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Chapter 1303: Chapter 1172 “My Twin Girlfriend Chapter 1303: Chapter 1172 “My Twin Girlfriend After a brief interruption, the Princess’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony was back on track.

The Princess, as the protagonist, and her family entered the banquet hall to thank the attendees.

But now, the banquet hall—whether it was the one hosting the dignitaries or the one hosting civil folks—had lost its earlier composure; everyone was discussing the events that had occurred in the ceremony hall and speculating about what the [Real or Fake Princess] drama was all about.

In particular, the banquet hall where Lincoln had been was as noisy as a marketplace.

—Lincoln had stood there with a Princess for over ten minutes, chatting with many people!

Now, these people were guessing: the Princess that had appeared was probably not the real one at all!

And despite chatting up close with this fake Princess, not a single person had noticed any flaws!

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If it were not still broad daylight with so many people together, it would almost feel like the beginning of a ghost story.

Now, everyone who had spoken to the Princess couldn’t hide their excitement as they shared their theories.

And there were mainly two guesses:

Either Lincoln had found someone from the vast user database of the virtual world who looked almost exactly like the Princess—this was not impossible, as one of the classic wonders of the Internet is about two strangers separated by the South Sea with no relation to each other, yet looking exactly like twins.

Or, it wasn’t a real person at all but a robot created by Lincoln.

And the twist was: most people were hoping it was the former.

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Even netizens on the Internet preferred to believe the former—whether it was a “stranger who looked alike” or “exceedingly skillful makeup techniques,” in any case, everyone was more inclined to believe it was a real person.

The idea of a robot indistinguishable from a real person was too far beyond everyone’s imagination.

—Or perhaps it was too easy to trigger some kind of fear about “robots.”

In any case, everyone was eagerly hoping that either Lincoln or the Little Princess would come forward and explain that it was actually someone else.

It’d be best if they could introduce this person to everyone.

But unfortunately, neither the Little Princess nor Lincoln offered the answer everyone wanted.

—Nor did they offer the answer no one wanted.

They simply didn’t explain the matter at all!

They wanted to gloss over it as if nothing had happened.

This was just outrageous.

The banquet hall with the dignitaries, though itching to know what was happening, still maintained their sense of propriety and didn’t do anything excessive.

On the other side, the banquet hall, being closer to the Princess and having a more relaxed conversation, was able to probe a bit more.

But no matter who asked, the Little Princess just shook her head without answering.

If further questioned, Lincoln would take over the conversation and start spouting nonsense about “technology-based skin masks,” “holographic facial camouflage,” “editing of facial flesh and blood,” and “massive virtual realms that don’t require wearing equipment to enter”…

In short, he would say anything outrageous.

But what left him dumbfounded was that many people actually started seriously considering the possibilities of his ludicrous reasons.

Which left him speechless.

And when Shuihua, after being made to sign a confidentiality agreement and taking her compensation, entered the banquet hall, rumors were already rife, and nearly everyone was guessing which was the real truth.

The outrageous claims were enough to leave Shuihua dumbfounded.

Unsurprisingly, these messy rumors also spread quickly online, leaving netizens somewhat bewildered.

The discussion’s intensity increased by another level.

*

The Princess and her family did not stay at the scene the entire time; they spent about twenty minutes in each banquet hall before saying their goodbyes and leaving.

In the end, the Princess appeared one last time at the official start of the feast and a sip of the commencement alcohol was enough.

Lincoln, not fond of dining with too many strangers, left early with Mavis.

Camille, dressed in her ceremony attire, didn’t show any reluctance as she happily hugged him before sending him on his way.

…

With Yue Pengju driving, Lincoln and Xiaomeng’s “Victoria” sat in the back seat as they neared the residential area.

On a whim, Lincoln whispered something into Xiaomeng’s ear.

Consequently, the surveillance team members, on edge due to the day’s surprises, noticed the familiar car passing by and the Artificial Intelligence Recognition System logged a bizarre record—

[2031/5/21 18:26 SpongeBob and Patrick entered the residential area]

“???”

The duty officers exchanged bewildered glances, their eyes filled with confusion:

“This system, wasn’t it just upgraded two days ago?”

“Seems…

like it was?”

They both felt a little doubtful about life.

…

Back home, the chef had the meal ready.

Mavis, in her realistic robot body, propped her chin with her hands and watched Lincoln eat—the realistic robots only appeared human on the outside; they were entirely different inside and didn’t have a human digestive tract, nor did they need to eat.

At that moment, she suddenly thought: having a body that could move in the real world seemed quite nice.

Though not as free and comfortable as in the virtual world and Internet, the addition of so many sensory units made her perception of the home in reality much more delicate and true.

In that case, those problems weren’t unbearable.

After a satisfying meal, besides diving into the virtual world to continue watching the drama, Lincoln also sorted out the affairs for tomorrow.

Now that the Little Princess’s coming-of-age ceremony was over, Cloud Dream didn’t need to stay silent, and most of the preparatory work for many things was completed; it was time to flex their muscles.

As for the hotly debated [Real or Fake Princess] topic online, although netizens frantically tagged him, hoping he would explain,

Lincoln didn’t plan to respond.

—After all, becoming a mysterious urban legend seemed kind of fun.

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It wasn’t until almost 10 o’clock in the evening that the Little Princess appeared in front of Lincoln again, dressed in the traditional outfit she wore for her coming-of-age ceremony.

She was also carrying a jug of alcohol.

That was the alcohol she drank for the final step of her headdress ceremony.

“You haven’t drunk the toast I offered you yet!”

After tasting the cake prepared by Lincoln, the Little Princess poured a glass of alcohol for herself and Lincoln, and because Mavis couldn’t drink, she also poured a glass of orange juice separately.

Mavis, holding her orange juice, very considerately disappeared from their sight.

What followed was a simple birthday celebration for the two of them.

Lincoln watched the Little Princess, her cheeks flushed with reddish glow, obediently drink the alcohol.

Then came the gift-receiving segment—the Little Princess began to officially receive the authority and truly own the realistic robot that looked exactly like her.

She put on the headband, closed her eyes.

When she opened them again, her perspective had changed—she could now see both Lincoln and herself.

The Little Princess looked at her hands, then touched her cheeks, feeling it indeed was exactly like the real thing—whether it was the appearance or the sensation, it all felt genuinely real.

She asked Lincoln, “Can this be operated while I’m awake?”

“Yes,” Lincoln nodded, but immediately added, “However, it’s quite difficult.

It requires multitasking.”

“Teach me,” the Little Princess pleaded cutely.

Lincoln saw no reason not to.

And Camille, the genius young girl, mastered the skill in less than ten minutes.

While moving freely in her own body, she could still spare some attention to control the realistic robot.

And Lincoln, he saw his twin-like girlfriend once again.

The Little Princess then took the initiative to get closer, hugging his arms from both sides, smiling at him.

—During her coming-of-age ritual, she paid close attention to Lincoln and had naturally noticed the glow in his eyes when he saw two of her standing together.

And Lincoln felt…

The impact was a bit overwhelming!

He needed to take a moment.

But the Little Princess seemed to have found a fun toy, or perhaps she had discovered Lincoln’s weakness.

She kept hugging and kissing him, making Lincoln dizzy.

It wasn’t until the time to rest approached that the Little Princess ran back to her room to change into sleepwear, allowing Lincoln to catch his breath and feel somewhat more clear-headed.

But this state did not last long.

Because soon, two Little Princesses, one in a black and the other in a white nightgown, walked into the bedroom.

Upon seeing this, Lincoln’s eyes widened instantly, and his breathing became erratic.