Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 800 - 501: Dangerous Person

Chapter 800: Chapter 501: Dangerous Person

As Xu Yuan finished speaking, he maintained a confident appearance on the surface, but deep down, he almost wanted to laugh at his own words.

For O’Reilly, showing weakness to the enemy, utilizing information asymmetry in a desperate situation to take him hostage was indeed a perfect plan.

However, the issue was,

this plan involved shooting the arrow before painting the target.

To execute it, the entire Prime Minister’s Mansion had to act as she anticipated.

The Prime Minister’s Mansion could not place too much importance on him.

The bodies controlled by the Oblivion Magic Ring must not be discovered.

The person interrogating her had to be Xu Yuan himself, and there couldn’t be any real powerhouses from the Prime Minister’s Mansion by his side.

With all these factors, any mistake in one element meant doom.

Thinking this, Xu Yuan glanced at the blood-stained side profile of the blonde woman beside him.

The firelight flickered dimly, O’Reilly’s eyes were downcast, her delicate, high-bridged nose framed by slightly trembling golden eyelashes.

Xu Yuan always believed in one principle.

Regardless of whether the ultimate goal was achieved, every successful plan in this world was a vast net, not a simple straight line.

When a plan to reach the endpoint consists only of a straight line, cutting any segment of it would mean the end of everything. However, if the plan were woven into a vast and complicated net, even if any strand were cut by an enemy, one could still proceed calmly along the net.

The plan Xu Yuan had just spoken of was merely an inconspicuous thread in O’Reilly’s extensive net of plans.

O’Reilly certainly had other contingencies, but Xu Yuan could not deduce them.

Information was too limited.

Regarding that empire that came from overseas, too much was unknown.

Yet, this did not affect the execution of his plan.

Before absolute power, even the most cunning strategies would disperse like bubbles upon contact.

As long as O’Reilly still harbored thoughts of escape, she was within a controllable range and could be utilized.

But unexpectedly,

O’Reilly glanced sideways with her azure blue eyes, shifted her body, and shook Xu Yuan’s hand off her shoulder, her voice cool and clear,

"What do you want to know?

"Internal power struggles of the Empire, external threats, or perhaps the situations in several overseas battlefields, or maybe the complicated cultivation system within the empire’s territory?"

With his hand hanging in mid-air, Xu Yuan looked at the woman slightly surprised, withdrew his hand, and touched his chin thoughtfully,

"Are you being so straightforward?"

O’Reilly took a few steps back to create distance, turning back with those clear, lake-blue eyes:

"The Empire has vast territories, but internal powers are quite complex. Above the court, it is divided between the Imperial Faction and the Ecclesiastical Party. My imperial family has been in strife with the Sacred Church for decades, while the local administrations are fragmented into numerous noble lands, large as an earl’s domain and small to a viscount’s domain."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan’s eyes flickered.

Although blonde, blue-eyed characters had appeared in some CG scenes in the "Cangyuan Chronicles," there had been no mention of this Xi’en Empire, unexpectedly set like a medieval world.

O’Reilly didn’t mind Xu Yuan and continued speaking on her own:

"As for external threats, that’s even simpler. The western part of the empire is spanned by a phantom demon mountain range, beyond which lies the realm of strange demons. To the northwest are lands occupied by the Ostviking people, and the perennially frozen Northern Frontier highlands are home to a group..."

"Bang."

Her words were cut off by the dull sound of a body colliding with a stone wall.

Xu Yuan teleported next to O’Reilly, grabbed her by the neck, and slammed her delicate and slender body heavily against the nearby prison wall.

"..."

Their eyes met for a moment.

He stared into her eyes, his expression somewhat cold,

"O’Reilly, what do you mean by this?"

Hanging in the air, the suffocating sensation of lacking oxygen slightly furrowed O’Reilly’s brows, but her lips curled into a hint of a smile, her voice hoarse from the throat compression,

"What’s... wrong... me?"

"Heh..."

Xu Yuan chuckled lightly, adding more strength to his grip without speaking.

What this woman was describing wasn’t the situation in the Xi’en Empire at all, but rather a disguised version of the Dayan Empire.

Their gazes remained silent.

With the increasing pressure of his hand, a soft "giggle" sound emerged in the silent prison, and as the sound continued, her dangling blonde hair tilted slightly, her neck seemingly about to break at any moment. However, O’Reilly’s eyes only carried a hint of jest, calmly watching the man’s eyes in front of her.

You, won’t, kill, me.

Silence spoke louder than words.

After a few moments of stillness, Xu Yuan suddenly released his grip.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough..."

A bout of uncomfortable coughing ensued, and O’Reilly slid down against the prison wall, her pale face revealing a morbid flush as she lifted her delicate eyelids toward the figure in sumptuous attire who had already turned away,

"You see, even if I told you, you wouldn’t believe me."

Xu Yuan took a deep breath, looked up at the cramped, pitch-black stone face above the cell:

"O’Reilly, it seems you really did trade for a lot of information about Great Yan from someone..."

"So, do you want to know who that person is?"

"You won’t tell the truth, and Great Yan doesn’t care about one traitorous insider, but I just wonder if the information he gave you..."

Re-seating himself, Xu Yuan crossed his legs, folded his arms across his chest, tilted his head, staring at the corner where the princess was, and chuckled lightly, "... included details about the Dayan punishment methods?"

O’Reilly raised her slender, tender fingers to tuck the messy golden hair behind her ear, unhurriedly uttering two words: