"Hahaha, then go see. Go see whether they have any meat to eat." Hearing the eldest princess's words, Beast said no more. The two of them understood the world on entirely different levels; there was no need to continue talking.
He had only said those things earlier because the eldest princess truly was naive. He hoped those words would let her see what the world was really like.
If she could accept the real world, truly cast off her status, and turn the ice in her hands against her own relatives, then she could still be saved.
Of course, Beast was the weaker one right now. He was in no position to save the eldest princess.
He merely hoped to make some people a little more clear-headed.
The eldest princess was already growing impatient.
In her eyes, Beast was a madman.
How could anyone go hungry under the power of Moral Law?
It was like the royal palace, where there was always something to eat at any time.
Even if others did not enjoy the palace's conditions, they could not possibly lack food of all kinds.
This understanding had been built up since childhood.
It was like drinking water from childhood and knowing that people needed water.
Now, someone was telling her that water was highly poisonous, that people outside lived forever because they did not drink water, and that she must not drink it either, even if she died of thirst.
She would only think the person saying such things was insane.
That was how the eldest princess saw things now. Beast was a madman.
None of his crazy words were worth trusting.
"So what should we do now? Do we really have no choice but to torture him?"
"Or should I just throw him into prison or kill