novelraw Chapter 107
Chapter 107
107~ Strange Switch~
Reality is cruel, cruel enough to inadvertently break a bird's wings, preventing it from ever soaring high again...
Fortunately, currently her wings hadn't been broken. She was just trapped inside a cage, still with the possibility of flying toward the sky.
"Fei..."
"Mm? What's wrong? If Mo has any questions, just say them directly."
The Empress said to her with a beaming smile.
"I have some new ideas recently."
"Oh? What ideas? Feel free to speak."
The Empress had an appearance of great interest.
She wanted to know what the little Princess's so-called new ideas were.
"Mm..."
The little Princess's eyes rolled in a circle:
"I'll tell you after some time passes."
At least she had to wait until the Empress returned to normal before speaking. Just now she was too hasty and actually said it directly...
However, the Empress whose interest had been piqued clearly didn't plan to let her go. She picked her up, placed her in her lap, and kneaded her little cheeks.
"If Mo has something to say, say it quickly. Otherwise, if I get impatient, I'll have to pry it out of Mo's mouth myself."
"Then can I bring that person to this time point?"
"No."
The Empress instantly changed her expression.
"That can't be done. When I brought Mo over, I was consuming magic power every single moment. Does Mo think that after I brought Mo over, nothing happened?"
The little Princess fell silent. To be honest, at first she really did think that way.
"I brought you over, and until just now when we came back, I'd already consumed more than half my magic power. If I brought someone over, it would similarly require consuming this much magic power."
The reason traveling between two time layers required magic power was because the passage had to maintain an open state the entire time, maintaining a certain connection with the original world. Otherwise, one would become lost here.
This passage had always only been a one-way passage. It was just that she used magic power to forcibly prevent the passage from closing on its own. This was the reason magic power needed to be consumed during this process.
For people from another time layer to come over, they also had to maintain a connection with the original world. If interrupted, they would be rejected. After all, they fundamentally weren't people from this time.
They were the same...
The consequence of being rejected by time was being locked in time's little black room, forever trapped at time's starting point or endpoint.
"So there's not even a single bit of a solution?"
"No, unless you can destroy the time rules."
This was an impossible thing. Even legendary gods absolutely couldn't do it. At most, they could achieve large-scale application of time rules. They absolutely couldn't destroy time rules.
Time was one of the world's fundamental sources. Without time, everything would become meaningless. It wasn't gods who created the world, but the world that created gods. Gods couldn't possibly destroy their own creator.
"Alright then..."
The little Princess gave up on this idea...
Of course, this idea wasn't what she originally wanted to say. She temporarily found one to deal with the Empress.
Without that annoying contract, the Empress couldn't read her mind anymore. Really great!
"Then does Mo have any other questions she wants to ask?"
"None."
The little Princess shrank her head.
Even if she wanted to ask, she at least had to wait until the Empress recovered to a normal state before speaking. Asking now would be no different from stepping on a landmine. After all, what she wanted to talk about concerned her own freedom...
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On the other side, Maid Ling had been standing in the distance watching the interaction between the two.
As expected, just as Xiyan said, Her Majesty the Empress had reached that state again. However, this time it looked fine. She shouldn't hurt Princess Mo like last time again, right?
If Her Majesty the Empress hurt Princess Mo once more, the already shattered relationship between the two would probably have absolutely no possibility left.
As an outsider, even she understood. The little Princess was completely choosing to continue staying by the Empress's side solely for Glaze Nation's sake. The relationship tying the two together was mainly because Glaze Nation and the Scarlet Phoenix Nation were already grasshoppers tied to the same rope. Leaving the Scarlet Phoenix Nation would immediately result in the Eighteen Alliance Nations dispatching troops to attack.
"Ling."
As if she'd known all along that Ling was over here, the Empress casually called out.
"Please give your orders, Your Majesty."
Hearing the Empress's call, she immediately appeared before her.
"Make lunch."
Coming out from another time layer, it was already lunchtime. It was time to eat.
After toying with the little Princess for a while, the Empress suddenly felt this was rather boring. So she went further and placed the little Princess on her lap in a prone position. One hand kneaded her cheeks while the other hand rubbed and pinched her small white-stockinged feet.
She didn't know if it was because the Empress constantly used Purification Magic on her, but although she had an innate immune system deficiency, ever since coming to the Scarlet Phoenix Nation until now, she still hadn't suffered from any illness.
Thinking this way, there was still slightly that tiny bit of benefit. But this bit of benefit was exchanged at the cost of freedom. It fundamentally wasn't proportional.
"Hmm hmm~ hmm~..."
Humming a little tune while toying with the little Princess, sometimes rubbing her feet, sometimes rubbing her face. Not even finding it dirty...
In any case, she who now had a slight germaphobia couldn't quite accept it. She knew the Empress often used Purification Magic on her, keeping her entire body clean. But psychologically she still couldn't quite accept it.
Those were feet. Used for walking. Usually always encased in stockings and shoes. Even when sweating, they'd only be washed when bathing at night... This resulted in some people's feet being smelly. This included her father king's feet...
In any case, she truly couldn't appreciate this foot fetish thing. But the Empress just particularly liked playing with her little feet. She didn't know what was so fun about it...
After being rubbed for a while, the Empress placed all her attention on her feet. Both hands pressed on her soles and pressed down with a bit of force.
"Mm ah~..."
The little Princess hurriedly covered her mouth. How could she make that kind of misleading sound?
But just now that moment seemed to have taken away all the strength from her entire body. Her soles were also inexplicably sensitive. Clearly when the Empress was pinching just now, there wasn't any feeling?
"Found it~"
"Ah?"
Found what?
The little Princess was slightly puzzled, but quickly reacted. What the Empress meant by finding it probably referred to finding the sensitive spot on her feet!
Damn!
After realizing this point, the little Princess was once again deprived of strength. Her entire person went limp in the Empress's embrace.
Clearly she hadn't explored inside her body. Why would it still become this appearance...
She didn't understand. Why would anyone have a sensitive spot on their feet? And this person just happened to be her!
The sensitive zone on both sides of her waist was already tormenting enough. Now inexplicably another sensitive spot appeared on her feet...
Maid Ling on the side made lunch, silently watching the two interact.
Mm... it seemed this time Her Majesty the Empress shouldn't hurt Princess Mo again, right?