Chapter 90 Royal City Banquet: No wonder they didn't utter a sound. They were doing it secretly...

"Your Highness is probably mistaken."

The princess spoke softly, her skin was snow-white, and her dark eyes, visible through her veil, curved into a smile as she winked at the God of War. She explained, "I went straight back to my chambers after the banquet yesterday. I didn't go through the corridor, nor did I see Your Highness again."

The two looked at each other for a moment, then Chen Su lowered his eyes and said, "I'm sorry."

The princess nodded: "It's alright."

The live stream rooms of Chen Su and Shi Yu were equally buzzing with excitement.

[He recognized him! He recognized him! He recognized him! Ahhhhhh!!!]

[Wait, the princess hasn't admitted it, so how do you know they recognized her?]

[This will test everyone's reading comprehension. "After it's over, go straight back to your bedroom to rest"—Yu Yu was teleported back to his bedroom as soon as he entered that door. He seemed to deny it, but he actually admitted it. Aww, my wife's playful wink is so cute, I want to...]

[However, this is already OOC twice, bro! One more time and he's dead. I feel like Shen Su could have used other methods; there's no need for such blatant probing.]

[Actually, I can understand. The God of War's character is set up so he can't actively approach the princess; if he misses this opportunity, he'll likely have no other chance.]

[The above understanding is inadequate. First, you don't understand Chen Su; second, you don't understand Chen Su; and finally, you don't understand Chen Su. Chen Su is the kind of person who likes to surprise his opponents at the last minute, and this behavior is within his normal range.]

[High-level dungeons absolutely forbid reckless plays. Hopefully, the player will play it safe in this dungeon; trying anything reckless will lead to disaster!!!]

[Did anyone notice Lucius's reaction just now? I don't know if Shen Su will mess things up, but it's certain he offended Lucius, this NPC.]

[Hey, they're just rivals in love, what difference does it make whether I offend them or not?]

...

The pale pink restaurant is decorated with flowers everywhere. The light from the petal-shaped chandeliers overhead reflects the exquisite glasses on the tables. A faint aroma of food wafts through the air, and melodious piano music drifts from a corner of the restaurant.

Waiters wearing shirts and vests stood on either side of the table.

Prince Lucius had originally booked the entire venue for a meal with the princess, and they had even arranged the seating. But then a group of five people burst in...

As the host, Prince Lucius naturally sat at the head of the table at the far end, while the princess, as his guest, was seated at the other end of the table, directly opposite him.

As for the others...

The staff stood there, eyes downcast and seemingly oblivious to their surroundings. They didn't know how to arrange the seating, as everyone who came was a distinguished guest, and their restaurant couldn't afford to offend any of them.

It's been abandoned.

Let them choose for themselves.

So the final seating arrangement was as follows: the God of War sat to the right of the princess, Prince Moses sat to the left of the princess, and Ron sat next to the God of War.

The princess's side was bustling with activity, while Prince Lucius's side was deserted and quiet...

The waiter glanced cautiously at Prince Lucius, whose lips maintained a gentle smile, making him appear not to be angry. He spoke with elegance and grace, “We have ordered Raphael Restaurant’s signature Angus steak for everyone. Is there anyone who doesn’t like it? If so, please let us know and I will have it changed. You can also order any other dishes you would like.”

"I'm quite content!" Moses said with a hearty laugh as he looked at the various exquisite dishes on the table. "There's already enough food, no need to add more. Your Highness Lucius is too kind. Please make yourselves at home."

Lucis set his sights on the God of War.

Ron glanced at his boss. The God of War was a man of few words, and he certainly wouldn't answer such a pointless question. Ron had no choice but to speak up for his boss: "We're all rough men, we don't care much about food, anything is fine."

Lucius slowly withdrew his gaze. "That's good."

Moses was trying to find topics to talk about with Lucius, while the princess and Ron would exchange a few words from time to time. Only the God of War remained silent throughout, except when the steaks were served. He silently took the princess's portion, cut it, and then pushed it back.

The once lively dining table suddenly became somewhat quiet.

Ron, who is Qin Ke, looked at the God of War with a "So this is what an NPC is like" look, but the God of War ignored him. After helping the princess cut her steak, he started cutting his own steak with very skillful movements.

Then start cooking.

Qin Ke listened quietly as Moses and Lucius discussed the major events that had occurred in the royal city over the past few years, occasionally interjecting to steer the conversation toward topics he wanted to know, subtly gathering information about the dungeon...

The God of War is eating.

After Lucius finished talking with Moses, he started chatting with the princess about their childhood. It turned out that Lucius and the princess were childhood sweethearts. They were reminiscing about their childhood together, and the princess and the princess couldn't even get a word in edgewise... they could only sit and eat.

Even the God of War is still eating.

Numb.

How can the God of War be so capable of cooking?

Qin Ke glanced at his boss with a look of exasperation, then froze, as if he couldn't believe his eyes. He rubbed his eyes and looked again.

Good heavens!

He exclaimed, "Wow!"

His boss skillfully peeled the shrimp shells, extracted the shrimp meat, and placed it naturally on the princess's plate. The princess looked at the shrimp meat on her plate, lifted a corner of her veil with her left hand, and used her right hand to pick up the fresh and sweet shrimp meat with a fork and put it in her mouth. The veil then naturally slipped down to cover half of her face... The two of them moved so smoothly that it was obviously not the first time.

Then look at the pile of shrimp shells in front of the God of War...

No wonder he didn't say a word.

This is secretly boosting my rank!

"I remember...you didn't seem to like eating shrimp when you were little?"

Shi Yu ate another piece of shrimp meat that Chen Su had peeled, and Lucius spoke in an ambiguous tone.

"Actually, I love to eat them." The princess raised her eyes, her dark eyes shining, and she winked mischievously. "It's just that I don't want to peel them myself, nor do I want to trouble the maids around me, so I say I don't like to eat them. Actually, it's not just shrimp, I also love crab, I like all kinds of seafood."

The group continued chatting, but while they were chatting, the four men piled up shrimp shells in front of them at the table.

Shi Yu didn't actually love eating shrimp that much; he was just using eating shrimp to verify something.

The princess's character design didn't include "liking to eat shrimp," so he wondered if he would be judged as having OOC (out-of-character) if he applied that designation to himself. However, the system didn't issue such a warning until the end of the meal.

Therefore, the system's criteria for judging character out-of-character (OOC) should be: they must not violate existing settings, but they can add irrelevant settings that do not exist.

The princess is innocent and naive, believing that everyone who is kind to her is a good person.

A princess would risk everything for love.

As long as he does the above two things and does not violate them, he will not be judged as OOC. On the basis of doing the above two things, he can add some small settings to his character, such as: loving to eat shrimp.

Since this setting can be added, other settings can also be added.

For example: loves to play?

After the meal, under the bright sun, the princess lifted her skirt and descended the steps. Then she turned back to the four men behind her and said, "By the way, His Highness Moses said he wanted to invite me to see the flowers. Why not do it today?" The princess seemed completely oblivious to the men's momentary darkening of expression, and suggested with a smile, "Also, His Highness Ron invited me to ride horses. There's a horse farm right next to the Heavenly View Garden where we're going to see the flowers, so we can go riding after we finish!"

It's already hard enough for several men who are rivals for love to eat this meal together, let alone do any other activities. Who would want to enjoy flowers and ride horses with their rivals for love?

But the princess had clear eyes and a sweet, soft voice, making it impossible for anyone to refuse her...

There was some hesitation in the men's eyes.

Except for the God of War, Suye.

The God of War was always expressionless, and he remained expressionless now, making it impossible to tell whether he wanted to go or not.

While everyone was considering, Shi Yu secretly glanced at the princess's favorability rating card towards the princes:

Soyer:21

Lucius:2

Ron: 4

Moses 7

Lia: 0

...

His main task is to find the princess's true prince, but he didn't tell him what characteristics the princess's true prince should have. Then he said that his choices would affect the plot. Combined with this favorability card, Shi Yu wondered if the person with the highest favorability in the end would be the princess's true prince.

If that's the case, he now knows that the God of War Su Ye is Shen Su. So all he needs to do next is keep paying attention to the God of War and increase his favorability with him. On the seventh day, he and Shen Su can clear the level.

But is it really possible to clear high-level dungeons so easily?

Moreover, they had two teammates left. Qin Ke and Mo Rugui had not been found, and he did not know what the main quests of the other two teammates were.

"Princess," a maid whispered as she approached him, "you should probably go back now to get ready for the banquet tonight, or you might not have enough time..."

The maid's words also relieved the men from their predicament.

The princess frowned slightly, sighed helplessly, and said to the four of them, "Alright then, we'll just have to do it another day."

Shi Yu bid farewell to everyone and, with the help of a maid, sat in the carriage. The carriage had traveled less than ten meters before it stumbled and came to a complete stop.

"Princess, the carriage is broken!" The coachman jumped down and checked for a while before coming to this conclusion.

The men hadn't left yet, and seeing what had happened to the princess, they all came over to check on her. After learning what had happened, Moses generously offered, "Princess, you can ride in my carriage back; my carriage is very large!"

"Take my seat."

The God of War's deep, cold voice came over.

At the same time, a large hand with long, slender fingers, calloused palms, and small scars reached out.

Shi Yu looked at the outstretched hand.

Although Shen Su's appearance has changed, his hand has not. Only some scars have been added to his palm to fit the character design, but this hand is completely Shen Su's hand.

If he had looked closely, he could have easily recognized Shen Su by this hand.

Just like...

Shen Su recognized him by his eyes.

Just as Shi Yu was about to accept the God of War's invitation, Lucius strolled over to them.

"Did Your Highness Suye and Vice General Ron come together?" Lucius asked Suye in a gentle tone. After receiving an affirmative answer, he said with a considerate expression, "The carriage might be a bit crowded. Although the princess doesn't mind, the God of War has come from afar and is a guest. We cannot neglect our guest."

“Prince Moses’ residence is quite far from the princess’s palace, so it would be inconvenient to trouble him.”

Lucius gave the princess a charming smile. “Princess, please ride in my carriage. We’re going the same way.”

Shi Yu hesitated.

He still wanted to share a carriage with Shen Su.

But Lucis makes sense, and the princess is someone who easily trusts others. If he rejects Lucis, will he be judged as having an out-of-character personality?

Shi Yu was still hesitating when the game panel popped up—

[Side quest unlocked.]

Side Quest: Ride in Lucius's carriage back to the palace.

[Completion time limit: within one hour.]