"You should know very well that the most important thing right now is to drive you away—or rather, make you the savior of this world, save this world, or even the entire universe."
What the Empress said gave Fang Yu a headache. These words were truly headache-inducing, but he had to admit that they did have some merit. Still, Fang Yu had absolutely no interest in this right now. How could he possibly do such a thing? He was not an idiot.
"I think Your Majesty the Empress has had her head caught in a door. I've already made myself very clear—I can't possibly agree to this. If I did, how serious would the consequences be? I think you understand that perfectly well. You only want to find a sufficiently powerful tool or machine that you can use. You have no other intentions toward me. You don't sincerely want me to become your savior, either. That's impossible. I understand what you're thinking, and I understand what you mean. I understand all of it, so I can't possibly agree. Stop wasting your effort and scheming. If I agreed to this, wouldn't I just be letting you use me? Don't feed me those honeyed words. They're utterly useless and meaningless to me. I've heard that kind of nonsense countless times before. No matter how much you say or how nicely you put it, I absolutely won't agree—unless my head gets caught in a door, and split in half at that. If I still agreed under those circumstances, would you think I was especially easy to fool?"
Fang Yu's words made the Empress laugh. This was the first time Fang Yu had seen her smile.
"You should know that I have no such intentions. That is merely an excuse you are using because