Why must the devil be Defeated?
Chapter 407 - 400 ’If you don’t get married soon, there might be trouble.

Chapter 407: 400 ’If you don’t get married soon, there might be trouble.

"Thump!"

The sound of porcelain crashing onto the floor reverberated with unusual clarity, disrupting the refined and beautiful atmosphere in the Princess’ bedroom.

But Liya, the instigator of the commotion, had already completely dismissed such trifles.

"Married?"

Liya was utterly dumbfounded.

"Cough...!?"

Not just Liya, even Shanai, who stood silently behind Liya, widened her eyes in surprise, coughing out saliva inadvertently, the image of her impeccably chaste knight shattered in an instant.

Both were thoroughly stupefied, staring blankly at Luoqi’s earnest face, unable to respond for quite some time.

Luoqi thought perhaps she hadn’t made herself clear enough, so she repeated it.

"I want to get married."

Her words, stark and real, truly baffled Liya and Shanai.

"Sister Liya?"

Seeing that Liya couldn’t react but just stared blankly, Luoqi furrowed her brows and called out to her, seemingly intending to say something.

"Wait a minute!" Liya didn’t give Luoqi a chance to speak further, raised her hand to interrupt Luoqi’s words, and said, "Let me catch my breath."

Liya then pressed against her temples, massaging them several times as if she doubted she might be experiencing mental fatigue, perhaps that was why she had misunderstood. She closed her eyes and took several deep breaths.

Then, as if feeling somewhat better, Liya opened her eyes, tried to gather her spirit, and looked intently at Luoqi.

"You said, what do you want to do?"

Liya stared straight at Luoqi, as if hoping that everything she had just heard was an illusion.

Unfortunately, Luoqi ruthlessly shattered this hope.

"I want to get married," Luoqi murmured, seemingly unaware of Liya’s distress, and said sorrowfully, "What do you think I should do?"

No, no, no, isn’t the one who should be asking what to do me...!?

Liya wanted to shout just that.

Nor was Liya the only one; Shanai too looked dizzy, somewhat dazed.

But what could they do?

What had they heard?

Luoqi wanted to get married?

The Kingdom Treasure wished to wed?

This... this isn’t good at all, is it...!?

"Look here, Luoqi," Liya said, trying to be composed, "Can you tell me why you suddenly... want to get married?"

Firstly, they had to get to the bottom of this matter.

Otherwise, there would be no progress.

Even Shanai couldn’t help but add a word.

"Princess, haven’t you always been uninterested in marriage?" Shanai said, bewildered, "Whether it was the nobles from our own kingdom, royal family members from foreign countries, or even important figures from other races, haven’t you always outright refused any marriage proposals in the past?"

Although Luoqi was only seventeen and very young, in this world, one is considered grown up at the age of fifteen.

Having reached adulthood, one can marry.

Couples marrying at fifteen or sixteen were not uncommon in this world.

As for the royal family and nobility, engagements could be arranged before adulthood, or even before birth.

Especially for Princesses, whose betrothals were often arranged at birth to forge political alliances, the examples were too numerous to count.

Like Liya, she already had an engagement, but had no interest in her so-called betrothed. Even though she was eighteen and had been of age for three years, she hadn’t married her betrothed, instead delaying it as long as she could, causing her family to receive complaints from the other party.

Luoqi was different; despite countless suitors, enough to form a line from the Human Realm all the way to the Divine World or the Demon Realm, her engagement was never finalized.

That was to be expected.

After all, Luoqi at birth, with her magic power, alarmed the Divine World, prompting the Goddess of Fate from among the Three Great Goddesses to descend and bestow her blessings.

Such a person, from the very start, was the hope of the royal family and the kingdom, who valued her potential and future immensely.

Under these circumstances, not knowing the extent of Luoqi’s potential value, the royal family and the kingdom naturally did not wish to finalize her engagement lightly.

Who knew if the suitor was worthy of Luoqi?

Who knew if it was an unworthy match?

Who knew if the suitor had ulterior motives?

And who knew whether the kingdom would become bound or restricted by this marriage in the future?

Therefore, without certainty of what Luoqi would achieve in the future, and not knowing whether she would ascend the throne to become queen of the Mitra Kingdom, the kingdom did not dare to formalize any engagement.

As Luoqi’s talent increasingly unfolded, becoming more and more astonishing, and eventually even the Holy Sword acknowledged her, the Divine Race even reached out to recruit her as a resident of the Divine World. Luoqi’s status became more exalted, and while suitors continued to increase, the kingdom grew even more reluctant to arrange a betrothal for her, fearing to upset both Luoqi and the Divine Race.

Moreover, Luoqi had always been perfect, never showing closeness to any man, and even refused all suitors without hesitation, which is why this Princess’ engagement hadn’t been settled until now.

Liya also knew that with Luoqi’s current influence in the kingdom, as long as she was unwilling, no one could go against her wishes and propose marriage. Therefore, more than once, she felt envious and thought that perhaps her overly excellent sister would never fancy any man and would never become someone else’s wife or get married.

It was for this reason that when Liya found out about the secret, close relationship between Luoqi and Shane, she was so surprised and curious.

That is to say, Liya had never imagined that she would ever hear the words "I want to get married" from the mouth of her overly excellent sister.

Who would have thought, today, Luoqi gave her a surprise, or rather, a huge shock.

Liya had no idea that Luoqi had her own unspeakable sorrows.

"I’m already completely taken by someone; how could I not get married?"

Luoqi really wanted to shout this in her heart.

Of course, that was just one of the reasons.

In the past, Luoqi didn’t accept marriage proposals, not because she looked down on anyone, but because she knew she wasn’t as perfect as others imagined. She didn’t want to have to play the role of the perfect princess in front of her lifelong partner, which is why she didn’t want to accept any marriage proposals or get close to any member of the opposite sex.

It wasn’t until she met Shane, someone who knew and understood her, with whom she playfully interacted day by day, that she developed some special feelings and abandoned some of her previous resolve.

In other words, the kingdom’s foremost beauty of the Human Race wasn’t really that difficult to handle.

On the contrary, Luoqi was unexpectedly easy to win over.

Because she had never revealed her true self, Luoqi was very lonely.

Because she never dared to expose her true self, Luoqi was very lonely.

As Nien said, this is a very lonely, very solitary Princess.

For such a Princess, once someone breaks into her true world, sees her true self, and continues to interact without reservation, becoming her only confidant, it’s too easy to win favor with the Princess.

Otherwise, if she were really that difficult to win over, how could Luoqi give her "True Seal" to Shane?

At that time, they had just started to show a hint of ambiguity in their relationship; before that, they had been nothing more than companions, secrets keepers who understood each other.

It wasn’t until that kiss in front of the Beizut Family residence that Shane and Luoqi’s relationship made a breakthrough.

Yet with just that small breakthrough, Luoqi entrusted her "True Seal" without hesitation.

Was it because Luoqi was deeply in love with Shane?

No.

Although Shane was special to Luoqi, nothing particularly life-threatening or intimate had happened between them to forge a deep connection.

Shane felt the same; he hadn’t initially planned to do anything with Luoqi. Later on when he made a move, rather than saying it was out of deep love for Luoqi, wasn’t he more tempted by her beauty and body? (Righteously)

But sometimes, it’s not always about passionate love that brings two people together, but the warmth and joy in the daily interactions that can be enough.

Shane and Luoqi were just like that.

Both possessed the Holy Sword and were titled as Heroes.

Therefore, with similar abilities, shared interests, a little secret known only to each other, mutual understanding, and harmonious interactions, even the slightest breakthrough in their relationship can lead to everything happening naturally.

After that kiss, Shane truly began to see Luoqi as a charming member of the opposite sex, and under the impulsive thoughts of a foolish man, he of course took all the advantages he could.

If he didn’t seize this opportunity, it would not be an issue of bravery, but rather a question of his masculinity.

Anyway, he would take responsibility, offer genuine affection, and pay the price for his actions, avoiding being a scoundrel was sufficient; the dramatic love seen in television shows is not always necessary in reality.

As for feelings, Shane would say, they can just ’get on the bus first and buy the ticket later.’

Luoqi probably thought the same way, which is why she entrusted her "True Seal" to him after their breakthrough. Maybe she realized she might not meet someone like this again and decisively gave it away, right?

Clearly, Luoqi was also aware that she needed to change.

Otherwise, her life would probably continue to be dry and tasteless, lonely and solitary.

So, she decided to be with Shane and after tasting the fruits of romance, she completely fell for it.

It can be said that now Shane and Luoqi definitely had feelings for each other, and these were much stronger than when Luoqi entrusted her "True Seal" to him or when Shane took her for his own.

This is also a form of love, it’s just that everyone assumed Luoqi wasn’t that type.

Now, Luoqi was genuinely looking forward to her life with Shane after marriage.

By then, she no longer needed to be a princess, no longer had to stay in the royal palace, no longer had to do those boring tasks, could completely let go, no longer needing to pretend.

Such a life, Luoqi truly laughed in her sleep just thinking about it.

However, Luoqi also knew that now was not the time to talk about marriage.

Mainly because of Shane, he was worried he would be torn apart by the citizens of the Mitra Kingdom.

Luoqi also worried that her sudden marriage would impact the kingdom and the Royal Family, so she initially hadn’t planned to rush into marriage.

But now...

"I always have this premonition."

Luoqi muttered unconsciously.

"If we don’t get married soon, there will be trouble."

Lately, Luoqi couldn’t shake the feeling her man might be taken from her, and if she didn’t properly defend her position as his main lady, she might lose her place in the future.

But to Liya, these words meant something else entirely.

"Could it be an inspiration of the Blessing?"

Liya’s expression changed.