Chapter 395: Her Thoughts

The Lizard Servant recalled the rumors from the outside world—this Rabbit Clan Lady had numerous lovers. Moreover, now that she had advanced to SS-rank, neither the Valoran Empire nor the Deep Sea Empire would ever stand by and watch her enter into a marriage alliance with the Moon Rising Empire.

Delegations would surely be sent. What concerned him more was—

’Who exactly will be leading them?’

As for the Knight Alliance and the Divine Hall Alliance, he found them somewhat puzzling.

’Why would they care about this marriage too?’

The Lord Councilor had already come in person, which meant the others were also very close. The Extreme Ice Palace was about to become the center of public attention.

’Under these circumstances, Prince Canglan and the Lord Leader absolutely must not fight amongst themselves.’

The old man’s purpose in coming this time was to prevent a confrontation between the two. Standing tall in mid-air, Cang Lan merged countless golden sword shadows into a single, sharp longsword that hovered behind him.

"Perfect timing."

’Saves me the trouble of hunting them down one by one.’

This marriage alliance had already been announced to the entire world.

’The little rabbit can only belong to the Moon Rising Empire in the end.’

The old man was surprised.

In the past, the Crown Prince had never shown much interest in marriage. On the day he announced the alliance, the Imperial Family of the Imperial Capital was both shocked and delighted.

The esteemed Miss Rabbit had unexpectedly appeared at the Extreme Ice Palace.

When she was still just S-rank, the Moon Rising Empire had already taken notice of her potential and wanted her to marry into the Royal Family. It was just that at the time, the Crown Prince had found a random excuse to politely decline.

After all the twists and turns, the two of them had somehow become entangled.

’It seems some things truly are fated.’

The old man suddenly thought of the Paradise Leader.

He too had once publicly proposed to Ms. Zhi Zhi in front of so many people during the finals of the Hunting Season.

’This makes things difficult...’

Originally, for the Moon Rising Empire, it would have been an excellent outcome if the Paradise Leader and Miss Rabbit had ended up together.

The Moon Rising Empire had the fewest S-rank females among the Three Great Empires.

As long as this Miss Rabbit could be persuaded to stay, it didn’t matter which male from the Moon Rising Empire became her Beast Husband, as long as she agreed.

But now, the situation was far too complicated.

It was obvious that both Prince Canglan and the Lord Leader had an extremely strong desire to marry Ms. Zhi Zhi. The Lord Councilor could only do his best to prevent them from fighting.

’First, we must get through this immediate crisis.’

As for who would hold the position of First Beast Husband after Miss Rabbit stayed, that decision could be made later.

Actually...

There was something the Lord Councilor couldn’t bring himself to say right now.

Which was—

If Ms. Zhi Zhi liked them, both of them could be her Beast Husbands.

As for who would be first and who would be second, just let Ms. Zhi Zhi decide for herself.

The Lord of Paradise slowly retracted the white spider silk.

’To make the little rabbit stay by his side forever, he first had to take care of the trouble outside.’

On this point, he and Cang Lan had already reached a consensus.

The white spider silk covering the ice-crystal floor gradually vanished.

The Lord of Paradise looked toward the main hall.

The Rabbit Clan female, crouching on the floor, was watching him nervously, her eyes filled with worry. She was still clutching a single strand of silk, the only one he hadn’t retracted.

Yu Zhizhi was utterly shocked when she heard the old man’s words. She hadn’t expected them all to arrive so soon.

’Will Tang come?’

’There’s been no news of him so far.’

’The Duke... he probably won’t show up, will he?’

’And who would be coming from the Deep Sea Empire?’

’Maybe it will just be people from the delegations.’

’The Knight Alliance... Because of some things she’d heard from the Duke, Yu Zhizhi couldn’t help but think of Wild Dog.’

’As for the Divine Hall Alliance, could it be Zero?’

But no matter what, the fight before her had stopped, and Yu Zhizhi breathed a sigh of relief.

She couldn’t help but look at the Lord of Paradise.

Her gaze met his.

An unconscious smile appeared on Yu Zhizhi’s face.

But to Cang Lan, that smile was particularly jarring.

He abruptly raised his hand, and a powerful gust of wind slammed the doors of the long hall shut.

The old man jumped in fright.

"Your Highness, what are you..."

"It’s late. The Crown Princess Consort should be resting," Cang Lan said, his figure slowly descending to the ground.

The old man quickly added, "Yes, it is late. Your Highness and the Lord Leader should also get some rest. Just leave Ms. Zhi Zhi to me. I will make sure the servants take good care of her."

The current situation was that neither of them would give the other a chance to be alone with Miss Rabbit.

The Lord of Paradise didn’t hesitate; he turned and left.

Back in his chambers, a faint mockery appeared on his pale face.

"Louis..."

"Because of your indulgence yet again, we have once more missed the perfect opportunity."

If he had been the one controlling the body on the first day they arrived at the Extreme Ice Palace, he might have already taken the little rabbit back to the depths of Paradise.

He would have cut off all her contact with the outside world.

No one would have ever found her.

But Louis... he was always getting in the way.

Yu Zhizhi remained alone in the main hall.

Fortunately, the Little Octopus was there to keep her company.

The commotion outside gradually died down, and the old man had a servant bring a late-night snack.

Yu Zhizhi had no appetite.

The Little Octopus ate happily.

After everyone had left, it said, "If the delegation from the Deep Sea Empire really comes, why don’t we just go back with them?"

"It’s freezing here! I can’t go anywhere, and there’s nothing fun to do."

"We’d be better off back in the Deep Sea."

"We could even take the little rabbit back to the Beast God’s Homeland."

Yu Zhizhi looked as if she wanted to say something, but she hesitated.

She didn’t know how things would ultimately turn out.

The Little Octopus noticed her silence and couldn’t help but ask, "You don’t want to go back to the Deep Sea?"

"I want to go back to my own territory..." Yu Zhizhi murmured.

"Then why don’t you go?"

"There’s still a lot of paperwork that hasn’t been processed."

On the Beast World Planet, it was no easy feat for a female to possess her own territory.

"Well, when you have your territory, can I go there?" the Little Octopus asked curiously.

"Of course you can."

"Will your territory be by the sea?"

"It probably will be..."

"Will there be a lot of people?"

"Probably... not many."

Throughout the long night, Yu Zhizhi and the Little Octopus chatted idly.

It was perfectly silent outside.

No one came to disturb them.

Later, she changed into her rabbit Beast Form and fell asleep with the Little Octopus on the throne in the main hall.

She seemed to dream of many people, but she couldn’t remember a single one. It was like sinking to the cold seabed, where everything around her was shrouded in mist.

It wasn’t until she woke up that her rabbit eyes snapped open.

Only then did she realize that the reason she couldn’t breathe in her dream was that, in reality, the Little Octopus was squashing her.

Yu Zhizhi slowly wriggled her rabbit body out from under it.

She was still drowsy from just waking up and scratched her ears with her rabbit paws.

She leaped down from the high throne.

Yu Zhizhi returned to her human form. She walked to the doors of the main hall, and just as she was about to open them, she heard the system’s voice—

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