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Chapter 592 You Have to Tell Me the Truth

Six o'clock in the morning.

Before dawn, Yu Xia was awakened by the urge to urinate.

Still half-asleep, she vaguely tried to get out of bed to go to the bathroom.

Just as he propped himself up, a strong arm reached out from behind and pulled him back.

Yu Xia was pulled into a warm embrace.

"It's still early, I'll sleep a little longer."

She didn't react for a moment, and after a few seconds of stunned silence, she turned to look at the person behind her.

Metis's face came into her view.

Yu Xia was stunned for a few seconds. "What are you doing here?"

Metis closed his eyes, his voice slightly hoarse, "How did I get here? This is my territory, my bed, what do you say?"

He pulled her closer to him, rested his chin on her shoulder, and affectionately nuzzled her face.

Yu Xia vaguely recalled the memories of last night, but she didn't have time to think about them carefully because there was something more urgent to do.

"Don't hold me so tightly." Yu Xia tried to pry Metis's hands off, but his hands were tightly wrapped around her waist and abdomen. The force he had just used almost made her hold her breath.

Metis seemed very sleepy, not even wanting to open his eyes. He didn't let her go, but instead pulled her closer to him, his voice thick with nasal tone, "Sweetie, sleep a little longer. Aren't you tired after tossing and turning all night?"

Yu Xia paused, what's all this fuss about? What do you mean, "one night"?
"I need to go to the toilet!" Yu Xia couldn't pry his hand off, so she kicked him backward.

Metis let out a low, ambiguous groan as she nudged him, "Don't move."

He pressed down on her legs, opened his eyes, and mischievously pressed his large hand against her stomach, saying, "You can do it here."

Yu Xia turned around and slapped him across the face.

Yu Xia woke up Metis from his drowsiness. She loosened her grip slightly and broke free from his grasp, jumping off the bed and running towards the bathroom in a few quick movements.

Metis smiled as he watched her hurried and flustered appearance.

Yu Xia finally finished releasing her pent-up emotions, and her memories of last night gradually became clearer.

After reviewing the memories, Yu Xia's heart began to race.

She did indeed spend the whole night with Metis, but this was a process where she used her mental power to connect with Metis, constantly absorbing and merging with him—the same way she used to connect with other Sentinels.

Has Metis discovered anything?
Yu Xia was a little uneasy, thinking that getting drunk really did lead to trouble. She had never shown such a strong mental connection with Bello and the others when she was with them.

Apart from the dreams I had those few days.

Yu Xia shook off the random thoughts in her mind, thinking that since the sea tribe had no guide, Metis should not have noticed anything unusual about her. Sea tribe members also exchange spiritual energy with each other, and besides, she was the highest royal family member, so it was normal for her spiritual energy to be stronger.

Yu Xia calmed herself down and went out of the bathroom, only to bump into Metis standing at the door.

Metis, his tall frame blocking the doorway, leaned against the doorframe and yawned, "Still want to sleep?"

Yu Xia raised her wrist to check the time on the terminal. It was still early, but she was no longer sleepy. She had absorbed a lot of Metis's spiritual energy last night, and now she was full of energy. Even if she wanted to sleep, she would go back to sleep instead of continuing to sleep in the same bed with Metis.

"I'm not going to sleep." Yu Xia crawled out from under his arm.

Metis stretched out his long arm, put his arm around Yu Xia's shoulder from behind, and pulled her into his embrace. "Where are we going?"

Yu Xia's back was pressed against his bare, muscular chest, completely enveloped by his body, as if she were nestled in his embrace.

She keenly sensed that Metis was unusually close to her, though she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

She only knew that compared to before, Metis's close touches were more about teasing her, mixed with an animal's wariness and curious exploration of unfamiliar things.

Yu Xia wondered if it was because she had linked to him.

From this perspective, it seems that the sea people are not much different from other sentinels?

However, Yu Xia still dared not let her guard down; her identity could not be exposed until the matter in the contaminated area was resolved.

“I’m going back.” Yu Xia elbowed Metis. “I’ve already connected you.”

Metis held her tightly, clinging to her like a puppy. "You do this to Celius too?"

Yu Xia: "What's like this too?"

Metis: "He slept with me and then ran away."

Yu Xia was speechless for a moment, then gave him an elbow strike, "What nonsense are you talking about? I never slept with you."

Metis chuckled in her ear, buried his face in her neck, and took a deep sniff. "You can sleep with me now."

Yu Xia pushed his face away, "Are you out of your mind?"

Metis retorted, "You should be thinking about whether Celius will die. I will definitely defeat him and take the throne."

After saying that, he sniffed her neck again as if addicted, "It's strange, after we became mentally linked, why does your pheromone smell different than before? It smells so good."

Yu Xia gave a vague answer to get away with it, but she had a bad feeling about it.

She had no idea that after linking with the sea people, they could smell her original pheromones.

No, she needs to go back and replenish her pheromone scent.

Thinking this, she pushed away the sticky Metis, condensed a circle of water blades around herself as a warning, and finally managed to leave his room.

Metis didn't want to provoke her, so he decided to let things slide. He leaned lazily against the doorway, watching the prickly little princess leave.

After a while, Metis touched the spot on his chest where he had been wounded the night before. The wound, which had once penetrated deep into his lungs, had healed completely, and even the scar was no longer visible.

The royal family has the ability to recover, but it comes with severe side effects. Farrell will not hold back when he hits him; every move is aimed at killing him. It will take at least two or three days for such an injury to fully recover.

But after Boti and he established a mental link, his wounds visibly healed. Even when he was in the sea, with the power of the ocean, he wouldn't have recovered so quickly.

Most importantly, the side effects of self-healing are almost nonexistent.

He usually has to stay in the water, otherwise the side effects will make him extremely agitated, let alone be able to sleep comfortably like last night.

Her power blessing seems even stronger than Selius's, and her bloodline power is also exceptionally strong, a rarity among royalty in recent years.

But what puzzled Metis was that this little princess's spiritual power was somewhat different from that of their sea tribe.
This was the first time he had ever experienced such spiritual power. Could this be the feeling of a deep spiritual connection?
It seems she understood that Serius wouldn't live much longer, so she assumed he would be the next king of the sea creatures.

Metis ran a hand through his hair, a smile unconsciously creeping onto his lips, feeling quite pleased with himself.

"Boss, what are you grinning about?"

Several orca sentinels gathered around Metis, watching Princess Potty's figure disappear from their sight, and said, "Boss, are you just going to let the princess go like that?"

Metis: "What's the rush? They're not going to run away."

The orca sentries exchanged glances and huddled together, asking him, "Boss, how's it going?"

Metis: "What do you mean, how?"

"That's right. Hehe."

After listening to their words, Metis glanced at them sideways: "Can't you feel it? Her blessing of power hasn't reached you?"

One of the orca sentinels said, "I felt the blessing of power, but boss, how did the princess bestow the blessing upon you?"

Metis thought of how clingy the little princess had been last night, and the fire in her heart burned up again. She...she used to act like that with Celius too?
Tsk, Serius is really lucky.

It's alright, he'll be sitting on the throne soon. Metis took a deep breath; the lingering scent of the little princess's pheromones in the air was truly tantalizing.

Seeing their leader's blissful expression, the orca sentinels guessed what had happened.

As expected, the princess only gave the leader a normal mental link.

"Boss, you're not good enough."

"roll!"

Yu Xia saw Silver Fang waiting at the base gate from afar.

Even from this distance, she could feel the chill emanating from him.

Metis is right, their powers should be switched.

Yu Xia didn't know how long Yin Ya had been waiting, so she quickened her pace and walked towards him.

Silver Tooth leaned against a decorative object by the door, arms crossed and eyes closed as if resting.

As Yu Xia approached, she saw that he was covered in a layer of water mist, his hair was soaked and clung to his face, with tiny water droplets hanging from his hair and dripping down from time to time.

The outpost is humid, but not so humid that it would soak everyone in no time.

How long has Silver Fang been waiting?!
Yu Xia stopped in her tracks, suddenly feeling a little hesitant to approach him.

I always feel like Silver Teeth could shoot knives out the moment she opens her eyes.

Just as she hesitated, Silver Teeth's voice came, "What are you standing there for? Still reluctant to leave?"

Silver Fang turned to look at Yu Xia, only to see that his expression was indifferent, no different from usual.

Yu Xia paused for a moment, then walked up to him. "How long have you been waiting here? Actually, you didn't need to come pick me up. I know the way back."

Silver Fang: "Really? I thought you wouldn't recognize me."

Yu Xia: "." Why does he seem a bit sarcastic?

Seeing that Silver Teeth was standing still, she said, "Aren't you leaving?"

Silver Teeth turned to the side, tilting his head slightly to look at her. "Don't you know the way?"

"."

Yu Xia had no choice but to walk past him. After a few steps, she turned back to look at him and said, "Let's go."

Silver Fang stared at her for a moment, then walked in the opposite direction. "Our base is over here."

Yu Xia: "."

She trotted up to Silver Teeth and grabbed his arm. "Metis was going to take me home, but I thought he was annoying and wouldn't let him come. I was thinking that if I didn't know the way, I could just find someone at the door to take me home. I didn't expect you to come and pick me up."

Silver Tooth moved aside, avoiding her hand.

Yu Xia could tell he wasn't happy, so she continued to hug his arm. She and Metis had merged their spiritual power overnight, and Metis's spiritual power was almost on par with Selius's. Her spiritual power had recovered quite well, and she was now willing to coax Silver Tooth.

Silver Fang dodged her hand again, his voice a little cold as he said, "Don't touch me."

Yu Xia felt a little embarrassed. She didn't let her coax her, nor did she force her. She opened her terminal to check unread messages.

Unexpectedly, Silver Fang said the next second, "I'm all wet."

Yu Xia was looking down at the messages sent by Floch and the others, and casually replied.

Silver Tooth looked at her, his lips pressed into a line. Seeing that she had nothing else to say, he assumed she was unhappy with what he had just said and said, "I'm really wet."

Yu Xia looked up from the terminal and said sincerely, "Thank you for waiting for me for so long."

"..." Silver Fang gripped her wrist tightly, pulling her into his arms. "Are you happy now?"

Yu Xia shivered from the cold air emanating from him. She was only wearing the coat that Metis had given her. The temperature at the outpost was low, but Silver Fang felt even colder.

She turned off the terminal, took Yin Ya's cold hand in her own, and warmed it for him.

"It's not like I won't go back, you don't need to wait for me like this."

Yu Xia wiped the water off his face with her sleeve. "I'm going to do something important. We're about to enter the contaminated area. We can't let Metis and the others go against us. Giving them power and blessing them will also benefit us."

Silver Tooth remained silent, listening to her rambling with his eyelashes slightly lowered.

"You don't need to be afraid of what he might do to me right now. After all, we sea creatures are still very united when we're out there."

When Silver Fang heard her mention "our sea tribe," her eyes flickered slightly, and she asked, "What about them?"

Yu Xia: "Who?"

She met his cold, scrutinizing eyes and immediately knew who he was asking about.

"They are two junior guides who studied in the Holy City for a period of time."

Silver Fang stopped and looked down at her, saying, "Princess, there are some things you need to tell me the truth."

Yu Xia thought to herself, "To be honest, can Sang Ye and Sang Tong still be kept?"
She glanced around; the outpost was shrouded in mist in the early morning, and there was hardly anyone to be seen at this hour. But she still unconsciously lowered her voice and spoke through her teeth:
“I told you and Bello about my identity; I didn’t lie to you.”

"You're not lying to us, but that's only part of the truth."

After Yin Ya finished speaking, she and Yu Xia stared at each other in silence.

After a moment, Yu Xia asked, "How much do you want to hear?"

Silver Fang gazed into her eyes and said slowly, "I have overstepped my bounds. There are some things I shouldn't have asked, but since the king has entrusted the princess to me and Bello, we must do everything in our power to protect her."

He said solemnly and firmly, "No matter what the princess's other half of her blood is or what her original identity was, it is not that important to us. Our ultimate mission to protect the princess remains unchanged."

Yu Xia felt a surge of warmth in her heart after hearing his words. "I know, that's why I trust you. It's just that there are some things..."

“Anything is fine, none of it matters.” Silver Fang held her shoulders with both hands and faced her, saying, “You don’t have to tell me, I only want to ask you one thing now.”

Seeing the serious look in his eyes, Yu Xia nodded and said, "Ask me, and I will tell you the truth."

Silver Fang: "The identity you want to hide"

He paused, then changed his words, "The things you don't want to tell us, the things you want to keep from Farrell and Metis, if they find out, what do you think their reaction will be?"

Silver Fang silenced Yu Xia completely.

The fact that Silver Fang could ask these questions shows that he had already sensed something.

Seeing her fall silent, Silver Fang gently pinched her chin, making her look up at him. "Princess, tell me your truest feelings for them. I need to know what they will do so that I can deal with Bello in advance."

Yu Xia thought for a moment and said, "If they knew my true identity, I probably wouldn't even have a chance to enter the contaminated area alive. So, I have to be in a mental link with them, otherwise they will only become more suspicious of me."

Silver Fang stared at her face for a long time, his fingers gently stroking it, feeling the subtle differences in her features.

Even earlier, he had realized that the face he saw was not her real appearance.

Potty told them she was Ivy, and she did so casually, which suggests she wasn't worried about them finding out.

But at this moment, there was a deeper worry in her eyes.

What could be more frightening than letting them know that her other half is Golden Evie?
Yinya didn't dare to think about it too much.

He slowly exhaled and patted her head reassuringly, "I understand, Princess. Leave everything to us. Don't be afraid."