An Audience

"In your spacetime, you were the Thirteenth Prince?" Mi E Qi asked.

"Yes." The Thirteenth Prince looked at him, then at the other woman. "Let me sort this out. You envy me, this woman envies you, and I envy both of you."

The two wore looks of astonishment.

He was clearly braver than they were. His life should have held no regrets. He had even successfully saved the Ai Er he loved and avoided the tragedy. Why would he envy them? "Want to know why my thirty-year-old self was rated SSS? Yes, do you remember when I was twenty-seven, when I was drugged and Ai Er committed suicide?" He smiled.

The two looked at him, their entire bodies trembling. "You made a different choice and saved Ai Er?"

The Thirteenth Prince smiled. "The drug was taking effect then, but I was stronger and braver than you. While that brute wasn't paying attention, I grabbed the hammer beside me and smashed him with it. He rolled around on the floor."

"At the time, Ai Er was at a loss and wanted to come over and hold me, but I pushed her away." The Thirteenth Prince grinned and looked at the two of them. "Then I looked at that man, and that burly brute stared back at me in utter terror."

The two seemed to realize something at once.

"Yes, I had more guts than you." His smile was savage.

Naturally, they knew they liked women. They also knew that what this Thirteenth Prince had done was madness taken to the extreme. Even they trembled at the thought.

This version of himself was simply too ruthless, too brave.

He had made the choice they had lacked the nerve and courage to make back then.

At the same time, they knew that if