Princess: You Just Ran Off Like That?!

The Princess seemed to be expertly searching through the games, preparing to find a suitable two-player game to play with Mo Yi.

Mo Yi: "Uh (⊙o⊙)..."

The King's New Clothes, such a classic story, is naturally familiar to someone like Mo Yi, who has received more than ten years of education.

It's like this: a conman made a garment that only a smart person could see and presented it to the king. Because no one wanted to be seen as not smart, everyone, including the king, could see the new garment. In the end, a child saw through it.

"It's decided, let's play Contra."

After deciding which game to play, the Princess patted the spot next to her, looked at the computer screen, and explained, "This story seems to be mocking the king and others, but only children can see the truth of the world and dare to speak the truth—"

"But is that all? Can you imagine what would happen to the child who spoke the truth?!"

Mo Yi: "..."

Well, now that the Princess has said that, Mo Yi roughly understands. The whole world is full of fools, and only you are the smart one who pointed this out? Does that mean everyone has really been deceived?

That's obviously impossible. It's not that others don't want to say it, it's that they can't say it!

The child who spoke the truth, if unlucky, would be killed by the king who embarrassed him, and if lucky, he would be resented by the ordinary people around him who saw the new clothes, and he could forget about living a good life again.

True wisdom is never just about being clever; sometimes, playing dumb is the real form of wisdom.

The Princess meant that those present who could see through the truth were all capable demons or gods, women with real skills. Even if they exposed the truth about the Princess's fake persona, they wouldn't gain anything; instead, they would offend Eientei. Who would do something so foolish?!

As expected of Princess has lived for countless years, whose age is many times that of Mo Yi, she can easily see through the essence of things.

After realizing once again how clever the Princess was, Mo Yi decided to try to fool Princess less in the future. After all, she might pretend to be fooled most of the time, acting stupid while secretly laughing at his own poor acting skills.

"Since Your Princess has thought everything through, then I will say no more."

Then, Mo Yi sat down, took the game controller handed to him by the Princess, and started playing a modified version of Contra with her.

"ε=(?0?7ο`*)))Alas——"

Watching the cutscene after completing the entire game on the computer screen, the Her Highness the Princess leaned back on the tatami mat and muttered in a philosophical tone, "Every game is like a brand new journey, but even the most interesting journey will eventually come to an end. Even if you don't reach the end, there will always be a moment when you get tired of it."

"Every time I finish playing a game, I can't help but feel a sense of emptiness."

After sighing, the Princess turned to the side, propped her head up with her hand, and let her long black hair cascade down like a waterfall, filling the already small space between them. She said, "Mo Yi, do you ever feel this empty?"

As a sinner who is both eternal and fleeting, the Princess not only possesses the unattainable gift of immortality, but also has to endure the corresponding 'boredom'. It's not about pain or price, but simply the boredom that everyone experiences.

The unknown is the source of fun, but for the Princess, there is nothing new in the world for her to try, and that is her boredom.

Boredom can sometimes be a very unpleasant thing.

However, the Princess had long since come to terms with it. Otherwise, having lived for so long, she would have become all sorts of strange people, such as Snake Spirit, a pleasure-seeker, someone who considers himself a god and who is at odds with the world even though it hasn't offended him, and so on.

Ahem, of course, in some people's eyes, the Princess is actually quite strange. She's addicted to games and 2D, and in many people's eyes, she's just a weirdo. She's not an ordinary human being.

The Princess asked this question simply because she was feeling it; she was already used to this 'emptiness'. Usually, after sighing a couple of times, she would immediately do a somersault and find a new game to play.

Mo Yi: "..."

Having experienced the side effects of Heroic Moment several times, and knowing the terrifying power of 'Sage x Time', Mo Yi naturally understands the emptiness more deeply than most people—that profound emptiness that penetrates the soul.

After not understanding why the Princess suddenly changed her personality, Mo Yi put the game controller away and complained, "I think normal people my age have all felt that bottomless emptiness."

Her Highness the Princess: "..."

"Abnormal--"

I was trying to have a serious talk with you about life, and you started making inappropriate jokes?!

When a beautiful girl is alone with you, sharing her feelings and discussing her dreams, it's definitely a great opportunity to win her over. Mo Yi, do you even know how to win over a beautiful girl?

Mo Yi: "..."

Mo Yi had expected the Her Highness the Princess, known for her lewdness, to retaliate with a super-powerful attack, showing him the true power of a female racing goddess on Mount Akina. However, to his surprise, she transformed into a young girl, disdainfully calling Mo Yi a "pervert."

Is the Princess planning to play another trick on me?

Well, seeing the Princess puffing out her cheeks, turning her back to Mo Yi, and seemingly genuinely angry, Mo Yi had no choice but to take it seriously and start thinking about the Princess's past life issues.

"Of course, feelings of emptiness exist—"

Having lived two lives, Mo Yi, who is technically from the same generation as his aunt, has pondered many questions about life and has long had his own insights.

"For the past ten years, I have been pursuing power (playing games), giving up a lot of things and having almost no friends. How could I not have time to be bored?"

"I have to thank you, Princess, for keeping me company through so many nights. Otherwise, playing games alone would have been really lonely."

Her Highness the Princess: "..."

That's a pretty good answer. The Princess didn't have any problems; she just wanted to chat with you. Hearing that, you were naturally a little happy.

Just as she turned back to look at Mo Yi, she heard Mo Yi continue, "As long as you have hope and work hard to create, life will always get better and better—"

"Like me now, I have made more friends, and life has become more and more interesting, so the 'emptiness disease' is happening less and less."

"It's better for people to be busy—"

Her Highness the Princess: "..."

Damn it, can I swear?

Don't think I don't know who your so-called "more friends" include!

Is that your excuse for having too many wings?!

PS: Chapter 170, Kiana - Pufferfish Arc 1.25: When Mo Yi went out to the living room for breakfast, everyone had returned to normal, sitting there eating breakfast and chatting about girly topics as usual. Well, not entirely normal, at least Miss Pufferfish wasn't as lively as usual, giggling and teasing others or complaining about various things. Instead, she looked like a defeated beauty, slumped on the table, looking completely exhausted. Thinking about what happened that morning, Mo Yi couldn't help but secretly glance at Kiana a few more times, then noticed that her face was a little pale, and her head was unnaturally swollen. Although he suspected that what happened that morning was a joke, Mo Yi had to admit that Miss Pufferfish had successfully captured his attention. This was the first time in Mo Yi's two lifetimes that a girl had confessed her feelings to him. Men, even if they say no, they still care a lot. So, looking at Kiana, he asked, "Sirin, you look a little tired? Are you feeling unwell?"

Chapter 283: Princess: You just ran away like that?!

Mo Yi was no longer in the Princess's room at this time.

Even now, Mo Yi still doesn't know what he did that was that was so positive and grateful he said, or what he did to offend the Princess.

After hearing this, the other person immediately turned around, took out their phone, and started scrolling through posts about couples without saying a word.

Even when Mo Yi to strike up a conversation with her, the Princess would only respond with words like "humph," "uh," or "oh."