Andasu let out a light laugh, with a slightly desolate expression.

"When he left, the people who at that time appeared like beggars in my eyes gathered around me. I had worn my favorite dress that day, and just a touch from them would leave a black stain.

"Back then... describing myself as being scared out of my wits wouldn't be enough. After my parents held me, what state I was in, I can't even remember.

"Even now, no matter the near-death pain from severe battle injuries, I feel there is no torment worse than that day. But I can't accurately recall what it felt like, because when I think of it, I just..."

The beast-eared maiden hugged her arms, her whole body trembling.

"Your parents treated you well, didn't they?" Li Ang asked.

"Yes, their excitement was only because they missed me so much. Only after I woke up from my terrified state did I gradually understand that those people around me weren't bad people, but by then many days had passed.

"I slowly began to believe that I was one of them, after all, aside from my eye color being lighter, I looked just like them.

"They treated me very, very well, you could say with meticulous care.

"From then on, I grew up among the Yunxiang Race. I secretly ran to his palace but was chased out by the guards. I knew them, had spoken to them, received their praise, but they drove me away like trash.

"My parents told me I was the hope of the Yunxiang Race, a 'King' that would appear once every hundred years, that there was a generational blood feud between the Platinum Imperial Family and the Yunxiang Race. They hoped I would hate the Platinum King and overthrow him one day.

"I did indeed hate him, but..."

Andasu's eyes lowered, unable to continue.

"Do you only hate him for abandoning you?" Li Ang asked softly.

"Yes."

The young girl's eyes were reddened with tears, her face revealing an elegant, delicate beauty.

"I can't understand their hatred for the Platinum King at all. As I grew day by day, I understood that it was all justified, but I..."

Li Ang said: "This is not your fault."

Li Ang believed that this was exactly the effect the Platinum King wanted.

"Living on the streets with the tribe was not easy, so I gradually learned to fight, and met the Bonipanni sisters through combat. The sandland merchants are extremely ruthless, if you are not fierce, you get devoured. I killed someone at the age of ten."

Andasu sniffed, her tone slightly altered: "On my twelfth birthday, the Platinum King summoned me. My heart was a tangled mess, but I immediately rushed to the Platinum Hall.

"I walked through the semi-familiar, semi-unknown courtyard and saw him. By then, he was so frail he couldn't even walk. I actually wanted to ask how he was doing.

"However, he just showed me the blood contract signed with our clan. If the massive debt wasn't repaid, we would remain enslaved by him forever.

"I don't even know what I was thinking. I said I would pay the debt and free them once it was paid off."

Li Ang shook his head, not saying anything.

"And then?"

"After that, I could meet the Platinum King freely, but like his other subordinates, I had to have official matters to reach him.

"I grew to hate him more," Andasu smiled bitterly, "The words of my clan became clearer in my ears. Each time I weighed and compared the two sides in my mind, a mysterious nausea and dizziness overcame me, and to rid myself of this pain, I thought I should kill him.

"So, during an audience with him, I hid a dagger on my person.

"That day he was very relaxed, I had several chances to strike, and finally, I steeled myself and grasped the hilt of the dagger.

"But just before drawing the blade, I don't know why, I hesitated."

As the young girl spoke, an exotic fragrance became increasingly noticeable in the room.

"Countless images from the past flashed in my mind. I began to wonder what would happen if he died. Endless thoughts surged uncontrollably in my mind, and I forgot to draw the dagger, forgot I was holding its hilt.

"When I met the eyes of the Platinum King, I snapped back to reality, and he smiled."

"He said: 'I know what you brought, I've been waiting for you to realize you can never kill me.'

Andasu tightly squeezed her arm, as the exotic fragrance rose in the room.

"No one knows, I've already tried... He's a demon that toys with human hearts, he knows exactly what I will or won't do.

"After confirming I couldn't draw the blade against him, he wanted me to become his woman. I turned and ran, he didn't stop me. He said that one day, I would willingly do so."

The young girl raised her head, her golden eyes filled with tears, trembling and wavering, but at this moment, unwaveringly firm.

"From that moment on, I wholly believed I should kill him. But I don't know how to do it...

"You must think I'm a good slave, facing the one who brought me suffering yet not resisting at all...

"Even now, I don't understand how I am supposed to be the hope of the Yunxiang Race. Just because my eyes are slightly different and my Blood Fragrance is a bit more explosive, I don't feel anything else. If I had the power, why wouldn't I dare take action..."

Andasu's teary golden eyes looked at Li Ang, sobbing uncontrollably.

"I understand," Li Ang sighed.

Before the crossing, Li Ang had learned something about psychology.

How does a child establish a connection with a community? The answer lies in the love from their parents.

Generally before the age of six, human infants, through close physical contact with their parents, perceive safety and attachment, which helps them gradually understand what "emotion" is. This attachment to parents also becomes the prototype for future emotions towards all outsiders.

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