Chapter 50 Chapter 50 This matter itself is not difficult...
The task itself was not difficult. For Ren Xiaoyue, the most difficult part was how to guide Lu Ze to find the queen's hiding place without being noticed.
She waited another two days before finding a suitable opportunity. Atlas, who was temporarily handling all the affairs of the queen, was entangled with others and had no time to stay with the queen. When she sneaked away, Lu Ze followed her. Everything was ready, she bypassed the patrolling guards and walked in the direction she had confirmed during her previous night tour.
When they reached a sparsely populated path, Ren Xiaoyue made sure that Lu Ze could see her movements clearly before she opened the secret passage according to the method provided by the system.
Behind the open door was a bottomless staircase. Ren Xiaoyue walked in without blinking.
This place was originally prepared by the Queen as a safe house for herself, but she didn't expect it to become her own prison cell now.
Then again, isn't she going underground too often? In this world, everyone puts the people they have imprisoned underground.
Ren Xiaoyue had empty hands and did not hold any lighting equipment, but she walked down steadily, not bothered by the darkness at all. She walked and stopped, and sometimes she would step over the empty air as if she was crossing something.
Ren Xiaoyue's pale red eyes looked like two fluorescent spots in the darkness. When she reached the light, anxiety appeared on her expressionless face. She trotted in, holding the skirt of her maid outfit.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Ren Xiaoyue burst into tears through the iron railings.
His Majesty Noh, who was imprisoned in this small world, had his back to her. When she heard a voice different from Atlas', she turned around and looked at the person who came.
The Queen, who is over fifty years old, has subtle fine lines at the corners of her eyes, and her dark red hair is mixed with a few strands of subtle white. She was wearing loose and comfortable home clothes, staring at Ren Xiaoyue with eyes as sharp as an eagle, and spoke after a long while: "Xi?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Ren Xiaoyue knelt on one knee, stopped crying, lowered her head, and answered respectfully.
Noh was silent for a moment, as if looking her up and down. Ren Xiaoyue remained kneeling and allowed her to look at her. Not long after, Noh spoke again, and this time she asked about the situation outside. Ren Xiaoyue considered what information the character Xi should know and slowly replied to her.
When Ren Xiaoyue only said she didn't know, Noh sighed softly, "That's enough. Thank you, unknown intruder."
Ren Xiaoyue raised her head suddenly and said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, what are you talking about? Xi doesn't understand..."
Noh looked at Ren Xiaoyue's act of surprise without showing any surprise.
"Your disguise is very good. If I saw you outside, I might not be able to tell you apart." At this point, she shook her head, "But here, I know the limits of Xi's ability very well. There is no way she could have made it here alive."
After hearing this, Ren Xiaoyue bowed her head deeply again. She choked up and said, "Your Majesty is wise. I was able to get here because I made a deal with someone. They are not from the palace. In order to see you, I agreed to be their insider."
Noh was silent for a moment, then asked a strange question: "What did I give you on your 24th birthday?"
Ren Xiaoyue: …
This thing really didn't appear in the information provided by the system, and she didn't want to spend her popularity points asking. She didn't come here to pretend to be Xi and get some information from the Queen. She came here to perfect the character logic of "Xiao Yue" and to give Lu Ze some clues.
“…My name.”
Ren Xiaoyue decided to use a common routine in novels to guess the answer.
Unexpectedly, Noh burst out laughing: "How would I know the birthday of a dead soldier? You don't have to pretend, just say what you want to ask."
So the correct answer is nothing?
Seeing that she couldn't pretend anymore, Ren Xiaoyue stood up regretfully and patted the hem of her skirt.
"How should I put it? Every time I lie, it seems like I get recognized very quickly," Ren Xiaoyue smiled as if she remembered something. "No, there are still times when I succeed."
Ren Xiaoyue bent down and bowed to Noh.
"Your Majesty, I came here to ask you where the soil of creation you hid is."
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I came here again for the soil of creation.
When the unknown intruder in front of him told him the purpose of his visit, Noh felt that everything was settled as expected.
The Soil of Creation. She still remembered her reaction when she first knew about this treasure. It was one of surprise and astonishment. From the first time he used it, Noh knew that the appearance of such a miraculous treasure in the world would inevitably stir up trouble.
After she had safely possessed this treasure for nearly two hundred years, the expected storms and unexpected betrayals finally disrupted her rule.
She thought that someone would covet the Soil of Creation, but she didn't expect that Atlas, her best friend, would betray her.
When she was imprisoned here by that group of people, Atlas cried and confessed in front of her, telling her that he was no match for the invaders and could only use this foolish method to temporarily save her life.
Stupid, so stupid. Atlas. They have worked together for so many years, doesn't he know that his ears will turn red when he lies?
Noh closed his eyes tiredly, and when he opened them, the dejection in his eyes had disappeared.
The intruder in front of her was no longer humble after her true identity was revealed. She stood there straight, as fierce as those who had coveted the soil of creation before. Obviously, the intruders were using her assassin's face, but no one would mistake them at this time.
"I won't tell you where the soil of creation is," said Noh.
The intruder in the form of Xi tilted his head and asked in confusion: "Do you think you can still turn the tables? Or... do you think I will kill you after I know the location of the Soil of Creation?"
Noh looked at her deeply and said slowly, "I just don't understand why you want the soil of creation? Judging from your appearance, you should not be with the group of people outside. Since you can get here, don't you know their abilities?"
"Your Majesty," the intruder said, "I just want to know where the soil of creation is."
The subtext is that she doesn't necessarily have to take away the soil of creation and confront that group of people.
Noh was a little confused about what this intruder was trying to do. The safe house where she was imprisoned was not easy to enter. In order to prevent those people from attacking her when he was away, Atlas set up many traps here. The intruder went through so much trouble to come in just to ask this?
Whatever her reason was, Noh felt her heart beat slowly. It was the feeling she had when she first left her suffocating home, when she first wore the king's crown, and when she first tried the power of the soil of creation.
This was an opportunity, Noh knew it clearly. This might be her only chance as she has been imprisoned for so long and can only see Atlas.
She pondered and said, "My lady, I understand your thoughts, but you also have to understand me. Everyone knows that I have been the king for so many years and have never done business at a loss."
This time, the intruder did not answer her as straightforwardly as before. The man looked at her for a while, and Noh sat upright, allowing her to look generously.
"What do you want to exchange?" the intruder asked after a long time.
"I want to get out of here alive," Noh said.
"Alive..." The intruder muttered something in a low voice, but Noh did not hear it clearly.
"Deal done."
Noh heard the intruder say the last thing.
She secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
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When Ren Xiaoyue heard that Nuohe wanted to make a deal with her, her first thought was actually to refuse.
She didn't really want to know where the soil of creation was. She just came here to rationalize her behavior. Why would she trade for information that she already knew? But she changed her mind and decided to ask what Noh wanted to trade for free.
After getting the answer "alive", Ren Xiaoyue suddenly had other ideas.
She knew the ending of Noh, which was that Albert disguised himself as a royal blood and was taken to the Soil of Creation for a blood sacrifice. However, after Albert's death, the seal of the Soil of Creation was not unlocked. Only then did Leo realize that he had been deceived. The angry Leo ignored Xilu's dissuasion and decided to kill all the people in the palace who were suspected to be the queen's bloodline to vent his anger.
While Leo was killing indiscriminately, Noh also welcomed guests.
Cross and Twenty-Three came to Noh, they defeated Atlas who tried to protect Noh, and took Noh to the sealed place of the soil of creation. At the same time that Leo faced Lu Ze and was killed by Lu Ze, Noh was also killed by Twenty-Three.
Such was the life of this devoted queen.
Ren Xiaoyue knew that the main perspective of the comics was on the protagonist most of the time, but for the sake of narrative, the camera would sometimes be placed on the supporting characters.
For example, at the very end of the academy volume, the camera was focused on the battle with the principal, so at the end of this chapter, in addition to Lu Ze and others who will definitely be on camera facing Leo, the camera is very likely to be given to Noh.
Unlike the principal, Noh is not described in detail in the comics, and the cost-effectiveness of saving her is much lower than that of saving the principal. But for the sake of drama and conflict, and for more shots and highlights, Ren Xiaoyue decided to take a gamble and bet that the shot will go to Noh.
If she had to choose an opponent that was easier to defeat, Ren Xiaoyue would choose Leo, but if she had to choose an opponent that could make the plot more exciting, Ren Xiaoyue would choose Cross with her eyes closed.
Only equally matched opponents can make the drama more exciting.
After a change of heart, Ren Xiaoyue agreed to Noh's deal. After she agreed to the deal, she did not leave immediately, but instead put forward a few more conditions to Noh. After making sure that Lu Ze would find out nothing, Ren Xiaoyue left.
When Ren Xiaoyue came out from underground, she seemed to casually glance at the place where she was hiding. After scaring Lu Ze, she left here in a happy mood.
After sorting out the next plan and confirming that there were no particularly important twists in the recent plot, Ren Xiaoyue washed up and went to bed in a relaxed manner, all she had to do was wait patiently for the finale.
Unfortunately, accidents always happen inadvertently. During the performance review on the second day, the relaxed Ren Xiaoyue was pointed out by a maid.
"I saw the people she was supposed to be watching in the garden, and she didn't keep a good eye on them!"
Faced with unexpected events beyond the plot, Ren Xiaoyue seemed a little slow.
Ah, Lu Ze was discovered running around?
While Ren Xiaoyue was in a daze, the maid who identified her took out a color photo and shouted, "Lord Atlas, I have evidence!"
Ren Xiaoyue finally came back to her senses. She adjusted her expression to a nervous one. Looking at the blurry figure in the photo and the clothes that looked like Lu Ze, she asked in confusion, "Excuse me, do you usually carry a camera with you? Taking photos is not allowed in the palace, right?"
And it's a color photo.
The maid groaned and pointed at her in a louder voice: "This... don't change the subject! My camera was broken, and I happened to take it to get it fixed that day, but who knew I saw this? Of course I know that taking pictures is not allowed, but if I don't take pictures, how can I expose you!"
This kind of idiotic style, these can't be Albert's men.
Ren Xiaoyue stared into the maid's eyes and asked, "But with our salary, it's hard to buy a camera like this, right?"
Color cameras have only been around for a dozen years and are still considered luxury items. With their salary, they could afford it if they saved money. But the maid Ren Xiaoyue knew that she sent her salary back home every month to supplement the family expenses, so she would not have extra money to buy a camera.
After her questioning, the maid finally remembered the question. Her eyes wandered and she hesitated for a long time before she spoke. She had barely begun to speak when she was interrupted by Atlas.
The elegant man coughed twice. The sound was not loud, but it was enough to quiet the room. "I will naturally investigate the matter. Before that, Xi, you don't have to go to Lan Nuo for now."
"Okay, Lord Atlas." Ren Xiaoyue bowed her head respectfully.
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