Chapter 247

After experiencing some setbacks, the two finally arrived at the Imperial Star safely.

Looking at the beautiful and prosperous planet before her, which resembled a fairy palace, Wen Xin thought she had finally escaped her nightmare and was heading towards the brightest future.

Little did she know, she had simply traveled from one hell to an even more terrifying one!

When Beryl was helping her apply for an interstellar citizen ID card, the government system discovered that her DNA was exactly the same as that of the little princess of the Garcia royal family who had disappeared eighteen years ago.

Wen Xin is actually a princess of the empire!

She was welcomed back to the palace at a loss, but what she had imagined was a reunion with her family—a moment of emotion, joy, and tears—was none of that. Instead, she was met with only the cold scrutiny, hostility, and displeasure of her blood relatives.

It was as if her royal bloodline had been tainted, making her unworthy to be an imperial princess.

Only a beautiful, sickly woman in a gorgeous long dress grabbed her arm and called her "sister" with a smile, as if they were very friendly.

But Wen Xin had witnessed far too much malice on the Chaotic Star.

Wen Xin could clearly see the hostility and disgust flashing in the sickly woman's eyes.

The woman's name was Daphne, and she was the adopted daughter of her biological parents.

Daphne is well-educated, beautiful, elegant, and kind as an angel. She has always been known as the most beautiful princess in the interstellar space and is extremely popular in the Empire.

Winshin's parents, King Abel and Queen Masha, as well as her older brother Prince Adonis, all adored her.

They were incredibly nervous just from her frowning.

When she said, "I'm afraid my sister won't be used to it since she just came back, so I might as well move out," Wen Xin's close relatives glared at their own daughter and sister, condemning her for being ill-mannered, petty, and jealous.

But Wen Xin hasn't said anything yet!

After that, countless similar incidents occurred.

Gradually, the entire intergalactic world came to know that this princess, who had returned after being missing for many years, was jealous and vicious, and bullied the beautiful and weak Princess Daphne at every turn.

As a result, Wen Xin not only suffered cyberbullying on the StarNet, but was also bullied in various ways by Daphne's admirers at school.

Her longed-for campus life was turned into a complete mess.

Only Bai Ruiwen has ever helped her, and he has spoken up for her publicly on several occasions.

Back on the chaotic planet, Wen Xin had already developed a girlish, innocent affection for this handsome, cheerful, and humorous young man.

Now that Bai Ruiwen has repeatedly reached out to help her when she is being bullied and shunned, how could Wen Xin not be moved?

But she soon found out that Beryl also liked Daphne.

He told her that he had been the child of a royal servant, and that when he was a child, he was beaten and abused by the steward in the palace. It was Daphne who saved him, and it was she who discovered his outstanding talent and begged the king to send him to the mecha academy.

Everything he has today is thanks to Princess Daphne.

Daphne was the most beautiful and pure white moonlight in his heart!

Wen Xin was heartbroken. She wanted to tell him how wicked Daphne was, and that if she hadn't gotten lost because of Queen Martha's carelessness, she would also be a princess raised in the palace, and perhaps she would have been the one to save him.

But there are no "what ifs," this is her fate!

Later, after Daphne learned that Wen Xin liked Bai Ruiwen and that Bai Ruiwen treated her differently, she became even more hostile towards her.

During a banquet, he even staged a scene where he fell down the stairs to frame her.

Everyone was condemning and cursing Wen Xin for being as vicious as a snake, and the only person who used to protect her left with Daphne in her arms, filled with anxiety and worry.

Wen Xin didn't explain, because it was useless; no one would believe her. They would only think she was unrepentant and had a biased and vicious nature.

Her biological mother and brother each slapped her, and her biological father cursed her for disgracing the royal family, banished her from the imperial planet, and told her to go to another planet to reflect on her actions.

Before leaving, Bai Ruiwen wanted to see her, but Wen Xin refused to see him or answer his calls.

There's no need for it, and I don't want to see him look at me with the same disgust he would a close relative.

She never expected that Daphne would not only ruin her reputation but also take her life, by bribing space pirates to kill her.

If Wen Xin hadn't been vigilant and escaped in her mecha, she would have been blown up along with her spaceship by space pirates on the interstellar route.

Pursued by space pirates, Wen Xin was forced into a black hole turbulence and swept onto a mysterious ocean planet.

Here, Wen Xin encountered a mermaid—a powerful and irritable male mermaid.

There are merfolk in the Star Empire, but they are all kept by the Empire and are mascots with no offensive capabilities.

However, merfolk are also very important to Space Marines.

As humanity conquers the stars, it is also constantly evolving. Many people have awakened an ability called "spiritual power," which is an important factor in controlling the strongest combat force in the stars—mechs.

The higher one's mental strength, the more valued the empire and admired by others.

However, prolonged use of mental energy can make a person's mind increasingly irritable and chaotic; only the mermaid's song can eliminate this negative effect.

According to interstellar history, mermaids originated from the depths of the universe, a realm that humans have not yet been able to explore.

Many years ago, a mermaid accidentally entered an interstellar empire. After discovering the importance of mermaids to human existence, scientists extracted their genes and cloned them.

However, mermaid genes are very complex, and even with current technology, cloning and cultivating a new mermaid is still very difficult and requires even greater capital investment.

Therefore, not every Space Marine can possess a mermaid; most must endure the turmoil of their mental energy and eventually go mad and die.

Although Wen Xin was not well-liked by her closest relatives, she was nominally an imperial princess. She had visited a mermaid training base and seen mermaids. They were beautiful and exquisite creatures, but they were generally like animals, with low intelligence and were very fragile. The cost of raising them was also ridiculously high.

However, on that mysterious ocean planet, the mermaids that Wen Xin saw had extremely high intelligence, terrifyingly strong combat power, and even supernatural powers that humans did not possess.

Wen Xin originally thought she would be killed by the mermaid, but she didn't expect that not only did he not kill her, but he also kept her as a... pet?

However, it cannot be denied that the days on Ocean Star were the most peaceful and relaxing days of Wen Xin's life.

She couldn't contact the Interstellar Empire, nor did she have a mech ship to leave, and she thought she would have to stay here for the rest of her life.

Aside from Bai Ruiwen, Wen Xin had no regrets.

She thought it might be better to stay.

But to her surprise, after learning of her disappearance, Bai Ruiwen risked his life to search for her everywhere, and eventually, he actually found the Mermaid Realm.

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