Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After giving this matter some thought—although that Liu kid’s plans might seem ludicrous, they might actually work.
First of all, Sandora had come here for an exchange; that meant that she wasn’t purely just a foreign country’s princess but also an ordinary junior year student in high school. Whether she was here to experience life as a commoner or really here to learn, she had to lower her airs and come into contact with ordinary people daily. Under such conditions, a reverse Cinderella story could actually happen. Although the probability of such was very low, no normal male would be able to resist the allure of a real princess, right?
Cough, cough; I was in a more unique position and shouldn’t even be part of this group for consideration.
Qianqian and I looked about as we then realized that there were indeed many seemingly dandified and gentlemanly so-called talented and handsome young men about. All of them seemed to be talking to each other cordially on one hand and also subtly trying to compete with one another on the other hand. Needless to say, they were all here for the opportunity to soar into the skies. Even if they couldn’t successfully wed this princess, to be able to have a romantic relationship with a beautiful foreign princess was a worthwhile experience, right?
After looking about repeatedly, Qianqian and I suddenly felt that the pig-headed young master Liu’s luck was really bad. He had to find trouble with Sandora of all people and had been beaten into having a pig-like face now. Even ordinary girls would be revolted at the sight of him, much less Sandora, right?
However, be that as it may, even if this fellow had not been beaten till such; Sandora would not have spared him a glance.
When Sandora had let out word that she was going to go on an exchange to China, she had only said that she was going to join a school in District K. She did not specify which school in particular. This seemed to give the outside world a sign: the most prestigious school in District K was Cang Lan Private High School.
If a princess wanted to go on exchange in China, Cang Lan seemed to be the only viable option. As such, the princelings of Cang Lan had already established themselves as the future schoolmates of this princess and seemed to have already gained the upper hand amongst all those present here today.
“What a bunch of idiotic carbon-based beings.” Sandora’s voice suddenly rang out in my mind, dripping with contempt.
I said very innocently, “Sandora, you’re making fun of all of them at once…
“There is no point hanging around here,” I said. All around us were pretentious-looking elites as well as princelings prancing about like peacocks. This environment was rather unpalatable for me; how was Sandora going to last till the entire banquet was over? Speaking of which, when was she—the main star for tonight—going to finally make an appearance?
Just when I was getting confused as to why Sandora was still mingling about the crowd with seemingly no cares at all, a man with a deep voice said, “Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to take some of your precious time.”
I raised my head as a tall and burly strong man stood in the middle of the plaza, holding a microphone. I recognized this person as Carmen, a Positional Defense Heavily-Armed Infantry Soldier that I had rescued initially. From the looks of it, he didn’t seem like an ordinary soldier. By the fact that Sandora had allowed him to speak at this moment meant that he was at least a mid-ranked officer.
No wonder he could stand against the magic beast hordes with just forty-nine soldiers that day. A high-grade Xyrin Apostle had the ability to turn the entire battle in his favor.
Carmen had taken off his heavy-gold battle armor and wore a black tailcoat with well-ironed pants and an immaculate bowtie. Although he was dressed like a gentleman—with that tall and burly figure and his imposing expression, he looked like a special bodyguard disguised as a butler; it looked very awkward.
Seeing that everyone’s attention had been drawn to him, Carmen nodded satisfactorily as he said, “First, I am very honored to meet everyone at today’s banquet. Let me introduce myself. I am the emcee for tonight’s banquet and also Her Highness’ head of security. I will be spending the rest of the night with you all.
“I believe that everyone should be feeling a little perplexed—why have we not seen the main star of tonight’s gathering, our princess’ appearance? Allow me to divulge a little secret: Her Highness has actually already arrived! Furthermore, she is among you guys now!”
Once these words were uttered, everyone around suddenly started to whisper to one another to discuss this new development. Everyone started to look at the foreign young ladies about to see if anyone looked like a princess. Of course, some also looked over at Sandora. Unfortunately, this seemingly forever hungry wild-looking lass had already started a fresh battle with food; and her look of hunger had made many avert their gaze immediately.
Carmen waited for everyone to grow quiet steadily as he continued. “Of course, since Her Highness wishes to play a game with everyone, she definitely has a way to not let herself be easily discovered. From now till the next segment of tonight’s banquet, we have an hour.
“Within this time, Her Highness would not leave the city plaza and whether anyone could find her or not would be left up to everyone’s eyesight and luck. Naturally, even if the time is up and no one manages to find the princess—when the banquet heads into the next segment, she would reveal herself as well. However, I’m afraid that it wouldn’t be that fun then…”
I previously couldn’t tell that this soldier-looking Carmen actually was so eloquent; Sandora’s subordinates were indeed talented and concealed their abilities well.
Before Carmen’s words had finished, some impatient young people had walked up towards him and yelled, “Do we get a reward for finding the princess?”
Seeing a few nouveau riche lads acting abruptly, I shook my head silently. These kinds of imbeciles could only serve to pave the way for others.
In response to their words, Carmen only smiled a little and said, “What would you few gentlemen desire as a reward?”
Carmen’s reply was very tactful. Under this situation, would these youths really dare to ask for a reward?
These few youths staggered as they awkwardly retreated. Carmen smiled slightly as he raised his microphone and said, “The game will begin now. Everyone, open your eyes wide and find the princess around you!”
As his words ended, the young men who had been pretentiously cordial and warm to one another all cast off their masks as they started to search for the mysterious princess.
I looked at Sandora curiously; I did not expect her to have the time and interest to play such a boring game with humans.
Sandora noticed my glance as she smiled slightly and continued her battle with the cake in her hand. Qianqian coldly stuffed the small piece of pudding in her hand into my mouth as her lips curled, and she said, “For goodness’s sake. Even if there is a reason for it, could you two not look at each other so deeply like that in front of me?”
Quite a few foreign young girls were around. Some were actually living here and had come to join in the fun; others were actually Sandora’s followers. Of course, some of these were actually Xyrin Empire’s female soldiers. Now, all of them were being surrounded by countless princelings and gentlemen. Everyone had the same thinking: as long as she was a foreign girl, she could be the princess!
In front of me, a blond girl was being surrounded by a few youngsters. These people were annoying this girl very much. She finally couldn’t take it anymore as she exploded and said, “What’s wrong with you guys? Can’t I dye my hair blond?”
This sight could be witnessed in many places. This provided sufficient proof that dying one’s hair could cause harm.
Since every foreign girl or foreign-looking girl was being noticed, Sandora naturally was no exception. I stood next to her and within a few minutes, at least ten well-dressed gentlemen had come over to talk to her under the guise of wanting to engage in cultural exchange. Unfortunately, Sandora was eating so ravenously that every single gentleman had been scared away.
“My word, are you still not full?” Once Sandora had swallowed a whole plate of chocolate cake within ten seconds, I couldn’t help it but ask her via the spiritual connection.
Sandora’s voice rang out in my mind: “Do not judge my appetite from a carbon-based being’s standards.”
…It seemed like out of all the Xyrin Apostles I had encountered, only your appetite was this big, right?
“Right,” Sandora’s voice rang out in my mind, “your personal guards should be in this world as well, right? Why have I not seen them? Besides Pandora and that teacher Sivis, I have not seen others.”
“Erm… I actually don’t like causing trouble; I have asked the Commanders under my charge to do what they like to do.”
“Oh—” Sandora acknowledged. She knew that I didn’t like to cause trouble.
At this moment, from the corner of my eye, I saw someone that definitely did not belong here. A righteous and full of positive energy man dressed like the Matrix had appeared. He even had a black bag on his shoulder.
“Big Brother, you want a disk?” The uncle in black asked.
…The pirated disk seller had actually come here to sell his goods; I should say that this person was quite good at his job, right?!
“To do what they like to do…” Sandora sighed knowingly.
I was going to kill this fellow!