Seeing Chong Xiaoqian's frightened look, the slave girls all burst into laughter. They had learned from Green Ox that she was merely a child who had not been born long ago.
"Don't worry."
At that moment, an Angel Race girl stepped forward. "As long as you remember the virtues of a King—humility, compassion, justice, honor, sacrifice, courage, spirituality, honesty, and so on—then you will be a true King, beloved by all the people. Absolutely no one will drag you up to the guillotine and hang you there."
"O-okay."
Hearing this, Chong Xiaoqian felt much more at ease, though she still talked tough. "N-no, I'm not agreeing to study with you because I'm afraid you'll become a mob. It's because this King wishes to understand the lives of the common people. That's right, I'm traveling incognito to see how you commoners live and study."
She planted her hands on her hips.
The girls giggled, not exposing Chong Xiaoqian's guilty conscience.
"Alright, class begins."
Green Ox coughed and immediately began the lesson. As an ancient monster that had lived for who knew how many years, he was versed in everything from astronomy to geography, practically a living fossil.
Several hours later, class finally ended, and it was time to be dismissed.
"So that's how it is. These are all essential fields of knowledge for a King. It seems this King must study diligently. It is all preparation for inheriting the throne and ruling the nation in the future."
Chong Xiaoqian immediately felt that she had gained a great deal. Though she possessed inherited knowledge, it was only Black Hole Worm cultivation knowledge and some basic common sense. How could it compare to Green Ox's accumulation of knowledge over countless years?
"Hm? Where are you all going?"
Chong Xiaoqian soon noticed that after