Chapter 1

Princess Anna scanned the Eastern monk, as if searching for the Magic Mirror's hiding place.

Li Ang seemed to realize something, clapping his hands. He frowned and asked, "Assuming we take the Magic Mirror, and the Magic Mirror can extract the power of faith to sustain Aisha's condition..."

"You're worried that taking the Magic Mirror will cause Aisha's death?"

Anna rested her hands beneath her delicate chin and said casually, "There's no need to worry about that.

"Before you came, Aisha was already at her limit, on the verge of collapse—the power of faith continuously eroded her mind, crushing her ego.

"Taking the Magic Mirror actually allowed her to last a few more days—though that wasn't a good thing. She could clearly feel her personality being replaced, could recognize what she had become in the past dozen or so years.

"She felt immense pain because of this, and in her final moments, begged me to let her leave this world with a clear mind."

"..."

Li Ang said, "So, you killed her."

Anna sighed, revealing a complex smile. "Yes, it's laughable. For the past dozen or so years, I've wanted to kill this monster wearing my sister's skin at any moment,

"But when I looked into her eyes and reached through her chest, crushing her heart, I still felt an unbearable pain.

"Until the last second before she stopped breathing, she was still reminding me to be careful not to crush her heart,

"And to remember to leave it, so that the Eastern doctor could transplant it.

"What a foolish woman..."

The sigh was long and drawn out, melting into the wind, disappearing without a trace.

After a long while, Anna finally moved her gaze away from the ice sculpture, focusing on Li Ang. "Transplant the heart for me. If you agree, I can give you everything. Otherwise, go die."

Li Ang fell silent. He looked down at the icy ground, at the branch and leaf-shaped frost creeping toward him, and took a long breath.

"Why bother..."

He pushed off the ground slightly with his heel, and with a "boom," the thick ice crystal floor was stomped into a deep, sunken pit. Dense spiderweb cracks spread rapidly in all directions.

Crack, crack, crack—

Wherever the cracks reached, the ice crystals shattered and scattered. Where the frost had been shaped like maple leaves, the explosion revealed clustered ice pillars, like tree branches, hidden beneath the surface.

Without any hesitation, all the ice blades floating in mid-air shot toward Li Ang.

Li Ang circulated his ripple power, and the coat he was wearing burst open, revealing a Mirageshell Red Mane sweater underneath. At the same time, he quickly retrieved a Mirageshell Red Mane balaclava (exposing only his eyes and mouth) from his backpack and put it on.

The ice blades struck, but failed to penetrate the defense of the Red Mane outer garment, clattering to the ground.

It had to be said that, although Li Ang's handicraft skills were quite good, and he often knitted woolen underwear when he was young,

This Red Mane outer garment, because it only used one color of material (mixing in other materials may affect the defense),

And in order to save materials, it was very tight,

So it looked extremely ugly,

Like a red version of an alien little green man, ugly to a certain level, a walking source of mental pollution.

Even more frustrating was that, in order to prevent leaving any Achilles' heel-like flaws, Li Ang also added zippers to the eyes, mouth, and neck areas exposed by the balaclava.

When necessary, he could zip up the zippers, leaving no flaws on his entire body, a perfect defense.

It was just that, in that form, the level of perversion on the outside would be ten times greater than before, and he would be arrested for being too perverted if he walked down the street.

Wearing a red woolen tight-fitting suit, Li Ang also felt that his current look was a bit of an eyesore. He stood in place with his hands on his hips, defending himself,

"Hehe, my red armor shell is a bit ugly, but it was given to me by Fuwa Huanhuan, symbolizing the faster, higher, stronger Olympic spirit.

"You superficial people who only focus on appearance naturally wouldn't understand."

From Li Ang stomping on the ice surface, to the ice blade assault, to Li Ang himself exploding his clothes and transforming into a little red man, the whole process actually took place in an instant.

Princess Anna didn't understand what Li Ang was saying at all, and was still immersed in the eye-burning appearance of Li Ang,

After all, she was just a native, and Fuwa Huanhuan was also an old meme from ten years ago in the real world.

"Hoo..."

Anna took a deep breath, dragging herself out of the mental pollution, and said indifferently, "Why refuse me? In terms of emotion and reason, you should accept the deal I proposed."

Li Ang spread his hands. "I don't think so. How could someone like you let someone else repair your heart with peace of mind?"

"Someone like me?"

Anna frowned slightly, her beautiful face looking a little troubled. "Did I do something to make you misunderstand?"

"There's no misunderstanding."

Li Ang smiled. "After all, everyone knows that Princess Anna is kind and benevolent. Even if she has to use unforgivable death row inmates, she will leave them a complete corpse after their death, and bury them in a public cemetery—even if doing so will bring hidden dangers.

"However, doing so is actually to guard against Aisha, isn't it?

"Your heart problem is very serious, but it is not so serious that it requires a large number of death row inmates.

"Those buried corpses are just for you to deceive Aisha, making her mistakenly believe that your heart is deformed and in danger.

"You have never trusted her."

Anna's face suddenly turned gloomy. "What makes you say that?"

"In addition to the corpses in the South City Cemetery, there are also a large number of corpses of spellcasters buried in other secret locations in the city with the same method of death, right?

"The death time of these corpses is too close, not used to cure heart disease at all, but purely for you to collect more spellcasting abilities.

"You are worried that Aisha is not as detached from the world as she appears, suspecting that she has informants in the city, who may overthrow your rule at any time,

"So you hide those corpses in different places, and then expose them when needed, in order to prove to Aisha that you really need death row inmates to maintain your heart."

Li Ang said expressionlessly, "When you saw Aisha this morning, you probably deliberately exaggerated your heart disease,

"Inducing her to voluntarily give up her life, allowing you to extract her life and energy.

"You are worried that I, the legendary divine doctor, can not only cure your heart disease, but also solve Aisha's problem, right?

"If Aisha regains her sanity, then the power to rule the world will slip from your hands.

"The reason you tricked me into the palace is also because Aisha's power is too great. When you absorbed it in the morning, you not only failed to extract it completely, but also further worsened your heart,

"You had to rest for a while, and then return to the palace a second time to extract it,

"The tree branch-shaped ice blocks underground are an extension of the power you stole from Aisha, precisely to take advantage of the conversation to come into contact with me, plunder my supernatural abilities, and complete the surgery on the spot.

"Even if the negotiation breaks down, it doesn't matter. You can use Aisha as a power bank, continuously providing you with energy, to suppress me, a high-level spellcaster, in the fight."