Just then a series of beeping sounds rang out. The king knitted his brows, urging everyone to be careful. At the same time he also used magic to defend, enveloping the empress in a layer of protective magic.
Anissa now realized that right before her eyes was actually a bomb, one that would explode in one second. Seeing the fuse getting shorter, Anissa felt she was about to be blasted apart.
Indeed, the big explosion happened. The empress's guts felt cut apart, tears streaming. The second prince called for his little sister in disbelief at the scene before him. Only the king coldly told everyone not to worry, because he had set up a barrier, so the brat would be fine.
When the smoke cleared, the injured Anissa appeared, covered in wounds, coughing, inside the shattered, crumbling barrier.
The child cursed in her heart. Damn it. It seemed that shitty dog king still suspected her. She had clearly noticed him letting them use a good barrier, not a single crack, while she had to use this crappy barrier. Anissa felt that if not for her great luck, she would have exploded long ago.
To add to her grieved state, she shouted angrily. But seeing that vicious king's sharp gaze again, Anissa felt he was probing her again.
She wondered what reaction a normal child should have now. Anissa felt extremely tense, thinking that a child in danger, saved by her parents, would definitely smile happily. So Anissa revealed an innocent, foolish smile.
Seeing his little sister's innocent smile, the second prince was startled and panicked, yelling, asking mother if Anissa had become stupid from the explosion, to still be grinning after being frightened by such a huge blast. He grabbed Anissa's leg, just like his damned father always did. The second prince said he had heard Anissa passed the hardest IQ test in history; logically she should be very smart. Who knew she was this silly?
Hung upside down like that, Anissa felt extremely angry. The child struggled violently and felt this brother was no different from that dog king.
Seeing his sister's ferocious attitude, the second prince was quite panicked. But the muddle-headed boy soon felt that even acting fierce, his little sister was still so cute. The boy kept teasing his sister while unconsciously backing away, not expecting his heel to step on a strange blue slug on the floor.
After a squish sound, the time door was suddenly opened by that slug. The second prince also slipped and fell backward.
Both the second prince and Anissa seemed to be getting sucked into that time door. The empress screamed for the children to come out quickly, because it was very dangerous inside. Only the king remained calm and suspicious. He did not understand why the time door was here. Then he urgently told the second prince to quickly grab father's hand.
Although very frightened, the second prince still embraced his sister protectively, yelling, asking father what this was and why it was sucking them in. The boy felt extremely scared.
The king then comforted his son, telling him not to be afraid. Then he jumped in after them to save the children.
The door closed immediately after. The room now had only the empress left, kneeling on the floor with a blank gaze, afraid of losing her children.
At the same time, in the back garden, because of fleeing in a hurry, that little blue demon only now realized he had lost the time slug. He was furious, cursing the damned, despicable humans, blaming Anissa for certainly stealing his time slug.
Without the time slug, the body of this strange creature gradually disintegrated into a pile of slimy mess beyond its control. It could not return to its planet for energy. Thus the strange creature turned into a strange, shrivelled little sprout in the back garden.
Although it had become a sprout, that creature could still hear and see everything around it. Now it sensed a group of people coming.
The two-year-old third princess was leading her one-year-old sister to come and see their mother, after hearing a loud explosion. The eyes of the little princess discovered the chubby little sprout on the path. The mischievous child ordered her two maids, Kim and Fat Fat, to step on it, but her little sister advised her not to do that, because it was also a life. With wide round eyes, the child then reached down, uprooting the whole chubby little sprout.
Right now, the second prince and Anissa seemed to have fallen into infinite space together.
Anissa now felt this rotten brat looked fierce, but unexpectedly he was also very warm. She was surprised that, clearly, he was scared to death, yet he still hugged her so tightly. Anissa felt it seemed she should be gentler with him from now on.
While the second prince could no longer hold back his fear, crying loudly, the boy sobbed that he was only three years old, he did not want to die.
With the confidence of a high schooler who had just transmigrated, Anissa smirked, feeling that after all, the second prince was still just a three-year-old kid. Based on her many years of novel-reading experience, Anissa contemplated: when the protagonist falls off a cliff into the sea, or into space-time, they certainly would not die, but would live much better lives, gaining superpowers, for example.
Thinking of the exciting things about to happen according to this trope, Anissa smiled. She felt that since the second prince had protected her, she would let the boy bask a little in the protagonist's glory.
But it seemed things would not go as nicely as Anissa imagined.
A beep sounded, alerting: intruders detected. The defence system activated. Below were countless sharp swords pointing up, just waiting for the children to fall down and get skewered into honeycombs.
Scared out of his wits, the second prince hugged Anissa tightly, the two children still falling down. And when the swords were just an inch from piercing the second prince's flesh, the emperor appeared. He called for the second prince while using magic to create a barrier protecting the children.
Seeing father, the second prince's eyes brimmed with touched tears. He no longer cared about embracing his little sister. The second prince let go, only focused on running to his father.
Without her brother carrying her, Anissa fell directly down, where thousands of swords awaited. Anissa was extremely resentful and angry. That boy went too far.
A sword slashed her shoulder, and red blood flowed out. One second later a beep sounded, deactivating the defence system. The blades disappeared, making Anissa feel very confused.
Just then that heartless father also grabbed his daughter up. He looked at Anissa suspiciously, feeling the reason the system turned off was likely because of her.