75. "The Legend Of The Sword Saint"
"Let me out!"
"Let me out!"
"Let me out! I don't want to be grounded!"
Xia Yi leaned against a transparent wall, unwillingly knocking on it.
"Stop yelling, Your Highness. You should behave and wait until the punishment is over. Her Majesty the Queen will naturally let you out," Sera reminded her from the side.
"Damn it, to think I'm imprisoned, this is suffocating!"
Xia Yi lay on the bed, puffed up with anger.
She had been grounded by Xia Lulu.
Because she caused chaos in the palace, leading the palace guards to mistake it for an assassin's attack, the commotion lasted all night. On top of that, she sneaked into the warehouse and, without permission, took some dragon mint. She also showed disrespect to the Silver Dragon Queen, attempting to run away…
In the end, she faced multiple punishments!
The result was being grounded.
Xia Yi was confined to her own room, unable to go anywhere, and the duration was to last half a month.
This was a magical barrier personally set by Xia Lulu, which only restricted Xia Yi's movements and didn't affect others.
Due to the gap in their strengths, Xia Yi couldn't break Xia Lulu's magical barrier with her current abilities and had to accept her fate. She had to stay here every day, unable to go anywhere.
Boredom was one thing, but the most terrifying thing was that she had to do homework every day!
Help!
I'm going to die!
The little princess started rolling on the bed, regretting her actions. If only she hadn't been so reckless.
She lifted her head and glanced at the time; it was already half-past three.
"Sera, it's time for afternoon tea!"
Xia Yi jumped up, reminding her personal maid with anticipation.
This was one of the few redeeming moments during this time.
The wonderful afternoon tea could save her from all the pain.
"Yes, Your Highness, it's time for afternoon tea."
Sera seemed to have prepared early, pushing a cart from outside the room to Xia Yi's side.
Xia Yi's eyes widened with anticipation until Sera lifted the silver cover, almost suffocating her with frustration.
It was all homework!
There was no afternoon tea!
Her eyes lost their color.
The pain, it was too much!
"What is this?" Xia Yi pointed at the homework.
"Your Highness, tomorrow is the last day of your confinement, but you still haven't finished your homework," Sera kindly reminded her. "If you don't complete it, according to Her Majesty's punishment, your confinement will be extended."
"But what does this have to do with afternoon tea? No matter how much homework there is, you can't cancel afternoon tea…"
The little princess was on the verge of tears, looking pitiful.
"Acting cute won't help, Your Highness. This is the Queen's order. To prevent you from slacking off, she said you must be taught a lesson," Sera said firmly.
Xia Yi grew more and more frustrated as she thought about it…
Argh!
I won't be defeated by mere homework!
"Damn that Silver Dragon Queen, don't think you've won! Is it just homework? I won't be defeated by you!"
Xia Yi grabbed a pen and began to write furiously, sitting down at the desk to get to work.
…
"Ah, ah… I'm dying… I can't take it anymore…"
Xia Yi slumped over the desk.
She had managed to tackle a significant portion of her homework, and now only a small part remained.
If she could just finish these, by tomorrow, her confinement would end, and she would regain her freedom.
The severity of this punishment was truly harsh.
It was the first time she had been confined for such a long duration.
Outside, the sky had darkened; unbeknownst to her, she had been writing from afternoon well into the evening.
"Sera seems to have gone to prepare dinner. I should take a short break," she thought to herself.
Xia Yi put down her pen and picked up a comic book lying next to her.
It was a manga brought by Sera.
Worried that Xia Yi would get too bored in her room, Sera had brought back some comics from the outside world to entertain her.
Upon seeing the cover of the manga, the previously listless silver-haired loli perked up immediately.
"Eh? This manga is still being serialized?!" Xia Yi exclaimed in surprise.
The manga was titled "The Legend of the Sword Saint," a story adapted by a human cartoonist based on the experiences of the human Sword Saint, Wright Schubert, which was highly acclaimed in the human world.
The tale of the human Sword Saint was a topic of great interest, with adaptations in comics, novels, plays, and even bards recounting his exploits in taverns.
In the past, this actually made Wright quite embarrassed. For the sake of artistic creation, these works often exaggerated real experiences.
For example, he had once slain a lich with the Holy Sword Gram.
In the adaptation, it was portrayed as him saving a city under attack by an undead lord, facing the enemy alone outside the city walls, wielding the Holy Sword Gram, and single-handedly taking on the lich lord's army of thousands, defeating the powerful lich lord and saving everyone.
"This manga… it's always so exaggerated… Thinking about it, it's a bit embarrassing," Xia Yi muttered, scratching her head.
With such portrayals, many young people began to idolize him.
Naturally, this included many girls who fell for Wright, as he was strong back then, recognized by the Holy Sword, and became a revered Sword Saint with many heroic deeds and no negative publicity…
From these aspects, there were few girls who could resist.
Wright was somewhat aware of this adoration but didn't really care for it.
After all, women were troublesome and would only affect the speed of swinging his sword, preventing him from becoming the best in the world!
Now, thinking back, he had no romantic experiences from his human days to the present.
And now, having turned into a loli, the idea of companionship had become an absurd notion…
"Damn it, why do I feel so frustrated thinking about it now!" Xia Yi pouted.
"Never mind, I've already concocted a transformation potion to revert to my human Sword Saint form; it's only a matter of time!"
However, Wright had challenged the Silver Dragon Queen six years ago and failed. Since then, the human Sword Saint had vanished from human sight.
Therefore, the story of the human Sword Saint should have ended there, with no continuation, cut off abruptly.
What surprised Xia Yi was that "The Legend of the Sword Saint" was still being serialized, and according to the book's introduction, its popularity had not waned but reached new heights.
Why was that?
Xia Yi couldn't understand.
Out of curiosity, she opened "The Legend of the Sword Saint" and began to read. After flipping through just a few pages, her eyes were filled with astonishment.
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