Chapter 96 - Extra – Bloody Fairy Tale (End)

Cheng Zhi Chu was transferred back by the system through the space distortion. When he dizzily opened his eyes, he could vaguely see a handsome face before him.

It’s the twin knight……..

His brain worked slowly, and it took him a few seconds to react to the identity of the other person before him. At the same time, he saw the other knight standing behind him.

He used the corner of his eyes to take in the layout of the room. It wasn’t a familiar place. He was in another strange location.

Although he didn’t know where he was, both the twin knights were in front of him. Cheng Zhi Chu naturally didn’t want to delay things and wanted to kiss them. He endured the dizziness in him and reached out to the knight before him but, before his fingers could brush against the armour, his hands fell, his eyes closed, and he once again fell unconscious.

The mirror spirit had only remained conscious for a short period of time. Seeing this, An held his hand and stared intently at his face but he no longer opened his eyes.

Kai who stood next to him frowned slightly: “We should report these changes to Master Chrisis.”

“………..Okay.” After a moment of silence, An nodded.

“I’ll go find Master Chrisis.”

Kai still maintained a look of indifference but the eyes looking over at his brother had a hint of questioning. He hesitated for a few seconds, and asked: “Why did you kiss him?”

He had also heard of the story about Sleeping Beauty, but he didn’t think that it was An’s kiss that woke the mirror spirit up. The reason why the mirror spirit was unconscious was because he had become weak following the destruction of the magic mirror. It had nothing to do with a curse so a kiss naturally wouldn’t lift the spell.

An fell silent and didn’t answer Kai’s question. Kai didn’t have any other expression on his face. Seeing him not answering, he turned and walked out the room to report to Chrisis.

“…….I don’t know.”

Even he himself didn’t know why he wanted to kiss this person.

…………….

The magical robe decorated with star arrays billowed behind him as Chrisis walked into the room covered in magical arrays. He assessed the mirror spirits condition using his magic.

An and Kai quietly stood by and waited. Chrisis suddenly stored away the magic and gently raised the wand in his hand. An ancient star floated in the air, forming a beautiful halo.

The magic that he had used was divination magic. After his initial assessment, he could faintly tell that the reason behind his unconscious state wasn’t just because of the damage to the magic mirror.

The divination soon had a result. Looking through the scenes displayed in the stars, a slight change rippled through his dull, emotionless eyes. The hand clutching the wand also tightened.

“……..He has another body.”

“It’s a human body.”

Chrisis turned to look at the twin knights and slowly spoke.

“It’s deep in the ocean.”

…………

Cheng Zhi Chu didn’t think that he would actually return to the mermen brother’s sides. When he woke up, he found his arms and legs tied down by special magic chains. The young merman was also locked up in a cage next to him.

The cooling time was not over yet so Cheng Zhi Chu couldn’t teleport away. When he noticed the state of the young man next to him, he was instantly horrified. He couldn’t help but gasp.

Underneath the cage, something that looked like a meat grinder constantly ground up the young man’s tentacles. Its sharp gears were covered in flesh and blood as the tentacles are constantly crushed up and restored. The blood accumulated inside the cage had even flowed out engulfing the room with a strong bloody smell.

The heart wrenching pain made the young man cry a face full of tears. Cheng Zhi Chu could no longer sit still. He dragged the chains over and came closer to the cage. Unfortunately, the length of the chains were fixed so he could only move a few centimetres closer.

“Zhi Chu……..Zhi Chu…….” The young man’s face and beautiful golden hair was covered in blood. It mixed together with his tears as he cried: “It hurts……..”

“How did you get locked up here?!”

Seeing the young man’s pitiful state, Cheng Zhi Chu didn’t consider anything else. Seeing that he couldn’t reach it, he quickly called out the bear to turn off the machine.

“Huff…….Huff………”

The gears stopped moving. The young man panted as his head hung low. His tensed back relaxed and the pain at his tentacles caused him to reflexively curl up. The broken flesh slowly healed as dark red blood continued to flow down.

“This is my brother’s punishment for me. Because I touched you and had unforgivable thoughts about you…….”

The boy’s pure eyes were filled with tears. He looked up at Cheng Zhi Chu sorrowfully: “Sorry. I even caused you to be chained up but I’m……..”

“But you don’t regret it do you?”

A cold male voice was suddenly heard coming from the door. Cheng Zhi Chu and the young man were both startled. He looked over and saw the silver-haired man walk in expressionlessly. He was indifferent to the wounds on the young man’s body and he asked coldly.

“Let me ask you again. Do you know what you did wrong? Are you willing to swear to give up on Zhi Chu?”

“Sorry brother…….but I don’t regret it.”

The young man’s voice was very hoarse. The voice was also very soft but his tone was firm.

“Sorry, but I have already fallen for Zhi Chu……..I can’t give him up.”

“Is that so?” The man coldly hooked up his lips. “Then continue reflecting. Reflect until you are willing to swear.”

Having said that, his gaze stopped over at the gears. He raised his eyebrow and looked at the pale faced Cheng Zhi Chu. He eased his tone and asked him softly: “Zhi Chu, did you help him?”

In front of Cheng Zhi Chu, the man’s attitude was completely different. However, this gentleness of his made Cheng Zhi Chu even more scared. He couldn’t help but inch back and admit: “……..Yes.”

His eyes fell onto the blood on the ground and the mutilated tentacles. His heart trembled. He felt bad and distressed for the young man. He couldn’t help but raise his voice and say to the man: “You can’t do this to him. He is your brother. How can you torture him like this?”

“Why don’t you ask him why he would do something like that to me?”

The smile on the silver-haired man faded a little. His eyes turned cold: “The one who is going to have a wedding with you is me, yet he is coveting after his brother’s partner and wants to betray me. Don’t you think I should punish him?”

“But you don’t need to……..”

“He can’t die. He will just feel pain.” The man said, “And even if I tortured him, he doesn’t intend to give you up. As long as he says that sentence, I will let him go.”

“I’m very sorry………”

Facing his brother’s gaze, the young man bowed his head down while feeling guilty. But even if he apologised, he will not give up on Cheng Zhi Chu and he had no intention to repent.

“Since Zhi Chu feels bad for you, I will stop the machine.”

The handsome man hooked up the corner of his lips and moved over to Cheng Zhi Chu who continued to retreat away from him. In one movement, he grabbed his arm and pushed him onto the bed.

He pressed down onto Cheng Zhi Chu and his silver eyes looked at him like he was looking at his favourite prey. He bowed his head down to kiss his forehead and he whispered in his ear:

“Do you know why I locked you two in the same place?”

Not waiting for Cheng Zhi Chu’s response, he added with a smile: “A few days later, this will be our wedding room. I will let him witness with his own eyes how I possess you, turn you into something that only belongs to me and would give birth to my offspring…..”

Cheng Zhi Chu felt a chill through his body. He stiffly felt the man touching his cheeks. Just when he was about to drop a kiss, a maid’s voice suddenly came from outside the door.

“Master, the lord of Eternal Sleep City and the Vampire Young Master is here to visit. Please come out to receive them.”

“Okay, I’m coming.”

The man answered the voice outside and smiled at Cheng Zhi Chu: “They are guests that I have invited and will attend our wedding in a few days time. I’ll go entertain them. I’ll see you later Zhi Chu.”

After that, he turned and left the room. Cheng Zhi Chu felt relieved. He quickly asked the system: Can you help be unlock these chains?

There was also the young merman. He wanted to free him and take him somewhere safe. He must not stay here.

The young man’s older brother was a complete madman. To think that he would actually do something like this to his own brother. In the end, they are all soul projections of Bai Yi. He couldn’t bear seeing Bai Yi’s soul projections suffer from such torture.

【No problem. Something like this is no big deal.]

The system responded confidently. The chains on Cheng Zhi Chu’s limbs opened one after another. Under the surprised look of the young man, Cheng Zhi Chu quickly fed him a body of medicine to help his injuries recover. He then followed the systems instructions to escape.

He just needed to wait until the teleportation cooldown time is over. He will need to take the merman brother to a safe place first and then kiss the twin knights……

Thinking this, Cheng Zhi Chu asked the young man: “Can you get out of the water for a long time?”

“I can but I will need the help of a magic potion to turn me human temporarily. Otherwise my tentacles will dry out.

Having said this, the young man’s eyes brightened. He looked at Cheng Zhi Chu with a look of expectation: “I can go to the treasure room to steal the potion…..Zhi Chu, are you willing to elope with me? I want to go to your country and see what it’s like.”

“Okay, I’ll take you.”

Cheng Zhi Chu felt a little guilty. This wasn’t eloping, he was just sending the young man away. But after completing the kisses, these soul projections will be taken away and the instance would collapse. It couldn’t’ be considered as abandoning the young man.

But this situation seems quite familiar…..Cheng Zhi Chu thought about it for a moment. He suddenly realised that the young man was actually more like the mermaid in “The Little Mermaid”.

The young man would drink the potion to turn human and the machine earlier that ground up his tentacles brought along pain similar to the pain that the mermaid princess endured through to get a pair of legs. As a prince, he was supposed to be marrying his older brother but the young man was almost about to witness their marriage…….

At this moment, ridiculous thoughts flashed through Cheng Zhi Chu’s mind but he didn’t remain idle as he thought this. He took the young man along and hid. When the cool down time for teleportation ended and the system was about to activate teleportation to send them away, the bottom of the sea suddenly started to shake.

“Boooom————”

At this moment, the walls in the main hall trembled. As if the sea outside was stirred up, it was very loud.

【It’s space distortion!]

The system cried out, but the transfer had already started, and it was too late to stop. After a glow of light, Cheng Zhi Chu and the young man was transferred to another place. They were in a magnificent hall. Looking around, he saw the hall decorated with pearls and corals. Sitting at the middle of the long table was…….

Cheng Zhi Chu immediately saw the silver-haired merman. He was initially shocked and, when he saw the beautiful young man next to him, his legs went soft.

What’s more, it wasn’t just them —— When the man who was sitting with his back to Cheng Zhi Chu turned around revealing his handsome pale face and the star robe, Cheng Zhi Chu immediately recognised him. That was clearly the adult Chrisis….

The twin knights stood by the door. With someone suddenly breaking in, they immediately took out their swords and pointed the tip of it at Cheng Zhi Chu. When they saw his face, they hesitated. Their faces were covered by their helmets so he couldn’t see what expressions they had.

Why are they all here?!

Holding the young man’s hand, and being watched by everyone, Cheng Zhi Chu’s face instantly paled. He almost fainted.

“You’re awake?”

Kashir quickly stood up. A look of joy and surprise was evident in his red eyes but he quickly suppressed it. He pursed his lips and deliberately acted cold: “Why are you here?”

The silver-haired merman was also looking at Cheng Zhi Chu. He hooked up his lips and said with a hint of a smile: “Yes, I also want to ask. Were you looking for me?”

Having said that, he looked at the people present and said: “Since my partner is here, I will introduce him to everyone. He is Zhi Chu, the prince of Boer Kingdom. I will be having a wedding with him.”

“You’re saying that he’s a prince and that you’re marrying him?”

Kashir was stunned. He then sneered coldly: “Nonsense. He’s clearly the spirit residing in the magic mirror and he can never be your partner.”

Chrisis didn’t say anything as he looked at Cheng Zhi Chu. There was still no expression on his face but there was something surging from within the depths of his eyes. He suddenly stood up and walked towards Cheng Zhi Chu.

This is a human body.

Over the past thousand years, he had tried to use undead magic to summon the little magician’s soul countless times but it was as if the other person had evaporated from the world and it was to no avail.

If a soul didn’t respond, it was either completely annihilated or reincarnated. As for this person……Is he his reincarnation?

Cheng Zhi Chu’s face was covered in cold sweat. He just wanted to escape from here, but the system suddenly called out to him.

【What’s going on? One of the knights have already kissed you? Never mind about that, this is a good chance. Hurry and kiss the last one, it’s the one on the right!]

Cheng Zhi Chu heard this, and his heart moved. If there were still two people left, he didn’t think he could do it but since there was only one left, he still had a chance. All he needed to do was to use his teleportation card to move over.

Thinking this, he didn’t hesitate. He immediately used the card to transfer and he removed the knights helmet revealing the handsome face inside. He then gently kissed him on the lips.

“……………”

The hall had turned scarily quiet. Everyone’s eyes fell on Cheng Zhi Chu. Kai who was kissed by him touched his lips with a slight look of surprise on his cold face.

“Zhi Chu?”

The silver-haired mermaid blinked a few times and called out his name. The young merman was also looking at him incredulously. His eyes were red. He appeared to be in denial that Cheng Zhi Chu would kiss another person.

Cheng Zhi Chu’s entire face was covered in sweat. He completely couldn’t explain the reason behind his actions. He avoided their dark or angry gazes and could only pray for the projections to be taken away quickly. He had already finished kissing them!

【Okay, okay. They have all been purified. There’s no problem now!]

The moment the system said this, the projections began to slowly fade away. The hall suddenly became empty, leaving only Cheng Zhi Chu behind.

“Huff……….”

Cheng Zhi Chu let out a sigh of relief. He was really scared just now. Fortunately the kisses were completed, otherwise he really couldn’t imagine what would happen next…….

【Next you just need to use the coin to make the instance collapse.] The system said, 【And then we can go back and find Bai Yi!]

Yes…….

Cheng Zhi Chu took out the coin and quietly agreed. He felt both lonely and happy inside. He had stayed in the instance for too long and he missed Bai Yi and his family a lot. Although the merman and the others are projections of Bai Yi, the feeling was still different…….

“Swoosh——–”

The blood-red coin formed a beautiful arc in the air. It fell into Cheng Zhi Chu’s palm and revealed the devil’s side.

This is the first time…..

Cheng Zhi Chu silently counted inside. He then continued to flip the coin and the coin revealed the devils side another two times.

“Boom!”

But at this moment, the seabed suddenly started to shake violently. The items in the building fell and large amounts of bubbles formed outside the windows. The sand on the sea bed floated up making the water cloudy. More surprisingly, the sea water had started to turn blood red.

“Clang—–!”

Because of the shaking, Cheng Zhi Chu didn’t hold onto the coin tightly enough and the coin fell through. Fortunately, the demon inside manipulated the coin and it once again revealed the devil’s side. That was another successful throw.

The devils faint voice rang in his ear: You using to get bad luck will not only cause the instance to collapse, all the bad luck accumulated will befall onto you. The more you throw, the worse your luck and it would make it harder for you to realise your wish. Your misfortune may fall short of you at the last minute and you may become unable to destroy the instance……

【Oh no. Mr. Mu found out that you’re using the coin. He wants to kill you!]

The same time as the system’s cries, blood coloured sea water crashed against the windows, shattering the glass and pouring into the hall. Cheng Zhi Chu had no time to take the medicine when he found himself submerged in water. His mouth and nose were instantly filled with large amounts of seawater.

Cheng Zhi Chu was covered from head to toe by the icy and cold seawater and even his eyes, nose and mouth were beginning to hurt. He couldn’t breath and he bought medicine from the mall in panic. Unfortunately, the increased bad luck caused the medicine to be washed away by the sea water.

【Hey, you have to hold on. You can’t die!!]

Cheng Zhi Chu was pushed around by the strong currents. The system anxiously tried to teleport Cheng Zhi Chu but the ability was still cooling down and it couldn’t transfer Cheng Zhi Chu to a safe place.

There’s no other choice……

The coin floating in the seawater suddenly started to glow. The coin gradually disappeared and it was replaced by a tall and slender figure.

The gorgeous demon unfolded his large black bony wings and didn’t appear to be affected by the seawater. He looped his hand around Cheng Zhi Chu’s lower back, flapped his wings and easily passed through the turbulent currents. He carried Cheng Zhi Chu out from the sea and flew into the air.

Since he was liberated, the devil Chelman had been slowly recovering his power while in the coin. At this moment, he could finally take his true form.

But this form of his couldn’t last long so before that happens he must deal with everything quickly.

Chelman looked up at the night sky. His golden eyes reflected the horrible scenery and his lips slowly hooked up. With Cheng Zhi Chu in one hand, he waved his other hand at the air while smiling joyfully.

“Long time no see.”

There was a thunderous roar. It sounded like the indescribable monster was responding to him but at the same time it also didn’t sound like it. But that didn’t matter to Chelman. He didn’t care what Mr. Mu who had become a monster had to say.

His fingers moved gently, and the blood-red coin appeared between his fingers.

“I have never used this coin myself.” He shrugged and then threw the coin high, “But it’s quite interesting.”

As the number of misfortune throws increased, the surroundings also started to shake and terrible dark cracks appeared. The entire space began to collapse. The giant eyeballs in the sky also started to shatter. Hair-rising roars could be heard coming from all directions.

“You also used to be my master. I will remember your ‘kindness’.”

Chelman revealed a casual smile. He said:

“The reason why my power is sealed is all thanks to you so, today, I will give it back to you………”

“And my current master wants to kill you so I’m sorry, I have to satisfy his wish.”

He said this and then he gently kissed the coin. He threw it up for the last time and revealed a cold and indifferent smile at the sky.

“So goodbye, Mr. Mu.”

“Boooommm—————-”

…………..

“Ah!”

Cheng Zhi Chu suddenly woke up from his unconscious state. His memory still remained at the moment when he was submerged in seawater and he was terrified. He though he was dead but when he looked around in panic, he saw a familiar room. This was the bedroom that he had stayed in before he left for the instance.

Wha-what’s going on….?

【You were saved by Chelman. He helped you complete the coin throws and destroyed the instance.]

The system’s voice sounded very elated. It happily said to Cheng Zhi Chu: 【Mr. Mu is now completely dead. Bai Yi’s soul projections have also been purified. He should awaken soon, you should go and see him.]

Really?!

Cheng Zhi Chu was elated. He immediately pulled away the blanket and ran out of the bedroom. As soon as he opened the door, he ran into someone and was even held in an embrace.

“Zhi Chu?”

A familiar gentle voice was heard above his head. Cheng Zhi Chu became very excited. He looked up and saw Bai Yi’s face but before he could say anything, he was deeply kissed by the other party.

Cheng Zhi Chu felt a little shy but more of him felt sweet. He hooked his arms around Bai Yi’s neck and actively responded to his kiss.

The two men hugged and kissed for a long time. Finally, Bai Yi gently released Cheng Zhi Chu whose face was completely flushed.

Bai Yi gently stroked his hair. Cheng Zhi Chu looked up at him with a look of joy and shyness, but he was suddenly stunned.

That handsome appearance was something that he was familiar with but for some reason something felt different. He couldn’t put a finger on it but he felt that something wasn’t right…….

“I didn’t expect to be have the chance to come out and control this body.”

The next second, the words “Bai Yi” said made Cheng Zhi Chu feel a chill run through him. His face suddenly became pale.

“Don’t be scared. Nothing will happen to him. After all, he is the ‘main body’.”

The man saw his scared look and smiled lightly. He stroked his cheek and appeased him: “You can continue to call me by my original name……..I’m Qin Ji.”

“Zhi Chu, I’m happy to see you again.”

【Uh…….]

When Cheng Zhi Chu was still in a stunned state, the system laughed awkwardly. It spoke uncomfortably:

【This is a natural phenomenon……..During the early stages of soul fusion, certain personalities may emerge. It’ll be fine after Bai Yi gradually adapts to it……….]

【Though he has a little too many personalities. There are more than 180…..]

【You should be mentally prepared. They might all want to see you…..]