C60 — Princess

Mu Sichen felt like he was playing the Werewolf game without prophets or hunters; he didn’t know how many wolves were hiding around him; he didn’t even know how many people were at the card table, and there was only one teammate on his side who didn’t look very reliable.

 

Mu Sichen swept a glance at He Fei; his roommate seemed to have decided that the book was safe and had already begun to doze off.

 

“What about the source of the rumor?” Mu Sichen pressed the maid.

 

 

His move could be said to have startled the snake. Currently, the Simple Pupil Dependent and the possible Shen Jiyue were hiding in the dark, while Mu Sichen was at a loss. Apart from using risky tactics and extracting some information from the most suspicious maid, there was no other way to break through the situation.

 

If this was a werewolf kil-ling, Mu Sichen would definitely incite his teammates to vote for the maid in the first game!

 

Under Mu Sichen’s constant pressure, the maid finally realized that the Queen wasn’t going to let her go today.

 

Mu Sichen took a step closer, his palm clenched in the air; this time if the maid’s answer didn’t satisfy him, he was going to swing a crossaxe directly.

 

A crack finally appeared in the maid’s calm expression; she took a step backwards; cold sweat appeared on her forehead; and finally she lowered her head and said, “It’s the princess.”

 

He Fei, who was dozing off in the back, heard this word, and his eyes lit up, wiping the saliva from the corners of his mouth as he looked at the maid.

 

Mu Sichen: “……”

 

He forgot, Prince He Fei also had a fiancée princess who was being bullied by the evil queen!

 

Another person was added to the already chaotic card table.

 

 

“It’s the princess’s singing voice,” said the maid. “Although the queen has locked the princess up in a high tower, I heard that the princess’s voice can attract a lot of beautiful birds, and they will tell the princess about the things outside, and the princess will make up these stories into beautiful songs; everyone near the high tower can hear her songs.”

 

“Is that so?” Mu Sichen followed the maid’s words, “She has always been playful and has always caused trouble. I’ve already locked her up in a high tower, but I didn’t expect that she would still be able to spread rumors. You say, What should I do with her?”

 

The maid quickly responded, “The queen is the most famous pharmacist in the country, who has treated countless people. Whoever the queen wants to be unable to sing won’t be able to escape.”

 

 

“Okay.” Mu Sichen smiled and said, “Take my medicine and go make a bowl of soup; we’ll go visit the princess right now.”

 

 

He carefully observed the maid’s expression, seeing the maid’s slightly furrowed brow stretch a bit; her tone also relaxed a bit. “I’ll go prepare it right now.”

 

After the maid left, Mu Sichen sat on his chair. He Fei came over and said with an indignant expression, “So you’re really the evil queen who bullied the princess; the princess is my fiancée.”

 

“I’m too busy right now; don’t add to the mess.” Mu Sichen scratched his hair. “It’s true that the more characters that appear, the more messy it gets; how come the maids all seem to be hostile towards the king and the princess?”

 

He Fei looked at Mu Sichen for a while and said seriously, “Brother, since we met in the game, you have been saying that this place is dangerous and I need to be careful, and that if I listen to you, I can leave the game and return to reality.”

 

“The danger I understand is that losing points can lead to death, staying in the game for a long time can cause confusion, and there’s no food to eat.”

 

“Of course these are all dangerous, but I always feel that the danger in your eyes is more than that, even more terrifying than that.”

 

“What exactly are you afraid of? And what’s the way you’re going to get out of the game? Can I help in any way?”

 

“You said I would die if I knew too much, but since I’m in this book with you, I can help you with something, right? Even if you can’t tell me a lot of things, but what you can tell me, can you tell me a little bit? At the very least, I can do it without causing you any trouble.”

 

He Fei’s rare seriousness made Mu Sichen a little embarrassed; although he had asked He Fei to come to this book with him, subconsciously, Mu Sichen didn’t expect He Fei to be able to help with anything.

 

Mu Sichen actually just wanted to keep He Fei under his eye to prevent this person from inviting any more evil gods and accidentally getting contaminated.

 

After all, He Fei was someone who could be contaminated by four evil gods at the same time; his physique was truly magical.

 

 

Now He Fei’s sincere words made Mu Sichen realize that from the time he entered the library, he had always been in fear of Shen Jiyue and was always afraid of encountering Shen Jiyue.

 

 

Compared to having nothing at the sanatorium and processing plant, Mu Sichen now had 7 pillar-level self-stickers on his body and a small octopus belt wrapped around his waist, far more powerful than the first two “pillars.”.

 

 

But he was still afraid.

 

In the processing plant, the fear that Shen Jiyue brought to him was too deep. Mu Sichen instinctively avoided Shen Jiyue and even deliberately avoided the books “Dependent C03” and “The Power of Curiosity,” which were highly likely to contain Shen Jiyue’s power.

 

The “pillar” of the library was divided into two halves, and both sides wanted to regain power from each other. Mu Sichen could seize either half of the power first, but he gave himself a reason. He came to find the Simple Pupil Dependent first, wanting to seize half of its power, and then make all necessary preparations, waiting for Shen Jiyue to come and find him.

 

 

Therefore, he let go of those two books that 99% had Shen Jiyue and came to this book that may not be hiding the simple pupil dependent.

 

He clearly could have been fully prepared to enter those two books to confront Shen Jiyue head-on.

 

This was clearly to widen the distance.

 

 

His fear was even noticed by a confused person like He Fei.

 

This kind of fear—didn’t Shen Jiyue have a kind of spiritual dominance over him?

 

Although the contamination had been eliminated, the shadow of the moon still remained in his heart, and this state of mind would most likely allow him to be contaminated once again in an invisible manner.

 

Mu Sichen exhaled a long breath and said to He Fei, “You can actually say such sensible words; you’ve really become impressive during your three hours of separation.”

 

 

“Don’t think I can’t hear that you’re explicitly praising and implicitly belittling me, using the opportunity to undermine me; I’ve always been a very intelligent spiritual young man!” He Fei slapped the back of Mu Sichen’s head. “Come on, say what you can; I, a senior who has been through ten reincarnations, will help you analyze it.”

 

Mu Sichen covered the back of his head, his line of sight swept over He Fei’s fearless expression, and after a moment of deliberation, he described how he wanted to find the “pillar,” the thirst for knowledge required for the “pillar,” the ability of the “pillar” to split in half, and whether the ability to control half of the “pillar” was vision or eyes.

 

 

“How complicated!” He said in shock, “I’m getting a headache just listening to it! So you’re going to find that simple pupil dependent among so many people?”

 

“Right, it’s hard, isn’t it? I see everyone as wolves now.” Mu Sichen said with a headache, “And there might be foxes hiding among the wolves.”

 

The wolf was the simple pupil dependent, and the fox was Shen Jiyue.

 

He said, “I can’t dissect everything like you do. If you entrust this matter to me, I have only one way, which is to find a way to lure the snake out of its hole. Don’t analyze anymore; burn the torch and chase the wolf out of the mountains!”

 

 

“Ah!” Mu Sichen pointed at He Fei and looked at him with disbelieving eyes. “You managed to come up with such a good suggestion! I have an idea!”

 

“What idea?”He Fei curiously got closer.

 

At this time, the maid walked in with a bowl of soup and said to Mu Sichen, “Queen, the bird’s nest and snow pear soup has been boiled, and it is guaranteed to’moisturize’ the princess’s throat.”

 

 

The pace of this book was too fast, and there was no chance for buffering between pages. Mu Sichen pinched his fingers and calculated; he hadn’t been in the book for more than half an hour, but he felt that the plot had progressed a lot.

 

He Fei gave Mu Sichen a wink and said silently with his mouth, “Take me to see the princess.”

 

Prince He Fei really couldn’t get enough of his fiancée.

 

Mu Sichen had planned to take He Fei with him, lest his roommate, who had no ability to defend himself, fall into danger alone.

 

“Follow me to see the princess, and by the way, make a dress for the princess, lest others say that I, as a mother, treat my child harshly.” Mu Sichen said.

 

The maid naturally wouldn’t refute anything, so He Fei happily followed.

 

The princess lived on top of a high tower, and the wicked queen didn’t leave a ladder for the tower at all.

 

Fortunately, the princess’s long hair had a magic spell; as long as one grabbed her long hair at the bottom of the tower, they could fly up to the tip of the tower. The food delivery man put food in a basket and hung it in her hair every day.

 

Thanks to this magical long hair, the princess didn’t starve to death.

 

The three of them grabbed the golden hair, which was tens of meters long, and flew up to the top of the tower, enjoying the joy of an escalator.

 

When they reached the tip of the tower, He Fei let go of the hair, and a strand of blonde hair fell into his palm, beautiful and silky, refracting dazzlingly in the sunlight.

 

He Fei looked at the strand of hair and muttered, “The princess’ hair loss is a bit serious, and her hair is still being used as a lift like this. I’m afraid she’ll go bald, right?”

 

Sitting in the room, the princess, who was wearing tattered clothes but still beautiful, looked at He Fei with a stiff expression.

 

Realizing that he had left a bad impression on his fiancée, He Fei stepped forward and said, “Beautiful Princess, your looks really make the sun pale in comparison. I am a tailor who has come here in admiration, and I will sew you a dress that is worthy of you; you deserve the most beautiful.”

 

He Fei used his own face in the book, and he was reasonably good-looking and the official match in this magical tale.

 

The princess fell in love with him at first sight and opened her mouth to sing a song in praise of a faraway traveler.

 

Mu Sichen slightly covered his ears; the princess’s voice was quite loud; no wonder everyone near the high tower could hear her singing.

 

The maid noticed the queen’s movements and instantly spoke, “Princess, the queen came to visit you, but you didn’t even greet your honorable mother; instead, you praised a lowly commoner tailor; isn’t that too rude?”

 

The princess had to stop singing, reluctantly averted her eyes from He Fei’s body, picked up her skirt and saluted the queen, and softly said, “Mother, it has been a long time since I have seen you; are you well?”

 

Mu Sichen, who had become the villain of the story, was a bit uncomfortable as he nodded and said, “I’ve lived well enough to live as long as you. How have you been lately? What have you been singing?”

 

The princess said, “Just making up songs to sing about the interesting things around me lately to relieve my loneliness.”

 

“Like what?” Mu Sichen asked.

 

The princess looked at the aggressive queen somewhat helplessly and looked at He Fei for help.

 

 

He Fei stepped forward and held the princess’s hand, giving her strength against the queen.

 

 

Mu Sichen coughed lightly, signaling He Fei to settle down a bit; he couldn’t stop working just because he saw a beautiful woman.

 

“The ballad of the fisherman and the octopus, did you sing it?” Mu Sichen glanced at the maid, ready to confront the princess in front of her.

 

“Yes, I heard it from the sparrows twittering outside; when night falls, they always stand high up and chat about some funny stories they see during the day.” The princess said.

 

“More funny songs would be fine,” Mu Sichen looked at the Princess from on high, “but have you sung any of those lately that have anything to do with me? For example, the matter of the wicked queen who destroyed all the mirrors in order to prevent the king from wearing new clothes?”

 

The princess’s pupils shrunk, and she shook her head in a panic. “How could my daughter dare to say such things? Father ignores the affairs of the country, and mother is doing it for his own good!”

 

When Mu Sichen saw her expression, he had a thought in his heart, but he still needed further confirmation.

 

 

So he said, “Attendant, give the princess the throat moisturizing soup I specially brewed for her. Since the princess likes to sing so much, she must protect her throat well and sing even more moving songs.”

 

Mu Sichen smiled sarcastically and watched as the maid viciously pinched the princess’s chin and poured the poisonous soup down.

 

 

The poor princess threw a look for help to He Fei, who, as a useless man, naturally averted his eyes in pain.

 

 

After pouring the soup, the princess opened her mouth, and her voice became hoarse and unpleasant as she cried sadly.

 

Mu Sichen gave He Fei a look. “You, stay behind to measure the princess’s figure; make sure to make a beautiful and gorgeous diamond-encrusted dress. As a princess of a country, naturally, she should have the decency of a princess; she can’t wear this old dress that will cause people to feel sorry for her.”

 

After saying that, Mu Sichen and his maid pulled the princess’s long hair hard and slid down the high tower.

 

Mu Sichen waited under the tower for a while before He Fei came down with a ruler and quietly gave Mu Sichen an “OK” sign.

 

The two of them returned to the room and dismissed the maid. He Fei couldn’t wait to say, “You really guessed right! The one who spreads rumors about the Queen is really the Princess… Oh my god, this is actually a palace fighting book!”

 

Mu Sichen had left He Fei inside the high tower in order for He Fei to find out the princess’s true purpose.

 

Prince He Fei’s mother had given him a bottle of antidote when he left his own country, and Mu Sichen felt that every prop that appeared in a book that still had 100 pages after being altered by 16 people was useful.

 

Since the poison that poisoned the mute princess appeared, the antidote would definitely come in handy.

 

Mu Sichen would be the bad guy first, and after poisoning the mute princess, he would be able to get more information by leaving He Fei to take out the antidote and get the princess’s trust.

 

He Fei asked a lot of things from the princess.

 

It turned out that this princess, who looked like a white rabbit, wasn’t a weak person. After she was locked up on a high tower, she found a magic book and took advantage of the night when no one was around to secretly practice magic.

 

She enchanted her hair in order to communicate with the outside world; she made up folktales and palace happenings into songs in order to spread the queen’s infamy; even the liars who deceived the king were found by the princess.

 

When she heard the flying insects mention that there were two scammers who were targeting the king, she made up a ballad about the fact that the thieves could make the most beautiful clothes in the world and sang it to the king’s ears.

 

He said, “In this way, the king will find someone to make clothes, and the scammers will definitely deceive the king into thinking that he is wearing the most beautiful clothes in the world. The king will definitely wander the streets to show off his clothes. In this case, as a princess, she can temporarily leave the tower and accompany the king.”

 

“She wants me, the prince, to help her by stealing the blue sash that grants five wishes from the queen’s waist while I’m sewing clothes for her.”

 

“When she gets down from the high tower, meets me, and gets the girdle, she will wish the people to banish the foolish king and put the crime of deceiving the king on the wicked queen; and when the king and queen are all thrown out of power, she, a beautiful, poor, and kind princess, will naturally be able to become the new queen.

After getting the throne, she will marry me, and everyone can live happily ever after.”

 

Mu Sichen: “……”

 

 

This was really a story where everyone was the protagonist.

 

“Did you see the magic book that the princess practiced?” Mu Sichen asked.

 

 

He Fei shook his head. “The princess hid it very deeply; she didn’t let me see it. But she did mention one thing, that the moon enhanced her magic, so she cast a spell at night to make the two fit tailors decide to give up the king’s weight loss program and prepare for the deception.”

 

 

This wasn’t far from Mu Sichen’s guess.

 

The matter of the princess being able to understand the speech of birds and beasts could be interpreted as the princess being able to see everything outside through the eyes of the birds and beasts, and it could also be interpreted as the princess having some ability to manipulate the birds and beasts.

 

Shen Jiyue’s pillar happened to have a rabbit pattern that symbolized animals, proving that Shen Jiyue could dominate these plants and animals under the moon.

 

On the contrary, in Big Eye’s Tongzhi Town, plants and animals were almost invisible, and He didn’t rely on other people’s eyes to see things, as the Big Eye’s own eyes worked very well.

 

The power that the princess was currently displaying was more in favor of Shen Jiyue.

 

This was right on.

 

The maid advocated smashing mirrors and destroying reflections and drugging the princess without mercy; her stance seemed to be more in favor of the Big Eye.

 

The princess spread rumors of destroying the mirror, clearly not wanting it to be destroyed, and her displayed power was more inclined towards Shen Jiyue.

 

According to the princess’s plan, during the king’s parade, the public’s gaze would be focused on the king.

 

The king would have no clothes on but claim that he was wearing a flashy costume that only the wise could see.

 

At this point, the populace would think, “Where are the clothes? Am I really not a wise man?”

 

Curiosity would also peak at this moment.

 

Sight, curiosity—all the conditions of the “pillar” had been fulfilled.

 

The princess wanted to make her move at this exact moment, precisely to take over the pillar in one fell swoop.

 

 

Thanks to He Fei’s help, everything became clear.

 

“It seems that the parade will be very dangerous,” Mu Sichen said to He Fei. “We must be careful of the maidservant; when all the conditions are met, I will attack the maidservant and seize half of the “pillar” in one fell swoop.”

 

He Fei blinked, looking like he didn’t quite understand as he asked, “Wait, why are we focusing on the maids? Is the maid the person we’re looking for? I don’t know much about the exact truth, but from what you’ve told me so far, doesn’t sight, concentration, curiosity… and all of these things point to the king when it comes to the parade?”

 

Mu Sichen’s footsteps lurched as he looked at He Fei.

 

He continued, “Also, what made the queen decide to smash the mirror? It’s the fact that the king often relies in front of the mirror and loves to wear new clothes! And do you remember what the king was using as a mirror when we rendezvoused? A maid’s big eyes! Now look into my eyes; can you see yourself in my eyes? How could you?”

 

“You have a point, but the maid is also very, very suspicious.” Mu Sichen said.

 

“Wait, is there necessarily only one enemy?” He Fei stretched out two fingers and pointed to his eyes. “Doesn’t a person have two eyes?”

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