Chapter 503

Have you heard of this princess?

Not very clear… but her hair color and eye color are the same as Prince Andre, so she should definitely be a direct member of the royal family.

Then grab her! Anyway, it’s just a precaution. As long as it’s royal blood, whoever comes is fine! In less than 0.1 seconds, they reached an agreement through eye contact. The “angry” Prince Leon relaxed his expression and nodded slightly with satisfaction:

“This is more like it… let’s go, I can’t wait to see what your celebration looks like.”

“Okay.”

Looking at Leon, who had a slightly arrogant expression and was quite different from the intelligence she knew, the girl named Phelia blinked her emerald green eyes and then raised her delicate arm, pointing toward the area being decorated for the celebration, smiling and introducing: “This way, Your Royal Highness… Actually, our Crocodile Kingdom’s celebrations aren’t much different from yours. They’re used to commemorate some relatively important days.

It’s just that compared to your country, our celebrations don’t mark the founding of the nation or the birth of historical figures, but rather tend to commemorate the emergence of key technologies.”

“What do you mean by key technology?”

“Those studies that changed the era and have been passed down to today.”

After leading Leon into the district preparing for the celebration, the cute girl pointed at the colorful lanterns hanging high up and said with a hint of yearning in her brows:

“For example, this upcoming celebration is to commemorate the discovery of float crystals. Without the mining and utilization of this mineral, there would be no Mechanopolis Crolock today.”

Float crystals…

After hearing Phelia’s words, Leon couldn’t help but frown slightly, recalling the brother-sister robbers hidden in two orchids who were temporarily staying at his residence.

For the Crocodile Kingdom, float crystals are indeed extremely important. Without this strange mineral that can greatly reduce weight, it would be impossible to create this amazing city that can freely move and connect.

But for the places where float crystal mines are located, the existence of this thing is an unimaginable disaster. Many people in Cheshire, where the robber siblings are from, and other float crystal mines, have lost their homes because of this.

“Lord Leon.”

After standing under the colored lanterns for a while, the girl with emerald green eyes said earnestly:

“Actually, you’ve come a bit early. It’s not yet time for the celebration; we’re just doing some preliminary preparations. The real ‘Float Day’ is the day after tomorrow.

By then, the festivities will be dozens of times more lively, and we’ll briefly lift restrictions, allowing the districts above the celebration area to move, permitting machines using float crystals to ascend freely. If you’re interested, I can accompany you again to take a look.”

“That’s very kind of you.”

After responding somewhat perfunctorily, Leon continued chatting casually with Phelia while placing his hand on his horn and glancing at the attendants trailing behind them.

The soul strength of these attendants was all fairly normal. Although a few were more vigorous, they were still within the range of ordinary people. It was unlikely that cleaners were mixed in.

As for the other people on the festival street, everything seemed normal too, and most people’s souls appeared… pretty happy? Looking at the surrounding souls, which were purer and more stable when flickering compared to those in the capital city, Leon’s frown eased slightly.

Compared to most kingdoms where people barely escape poverty, Crocodile Kingdom undoubtedly has abundant material conditions. Since people here don’t need to worry too much about livelihood issues, their souls are much “stabilized,” appearing relaxed and simple, just like Princess Phelia beside him…

Hmm… but something seems a little off…

It didn’t seem strange at first glance, but upon closer inspection, Princess Phelia’s soul seemed overly “neat.”

Most people’s souls appear noisy, regardless of their morality. It’s simply that people can’t control their thoughts and inevitably get distracted when they’re not focused.

And emotionally, they always seem chaotic. Even when someone is ecstatic, they might suddenly feel down due to trivial reasons like bad weather or noticing someone’s front tooth has a piece of leek stuck to it.

However, Princess Phelia’s soul gave off a… perfectly “smooth” impression. Happiness was pure happiness, yearning was pure yearning, joy was pure joy, without any extraneous emotions mixed in.

If one must describe it, other people’s souls are like compasses held in their hands. Although they strictly follow the rules of operation, they inevitably sway slightly with the holder’s trembling hands, causing slight changes in direction.

On the other hand, Princess Phelia was like an exquisitely calibrated watch. No matter how the wearer sings, dances, raps, or does anything else, it always ticks precisely second by second, looking incredibly…

Precise!

A unique precision of “man-made products!”

Finally finding the right word to describe this weird feeling, Leon’s pupils couldn’t help but contract sharply as he looked at her with suspicion.

I remember the Aquarius Director mentioned that the royal family of the Crocodile Kingdom had already been controlled. After hearing that, I naturally assumed this control was physical confinement.

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But looking at Princess Phelia’s soul… could it be that the control the Aquarius Director mentioned wasn’t imprisonment or abduction, but rather some kind of spiritual restriction and modification?” Lord Leon?”

The emerald-eyed girl seemed very perceptive. Leon’s brief moment of awkwardness was enough for her to notice something.

She looked up at Leon and asked somewhat confusedly: “What’s wrong? Is there something unusual about me?”

“Nothing…”

Looking at her soul filled only with “surprise” and devoid of any other emotions, Leon couldn’t help but blink before smiling and saying: “I was just thinking about something and got lost in thought for a moment.”

“Oh, I see.”

Seeing Leon who had been looking around since just now, clearly not seeing through her true identity, the cute girl couldn’t help but smirk inwardly. She then blinked her big eyes politely and curiously asked:

“Lord Leon, what were you thinking about? Can you tell me?”

“Sure.”

Looking at Phelia’s soul, whose thoughts and emotions meshed as smoothly as a set of gears, Leon smiled and nodded.

“I was just thinking that a cute girl like you would probably cry for a long time if hit with a punch, right?”

“…”

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