Chapter 8
The man knew Hughes was angry and quickly called out, "Your Highness!"
"The Church of Light suddenly sent a text message yesterday, saying they want to send a Holy Maiden to be stationed in the capital for a year!"
Just for such a small thing.
"We are not religious."
Hughes turned around without even looking at her, and said, "No!"
"But—" the man hesitated.
Hughes turned around and looked at him coldly. "I don't recall any clause in the peace treaty that gave it the right to interfere with our affairs."
"No, Your Highness! It's the Holy Maiden."
As soon as he finished speaking, the giant sword that was originally stuck in the man's shoulder suddenly came out of the wall on its own, and with a "thud," the shadow guard fell off the wall.
However, the next second, the shadow guard quickly stood up from the ground and knelt on one knee, "Your Highness."
"The Church of Light dared to act this way because the Holy Maiden has turned eighteen!"
In this vast universe, in this technologically advanced interstellar era, every galaxy is perfectly connected.
A great power can dominate many planets, and sometimes their territory is an entire galaxy. However, in the beginning, when humanity's home planet, ancient Earth, was destroyed, no human had any superpowers.
Superpowers were accidentally evolved by some humans who later drifted in space.
This group of humans was later known as the saviors of the stars because they established the Church of Light and continuously passed on their supernatural abilities to others.
Without the Church of Light, the number of people with superpowers would not be as large as it is today.
The Church of Light is also a supreme organization, above all kingdoms, and all mercenary groups in the universe belong to the Church of Light.
But they are different from other kingdoms; they do not rely on the Church of Light.
Since the war decades ago, the Church of Light has never given up its ambitions and has wanted to strike again and extend its reach.
For example, right now.
The shadow guard knelt on one knee and respectfully told the truth, "The Pope and the Holy Maiden have their eyes on us this time, and they are determined to marry the Holy Maiden to us."
However, Hughes' expression remained indifferent, as if he didn't care at all. "Who has she taken a fancy to?"
He twirled the black ring on his index finger, and as his fingertip turned gently, it seemed as if he could touch the contents inside the ring.
Xia Qian's Slave Contract Chip.
At the same time, the shadow guard raised his head and hesitated before speaking, "...It's His Highness."
Hughes's brother.
Hughes paused in his spinning of the ring, but the shadow guard continued, "The Holy Maiden said that the High Priest appeared to her in a dream, ordering her to marry no one but the Crown Prince."
"She doesn't deserve it."
Overestimating one's abilities.
"There's one more thing," the shadow guard said, forcing himself to continue, "The Elders sent me to inquire: When will His Highness the Crown Prince be able to return?"
The shadow guard kept his head down, and although the words had been left unsaid for a long time, there was still no reply. He looked up in confusion, "Your Highness?"
Hughes's gaze fell on the silver screen on the desk, but his voice slowly rose, deep and magnetic, "Don't come to me with such trivial matters."
"If even such a trivial matter requires me to handle, then the Elder Council is meaningless."
"Why don't we take this opportunity to disband right here and now!"
"Your Highness—"
The shadow guard was so frightened that his voice changed. He was sweating profusely and didn't dare to plead for him. Hughes just glanced at him coldly and said, "Step back."
Hughes has a bad temper.
This is a fact that everyone acknowledges.
The shadow guard respectfully took his leave. If it weren't for the mecha he was wearing, which was unique to this interstellar era, his every move would have resembled that of an ancient person meeting an emperor.
Just as the shadow guard was about to jump out of the window, Hughes' voice suddenly rang out from behind, "Go back and receive your punishment."
"yes!"
The shadow guard knelt on one knee and agreed, his expression unchanged.
Everyone knew the Crown Prince's temper, but no one disrespected him, and even the Elders' Council was wary of him.
The shadow guards had left, leaving Hughes alone in the room once again.
His slender fingers tapped slowly on the silver screen of his desk.
The silver screen on the desk displayed the surveillance footage from inside the room. The dishes on the dining table were untouched, and the little girl sat there obediently. If it weren't for the table full of food in front of her, she would have looked more like a well-behaved student waiting for the teacher to come and start class.
Just then, the well-behaved student frowned, clutching her rumbling stomach. As if she could no longer bear it, she slumped weakly onto the table.
A soft, crisp voice came from the screen: "Hughes is a pervert."
abnormal?
At the same time, Mu Xiang's worried voice came through, "Why don't you start eating yourself, Your Excellency?"
Xia Qian shook her head.
Who knows if he'll take the opportunity to make things difficult for her after she eats alone?
Hughes is a pervert.
However, her stomach didn't give her any face and started growling the next second. Xia Qian got up from the table, clutching her empty stomach, which hurt from hunger. "Go check on him. If he doesn't come over, tell him I'm going to eat."
Mu Xiang immediately ran over.
As soon as Mu Xiang opened the door to the inner room, she was caught off guard and met a pair of deep blue eyes.
"Master—" Mu Xiang quickly lowered her head.
The boy stood against the light, his gaze passing over the wood fragrance and landing directly on the girl lying on the table. She had her eyes closed, seemingly asleep or lost in thought, completely unaware of the commotion around her.
She didn't spare him any attention.
It wasn't like this before.
"Master, Miss Xia Qian is hungry."
"Let her go hungry."
He didn't listen to a word she said.
Hughes looked away and indifferently ordered, "Go and prepare water for me."
"Does Master wish to take a bath?"
"Um."
Mu Xiang said, "I'll go prepare it right away."
She took a step and was about to head towards the bathroom, but Hughes suddenly turned his gaze to her, as if he had something to give her.
However, after waiting for a while, the other party still did not speak. Just then, she suddenly realized and said, "Should I go and urge Miss Xia Qian to finish her meal?"
"……Um."
Now he's so honest he's timid as a mouse.
They didn't even dare to eat.
Mu Xiang slowly closed the door to the inner room. As she turned around, she was about to urge Xia Qian to eat when she suddenly noticed that Xia Qian had already climbed up from the table and carefully put a piece of chocolate pastry into her mouth.
The baker who made this pastry must be a sugar addict. When you take a bite, you don't taste any bitterness from the chocolate at all; instead, you taste the cloying sweetness of the added sugar.
It was so sweet that Xia Qian almost spat it out. Just then, a very aggressive gaze suddenly fell on Xia Qian's back.
Xia Qian froze for a moment, and before she could react, she swallowed the sweet little pastry.
Why is Hughes always like this!
Xia Qian was timid and didn't dare to show her emotions on her face. She cautiously muttered to herself, "Always likes to scare people from behind..."
At the same time, the deputy commander's voice suddenly came into our ears, "Brother, his cultivation level is higher than mine. What if he finds out we're doing this?"
Xia Qian was taken aback.
This is a spiritual transmission!
She had heard it when Hughes summoned the dragon last time, but she hadn't paid much attention to it then. However, she heard it again now.
Originally, spiritual transmission was used to summon divine beasts using one's own spiritual power. However, a powerful being later came up with the idea of combining mental and spiritual power. Spiritual transmission gradually evolved into something that people with supernatural abilities used to tell secrets. But it had a drawback.
If another superhuman with even greater abilities is within five meters of you while you are speaking, they will receive the entire conversation transmitted through spiritual energy.
This is an era where the strong reign supreme.
But she overheard the mercenary leader and her younger brother exchanging telepathic messages, and she—
"Miss Xia Qian!"
Mu Xiang's voice suddenly fell, interrupting Xia Qian's thoughts. She saw Mu Xiang testing the temperature of each dish with her hands, and thankfully, they weren't cold.
Mu Xiang withdrew her hand and said, "Master wants you to eat first, don't wait for him. He's going to take a bath!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Mu Xiang couldn't help but change it, removing the word "bathing" and saying in her own words, "Master takes a bath at this time every day. You eat first, and I'll go prepare the water for him."
After saying that, Mu Xiang hurriedly took her leave and departed.
Suddenly, Xia Qian was the only one left in the inner room.
And then there was that extremely aggressive gaze from behind.
Xia Qian was still holding half a chocolate pastry in her hand, and with such a dangerous gaze staring at her from behind, even the most delicious food in front of her would be hard for anyone to swallow.
No wonder.
The two of them dared to come at this time.
She took advantage of Hughes' departure, leaving only a nobody like her in the room, to come and spy.
As expected, a slightly older male voice rang out, accompanied by a chuckle that seemed to indicate he was pleased with his findings. "I told you, I've investigated thoroughly," he said.
This must be the mercenary group leader.
This operation should involve only the two of them.
The next second, the group leader reprimanded him with dissatisfaction, "What are you afraid of? Our distance is safe."
"The bathroom is far from the inner room of this suite, so Hughes won't be able to hear it."
But I heard you!
Xia Qian remained expressionless and chose to eat a bite of meat to calm her nerves.
The deputy commander said worriedly, "But what if he discovers you using your mental energy to explore his house like this?"
That extremely aggressive gaze belonged to the regimental commander!
The deputy commander seemed to be hesitating, and did not release his mental energy for a long time.
"Inside the room, there was only a little slave who warmed Hughes's bed and was eating."
The captain paused, his tone full of disdain, "I had no idea you were afraid of more than just Hughes; you were even afraid of the thing that warms Hughes's bed!"
Who is this person?!
Xia Qian's face flushed red with anger. She held the steak knife in her hand, wanting nothing more than to stab him.
nausea.
How can your mouth be so dirty?
On the surface, he pretended to be more of a gentleman than anyone else.
That's absolutely disgusting!
If she knew where they were hiding and spying on her, she would definitely tell them to get lost!
The thought only flashed through her mind for a moment, but suddenly a white light appeared in her mind. Xia Qian couldn't describe what the scene was like. As a good child from the 21st century who believed in science since childhood, she couldn't describe that scene.
The white light in her mind grew stronger and stronger until it covered the entire space, so bright that Xia Qian suddenly felt like she couldn't open her eyes.
She closed her eyes, her body unsure how to react, and then, one second, two seconds...
The hands of time ticked away, but nothing happened.
Xia Qian opened her eyes and found that everything was still the same. She could still hear the voices of the deputy commander and the others, but she didn't listen carefully because she could see them.
It was as if she were under surveillance; the footage was projected into her mind.
They were standing outside.
There was a wall separating us.
She could see them and hear them, but the two men seemed unable to notice her.
"..."
There was still a large piece of steak left on the plate, so Xia Qian decided to eat the whole thing to calm herself down.
She seems to have discovered something incredibly important!
This is a very important event!
This body has superpowers, it definitely has superpowers!
Moreover, their spiritual power and mental strength are above those of the leader and vice-leader.
But how could that be?
The original owner was clearly just a slave, at most a slightly prettier slave.
Why does her body possess such powerful potential?
It was never mentioned in the book that the original owner of this body was just an ordinary person without any superpowers until her death.
wrong!
Was it that the original owner of this body did not have any special abilities, or that the original owner had never used any special abilities?
These two are worlds apart.
The brothers who led the mercenary group, although defeated by Hughes, were the strongest superhumans in this desert, and not just anyone could surpass them.
The strength of one's spiritual power and mental strength determines one's innate talent for supernatural abilities.
This body can hear the brothers' spiritual transmissions and can see their location through mental power. With such powerful potential, it's impossible for it to be a slave.
Even a slave, according to the unified laws of the United Kingdom, would be conscripted into the army and forced to serve the country, regardless of gender.
Moreover, if you do well, you may very well be able to escape slavery.
However, slaves were all descendants of ordinary people, and children with special abilities were extremely rare, practically zero. Whenever a child with special abilities appeared, the military would promptly discover them, adopt them, and train them to serve as soldiers.
With such powerful abilities, why did the original owner of this body end up as a virgin in a brothel?
If children can't make decisions, can't the adults in the military make wise decisions?
Is it possible to lose a highly promising young soldier who could potentially create great value in exchange for a fledgling who might become a famous courtesan? Is it worth it?
If it were possible, the United Kingdom and the Church of Light wouldn't have to spend huge sums of money every year frantically searching for and training children with special abilities.
Based on this alone, Xia Qian didn't think those higher-ups would agree.
Unless, someone deliberately prevented them from knowing about the original body's existence.
If we follow this line of thought, then the original owner of this body was very likely not a slave at the beginning.
She was very likely enslaved.
What about the brothel where the original owner grew up?
As the mysteries gradually connected, revealing possible answers, Xia Qian felt a chill run down her spine. She didn't want to think of things as particularly terrible.
But now she only has these two possibilities in front of her.
Xia Qian didn't believe in coincidences, but when all the answers connected, what else could there be?
They've already reduced them to slavery, why not be even harsher?
What if the military discovers this one day and he manages to turn things around?
If you're going to suppress them, then suppress them thoroughly, so they can never recover.
Xia Qian suddenly couldn't remember how the original owner of this body had entered the brothel. Was it because she had nowhere else to turn? Was she adopted by the women there? Or... was she forced into it?
Xia Qian tried hard to remember, but no matter how hard she tried, her mind was blank. It was as if she had seen it but forgotten it, or as if it had never been mentioned in the book.
And no matter what, the die is cast.
Xia Qian's upbringing is marked by the fact that she grew up in a brothel, a stain she can never shake off, even though she never actually worked for anyone.
The only way to escape slavery is to serve the country and achieve something!
Xia Qian could not possibly join the army!
Even if she discovered her great potential, she would not be able to become a soldier, because no military would want her.
It's too late.
No military would want to be ridiculed for being so short-handed that it has to resort to hiring a prostitute from a brothel to serve as a soldier.
No military was willing to do it.
Just then, some images suddenly appeared in Xia Qian's mind. They were like long-sealed memories, suddenly emerging from a dusty corner. A girl's voice came angrily, "I was kidnapped!"
Xia Qian was startled; it was her voice.
It was also the voice of the original owner of this body.
She seemed to be arguing with someone, her voice filled with barely suppressed anger, "How many times have I told you, I was kidnapped and sold into this place!"
As soon as she finished speaking, those old memories in her mind seemed to finally come to life, and began to clearly emerge in Xia Qian's mind, allowing her to finally see them clearly.
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