Chapter 244 The Ceremony Begins

Chen Xiao'er stepped into the tower and saw the Zero she had been thinking about at first sight.

A girl with long silver hair sat sideways on the steps, wrapped in a long dress crafted from moonlight. Beside her stood a dozen other girls of similar color. They leaned against each other, draped in shawls, their eyes closed in the quiet light, their minds resting.

"Zero," she called softly, passing among the fair, elven-looking girls. The embroidery on their long sleeves and the silver bracelets they adorned were delicate and slender, like a layer of fine snow on their skin.

Her long, slender eyelashes trembled slightly, then slowly opened after a few seconds. A halo of light swirled in her eyes, as if even the light was tinged with a faint icy blue.

"Xiao'er." Ling rose from the steps, her movements a blend of gentleness and dexterity that completely captured Chen Xiao'er's attention. Even the two senior students behind her, holding the queen's dress, were completely obscured by the radiance.

Chen Xiao'er leaned over dazed. She stood on the spiral staircase and let the senior students help her take off her loose sportswear and trousers and put on a thin dress.

The silk flows smoothly, and the flowing touch spreads from the chest to the legs.

She took off her soft sneakers, stood barefoot on the satin, and tiptoed over a pool of silvery-white spring.

Click, click.

The slightly textured footsteps soon stopped, a pair of hands helped her lift up her skirt, a pair of hands supported her arms, and another pair of hands held the crystal shoes and fell below.

Chen Xiao'er lifted her toes and gently pressed them into the translucent shoes. She blushed slightly when she saw her senior classmates' light blue and light pink nail polish.

I washed my feet thoroughly, didn't I? I ran in sneakers today. Will they smell?

Don't touch the senior's fingers, please——

Dada.

She successfully put on both crystal shoes and stepped lightly on the ground.

For some reason, the lining felt similar to cloth shoes, but the sound of the soles hitting the steps echoed like real crystal shoes.

A rose gold glass mirror was held in front of her by two senior students.

Chen Xiao'er raised her head and Ling walked up from behind her.

She didn't look back, because Zero's hands were around her neck, letting a beautiful rainbow gem hang from her chest.

Click.

Ling buckled the necklace and took part of the crown from another senior student: This exquisitely crafted crown has three parts, which can be put together or taken apart to be worn on the head.

According to the script, the queen wore part of the crown on her head at the first and second banquets, and only wore the complete crown when she entered the temple for the third time.

The mirror reflected her slightly nervous smile and her doll-like jawline.

The silver-white crown was gently placed on her head. It was the base of the entire crown and had an extremely simple style. Only rose-like patterns were carved on the surface and dotted with some white diamonds.

Chen Xiao'er was stunned for a moment after the crown fell on her head: she had heard the famous saying "He who wears the crown must bear its weight", and she also expected that this was only one-third of the crown, and should not be heavy enough to give her a headache.

But isn't this too light? It has no metal weight at all, and is probably lighter than the cotton in a quilt.

The crown on her head was exquisite and dazzling in the mirror, without a single flaw.

But if she didn't look in the mirror, she couldn't even feel anything above her head. It was like the reflection of the moon on the water, emitting a beautiful but empty halo.

"Xiao'er." Ling put his lips to her ear and whispered softly, "It's about to begin."

This sentence is like a witch waving her wand and turning on the magic switch.

The windows of the tower were opened layer by layer, the golden sunlight and lights blended with each other, the dust danced like star sand, and the fairy tale atmosphere spread with the wind.

Yes, it’s about to begin.

Chen Xiao'er suddenly came to her senses. Today was an important school festival, and we had to provide the best experience for the visitors. To achieve this, the students and teachers had been busy for the better part of a month!

Breathe...inhale~

Her chest heaved deeply as she slowly turned around and walked down the stairs step by step.

The senior students around her made way for her, and Chen Xiao'er walked between them, getting closer to the open door.

The autumn sun was brighter than expected, and the outline of the tower gate was almost dyed golden red.

She could not see the glow she was emitting, but could only hear her heart beating steadily and rapidly.

Chen Xiao'er paused briefly in front of the door. Her mouth was dry and she felt like she couldn't speak loudly in front of a crowd, let alone perform. Of course, this was just an illusion. I can do it. I can definitely do it.

She began to walk again, imagining a fairy tale book slowly opening in the vast sky. Witnessed by the sun and clouds, the story was about to begin.

Click.

The crystal slippers tapped against the ground.

The moment she raised her head and chest out and walked out, Chen Xiao'er really thought in a trance that she was walking in a royal flower garden with lush grass and colorful flowers.

She blinked, and the fantasy and reality in her mind vaguely overlapped.

It turned out that those colorful flowers were the ribbons and bouquets that the students had worked hard to hang over the past half month. Half of the guests dressed up were students in costumes, and the other half were tourists who came to visit.

The plain clothes worn by the tourists made her feel a little relieved. She had just been so nervous that she almost thought she had traveled through time... Wait, wouldn't that be great?

Chen Xiao'er caught a thought: I have not received any orthodox acting training. The only way to quickly improve my acting skills is to immerse myself in the role.

So I should imagine that I have traveled through time, and it would be best if I could "believe" that I am the queen!

Well, I am... the charming Queen.

She walked towards the crowd in the morning light, a faint smile on her face. Chen Xiao'er probably had a completely different understanding of "noble and cool" than others.

Under the influence of an invisible force, her soft black hair remained motionless in the wind.

Light poured down from the sky, shining together with the stars on the ground, outlining the light in the shape of a cross star.

The power of authority is a sharp sword, and Chen Xiao'er's leisurely posture and tranquil temperament at this moment are like the sharp blade of this sword: one can imagine her fragility and flexibility, but before the edge breaks, the blade is the support of the blade.

Shrubs and flowers grew rapidly on the lawn, and clusters of flowers surrounded their feet. They could smell the fragrance of roses, camellias and roses without having to lower their heads.

The "shop owners" who originally had worried expressions put on polite faces.

They were dressed in court gowns and carried plates as they moved among the crowd, as if a grand banquet was really being held here and their covered plates were really filled with delicacies.

The threads of regularity drift down, and the invisible script begins to unfold. This is a page in a fairy tale, and no one can question it.

The temperament of this queen was completely different from the sleeping queen in the fairy tale. The guests looked at her reserved smiling face greedily: how gentle and peaceful it was! As long as they saw Her Majesty's smile, no matter how tired and worried they were, it would fade away.

Ta-da, ta-da.

She lifted her skirt and walked towards the crowd, getting closer and closer.

The queen raised her head slightly from a distance of ten meters from them and seemed to see a familiar figure.

......

Did she see me? No, the problem wasn't that she saw me, but... the guy behind me caught up!

Xu She felt countless silk threads binding his neck, wrists, and ankles, fixing him stiffly in mid-air like a puppet.

He saw the smile on Chen Xiao'er's face and immediately understood the current situation: Well, the pursuers behind you are with you!

Accept your fate

There seemed to be a narration singing softly in the dark, this is the power ceremony of Chen Xiao'er and Guanghui, it is the realm of the gods.

Human, accept your fate, you will die here in peace.

Great...great God, I, I want to say - I refuse!

Crunch, snap, snap.

Xu She twisted his neck hard, ignoring the sound of breaking bones.

Ha, if this is an illusion, then I must have stupidly killed myself, right?

But it doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter, even if I die, I will die because of my own choice -

He managed to turn his head while being entangled in the spinning thread and saw the enemy approaching him clearly: it was a tall, dark-haired woman wearing a relatively tight-fitting sportswear. Wait, that was...

Xu She's dazed eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw that the enemy had the egg-shaped strange object they had distributed hanging on his waist!

Haha, haha, hahahahahaha.

God will not abandon me!

That thing didn't help you get in and cause trouble for nothing.

Not only can we sacrifice the things inside and use it as a sacrifice to activate [that], we can also directly convert the people or strange objects stored inside into energy for explosion!

Being locked onto by the enemy, Xu She, as a human, didn't have enough time to activate [that]. But this fake storage ball was different~

He raised his left hand with a grim smile, letting his little finger be broken by the thread, and snapped his fingers!

Explode for me, you bastard!

......

Lan sneered and approached the scurrying rat.

You think you can escape from my clutches by using your teleportation artifact? Ha.

She wasn't afraid of any tricks Xu She might use. After all, anything that could force a breakthrough required a connection with the abyssal beast. Before that connection was formed, a fragile human body couldn't withstand her full-strength attack.

The moment Chen Xiao'er walked out of the tower, Lan shifted his gaze from Xu She to the girl bathed in light.

How can I not look at my love.

Lan couldn't help but smile, and even took out his hands from his pockets, gently opened them towards her, giving her an invisible hug.

Click, click.

"Hmm, what's that sound?" Lan's smile was fleeting. She looked at the ball at her waist. It suddenly began to vibrate and a crack appeared on its red and white surface.

Lan raised his head and saw the human in the distance grinning wildly and wantonly, with one hand raised high in a mocking gesture.

"..." The corner of her eyes twitched, and then she grabbed the ball and threw it hard towards Xu She!

......

Rustle, rustle.

Sinaya woke up in shock. The chains on the devil's body were cracking and flashing, about to explode and emit magnificent sparks.

This magical object can be used in more than one way. The chain can extract human energy and sacrifice it to the gods, and it can also ignite the supernatural powers in the human body and transform them into explosives.

But everything has a prerequisite: the chain must be able to kill the contents in a short period of time.

And the devil is not a fragile human.

Rustle, rustle.

Steel needles pierced into the devil's body, piercing into a burning flame.

Xinnaya opened her eyes, stretched out her claws towards the glowing crack, and howled angrily: "Lan—you—die!!!"