Si Zhao
As night deepened, it was time for Bai Leshui to go to the prayer room again. This time, it was not Hong who came to remind him, but the male servant who was guarding the door last night. Bai Leshui didn't know his name, there was also no need to call him. As long as he looked up and glanced, the male servant knew what Bai Leshui wanted to say and immediately gave an answer or took action.
There was no need to even speak.
It was convenient, but sometimes it felt a little uncomfortable.
There were two fewer ghost masks in the prayer room. Bai Leshui had guessed the number of masks was related to guests who came to the island. Two missing this time meant two more people had lost their lives.
If the number was the same, fifteen guests who came to the island, but only thirteen guests seek refuge on the first night, two stayed in the jungle. Don't know if the two people who died this time were related to those two.
Bai Leshui looked at the remaining ghost masks, then the black one that had been hanging at the highest point suddenly moved. Its mouth slowly opened, revealing the ferocious fangs inside, its expression was obviously angry.
[One of mine live sacrifices is missing.]
"Live sacrifice?"
[Store food.]
Bai Leshui: "Oh, isn't it clear speakink like this ma? I know about this. Someone escaped from the trap."
[Although food last night tasted good, this one today tastes better. Ic originally planned to save it for the last.]
Bai Leshui: "Did he run away by himself?"
[Someone helped him and smashed mine chopsticks, chopsticks Ic made with great difficulty...]
Bai Leshui, who didn't want to know what chopsticks were, was silent.
[Ic want him tomorrow, that cunning guy who escaped, obviously it was almost there, obviously it should be him tonight... If he hadn't escaped, I wouldn't have to use other side dishes to barely satisfy mine appetite.]
Bai Leshui: Is this an order for tomorrow's dishes ma?
"I'm not sure that tomorrow's dish is him." Bai Leshui said.
[How could thou! Don't forget who let thou live!]
Bai Leshui pondered: "I have a little doubt about this matter."
[Doubt?]
Bai Leshui asked back: "Was it really you who let me live?"
[Of course, would Ic lie to thou?]
Bai Leshui: "Isn't it someone else's request?"
[Hmm...]
Bai Leshui: "You hid something from me, didn't you?"
[...It's true Ic didn't tell thou a lot of things, but this is true, thou and Ic are one body and one mind, the sacrifices Ic received will all become thy strength. Si Zhao, thou can live entirely relying on these powers. Without the nourishment of the souls of the sacrifices, Ic will dissipate, and thou will also turn back into bones. This castle built with dead bones will also collapse, nothing will be left.]
Bai Leshui shuddered: "You said it was built with dead bones? Then this wall?"
[Naturally it's dead bones.]
"Tables, chairs, beds?"
[Dead bones.]
"Decorative paintings and plates?"
[Those are things thou brought thyself. ]
"Should I breathe a sigh of relief?" Bai Leshui looked at the snow-white wall, as if he saw a pile of bones. He said several times, 'this is just a game setting' before he could barely calm down.
Must call Rong Zheng to sleep with tonight.
He absolutly can't sleep alone!
When he thought that the bed he would lie on at night might be... No, stop, it's too scary.
"Wait, what did you call me just now?" Bai Leshui asked with wide eyes.
[Thou have lived for more than a hundred years, thou have even forgotten thy own name ma?]
"Si Zhao? Are you sure?"
[Naturally, Ic won't make a mistake about the real name on the contract.]
"What about the name of Lady Maud?"
[Maud is the character in mine name. Thou are now me, it's not wrong to call thyself Lady Maud.]
"Lady, this point is very strange."
[Strange? What's strange? Isn't thy dream to become a woman ma? Although Ic cannot change thy real gender, Ic can influence others' perception of thou. No matter how unlike a woman's figure and face are, as long as thou wear a long skirt, thy real gender will never be exposed.]
Bai Leshui: ...
Huh?
Huh? ? ?
Who the hell wants to be a woman?
No, this is the original setting.
It has nothing to do with him.
Changing sex or whatever, he has never thought about it.
As long as he don't take off his clothes, his gender will not be exposed, so as long as players peek at him, it will be exposed immediately ba.
Wait, among players there shouldn't be such a.... shameless guy.
On the contrary there's a character with such settings among non-players.
Very good, Bai Leshui felt that he had noticed another role of the Mediterranean man, taking off a layer of his vest: the fact that Lady Maud is actually a man.
After all, if the gender is not guessed correctly, the real relationship between him and Mr. Si will not be exposed.
Huh?
Wait, his name is Si Zhao, and Rong Zheng's character is Mr. Si. It feels a bit bad a. Is the real relationship between them brothers?
Ahaha, then this is definitely the most difficult relationship to expose.
So the other person in the photo I saw before, is me?
It's even more wrong. How to explain the letter? Or, maybe Rong Zheng's character Mr. Si was given this surname by himself, and the other party's surname is not Si?
The more he thought about it, the weirder it felt. Bai Leshui soon got himself confused.
He couldn't figure it out, and couldn't explain it clearly. He just left it alone. After leaving the prayer room, he will pack all the information and threw it to Rong Zheng. He believe he will get a good explanation.
Putting aside the messy thoughts, Bai Leshui suddenly realized that the mask was stiff for a while. Knowing that the other party would not come out if it didn't want to come out, Bai Leshui didn't waste the effort. He just concentrated on waiting for an hour then left the prayer room.
When he came out, it was not time for dinner yet, but several guests had already returned. Perhaps in order to avoid missing dinner, they had been standing in the restaurant waiting honestly.
Bai Leshui looked into the restaurant from a side window. Rong Zheng was directing Hong and several servants to place tables, chairs and tableware. Bai Leshui took a quick glance and found that there were only eleven sets of chairs and tableware except for him, the master.
One set less.
Seeing the eleven sets of chairs and tableware, the new man showed no expression on his face, while Third Sister and Shi Qiu exchanged glances with solemn expressions.
Bai Leshui walked around the corridor and entered the restaurant. The tableware and chairs had been placed, but the food had not been served yet.
The Mediterranean man was also there. When he saw Bai Leshui coming in, he winked at him with a playful smile. Bai Leshui smiled and ignored him. He walked to his seat and sat down, then closed his eyes to rest.
Rong Zheng stood upright beside him, but his eyes swept over everyone present. His eyes were calm and he did not show any surprise at the addition of a new face.
Third Sister and Shi Qiu immediately sat down in the seats they had sat in the morning. The new man looked around and chose the seat next to Shi Qiu.
That position has always been occupied by a muscular man, but Shi Qiu said nothing.
Some people came back one after another, including Huang Pi and Ruan Qing. They immediately noticed this new face, but no one spoke. Ruan Qing pulled Huang Pi's arm and pointed secretly. Huang Pi sneered and sat in his seat.
There were three empty seats left.
Soon, the muscular man came back. He found the man in his seat, was stunned, just as he was about to speak, his eyes met Rong Zheng unexpectedly. The other party silently extended a finger to his lips.
The muscular man glanced at Lady Maud, who was resting with her eyes closed, and said nothing. He found another empty seat and sat down.
There were less than ten minutes left before dinner time. The servants had already started to bring meals to the table. The last three guests returned to the castle. Two people sat down, and one stared blankly at the muscular man sitting in his seat, dumbfounded.
There were twelve people eating breakfast in the morning. One died during the day, leaving eleven people.
There were eleven sets of tableware and chairs placed in the evening.
There were two people who did not live in the castle on the first night. One was taken back to the castle by Third Sister and Shi Qiu, the other was devoured by the devil as a sacrifice today.
So, how many people will come to dinner tonight?
Twelve.
One chair is missing.
The most unfortunate person who had no seat did not pay attention to Rong Zheng's warning to keep quiet, and shouted directly: "This is my seat!"
Everyone turned their heads to look at the person whose seat was occupied. Coincidentally, it was the short and fat woman who was late for breakfast this morning.
Bai Leshui opened his eyes, looked over.
Rong Zheng frowned slightly.
Some guests noticed the slightly dissatisfied gazes of two 'NPCs' and carefully shrank back, while others watched the excitement with interest.
The muscular man grumbled in dissatisfaction: "Who said the seat is yours a? Did you write your name ma? If you are late, don't blame others for not leaving a seat for you."
The short and fat woman glared angrily: "I sat in this seat last night. The person next to you is my partner. Don't you have a seat yourself ma?"
"There is no way a. Someone is already sitting in my seat. If he is willing to move, I would also move without a problem a." The muscular man snorted coldly. Of course he could force the other party to change his seat. The new face's small physique would stood up as soon as he was lifted.
But based on what? He remembered that he had waited for so long this morning ne. He hated this overly self-centered woman. For those who were late, such a punishment was really deserved.
The short and fat woman looked in the direction pointed by the muscular man angrily and saw a pale face. The other party was in a very bad state. The short and fat woman weighed the strength of both sides and regretfully found that even if the other party looked weak now, he was a big man of more than 100 pounds. She couldn't pull him.
The short and fat woman looked at her partner: "Get up, help me."
"Huh? But I'm very tired, I finally sat down." The woman's partner smiled embarrassedly. He didn't want to give way, because he was afraid that when he raised his butt to help others, the position would be taken away by the woman, then she would righteously ask himself to find a way to grab the position.
In fact, the woman has done this kind of thing. In the past, he could just endure it, but now it's different. The cost of failing the promotion copy is too high. Don't know how long he have to wait for the second chance to upgrade, morever the temptation of successful promotion is too great.
People are originally this kind of creatures. They will not betray because of death, they will also go their separate ways because of interests.
The short and fat woman can't order her partner, who used to be very obedient. Don't know who sneered at this time, and the angry woman's face turned red, she began to curse.
The words were rough, Bai Leshui couldn't bear to listen: "It's really noisy."
The short and fat woman stopped talking abruptly. She looked at Bai Leshui in doubt, not knowing what this NPC would do.
Bai Leshui looked at Rong Zheng: "When eating, you should sit down quietly and wait quietly. When facing food, you should sincerely thank God for the gift. After eating, put all the tableware straight and leave quietly, right?"
Rong Zheng put his hand on his chest and bent slightly: "You are right. This is the upbringing that people should have, Lady Maud."
"But, I heard a lot of things untolerable to the ear." Bai Leshui looked sorrowful.
Rong Zheng also showed a sad expression: "Yes, please forgive me, because I was shocked by these vulgar words and deeds, for not covering your ears at the first time."
"It doesn't matter, it's not your fault." Bai Leshui closed his eyes, "I just hope that guests who come here can abide by the etiquette. That's all."
Rong Zheng smiled: "They will abide by it, right?"
All the guests nodded, except for the short and fat woman standing.
The short and fat woman pointed at Bai Leshui: "Is it because I don't want to sit down ma? You didn't leave a seat for me at all. Didn't you have twelve sets of tables and chairs this morning ma?"
Rong Zheng didn't mean to reason with the short and fat woman. He was a ghost, his goal was to eliminate players. Arguing with players in this situation? It's not like there's water in his brain.
With a snap of his fingers, two servants came forward, one covered the short and fat woman's mouth, and the other grabbed the woman's wrist, then dragged and threw her out of the restaurant.
Rong Zheng didn't plan to throw people out of the castle, it would be no fun to throw them out.
And it didn't conform to Bai Leshui's setting of 'the castle door is wide open, everyone is welcome'.
So he just arranged a servant to guard the short and fat woman, to prevent her from making a noisy sound and returning to the restaurant.
Welcoming to the castle is one thing, whether to let her eat and have a room to sleep is another. In this kind of game, you have to find loopholes to win.
When he heard no more noise, Bai Leshui opened his eyes and looked around at guests in front of him with satisfaction: "I'm glad you can sit down quietly so quickly, let's start eating now ba."
Shi Qiu tugged at the corner of Third Sister's clothes and whispered: "She just closed her eyes and pretended to be blind ai!" What everyone was seated, they basically drove away the people who didn't sit down ba.
"All NPCs are all like this." Third Sister replied in low voice.
After going through so many dungeons, how many NPCs in dungeons are kind to players?
It's good that they didn't pit you to death.
Some NPCs, even make up rules.
Shi Qiu didn't say anything, lowered his head to stuff rice.
After the meal, Bai Leshui did not leave the table. Seeing this, others also sat quietly at the table, wondering if there was anything important to explain. Sure enough, after the dishes were removed, Rong Zheng stepped forward and said, "Last night, many guests did not stay in their rooms as required."
Everyone: ...
"On the first night, everyone is unfamiliar with this place. It is understandable that you want to sleep with familiar people when you suddenly come to a strange place. Today is the second day, everyone is already familiar with this place." Rong Zheng said, "Please stay quietly in your rooms tonight. One room, one tenant."
Bai Leshui smiled and said, "Some guests are very dissatisfied with their rooms, so we will redistribute rooms this time. Did you all bring your room keys ma?"
Except for the newly arrived man, everyone took out their own keys.
Some people noticed that the servant with a red scarf walked out of the restaurant, but came back in half a minute, holding the key of the short and fat woman's door.
All eleven keys were gathered in Rong Zheng's hands, then he redistributed them to the eleven guests sitting at the dining table.
The new man got his own room key, but no one returned the door key to the short and fat woman who was kicked out. And there was room key in surplus.
"No dinner, no room." Ruan Qing said to himself.
The voice was not light, everyone heard it.
"What will happen if we don't stay in our room?" Someone asked.
Rong Zheng: "Unnecessary keys, will be taken back. People who don't respect rules, must not need a room too. Of course, our castle will not expel people."
Very good, just like the short and fat woman, you can stay in the castle, but you don't have a room to sleep.
What will happen if you don't stay in the room? No one knows, no one wants to know too.
"Then, wish you all a good dream tonight." Bai Leshui got up and left.
The Mediterranean man wanted to catch up and say a few words, but was stopped by Rong Zheng.
Although he was smiling, the smile never reached his eyes. Rong Zheng said to the Mediterranean man in a slightly cold tone: "Our Lady is tired, please go back and rest ba, guest."
"Tired? Okay ba, I know, tired. Hehe." The Mediterranean man smiled ingratiatingly.
Rong Zheng left in annoyance, not in a good mood.
Hong, who had been looking down at her toes, quietly raised her eyes to look at the Mediterranean man.
The first and most important rule to remember when they were born: except for Mr. Si, anyone who covets our Lady, dares to break into our Lady's room, touches our Lady, or fantasm about our Lady, no matter where that person is or what they do, will be the first target to be wiped out.
Even the soul is useless as food or a new puppet core.
Because Lady Maud belongs to Mr. Si alone.
This is Maud Castle, the cage that imprisons Lady Maud, there is only one owner.
And you who come to this island, are just food delivered to the door.
The castle gate will never be closed, because no one will turn away takeaways.
What a simple truth.
At present, no one understands it.
After dinner, the person holding the key found their room according to the number on the key. Third Sister and Shi Qiu's rooms were still far away. Ruan Qing was lucky to be next to Huang Pi, but under the rules of not going out after midnight and not living in the same room, it seemed that living close to each other didn't make much sense.
The short and fat woman who didn't get the key was very panicked, because dinner was over and the distribution of keys was over, so the servant let her go, allowing her to start make trouble.
The short and fat woman first insulted her partner who didn't help her. She began to count the previous experiences from beginning to end, claiming that she had been helping the other party, so this time it was the other party's turn to help her, asked him to take out the key and hand it to her.
For such an unreasonable request, the man naturally refused, then took out the momentum of a 100-meter race, rushed to his room, opened the door and locked it, did not open the door no matter how the short and fat woman shouted.
"You're done!" The short and fat woman cursed outside the door, "I will definitely tell everyone in the alliance, let them know your character! Let's see who will team up with you in the future!"
The tall and thin man who was her partner finally spoke: "Doesn't matter, go ahead and tell ba, everyone knows what's going on anyway."
"What did you say?" The short and fat woman immediately exploded and kicked the door loudly.
Someone opened the door and poked their head in and said a few words, the short and fat woman immediately glared and yelled: "If you are annoyed, just give me the room a. I will definitely not make trouble if I have a room to sleep in. In the end, it's all you all's fault for taking my place. Where is that white-faced man ne? Which room is he in? Let him give the room back to me." As she spoke, she took a step and was about to rush to the door of the person's room.
The person who was worried that she would steal their room immediately locked the door, no matter how the short and fat woman made a fuss outside, they would never show up again.
The most difficult thing to deal with in this world is unreasonable aunt-like women.
Loves to make unreasonable scenes, consider everyone else beneath her, never speaks cleanly, unreasonable and unforgiving, and makes trouble for no reason. There is no way to shut her mouth except using violence.
"How did such a person get to promotion dungeon?" Ruan Qing didn't understand.
Third Sister replied: "Got to the promotion dungeon with time ba. Just like the experience of killing monsters, no matter how trash the operation is, as long as there is a successful dungeon, you will get experience points, when the experience is full, you will automatically enter the promotion dungeon. If the promotion fails, a large amount of experience points will be cut off, and the promotion CD will reset. You have to start again. When the experience is full and the CD time is over, you can challenge again."
So no matter how bad the person is, there is still a chance to advance after accumulating a lot of time.
However, for the short and fat woman's kind of morality and conduct, it is estimated that she will never have the opportunity to break through the first threshold in her life, and she will always be in the primary dungeon.
The promotion dungeon is not like primary dungeons, where you can rely on luck.
"You should also go back to your room quickly, avoid her. That's a trouble, can't get rid of it once involved. Use the invisibility card." Third Sister said.
Shi Qiu: "Use a precious invisibility card for a woman who's making trouble, I think it's... very necessary!"
After using the [You can't see me] card, Shi Qiu quietly walked behind the short and fat woman who was smashing the wall and returned to his room.
The door was still being smashed, but everyone actively blocked the sound.
Anyway, it will end at midnight.
In fact, the time has not reached midnight, the noisy sound at the door has gradually disappeared.
They have already become accustomed to the noise outside the door. Everyone does what they should do. When they find that the sound is no longer heard, it is actually a long time later.
It has not reached midnight yet, and someone opened the door a crack and looked out. There was no one in the empty corridor. Don't know if it is an illusion, but there is a bulge on the door that has been hit by the short and fat woman, about the size of a fist.
Rubbing their eyes and looking carefully, the bulge is gone, but a trace of scarlet liquid flows down from the original bulge.
The person who peeked shuddered, immediately closed the door and lay on the bed, refusing to think about what the door, or all the doors, are made of.
Don't walk around in your room alone, don't go out after midnight, Mrs. Maud said so, right?
Since the NPC who issued the rules said so, it should be fine.
Even if the door may be a terrible thing, it's okay too ba.
"I should have prepared some cards to defend against supernatural attacks. What a miscalculation a."
***
In Lady Maud's bedroom.
Bai Leshui told Rong Zheng what the ghost mask said, then asked: "What do you think our real relationship is? Not lovers ba, after all, this is too easy to guess, we just need to put it out in the open."
Rong Zheng: "...Brother?"
Bai Leshui covered his face: "It's really
"German orthopedics?"
Bai Leshui turned his head: "No, nothing."
Rong Zheng: "You are not a woman anyways."
Bai Leshui: "You actually know it!!"
Rong Zheng raised his eyebrows: "I often surf on Internet. I think Lady Maud and Mr. Si should not be related by blood."
Bai Leshui was shocked: "Really?"
"Because they don't look alike." Rong Zheng replied.
Bai Leshui waited for a long time before he was sure that the other party had nothing to add to his words. He looked desperate: "Is this a reason?"
"Of course." Rong Zheng replied, "Genes determine appearance. It is extremely unlikely that brothers with the same father and mother have completely different appearances. Appearance includes not only the face, but also height and physique. If you think that a pair of brothers do not look alike, it only means that you did not discern the appearance enough. When looking at the face, you must not only look at the overall appearance, but also the details of the facial features. Some brothers may only have similar eyebrows, or the same nose shape, or both have bags under their eyes. Maybe other people also have these features, but as brothers, they will always have some similarities, even if the similarities are very common."
The genes of parents are divided into two parts, one of which is selected to be fused together then passed on to the children. Moreover, genes are divided into dominant and recessive. The probability of all completely different appearance characteristics being passed on to two brothers by coincidence is very small.
After speaking, he paused, looked at the other party, and pointed at himself: "How much do you think your current apparence look like me?"
Bai Leshui was startled, stared at Rong Zheng's face, and touched his own face.
He had to admit that, two people's figures and facial features, were completely opposite.
Mr. Si was wearing a butler's uniform, one could feel the bulging muscles underneath, and a slightly lowered eyebrow could exude a fierce aura. But Lady Maud... this was a cross-dresser who covered his Adam's apple, a women's clothing big shot who could deceive people even without blurring the other party's cognition. A slightly lowered eyebrow made people feel weak and pitiful.
It was indeed difficult to imagine that they were blood brothers.
"Not having the same father or mother is another matter." Rong Zheng added.
Bai Leshui, who had been struggling with genetic inheritance for a long time: Hey!
"It doesn't matter what the relationship between Lady Maud and Mr. Si is. As long as your real gender is not exposed, there is nothing to worry about."
Okay ba, no matter what is said, at least Bai Leshui was relieved on this point.
No matter what the real relationship between Lady Maud and Mr. Si is, it will not affect his relationship with Rong Zheng.
"Just now, another player was eliminated." Rong Zheng suddenly said.
Bai Leshui: "The woman without the key? Or the bald man?"
"The woman without the key." Rong Zheng said, "I'll go ask."
Bai Leshui: "Oh."
What Rong Zheng meant by going to ask was just to summon Hong directly at the bedroom door. During the day, Hong claimed that she wanted to take the sacrifice back, but her attacks were inexplicably blocked several times. When people enter the castle during the day, they assume that it is temporarily safe. Hong has no way to continue to take action, so she can only endure it. So now she is not only in a bad mood, but also can't raise her head in front of her master.
Hong: "Master, what do you want?"
Rong Zheng: "There is one less creature in the house."
Hong trembled, and her face was filled with shame: "Master, that rude woman kicked the door and broke it. This castle automatically devours life force to repair the damage, that woman became part of the door."
Rong Zheng: "So, none of you did anything?"
Hong: "I didn't have time to collect her soul."
"If possible, I hope you can stop her before she destroys it." Rong Zheng lowered his voice and said to Hong, "Use more efficiently, understand ma?"
Hong bowed deeply: "Please rest assured, master, the prey tonight will never escape."
Rong Zheng: "That's the best."
Sure enough, he likes the boss role template very much.
After waving his hand to let Hong leave, Rong Zheng went into the room and told Bai Leshui what was said. Bai Leshui pinched his chin and thought: "If players are forced to destroy the castle, won't they be swallowed up and eliminated?"
Rong Zheng: "It's very difficult to implement."
Bai Leshui: "Well... devil's whisper?"
"You can try." Rong Zheng said, "Tomorrow, as for tonight, let's have a good rest ba."
Anyway, there are already two sacrifices tonight.
The second sacrifice, no, the Mediterranean man opened the door on time at midnight and looked out cautiously.
As a non-player guest in the game, he naturally has to act according to his set personality. He doesn't take the rule of not being able to go out after midnight seriously, and doesn't think there is any dangerous place in this castle.
He didn't go out after midnight before because he was already asleep at this time, and today... he has an appointment.
The Mediterranean man was so pleased when he thought of Lady Maud's gentle face that he didn't notice after he went out, a black shadow slid down from his door and followed him quietly.
The Mediterranean man continued to walk forward without noticing anything. The black shadow slowly stood up from the floor and poked behind the Mediterranean man, but the next second, it returned to the ground and disappeared without a trace.
It was scared.
Not because of the Mediterranean man, but because of the woman standing in front of the Mediterranean.
Hong: "At such a late time, where are you going a?"
"I, I'm going..." The Mediterranean man paused and remembered something important, "Where is Lady Maud's bedroom? Tell me, she asked me to go there."
Hong looked at the Mediterranean man and turned around and said, "Come with me."
The Mediterranean man followed with a beam, not realizing that the direction Hong was walking was not the direction of Lady Maud's bedroom.
Go to the lady's bedroom?
Of course not, the place to go, is hell.
The author has something to say
As a truly excellent system, 4188 often pays attention to its host's strong thoughts after binding with Rong Zheng, so as to understand host's preferences.
One day.
Rong Zheng: (A sudden thought) Women's clothing... this is a good way to play.
4188: Got it!
Dedicated to making host happy.
In game
Bai Leshui: What a weird setting.
1069: Sorry host. This system cannot suppress 4188. I can only do some small actions. Wuwuwu~
For example, let Rong Zheng become the biggest BOSS and face the crisis of being killed by players once.
It count as a revenge ba.
Rong Zheng: Thank you, I really like the BOSS setting.
1069: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh