire ahead…”
“To the left, there are people from other countries who know what I look like…”
“A mysterious figure is looking for me… um…”
The foolishness that used to appear on Ikushis’s face had vanished, and she was now hurriedly weaving through the corridors of the Great Ying Empire’s palace, trying to avoid anyone who might recognize her while figuring out how to… escape from here!
After all, she had the ability of ‘prophecy’! She looked like the strongest fairy… cough, cough! The Holy Maiden! Anyway, she had already escaped from the church and that charlatan, so there was no need to play dumb anymore. That charlatan couldn’t possibly think she would obediently return to the church and continue being a puppet, right? Idiot! Hahaha! So he was an idiot too!
Although returning to the church like this might not be so bad, since that archbishop would at most just use her prophecy to get a few casual words out of her for a stable environment, which would be a huge profit, but… now was really the time to run!
Because! Because someone from the Forbidden Land had arrived!
“Why is Claudia still alive… tsk…”
Complaining softly, she could see the road leading out of the Great Ying Empire’s palace clearly. With her temporary pass granted by her ‘guest status,’ Ikushis practically sprinted, fearing that if she slowed down even a moment, she would be killed, quickly leaving the palace of the Great Ying Empire without looking back, not even thinking about the church!
The chaotic fairy Claudia, once the most loyal servant and advisor by her master’s side—shouldn’t she have followed him to the afterlife when he was gone? Why was she still alive? Now, her sudden appearance had made Ikushis’s face completely exposed that day, and Claudia’s cold gaze seemed like it could flay her alive hundreds of times!
At the same time, Ikushis clearly saw her master’s prophecy.
“My master wants to kill me.”
“Because of my betrayal, Claudia killed me with my master’s consent…”
“Claudia was sent by my master to approach someone and eliminate the traitor.”
Traitor? She simply didn’t rot away in that stone ruin waiting for her master’s rebirth alongside Claudia, and now she was labeled a traitor… Damn! She just wanted to live a lazy, carefree life without worries about food and clothing! That’s why she went to the church, to be a “foolish” holy maiden.
She hadn’t done anything wrong, so… could they let her go, please!? It must be that kind of woman, Claudia, who was jealous of her extraordinary ability to predict the future for her master, wanting to push her out! fxxk you, man!
Now she definitely couldn’t return to the church to continue being a holy maiden! Claudia, this was all your fault! Please!
Just as she was about to continue her escape while throwing some verbal jabs at Claudia, her body suddenly trembled, causing Ikushis to shiver in panic!
It was currently the time of the summit of various nations, and due to the isolation, there were few people passing by outside the royal city of the Great Ying Empire. At this moment, having finally escaped, Ikushis realized that she had been so focused on her escaping and mocking Claudia that she had completely stumbled into an unfamiliar environment! Wait, wait… all the roads around looked the same; how was she supposed to blend into a crowded place? Why did the Great Ying Empire create such a Useless place!?
Moreover, moreover! It seemed that something dangerous had appeared in her prophecy!
“I was… attacked by Oujili De…”
Oujili De!?
Now, Ikushis was so nervous that she didn’t even dare to shiver!
Oujili De… was that the same Oujili De from the wanted poster!? She clearly hadn’t provoked him at all! Ah… huh?
In the next moment, Ikushis realized.
What that charlatan named Li De said was actually true!!
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Because these past few days, while pretending to be foolish to let him lower his guard, he claimed that kidnapping her was to prevent the ‘Oujilide’ from attacking her!
Ha… ha, how could that be? How could that kind of man have hit the mark? Shouldn’t he have deliberately kidnapped her to ensure his queen would win at the summit of nations!?
Just then, a shadow flashed by quickly, a shiver crawling up Ikusis’s spine, causing her to hurriedly turn around and start pleading in a whimpering voice!
“Wow!!! I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”
Sure enough, someone was here! They must be here to stab her to death!
“Spare me, brave hero! I haven’t done anything, I can’t do anything! If that witch sent you, just tell her to let me go, boohoo! For the sake of our past as colleagues, please!”
After a bout of tearful pleading, thinking that this would surely make the other person lower their guard and feel sympathy, giving her a chance to escape, Ikusis cautiously lifted her head.
However, what she saw was a familiar face, a face she wished she could tear apart!
“Ga…”
“Your Highness the Saint, you seem quite nervous. What were you just saying?”
It was that disgusting charlatan! Wait…
“How did you know I was here!?”
Could it be that this pervert had some strange device on her, and as soon as she activated it, her body would…
“Stop overthinking. Why I’m here is something I’ll tell you later. Now you finally know what fear is?”
Fear!? She feared nothing under heaven or earth!
Just as she was about to retort, the ghostly content of the ‘prophecy’ appeared at that very moment!
[“Oujilide killed herself”]
[“Oujilide killed…Oujilide?”]
The prophecy didn’t disappear! This meant that this man wasn’t here to stab her to death, and… the danger wasn’t over! And what was up with the second prophecy? Why was it so unreliable when it was clearly her own ability!?
“If you know fear now, hurry and come with me. We need to return to the palace immediately. To be honest… I’m more scared than you.”
“Why… why should I care about you!”
Even so, Ikusis instinctively clutched tightly to the charlatan’s sleeve.
Then, as she hurried to keep up with his swift pace, she suddenly recalled something that made her even more fearful.
With trembling hands, Ikusis thought,
“Eh? How… how did you know I was scared?”
He… clearly wasn’t a bad guy trying to attack her. How did he know she was in danger!?
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