405: Chapter 405 Decisive Decision! The Great Demon King's Silent Farewell

The Fourth Princess stared at him in a daze.

Feeling the warmth on top of her head, the grievance and anger that had filled her heart suddenly vanished like the first snow of winter meeting the warm sun.

She was never one to hold a grudge; as long as this person wasn't deliberately toying with her, and as long as the companionship of this past month wasn't purely fake, it was easy for her to move past the hurdle in her heart.

"Then you..."

The Fourth Princess wiped the tears from her cheeks with the back of her hand, her voice still thick with a nasal tone, her large eyes full of concern:

"Is the villain you're chasing very powerful? Will you be in danger if you go to catch him?"

One second she was angry and shedding tears, yet the next, she had already begun to worry about his safety.

This unmasked innocence and kindness made Jiang You chuckle involuntarily.

"If he could beat me, he wouldn't have been chased by me all the way here."

Jiang You withdrew his hand, his gaze gradually becoming sharp: "That's why I can't drag you, my sweet and naive boss, into this. With your intelligence, you'd easily suffer a huge loss if you went to deal with him."

"You're the one who's sweet and naive!"

The Fourth Princess broke into a smile through her tears and gave him a coquettish glare.

Afterwards, she pulled a red gold token engraved with the Great Zhou royal totem from her sleeve and shoved it into Jiang You's hand.

"Take it! Seeing this token is the same as seeing me, the Princess!"

The Fourth Princess, eyes red, put her hands on her hips and threatened him with a fierce yet cute expression:

"Since you called me boss, then you are a person of my Princesss Mansion!"

"I, the Princess, order you: after you catch the villain, you must return to see me safe and sound!"

Inside the dim dungeon, the faint candlelight flickered unsteadily.

Jiang You leaned against the cold dark iron pillar, lowered his head, and quietly watched the young girl before him, who had red eyes and was forcing herself to put on a "I am very fierce" act.

In her fair palm lay the red gold token that symbolized the supreme power of the Great Zhou royal family.

Jiang You's gaze followed the token, slowly shifting upward, and finally landed in The Fourth Princess's eyes, which were pure and without a trace of impurity.

Clear, bright, and revealing an innocence untainted by the secular world.

In her mind, there seemed to be only simple joys and sorrows, only the kind of ignorant affection that only existed in storybooks.

If there were no accidents, this little princess, who was loved by thousands, would live out her life in this world, protected by her father, safe and worry-free.

However, Jiang You did not belong to this world.

This red gold token was light, but the emotional weight it carried behind it was too heavy.

So heavy that Jiang You didn't dare to reach out and take it.

Jiang You's lips curled into a faint arc, rarely showing a trace of gentleness.

He raised his hand and gently rubbed The Fourth Princess's head, but he did not reach out to take the red gold token.

"Rest assured, I am very powerful now."

Jiang You withdrew his hand, his tone calm and firm, "I didn't mean to deceive you before, it's just that when I first arrived, the laws of this world forcibly suppressed the Supernatural Ability within me."

"Before today, I really was just an ordinary person with a bit more strength."

"Supernatural Ability?"

The Fourth Princess was stunned for a moment, letting Jiang You rub her hair, a trace of curiosity flashing in her large eyes: "Is it what our Great Zhou martial arts world calls 'divine abilities'?"

"That's right."

Jiang You smiled and withdrew his hand, patiently explaining: "It is the divine abilities of your world. In our world, these extraordinary abilities obtained through awakening are collectively known as Supernatural Ability."

"Oh... I see."

The Fourth Princess nodded thoughtfully.

She lowered her head, her gaze falling on the red gold token that had not been taken.

The hand that had been held in mid-air stiffened imperceptibly.

Afterwards, her slender fingers tightened bit by bit, clutching the cold metal tightly in her palm, her knuckles turning pale from the force.

Like a child who had done something wrong, she awkwardly pulled her hand back and quietly hid it behind her back.

Her long eyelashes drooped, attempting to cover the flash of inferiority and sadness in her eyes, not wanting Jiang You to see her disappointment.

Jiang You stood opposite her; possessing the Eye of Tianshu, even without actively activating his Supernatural Ability, his insight far exceeded that of ordinary people.

The Fourth Princess's subtle movements and changes in expression naturally fell into his eyes without missing a single detail.

Deep within his profound eyes, a trace of imperceptible emotion flickered.

To be honest, human hearts are all made of flesh and blood.

Facing such a pure girl who was full of him in her heart and eyes, and even willing to fall out with the royal Imperial Guard to protect him, saying he wasn't moved at all would be pure bullshit.

But being moved is one thing.

Jiang You took a deep breath and shoved his hands tightly back into his pockets.

He did nothing and did not speak to comfort her.

Sometimes, if you don't cut things off when you should, you will suffer from the chaos later.

Not giving the other party any false hope, and knowing when to stop and be ruthless, might be the best protection for this girl.

The Fourth Princess kept her hands behind her back and remained silent for a moment.

She took a deep breath, and when she looked up again, she forced a smile on her face, asking in a low voice with a glimmer of persistent hope:

"Um..."

"If you catch the villain, will you... will you still come to say goodbye to me?"

As soon as this question came out, the air seemed to be filled with a sour and bitter taste.

Jiang You looked at her, the smile on his face gradually fading, turning into a calm, water-like indifference.

"Your Highness."

Jiang You's voice was without waves; that distant form of address was like an invisible iron wall standing between the two:

"After I catch the person, I might need to rush back. In that world that originally belonged to me, there are still many things I haven't finished."

This stiff remark was like a silent farewell.

Jiang You did not directly say "no," but the meaning in his words had already clearly drawn the line between the two of them.

This calm reply was like a cruel, silent farewell.

In fact, Jiang You was not a real block of wood.

At first, he really didn't notice the emotional changes in this girl, until some small things happened later that made him realize it in hindsight.

When he was coughing and pretending to be sick to stay in the mansion, this girl was so anxious she didn't even bother to put on her shoes, running to the Imperial Hospital to smash the door and grab medicine.

When they were sitting under the eaves watching the rain, she blushed, her eyes darting around, frantically hinting: "It doesn't matter if you can't find your way home; I, the Princess, am still very capable! You can just live here, no one will charge you rent, I will look after you, rest assured!"

And that time, she stood by the lotus pond with her hands behind her back, as proud as a little peacock:

"Jiang You, do you know how much my Imperial Father dotes on me? My husband can be chosen entirely at my discretion!"

"My Imperial Father said, as long as I like it, it's fine! Even if you want to be my husband, as long as I am willing, my Imperial Father can immediately betroth you to me! Impressive, right?"

Until the day before yesterday, when he was framed, leading to his identity being exposed, with the Imperial Guard's swords held to his neck.

It was also her who stood in front without hesitation, dragging him into this secret room like a mother lion protecting her cub.

Under the guise of "personally interrogating" him, she was actually using her status as a princess to protect him, not wanting him to be harmed by others.

All of this sounded like the tropes in those melodramatic romance novels.

But this girl, who had been pampered by the Emperor since she was a child, had truly lived like the daring and resolute heroine in a romance novel.

Jiang You didn't know when she started to like him.

But he was very clear that this relationship was destined to be a dead end with no results.