Yu Yuan was still silently hiding behind the floor-to-ceiling curtains.

There were only three of them on the huge terrace, or in other words, Fernando only knew that there were two people present.

"You shouldn't be here." Fernando gritted his teeth at every word he said, as if he wanted to tear up the man in front of him and swallow it alive, "Especially... to put on this disgusting picture. appearance."

Yu Yuan couldn't help but wonder what kind of face the other party had under the mask.

The mysterious man was not angry when he heard this, and even sneered softly: "Why, can't find anyone again?"

At this moment, Yu Yuan remembered that the reason why he was discovered when he went to the cemetery last time was because he overheard what Fernando said in the conversation, that it was this mysterious man who discovered his movements.

And this time, it is very obvious that the mysterious man once again learned that he was hiding here because of coincidence, but it was only a few meters away.

"You should have left yesterday." Fernando didn't pay attention to the blatant provocation, but it wasn't hard to tell what kind of anger he was in from his tone.

"Then I'll give you some advice. You'd better pay attention to the question of 'how to control yourself'." The mysterious man said something, "If it's really not good enough to control, why not just let it run its course?"

Without waiting for Fernando to pick it up, he continued: "Just to remind you kindly, our transaction is almost up to the time - when the time comes, I will definitely come and collect my payment."

Yu Yuan roughly memorized the main points of their conversation.

Then, behind the curtain, he only heard hurried footsteps.

And then... A hand gently opened the curtain where he was hiding, and on the terrace as far as the eye could see, only this mysterious man who was still wearing a mask was left.

Yu Yuan couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. He straightened his hair and said, "Thank you."

No matter what the secret was, it was always true that the other party didn't expose him to Fernando just now.

The mysterious man gave a gentleman's salute and chuckled, "Your Highness the Queen."

"...When did you recognize me, did you recognize me in the banquet hall before or..."

The other party interrupted him, "As long as you appear within my line of sight, I can recognize you at a glance."

The implication is that the dance that he invited him to dance before was not accidental, and it was also deliberate to call him "Miss" instead of "Her Royal Highness".

Yu Yuan had a hunch that although this NPC didn't have any hints or even a name above his head, maybe he was the most critical plot point tonight. Thinking of what the other party had talked to Fernando earlier, Yu Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Can you take off your mask and let me see it?"

Fernando's statement that the man "put on a disgusting appearance" is a subtle statement.

"Perhaps it would be better not to show your face in front of Her Royal Highness the Queen." Through the hole in the mask, Yu Yuan could faintly see the other person blink, and the mysterious man said, "If you are worried about what to call me, why don't you just call me? 'Louis'."

louis.

The name was unlocked on the top of his head, but when Yu Yuan opened the other party's information to check, he saw rows of "???", as if this person was a question mark. Yu Yuan tried to call Lin Ling, but Lin Ling probably left his post for a while and did not respond for a while.

"Which family are you from?"

"Are you curious?"

Yu Yuan nodded.

"Maybe you can't say that, you can think that I don't belong to your royal city."

Even though there was a mask, for some reason, Yu Yuan always felt that the other party was squinting and smiling when he said this.

"What's your relationship with Phil, uh, with the King?"

"Her Royal Highness, I don't seem to be obliged to answer your question."

"..." seems to be the reason.

At this time, Yu Yuan just happened to think of the three talents that the queen brought with her at the beginning. [Noble status] has been playing a role. The low-level NPCs in the palace can obey orders unconditionally, but it is obviously invalid to the NPC in front of him. If it is the charm buff of [Godsend Face], will it be effective?

Recalling the reminder of the release method of this buff, and that he had already been identified by the other party, Yu Yuan simply took off his mask, revealing his perfectly modeled face that had been further improved in the game world, and then deliberately said softly: "You Will be willing to obey my request."

vomit.

He had to admit to being disgusted by his own whining voice.

Seeing this, the man named "Louis" smiled heartily, "Then in exchange for the dance you danced with me before, you might as well tell Her Royal Highness that I am not friendly with your new king. Relationship."

He narrowed his eyes slightly, "Maybe your king has always wanted to kill me, maybe."

Lin Ling, who just came back and witnessed this scene, almost spit out a mouthful of water, "Damn, I forgot to tell you about this kind of NPC, it's useless to charm you."

Yu Yuan: "???"

"What's the difference?"

Lin Ling: "Don't ask, because he is special."

In the game, Louie said: "Maybe the next time we meet, I will take off my real mask in front of you."

Saying that, he seemed to be leaving.

But at this moment, a cry came from the corridor behind them, "Edith."

It's Durand's voice, coming here.

At the same time that the two people on the terrace turned their heads subconsciously, Yu Yuan suddenly reached out his hand and was about to knock off Louis' mask——

At this moment, Yu Yuan saw half of his face.

And the next second, Louis turned around without hesitation and jumped off the terrace!

"!!!" Yu Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and looked down on the railing. This was much higher than the average two-story building, and there was still a stone road below.

However, like a drop of water falling into the sea, the man named Louis disappeared after jumping off.

...like a ghost that never existed.

Behind him, Durand came, "Edith, what are you looking at?"

Yu Yuan turned his head slowly and looked at Durand's face, which had been removed from the mask and fully exposed. For a while, he felt a little dazed.

The point that Louis showed under the mask...it seemed to be the same face - Durand's face.

Maybe that's why Fernando said that on the patio before.

"I'm fine."

After pushing Durand away, seeing that the banquet was about to end, Yu Yuan chose to go back to his room and started recording the clues he got tonight.

And all of a sudden, like a blessing to the soul, Yu Yuan suddenly had a new guess, about the identity of this Louis, but also about Fernando.

"Since this is a story background with monsters, and a country with monsters, shouldn't there always be a real monster in the whole plot? People like Fernando can only be regarded as mixed blood, but Louis is real ?"

"Louis used the appearance of 'Durand' at tonight's banquet. Maybe he entered the palace through similar means in the past. Is he the kind of monster with the ability to disguise himself?" Yu Yuan recalled the previous time in the library. Glancing at the book by chance, "Louis said there was a 'deal' between them, my understanding is that Fernando got his help, maybe it was this monster who helped him get the kingship?"

Yu Yuan watched helplessly as the progress bar value of the task [Fernando's Secret] slowly rose, and finally stopped at "50/100".

"It's okay." Lin Ling commented.

"But I should still be missing something crucial."

Thinking of the combination of "six-pointed star and eyes" on my back, I still don't have much clue.

Just stop here.

He looked out the window, the night was silent, and the hilarious Sacred Forest Festival banquet should have already arrived.

"Who would have thought that your dignified queen would dance with a mysterious person today." Lin Ling said in a distressed tone, "Tips, push too hard, little prince, it's all cold."

"...Does your focus often go wrong?"

"I thought tipping wouldn't work, but now I found out that the little prince is the worst one. He bumped into you twice and didn't dance with you." Lin Ling was indignant, "You can't push too much, I don't think he's going to dance with you tonight. find you."

"Please give me a one-way turn-off function as soon as possible." Yu Yuan said earnestly: "Seriously, technician Lin, if you don't want to go to the next group to play female-oriented games, I think there is a project in the company... ..."

Before Yu Yuan finished speaking, his attention was completely drawn away by the person who came in directly by the door.

——It was Fernando who came, still panting.

Seeing that the person was indeed here, he said in a bad tone: "Explain."

Yu Yuan squinted and carefully identified what he was holding in his hand, only to realize that it seemed to be a pair of earrings that looked familiar... still stained with mud.

What kind of metal detector do you have that can be found and dug out? ? ?

Just then, it was twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. In the night sky outside the window, fireworks celebrating the Holy Forest Festival lifted off together, lighting up the whole night like a prairie fire.

Fernando stepped forward a few steps, looking like he was asking for guilt, but what he said was completely different, "Go outside and dance with me."

This look is not like inviting people to dance, like pushing people to prison.

Yu Yuan: "?"

Lin Ling said quietly: "The little prince is not good on his own. He kicked him out of the court without showing his face. Tonight, he tipped and scored."

"Then he dragged you to frantically... dance for an hour, yes, thankfully this game has a body hosting function." Lin Ling was quite emotional before helping to go offline, "By the way, you Remember to take a look at the current in-game statistics.”

When the completion of one of the main tasks reaches 50%, the game will send an overall statistics and give suggestions to guide the direction of the next stage of the game.

From the current point of view, some important NPCs under the [New King] camp, such as the military minister, the head of the expeditionary legion, the marquis of several big families, etc., some of them have gradually turned their backs under the influence of player operations. There are signs, and with the operation of the new king's own policy of "relaxing the treatment of monsters" and other reasons, popular support is also slowly declining.

At the same time, with the help of the players, the crown prince made correct decisions at several key decision points, and there were more and more NPCs on his side. From the current point of view, the situation is relatively good. But at the same time, the system also reminded that NPC Durand Durrell's personal attributes have hidden dangers.

"Which attribute has not been cultivated enough?" Yu Yuan turned the attributes one by one to see. The shortest version of the little prince's force value has risen from "B" to "A-". At least it won't be that bad.

Lin Ling: "...Let me remind you, sometimes it's not that the value of a certain item is not enough, but that the value of a certain item is too much, and the problems associated with some values ​​are not so easy to see."

"It's fine, I'll just teach him properly." Yu Yuan didn't particularly care about this issue. After all, he had arranged for two four-star and one five-star characters to act as tools to improve the little prince's attributes.

He is confident that the little prince under his supervision will definitely become a qualified king.

"..." Lin Ling couldn't say anything more, so he could only say: "Tomorrow, I'll jump to the next big plot point at work. This plot point has a big impact, so be prepared."

"What will it be?"

"There is a monster attack. This is an important plot point that requires the little prince to express his position. Maybe it is a special kind of 'coming of age' ceremony. Anyway, it has a big impact on his attributes." Lin Ling said: "Oh, yes, this plot still has a lot to do with it. You need to risk yourself."

"You have only one life. If you don't do it properly, you might die in the hands of the monsters - you don't want to trigger the ending of the little prince's funeral for you."

"The first test really doesn't give you a chance to roll back?"

"Dead people can't be resurrected, so restarting is easier." Lin Ling said, "I'll give you a little hint. Your werewolf friend may appear at that point in the plot. I'm afraid of dying at the hands of monsters. I suggest you ask for help. In case it works."

Before officially going offline, Yu Yuan said ruthlessly, "I think too much, am I the kind of person who needs help?"

Lin Ling chuckled: "Then I wish you a smooth game tomorrow."