Forced to Sell Myself to the Female Lead After Killing the Male Lead

The Chosen One's mission was to save this world before it was destroyed by the Abyss Demons.

To face such terrifying enemies, the Goddess bestowed certain special abilities upon the Chosen Ones, allowing them to strengthen themselves while increasing humanity's overall fighting power.

As the Child of Destiny,

Xue Tianao possessed a unique existence within his mind—something akin to an artificial intelligence.

By analyzing a person's everyday interactions, speech, behavior, aura, soul strength, and numerous other factors, the System could evaluate that person's worth and assign them a rating.

Because it was a divine gift from the Goddess herself, no one was beyond its assessment.

The rankings ranged from the utterly worthless F, all the way to the highest S+.

Thanks to the System's evaluations, Xue Tianao always knew exactly who was worth recruiting to fulfill his goals and strengthen both himself and his faction—and who could simply be ignored.

The nobles who had remained loyal to Emperor Luojie-Valedin, for example, had all been rated C.

People like that...

Were entirely expendable.

To Xue Tianao, recruiting individuals with higher value not only greatly increased the chances of clearing his trial, but also gave him an unparalleled sense of accomplishment.

It had become one of his favorite hobbies.

Besides...

He genuinely treasured talented people.

Anyone who pledged loyalty to him would receive the very best treatment without exception.

Of course, if someone of extraordinary value refused to serve him—or worse, might someday become an asset to his enemies—

He had no objection to destroying them before they could become a future threat.

Among all the people Xue Tianao had ever encountered...

There was only one person he desired more than anyone else.

The only woman he wished to both recruit and bring into his harem—

The Child of Destiny of the Asumos Church.

How beautiful...

How kind...

How pure...

How courageous...

How resilient she was.

The moment Xue Tianao laid eyes upon her...

He had fallen in love.

Not only was Mengxi breathtakingly beautiful and exceptionally gifted,

Even the System's evaluation of her had left Xue Tianao utterly stunned.

Her rating was—

Beyond Specification.

In other words...

Mengxi's value was so immense that it couldn't even be measured.

As expected of the Child of Destiny.

She's truly beyond comprehension.

If he could obtain Mengxi...

If he successfully conquered someone of that caliber...

The reward points granted by the System would undoubtedly be beyond imagination.

With those points, combined with enough time to continue developing his power...

Driving back the Abyss Demons...

Destroying the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons...

Would merely become matters of time.

Eventually...

The world would be "saved" by him.

After all...

He was the world's main character.

"Excellent... excellent..."

After hearing his subordinate's report, Xue Tianao smiled in satisfaction.

Although Mengxi had merely agreed to come to Sky Palace for now, conquering such a proud and aloof saintess was hardly difficult with his abilities.

The only troublesome part...

Would be explaining it to all the girls already in his harem.

...Oh, right!

Speaking of them...

"Anqi."

"Your servant is here."

The orange-haired man kneeling in the throne hall immediately responded.

"What further orders does Your Majesty have?"

Looking at Anqi seriously, Xue Tianao slowly descended the steps beneath the throne.

"I ordered you to investigate Marshal Talovise's whereabouts. Have you found her yet?"

"My apologies, Your Majesty. Still nothing. She's disappeared without a trace."

"But Your Majesty needn't worry too much. Marshal Talovise is a Seventh-Tier powerhouse. It won't be easy for anything to happen to her. Perhaps, just like before, she's simply vanished temporarily."

"Once the Second Army Group has taken over responsibility for defending the northern border, we'll begin a large-scale search. We should receive news soon."

"I certainly hope so."

"If Your Majesty remains concerned, perhaps you should question Princess Fengling more. She was the last person to encounter Marshal Talovise in the north, wasn't she?"

"Her..."

Mentioning his younger sister—the Fourth Princess Fengling—caused a complicated, bitter smile to appear on Xue Tianao's face.

She was...

His younger sister.

Yet not truly his younger sister.

She was also someone he desperately wanted to conquer.

Because of her unique constitution, Xue Tianao had always intended to add her to his harem.

Unfortunately...

She stubbornly refused him because of what he dismissed as "ridiculous ethics."

After learning that he had personally killed Luojie-Valedin and become the Snow Night Empire's new emperor,

She refused to speak to him altogether.

Instead, she continued causing disturbances.

Having run out of patience, Xue Tianao simply ordered her confined inside the Imperial Palace, hoping she'd eventually calm down.

At present...

Fengling refused to say a single word to him.

Aside from knowing that she and Talovise had fought in the northern borderlands,

Xue Tianao knew nothing else.

"Asking her is pointless."

"She won't tell me anything in her current state."

"Continue searching for the Marshal."

"As for the Princess..."

"I'll deal with her myself and find a way to make her talk."

"Understood, Your Majesty."

Anqi respectfully lowered his head.

Just as he finished speaking, however, something occurred to him.

"Your Majesty..."

"Recently, Her Highness has been attacking the barrier constantly. She's becoming increasingly restless."

"Should we assign additional guards?"

"Hm?"

Xue Tianao casually shook his head.

"It doesn't matter."

"No matter how much she struggles, she won't break through the barrier."

"I've already removed every magical artifact and weapon from the Princess Palace."

"Only daily necessities..."

"Enough food..."

"And those two spirit beasts..."

"Were left behind."

"She won't be causing any real trouble."

However...

The moment he mentioned the spirit beasts,

Xue Tianao frowned slightly.

Those two beasts clearly never formed contracts with Fengling.

So why are they staying so obediently beside her...?

Strange.

Creatures that proud normally never remain near humans unless they've acknowledged them as their masters...

...

...

After pondering briefly, Xue Tianao still couldn't figure it out.

Nor did he intend to waste further thought on the matter.

After all...

His sister possessed an A-rank evaluation.

Someone of her value attracting a few spirit beasts wasn't particularly surprising.

Besides...

Those two insignificant little creatures weren't strong enough to cause any real problems.

Meanwhile...

Inside the Princess Palace on the eastern side of the Imperial Palace,

Protected by countless guards and multiple magical barriers,

Fengling—

The empire's dazzling golden treasure—

Finally gave up after several failed attempts to break through the barrier.

With a tired sigh, she flopped directly onto her bed.

Shoes.

Stockings.

Armor.

Dress.

Everything had simply been tossed carelessly across the floor.

Exhausted, Fengling sprawled across the bed wearing nothing but a thin set of underwear.

There wasn't even a trace of the elegant, noble princess she usually appeared to be.

Instead...

She looked unbelievably sloppy.

Clothes, magical tools, and equipment lay piled everywhere inside the room.

Had she not at least remembered to throw away leftover food every so often...

The bedroom would have looked little different from a garbage dump.

Still...

It wasn't entirely her fault.

As a princess,

Fengling knew absolutely nothing about housework.

Without maids to take care of her...

She had become little better than a complete wreck.

"That damn Xue Tianao..."

After cursing him a few more times,

Her exhausted body finally gave in.

She quickly drifted off to sleep.

The moment Fengling fell asleep,

Two tiny "spirit beasts" cautiously peeked out from behind a nearby sofa.

Seeing the utter disaster that was the room,

Liyu, disguised as a Hui Spirit Bird, couldn't help frowning.

After living with Mother for so long, she'd long grown accustomed to spotless, orderly surroundings.

This chaotic mess...

Was almost unbearable.

If maintaining their disguise weren't so important,

Liyu would already have cleaned the room for this hopeless princess.

Limo, on the other hand...

Having long since become accustomed to living carelessly,

Couldn't have cared less.

She even had the underwear Fengling had thrown earlier perched proudly atop her head.

Combined with her tongue hanging out...

She looked exactly like a shameless little pervert.

Liyu frowned once again.

With a flap of her wing,

She smacked the underwear right off Limo's head.

"Chirp! Chirp?!" (Big Sis, don't wear something like that!)

"Awoo~! Awooo? Meow?" (Okay, okay! Then what now?)

"Chirp~." (Now~...)

After carefully sensing Fengling's aura,

Liyu nodded her tiny bird head.

"Chirp chirp." (She's asleep. Time to move. Let's secretly stir up some trouble!)

"Meow!" (Yay!)

After confirming that Fengling had fallen into a deep sleep from exhaustion,

The two sisters happily slipped out of the princess's bedroom.

They soon arrived beside the palace wall and the barrier surrounding the Princess Palace.

Limo slowly raised one paw.

With casual ease,

She tore open a small gap in the magical barrier.

Then...

Without anyone noticing—

The two sisters quietly slipped through the layers of Royal Knight security and vanished into the Imperial Palace.