Chapter 229
Chapter 229
Following behind them, Lin Junruo and Mu Xin could not help exchanging knowing smiles at the sight.
Yellow Hair propped up his chin and pondered aloud, “Is everyone afraid of Qin Nan’s Poisoned Apple?”
Qin Nan turned and gave Yellow Hair an unfathomable look. “Would you like to try my Poisoned Apple too?”
Yellow Hair paused and chose to keep quiet.
Jian Fan had stopped to think. He glanced at Qin Nan. “They know you tried to poison me.”
Qin Nan blinked. “So?”
“The story has already happened,” Jian Fan said.
Qin Nan considered this and nodded. “They know about the Dwarf too. That means the entire story has already taken place as far as they’re concerned. They know the Queen is a wicked old witch and that the Dwarfs saved Snow White. That’s why seeing the three of us together shocks them so much.”
“Mm,” Jian Fan replied.
Mu Xin sat on Lin Junruo’s shoulder, swinging her legs. After listening to them, she thought for a moment and said, “If that’s true, then Jian Fan should already have fallen unconscious and been awakened by the Prince’s kiss. Shouldn’t Snow White have married the Prince and lived happily ever after? Why are people still proposing to Jian Fan?”
Jian Fan: “…”
“Snow White,” Jian Fan emphasized.
Qin Nan pursed his lips to suppress a laugh and nodded with feigned solemnity. “It is a little strange. Let’s keep looking around.”
At the same time, the others were encountering problems of their own.
Qin Weiyi was stopped by a woman in an elaborate Palace Dress, followed by several maids.
The woman swept a displeased glance over Qin Weiyi. “Didn’t you already dissolve into sea foam? Why are you alive again?”
Qin Weiyi: “???”
In The Little Mermaid, the Prince mistakenly believed a neighboring princess had saved his life, fell in love with her, and married her. Unable to marry the Prince and unwilling to kill him, the Sea Princess ultimately dissolved into sea foam.
So the story had already progressed beyond the point where he became foam?
No, wait. Why did this woman know he had already dissolved into foam?
“Why aren’t you speaking?” the woman continued. Qin Weiyi had barely opened his mouth when she suddenly remembered. “Oh, I almost forgot. You’re mute.”
Qin Weiyi: “???”
You’re the mute one.
Qin Weiyi opened his mouth to retort, only to discover that he could not produce a single sound.
A curse flashed through his mind.
The Sea Princess had traded his beautiful voice for the Sea Witch’s potion. Qin Weiyi, however, had paid with his own Points, so the thought had never occurred to him. Only now, when he found himself voiceless, did he realize just how treacherous the Realm of Death was.
He might have spent Points, but he had still paid the price of losing his voice.
At most, the cost had simply arrived a little later than it had for the Sea Princess.
Lu Jing immediately bristled at someone bullying Qin Weiyi. “Who are you calling mute? Xiao Qin, why aren’t you talking back to her?” He waited for Qin Weiyi to respond, but after a long silence, he finally turned and stared at him in confusion.
Qin Weiyi looked back with an expression utterly devoid of hope.
Lu Jing paused. It took him quite a while to understand. “You really can’t speak anymore?”
The woman sneered when she heard him. “She could never speak in the first place. A mute like her dreaming of climbing above her station and marrying the Prince? Utterly delusional.”
Qin Weiyi turned and stared coldly at her.
She might have been talking about the Sea Princess, but now that Qin Weiyi had become the Sea Princess, he felt personally insulted. He began wondering whether killing an NPC would incur any punishment.
The woman paid no attention to Qin Weiyi’s glare. Only after looking him over did she finally deign to glance at Lu Jing.
She inspected Lu Jing from head to toe several times before exclaiming, “Oh, I know who you are–the foolish, incompetent Emperor. Why is an idiot like you allowed into the ball? Your presence lowers the tone of the entire affair.”
Lu Jing: “???”
What nonsense was she spouting?
As though that were not enough, the woman began issuing orders to her maid. “Go and summon the Steward. As the Queen of the Kingdom of Gentlemen, I demand that these two despicable, witless fools be expelled from the ball.”
Lu Jing looked completely baffled.
The Kingdom of Gentlemen? What kingdom was that? Was there such a place in fairy tales?
Qin Weiyi focused on something else: she was demanding that they be expelled from the ball.
The Steward had called them guests too, but if he actually honored her demand, the consequences would be disastrous. If they left the ball, they would certainly die.
The Realm of Death was nowhere near finished targeting them.
Before Qin Weiyi could think of a good response, other guests stepped forward one after another.
“Good heavens, I cannot bear to remain alongside such contemptible people. I can hardly imagine what I would do if my husband encountered a woman like her.”
“He may be wearing clothes now, but one look at him reminds me of how he wore nothing at all and still acted so smug. The mere thought makes me feel as though my eyes have been violated. I absolutely refuse to let him remain here.”
“I cannot accept this.”
“Attending the same ball as these people is an insult to my noble status.”
“If they remain, I will leave this ball. Immediately. This very instant.”
“…”
Qin Weiyi watched the crowd condemn them from every side. He could not utter a word, much less argue back, while Lu Jing… had never been good at handling situations like this.
In fact, he was still worried about Qin Weiyi suddenly becoming mute.
The Steward was soon summoned.
The commotion also drew everyone’s attention, naturally including Qin Nan, Jian Fan, and the other Players.
When they saw Qin Weiyi and Lu Jing surrounded by a crowd, they began converging on the scene regardless of what they personally thought.
The moment the Steward arrived, the woman calling herself the Queen of the Kingdom of Gentlemen immediately demanded, “At last! Hurry and throw those two out. Merely standing on the same ground and breathing the same air as them makes me feel as though I’m suffocating.”
Those around her instantly voiced their agreement.
The Steward looked troubled. After a moment’s consideration, he turned to Qin Weiyi and Lu Jing. “My apologies, guests, but I may need to ask you to withdraw for the time being.”
Qin Weiyi’s face darkened sharply.
He could not speak or communicate, while the other party was relentlessly aggressive, leaving him in an extremely difficult position. Lu Jing… had finally regained his senses, but he had always relied on force. Now he simply stepped in front of Qin Weiyi, plainly prepared to strike back at anyone who laid a hand on them.
But brute force might not get them through this challenge.
They needed a more comprehensive solution.