After being awakened from unconsciousness by Leon, relying on her far superior smart brain compared to an average person, Phelia instantly envisioned at least seventeen or eighteen scenarios regarding what Leon might do to her.
Whether it be lies and deception, coercion through threats, or even verbal intimidation, she had considered them all, even mulling over how to deal with the situation in a way that would minimize her suffering while brushing off this troublesome and dangerous guy.
However, no matter how well her mind worked, no matter how outstanding her individual computational abilities were, Leon’s line “How about I become your dad?” completely crashed her brain.
Not… Are you crazy or something?!
Facing Leon, who seemed to have some unknown issue and suddenly wanted to be her father, the jade-eyed maiden couldn’t help but feel choked up. She immediately stood up, eyes filled with irritation, and said, “You…”
“I already know, you’re the core of Apheta 01.”
“?!?!”
With a somewhat panicked expression, Leon sat cross-legged in the greenery area and began explaining seriously:
“While you were unconscious, I took a trip to the royal palace and managed to uncover your origins.
You are the ‘core program’ of Apheta 01, and Zone 1 used the remains of Princess Phelia from years ago to create a body almost identical to her. After you occupied this artificial body, you became the new Princess Phelia… I don’t think I’ve judged this wrong, right?”
“…”
Uh… I’m probably done for…
Upon realizing that Leon directly revealed the truth she had been trying to cover up, and recalling the grudge between him and Brother Andre, the jade-eyed maiden instantly turned pale.
If my “fake princess” identity hadn’t been exposed yet, he, as a cleaner, most likely wouldn’t harm me. But now that my “fake princess” identity has been revealed, he will probably eliminate me.
“You… if you want to kill, just kill!”
Looking at Leon, who was squinting his eyes and sizing her up, looking “murderous,” Phelia couldn’t help but stomp her foot, sticking out her white neck, and loudly declared, “Brother Andre will definitely avenge me!”
“Hmm… Putting aside whether I’ll kill you, I believe you have a pretty serious misunderstanding about Prince Andre.”
Tapping his fingers unconsciously on his knees, Leon looked at the jade-eyed maiden prepared to die heroically and smiled while sitting on the ground.
“Princess Phelia, do you think Prince Andre values you very much?”
“Of course!”
Upon hearing this, the jade-eyed maiden huffed and slightly raised her chin, saying, “He could have forcibly controlled me and demanded that I follow his orders, but when I merely told him I wanted to leave the mechanical intelligence and experience human life using a human body, he disregarded the risk of all research halting and released me directly!”
“Hmm, he does spoil you, and I admit that.”
Nodding noncommittally, Leon reminded meaningfully, “But do you know that he has tried to kill you twice?”
“?!?!”
Hearing Leon’s words, Phelia couldn’t help but tremble all over and then glared back angrily.
“You’re lying! How could Brother Andre possibly… Ow!”
“Hold onto it.”
Throwing the black goat into the arms of the jade-eyed maiden, Leon said,
“Although its core ability is sealed, observing souls is a talent of great demons, which should still function normally. If I bear the consumption, you just need to hold it, and you should be able to see the state of my soul.”
Pointing at his own head, Leon continued explaining amidst Phelia’s bewildered expression: “Remember, if I’m telling the truth, my soul will remain very stable without much fluctuation. But if I’m lying, my soul will fluctuate and develop diagonal shallow patterns resembling mother-of-pearl.
Hmm… Or maybe like vertical fish scales, anyway, it’s a not-so-good feeling. And if my soul doesn’t have much fluctuation, it proves that what I say is definitely true.”
“So… You’re using this thing to make me believe that Brother Andre plans to kill me?”
Realizing Leon’s intention instantly, the jade-eyed maiden stroked the black goat in her arms and suspiciously asked, “But this ugly thing is your anomalous item; how do I know its effect is really like what you said?”
Before Leon could respond, the black goat held by Phelia opened its mouth and cursed, indignantly saying, “You’re the ugly one, and your whole family is ugly! We’re freaking handsome! Back when we were a great demon, our horns charmed countless succubi! Do you even have any aesthetic sense, little missy?”
“Ow!”
Startled by the sudden cursing goat, the jade-eyed maiden gasped in shock, catching her breath quickly before wrinkling her delicate face and exclaiming.
“This goat is so disgusting…”
“You wanna pick a fight, huh?!”
“Alright, let’s get to work.”
Stopping the goat from continuing to curse, Leon said to the startled jade-eyed maiden: “If you don’t believe me, you can ask two questions to test how my soul reacts, then compare accordingly.”
“Alright then…”
Hearing Leon’s proposed testing method, Princess Phelia hesitated for a moment and tentatively asked:
“Are you a pervert?”
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“I am not…”
“Your soul didn’t move!”
After checking Leon’s soul, the jade-eyed maiden shrank her body abruptly, full of suspicion: “You’re lying! This thing’s effects don’t match what you said!”
“…”
Tsk… Should’ve let the black goat scold you thoroughly just now.
Speechless, Leon sighed and countered darkly:
“Is there a possibility that I’m not a pervert?”
“Impossible!”
Facing Leon’s counter-question, the jade-eyed maiden rejected it without hesitation:
“Not only did you kidnap me, but you also took off my shoes and tickled my feet with wool; you’re clearly a pervert!”
“…”
“Alright, I’ll prove it myself!”
Realizing she was getting revenge for earlier and deliberately finding fault, Leon skipped this part, casually spoke a few truths and lies, allowed Princess Phelia to check the different states of his soul, and then expressedlessly said:
“According to my investigation, Prince Andre has planned to kill you at least twice, or to put it another way, although he appears to spoil you, your priority in his heart is absolutely not as high as he shows.”
It seems… It’s the truth?! Watching Leon’s calm soul, the jade-eyed maiden’s expression involuntarily stiffened slightly, then said somewhat dissatisfied, “Evidence? The ability of this ugly goat can only prove that you truly thought this way, but it cannot prove that what you investigated is the truth!”
“The biggest evidence is his attack on the Scorpion Bureau Director.”
Leon calmly stated:
“To ambush Director Edward and his team, Prince Andre mobilized the armaments of eleven legions, with more than two hundred heavy weapons. In less than half a second, he flattened the entire street.
But just an hour before that, Director Edward handed you over to me, so there’s absolutely no way he could have known that you weren’t with Scorpion Bureau Director and Nicole. According to his intel, I should have met up with Director Edward with you.”
At this point, Leon paused briefly and then said to the jade-eyed maiden whose expression changed greatly, “So why would your Brother Andre think that artillery capable of destroying an entire street within half a second, nearly killing Director Edward, wouldn’t also blow you to bits?”
(End of Chapter)
