Late at night, Ten-Step Hall, Xueyuedai, and White Feather Dove sat cross-legged on the bedding, meditating to absorb the world’s magical power.
Meanwhile, Qingshamu, in order to keep her ability to use magic a secret, could only force herself to lie down and sleep.
Missing a day of cultivation felt like a huge loss, making it hard to fall asleep and leaving her a bit insomniac.
Feini and the Golden Fang Beast Sisters treated the task like a vacation, just enjoying the scenery, eating and playing.
When tired, they would fall asleep right away—sleeping soundly.
With no secrets in their hearts, and nothing to trouble them, of course, they wouldn’t suffer from insomnia.
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“Wake up, fatty!”
Early in the morning, Feini was roused by Lianjian’s little palm shoving her awake.
“What is it?”
Feini reluctantly woke up, only to see that the rest of the team was already on guard. She snapped fully awake at once.
Qingshamu, White Feather Dove, and Yeqi were already lined up in the front, while Ten-Step Hall and Xueyuedai stood in the back row, pretending to wield their magical staff with seriousness.
I have to admit, at this moment, we actually do look a bit like a real Adventurer squad.
But the team wasn’t facing some mindless magical beast—what appeared was a squad from the Elite Kingdom Knight Order, approaching the mountainside and moving to surround the Lost Beast squad.
With everyone on the little hilltop, there was nowhere to hide; we could only face them head-on.
No sign of the giant magical beast, nor any fellow adventurers—what came first was the Kingdom’s knights.
The Faceless Witch had warned us before: as long as we didn’t encounter the regular Kingdom Army or the Inquisition Special Demon Hunting Squad, we’d be fine.
Who could have guessed we’d run into them directly now?
Yesterday, I boasted that even if our Lost Beast squad faced the Kingdom Army, we could kill our way through.
But if we actually did that, our mission would be over—we’d be permanently wanted and could never set foot in the Human Realm again.
Looking again, Qingshamu was already wearing a matte bulletproof mask, carefully concealing her face.
Even though she’d already altered her appearance, looking nothing like the original Hao Yue Hero, caution was still best.
“Ka-ka~ ka-ka~ ka-ka~” went the sound of hoofbeats.
An Elite Kingdom Knight Order surrounded the Lost Beast squad atop the little hill.
Seems our little bonfire last night exposed our position. And since everyone loves to sleep in and doesn’t relocate the camp in time, aren’t we just waiting to be caught?
They’re even preparing to make breakfast over the fire, not one person considering that we might be arrested.
But perhaps this is a good thing. It proves we have no ill intentions. If we’re all our own people, why should we run away? Maybe this will give them a good impression.
“Who are you people? We should’ve already notified the Adventurer Guild that Adventurers are strictly forbidden to enter this area.” The captain of the Kingdom knights questioned coldly,
“Who is your Captain? Which Guild are you with? What are you doing here? Where are your Adventurer badges? Take them out and let me see!”
“We…” This barrage of questions stunned our Captain, Ten-Step Hall. Her mind blanked, and she stammered, mouth open but not a single word came out, terrified she’d slip up and blow her cover. It was instantly awkward.
There was too much information, and it really was hard to answer. How could a mighty demon lord know about these Guilds and associations?
All just trivial things she’d crush with a wave of her hand—who would care?
The Kingdom knights saw the Magical Beast Girls unable to reply, their gazes becoming even more suspicious.
The Magical Beast Girls felt prickles on their scalp under those stares, growing tense, ready to burst out in a killing spree at any moment.
However, the knights didn’t actually suspect them of being disguised beasts, just a bunch of unruly, disobedient Adventurers.
But the Magical Beast Girls, guilty as they were, felt sure their identities had been exposed, so their only thought was to fight.
“Useless Simon.” Feini cursed under her breath.
This protagonist is so much more of a weakling than the protagonist of the original work—can’t even get out half a sentence?
Although the original protagonist didn’t go through this kind of plot, this is supposed to be a yuri visual novel; it hadn’t gotten to the part about going undercover in the Human Realm.
Maybe that’s why she freezes up at this unknown plotline?
I still remember the first game ended with the protagonist preparing to go undercover in the Human Realm—such suspense.
So the second game must pick up right after the first.
But I got hit by a Truck just as I bought the sequel, so I have no idea what happened after.
I must be the most hopeless transmigrator in history. Everyone else crossed over with some useful knowledge; I crossed over in a fog of confusion.
And then, at that moment…
The world froze.
Time stopped.
Feini suddenly found herself in control of the world, her body shivering as she awakened to a strange new power.
Her empty Skill Bar gained a skill: [Lily of Obsessive Domination Crushed into Flower Paste 2~ Activate!]
In the next instant, three dialogue boxes appeared above Shijietang Simon’s head.
Three options.
Three different answers.
“I can control Shijietang Simon’s answer? Is this for me to choose? And it waits until now to let me awaken my cheat skill? Why not wait until the finale!” Feini was shocked, ranting furiously.
Thankfully, in this frozen moment, no one could hear her.
But am I wrong to complain?
A transmigrator always shows off their cheat ability at the very start to hook readers! Who makes it appear only halfway through? Does this author even know how to write a novel?
Ahem. Now that I can control Ten-Step Hall’s answer, that means I can control how the plot unfolds from here.
Feels just like a text adventure game—nothing hard to understand.
Let’s see what the options are?
Option One: Retreat! Tactical retreat! (Smash the Teleportation Bottle.)
Option Two: Kill! Leave No One Alive!
Option Three: We are the King’s Secret Squad. You have no right to question the details of our mission.
“…” Feini was speechless after reading them.
Is this really giving me freedom of choice? Are the first two even options? Both are clearly bad endings—do they take me for a fool?
Nothing to be done. As much as I resent Ten-Step Hall, now our fates are tied together, so I can only pick three.
Time resumed its flow, everything returning to normal.
“We are the King’s Secret Squad. You have no right to question the details of our mission.” Ten-Step Hall suddenly stood firm and answered in a deep voice, “Go carry out your own duties, soldier.”
The Kingdom knight captain immediately fell silent, half believing, half doubting, unable to respond for a long time.
Meanwhile, a vice captain glanced at White Feather Dove for a while, then seemed to realize something, and whispered in the captain’s ear: “Captain, she looks like…”
“My apologies, it was our mistake. We’ll leave right away.”
The captain’s tone held a hint of surprise and respect as he turned around to lead the team away.