What? They Weren’t Hypnotized?

The system assured Gu Chenghan that the hypnosis was foolproof.

And indeed it was. Even Her Highness the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment,

became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question.

But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis,

that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before:

"Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever."

Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She...

hadn't been hypnotized?!

...

[The Eldest Princess's Diary]

[When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell]

[At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw]

[How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom]

[How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected]

[Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in]

[If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven]

[I think I am ill, gravely ill]

[My deity should belong to me alone]

...

"Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master."

"Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."