I! Cleaner!

Yeah, knowing that I've been taken hostage and unable to confirm whether I'm within the target range, just ordering a scorched-earth bombardment, isn't that saying...

He truly wants to kill me?!

"It seems you've figured it out."

After glancing at the emerald-eyed girl's difficult expression, Leon continued:

"Of course, if you want to forcefully explain it, you might insist he has a way to detect whether you're in the target range, ensuring you won't be accidentally hurt before ordering the strike.

But as I mentioned earlier, he has tried to get rid of you at least twice.

Besides this ambush on the Scorpio Branch Chief, he also gave Atifie00 orders to constantly monitor the situation outside the Crolock Kingdom. If a suspected target like me or another cleaner tries to leave, unleash heavy bombardments until completely annihilated."

After relaying the information heard from Atifie00, and seeing Feiliya's face turn ghastly pale, Leon summarized:

"I don't deny he cares about you as his sister, but you must understand one thing: to him, your safety isn't as important as it appears.

He will go all out to try to save you, but if there's a chance you might leave the Crolock Kingdom and come under the Clean-up Bureau's protection, he'll kill you without hesitation... Do you agree with my judgment?"

"..."

"If you remain silent, I'll take it as agreement."

After glancing at the silent Feiliya, Leon calmly asked:

"So, now that you understand your actual status in Prince Andre's eyes, would you consider cooperating with me?"

"?"

Upon hearing Leon offer an olive branch, Princess Feiliya couldn't hold back anymore. She widened her emerald-like eyes in frustration and yelled:

"Are you crazy or something?

If you hadn't taken me hostage, things wouldn't have gotten to this point! Yet you dare to ask me to cooperate with you?"

"Is there a problem?"

Leon raised an eyebrow and asked in return:

"He wants to kill me; I want to kill him, so we're enemies. Now he wants to kill you, too, so why not turn the tables and cooperate with me to kill him?"

"You... It's not that simple!"

Confused by Leon's overly straightforward logic, the emerald-eyed girl stamped her foot, angrily arguing:

"If it weren't for you, he wouldn't want to kill me! And if I could be rescued, he wouldn't harm me either. So I just need to wait for him to defeat you, and I'll be saved. Why should I cooperate with you?"

"Hmm... Makes sense."

After seriously listening to the emerald-eyed girl, Leon nodded in agreement, then took out the [Silver Dagger of Cutting], pressing it against her heart, and seriously proposed:

"I can leave a mechanism within you ahead of time, like cutting open your heart with this dagger but not piecing it back together. If I destroy the dagger before I die, the ability left on your incision will fail, ensuring my death also means your death.

So now, you can choose to cooperate with me to defeat Andre; maybe both of us survive. Or abandon cooperation to see me lose, and accompany me in death, while Andre, who tried to kill you twice, ends up surviving... Which outcome do you prefer?"

This man... He's practically a devil!

Looking at Leon's calm and steady tone, but with words like knives constantly provoking her dark thoughts, the emerald-eyed girl felt a chill running up her back.

Subconsciously stepping back to break free from the knife's tip against her skin, Feiliya covered the slash on her chest with her hand and gritted her teeth:

"I... I choose the second option!

Prince Andre doesn't really want to kill me; he has his reasons! Compared to surviving by betraying him, I'd rather die with you!"

Reasons?

After exchanging a glance with the sheep head in the emerald-eyed girl's embrace, from the Black Mountain Sheep's meaningful expression, Leon got the answer that 'this is the truth', nodding slightly before questioning again:

"So, you and Prince Andre are both members of the organization targeting the royal family?"

"?!!!"

Seeing Leon disclose her biggest secret, the emerald-eyed girl trembled, and spoke in shock:

"How did you... Ugh..."

"Don't worry, I'm not bluffing; I genuinely guessed this."

After quickly grasping the situation, and covering her mouth sharply, Feiliya's exquisite face was full of regret, Leon shook his head slightly:

"Earlier, you mentioned Prince Andre had 'reasons'. I interpret reasons like—if you might fall into the Clean-up Bureau's hands, he'd have to choose to kill you.

This proves there's definitely some kind of 'restraint' on him, and the restraint's content is likely to ensure the royal bloodline must be cut off. Who but that organization could impose such a 'restraint'?

Based on my observation of Prince Andre, this person probably isn't afraid to die and even has slight self-destructive tendencies, so threats of force likely don't affect him much.

Then, it must be through receiving some irresistible condition from that organization that he chose to join it and accept such strict restraints… Would you like to tell me about this?

"..."

It's just because I said he has his reasons, and you deduced all this?!

Marveling at Leon's perceptiveness, and afraid of accidentally revealing more deadly information, the emerald-eyed girl tightly covered her mouth, deciding not to utter another word to him, however...

"If you don't want to speak, then don't."

Seeing Feiliya defensively covering her mouth as if guarding against a thief, Leon couldn't help but shake his head slightly and sigh:

"After all, you are siblings by blood, and under such circumstances, it's normal you're unwilling to betray him; I understand."

"..."

Feeling Leon's words carried hidden meaning, the emerald-eyed girl held back her curiosity but eventually couldn't help it, covering her mouth and muffledly pursuing:

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, although over ten years have passed, and the original brain is lost, both your soul and body are indeed the original Princess Feiliya."

Acknowledging her shocked expression, Leon slowly uncovered the truth:

"I doubted earlier, if you were merely a derived core program from intelligent machinery, it would be impossible to have a genuine soul, incapable of deceiving my eyes.

After questioning Atifie00, who claims to be your aunt, I confirmed your soul, while somewhat peculiar, is indeed a human soul.

You are a recreated Princess Feiliya through combining the adjusted soul using Soul Encoding Technology with an artificial Feiliya's body. So you aren't merely a core from intelligent machinery; you are yourself, a living human being."