Chapter 54 Swan Castle (Second Update Combined)
[This is hilarious! The werewolf can't squeeze in at all, hahaha!]
He looks so wronged, hahaha!
[Losing weight doesn't seem to help much; I'm too tall. If I could balance out my height with the female guest, it wouldn't be a problem.]
[Female guest: Are you being polite?]
Werewolf Knight: "..."
Seeing that he couldn't use this passage, the werewolf knight had no choice but to turn around and run towards the central round tower.
Although not as intellectually gifted as the Ghost Wizard, the Werewolf Knight is not entirely without brains.
During the long search, he had already run around the entire Neuschwanstein Castle several times. The only place with a path but no way to pass was the third floor and above of the central round tower.
This secret passage most likely leads to that place.
The werewolf rider was faster than ever before.
We can't let those three guys do anything to Yu Naixin!
Thinking of Yu Naixin's flowing skirt, the werewolf knight couldn't help but feel thirsty.
He instinctively opened his mouth, revealing the sharp gleam of his fangs.
...This time, the female guest has to be his!
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After familiarizing herself with her privileges as a "princess," Yu Naixin immediately conjured a mirror into her hand with a thought.
This is the mirror mentioned in the princess's diary, the one that only appears after the banquet begins at seven o'clock.
The mirror is oval-shaped, about twelve centimeters long, eight centimeters at its widest point, and about 0.5 centimeters thick. Apart from the silver frame, which is decorated with openwork flowers and vines and inlaid with various gemstones, making it very ornate, it looks no different from an ordinary mirror.
It appeared on the dressing table in the princess's bedroom, as if it was meant to be a dressing mirror there.
Yu Naixin also used her princess privileges to search the entire Swan Castle and confirmed that there were indeed no other hidden mirrors.
Just as Yu Naixin was examining the mirror in her hand, the ghostly figure of the Ghost Wizard appeared at the exit of the hidden passage.
His transparent, water-like body reformed into the human form of an adult man, appearing exceptionally thin without the cloak covering him.
"Princess..." The ghostly wizard's sinister voice, like viscous venom, crawled and writhed toward Yu Naixin along with his equally poisonous gaze. "Have you prepared your last words before you die?"
[Damn, I saw a ghost suddenly appear from the female guest's perspective, it startled me!]
I just realized that none of the four male guests on this episode seem to know the female guest's name. Not only do they not know her given name, but they don't even know her surname! If they had called her by her surname, the audience in the live stream should have heard a clearly muted word. But so far, all I've heard on the show is "Miss Guest" or "Princess," and other similar titles!
[Because this is a mutated fusion instance, and the guests in the instance are all too powerful. It would be very dangerous if they knew the names of the program's guests. Isn't this ghost obviously capable of using other people's names to cast curses remotely?]
The ghost wizard conjured that strange wand once again in his hand, but then suddenly paused.
Yu Naixin turned around because she heard his voice.
This was the first time the ghost wizard had seen Yu Naixin's true appearance.
Her exquisite and flawless features carried a hint of pride and nonchalance. The corners of her mouth, which seemed to be smiling, and her eyebrows, which seemed to be curving, hinted at a touch of mockery. Yet, her overly sweet appearance made her all the more endearing.
Even her magnificent, snow-white princess gown, adorned with stingrays and diamonds, paled in comparison to her striking face.
The Ghost Wizard has seen many attractive female guests before.
Having cycled through Moonlight Town so many times over so many years, the Ghost Wizard must have seen at least eighty or a hundred female guests.
Among these female guests, there are quite a few with outstanding looks. "Heartbeat 1000%" is a dating reality show, and its special system shop has many beauty and enhancement props, which many show guests, regardless of gender, will specifically purchase and use.
Even so, Yu Naixin was the most dazzling and beautiful woman the ghost wizard had ever seen.
Especially her temperament, the collision between her delicate and lovely appearance and her domineering, indifferent and sharp aura, forms a unique temperament that is both contradictory and harmonious, making it impossible for people to take their eyes off her.
Just as the ghost wizard was staring at Yu Naixin in a daze, a dense swarm of black bats appeared at the exit of the passage, gathering together and transforming into the tall figure of the vampire count.
The Elf Prince followed closely behind, walked out of the passage, and was finally able to straighten his back.
Yu Naixin's face also gave the two male guests a shock.
However, neither the vampire duke, the elf prince, nor the ghost wizard who arrived earlier were distracted by Yu Naixin's appearance for long.
After only a second or two of collective silence, the three male guests, who had not discussed anything beforehand, quickly spread out and surrounded Yu Naixin from three different directions.
[The female guest is so beautiful... I really want to take a screenshot and save it as a memento! When is the "Heartbeat 1000%" production team going to add some new features to the live stream?!]
Indeed, if we don't commemorate this female guest soon, she'll be gone.
[She's facing off against three male guests all by herself, and a fourth one is rushing over as well. She has no chance of escaping. It's just a question of which male guest she'll ultimately end up with.]
[Finally, the part I've been waiting for has arrived! Let me see how this female guest will die!]
[I have a feeling I'll be torn to pieces by these four guest streamers, hehe, the live stream is going to be covered in blood~]
[Impossible! The little witch always seemed so confident; she must have a backup plan!]
[Hilarious! What a trick she's up her sleeve! She used tricks to deal with these male guests before, relying heavily on luck. Now that the elf, werewolf, and ghost are experienced, they won't be so easily fooled. The only inexperienced one is the vampire, who's also the strongest male guest. Her journey on "Heartbeat 1000%" is definitely over here.]
[Wait a minute, isn't she holding a mirror? The elves and werewolves mentioned before that mirrors are very effective against them, so maybe there's still a chance?]
The mirror in Yu Naixin's hand was immediately noticed by the three male guests around her.
Even the vampire duke, who was the most powerful and arrogant, and who had never interacted with Yu Naixin in this simulation, couldn't help but show a hint of fear when he saw the mirror.
However, this slight apprehension quickly turned into strong mockery.
"Congratulations on finding a mirror, Miss Lamb," the Vampire Duke sneered. "This mirror can indeed prevent one of our male guests from doing anything harmful to you for an hour, but darling, have you forgotten that there are currently three male guests around you?"
"Come and choose," the Vampire Duke said, opening his arms and pointing to the ghost wizard and the elf prince on his left and right, "which male guest are you prepared to use this mirror on?"
"And which two male guests are you planning to die at the hands of this time?"
As he finished speaking, the vampire duke's smile grew increasingly arrogant, his blood-red eyes filled with the smugness and pride of impending victory. His laughter echoed through the silent fourth floor of the central round tower: "Hahahahahaha!"
The ghostly wizard's voice echoed eerily: "Your Highness, if I were you, I would definitely choose to shine the mirror on this vampire, preventing him from having the chance to attack you."
"He's so damn lovable, you just want to punch him, don't you?"
"By the way, just a friendly reminder," the ghost wizard chuckled in a low voice, "this vampire is the male guest with the highest spiritual power in this episode. If you eliminate him, the remaining one, me and that elf, will be much easier for you to deal with."
“I don’t really like kicking someone when they’re down,” the Elf Prince said gently, straightening his cuffs, which had become slightly disheveled as he stooped to walk through the hidden passage. “But Miss Guest, I sincerely suggest that you use the mirror on the Vampire Duke.”
“Anyway, you’ve already seen quite a lot in my memory…” The Elf Prince raised his eyes, a terrible storm seemingly brewing deep within his azure eyes. “I swear on those hundred flowers… I did not lie to you, Miss Guest.”
Seeing that the two male guests, who could be considered allies for the time being, were both attacking him, the Vampire Duke sneered: "Ha! Two hypocritical fellows!"
“I don’t like to put on airs like they do,” the Vampire Duke said, raising his chin and staring at Yu Naixin. “Miss Lamb, I will give you a more practical and reliable guarantee.”
"If you fall into my hands, I will make you die quickly and completely, without suffering any other torture or pain."
“And if you fall into their hands…” the vampire duke glanced around, “you’ll be facing a living hell!”
[Damn, what the vampire said is so true.]
[You know what, the elf and the ghost are obviously the cunning type, and the female guest has offended them before. If they really get their hands on her, she's definitely going to suffer a lot.]
[Right, the female guest hadn't interacted with the vampire in this episode, so there wasn't any major animosity between them. The vampire also seemed arrogant, conceited, and concerned about his image. Since he made that promise in front of the other male guests, he'll probably keep it.]
[That's so boring! We finally get to see a live show with so many male guests, can't we at least see some competition and rivalry among them?!]
[When faced with two evils, choose the lesser. If I were this female guest, I definitely wouldn't choose to use the mirror on a vampire.]
But even if we don't choose the vampire, we can only choose one of the remaining two: the elf or the ghost. Can the vampire really succeed against the elf or the ghost so easily?
[I've already locked the camera on the female guest in the live stream and am zooming in to see her facial expression, but why is she so calm and expressionless?!]
Yu Naixin was indeed quite calm.
She even felt a little like laughing.
Yu Naixin was wondering how to use this mirror. When she used the Jade Bone Mahjong to control the Elf Prince and the Werewolf Knight, neither of the two male guests had told her exactly how to operate it.
So quickly, the vampire duke and the ghost wizard revealed the method to her, one after the other.
Yu Naixin could understand the Ghost Wizard's situation. He was worried that she might actually listen to the Vampire Duke and attack him, so he specifically advised her to choose the Vampire Duke and even provided a detailed procedure to gain her trust.
After all, the Ghost Wizard has already interacted with Yu Naixin twice in this show, and the level of animosity between them is still quite high. Yu Naixin is very likely to choose him first.
However, before the Ghost Wizard, the Vampire Duke had already so brazenly given out the information...
Yu Naixin's gaze towards the vampire duke couldn't help but soften with a touch of affection.
Male guests who aren't quite as bright as they seem are the cutest.
The vampire duke felt a chill run down his spine under Yu Naixin's gaze.
...What kind of look is that lamb giving me?!
Heavy breathing suddenly came from below, followed by a huge "boom". At the junction of the third and fourth floors of the central round tower of Swan Castle, the werewolf knight smashed through the thick metal plate, creating an entrance, and walked up.
The werewolf has finally arrived!
[If the female guest doesn't come soon, the other three male guests will take advantage of her!]
So, the princess's residence on the fourth floor really only has one entrance—that secret passage? Do we have to manually create an entrance to go up from the third floor?
[There are four guest stars from different instances! It would be a shame if the audience didn't have a fight!]
[Isn't the female guest supposed to be good at causing trouble? Hurry up and make the four of them fight; maybe then they'll have a chance to escape!]
The attention of all four people present shifted to the werewolf knight.
Yu Naixin's mind wandered slightly as she watched the werewolf knight panting heavily.
When the werewolf knight knelt down on one knee and made a vow to protect his heart, Yu Naixin stopped and observed for a few seconds.
By observing the subtle fluctuations in the spiritual energy within the werewolf knight's body, it was understood that after meeting the hunting conditions, the dungeon guest also needed to take further action within a certain period of time in order to truly complete the hunt for the dungeon guest.
Of course, generally speaking, once the hunting conditions are met, the guest in the instance will rush up without hesitation. However, the werewolf knight was completely under Yu Naixin's control at the time and could not make any further moves. All those actions were completely in vain.
If the werewolf knight still wants to hunt Yu Naixin after so much time has passed, he will have to kneel down on one knee and swear an oath to protect his heart before her again.
[Why do I feel like the female guest is spacing out?]
[At such a critical moment, how could she possibly be distracted? She must have been terrified!]
But she really doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all!
After seeing what the indoor garden on the fourth floor looked like, the werewolf knight paused for a moment, and then, just like the three competitors who came before him, walked over in perfect unison and occupied the last corner.
At this point, Yu Naixin was completely surrounded by male guests in all four directions.
The werewolf knight glanced at the mirror in Yu Naixin's hand, then at the male guests beside her, and understood what these early competitors were planning: "Is the guest planning to choose one of us to eliminate?"
"Sigh..." Yu Naixin sighed softly.
He looked rather sad.
"Heh..." The ghostly wizard chuckled sinisterly, "Have you finally decided on your dying words?"
The vampire duke also spoke disdainfully: "Miss Lamb, it's too late to regret it now."
Only the Elf Prince suddenly had a bad feeling.
This feeling was exactly the same as when he was about to kiss Yu Naixin's hand!
"I really don't understand..." Yu Naixin shook her head, "Why do you all think that I can only deal with one of you with a mirror?"
As Yu Naixin finished speaking, the mirror she was holding in her right hand was covered by her left hand.
The next second, with a "crack", Yu Naixin broke the mirror with both hands.
The oval mirror shattered into four small pieces.
To the naked eye, they appear remarkably uniform, as if they were made by cutting two pieces horizontally and vertically along the central axis of a mirror.
Before the four male guests could react, the priest's folding fan and paper dog rushed out from the shadows from different directions, and a magical artifact took away a shard of mirror.
With the two shards of mirror that Yu Naixin was holding in her hands, the four directions in which the four male guests were located were all reflected in the mirror.
The four male guests once again demonstrated an extraordinary level of chemistry.
The same shock was written on the faces of all four of them.
Just as the shards of the mirror reflected onto the four male guests, Yu Naixin heard a system notification in her mind.
[You have used the special item [Princess's Dressing Mirror], which is exclusive to this instance, on the male guest [Vampire Duke]. It has been detected that you did not use the entire mirror, but only a quarter of it. Therefore, you have been able to seal [Vampire Duke] from all harmful actions for a total of 15 minutes, which is a quarter of the original full mirror's sealing time. The sealing time cannot be interrupted or accumulated; please be careful.]
You have already voted for the male guest [Elf Prince]...
You have already selected the male guest [Ghost Wizard]...
You have already selected the male guest [Werewolf Knight]...
The four neatly arranged prompts left all four male guests, who had received their own, completely dumbfounded.
"How is this possible?!" The vampire duke's voice changed, his face filled with disbelief, his previous arrogance completely gone. "How can a mirror split into four and be used on four different people?!"
"This is a malicious loophole!" The Elf Prince's expression changed as well. "I'm reporting this to the production team. The female guest is maliciously disrupting the rules of the game!"
The ghost wizard's wand had been forcibly taken back, and he glared fiercely at Yu Naixin: "What did you do?! Did you use some kind of special item?!"
The werewolf knight stood there, not reacting for a moment.
"What kind of disruption of the dungeon rules is this?" Yu Naixin shrugged and spread her hands. "The dungeon rules don't say I'm not allowed to cut the mirror in half to use it, do they?"
"Moreover, I carefully divided the mirror into four symmetrical pieces, each one exactly the same without any difference. This is quite a skill."
"The mirror's effect has weakened in the end; there are only fifteen minutes left."
The viewers in the live stream were just as shocked.
The live chat was almost flooded with question marks and exclamation marks.
【?? This works too?!】
[What?! How does this female guest's brain work?! How could she come up with such a method?!]
Upon closer examination, does what she said actually make sense?
[I thought the female guest was doomed, but it turns out she was waiting here!]
【You're such a clever little devil!】
[I knew it! Why wasn't she nervous at all!]
Seeing that the four male guests were all questioning their lives and were almost like motionless sculptures in the indoor garden, Yu Naixin kindly comforted them, saying, "Hey, don't all look so gloomy."
Lifting the hem of her snow-white long dress, Yu Naixin gracefully stepped forward: "Come, come, cheer up! I'm inviting you to my wedding, in the banquet hall on the first floor!"
After giving the notification, Yu Naixin went straight to the hole the werewolf knight had made and went down the three-story staircase to the first floor.
This route is faster; the hidden passage requires going back from the end of the corridor, which is a waste of time.
[What?! The female guest is getting married?! Who is she marrying?!]
[Why do I feel like I missed watching several tens of minutes of the live stream again?!]
The ending condition for this episode was indeed that the female guest and her sweetheart would hold an unforgettable wedding in the Swan Castle hall. Now she's rendered all four male guests powerless, it seems like she could choose any of them as the groom without any problem!
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Author's Note: The next chapter will mark the end of this simulation, and we'll jump straight into the official dungeon!
Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 2024-08-05 23:55:33 and 2024-08-06 23:54:11!
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