THIP Chapter 20 V2

Back at home, she looked at Si Yibing, who still seemed completely unaware of everything, and said,
“Do you know? That man just now said they wanted to sell you to a human experimentation lab—one that’s currently conducting gender conversion experiments for ABOs.”

“When I found you, you were covered in blood and injuries from head to toe. If I had been even a minute late and they had taken you, you might’ve been forcibly turned into an Omega by now.”

By the end, her voice trembled slightly. Back when she first read the story, she only felt pity and sympathy for Si Yibing, who had been sold to that lab and transformed. Because she knew that with her arrival in this world, she’d be able to save her.

But hearing it spoken out loud today by that Beta man, the fear surged up in her heart. Had she been too confident? Just because the first two missions went well, had she assumed this third one would go just as smoothly?

Some things—you never realize how cruel they can be until they almost happen.

The beautiful, delicate young woman now had tears in her eyes and a lingering sense of fear. Si Yibing reached out and gently ruffled her hair, then smiled with eyes curved like crescent moons.

“But… you saved me,” she said with a soft smile.

So, none of that ever happened.

It was the first time Si Yibing smiled. Her smile was like melting ice under moonlight, lighting up the darkness. Mu Liuyin was momentarily stunned by the sight.

A faint blush crept across her pale cheeks. She quickly turned away to go wash up, trying to hide the fact that she had just been mesmerized by that stunning face.

Once they had turned off the lights and were lying in bed, Mu Liuyin suddenly asked,
“Don’t you have anything you want to ask me?”

Si Yibing blinked and asked,
“Am I the person they’re looking for?”

Seeing how easily she could be convinced, Mu Liuyin confidently replied,
“That’s right. But you heard them—they’re bad people. So you must never go off with strangers, okay?”

Hearing her firm response, Si Yibing’s eyes sparkled. Her cool, detached voice gained a hint of excitement.
“Then I must be powerful.”

Mu Liuyin: “Hm?”

Si Yibing said seriously,
“If I’m that powerful, how could I not have any abilities?”

Mu Liuyin: “…”

She almost laughed. She never imagined Si Yibing would still be fixated on this issue.

Just as she was about to explain that the reason she couldn’t use her abilities was due to her spiritual sea being nearly dried out, she heard Si Yibing say:

“But even without powers, I’m still pretty amazing.”

Mu Liuyin: “…”

Forget it. She’d keep quiet.

Where did this girl get such confidence? She’d lost her memory, yet she still firmly believed she was a powerhouse. Then again, thinking about how she managed to beat those two Beta men even without powers, Mu Liuyin’s lips twitched. If she ever found out she did have powers, would she just shoot for the stars?

With that troubling thought, Mu Liuyin drifted into uneasy sleep.

Si Yibing, watching the sleeping youth beside her, quietly nudged her closer and gently wrapped an arm around her. She rested her chin lightly on Mu Liuyin’s soft hair and closed her eyes.

From what those two men had said, it was already pretty clear—she must be the Galactic Empire’s Princess Royal. And although nearly a week had passed since the battle on Hanhai Star, the headlines on the neural net still reported that the Empire’s Princess Royal had perished alongside the Insect Queen.

Si Yibing might seem a little dazed and innocent, but from the moment she woke up, she’d been quietly gathering information about the outside world. Even on this remote Dark Star, news about the Princess’s sacrifice spread rapidly.

Though space pirates had a strained relationship with the Empire, they still greatly respected someone who could take down the Insect Queen. After all, if even the Empire couldn’t resist the Zerg invasion, then the rest of humanity was just as doomed.

But what she didn’t understand was how she had ended up on the Dark Star—and even more disturbing, that someone knew she had survived and was trying to make her disappear completely.

Si Yibing’s gaze darkened slightly, but the faint, earthy scent of the youth beside her gradually calmed her mood.

At least, this boy who had saved her—and who demanded she repay him the moment she woke up—was genuinely good to her. Her eyes softened. Though her memories were gone, she never felt uneasy or afraid. Maybe she had, briefly, when she first woke up. But as long as this boy was by her side, she felt completely at ease.

She mentally erased the words “perished together” from those headlines and smiled sweetly to herself.

If I am the Princess who killed the Insect Queen, she thought, then I must be seriously badass.

Even without powers, I’m still amazing.