Volume 2 Chapter 185
185. This Is an Order
“Achoo!”
Xia Yi suddenly sneezed.
“Are you alright, Princess? You haven’t caught a cold, have you?” Lucia asked with concern.
“I’m fine. I just feel like someone… is talking about me.”
Xia Yi suspected this in her heart.
However, now wasn’t the time to consider this. There were more important matters at hand.
Xia Yi was discussing a very important matter with Lucia.
Previously, Lucia had carried out Xia Lulu’s orders and gone to the human world to conduct activities.
“Lucia, you’ve been to the human world before, right?”
“Yes, to be precise, I went to the human world to carry out the Queen’s orders.”
Lucia nodded.
“I also tried to interact with humans a bit. Humans are really too foolish, able to do stupid things that aren’t good for themselves… Sorry, Princess, now doesn’t seem to be the time to complain.”
Xia Yi could see that Lucia had many grievances against humans.
That made sense. After all, she’s a dragon and an especially powerful one at that.
For Lucia, it was like a human expert lowering their status to run into a pigsty and pretend to be a pig, rolling in the mud with the pigs… If not for Xia Lulu’s orders, she probably would have lost patience long ago and punched everyone to pieces.
“Princess, in asking this, could it be that you…?”
Lucia’s intuition was very accurate, deducing Xia Yi’s intention.
“Shh, shh!”
Xia Yi gestured for Lucia to lower her voice and not let others hear.
“Lucia, this is my undercover mission. I’m going to the human world, so keep it quiet! Xia Lulu told me to come find you. She said you could provide help.”
“I see, I understand,” Lucia began to explain. “Princess, my method of interacting with humans was through a fallen noble family in the Rhine Kingdom.”
“Nobility?”
“Yes, that family was prosperous, but the descendants were all good-for-nothing second-generation heirs, squandering the family fortune. They were simply like—”
Lucia’s words abruptly stopped. She must have thought of a certain someone.
Listening, Xia Yi felt it really sounded like Lucius. No wonder Lucia was so annoyed.
“Princess, that family is called the Lawrence family.”
“Lawrence? I’ve never heard of them.”
Xia Yi thought about it, but she had never heard of this family’s name in her memory, so it probably wasn’t a particularly prominent family.
“Princess, the Lawrence family has fallen from grace, but for the sake of face, they still like to spend money extravagantly, even selling their assets to keep up appearances.”
Lucia’s words were full of disdain for humans. It seemed she had seen these nobles do many foolish things, which in her view, were simply incomprehensible.
“I tried to establish a relationship with them under the guise of sponsoring the Lawrence family… Although they were suspicious of my identity, they had no choice due to their predicament and could only choose to cooperate with me. Later, I acted in the human world under the name of the Lawrence family, and with this relationship, my actions in the human world became more convenient.”
“Lucia, you mean for me to contact the Lawrence family, right?”
“That’s correct, Princess. I will write a letter to the Lawrence family, informing them of the general situation. Afterward, you can take my proof to the Lawrence family… They will create an identity for you as a distant relative of the Lawrence family in the Rhine Kingdom, and you can act under that identity.”
“Having a noble identity would indeed be convenient.” Xia Yi affirmed this.
“Princess, I need to add that although the Lawrence family is willing to cooperate with me… in fact, they also have a certain degree of suspicion towards me… But for the sake of money and fear of losing this benefit, they didn’t expose it. Plus, the Lawrence family has already fallen, so their assistance is limited. You may still need to rely on your own abilities to act.”
“Don’t worry, Lucia, I understand. Just this identity will provide me with a lot of help!” Xia Yi replied.
Subsequently, Lucia helped Xia Yi write a letter and gave her the proof of introduction, a medal of the Lawrence family.
With this, Xia Yi could directly go to the Rhine Kingdom and seek out the Lawrence family.
“Princess, please be careful in all matters.” Lucia reminded.
…
All the preparations were in order. Xia Yi could leave the Royal Capital at any time and set off for the human world.
However, she didn’t rush to leave. Instead, she first returned to her room.
A red-haired dragon maid was helping Xia Yi clean her room.
“Princess, you’re back?”
Upon seeing Xia Yi, Sera immediately stopped her work.
“Do you need me to stop?”
“…”
Xia Yi fell silent. Facing Sera, she didn’t know how to speak.
She had a feeling that she might need to leave for a long time, unlike any previous outings.
This feeling was very strong.
“Princess, you have something to say, right?”
As Xia Yi’s personal maid who had been serving her, Sera sensed that her mood was different from usual.
“Sera, I… have a special mission to carry out, and I’ll be temporarily leaving the Dragon Kingdom.”
“Where are you going? Can you tell me?”
“To the human world. Xia Lulu told me to go alone, and I don’t know when I’ll be able to return.”
After thinking for a moment, Xia Yi still said it.
Sera was somewhat surprised, gazing at Xia Yi as waves rose in her heart.
She knew, unlike others, that the Princess’s true identity held a great secret, possibly that she was once…
So now, hearing that the little princess was going to the human world, her feelings became complicated.
“Princess, are you here to say goodbye to me?” Sera asked.
“Mm, Sera, this time, I can’t take you with me.”
“I understand, Princess. Then I also have something I want to tell you.”
Sera smiled. She was standing by the window, where the sunlight shone upon her, making her appear very warm.
“No matter what you encounter in the human world, I hope you remember that you are our Princess, Her Majesty the Queen’s daughter. This place will always be your home, and there will always be people welcoming you back home.”
“Sera!”
Upon hearing these words, Xia Yi felt her heart touched. Her eyes became moist, and her nose felt a bit sour. She rushed over and hugged the big sister maid.
“You must wait for me to come back. This is an order!”
“As you command, Princess.”