Where Is Your Mouth

Ian Zhu was tagging along with Leon Zane to check out this 'Grace.'

But Leon Zane kept saying he couldn't find Grace anywhere.

Now that Crown Prince Evan Xiao and the others were off handling business, Ian found himself bored, wandering the mountain alone.

Suddenly, he heard someone yell, "Grace! You really know how to hide!"

His eyes instantly lit up, and he turned invisible as he walked over.

At last, he finally saw Grace's true face.

She really is a rare beauty!

The Crown Prince sure has good taste.

But it looked like those girls were about to bully her?

Ian Zhu's eyes darted around, then he went off to find the Crown Prince.

Didn't Leon Zane keep saying he had no idea what the Crown Prince Evan Xiao was thinking?

Well, now he knows!

The dragon clan is lightning-fast, after all.

It didn’t take long for him to find Evan Xiao; they’d already come out of the Demon-Sealing Well.

"Crown Prince Evan Xiao, something’s wrong!" Ian Zhu called out.

"What’s the matter?" Evan Xiao asked.

"I saw Bianca Whiteshire and a bunch of imperial princesses surround Grace—wait, where’d she go?" Ian Zhu froze mid-sentence.

He didn’t even finish talking before she vanished.

"Leon Zane, where’d he go?" Ian Zhu asked.

"Obviously off to rescue the damsel in distress!" Leon Zane grinned mischievously.

Looks like those two pillows really were used!

Grace really is impressive!

But I haven’t even told him where she is yet! How’s he supposed to play hero?

"You need to tell him? He gave her his reverse scale!" Leon Zane said. "Come on, let’s go watch the show!"

...

Grace reached out, took back the Sevenfold Phantom Spider that Ray had tamed, turned it into a tiny green Spirit Fruit, and handed it to the princess who’d threatened to burn her. "Princess, would you like a Spirit Fruit too?"

The princess, seeing Bianca Whiteshire’s miserable state, was already scared out of her wits. She backed away, crying, "Don’t come near me! I don’t want it!"

Just then, Crown Prince Evan Xiao suddenly appeared at Grace’s side.

Grace was a little surprised.

Why did he show up?

But she quickly recovered, put the item back into her Sanctum, squeezed out two tears, and said, "Crown Prince Evan Xiao, they said they want to blind me! I'm so scared!"

Saying that, she collapsed into Evan Xiao’s arms, sobbing as if her heart would break.

Evan Xiao’s eyes went cold. With a sweep of his sleeve, the princesses all screamed, clutching their eyes and howling in pain.

Blood trickled out from between their fingers as they covered their eyes.

Blinded. Every last one of them.

Grace was stunned again and looked up at him.

Seeing her teary-eyed and pitiful, Evan Xiao asked coldly, "Where’s your mouth?"

Huh? What’s wrong with my mouth?

Reverse scale.

Oh... I... was so scared I forgot to bite..." she sniffled.

You can even forget your own life—what else can you remember?

"It won’t happen again." Grace wiped away her tears and gave him a small smile.

With her tear-streaked, delicate beauty, Evan Xiao’s throat tightened, and he momentarily forgot how close they were.

Leon Zane and Ian Zhu exchanged a look, finally giving in to their sense of justice and said, "Crown Prince, it seems... these people were bullied by Grace... Just look at Bianca Whiteshire—what a mess!"

Evan Xiao glanced at Bianca Whiteshire, full of disgust. "Take her away! Don’t scare anyone."

Leon Zane: ...

Are you worried about scaring Grace?

She’s the one who did this to them—are you sure she’s scared?