I, Qin Yang, was stared at by Zi Sirou today, making me feel extremely uncomfortable. Li Liu, on the other hand, stood by my side without saying a word. Occasionally, some guests would strike up a conversation with her, but she would only reply casually and politely, maintaining her princess-like decorum.
"Just now, where is that girl?" Uncle Hisa walked through the crowd of girls and stood next to me. Their presence alone was enough to discourage anyone from approaching. Even the guests who came to exchange pleasantries were courageous individuals.
"I don't know."
"I thought your charisma attracted her to you," Hisa teased.
"You may not believe it, but it's the truth. Otherwise, would they both remain so silent?"
"Then tell me, why aren't they speaking?"
"Because they know that I have never met this so-called second princess."
"Oh~~ So she's the second princess. I had no idea. Apart from the eldest princess who got married and made a public appearance, the other two princesses are not familiar to everyone because of you."
I glanced at Zi Li Liu. So it was because of me that her identity as the third princess was made public!
"Li Liu's identity was dug up by those reporters," Zi Sirou suddenly chimed in. "Because of your numerous scandals and major events, such as getting involved in a duel at the academy and cutting off your opponent's hand, publicly kissing Xiao Qiong during the inter-school competition, and defeating the enemy who assassinated the emperor's uncle last semester, Li Liu has always been by your side. How could her identity not be discovered?"
"That's because you journalists dig up all sorts of information!"
Speaking of which, this Zi Sirou was responsible for several front-page reports about me. The news department of the academy has spies everywhere, daring to go to any place for the sake of news. Even without evidence, as long as they could match it with an article, I would already be labeled as a playboy.
"How can I be the same? I am a journalist with principles!"
"They also have principles—no news, no survival." I pointed my thumb at the palace gate behind me.
"What news can they get by staying outside the gate? Based on my observations, there are journalists among those attendants. Do you need my help to take care of the photos of you falling?" Zi Sirou gave me a teasing look, and I instantly understood.
"Is that so?" I walked diligently behind her, pinching her shoulder. "Then I'll be counting on you!" I gave her a slightly forceful push.
Zi Sirou frowned and glared at me before striding out and intercepting a attendant who was whispering to another.
"Do you really think she'll willingly help you when you treat her like this?"
"I didn't force her."
Hisa chuckled, signaling to me, and then said to Li Liu, "Third Princess, give us a moment. I need to have a few final words with him."
"Alright, you two talk." Li Liu nodded and walked away from us, but her gaze never left.
"Uncle, what do you want to say? Or do you want to apologize to me?"
"What should I apologize for?"
"You caused me to fall just now, and you don't need to apologize?"
"Nonsense, you clearly did it on purpose just now. Don't tell me you can't fly within a few seconds? And besides, you're fine."
"If I'm fine, then why don't you apologize? What kind of reasoning is that? You're a god."
"Okay, I apologize to you, my bad. Seriously though, why would Elena get into a fight with you?" Uncle Hisa's joking expression quickly turned serious.
"She kidnapped members of our student council."
Hisa was extremely puzzled and asked, "Elena is the president, she wouldn't harm her own people!"
I know that, she did it for the sake of her own people."
"Please be specific."
"On the day your Divine Realm assassinated our Imperial civilians, I captured an Angel, an elderly one. Elena kidnapped her former secretary in exchange."
Hisa immediately put a finger to his lips and looked around cautiously.
"Shh, you don't have any evidence of the assassination."
"I understand. The Divine Realm cannot let anyone know about this. Elena did what she did because that Angel could become a witness against you."
"We've already agreed to not talk about that matter anymore. I don't know what the Council's intentions are and personally, I don't support such actions, but we have no choice but to participate."
"Hey, you asked me to be specific, so how could I not mention the main point and the cause of the matter?"
"What I want to know is why Elena would come up with the idea of kidnapping."
"It was Tony and his group!"
"The traitor from the Demon Realm?"
"That traitor and his accomplices abandoned Elena during the final battle. Just as expected of a traitor."
"Elena is still young and easily deceived. We never trusted that Tony from the beginning. Only the Holy Dragon believed in him, I just don't understand." Hisa angrily picked up his glass and finished it in one gulp. Tony abandoned Elena. If the opponent were not me, then it would definitely be a dangerous situation. It's understandable that he is angry.
"He is your people. I don't know the specifics of how they convinced Elena, but it's strange that their kidnapping wasn't directly related to them and involved someone who seemingly had no connection to me."
"Seemingly? So there's still a connection! You womanizer, just like Qin Yufeng."
"The connection is very complicated, very few people know about it, including herself. But Elena has a clear goal, obviously not a random choice."
Hisa pondered for about thirty seconds and came to a conclusion. "You have a traitor."
"Is that possible?"
"Think about it yourself. If the people who know the secret can be trusted, then why would Elena kidnap someone so accurately unless she also knows that secret?"
"Elena doesn't even remember me or her memories in The Human Realm, and besides, it's impossible for her to know this secret." It's impossible for her to know, I only recently found out that Tesha is my daughter!
"Clearly, someone leaked this secret to them."
I thought about it, the people who know the secret are Lilith, Guffy, and me. I made sure Nofice didn't know about the familiar contract so she wouldn't remember. Nene doesn't know either, she doesn't care about this. Others like Hanya would only know after the kidnapping.
"I still believe in our student council."
"I hope you're right. In the end, I have one question for you: as the Demon Dragon, why doesn't your magic make our divine clan uncomfortable?" I looked into Hisa's eyes, quickly pushing up my glasses and letting them fall back onto my nose. "You're playing a dangerous game!"