Han Te's face was red, and he had a great sense of helplessness.
"Let me out, Jade, please."
Princess A Xia turned to the liquid metal shell of the artificial intelligence. "After all, your purpose is to rebuild Jade. Even without me, you can still go to the Pangu Universe to ask for help and achieve your purpose. So, let me out. We will part ways and face our own destinies!"
On the surface of Jade's liquid metal shell, ripples of thoughts were spreading out.
"No!"
Han Te was anxious and shouted rudely, "Jade, I have the highest control authority. I am the future captain of Jade. I won't let her go!"
"Why?"
Princess A Xia clenched her fists, her face full of anger. "Why are you stopping me?"
"Because I don't want to see you die for nothing."
Han Te said anxiously, "It's for your own good!"
"I'm not going to die for nothing. I'm going to wake up my sisters and fight side by side with them to kill the evil demon king, defend my home, protect my compatriots, and fulfill my duty and destiny as the princess of the Eagle Kingdom!"
Princess A Xia's voice grew louder and louder. An invisible aura surrounded her, filling her with a brilliance that Han Te could not look at directly.
"I already told you, you won't succeed!" Han Zhouli said fiercely.
"How do you know that I won't succeed if I haven't tried?"
Princess A Xia said, "Just a few days ago, I didn't believe that I had the courage to face the Demonic Halberd Pig and raised my saber high. However, under the guidance and encouragement of my best sister, Theresa, I succeeded. I looked into the ferocious eyes of the Demonic Halberd Pig and shattered the fear deep in my heart. I slashed the saber at the Demonic Halberd Pig and killed the demon beast that only appeared in nightmares with Theresa. Can you imagine the excitement and sense of accomplishment in my heart at that moment? It was like — like finding the meaning of life again!
"If Theresa and I could create miracles at that time, why can't we do it now?"
"Well …"
Han Te was rendered speechless again. After a long daze, he said, "Then why can't we wait for a while, train ourselves slowly, and make a comeback when the time is right?"
"When will the time be right? When can we find the Pangu Universe? Even if we do find it, when will the people of the Pangu Universe finish upgrading their fleet and send troops to help the Emerald Continent? "
Princess A Xia threw out a series of questions and then pointed at the miserable situation outside the transparent bulkhead. "My sisters are being tortured by the demons. I know the taste of this torture very well. I can't watch them suffer. I can't bear it for even one minute or one second.
"Not to mention, even if the Pangu Universe sends out an expeditionary force, it will take at least a few years or decades. By then, my sisters will have died with their eyes wide open. Countless innocent people on the Emerald Continent, including the people of the Eagle Kingdom that I swore to protect, may have fallen into the hands of Blackjack. He has already used his evil tentacles to devour all the girls on the Emerald Continent. He has leveled up to an unimaginable level. Are you sure that the expeditionary force of the Pangu Universe can really destroy the fully leveled up Blackjack, the Lord Devourer?"
"Well, I, anyway —"
Han Te was so anxious that he blurted out, "No matter what you say, I won't let you go out to die!"
Princess A Xia's eyes narrowed and then turned cold, piercing Han Te's heart like two icicles.
Great disappointment lingered on her face.
"If that's the case, Mr. Han Te, what's the difference between you and Blackjack? What's the difference between going with you and going back to Blackjack? "
Princess A Xia said gloomily, "You and Blackjack don't admit that girls like us have the right to choose our own destiny. You just treat us like dolls, puppets, or multi-functional pets. You are heroes, saviors, devils, and saviors of the world. You are the protagonists of this magnificent adventure, and we girls are just insignificant vassals who can only dance along the path that you set. As long as we deviate from the path and 'lose control', you will drag us back by hook or by crook. If this is your true face, then you are just a fully weakened version of Blackjack, and I have no reason to go with you."
"What do you mean by 'fully weakened'? I'm very strong!"
Greatly humiliated, Han Te couldn't help but yell, "The most important difference between Blackjack and me is that I want to help you, but he wants to hurt you!"
"If you really want to help me, then let me face my own destiny and the battle that the princess of the Eagle Kingdom should have faced a long time ago," Princess A Xia said.
"I, I can't do that …"
Han Te pulled his hair painfully. "Think again, Sister A Xia, think again."
"Don't call me 'sister.' Only Theresa can call me 'sister.' You can call me 'Princess A Xia' or 'Miss A Xia,'" Princess A Xia said coldly.
Han Te froze for a moment. "I'm Theresa!"
"No, you're not."
Princess A Xia said, "Theresa taught me to raise my saber, but you asked me to give up resistance. Theresa told me that girls could be independent and be the dominator of their own destiny, but you asked me to abandon my sisters and watch them die without doing anything. Instead, I fled to a strange foreign land with you and put my fate in your hands and be judged by your mercy. Theresa awakened me as a woman. No, it doesn't matter whether I'm a man or a woman. Theresa awakened my dignity and pride as a human being and made me realize the meaning of life again. My pride has been lost for a long time since my ancestors, First Mate Quake, betrayed me and fled to this continent. I've finally found it, but you want me to extinguish the most brilliant fire of soul again?
"No, Mr. Han Te, you're not Theresa. You're not the Theresa that I know, that I trust, and that I deeply admire and like.
"Perhaps my Theresa was already dead the moment you regained your true face. But it doesn't matter. As long as I've lived a real and passionate life, what's so scary about death?
"In any case, I still have to thank you. Thank you for bringing me Theresa, a good friend, and for letting me see the real light through her eyes. If I had never seen the light, I would have been able to endure the darkness. If I had never really lived, perhaps I would have been able to live a 'happy life' as Black Jack or your puppet, dressed up by you as the obedient and beautiful 'princess' in fairy tales, living a 'happy life' as a zombie.
"Unfortunately, I can't do that now.
"Theresa has great expectations for me and believes that I can create miracles. I don't want to disappoint her, nor do I want to disappoint the unquenchable pride in my heart.
"Whether you agree with me or not, I've made up my mind to face my destiny as the princess of the Kingdom of Eagles or as a real human being. Nobody can stop me from fighting my destiny. Not you, not Black Jack."
The princess of the Kingdom of Eagles clenched her saber again and strode toward Han Te.
Her eyes were as sharp as those of an eagle's, making Han Te's heart tremble.
"Get out of my way."
The princess of the Kingdom of Eagles ordered calmly and determinedly.
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