My incredible luck and the girl I picked up

"Now? What should we do?" Billy Liu asked.

"Wait, I just used some special methods to imprison it. It's still within the time limit, so we can only question it after the time is up... Although I don't know if it can speak human language or understand what I'm saying, otherwise I'll have to kill it and risk plunging into the depths of the ocean." Leng Yihan said without changing her expression, glancing at Sima in the Thunder Prison out of the corner of her eye. It was obvious that although Sima couldn't make any movements, its expression had clearly become terrified.

After another ten seconds or so, Sima's binding spell was lifted, and he could speak. Leng Yihan immediately asked, "Can you speak human language? Can you understand me?"

"Yes! Human, if you let me go, I can grant you any request! Anything!" Sma said immediately, and it was clear that... this guy cared a lot about his life.

"Oh?" Leng Yihan smiled. "Why would I need to let you go? You've killed quite a few humans, haven't you? I could kill you based on that alone, if it weren't for the fact that I wanted to ask you some questions."

"What do you want to ask! As long as you don't kill me, I'll tell you everything I know!" Sima immediately replied, not daring to make any rash moves. The person in front of him dared to be so calm, so he probably had other ways to capture him. If he failed to escape this time, he might not have a second chance.

"Hmm... Do you know this little girl?" Leng Yihan pointed to Zhou Yi beside her.

"I know, I know!" Sma nodded hurriedly. "My mission this time is to bring her back to our world, because she is a member of our royal family. If I fail to bring her back, I will be executed by my superiors!"

Upon hearing this, the five were completely dumbfounded.

95 Sea Demons (2)

"Huh? What are you saying..." Zhou Yi looked at the Sea Man Suma in the Thunder Prison with a confused expression.

"Are you serious?" Leng Yihan asked immediately after realizing what was happening.

“Yes, yes!” Sma nodded with great force. “I swear to the god of the sea! Not a single word I have said is a lie! If any is, may the sea not accept me after I die!”

"So that means... Zhou Yi, your parents...?" Leng Yihan didn't ask Zhou Yi. At this moment, her mind must be even more confused. It would be more reliable to ask her friend.

“Zhou Yi… she’s not an orphan either. Her uncle and aunt are still alive…” Huang Qiang frowned, his face full of confusion.

“Yes.” Billy Liu nodded as well. “And if Zhou Yi is really royalty among these monsters… why are all her features indistinguishable from those of a human?”

"She really is a member of our Sea People's royal family!" Sima exclaimed in alarm, worried that Leng Yihan wouldn't believe him. "Our royal family members do indeed look almost exactly like humans! And when they're not practicing royal techniques, they're practically indistinguishable from humans... But one thing that sets the royal family apart from humans is that they can move freely in the sea!"

“…Zhou Yi?” Leng Yihan looked at Zhou Yi beside her. Clearly, she had also heard what Sima said and was preparing to try it.

Zhou Yi hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and plunged into the water. A few seconds later, a bright blue light shone from Zhou Yi's body. Sima pointed at Zhou Yi excitedly and said, "Yes! Yes! She is royalty!"

"Alright, alright... So, is she royalty of your Sea People race?" Leng Yihan shook his head, feeling a headache coming on. The first side quest was to stop Sima from taking Zhou Yi back to the deep sea, but now he had to go back to the deep sea to rescue her, and he was even told that Zhou Yi was actually royalty of the Sea People...

“Yes!” Sma nodded vigorously. “Then I’d like to ask, why did you bring her back to the deep sea?”

Isn't it because he might inherit the throne?

Although Leng Yihan asked the question casually, she already had the answer in her heart.

"Huh?" Sma was taken aback. "The higher-ups... didn't say anything. They only said that she must be brought back to the deep sea..."

"Huh?" Leng Yihan's gaze shifted back to Sima. "Is it about inheriting some kind of throne or something?"

"How could that be!" Surprisingly, Sima denied it decisively. "The new king only recently ascended the throne and is in perfect health!"

Upon hearing Sima's words, Leng Yihan suddenly had a guess in her mind, "Was your royal family originally divided into two factions? One faction always occupied the position of king, but now it has been replaced by the other faction?"

“Yes! How did you know? I remember that the royal family is mainly divided into two factions, one is the warlike faction and the other is the benevolent faction. The benevolent faction has always been the king, but now... it is... the warlike faction…” Sma’s voice trailed off, as if he realized something was wrong.

“Yeah… where’s Princess Sedrana…” Sma muttered to himself.

“Princess Sedrana? The benevolent one?” Leng Yihan immediately pressed. “Yes…” Sima nodded blankly. “Princess Sedrana should be the heir to the throne… Why is the heir being chosen from the warmongering faction…”

Needless to say, everyone present probably understood that the original heir to the throne had likely met with a terrible fate.

"Sima...which faction do you support?" Leng Yihan asked. "I support the peace faction!" Sima replied without hesitation.

"Do you know the saying 'The rabbit is killed and the dog is cooked, the bird is gone and the bow is put away'?" Sima didn't reply, but his face showed a look of sudden realization.

"Let me ask you one more question... what is your relationship with Princess Cedrana that you mentioned?" Leng Yihan asked, squinting.

“I am her knight, responsible for protecting her personal safety. The last time I saw the princess was in front of her room. She told me to go to the human land to find a little girl who looked a lot like her when she was a child. She was her sister. I have watched the princess grow up for a long time, so I naturally know what she looked like when she was a child. Therefore, I had no questions. But now that I think about it, the voice at that time was very similar, but it was not the princess at all. It was more like... the warlike heir to the throne, Sheila.”

"Oh~" Leng Yihan let out a long "oh," her longsword shattering the lightning prison and releasing Si Ma. "Then I think we're on the same side now. Can you please not attack me?"

"What do you mean by that?" Sima was released, but he showed no intention of running away. Instead, he wanted to find out the meaning behind Leng Yihan's words.

“You… are you so stubborn?” Leng Yihan shrugged helplessly. “Then I’ll just say it straight… Your princess may have been imprisoned and tortured, while I’ve been commissioned by Zhou Yi to rescue someone, and that person is most likely Princess Cedrana.”

There are two reasons why Leng Yihan made this judgment: first, he read the script (just kidding), and second, the system would never give information that is useless.

The warmongers and the peacemakers should dislike each other and their ideologies, but a member of the warmonger appeared in the room of the peacemaker princess and impersonated her... It's hard not to wonder what Sheila did.

Based on the information currently available, Leng Yihan deduced that Cedrana was imprisoned and tortured, that Sheila knew there was another benevolent person on the mainland who could inherit the throne, so she impersonated Cedrana and sent her knight Sma away, and that Zhou Yi must have some connection with his sister Cedrana, which is why Zhou Yi could hear screams, cries for help, and pleas for mercy—all of which came from Cedrana…

Side quest completed.

The side quests have been refreshed.

[Rescue Princess Cedrana.]

"It's only updating now... Do I really have to explain it so clearly?" Leng Yihan thought to herself, then turned to the three people beside her. "You guys should go. The underwater world is very dangerous, and we might be venturing into some very dangerous places. We can't protect you."

“…Alright, make sure you protect Zhou Yi.” Jin Pu said earnestly.

"Alright, don't worry, let's go, you lead the way." Leng Yihan turned and dived into the sea. At this time, the faction on Sima's data had changed from [hostile] to [friendly], so there was no need to worry for the time being.

After swimming for a while, Zhou Yi saw Sima and Leng Yihan go into the sea together, so she swam over to them. Her face was full of complex emotions. Without any external help, she could speak, breathe, and move freely underwater, and at a very fast speed.

"What should we do next?" Sima asked Leng Yihan.

“Listen to me…” Leng Yihan gestured for the two to come closer and whispered her plan…

-

"Hey, isn't this Sima? Long time no see." At the entrance of the underwater palace, the guard greeted Sima in a friendly manner.

"It hasn't been that long, only a little over ten years."

"Haha! It really wasn't that long. Just being polite, how about we go to a bar for a drink later?"

"No, no, I still need to report my mission to the princess." Smati nudged Zhou Yi, who was being held in its hand, and it was clear that a slight ripple appeared in the guard's eyes.

"Ah... Oh! Let's go then. Princess Sedrana must be getting impatient waiting."

"Haha! Princess, you're so nice, how could I be? Let's talk again next time we meet, bye-bye."

"Bye-bye." Sma turned and walked into the palace. The guards continued their work of watching over the gate, unaware that someone had sneaked into their underwater palace from the shadows.

"Looks like they've successfully infiltrated..." Hearing that the guards hadn't stopped anyone, Sima guessed that Leng Yihan had already infiltrated. "Then let me go find my 'Cedrana' princess."

A rare, cold smile appeared on Sima's face.

Carrying Zhou Yi, Sima walked through the palace at a relatively fast, but not extremely fast, pace, heading to Cedrana's bedroom to report to her. Along the way, it would occasionally stop to catch up with some old friends, but it also noticed that it hadn't seen a single one of the benevolent core elders along the entire route...

After spending quite a while calculating the timeline, Sima stopped talking in detail and quickly headed to Cedrana's dormitory.

It had no time to appreciate the scenery along the way; its first priority was to ensure Princess Sedrana's safety.

As it passed through one tight defensive line after another, the patrolling seamen on the road looked at Sima with strange eyes. Normally, it would not have noticed, but now, those eyes were filled with pity, lament, and regret.

It didn't take long for Sma to arrive at Sedrana's residence. The house wasn't very big. Sedrana wasn't a person who liked luxury; she preferred simplicity and enjoyed spending her leisure time alone in her room.

"Princess... After many years, I have brought back the person you are looking for." Sima respectfully carried Zhou Yi to the door and gently knocked three times with the back of his hand.

“Really… I’m so sorry to trouble you, Sma. Just leave her at the door and let her come in by herself.” ’Cedana’s’ voice came from inside the house.

"...Princess, after so many years, may I witness your magnificent beauty once more?" Sima hesitated for a few seconds before mustering his courage to ask this question. Clearly, he wanted to meet her to confirm her identity.

There was no response from inside the house for a long time. Just as Sima was about to rush in, the door opened.

"Please come in." Sedrana's weak voice came from inside. Sma's heart tightened, and he quickly went into the room, then closed the door and locked it tightly.

Seeing the scene before him, Sma felt as if his heart was being torn apart. Cedrana stood at the door wrapped only in a blanket. Her once exquisite face was now so pale, and her eyes no longer held the nobility they once had, but only the vicissitudes of life.

"Sister... Sister?" Zhou Yi asked uncertainly. The person in front of her was so familiar, yet so unfamiliar, as if she were just one of the fleeting figures in her memory.

"Are you curious about what happened to me?" Sedrana didn't respond to Zhou Yi, but looked at Sma instead.

"Princess……"

“Twelve years ago, Sheila came to my room, drugged me, and was about to kill me when you arrived,” Cedrana began her narration.

“Because she couldn’t let anyone find out that she dared to lay a hand on the king’s daughter, she pretended to be me and sent you away, who was the closest and most loyal person to me. At that time, she already knew that my sister was on the shore.” As Cedrana spoke, she untied the blanket, revealing her delicate body beneath it.

Normally, Sma would have swallowed hard, but the shocking wounds on Cedrana's body were terrifying. Leng Yihan didn't look at them because the system wouldn't allow it... so his and the audience's vision was completely black.

“My father was already old, and I was imprisoned by Sheila. At first, she spoke to me kindly, but as my resistance became more and more intense, Sheila used increasingly cruel methods against me.”

"In the end... I became who I am now..."

“You’re not a princess,” Sma said, its eyes filled with anger. “A princess would never show that kind of expression!”

“That’s true, Sma.” Sedrana gave a wry smile. “The core of the benevolent faction has been almost completely wiped out. You’re far away, so you can only know about some major events, such as… Sheila inheriting the throne.”

“And the trick she used to get rid of you before can eliminate us completely. Now, the only peacemakers left in the palace are you and me…” Sedrana picked up the blanket and wrapped it around her body again.

"Go and seek refuge with Sheila; she will take in a powerful warrior like you."

"..." Sma didn't reply, but looked down at his shadow, lost in thought. "You have plenty of time to think, Sma." Sedrana turned and went into the house.

"Princess... I'm sorry."

“No, it’s alright…” Before ’Cedana’ could finish speaking, Sma’s claws had already gripped her neck, ready to dismember her at any moment.

"I knew it." A soft male voice rang out in the room, and a person emerged from Sima's shadow—Leng Yihan.

"And I made Sima wander around the rest of the palace for so long." Leng Yihan shrugged helplessly. "So it was right below Princess Sedrana's bedroom... right, Your Majesty?"

"...When did you see through me?" Sheila stopped hiding herself. The original 'Cedrana' had transformed into another person, dressed in noble clothes, with a haughty look in her eyes.

"When did you find out... it's not a big deal." Leng Yihan pursed her lips. "It's just that the device you set up to torture Cedrana was activated again."

"Is that so...? Because I'm an only child, I didn't know." Sheila looked at Zhou Yi. "Perhaps... she had some way of letting you hear it?"

"Big brother! The entrance is under this wicked woman's feet!" Zhou Yi pointed to Sheila's feet.

"Get out of my way!" Sma shouted coldly. Sheila helplessly reached out and pointed to the claws at her neck: "I don't want to kill myself."

Sima let go, but Leng Yihan grabbed her by the neck. "You two should get down here. I can't do anything about it. I'll teach this guy a lesson here." Leng Yihan said without turning her head, and moved to another place while holding Sheila, making room for the entrance to the basement. Sima and Zhou Yi immediately jumped down.

"Let me go... kill me... you'll get your comeuppance..." Sheila was already struggling to breathe, and just as she was about to suffocate, Leng Yihan threw her onto the bed, giving her a chance to breathe again.

Leng Yihan then pulled out a knife and stuck it into the bed not far from Sheila's heart. "I don't mind if you move around."

Side quest completed.

[Gain buff: Damage increased by 30%]

"You'd better let me go right now." Hilla's face turned pale and then dark. "Otherwise, you'll pay the price."