Volume 6, Chapter 2 – Truth

Graceful, intellectual, rational, perfect.

As the eldest daughter of the empire’s number one noble house, this girl… this girl whose in-game ID was Xingyu Muxi and whose real name was Yun Mu, carried on her shoulders the expectations of her dearest parents and of the entire family.

When she was very, very young, her father had told Yun Mu that as the princess of a noble house, she had to become the most outstanding princess.

It was eight in the morning.

After finishing breakfast, the girl planned to return to her room, log into the game, and continue handling Dawn’s affairs.

On the way back, as long as she thought of Tianyin’s cute little face, a trace of sweetness surfaced in the girl’s heart for no reason.

However, on the way back to her room, the girl ran into the butler who followed her father almost everywhere he went.

“My lady, your father is looking for you in the study.”

The butler was an elderly man. By the time the girl was old enough to have memories, he was already an old man. So many years had passed and aside from his appearance looking older than before, both his spirit and his upright bearing still gave people the illusion that he was in his prime.

“Mm, I understand.”

The girl smiled faintly to show that she had understood.

Although she felt a bit puzzled about why her father would suddenly call for her, since the message had been delivered in person by the butler, she would not act as if this matter could be ignored.

With a graceful and proper smile, the elderly butler gave the girl a slight bow and made an inviting gesture.

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After turning here and there through several corridors, the girl arrived at the study her father seldom used.

Only after the elderly butler knocked and announced her did the girl hear her father’s low, serious voice from inside the room.

“Let her come in.”

With her father’s permission, the girl gently pushed the door open at the butler’s indication and then walked into the study where her father was.

Only after walking into the study did the girl notice that her father was standing at the window at the far end of the room, with his back to her.

“Father.”

Seeing her father’s all too familiar figure, the girl lowered her head slightly and called out softly.

“Mm.”

Hearing the girl call him, the man with his back to her slowly turned around. After turning, the man… that is, the girl’s father, used a gaze full of scrutiny to size her up.

“Tell me. How is Dawn, which you are in charge of managing in the Subworld, coming along?”

“Yes, Father.”

Her father’s sudden question caught the girl slightly off guard. However, that expression flashed by so quickly that her father did not notice it at all.

“Because I intend to completely shape Dawn into a force that belongs to us alone, the approach I have taken of not allowing other players to join has not changed… although my prestige within Dawn has already reached its peak, when it comes to controlling that Conferred position in Dawn, I have not done it as well as I could. Please give me a bit more time, Father.”

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“How much more time will you need?”

After listening to the girl’s answer, her father’s face showed no expression.

“Half a year.”

The girl pressed her lips together and slowly said a span of time that already sounded rather long.

“Half a year?”

As expected, when he heard the girl say she still needed half a year to fully seize control of Dawn’s Conferred position, a trace of impatience appeared on the man’s face.

“No. That span of time is too long. The noble houses and financial groups opposed to us have already established the Arcane Empire. We absolutely cannot fall too far behind.”

“But Father… Dawn’s Conferred position is very powerful. We can only move forward slowly and carefully…”

“Slowly and carefully? A few months ago you already said it would take about half a year, and now you are still saying you need half a year? My daughter, as your father, do you think I cannot tell that you are saying this is actually just to stall for time?”

Seeing the girl’s expression of wanting to speak but holding back, the man shook his head with helplessness written on his face.

“Although I do not know why you are stalling for time, those noble houses and financial groups allied with us will not accept this kind of explanation from you. Do you understand?”

“Father… I have my own plan for Dawn. I think those noble houses and financial groups are not in a position to interfere with my side, right?”

“Under normal circumstances, they would not have that kind of nerve… but now, things are different.”

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Seeing the girl’s confused expression, the look on the man’s face began to grow solemn.

As if recalling something, the man fell silent for a moment. After that brief silence, he slowly began to speak.

“The Subworld is not truly a game. I imagine you should have noticed this… in fact, this Virtual Game known as the Subworld, in essence, is just like its name.”

“Its name? I see, Father. That more or less matches my own guess…”

Hearing what the man said, the girl’s confused expression faded away. Yet beneath her calm exterior, in the depths of her heart, she was thinking about Tianyin.

Because if things were as her father said and the Subworld truly was a ‘second world’ in reality…

Then Tianyin was not just a bundle of data…

That is wonderful… the Subworld…

The girl’s face was expressionless, but inside she had become happy.

“There is immense value within the Subworld.”

Looking at his daughter’s face, on which no expression could be seen, the man began to explain slowly.

“In fact, power is secondary. The true value of the Subworld far exceeds your imagination. There are some matters I did not want to expose you to too early, but I think it is about time you learned about them.”

Seeing the girl before him unconsciously straighten up, the man paused for a moment, then continued.

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“The Subworld’s true face, and the reason for the Subworld’s existence…”

“…”

Roughly a quarter of an hour passed.

In the end, after accepting the ‘truth’ about the Subworld that her father had told her, the look in the girl’s eyes turned a bit dazed.

“The Subworld… the Virtual Game… so… this is the truth behind this game, this world?”

“Exactly… back to the main topic. Next, I will give you one more month. If, after one month, you still cannot firmly keep Dawn under your control, then at that time, no matter how much authority or how many achievements you have within Dawn, you will leave Dawn for me and head to Nature to inherit the Elven Queen’s Conferred position in my stead. Understood?”

Looking at the man in front of her, whose expression was utterly serious and whose eyes brooked no argument, the girl fell silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.

“One month… I understand… if I still have not completely taken control of all of Dawn in a month… I will leave.”

Translator Note

Oh, oh~ I hope Xingyu Muxi won’t become Tianyin’s enemy…