Miss Dragon, the BOSS, will not be captured.

After saying that, Logat closed the curtain, and Ye Qingxian still felt nauseous in the carriage.

Previously, she had zero pain levels and a harmonious mode enabled, making the entire game world wonderful for her.

But now, the hospital's special equipment forces her to experience a "real world" firsthand.

The carriage continued its bumpy journey, and Ye Qingxian, unable to contain her curiosity, recklessly lifted the curtain to peek outside.

The sight that came into view made her immediately cover her mouth, and the feeling of nausea intensified.

These bandits must be out of their minds to dare attack the kingdom's knights' caravan. Unfortunately, their weapons couldn't inflict any effective damage on the knights, and they couldn't even penetrate the armor of their warhorses.

Many of the bandits' corpses were mangled, and given their coarse linen clothes, one can only imagine what their fate would be when they faced the knights.

A sharp longsword can easily cleave through flesh, and a charging warhorse crashing into you is enough to trample you into mud.

Ye Qingxian forced herself to suppress the nausea and took a glass of water out of her backpack and gulped it down.

For her, the style of the whole world has changed, from casual games suitable for all ages to hardcore games that require a high level of mental fortitude.

"Huh...huh..."

Ye Qingxian tried to calm herself down, but at the same time she thought of her mother. When would her mother enter the game to find her?

She doesn't have much time left to live.

Next is Luo Huawu. I haven't received a reply since I sent her an email last night, and I don't know if she even saw it.

After the bandit attack, the journey was peaceful for the next period of time. Around noon, the caravan prepared to stop and rest as previously planned.

However, although the carriage stopped, no one lifted the curtain for a long time. Where was Logat?

It was very quiet outside the carriage; there was no sound of horses' hooves or wheels...

Logat had previously told her some precautions: unless the knights escorting her asked her to get off the train, she should stay inside the carriage.

But it should still be okay to lift the curtain and take a look, right?

Ye Qingxian opened the curtain a crack, and her eyes widened immediately. The coachman was gone, and the knights around her were gone too. Only a lonely carriage and she remained here.

Ow! ! !

The deafening roar was like a thunderclap, startling Ye Qingxian, who immediately shrank back into the carriage.

What happened?

At this moment, she hadn't realized what was happening and didn't know that the knights she had just thought were reliable had abandoned her.

Thump thump thump~

Suddenly, the sound of hurried running came from outside. It wasn't the sound of horses' hooves, but the sound of shoes hitting the ground.

call out!

Ye Qingxian felt everything go black before her eyes, and then she lost the ability to resist.

"Hey hey hey..."

A girl's mocking words reached his ears, "Didn't the intelligence say that this generation's princess is very strong? I thought she could put up a fight."

The voice sounded somewhat familiar, but Ye Qingxian, with her head covered by a sack, had no time to distinguish it.

Estia used the simplest and most brutal method: she rushed into the carriage where the princess was and put a sack directly over her head.

"Those knights who were guarding you were truly negligent; they ran away as soon as they sensed my presence."

She tied Ye Qingxian's hands behind her back with a rope, and then took down the sack.

"Wait, I am... umm!"

Upon seeing that the kidnapper was Esther, Ye Qingxian was about to explain when her mouth was gagged with cloth.

“I know what you’re trying to say. You are a noble princess, and kidnapping you will incur the wrath of the king.”

"Waaah!" (It's me! Don't you recognize me?!)

"Just wait patiently for your father to pay the ransom."

Estia heard the notification sound that her weekly mission was complete. The mission was to capture the princess. If she could capture the princess, she would complete the mission. If she was kind, she could release the princess on the spot.

However, instead of letting the princess go, wouldn't it be better to stay and ask for money?

So the sack was put over Ye Qingxian's head again, and because her mouth was gagged, Ye Qingxian was unable to speak.

Ye Qingxian was surprised that Esther was as face-blind as ever, even though they had met twice and spent a short time together.

"Waaaah!" (You've got the wrong person!)

"Shut up, behave yourself!"

slap~

The crisp sound and the pain in her buttocks made Ye Qingxian freeze.

Estia didn't use too much force; she didn't want to hurt the princess.

"Ugh...woo..."

Ye Qingxian wasn't a real princess, and she never expected to be treated like this.

Estya is really a bit wicked...

Ye Qingxian had always known the specific reasons, but given the reality, she had to admit it.

As a boss hostile to the human faction, it's perfectly reasonable for Estia to kidnap the daughter of the opposing faction's leader and humiliate her.

I knew this quest with a reward of 50,000 gold coins wouldn't be as simple as I imagined!

Ye Qingxian recalled the nursery rhyme that she heard children humming when she was at the town's post station.

Now it seems like a really bad omen!

If it weren't for the huge difference in strength, Ye Qingxian would definitely have repaid Asteria tenfold for what she had done to her.

"The feel of it is among the best of all the princesses in history," Esther concluded earnestly.

"???"

What kind of weird statistics are these? This guy must be crazy!

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I will inform your father to redeem you."

In war between two human kingdoms, there is a tradition of noble prisoners of war paying ransoms, let alone princesses.

Estia believed that the current King of Fania would be quite sensible.

Section 22, Episode 019: The Deep Tricks of NPCs

Cheers! This is our victory!

Inside the Fania Royal City tavern, a group of people are having a victory celebration.

This tavern is actually the headquarters of the Fania intelligence agency, and all these jubilant people are intelligence agents.

They successfully convinced the dragon of the fake princess's route, allowing the real princess to reach her destination safely.

Those present were all intelligence workers, and they all knew the terrifying intelligence-gathering capabilities of the Netherworld Dragon Abyss. This time, they successfully deceived the evil dragon, and His Majesty the King was very pleased, bestowing upon them a large reward.

Just as they were celebrating their victory, Esther also brought back the "princess" she had captured and imprisoned her in the dungeon.

Sitting on the familiar, cold ground, Ye Qingxian was utterly speechless. After being tossed and turned, she was dragged back again.

The burlap sack on her head was removed, the cloth in her mouth was taken out, and Estia stood in front of her.

"I remember the Fania royal family all have blonde hair, why is your hair black?"

"..."

Ye Qingxian had no interest in joking around with Esther; this girl was definitely making fun of her on purpose.

"I'm asking you a question."

"Have you forgotten who I am?!"

Ye Qingxian's slightly angry roar echoed throughout the entire dungeon.

Estia hadn't expected the princess to have such a volatile temper. She stared at Ye Qingxian for a while before finally recognizing her.

"So it's you? What's your name again?"

"My name is Ye Qingxian. Are you doing this on purpose, or do you really not remember me?"

"I don't remember."

"..."

Ye Qingxian's blood pressure rose. When she met Esther's gaze, she could only read one emotion in it—indifference.

Ye Qingxian, who suddenly understood what was going on, paused for a moment, then lowered her head and remained silent.

Estya probably didn't mean it. In Estya's eyes, Ye Qingxian, who was human, was as insignificant as roadside grass.

Her status was extremely unequal to that of Estia; one was an ordinary human, while the other was a powerful dragon who commanded a legion of magical beasts and became the Lord of the Netherworld, a force to be reckoned with.

In other words, it's quite normal for someone as "important" as Esther to not care about her and forget about her in the blink of an eye.

They've already met three times, so Esther shouldn't forget her this time, right?

"Ye Qingxian, are you the princess of the Kingdom of Fania?"

"How could that be?"

"That's true, I remember you were a player."

Estya squatted by the cage, carefully observing Ye Qingxian.

"Yes, I'm a player... wait, you're calling me a player?"

"what happened?"

"Shouldn't I be called an adventurer...?"

Ye Qingxian was very unsettled. She must have told Esther the term "player" before, which meant that Esther's memory had not been erased by the system after she left.

“Didn’t you say you came to this world through virtual reality equipment?” Esther retorted.