Chapter 192: Forest Ice and Fire Man
Mond, a man and a floating object stepped into the Dawn Winery one after another.
"Hey, Traveler, look, Kaia!"
Paimon floated around excitedly and started a team voice chat with the Traveler.
"We didn't run into Diluk, but we did run into Kaeya. We're pretty lucky. Hey, let's quickly take out that card and see how he reacts!"
Kaeya, who was sitting at the bar drinking, turned around, looked at Sora and Paimon, and said in a very exaggerated tone:
"Hey, Traveler, and Paimon, I was just looking for you, and you appeared in front of me. Could it be that the wind guided you here? Thank you for the gift of the wind!"
"Hmm...you guy, your words are still so incoherent." Paimon narrowed his eyes and said speechlessly.
Sora: "Good evening, Kaia."
Kaiya: "Come on, let's sit down and talk. I want to tell you a shocking secret."
Sora sat across from Kaia.
Sora thought: Kaia seems to have something to ask me, what should I do next?
Two options appear in the dialog box:
1. "Actually, you are the princess of the Fire Nation?"
2. "Actually you are a water slime?"
3. "Are you actually an undercover agent sent by the Water Kingdom?"]
Sora: "Actually you are a water slime?"
"Puff!" Kaia covered his mouth in time to prevent the yellow wine from spraying out, but he still coughed a few times due to choking.
"Ahem... Traveler, I see you guys have also read "Slime Land"? The lady who wrote this novel really gave me a lot of trouble."
Kaia shook his head, showing a rather helpless expression.
"'Captain Kaeya, I didn't expect your life to be so rough' 'Captain Kaeya, please make peace with your brother Diluk!' 'Captain Kaeya, you must look great in the Fire Princess's outfit'...
I'm tired of hearing similar things this week, and I think Master Diluk must have similar worries."
Kaia said as he glanced towards a corner of the tavern.
"...It seems like he really already knows." Paimon whispered to Sora.
Then, she exclaimed in surprise: "Huh! Master Diluk? When did he come? He's not talking. Has he been eavesdropping?"
"I just arrived not long ago and happened to hear something interesting." Diluk walked to the three-person table.
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[1. "Good evening, Master Diluk."
2. "Good evening, Your Highness, the Prince of the Fire Nation."】
Diluk: "Good evening, traveler. I hope that the novel you have read recently has not blinded your judgment.
Although some characters in the novel are based on us, they are very different from the real people.”
Kaiya immediately replied: "For example, I am not a spy from the Water Country, nor am I a water slime.
The Fire Nation Princess Kaeya and I have almost no similarities except that we both look pleasing to the eye and are very popular. "
Paimon narrowed his eyes: "He's actually bragging about how handsome and popular he is!"
Sora crossed his arms over his chest and narrowed his eyes as well.
Kaeya whistled, as if not noticing the two's silence, and continued, "Master Diluk wouldn't wear a black tights with cat ears and secretly become Batman at night."
"But he will be the 'righteous man' at night! What you said just now makes it less convincing!" Paimon complained.
"The point is 'wearing a black bodysuit with cat ears', Paimon," Sora reminded.
"Oh--"
Paimon suddenly realized something, then she asked as if she realized something, "Cat ears? What cat ears? Does the Fire Prince have cat ears on his bat suit?"
"Those are the two pointy things on his mask." Sora placed his hands on top of his head, palms facing outward, and stretched them out.
"To be precise, they should be bat ears, but readers of both novels and comics like to call them cat ears."
"Oh, that's it! That transmitter! It can be taken off and used as a locator, and it can also be used as a hidden weapon.
In the comic special edition "Batman's Daily Life", Diluk was tied up and hung up by the bad guys. At this time, his bat ears popped out like darts and cut the rope in one go!"
Paimon described it vividly.
"Oh, that's great!" Kaia clapped his hands and said in a cheerful tone.
"I didn't expect Diluk to have this ability. I really want to see it. Why haven't I seen that special edition comic?"
Paimon answered quickly: "I know the answer to this question! It's a new chapter that just came out today!
It is said that it sells extremely well. Many people who buy the comics said that they want to buy a few more copies to cut out and frame the few storyboards of "Diluk" that are tied up.
Traveler, why did you cut out the scenes where the Fire Prince was tied up? The Fire Prince was so pitiful in those scenes, he was whipped so many times, and was immersed in an ice bucket, bleeding so much! "
Paimon shouted and scratched his head. While he sympathized with the Fire Prince's plight, he also expressed his great incomprehension of the readers' behavior.
"Be good, Paimon. You'll understand later." Kong said.
"Well, the Traveler seems to know something. Why can't you tell me now?" Paimon said dissatisfiedly.
Kaia was enjoying a glass of wine with the story of Batman as a side dish when he suddenly started to cough violently:
"...The Traveler is right, Paimon, it's too early for you to know this now."
"...Even Kaia said so."
Paimon glanced at Kaeya in confusion, not knowing why he was suddenly choked, but this did not prevent her from becoming even more dissatisfied.
"Paimon, the Traveler and I are doing this for your own good."
Kaiya wiped away the coughed-up wine with a rather elegant movement. He warned himself in his heart not to touch the glass of wine again, otherwise he might be choked again at any time.
Diluk deadpanned, "To make it easier to tell them apart, I suggest you call the 'Fire Prince' in the comics Diluk."
"Oh, what a humorless person. Why are you so eager to distinguish yourself from the cartoon character?" Kaia shook his head.
"That's right, Kaeya didn't forbid us to call the Fire Princess 'Kaeya'." Paimon agreed.
"Because I'm very generous. Unlike Master Diluk, I've always been the approachable type. Everyone in the Knights Templar knows that." Kaeya said with a smile.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Paimon nodded vigorously, and then suddenly seemed to have thought of something and said to Sora,
"Oh, oh, oh, they interrupted me and I almost forgot what we are here for today. Traveler, isn't it time to take out 'that' now?
Kaiya said he doesn't mind, so we don't have to worry about him destroying the body and the evidence."
"Why, did you come here specifically to see me?" Kaiya spread his hands.
"Hehe, actually we came here specifically to find Master Diluk. We drew a special card, and we wanted to ask if Master Diluk is willing to buy it." Paimon said.
"...Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Kaia pretended to be exaggeratedly surprised.
Empty: Reveal Kaeya (Wedding Dress) card
Kaia: “…”
Kaiya was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter:
"Hahahaha, this is Princess Kaeya's special character card? Hmm... It's really beautiful. No wonder it was sold for 5 million Mora. It seems that I am still very attractive!"
Paimon whispered to Sora, "I quickly accepted the fact that the character based on me is a girl and wears a wedding dress."
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[1. "As expected of Kaia."
2. “It turns out that the words ‘with my consent’ on the card are true.”】
Diluk's eyes lingered on the cards on the table for a long time, and he suddenly asked, "How much?"
"No way, you really want to buy it?" Kaeya glanced at Diluk.
Diluk: "I think it has great collection value, and the market price is not very expensive."
"...Not very expensive? Master Diluk said so, so we have to sell it at a higher price!
There shouldn't be anyone here who is richer than Master Diluk, right? Selling it to Master Diluk is definitely the most cost-effective!"
Paimon floated next to Sora, "What do you say, Traveler?"
null:
[1. "This is a card that will soon be out of print, but since Master Diluk wants it, I'm willing to sell it. I'm in dire need of Mora right now (obtain million Mora)."
2. "This is a card that will soon be out of print, but since Master Diluk wants it, I'm willing to sell it. I'm not in great need of Mora right now, and I want something else (to get 50 Primogems)."
3. Let me think about it. 】