No health bar? You call this stunningly beautiful NPC sickly?

Upon hearing this question, Felice slowly raised his head, his bloodshot eyes revealing undisguised regret and pain.

"The royal messengers said that we were living in a cage without realizing it. They said that birds, once fed, no longer want to fly, but people... people should not be content with being fed."

"The princess herself promised that as long as we are willing to follow her, she will lead us to build... a kingdom that truly belongs to 'humans'." He couldn't continue.

Mu Zhixi listened quietly without interrupting.

These memories were all written into the knight's mind by her own hand. Now, listening to them has a unique flavor. As expected of her, she wrote them so well.

"So, you believed it," she stated calmly.

Felice closed his eyes in anguish.

Yuexi watched from the side, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

She originally thought she understood enough about the survival rules of the players in this world: profit above all else, and the survival of the fittest.

But today, she encountered a completely different existence.

The Holy Land…Lord…it was an order she couldn’t understand, yet inexplicably longed for.

Mu Zhixi stopped looking at the knight on the ground. She turned her head slightly, seemingly looking at the endless darkness outside the window.

"The twilight in the sanctuary shines brighter than the dawn in the gutter."

"As for you..." She paused, a barely audible sigh and reminiscence in her voice.

"Felice, do you know why I ordered a retreat in the first place?"

Felice shuddered, as if those words had pierced his deepest memories. His head, which had been lowered, slowly rose again.

"Your Majesty..."

Mu Zhixi did not wait for his reply.

She turned her head slightly, her gaze seemingly falling beyond the broken window of the library, or perhaps traversing through even more distant years, looking towards a long-forgotten dusk.

"Because the Lord doesn't care."

"I cannot promise the freedom your royal court speaks of, but I can promise the existence of order."

She looked down at the kneeling knight, a white feather gently brushing her shoulder, so sacred it seemed almost otherworldly.

"I promise you that you will have a place to go after you die, that the living will have someone to rely on, that children will not have to wander, and that the souls of the dead will not have to weep."

"I promise you that your swords will not be drawn for the selfish desires of some ambitious person; I promise that your sacrifices will be forever remembered on the holy monument of the Holy City, rather than being thrown into a dirty book of achievements as a number."

"The Lord does not care who sits on the throne, nor on which land the royal flag is planted, nor where the word 'freedom' is inscribed by the people."

Mu Zhixi's tone remained calm.

"He only cares whether order still exists."

After this long speech, the already silent environment of the library became even quieter.

The Lord doesn't care.

That aloof indifference, intertwined with her almost compassionate temperament, created an indescribable sense of awe.

She had compassion for all living beings.

But the throne, glory, and freedom that all living beings fight for are as insignificant as dust in her eyes.

"No one can promise you freedom."

She looked down at Felice, her gaze indifferent, like moonlight shining on a cold altar.

"Because freedom is never something bestowed upon us by anyone."

"If your body is made of free spirit, why bind your mind? The freedom promised to you by the royal court is nothing but a crown of other desires."

At this point, the trace of reminiscence in the beautiful woman's voice transformed into clear pain and exhaustion.

"I originally thought that backing down might bring peace... I didn't want to bring any more killing, but she lied to me again."

she?

Who is this "she"?

Felice's eyes widened suddenly: "You mean... Her Highness?"

Upon hearing this, Wen Gu and the others were simultaneously jolted.

Her Highness? A princess from the old royal court?

Could it be the person who turned the Holy Knights against the Holy Knights and instigated the war?

Mu Zhixi did not answer, but simply closed her eyes slightly and shook her head almost imperceptibly. The subtle movement seemed to have exhausted all her strength, revealing a deep-seated sorrow.

Everyone who saw this scene was heartbroken.

Who is she? Who is she?! Don't play riddles! I'm so anxious!

[Your Highness? Is the princess the supreme ruler of the old royal court? Judging from this, does the number one beauty know her?]

Wait, wait, isn't this a bit too much information? "She lied to me again"...again?! That means she lied to me before!

[Holy crap, that expression on the number one beauty's face... my heart is broken. She must have really been hurt, right?!]

【No, did you guys notice? She just said "she," not "Wang Ting." These two definitely have a personal relationship!】

[The sight of that beautiful woman so heartbroken made me cry! Who lied to my angel sister?! Step forward! I promise I won't kill you!]

"From her perspective, she's not wrong; I'm the one who's wrong." The beauty gently shook her head.

Mu Zhixi lowered her eyes, a faint trace of reminiscence in her voice, "The Lord once told me not to trust her anymore..."

"But..." The beauty's lips seemed to twitch, as if she wanted to laugh, but in the end only a pale curve remained.

"If we follow conventional bloodline beliefs, I am her biological older sister."

My older sister?

Boom—these words struck everyone's minds silently, like a thunderclap.

My older sister? Then the Miss Number One in front of me, isn't she...?

Wen Gu froze on the spot, the clues in his mind connecting frantically at that moment.

The old royal court, the Knights of the Final Judgment, betrayal, a princess, and a biological sister.

No wonder she knew the old royal court's methods, no wonder she knew how those knights were turned, no wonder she felt no anger when facing traitors, only a kind of weary pity.

The number one beauty is the older sister of the princess from the old royal court? What's going on? Is the princess also a player on the closed beta server?!