Chapter 1861: Chapter 380: Fragments of Star Prison Tianyu
Dark Cloud Peak.
The Glass Emperor Dragon and Fairy Ian exchanged speechless glances with Second Prince Michael.
"Ten seconds, you said ten seconds," as a golden light streaked by, the Sunbird had already reached its destination.
Ian looked speechless, while Michael appeared utterly innocent: "You found me, so I found you. Why are you so upset? Did I interrupt your brotherly bonding?"
"Not really, itās just that you arrived so quickly, itās a bit beyond common sense."
Ian was inwardly relieved that Michael needed at least ten seconds to arrive, giving him time to summon the Fairy Body for an emergency, otherwise, would he have been awkwardly chatting with Michael as Mahdi?
However, at this thought, Ianās mind stirred: "Speaking of which, Prince, your speed... seems faster than Prince Carlos?"
"Iāve trained seriously."
At this, Michael casually waved his hand, somewhat indifferent: "My elder brother doesnāt really like the Solar Phoenix Bloodline, though itās indeed very powerful. He can play many tricks with it, but he prefers to delve into his own Spirit Energy."
"Iām different. I donāt have anything to distract me, so I focus wholeheartedly on studying Sublimation Skills, naturally making me faster than him."
With that, Michael randomly found a protrusion on Dark Cloud Peak to sit on, his posture not at all like that of a prince of the Setal Imperial Family, but rather like an old farmer squatting by the field after a tiring day of work: "But like my brother, I also donāt particularly like the Solar Phoenix Bloodline."
[Why?]
This time, it was the Glass Emperor Dragon who spoke, its three eyes looking at Michael somewhat strangely: [I seem to hear someone saying they donāt like the Sunbirdāone of the most powerful bloodlines on the Whole Terra Continent, even surpassing True Dragons, and someone actually dislikes it?]
[As expected of royal offspring, they sure talk with arrogance.]
Ian, in his current persona, had many things he couldnāt say, or that didnāt fit his character, but Mahdiās persona was straightforward and hearty, speaking whatever was on his mind: [Carlos has extraordinarily strong Spirit Energy, with his own obsessions and dreams, so he doesnāt want to be distracted, but Second Prince, what about you?]
[What makes you special that you can say you ādonāt like the Sunbirdā?]
Michael raised his head to meet the Glass Emperor Dragonās gaze, one pair of eyes flowing with light like molten metal, while the other flickered like stars.
Ian saw a kind of sorrow in those eyes, a silent lament.
"Is that so... indeed, it seems a bit pretentious."
Closing his eyes and lowering his head, Michael said softly: "Compared to those ordinary people who canāt even tread the Sublimation Path, what are my troubles? Ultimately, I was born on the mountain peak, always unable to truly understand the thoughts of ordinary people."
"But, Mahdi... as you are from The Unyielding Fortress, can you not understand?"
"Can you not understand how overly powerful strength and ability distort perspectives?"
The Glass Emperor Dragon was slightly taken aback, and Michael continued: "Since my birth, Iāve been the Sunbird. To me, thereās no such thing as night in this world. If I want to see, there is light for me to see."
"I donāt get thirsty, nor do I get hungry. I just need to bask in sunlight to keep moving. I can fly through rain clouds, enjoying the feeling of thunder washing over my body, which is probably what you perceive as a hot bath. I canāt understand the comfort of being soaked in hot water, because when I was little, I couldnāt control my power and would evaporate the water. And by the time I could control my power, for some reason, all the delicacies and baths, all the worldly enjoyments have become boring."
"When I became strong, I began to travel all over TerraāIan, do you think it took a long time for me to travel all over Terra? I journeyed through all the major cities of The Empire on the day I set off, and by the second day, I had visited the capitals of all our allied nations."
"Donāt say āit takes time to slowly experience the situation of a placeā. Mahdi, Iām not sure, but Ian, donāt you get it? With our power and wisdom, reaching a place, it only takes seconds to understand the local issues. The problems those mortal officials rack their brains to figure out, the ideas they come up with, are trivially simple for us. We can even just glance at a cityās map and analyze its general situation."
"Iāve seen the corruption of The Empire, the backwardness of the local Nobles, the stagnation, oppression, and bloodshed in other nations. Iāve seen countless exploitation in this worldāHumans have always oppressed Humans, and Sublimators stand even higher. They donāt intentionally exploit, but their impact on the world is even more terrifying than oppression."
"My brother and sister both think becoming emperor will solve everything. The funny part is, they arenāt genuinely ālovingā toward commoners, so they want to do it. They just think, given their powerful strength and excellent status, not doing something is just too boring."
"As for why they want to make The Empire better, instead of enjoying wealth and power... the answer is because itās boring."
"Worldly delicacies, worldly beauties, all desires, those enjoyments, othersā admiration, worship, and submission, theyāre really just like dust. I canāt make sense of why others crave those boring things. Perhaps itās truly because, as royalty, having everything since a young age has caused this abnormal perspective of mine, but I genuinely still canāt understand."