Chapter 66 Swan Castle (Three Watches in One)
【What the heck?!】
Did I hear that right?! The little witch said vampires are born from elves?!
Are these two male guests father and son?!
[Holy crap, "Heartbeat 1000%" put a father and son in the same episode?! Making them fight over the same female guest?!]
[Are we playing this high?!]
【Now that you've mentioned this, I'm wide awake! So exciting! I love it!!】
Wait a minute! Could what the female guest said be true?!
Yu Naixin's words plunged the banquet hall, which had just been teeming with tension, into complete silence.
The NPCs were already quiet, and upon hearing this, they just stared at each other in disbelief. In order not to upset the four male guests at this critical moment, they even tried to keep their movements as small as possible.
The ghost wizard gaped, carefully scrutinizing the vampire duke and the elf prince, his mind racing as he tried to unravel this unexpected relationship.
The werewolf knight finally managed to briefly shift his attention away from Yu Naixin and looked at the vampire duke with a shocked expression.
The Elf Prince was completely stunned. He never expected that Yu Naixin had called his name for this reason.
When did he ever say this to Yu Naixin?!
The Elf Prince frowned. Although he was emotionally resistant, his reason compelled him to carefully recall the scenes that had occurred between him and Yu Naixin, trying to find the answer.
[Look! Look at the elf! He didn't argue!]
He didn't even seem upset or confused by what the female guest said; he seemed simply wondering how she knew that!
[Holy crap... this is actually true?!]
[I initially thought it was just the Big Boss making things up to attract the vampire's attention or something, taking advantage of the male guest's explosive remarks to make things easier for her... After all, this isn't the first time the Big Boss has pulled this stunt... But who would have thought this time it wasn't fake?!]
I've seen "The Rose Spire" twice already, and it never mentioned this detail!
[What about the other party involved?! What did the vampire say?!]
The Vampire Duke remarked that his face was as black as the swarm of bats he summoned during Yu Naixin's second simulation.
However, he did not refute Yu Naixin's words.
"I hope my description is correct?" Yu Naixin's gaze shifted between the Elf Prince and the Vampire Duke before finally settling on the Vampire Duke. "Mr. Vampire was born from the red rose that Mr. Elf planted and watered. You could say he is Mr. Elf's child."
This is also recorded in the Elf Prince's memory fragments.
Yu Naixin had previously learned from the priest's folding fan that most of the episodes in "Heartbeat 1000%" were set up with two guest participants.
Whether it's a show with three or four guest co-hosts that Yu Naixin herself has encountered, or a show with only one guest co-host, both are extremely rare situations.
Programs with only one guest member are generally considered to be less difficult, so they are usually used as introductory sessions for guests who are entering "Heartbeat 1000%" for the first time.
However, there are also many shows that only have one guest member, and they will not be opened until the production team adds a second guest member, or a new guest member is born within the original segment.
The Rose Spire, where the Elf Prince resides, is the latter.
The unopened episodes will have a certain degree of temporal and spatial fluidity, allowing the Elf Prince to continue trying to cultivate red roses within them.
However, the final result was that the red rose he had so eagerly hoped would be watered by the blood of a hundred maidens did not grow; instead, the vampire duke was grown instead.
Due to the limitations of the instance, the materials the Elf Prince uses to grow red roses can only be obtained from the female NPC. However, NPCs are also scarce in unopened instance instances, and the time required for them to regenerate is very long and irregular.
The Elf Prince was forced into a series of unending waits.
Even though NPCs are essentially just strings of data, they still experience certain emotional fluctuations during their operation. Being killed by the Elf Prince in such a cruel way would also produce a slight chilling aura.
During the long wait, the yin energy belonging to the dead in the red rose field gradually increased, mingling and fermenting with the resentment of the ninety-nine living girls "outside" that the Elf Prince carried, forming an evil aura that could not be ignored.
The Vampire Duke is derived from these sinister, blood-red roses.
The "Rose Spire" segment has finally been opened, welcoming its first female guest.
The Elf Prince was almost in despair. Through countless experiments and adjustments, he confirmed that the blood of NPCs could not grow the kind of roses he wanted. However, the arrival of the new female guest rekindled his hope.
The female guest is different from the NPC; she is a complete living being and should be able to nurture the rose he expects!
However, the Elf Prince did not expect that, due to the priority of permissions, the energy in the female guest's blood had been converted into spiritual power and transferred to his body by the "Heartbeat 1000%" program team first, leaving the remaining blood completely incomplete.
Even if he used the female guest's blood to grow red roses, they would only be ordinary roses with an aura of resentment and malice.
Undeterred, the Elf Prince tried again and again, even attempting to extract spiritual energy from his own veins and combine it with the female guest's blood in a futile attempt to recreate a complete bloodline, but to no avail.
On the contrary, the vampire duke, because the elf prince frantically watered the roses with his blood, basically didn't have to do anything. He could just lie there and be nourished, and his spiritual power increased day by day.
By the time the Elf Prince finally resigned himself to his fate and realized he couldn't grow the hundredth rose in "Heartbeat 1000%", the Vampire Duke had already grown to a point where he was even more powerful than the Elf Prince, the creator of the game.
Completely working for someone else's benefit.
What followed was an endless struggle between the two. The Elf Prince also considered destroying the rose field to weaken the Vampire Duke's power, but he was unable to do so because the Vampire Duke would deliberately stop him, and because these roses, which contained resentment, were difficult to destroy.
Oh, so that's how it is!
[I knew it! How could an elf give birth to a vampire... Turns out it was cultivated?!]
Although they aren't father and son in the conventional sense, calling them father and son wouldn't be wrong, would it?!
[Wait a minute, wait a minute, why would the fairy tell the female guest something so private? Anyone who's seen "The Rose Spire" wouldn't know about this! And the fairy and the female guest didn't mention this at all in their conversation at the top of the tower!]
[Have you forgotten about those red roses...? That huge pile of red roses outside the castle was originally brought from "The Rose Spire." Now that the Great Demon King has the authority over the princess, the castle's owner, it's normal for her to get some clues from the red roses; she herself has said so.]
The only possibility the Elf Prince could think of was the sea of red roses outside the castle.
But he didn't feel relieved; instead, his brows furrowed even more.
When it came to his knowledge of those red roses, the Elf Prince was confident that no one in any world could surpass him.
Each and every one of them was cultivated by him.
Therefore, the Elf Prince knew very well that these roses could indeed preserve some information, but it could only be very fragmented and very chaotic information.
What they contained was more of a murderous intent to attack everything indiscriminately, and a deep resentment towards him, the culprit.
When the Elf Prince confronted Yu Naixin at the top of Swan Castle, his mind was in turmoil because of Yu Naixin, so he didn't have many doubts about how Yu Naixin knew so much.
But looking back now, it really feels like everything was wrong.
The Elf Prince's gaze toward Yu Naixin grew increasingly dark.
Who exactly is this female guest?!
Upon hearing Yu Naixin's concise and clear explanation, the Vampire Duke sat there with a grim expression, instantly losing any interest in questioning Yu Naixin further.
Revealing that he was the Elf Prince's "child" in front of so many dungeon guests and NPCs made the Vampire Duke feel extremely embarrassed.
The fact that the Elf Prince, a guest character so much weaker than him, is actually his "father" is truly shameful!
Seeing that the vampire duke had finally calmed down, Yu Naixin had achieved her goal.
I can't handle you?
Without hesitation, Yu Naixin withdrew her gaze from the vampire duke and looked at the ghost wizard.
This is the only male guest she hasn't met in the real-life scenario.
The ghost wizard was clearly aware of this as well, his almost transparent jawline tightened even more.
The Ghost Wizard had no idea what kind of interaction this female guest had with the Werewolf Knight and the Elf Prince before.
But he could see that his nemesis, the werewolf knight, seemed to be under a spell, drooling over Yu Naixin like a dog trying to please its master.
He could also see that the proud and elegant elf prince, whom he had met not long ago, had suddenly become dejected and listless.
All of this was accomplished by this female guest in such a short period of time.
Not to mention the strongest of the four male guests, the vampire duke, who was easily subdued by Yu Naixin with just a few words.
And now, this female guest, whose abilities and strength are terrifying, is preparing to start contacting him.
The ghost wizard's nerves were on edge as he rapidly imagined what Yu Naixin would say and considered the best way to respond.
Under the intense watchful gaze of the ghost wizard, Yu Naixin finally spoke.
Yu Naixin asked calmly, "How do you ensure that no flocculent impurities are produced when adding the root tips of the Rose Beetle and bone powder of the Red Rock Bird to a gold crystal flask and heating it in a water bath?"
Ghost Wizard: "...???"
The Ghost Wizard never expected that Yu Naixin would say this.
All his frantic brainstorming had been for naught. He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he was momentarily rendered speechless by Yu Naixin's completely unrelated question.
But Yu Naixin asked about advanced basic knowledge of potions, things that were completely ingrained in the Ghost Wizard's instincts. He subconsciously answered, "Just add 4.5% of the total mass of Blue-and-White Lizard saliva as additives."
Yu Naixin continued, "What is the reason for the conflict in spiritual energy between the Blue Coral and the Five-Colored Wolfsbane?"
The ghost wizard paused for a moment before answering, "The 260-fold miniature spiritual energy structure of the Blue Coral contains active particles of number 5we7k. Once it comes into contact with the 88ja9 stable particles contained in the same multiple miniature spiritual energy structure of the Five-Colored Wolfsbane, a conflict will occur in the spiritual energy efficacy."
Yu Naixin: "How to determine the age of ambered pterosaur toe bones?"
Ghost Wizard: "Use the silver-tin-lightning-burning knife to cut the outer amber body, and then use conventional methods to make a judgment."
After Yu Naixin asked three questions, the entire live broadcast room was plunged into a storm of question marks.
【？？？？？】
【What am I listening to? Doesn't "Heartbeat 1000%" have an automatic language translation function? Why can't I understand what the female guest and the ghost are saying at all?】
I can understand each word individually, but what does it mean when put together? What does it mean exactly?!
[You? Me? Her? Wait, I'm thinking?]
[Isn't the full name of "Ghost" "Ghost Wizard"? If it's a wizard, shouldn't this be related to potion-making? But why does the female guest know this?! Isn't she a newbie who's only participated in the second episode of the show?!]
[The guests on this show are definitely all from Earth. We've seen people claiming to be inheritors of ancient martial arts or secret techniques come on before. Maybe this female guest comes from a family that makes mysterious potions?]
【That doesn't make sense! There's no way there could be spiritual power on Earth. In "Heartbeat 1000%", spiritual power is the most core and fundamental element! Even if she has some expertise in this area on Earth, she couldn't possibly be this professional! Didn't you see that even ghosts had to think for a second or two before answering some of the questions?!】
[I've read Moonlight Town before! The Ghost has over 120 years of experience in potion-making, and he's an exceptionally talented potion master! If even he couldn't answer immediately, it must be a very profound potion question!]
【?? Don't scare me, the little witch really is a witch??】
The other three male guests in the banquet hall didn't react much better than the viewers in the live stream.
No one could understand what Yu Naixin and the ghost wizard were saying; it was as if they were listening to some kind of cryptic scripture.
Only the werewolf knights, who were longtime enemies of the ghost wizards, could vaguely recognize one or two names and guess that they were discussing potion knowledge.
That's exactly what Yu Naixin wanted—a complete surprise.
She had seen the Ghost Wizard's memory fragments and knew how cunning he was; he could easily resort to underhanded tactics.
Therefore, by having the other three male guests put pressure on the Ghost Wizard, putting him in a state of high alert, and then asking some seemingly unrelated questions, the Ghost Wizard is very likely to tell the truth.
From the very beginning, all Yu Naixin wanted from the ghost wizard were the answers to these three questions.
During the second simulation, Yu Naixin encountered these problems in the notebook generously given to her by the Ghost Wizard. At that time, she tried to exchange it with the Ghost Wizard, but the Ghost Wizard was very uncooperative, so she could only wait until now to find out the answers.
“Okay,” Yu Naixin nodded to the ghost wizard, “I understand.”
The ghost wizard finally snapped out of his daze.
Then I became even more confused.
No, why is Yu Naixin asking him all this?!
Does this have anything to do with this episode?!
Surely Yu Naixin couldn't possibly be trying to win his favor by talking to him about his professional knowledge, could she?
If you really wanted to build rapport this way, why did you stop after asking only three questions?!
[Damn, that ghost's mouth is so wide open, I really want to stuff an apple inside!]
Seeing even the ghost looking so confused after answering made me feel relieved!
So, what exactly is the Great Demon King doing...?
[Is she trying to learn how to make potions so she can craft some for healing or other purposes? It's useless! Leaving aside how difficult and troublesome potion-making is in "Heartbeat 1000%", the potions she makes are practically unusable! If you want effective potions, you have to buy them from the system shop!]
[The female guest is still too inexperienced and doesn't understand these things. Potions made by a proper potion master like Ghost can only be used within his own instance. Even if the female guest manages to steal a potion from Ghost, it'll be useless once she leaves the instance; it'll only be a souvenir!]
Although I didn't understand a single word, I really enjoyed the atmosphere where the female and male guests were discussing things that only the two of them knew, completely oblivious to everyone else!
[Congratulations to the female guest on the show "Heartbeat 1000%"! You have received 2 Sweet Coins from a viewer with the ID "Does a Bite of IQ = Sexuality?"!]
No matter how many people inside and outside the instance racked their brains trying to figure it out, Yu Naixin had no intention of answering their questions.
Yu Naixin said calmly, "Now that both the host and guests have arrived, let's start our banquet ahead of schedule."
The banquet has begun, but there are still more than two hours until the 7 o'clock deadline. The male guests cannot carry out their killing spree without restraint, giving Yu Naixin plenty of opportunities and time to maneuver.
Regardless of whether the four male guests are willing or not, it's enough that Yu Naixin herself is willing.
Without asking the four male guests for their consent, Yu Naixin finished her announcement and continued, "The purpose of the four of you coming to Swan Castle tonight is to compete for my husband."
"Show me what you've got, guests."
"Whoever can please me the most, I will bestow the title of my husband upon him."
[Wow! Judging from this scene alone, I thought the four male guests below were the ones who needed to use all their skills to win over the other guests, while the female guests were just sitting back and waiting for them to fawn over them and fawn over them!]
[I knew the boss would let the male guests compete on their own in this aspect...]
She's so crazy, but so cool! I love her!
[When it comes to completely manipulating male guests, the Little Witch is definitely a master!]
Upon hearing Yu Naixin's words, the werewolf knight immediately wanted to rush over and pledge his loyalty to the princess.
However, several black bats suddenly flew over and blocked the werewolf rider's path.
The bats were naturally sent out by the Vampire Duke.
The vampire duke gave the werewolf knight a warning look, then stood up abruptly from his seat.
“This female guest,” the vampire duke said with a grim face, his gaze fixed on Yu Naixin on the throne, “have you become a little too engrossed in this game? Do you really think you are the ruler of the castle, a princess?!”
"Wake up!" he shouted angrily. "You're nothing but a lamb to the slaughter! Any one of the four guest judges could tear you to pieces!"
"And I! Am the strongest among the four guest players! The true king!"
"Unlike you, who only has a pale and fragile royal facade draped over your body, which would shatter and crumble at the slightest touch!"
The vampire duke has been unhappy with Yu Naixin for a long time.
Yu Naixin's suppression of him during the process did not truly calm the vampire duke down. Instead, after the vampire duke overcame his humiliation, he became even more disgusted with Yu Naixin and resentful of her.
Yu Naixin's words, which sounded like a blessing from her master, were the last straw, making the vampire duke unable to bear it any longer.
Who does this female guest think she is?!
How dare they ride roughshod over him?!
He had to let her know what the price would be for provoking him!
After reprimanding her, the vampire duke emitted a thick blood mist and attacked Yu Naixin directly.
[Holy crap?! A vampire this fast?!]
[Even through the live stream screen, you can see how strong the vampire's spiritual power is from that blood mist! Just how high is his spiritual power level?!]
[I knew it! He had such a bad temper and no patience, and he always acted so arrogant. Turns out he had the right to be!]
[That vampire's comment is so cringeworthy! But it's also so inspiring!]
This scene was quite familiar to Yu Naixin.
During the first simulation, she exposed herself in front of the vampire duke. After realizing she had tricked him, he rushed over and tried to attack her.
This time, however, Yu Naixin doesn't need to use the paper puppy and the priest's folding fan to ambush the vampire duke.
She sighed softly.
[What?! Why isn't the female guest moving at all?! If she hadn't dodged that attack, she would have been dead hundreds of times over!]
Don't give up! You definitely have plenty of tricks up your sleeve, right?!
[This made me laugh. The female guest even started sighing. It seems that no matter how many fancy tricks she played before, when it comes to a head-on confrontation, a novice like her is completely helpless.]
[What?! Was she just bluffing all along?!]
The werewolf tore the bats to shreds! He then charged forward to stop the vampire!
[Damn, I almost forgot about the werewolf! Just how high did the female guest raise the werewolf's favorability rating? This is where it comes in handy!]
The werewolf knight did indeed want to protect Yu Naixin the moment he discovered that the vampire duke was about to attack her.
However, he was not known for his speed to begin with, and the vampire duke's bats had delayed him. By the time he arrived, it would definitely be too late.
Yu Naixin's plan was not to rely on the werewolf knight.
Even if the werewolf knight has reached full favorability with her, Yu Naixin believes that relying on herself is much more reliable than relying on favorability, especially since the werewolf knight doesn't have full favorability with her yet.
Yu Naixin's initial plan for the vampire duke was to roast him over a fire.
First, as is customary, wear down the already limited patience of the Vampire Duke. Yu Naixin has already done this, and the effect is remarkable.
Then, in front of everyone in the entire banquet hall, he generously handed over a jade mahjong set, indicating that it was a gift from him.
The Vampire Duke, being such an arrogant and vain person, didn't take her seriously. Even though the Jade Bone Mahjong set was clearly a special magical artifact, the Vampire Duke wouldn't think that a mere prop could do anything to him.
At this point, if she were to smile and say a few words like, "Mr. Vampire, are you scared?" to provoke him, Yu Naixin would be more than 90% confident that she could get him to willingly accept the Jade Bone Mahjong set.
However, Yu Naixin overestimated the Vampire Duke.
His patience ran out before she even made a move.
She even devised a method specifically for him, but it's completely useless!
Since the vampire duke is in such a hurry, she doesn't need to be polite.
Let's try a simpler, more direct, and 100% successful method.
The conditions for the Vampire Duke to hunt him are to embrace him, insert his fanged teeth into the skin of the right side of his neck, and suck his blood.
He attacked Yu Naixin in a fit of rage, naturally for this very purpose.
Just as the vampire duke's hands touched Yu Naixin's arms and he lowered his head to bite down on her neck, Yu Naixin took out a jade and white bone mahjong tile and stuffed it into the vampire duke's mouth.
The vampire duke was now more than willing to tear Yu Naixin apart, just like the elf prince's hand-kissing gesture during the second simulation. The conditions for the Jade White Bone Mahjong to take effect had been met.
So, halfway through the moment the vampire duke clenched his teeth, before he could even taste Yu Naixin's skin and blood, he was first sharply pricked by the Jade Bone Mahjong tile.
After the Jade Bone Mahjong tile took effect, it turned into a wisp of grayish-white smoke and disappeared. The vampire duke's biting action, which had paused just now, suddenly resumed, and the force was somewhat out of control, causing him to bite his own lip.
It can be said that they tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice instead.
This almost made Yu Naixin burst out laughing, and the spiritual energy threads in her hand trembled slightly.
However, this little misunderstanding did not really affect Yu Naixin. In that short time, she had already used the Jade White Bone Mahjong set to infiltrate her spiritual power into the Vampire Duke's body and control him.
[Ahhhhh, the werewolf is too late! The female guest is in danger!!]
[Pfft, is the female guest really scared to death? She's not even moving? Well, if she doesn't struggle, she'll die less painfully~]
Vampires have seized the throne!!
[Wait a minute, what happened? Why did the vampire suddenly stop moving?!]
Did I just hear a "crack" sound somewhere?!
What did the female guest do?! Did she use some kind of prop?! Damn it, when will "Heartbeat 1000%" finally add replay and slow-motion functions?!
The series of events just now happened so fast; the comments were still discussing one thing when the next one was already over.
No one could see the jade bone mahjong tile that Yu Naixin took out of her inventory and stuffed directly into the Vampire Duke's collection.
Even Yu Naixin and the Vampire Duke, the two parties involved, only knew and felt it, but neither could see it.
Yu Naixin skillfully wove a net with her spiritual energy threads, completely enveloping the vampire duke.
The vampire duke's eyes began to glaze over, and his body lost its support, collapsing limply onto Yu Naixin.
He was still holding Yu Naixin's arms with both hands when he fell down, his head resting on Yu Naixin's right shoulder, and his legs also kneeling down.
It looks as if Yu Naixin and the vampire duke are embracing tightly on the throne.
The way the vampire duke knelt at Yu Naixin's feet revealed a sense of piety.
[Holy crap?! This scene?!]
[What's going on here?! Weren't you supposed to be starting the hunt and being hunted process? How did it turn into this mushy, sentimental love scene?!]
You know what, their intimate gestures are just so sweet!
[Congratulations to the female guest on the show "Heartbeat 1000%"! You have received 12 Sweet Coins from a viewer with the ID "I Want Candy"!]
The female guest even maintained a cool and aloof expression, which, combined with her vampire pose, was incredibly captivating!
[Congratulations to the female guest on the show "Heartbeat 1000%"! You have received 5 Sweet Coins from a viewer with the ID "Best 521"!]
Wow, how come the Great Demon King seems so well-matched with every male guest she interacts with? Whether it was the werewolf and the elf before, or the vampire now, they're all a perfect match in their own way!
The female guest is truly versatile; she creates chemistry with every male guest!
The werewolf knight finally reached the foot of the throne.
Seeing Yu Naixin and the vampire duke embracing tightly on the throne, the werewolf knight forgot all his movements, his face filled with astonishment, disbelief, and obvious hurt and loss.
[Damn, I never expected a chaotic scene to unfold at a time like this!]
[Werewolf: I was here first!]
[Although the werewolf is pitiful, it's really hilarious, hahaha!]
What about the other two male guests? What were their reactions?
The elves and ghosts were still in shock, sitting in their original positions and staring at the throne.
After confirming that the Vampire Duke was completely under her control, Yu Naixin slowly stretched out her hands.
During the second simulation, she heard the Elf Prince reveal that the Vampire Duke's weakness was "being sucked blood in reverse".
Yu Naixin's arm emerged from the inside of the vampire duke's arms and loosely wrapped around his waist.
Then, with a blank expression, Yu Naixin lowered her head and bit down on the right side of the vampire duke's neck.
Human teeth, white and even, bit down hard on the vampire duke's most vulnerable neck. They didn't penetrate as deeply as a vampire's sharp fangs, but they were enough to draw blood.
Yu Naixin launched an attack on the Vampire Duke from the position where he intended to attack her.
The vampire's darker, blackish-red blood, a color deeper than that of a normal human, flowed from the wound. Yu Naixin loosened her teeth and instead licked it with the tip of her tongue.
The soft, pale pink streaks across the bloodstains, making them even more shapeless.
Yu Naixin raised her eyes.
She completed the reverse blood-sucking of the vampire duke.
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Author's Note: Today I'm combining three chapters into one long, epic chapter!
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