Chapter 83 Royal City Banquet [The princess has become curious about you.]...
In a place unseen by the viewers in the live stream, Lin Fengbai hid in the bathroom and tried to shrink his form back to Shi Yu's inventory. He tried several times and finally succeeded once, but was ejected in less than three seconds.
It seems he can't stay in the inventory for long in his current state. Lin Fengbai thought for a moment, took out a piece of paper, and was about to put pen to paper when...
"Thump, thump, thump."
Three even knocks sounded on the door, followed by Lucius's gentle inquiry.
"Are you ready? It's time to go."
Lin Fengbai's hand trembled, tearing a corner of the white paper. He crumpled the torn paper into a ball, not daring to throw it in the room's trash can, so he put it in his inventory and took it out.
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At the same time, Shi Yu, sitting in the carriage, was also looking at the game panel.
There is a distance between the princess's bedroom and the palace where the banquet was held; you need to drive there.
Shi Yu noticed that Lin Fengbai's icon in the inventory had turned gray. Normally, when Lin Fengbai was in the inventory, the icon was a normal color, but when Lin Fengbai was summoned, the icon disappeared. What was going on with the gray icon?
He was alone in the carriage. He tried to summon Lin Fengbai, and a line of text popped up on the panel—
This spirit pet is currently unsummonable.
Can't I summon spirit pets in this dungeon?
However, it's normal for role-playing dungeons not to allow summoning spirit pets, because players should act and speak according to their character settings in the dungeon, and summoning spirit pets would make their character settings go out of character.
Shi Yu didn't think too much about it and was about to close the game panel when she noticed an unfamiliar item in her inventory.
He nodded.
Item Name: [A crumpled piece of paper]
Item Description: A crumpled piece of scrap paper with a missing corner that's basically useless.
Item function: Unknown
Attack method: Unknown
Shi Yu: ?
What's this?
When did he obtain this item?
Shi Yu couldn't remember when he got the paper ball, but he didn't throw it away. Some seemingly useless props might play a big role at crucial moments, like the origami cranes Lin Fengbai gave him.
The carriage suddenly stopped after a bump.
There were no seatbelts in the carriage, and Shi Yu stumbled, the jewels on her head jingling. The maid sitting in front lifted the curtain and said to Shi Yu, "Your Highness, there is some traffic ahead. Please wait a moment while I go and handle it."
Shi Yuchao's maidservant nodded.
The maid got off the carriage, and Shi Yu, curious about the traffic jam in the palace, lifted the curtain to look outside.
They drove into an alley just wide enough for two carriages to pass each other. A short distance ahead was a magnificent carriage surrounded by a group of young girls, which was trapped in the middle of the alley and unable to move.
The little girls, dressed in brightly colored dresses, each with a rosy complexion, called out the same name, their eyes filled with fervor and adoration.
When the people inside the carriage got off, their screams reached their highest decibel level.
"Your Highness Lucis!"
"Your Highness Lucia, ahhhhhh—"
It was comparable to a 21st-century fan meeting.
Shi Yu looked at the man who stepped down from the carriage. The man was tall and slender, dressed in a magnificent tailcoat. He was handsome and elegant. He accepted the gifts from the girls, nodded his thanks, and smiled faintly. His manners were impeccable and gentlemanly.
As if sensing something, Lucius turned his head and looked this way.
At that time, the sun was setting and the clouds covered half the sky.
Lucius's attire was impeccably tailored from head to toe, and the perfectly placed gemstones accentuated his noble and elegant demeanor. Every strand of his hair exuded grace, and the setting sun cast its glow upon him, making him appear to radiate light.
Just half a minute ago, Lucius received a message from the backend—
The princess has become curious about you.
Princess's Curiosity +1
Only then did he step down from the carriage.
His identity card has been half replaced.
Character identity:
Prince Lucis
Character Setting 1:
You are the most charming man in the dungeon world; anyone who makes eye contact with you for more than three seconds will fall in love with you.
Lucius timed his performance perfectly, showcasing his personal charm to the "princess," before casually glancing back at the carriage behind him.
Then he saw the carriage curtain being lowered.
Lucius: "..."
Meanwhile, his backend information showed—
Princess Curiosity Level -1
Lucius: "………………"
I was laughing so hard I almost died in Shi Yu's live stream!
Is this Lucis a player or an NPC? He looks like a male peacock!
[lol I was going to say Lucius was kind of handsome, but after this description, I realize he really is quite handsome! But the kind of handsome that's like a male peacock, lol!]
[I've checked all the players who entered the Royal City Banquet instance, and Lucius isn't among them. He's probably one of the NPCs competing with the players.]
[Was Yu Yu's wife doing this on purpose? The NPC had just turned around and he had just lowered the carriage curtain, hahaha!]
...
Shi Yu did not deliberately lower the carriage curtain at the exact time.
In reality, he didn't even notice that the other person was looking at him from behind, mainly because he wasn't interested in the scene of a fan meeting.
A short while after the curtain was lowered, the maid returned and said that the road had been cleared and they could set off.
As the carriage drove through the alley, Shi Yu asked the maid, "Who is that?"
Although they weren't interested in the star-chasing scene, the dungeon wouldn't give players useless information. Since they had come across this scene after passing through this road, it meant that either the scene itself was useful, or the character Lucius was useful.
He needs to determine whether this Lucius is a player or an NPC based on some external information.
"Princess, don't you remember?" The maid lifted the curtain and looked at Shi Yu in the back. She looked puzzled at first, then nodded to herself. "That's right. Princess and Prince Lucis haven't seen each other for more than ten years. Besides, you were still young at that time, so it's normal that you don't remember."
"Princess and Prince Lucius were childhood sweethearts. When the princess was five or six years old, Prince Lucius even stayed at the palace for a while." The maid started talking non-stop. "I remember that back then, no one wanted to play with Prince Lucius. They said he was strange. Only you, princess, were willing to play with him. Later, he became your little shadow. I never thought that Prince Lucius would become so popular now."
"Although so many young girls like Prince Lucius, his heart has always been with the princess. Prince Lucius came here specifically for the princess."
Shi Yu nodded, having given it some thought.
Shi Yu's Live Stream Room —
[Wow, childhood sweethearts, redemption, long-awaited reunion—this NPC is no ordinary NPC! His buffs are fully stacked; he looks like a formidable opponent for the players!]
[So what if we're childhood sweethearts? Our War God Chen Su is still the King's top choice for son-in-law!]
[Don't forget the second character setting for Shen Su: the God of War won't actively approach the princess, but this NPC, claiming to be her childhood sweetheart, can freely approach her.]
[Damn, I'm so worried about my favorite couple.]
...
The banquet was held in the Liuguang Hall. The prince and guests had to park their carriages in designated areas and then walk in through the main gate. The princess, on the other hand, rode directly in through the back gate in her carriage and arrived at the courtyard behind the Liuguang Hall.
While resting in a side hall in the courtyard, Shi Yu overheard several maids chatting.
"That day I was pushed to the ground, and His Highness Lucius helped me up. He gently asked me if I was in pain and told me to be careful. He was so kind!"
"Prince Lucius smiled at me that day, and he has such a beautiful smile!"
"Prince Lucius is gentle, humble, and gentlemanly, unlike the God of War Suye, who makes me feel frozen when I meet his gaze."
"You actually dare to look the God of War in the eye? I don't even dare to look him in the eye. My legs go weak when I pass by him. He truly deserves to be called a fierce god on the battlefield. I can feel the murderous aura emanating from him!"
"Shh! 'Fierce God' is a term used by enemy countries. Are you out of your mind?"
...
Shi Yu had no intention of eavesdropping, so he left the room and went to rest in a room next door.
Before long, the maids, who were walking and chatting, also came to the window of the room, and Shi Yu inevitably overheard a few more words from behind the wall.
"If you ask me, we're all people who kill enemies on the battlefield, so why does he have this murderous aura while the others don't? It can't be because he's killed more people, can it?"
"Didn't you notice that he's always surrounded by his group of male subordinates? No girls are willing to get close to him. Our Prince Lucius is much more popular."
"Yes, Prince Lucius is exactly what every girl fantasizes about in a partner."
...
At first, Shi Yu felt that eavesdropping was a bad thing, but then he thought that he wouldn't do anything meaningless in the game. He changed rooms and the maid followed him and talked to him in his ear, which felt like she was forcibly feeding him information.
This suggests that these conversations have some significance.
Shi Yu recalled the maids' conversation, in which they mentioned the character Lucius again. Since the game doesn't deliberately emphasize a player, it can only mean that Lucius is a dungeon NPC. Judging from the high frequency of his name appearing, he is a key NPC.
The maid also mentioned another name.
—Shuye.
Lucius is gentle, modest, gentlemanly, and popular.
Suye, the God of War, the Fierce God, and a menacing figure, is unpopular.
They even adopted such an obvious approach of praising one while belittling the other.
interesting.
At this moment, while Shen Su was on his way to the banquet hall, two messages suddenly popped up on his game panel—
The princess has become curious about you.
Princess's Curiosity +1
Chen Su: ?
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