CH 86

Chapter 86: Castle Cry (XIII)

“Sure, no problem.” Qi Leren took the lead in responding to Su He’s request, and his expression was calm.

Now he has a little understanding why the first thing the court trained him in was how to lie, it was really a very practical skill.

Adversely, Dr. Lu was a little puzzled. He looked at Su He and asked nervously, “What are you talking about?”

Su He smiled, moving as if asking another to dance at a ball. He bent slightly, with one hand behind him and the other hand outstretched to Dr. Lu. Dr. Lu gave him a suspicious look and took his hand obediently.

They only stood still in front of Qi Leren for two or three seconds. Dr. Lu withdrew his hand and said with amazement, “Wow, the Village of Dawn looks beautiful! It’s not the same style as the Village of Dusk at all. I like the Village of Dawn!”

Su He nodded with a smile: “It’s true that the style is very different, but I really like the Village of Dusk, with how lively it is. The Village of Dawn is really too quiet.”

The conversation between the two made Qi Leren a little puzzled: “What are you talking about?”

“You also try, it’s very interesting!” Dr. Lu pushed Qi Leren and urged him.

Su He also held out his hand to him. He was wearing a pair of white gloves that made his hands look more slender. Qi Leren looked into his eyes as if he knew nothing of what had happened earlier. Su He was looking at him. His eyes were calm and gentle without any inquiry or malicious intent. When he looked at a person like this, it was hard for anyone to refuse him.

Qi Leren held out his hand.

At the moment when their hands touched each other, Qi Leren’s eyes were filled with light and shadow. In an instant, he was standing on a tall tower with several white clouds floating in the blue sky. Looking around, the earth beneath his feet turned out to be countless islands floating in the air, just like a flock of white pigeons in the vast blue sky. In the far east, the bright morning sun was rising over the horizon in the depths of the mountains, dispelling the darkness and coldness and making people feel warm.

“This is the Village of Dawn?” Qi Leren stood on the edge of the white handrail and looked at the fantastic and beautiful boundary in amazement.

“It is the Village of Dawn, but of course, it’s just a field constructed in my memory. I hope to take you there one day.” Su He came to him and looked out with him at the quiet and beautiful land covered by the dawn.

“I hope…” Qi Leren, who are still living in the shadow of the seed, have never thought about things so far away. “But what is a field?”

“Well, to put it simply, a field is a small world built by itself. If you’re strong enough, you can even build a field similar to a copy world. The world in the field and the world outside have different speeds of time, so resting and training in the field has good results,” Su He said.

Qi Leren never knew there was such a thing, and his knowledge was still too shallow: “Does everyone have a field?”

“Of course not.” Su He smiled gently and patiently said, “There should be no more than thirty people in the Nightmare World.”

Qi Leren swallowed saliva, and the psychological pressure in the face of Su He was even greater.

The air in the Village of Dawn was fresh, unlike the smell of engine oil everywhere in the Village of Dusk, where there was always a roaring mechanical sound in the ear. It was so quiet here that it didn’t look like there were any other people at all. However, at this time, Qi Leren had no intention of enjoying the scenery at all, and nervously thought about how to hide from Su He.

As long as he refused to admit it, did Su He have any evidence to prove that the mission error was related to him? Even if he was a high-level player from the Village of Dusk, or even a half GM, he couldn’t know his experiences from before entering the Nightmare World.

“Qi Leren,” Su He’s voice rang in his ear.

Qi Leren, who was prepared psychologically, raised his head and was ready to accept Su He’s interrogation.

Su He was looking at him and the smile on his mouth faded. He looked more serious than before: “I noticed just now, what happened to that thing behind your neck?”

“?!”

Qi Leren failed to conceal his shock at that moment and looked at Su He in astonishment.

He actually found out? And it was at a glance that he noticed the seed of slaughter?

“I’ve done some research on the power of demons, and that kind of energy can’t hide from me.” With a slight sigh, Su He went to the center of the terrace and pulled the chair beside the small round table. “Sit down, let’s talk.”

Like a student caught cheating by a teacher, Qi Leren came to the table in fear, hesitated, and sat down.

There is a beautiful tea set on the small round white table. Su He took off his gloves, made him a pot of black tea without saying a word, and put a cup in front of him. With his silence, Su He put more pressure on Qi Leren, who would rather Su He question him than be so silent.

Qi Leren, who was on pins and needles, had turned countless thoughts in his brain. Deny it? Impossible, Su He and have already discovered it, he absolutely could not hide it. Honest account? Even more impossible, the requirement of the Court was that he must never reveal his undercover identity. Pretend to be infected by accident? It seemed that… that was the only way.

When Su He and her tea were ready, Qi Leren had already thought out the countermeasures and calmed down.

“Although I didn’t leave you for very long, when I saw you again, I saw that you’ve grown a lot from how you were at the beginning.” Su He didn’t ask about seed as soon as he opened his mouth, but reminisced with him with emotion.

Qi Leren was a little unsure of his rhythm, so he had to talk to him first: “… Because a lot of things have happened. When people are struggling on the edge of life and death, they will always grow faster.”

The black tea in the cup was sending out a curl of mist, which was full of rich and mellow flavor. On the top terrace of the towering white tower, two people with different thoughts casually talked about their experiences in these days.

“After sending you to Maka Village, which started the Witchcraft Sacrifice mission that day, I was worried for a long time. The mission involved demons, and it was easy for you to encounter accidents as a newcomer. I asked a friend in the Twilight Township to pay attention to your situation and learned that you were still alive. It was really good… Well, it was great.” Su He made no secret of his concern, and spoke cheerfully.

Qi Leren felt more and more guilty. Su He had always taken care of him, but he had to deceive him…

For a moment, he wanted to tell the whole story, and confided his uneasy, painful, confused and guilty feelings. His heart contained too many secrets, which overwhelmed him.

“I… I’m fine. The Witchcraft Sacrifice was really difficult, but I was lucky,” Qi Leren said with a strong smile.

Although luck never took his side, he lived to the end. Maybe all his luck was spent on meeting Ning Zhou. If it wasn’t for Ning Zhou, he would never have survived the Witchcraft Sacrifice task.

Su He showed an interested expression: “Oh? I’m quite interested in the task involving demons. Can you tell me about it? ”

Qi Leren suddenly fell into a dilemma. If he wanted to say it, he would definitely mention Ning Zhou, but if he refused… He really couldn’t bear to disappoint Su He again.

“If you swear not to laugh at me, I will tell you,” Qi Leren said gloomily.

Su He looked at him with some surprise: “Of course I won’t laugh at you. If my request makes you feel embarrassed, I’m sorry… In fact, I don’t have to know.”

With this said, he nodded a little apologetically to Qi Leren, apologizing for his embarrassing request.

Qi Leren’s previous embarrassment also dissipated: “No, I don’t feel embarrassed. I also feel that some areas of this task were very strange. I want to hear your opinion.”

Su He blinked and said, “I will listen carefully to what you say.”

“The Witchcraft Sacrifice task was a bit special. Just like its task name, the object of participation is a ‘witch’. So at the beginning of the mission, I woke up in the carriage and found that I had become a… girl.”

Su He’s hands, that had been adding black tea to Qi Leren’s cup, shook and added two drops of tea stains to the white tablecloth.

Qi Leren’s eyes suddenly became resentful. He really wanted to laugh: “You promised not to laugh at me.”

Su He pressed his fist against his mouth and coughed twice: “I didn’t laugh.”

Having said that, he couldn’t hide it with his smiling eyes: “I just thought, what would you look like if you became a girl…”

“It was very ordinary,” Qi Leren said with a straight face.

“My feeling tells me that you must have been a very lovely girl.” Su He smiled and pointed to the corner of his eye. “Your eyes are very beautiful, and the outer corner of your eye tilts downward. If it’s on a girl, it will be a very obvious drooping eye and it will look very innocent.

"Then the lips, the lip shape is very good, the cupid’s bow in the middle of the upper lip is obvious, and the corners of the mouth are a little tilted.” Su He’s index finger was placed on his lips, like a gesture of silence. “A girl with this lip shape must be very cute.”

“Hold on, we are not discussing this kind of problem now, I am a man, a man, OK?” Qi Leren was inexplicably ashamed and quickly stopped Su He’s conjecture. He secretly felt that with Su He’s appearance, half of the sisters must have fallen under his suit pants. What was even more frightening was that he is still very good at talking, so maybe the other half can’t hold it back either.

Although it seems a little regrettable, Su He nodded with great cooperation and listened to him carefully.

When it came to Ning Zhou again, Qi Leren’s mood had calmed down, and he could describe him calmly and objectively, instead of being indignant. Qi Leren didn’t say too much about Ning Zhou, and his skills were basically vague in the past, even his name didn’t come out. He only said that they defeated Ye Xia, finished the task, and didn’t say anything after returning to the Village of Dusk.

Su He listened quietly. He was really an expert listener, never giving random opinions or asking questions about things he didn’t want to say.

“That’s probably it. What do you think?” Qi Leren said wistfully.

Su He’s hands were folded and placed beside the teacup. The index fingers of his left and right hands were constantly changing positions up and down. He seems to be thinking about something. In the empty and silent world under the blue sky and white clouds, he had been silent for a long time, and then sighed lightly: “The person you mentioned is a man.”

Qi Leren took a sip of fragrant black tea from the teacup to cover up his complicated mood at this moment: “How did you find out?”

“A lot of details. You deliberately avoided mentioning him in many places, unless you had to mention him. You only said what you did: you risked your life to distract the bone dragon for him, and loaded the file for him three times in a row at the last moment, but you never mentioned his reaction. But I can guess even if you don’t say it. Unless you’re a hard-hearted person, how can you be indifferent to such a person? You must have met later, but the result was regrettable. Most importantly, you didn’t use any words referring to the opposite sex to describe him. You only said 'that person’, and even once you used the word 'goddess’ by a slip of the tongue, but you immediately corrected to 'that person’. Combined with the fact that this copy would make men temporarily change into a woman’s appearance, you can easily think of the answer before you start your statement.” Su He spoke his analysis slowly, and every point was concise.

In front of Su He, it was very difficult for Qi Leren to hide himself.

“Yes, as you guessed, we met once after the mission, and then… there was no more.” Qi Leren gave a wry smile. He didn’t say anything about sweeping the grave, let alone telling Ning Zhou’s ring. It was like a secret between them, or even a secret that belonged to just him.

Because Ning Zhou wouldn’t know - and even he doesn’t know why - he took the ring.