Shen Zhiyi agreed.
She happened to have something to say to Leo.
Leo gave Samus a smug look, then stood up. "Princess, please."
Samus's face darkened.
That lion must be plotting something.
He wanted to be alone with the princess?
What do you want to do?
Shen Zhiyi squeezed Samus's hand, "Go back to your palace and wait for me."
"I'll be back soon."
She let go of him, lifted her skirt, and left the auction hall with Leo.
Samus watched their retreating figures; they seemed remarkably well-matched.
He was alone in the crowd.
Thinking of what Leo said, that he didn't care how many beast husbands Shen Zhiyi had, her heart was filled with jealousy and sourness.
Why does he mind...?
I mind it a lot...
He wanted to be the princess's only one.
I want to have something unique and special with her.
I want her to only look at him, to only think about him...
Samus left the crowd dejectedly and wandered around the Ice Crystal City Palace.
He didn't want to go back to his palace first.
He would wait for her here... wait for her to return to the palace together...
A servant from Ice Crystal City delivered a pile of energy crystals to him.
"You must be Lord Samus?" He smiled subtly. "The colonel ordered these energy crystals to be brought to you."
He said he apologized to you, saying that these things were just right for your status.
"It's too high, I'm afraid you won't be able to absorb it."
His words carried a subtle hint of sarcasm.
Samus glanced down.
The items on the plate were all low-grade energy crystals.
It doesn't even qualify as Grade A.
His eyes suddenly turned cold.
The servant looked at Samus staring intently at the crystal as if he had never seen it before, and felt contempt for him.
An orc of the same rank A as him, who had no background and was not even as good as his servant.
He actually had the audacity to argue with the colonel.
They don't even know what kind of people they are.
He scoffed inwardly, unable to resist making a provocative remark: "Lord Samus, let me remind you, you'd better not wait here."
"The princess and the colonel had a very pleasant conversation, and she probably won't be returning to her palace today."
"If you keep loitering here, you'll become the laughingstock of the entire Ice Crystal City," he sneered.
Samus hung his head, his black hair dancing in the wind, covering his eyelashes and casting a shadow over his face.
Black energy swirled around him, gradually growing more powerful.
The servant was startled and took two steps back.
"you……"
"The princess and he were having a pleasant conversation?" Samus slowly raised his head, a cold smile appearing on his lips.
Is she not going back?
Was everything I just said a lie to him?
No……
Samus's vertical pupils gleamed with a dangerous, dark light.
He wanted to see her, to hear her say it herself, that she wanted to spend the night with Leo.
She told him herself that she didn't need him anymore...
Amidst swirling black mist, Samus strode into the hall.
"You can't go in!" the attendant said anxiously.
"Get out." He said coldly.
A wisp of black energy emanated from his body, condensing into a rope in the air that wrapped around the servant's neck.
Samus didn't even turn around to look at him.
The servant stared wide-eyed, clutching the ball of black energy tightly, his cheeks flushed red, a suffocating fear creeping up from his feet to the top of his head.
"No……"
He's just like him, only at grade A.
Why can't I break free...?
The servant watched as Samus walked away, but the black energy grew stronger and stronger.
His eyes were bloodshot.
With a final kick of its legs, it was completely lifeless.
Inner Temple.
Leo took out a set of incomparably luxurious purple diamonds and respectfully presented them to Shen Zhiyi.
“Princess, this is the highest grade gem in Ice Crystal City.”
"It contains immense energy, a treasure passed down through generations of the Astoria family. Now, it is all offered to the princess."
Shen Zhiyi looked at the set of gemstones, her fingertips brushing over them.
Its pure color is soft and deep, yet it reflects a mysterious and dazzling fire.
It is indeed a top-quality product.
"Is the colonel's gesture of goodwill at the behest of the Astoria family, or yours?" she asked calmly, withdrawing her hand.
Leo just wanted her to see his sincerity.
"That's what I meant!"
"Leo will always follow the princess, even if his family objects!"
Shen Zhiyi chuckled softly.
She raised her head, a calm smile on her beautiful face, but her words were firm and resonant.
"I, the princess, acknowledge that you are the most outstanding colonel the empire has ever produced."
“But there’s something you must understand,” she said, approaching step by step, her face bearing the authority of a ruler. “If one day I become close to you, it will be because I have seen the army behind you, and the Astoria family that you represent, standing firmly on my side without hesitation.”
"What I need is Colonel Leo, Leo who represents the Astoria family, not Leo who is infatuated with me."
Do you understand?
Shen Zhiyi stopped in her tracks.
Leo stared at her in shock, “Princess…”
He heard a cracking sound coming from his chest.
Shen Zhiyi closed the jewelry box and pushed it in front of him. "The Colonel's gems are beautiful. They should be given to someone more deserving of respect, someone who treats Leo as the only one they care about."
After she finished speaking, she didn't look at him again and walked away.
Leo clenched his fist, staring intently at her retreating figure.
Why……
He didn't understand why.
Is that black snake really that good?
Is it worth it for her to go to such lengths, rejecting an SS-level orc and the army and family behind him that could become her powerful allies?
What's so great about that damn snake!
His hatred for Samus deepened.
He had never hoped more than now that Shen Xiya's plan would succeed.
Samus... die!
*
As Shen Zhiyi walked out of the palace, she heard a scream coming from not far away.
"Help!"
"It's gone berserk! We must stop it!"
"I knew that exiled orcs were unstable. How could we let him live? He must be killed immediately!"
Shen Zhiyi paused, then suddenly turned around.
Orcs who were exiled?
She lifted her skirt and hurried over.
As soon as I arrived in the center of the square, I saw Samus locked in a glass cage!
He revealed his serpentine form, his eyes bloodshot, and he was roaring and writhing wildly!
It seems like he has been greatly stimulated.
"Samus!" Shen Zhiyi ran over, only to be grabbed by the arm by someone.
She staggered and turned her head, seeing Shen Xiya's anxious face.
And the fleeting glint of darkness in her eyes.
"Sister! You've come at the perfect time!" she exclaimed. "Samus has been traumatized and has completely turned into a beast!"
"For the safety of the people of the Empire, you must immediately shoot Semus with an ice feather arrow!"
The crowd, terrified, immediately began to shout loudly upon hearing this.
"Shoot Samus!"
"Shoot Samus!"
"Please, Your Highness, protect the Empire and shoot Samus!"
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