WTYTIAAN Chapter 26
by VolareThe Big-Nosed man stuttered, but after Yan Yunqing narrowed his eyes and revealed a dangerous look, he immediately corrected his stutter. He steeled himself and blurted out the information he knew.
“I don’t know Kellenna, I’ve only heard of the name. It was… it was Dean who said the name once when he was drunk!” The Big-Nosed man hesitated at first, but under Yan Yunqing’s threatening gaze, he told the truth. As he spoke, he became more and more fluent.
“Specifically, I’m not too sure. I just heard him say something about how Kellenna didn’t know what was good for her back then, that he specially gave Kellenna a lesson, and if Kellenna had been more sensible, she wouldn’t have died…”
The Big-Nosed man nervously swallowed, “I didn’t take it seriously at first. Later, I heard the name Kellenna from a senior, so I asked about it. The senior said that Kellenna was a commoner genius from the Magic Academy six years ago, but unfortunately, she encountered a magical creature while out and about and died accidentally.”
“That senior was very regretful about Kellenna’s death and said quite a bit… all about how talented Kellenna was, that a commoner had even won the academy’s annual competition, and her teacher was especially happy and gave her several precious magic stones and scrolls… Hmm, it seems like a lot of people liked Kellenna back then.”
The Big-Nosed man showed a slightly guilty expression, “Because I had heard the name Kellenna from Dean before, I was… I was just curious… so I checked it out. Uh, the academy records say that Kellenna applied for an outdoor training session six years ago, but she encountered a high-level magical creature in the wild, couldn’t escape, and died.”
“So I guessed that when Dean said he gave Kellenna a lesson, he probably meant he tricked her into going to a magical creature’s territory or something…”
The Big-Nosed man observed Yan Yunqing’s expression. Although half of his face was covered by a mask, the exposed scarlet eyes clearly revealed that the owner was in a very bad mood.
“Tricked her into going to a magical creature’s territory? Why would you guess that? Do you have any evidence?” Yan Yunqing asked.
“I’m just guessing! There’s no evidence!” The Big-Nosed man quickly explained, “Th-Those noble young masters all like to play like that. Kellenna may have been a rare magical genius, but she was still a commoner. Noble young masters love to make fun of commoners…”
To describe killing someone as “making fun,” tsk.
Yan Yunqing was a little displeased, he continued to ask, “What’s Dean’s status? Which noble family is he from?”
The Big-Nosed man was stunned, a trace of surprise in his eyes, “Dean… you don’t know Dean? He-He’s the son of the city lord of Seta City.”
The son of the Seta City Lord?
Yan Yunqing felt like a flash of white light passed behind him, like the famous detective Conan. All the known clues connected.
Why Sunset Village was attacked and the villagers didn’t get any rescue from Seta City, because the attack itself was orchestrated by Dean, the son of the Seta City Lord.
Even the magical creatures were very likely brought there by Dean, just to give Kellenna a ‘lesson.’
Then the question now is, why was Kellenna targeted by Dean, and how did Dean manage to make the magical creatures attack the village?
Magical creatures are just monster units. The game records state that magical creatures have no intelligence; they are absolutely hostile units, and it is impossible to tame them.
How did Dean manage to make the magical creatures attack the village?
“Do you know what grievances Kellenna and Dean had?” Yan Yunqing continued to inquire.
The Big-Nosed man felt the unpleasant emotions radiating from Yan Yunqing and shrunk his neck. “I don’t know… Dean was drunk that time and just muttered a bunch. The academy wouldn’t record such things!”
Even if they did record it, it might be modified.
Just like six years ago, Kellenna applied to go out, but she was definitely not going for training, but to ask for leave to return to Sunset Village to share the good news about passing the primary magician test.
But the academy record says that Kellenna applied for outdoor training and encountered a magical creature in the wild, couldn’t defeat it, and died.
“So you don’t know any other news?” Yan Yunqing turned his wrist. “Alright, then let’s just–” let you have a sleep first.
Before Yan Yunqing could finish his words, the Big-Nosed man interrupted in horror, “Wait, wait–don’t kill me, let me think, let me think, I must know something else! I used to be Dean’s lackey!”
Yan Yunqing: …
No wonder this guy even knew what Dean said when he was drunk; it turned out he was Dean’s lackey.
But is it really okay to sell out his old boss so readily?
Yan Yunqing loosened his clenched fist as he said. “Speak. If the information is useful, I won’t kill you.”
He didn’t plan to kill anyone anyway. Why did this Big-Nosed man keep thinking he was going to kill him?
Did he really look that ferocious? He was clearly very gentle, okay!
If the four people who had been knocked unconscious heard Yan Yunqing’s inner thoughts, they would definitely ‘resurrect’ on the spot and jump up to accuse Yan Yunqing.
He didn’t hesitate at all with his blows! With the fragile little bodies of these magicians, being hit by Yan Yunqing’s chop, they would be half-crippled even if they didn’t die!
“Let me think, let me think… Oh, right, I remembered!” The Big-Nosed man suddenly said, “I heard from a senior that Kellenna was very popular because she was very beautiful, had strong magical talent, and was very kind. Back then, a lot of people in school confessed their love to her, and even His Highness the Prince showed her affection.”
“But Kellenna didn’t accept anyone. She always said she had someone she really liked, but there were never any opposite s*x around her at the time. Everyone thought it was just an excuse.”
“Back then, some people said Kellenna was the high-altitude flower among commoners… Could it be that Dean liked her and wanted Kellenna to be his woman, but Kellenna didn’t agree, and Dean got angry out of embarrassment or something…”
The Big-Nosed man cautiously looked at Yan Yunqing, “And I remembered, Dean was talking about the topic of partners the day he got drunk… The City Lord seemed to want Dean to marry a noble lady, but the other party said she had someone she admired and didn’t want to marry, so Dean was very angry, feeling like he was looked down upon, and he said things about Kellenna after getting drunk.”
Yan Yunqing frowned. Said like that, the two things could indeed be linked together.
However, just because she rejected his confession, he almost used magical creatures to slaughter an entire Sunset Village…
Could the son of Seta City Lord completely cover up such a big thing just with his status? If he remembered correctly, Kellenna’s teacher had even let the Bato Vita royal family’s army intervene in the rescue.
How could the Seta City Lord possibly have such great power to hide this matter?
Furthermore, the curse of Sunset Village…
If people were killed for the purpose of silencing them, Yan Yunqing wouldn’t be surprised, but that didn’t make sense either. Only villagers who moved out of Sunset Village were killed, while the villagers still living in Sunset Village were ignored.
Even Kellenna’s brother, Rosen, was still living well. Was the silencing being done too roughly?
Could it be that Sunset Village really had some kind of curse?
The answer hidden beneath the fog, was it Dean?
It seemed that he had to go to the home of the Seta City Lord and visit that young master Dean.
Thinking of this, Yan Yunqing raised a smile, and gave the Big-Nosed man a very gentlemanly bow. Considering that the other party was a bit dirty right now, Yan Yunqing didn’t bother to tidy up his robes for him.
“Thank you for your answers tonight.”
Seeing Yan Yunqing like this, the Big-Nosed man finally breathed a sigh of relief, put down his hanging heart, and just wanted to ask if he could untie his ropes, when he heard Yan Yunqing continue to say.
“So, please sleep quietly for a while first.”
Big-Nosed Man: ???
Sleep? Sleep what? He didn’t want to sleep!
Immediately after, a sharp pain came from the back of his neck again, his eyes went black, and he fell forward. At the last moment before losing consciousness, the Big-Nosed man was still crying in his heart: You better be telling the truth about sleeping!
Dead people also have a long sleep! QAQ
Yan Yunqing watched another person fall down, clapped his hands, and took out his magic wand from his backpack, giving himself a cleaning spell.
The magic wands borrowed from the five people lying on the ground, Yan Yunqing didn’t plan to return them. It was to teach these guys a lesson, to make them remember that even five people walking on the road at night could be robbed.
After admiring the magic stones inlaid in the five magic wands, and looking at the panel data explored by the system, Yan Yunqing was very satisfied.
Even if he couldn’t use them, he could keep them to sell for money.
As expected, zero-cost shopping was the happiest thing for players. If it wasn’t for the fact that these people were all dirty, and Yan Yunqing couldn’t get past that in his heart, he would definitely have searched everyone from head to toe.
Lillian saw that the five people had fallen down, and came over to add a sleep spell, looking at Yan Yunqing in silence.
“What’s wrong?” Yan Yunqing put away the magic wand, tidied up his messed up clothes, reconfirmed that there were no problems with the mask on his face, and was preparing to pack up and go to the City Lord’s house, when he found Lillian was looking at him without speaking.
“I really didn’t expect you to be this kind of cat at first.” Lillian said in a complicated tone, “I thought you were the kind of super-warm-hearted good person.”
As a result, she had her eyes opened today. So Yan Yunqing was actually this kind of character? What was the difference between this and a bandit? He tied people up and beat them up before asking for information, and after getting satisfactory information, he even swiped their magic wands.
Yan Yunqing shrugged his shoulders, “Are you very surprised? I just have different ways of dealing with different people.”
If the people in front of him were like Old Jason and Little Yuri, he would still show a bright smile to make himself more friendly and kind.
But the five people in front of him now, he could tell from their idle chitchat that they were not good people, and this Big-Nosed man who gave him the information was even worse. As Dean’s lackey, he inquired about Kellenna’s matter everywhere, probably wanting to use this as a handle to control Dean, right?
It was just that after he discovered that Kellenna’s matter also involved magical creatures, which he couldn’t afford to provoke, so the Big-Nosed man gave up on the idea of controlling him, and even left Dean’s side, afraid that his investigation of the other party’s secrets would be discovered.
Tsk tsk.
He could be considered a very adaptable person.
“Um… I’m indeed a little surprised.” Lillian sat on Yan Yunqing’s shoulder. “But this way, I’m a little more relieved.”
“Hmm?”
“People who are too kind don’t live long.”
Lillian said, “You, on the contrary, are closer to the ‘Sky Descender’ in the prophecy.”
“Smart, rational, and with courage… Whoa, you’re a very powerful little cat!”
“Thank you?… So why are you calling me little cat again?”