Lu Jinchen knew I was a System-enabled conquest player.
When I finally managed to escape the princess's residence, Lu Jinchen appeared before me, holding a child by the hand, with a large group of guards behind him.
His eyes were perfectly calm, and his voice was indifferent as he tried to deceive me:
"It's only a heart. You have a System, so you won't die. But Xiyu needs your heart to live."
"Be good and come back with me."
I had given up on going home, and the child I had risked death to give birth to looked at me with disgust and reproached me:
"Mother, Father said you can't go home anymore. You can only stay here with us. If you don't behave and keep trying to run away, I'll have the guards break your legs and lock you in the dungeon."
Even the System chimed in:
[Are they not the people you love most? How can you refuse to give them just one heart? Can you bear to see them suffer?]
I looked at the two of them, their faces almost identical. They seemed completely at ease, as though certain I would give in just as I had before.
I suddenly burst out laughing and slowly drew the sword from my robes:
"What makes you think I'd willingly sacrifice myself for someone else?"
