Volume 3 Chapter 216

Volume 3 + Chapter 216: The Truth, There Is Only One

Yue Liu threw the magazine down in front of Xia Yi.

At the very first glance, she recognized who that was.

The one wearing golden armor, holding the holy sword, looking every bit the dashing and furious Sword Saint…

Ahhh, is that me?

She really wanted to do something like that, but she held it back.

Originally she wanted to ask what exactly this “Fox Carrot” was up to, but at the other side’s words, Xia Yi’s expression suddenly changed.

“This holy sword, it’s yours, isn’t it?” Yue Liu asked.

“…Ah?”

Xia Yi froze for a moment.

“The holy sword in this picture, it’s yours, isn’t it? My nemesis.”

The little fox repeated it again, her slender finger tapping the holy sword in the picture.

Xia Yi was dumbfounded.

Why would Fox Carrot know about this?

Don’t panic, calm down, calm down. She absolutely couldn’t let anything slip just from relaxing. Now was the time to unleash her ultimate skill—

“Fox Carrot, I don’t understand what you’re saying. Why would you claim the Sword Saint of Humanity’s holy sword is mine? He and I—well, not to say we’re unfamiliar, but we have nothing to do with each other.”

“Not familiar? Nemesis, you sure do have a stiff mouth.”

“I’m not being stiff-mouthed. I don’t even know the Human Sword Saint. How could my holy sword possibly be the same as his? Don’t talk nonsense.”

“You might use that line on others, but it won’t work on me!”

Yue Liu shook her finger, leaning right in front of Xia Yi.

“You once showed me your holy sword directly, you know! I’ve always remembered it!!”

“…!!”

Xia Yi suddenly recalled.

Not good.

Yue Liu really had seen her summon the holy sword once.

Even she herself had almost forgotten that incident, only now remembering because the other brought it up.

That was back in the Blackstone Kingdom.

At that time, Yue Liu, as the Nine-Tailed Fox princess, had gone to the Blackstone Kingdom, stirring up the Lizardmen, playing tricks, scheming after the Dragon clan’s territory.

Afterward, Xia Yi arrested her, giving her quite a thrashing.

In the heat of that fight, she had even summoned the holy sword, scaring the little fox witless. That was when their entangled fate really began.

Damn, damn!

How was Xia Yi to know this pink-haired girl would hold such a grudge, remembering it all so clearly even now?!

“…You remembered wrong!”

Xia Yi guiltily averted her gaze.

“My holy sword and the Human Sword Saint’s holy sword are not the same one at all!!”

“Is that really so?”

Yue Liu drew closer to Xia Yi, and immediately grabbed Xia Yi’s wrist, raising it up.

“If that’s the case, then prove it directly to me. Now, summon your holy sword. That way the truth will be revealed. Isn’t that far stronger than verbal excuses?”

“The holy sword is tired already, it wants to rest…”

Sweat began to bead on Xia Yi’s forehead.

“Be good, let me see it!”

“No!”

“Nemesis, you’re hiding something in your heart!!”

“I told you, I don’t even know the Human Sword Saint! I’ve never met him. As for his holy sword—hah? What trashy thing is that? I have absolutely no interest at all in—hiss!”

Xia Yi sucked in a sharp breath.

A stabbing pain flared in her hand. The holy sword’s mark actually surfaced, shining with light.

Her heart leapt into her throat.

It’s over, it’s over—Gram seemed very displeased with her earlier remarks.

Old friend, I didn’t mean it like that, really, just bear with it for a bit here!!

Bang!

Gram was angry, not listening.

The golden holy sword manifested, appearing before Yue Liu and Xia Yi.

Xia Yi’s face turned ashen.

The little fox widened her eyes, immediately looking between the golden holy sword in front of her and the one in the magazine, double-checking.

Exactly the same. Solid proof!!

“Nemesis, let’s see how you keep denying now? The holy sword you wield and the holy sword of the Human Sword Saint are one and the same!”

“I…I…”

Faced with ironclad reality, Xia Yi could no longer keep her mouth hard.

She could only cover her cheeks, unable to say a word.

No matter how she tried to explain now, it would all sound feeble.

“If I’m not mistaken…”

Yue Liu patted the magazine, as if to emphasize the Sword Saint clad in golden armor pictured on it.

“The one inside this armor—is you!”

“…It’s not.”

“Not? I already know it,” Yue Liu pressed closer and closer, “you and this so-called Human Sword Saint people talk about—have never once appeared together in public, right?”

Xia Yi was stumped again.

No, this wasn’t right at all!

Why was this silly little fox today so sharp, so keen on noticing every detail, even reasoning it all out?

This had to be a cheat!

“Nemesis, your swordsmanship is very strong, and the Human Sword Saint’s swordsmanship is also very strong. At the same time, you were always extremely unwilling to show your swordsmanship before the Human Sword Saint’s student—Hill Gibran. Instead you kept using the sword techniques you stole from me, because you were worried that if you used the Human Sword Saint’s swordsmanship, Hill would notice. Tell me, is there anything wrong with my deduction?”

The details Yue Liu pointed out were piling up more and more.

“Looks like my deductions are all true. The one beneath this golden armor—is you, my nemesis.”

Yue Liu understood everything.

The feelings of dissonance from before, every detail—they were all proving one thing.

She had been so puzzled before, how could Xia Yi disguise herself so perfectly?

The black-haired loli before her was entirely human. There wasn’t the slightest trace of dragon blood.

Even the fox clan, adept at illusions and disguises, could not achieve this.

A race cannot truly change completely. A fox is a fox, you cannot just manifest human parts from nothing. That is why the fox clan could never achieve perfect disguise.

The same went for the dragons.

But Xia Yi had broken this rule. She bore the mark of the Holy Sword Bearer, had the Human Sword Saint’s superb swordsmanship, and could achieve a perfect human disguise…

All of this pointed to a single truth.

“My nemesis, I told you—pretending is useless!! Your secret, I already know it!!” Yue Liu declared.

“What…?!”

Xia Yi was shaken, her heart pounding. The identity she had always tried so hard to hide—could it really be exposed one day by Fox Carrot?

She couldn’t accept it!

“I don’t have any secrets, none, absolutely not. I am just…the Silver Dragon Princess!!”

“Silver Dragon Princess? Heh heh heh, do you really think I’ll be like everyone else and believe that nonsense? The forbidden secret your dragon race has always tried to conceal, it has already been pierced through by my Fox God’s Eye! The truth, there is only one—”

The little fox sneered again and again, lifting her finger, then slamming it down to point directly at Xia Yi.

She spoke the shocking truth, making Xia Yi’s entire body tremble, her expression frozen on her face.

“Xia Yi · Christie, you are the daughter of the Silver Dragon Queen and the Human Sword Saint! This—this is the forbidden secret your dragons has hidden away!!”