Chapter 43 Kneeling at Swan Castle
Yu Naixin was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and then her eyes met those of the Elf Prince. The moment she saw his face clearly, a perfectly appropriate blush appeared on her face.
It's a bit difficult for her to blush in such a short time, but her skin tone is dark enough to completely cover up this flaw in her acting skills.
Yu Naixin lowered her head, not daring to look at the elf prince any longer, and said in a tight voice, "Good afternoon! Your Highness..."
Seeing Yu Naixin's reaction, the Elf Prince was not surprised at all.
He skillfully put on a seductive smile and gently took Yu Naixin's left hand with his right: "No need to be so nervous, lovely maid, you deserve my gratitude and praise."
After saying that, the Elf Prince naturally bent down and kissed the back of Yu Naixin's hand that he was holding.
It was as natural and logical as a courtesy.
Yu Naixin learned during the last simulation that the kiss on the hand was the condition for the Elf Prince to hunt her down.
If the Elf Prince were to complete this action, he could make her his own.
To say that the Elf Prince saw through Yu Naixin's disguise is, of course, not true.
Yu Naixin could clearly see a probing intent in the Elf Prince's actions.
It's just a hand-kissing gesture anyway, so there's no harm in trying it out. And if you get lucky, that would be even better.
Ultimately, Yu Naixin, as the first person to appear related to the princess, and with such an eye-catching entrance, was too easy to be noticed.
She is a suspect.
Compared to searching for a needle in a haystack among so many maids who haven't shown any outstanding qualities, it's definitely more time-saving and labor-saving to target the most suspicious ones first.
The Elf Prince, too, had no intention of letting go of this minor point of doubt.
Yu Naixin could only sigh inwardly, this episode of the show was really tough.
The male guests not only completely overwhelmed her in terms of physical strength, but they were also quite formidable in terms of intelligence.
[People with high looks seem to have a built-in beauty filter on everything they do. Even something as greasy as kissing someone's hand upon meeting them doesn't feel greasy at all when an elf does it.]
Wait a minute, wait a minute! Something feels off. Could this hand-kissing gesture be a condition for the elves to hunt us down?!
[Huh? Doesn't the hunting condition for the guest in the instance require the guest's subjective consent to be met? The hand-kissing gift just needs to ensure the guest doesn't escape!]
[Normally, guest appearances in a dungeon require going through a formality, but the guests in this dungeon are extraordinary! Isn't it said that dungeon guests at the Domain Lord level directly attack the show's guests without any conditions?]
[The guest in this mutated fusion instance is among the strongest below the Domain Lord; it's not impossible for one side to meet the hunting conditions!]
Before the Elf Prince's lips could actually touch her, Yu Naixin quickly withdrew her hand.
The Elf Prince only had a slight suspicion of Yu Naixin, not wanting to let go of any clues, so he didn't hold Yu Naixin's hand too tightly, allowing her to escape easily.
Yu Naixin's action instantly deepened the Elf Prince's suspicions.
The Elf Prince raised his head and looked directly at Yu Naixin's face.
His expression showed no displeasure or impatience, as if Yu Naixin's refusal of his hand-kissing gesture was nothing to be ashamed of.
The Elf Prince withdrew his hand, which had been ignored by Yu Naixin, with the same natural attitude. He even smiled more warmly: "Being so shy makes the maid even more adorable."
However, the next second, his words revealed their true colors.
The Elf Prince stared intently into Yu Naixin's eyes: "Or should I address you as... Miss Guest?"
[Holy crap, is this the strongest dungeon guest below the Domain Lord level?! I can feel the immense pressure just by looking at the live stream screen!]
[The elf is really amazing! It only took a short time for them to identify the female guest!]
[Hahahaha, how dramatic! They just praised the female guest for spreading out the other contestants, making it easier to strategize one-on-one, and now she's about to be killed by one of those contestants?]
At such close range, no matter how fast she runs, she can't possibly escape!
[Wasn't this female guest supposed to be amazing? Escaping should be a piece of cake for her. I'm really looking forward to seeing how she'll continue to disguise her identity after being targeted by the elf~]
Yu Naixin seemed not to have heard the elf prince's last words at all. Her face was still flushed with embarrassment and panic. She took a half step back, completely at a loss: "Your Highness! What are you doing! You are one of the princess's prospective husbands, how could you do this to me...!?"
In the previous episode about the Cocoon Village, there was relatively little interaction with the NPCs, so it wasn't very noticeable. But in this episode about the Swan Castle, Yu Naixin truly experienced firsthand how indifferent these episode guests were to the NPCs.
This indifference not only refers to their casual killing of NPCs, but also to their complete disregard for NPCs when discussing topics related to the instance itself.
When the Vampire Duke and the Elf Prince were discussing their original dungeon, "Rose Spire," in the VIP section, and when they bluntly stated that "NPCs are just data," they were completely oblivious to the NPCs around them.
The NPCs also seemed unable to understand the meaning of these words, and simply ignored them.
Yu Naixin is now imitating this state of NPCs.
Wow, the female guest's acting is pretty good!
[Acting skills alone aren't enough; she clearly did extensive research and observation on the NPCs, otherwise she couldn't have portrayed them so convincingly!]
The female guest is truly skilled at attending to such details.
[If I didn't know the live stream belonged to her, I would have really thought this maid was an NPC, since her face is quite unremarkable...]
Yu Naixin's flawless acting skills did indeed dispel most of the Elf Prince's doubts.
He hadn't been on the show for very long, so the probability of him catching the female guest so quickly couldn't be very high.
If he had such incredible luck, he wouldn't have suffered several close defeats to the Duke of the Vampires in "The Rose Spire".
But having come this far, the Elf Prince naturally couldn't let Yu Naixin escape this time.
He smiled, reached out his right hand again and took Yu Naixin's left hand, and stepped forward, completely erasing the slight distance that Yu Naixin had just pulled her back leg apart.
The two were much closer together than when they kissed hands last time.
Yu Naixin's height only reached the Elf Prince's shoulder. The Elf Prince lowered his head, completely enveloping Yu Naixin from head to toe.
“My dear lady,” the elven prince’s azure eyes crinkled into crescent-shaped lakes with a smile, beneath which turbulent waves seemed to surge, “no matter who you are, I am simply expressing my sincerest appreciation to a charming woman.”
Wow, this elf's flirting skills are pretty good!
[Hahahaha, as expected, in the face of absolute strength, no amount of tricks can change anything but a futile struggle~]
[If he hadn't insisted on taking the risk of showing off, the female guest wouldn't have been exposed so quickly. It's a pity for such a talented and promising young woman.]
[After all, they're highly skilled and daring. So what if they accidentally kill themselves?]
[Is this what it looks like when the Purple Star falls? First time seeing this, leaving a comment to commemorate it.]
The live stream chat was completely filled with mocking comments.
Even the audience who had previously supported Yu Naixin remained silent.
Even Yu Naixin herself didn't make any other move. She stayed in place, quietly letting the elf prince raise her hand and kiss it.
[Damn, has the female guest completely given up resisting? Has she just given up entirely?]
They've run out of ideas.
[What else can she do to resist in this state? She might as well just lie down and die; maybe that will be a quicker and less painful death.]
Thank you, female guest, for such a wonderful comedic performance! Now, let's beat the drums and gongs, and play the suona horns to present a funeral wreath to our female guest!
Just as the Elf Prince's lips were about to touch Yu Naixin's hand, a sudden change occurred.
The Elf Prince suddenly realized that what he felt on his lips was not the warm and soft touch he had expected, but rather—hard and cold?!
A bad feeling suddenly arose in his heart, and the elf prince immediately raised his head and distanced himself from the unknown object.
Only then did he notice that on the back of Yu Naixin's hand, where he had just kissed, there was a... square white stone?!
【?! Isn't this the mahjong set that the skeleton gave us in the last dungeon episode of the Little Witch?!】
[I knew I wasn't mistaken, the female guest didn't use a single prop in this episode! I was just wondering, even if she didn't buy a substitute straw man, didn't she at least have enough Sweet Coins to buy the cheapest defensive item? Turns out, that was what she was waiting for!]
[This looks like a special magical artifact?! No special magical artifact is weak! It might actually be able to deal with the elves!]
Before the Elf Prince could kiss her hand, Yu Naixin took out a jade bone mahjong tile from her inventory and used it to separate her skin from the Elf Prince's lips.
The effect of the Jade White Bone Mahjong is that as long as Yu Naixin can get the other party to willingly accept a mahjong tile she gives, the other party will become Yu Naixin's puppet for a certain period of time and be completely controlled by Yu Naixin.
The Elf Prince was so eager to kiss this place, and Yu Naixin granted his wish. How can it not be considered that the Elf Prince willingly accepted this mahjong tile?
Now, the special magical artifact has taken effect.
Before the Elf Prince could even ponder what the face-down Jade Bone Mahjong set was, his mind began to drift into confusion and his consciousness blurred.
Looking into the Elf Prince's dull, docile blue eyes, Yu Naixin calmly uttered her first command.
—Kneel down.
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