“Princess, you’re awake.”
Xiaguang calmly handed the book and the baby bottle to Zhu Qiu.
“Princess, it’s noon. Time for lunch.”
Zhu Qiu picked up the baby bottle and held it in her hands.
“Her Majesty the Queen asked me to give this book to the Princess. If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave.”
Xiaguang turned to leave.
“Wait!”
Zhu Qiu quickly called out to her.
“It’s already noon. Why didn’t Zhu Xiaxia come wake me up? Also, why didn’t she bring this book herself instead of having you do it? Is she trying to play another trick on me?”
After spending so many days with Zhu Xiaxia, Zhu Qiu’s vigilance had reached a very high level.
She was cautious about anything she found suspicious.
She felt like something was wrong with this book.
“Her Majesty went out early this morning. She instructed me not to disturb the Princess and to let the Princess sleep until she woke up naturally. After you woke up, I was to prepare a meal and finally give this book to the Princess.”
“Her Majesty also said that until she returns, I should listen to the Princess and try my best to fulfill the Princess’s requests, excluding extreme or self-harming ones.”
“So that was it.”
Zhu Xiaxia was out.
‘Wait? Zhu Xiaxia told Xiaguang to listen to me? Doesn’t that make my escape plan even easier to carry out?’
‘Great, this is just great! The timing and the circumstances are perfect!’
“Then let’s go!”
In her excitement, Zhu Qiu blurted out her internal thoughts, then immediately pretended nothing had happened.
“Ahem! I mean, Xiaguang, since Zhu Xiaxia said you should listen to me, you’ll do whatever I say, right?”
“Of course. Aside from things that might harm the Princess, anything else is fine.”
“Hehehe…”
Zhu Qiu turned away and snickered to herself.
Seeing her Princess’s foolish appearance, Xiaguang really regretted her words.
‘If I had known, I would have just made something up and left. Now that I’ve said all this, I’m not afraid of anything else, but I’m worried the Princess has some wicked idea in her head, and I’ll be the one cleaning up after her.’
Zhu Qiu turned back around, gave Xiaguang a smile, and waved her hand.
“Xiaguang, you should go first. I’m going to eat.”
“Yes, Princess.”
Xiaguang left quickly.
Fortunately, the Princess hadn’t asked her to do anything.
Zhu Qiu was already immersed in the joy of her impending successful escape.
‘Well, since I’m going to succeed… for now, I’ll eat.’
Holding her baby bottle, she looked around the room.
‘I’m leaving soon. What should I take back with me?’
‘Pillows, blankets?’
They were all pink and tender, which didn’t seem to fit her image as the Human Sword Saint.
‘Then… the bed?’
It was too big and hard to carry.
‘Huh?’
Zhu Qiu unintentionally caught sight of the book Xiaguang had delivered.
The book was very thick, with a plain black cover and a few words written in white Dragon Script.
She felt like there was something mysterious about this book.
She picked it up and flipped through a few pages, which were filled with dense Dragon Script.
For a Dragon Cub who took more than ten minutes just to use a dictionary, this was far too challenging.
‘Whatever. It’d be a waste not to take it. I can’t take the bed, blanket, or pillow, but I can certainly take a book, right? Besides, Xiaguang said Zhu Xiaxia gave it to me.’
‘I’ll also swipe Zhu Xiaxia’s dictionary. When I’m bored, I can study Dragon Script for fun.’
Zhu Qiu finished her milk and began packing.
At that moment, she realized a very serious problem.
She didn’t have anything to put her things in.
She couldn’t just carry them in her hands; that would be very inconvenient.
That’s right, she needed a sturdy bag.
However, there wasn’t one in her room, so she had to find Xiaguang.
“Xiaguang, do you have a bag?”
Zhu Qiu couldn’t find Xiaguang on the second floor, so she shouted toward the first floor.
Xiaguang had just laid down not long ago when she was helplessly called out by Zhu Qiu.
“Princess, do you need a bag?”
“Yes, do you have one?”
“I do.”
Xiaguang walked to a chest in the room.
‘Hmm? Why does it feel like something is missing from inside?’
Xiaguang was confused.
‘There isn’t anyone else in the Dragon Race Imperial Palace, so it must be my imagination.’
She pulled out a snakeskin bag and handed it to Zhu Qiu.
“Princess, here is the bag you wanted.”
“Thank you, Xiaguang!”
Zhu Qiu skipped back to her room with the snakeskin bag and began packing.
The dictionary, taken.
The book, taken.
Three maps, packed and taken.
She went to the bathroom.
Shower gel, taken.
Bath ball, taken.
Then she went to Zhu Xiaxia’s room.
Although it looked ordinary on the surface, since she hadn’t been there yesterday, Zhu Xiaxia might have hidden some good things — though the probability was small…
‘Oh well, I’m leaving anyway.’
‘I’ve been Zhu Xiaxia’s daughter for so many days, and it’s been a total loss. Today, I must search her room thoroughly and take as much as I can.’
‘I’ll let Zhu Xiaxia know that a Human Sword Saint isn’t someone who can just be someone else’s daughter!’
“Let’s get to work!”
After rummaging for a bit, Zhu Qiu indeed found something good.
She found a box in the closet.
When she pulled it out and opened it, it was full of candy.
Her eyes lit up instantly.
“Wow, wow, wow! I knew Zhu Xiaxia would hide good stuff. Now I’ve found it!”
Zhu Qiu stuffed the candy box into the snakeskin bag.
“It’s all mine now!”
After she was almost done packing, she dragged the bag to the main entrance of the Imperial Palace.
Finally, she went back to her room for one last look.
“I didn’t expect to leave so soon. I’m actually a little reluctant.”
“Of course, the things I’m reluctant to leave are the bed, blankets, and pillows — definitely not Zhu Xiaxia.”
Before leaving, Zhu Qiu saw her baby bottle on the bed and picked it up.
“Huh? This bottle…”
The baby bottle was rounded and had a large photo of Zhu Xiaxia’s head on it, but that wasn’t what Zhu Qiu was focused on.
‘What if I get hungry on the way?’
‘I’ll take the baby bottle with me and ask Xiaguang for a tub of milk powder.’
‘Genius!’
Zhu Qiu trotted back to the door of Xiaguang’s room.
“Xiaguang, do you know where the milk powder I usually drink is?”
The Princess was here to cause trouble again, but fortunately, she was only asking a question.
“It’s in the kitchen. Do you need me to prepare some milk for the Princess?”
“No need.”
Zhu Qiu hauled away all three tubs of Premium Dragon Hatchling Milk Powder from the kitchen and stuffed them into her snakeskin bag at the main entrance.
“Done! Ready to go!”
“Xiaguang!”
Zhu Qiu shouted.
Here she came again.
The Princess really had a lot going on.
“What is it, Princess?”
Xiaguang slowly walked out of her room.
“Xiaguang, I want to go down and take a look. Take me there quickly.”
“Go down?”
“That’s right, down into Dragon City. I heard it’s very beautiful, so I want to go see it.”
“No.”
Xiaguang immediately refused.
She wouldn’t dare do something like letting the Princess leave the Dragon Race Imperial Palace.
Although Zhu Xiaxia hadn’t specifically said that the Princess was forbidden from leaving, who knew if there would be any danger if she actually left?
It was better to stay safe in the Imperial Palace.
“Why?”