The Protagonist’s Sister Is Actually The Strongest Chapter 272: Chapter 262: A World Without Happiness

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Chapter 262: A World Without Happiness Listen While Reading: White Tiger ----- As the Heavenly Empress talked, the Domain of Hope changed. It wasn’t just her hopes that were being shown, but her memories and emotions. It was incredible; I had no idea that the power of Hope was capable of this. The images changed; it showed a young crane girl; her beak wasn’t that long yet; her body was small and delicate, with beautiful white feathers and little blue eyes; she only wore a brown and dark brown colored dress; she looked a lot like another country girl to me. “I had grown sheltered by my parents, even if it was a simple life, modest even, where we only ate seeds, rice, and sometimes fish,” she said. “It was a much better life than anybody could have hoped. My parents never starved me; they loved me and gave me anything they could possibly do—my own room, my bed, even toys made of wood. They weren’t wealthy, but they had learned to live on their own and prosper.” The imagery changed; the crane girl walked inside of the village in the distance, smiling happily as she ran inside, large houses everywhere, all kinds of people walking everywhere, in every street. It was so different than anything she had ever seen before. “My first impression of the outside world was beautiful nonetheless; I saw and met many people,” she said. “They were kind, mostly. I searched the village for medicine, and they gave me directions. A medicine seller, an apothecary, the only one in that small village…” People interacted with the girl; they talked and even laughed. Pointing at a certain street, the girl nodded, walking towards the apothecary. “My first impression was good… I thought the world was bright and beautiful—no suffering, just people living their lives! Wouldn’t that be wonderful? Yet…” She quickly stopped, the white crane girl gasping as someone appeared in front of her. Someone covered in drags, dirt, and filth. A young black cat boy, missing an eye, and looking starved and sickly. “Please… food… Someone… My sister, she’s starving… She hasn’t woken up… Someone help me… please…” The boy talked to her, asking for help; he grabbed her dress and supplicated, barely capable of standing up. “I was flabbergasted back then; I didn’t know what to do. It was too impactful for my foolish and childish mind,” sighed the heavenly empress. “The filth, the drags, the dirt, the smell… the misery—I felt alienated with it, afraid. I ran away.” “S-Someone…” The boy fell to the mud, his face splattering with filth as she ran away. But why did she run away? “Why did you…?” “I was a child; I was afraid, stupid, dumb,” sighed the empress. “I ran around the streets and ended up walking into a more dangerous zone, one riddled with poverty. Beggars were everywhere, starving people, supplicating for mercy and food. The commoners only snickered at them, kicked them away, or spat on their faces.” The crane girl looked around herself, the great contrast of the world and of society; for the first time ever, she didn’t exactly feel empathy but fear. She had thought it was a world of happiness and peace. “I learned in that moment that the world… Was two-faced. There was a face of peace and happiness, prosperity, and food. And then there was the other face, of poverty and hunger, of filth and death.” “That sounds a bit harsh…” “It is harsh, the world, perhaps all worlds; they’re all harsh, my disciple,” she said. “I realized in that moment how lucky I was to have been given the love of a family even when they adopted me… and I also learned about the power that moved the world. Cultivation.” The scene changed; the girl walked through the streets, and in that moment, a battle broke out. A panda beast man clashed against a weak-looking rat man; the rat ran away as fast as he could, but the panda followed him. His steps, despite his large size, were quick. Ki flowed through his body. In mere seconds, he caught the rat carrying his purse and smashed his entire body into the ground