WTYTIAAN Chapter 120

Chapter 120

Yan Yunqing wasn’t oblivious to Quinn’s strange state, but he could sense that Quinn’s eyes were clear, and his gaze towards him mostly carried admiration.

Yan Yunqing knew that some people didn’t have any malicious intentions; they just liked looking at beautiful people.

And Quinn was clearly one of those people.

Yan Yunqing was aware of his current face’s appeal. If he weren’t good-looking, he wouldn’t have been captured by the Auction House at the start and almost put on the auction block as merchandise.

Apart from using his own face at the very beginning in Sunset Village, Yan Yunqing had created countless other disguises to hide this sufficiently beautiful face.

He didn’t need to disguise himself coming to Sigrid Academy simply because there were too many high-level people here. Yan Yunqing was worried that his disguise would be seen through by someone with special skills. There was already Alice’s [Eye of Truth], so Yan Yunqing had to guard against that.

Rather than using a disguise himself and having someone see through it, arousing suspicion, Yan Yunqing thought it was better to simply use his face to impersonate Xavier.

He dared to do this also because all of Xavier’s known relatives were already dead. If Xavier had any friends or family members who had actually seen him, Yan Yunqing wouldn’t have dared to be so blatant.

Yan Yunqing reached up and wiped a smear of sauce from the corner of his mouth, inconspicuously pinching his own face. Yes, the texture was very real. No prop could simulate such a realistic feel.

Speaking of which, with the passage of time, his face seemed to be getting more and more out of control, as if it were changing in an unspeakable direction.

Especially these past two days, since entering Sigrid Academy, it seemed that quite a few people had been staring at him, and they would become dazed as they looked.

Yan Yunqing wasn’t sure if it was because he had rarely used this face before, so he didn’t feel it so deeply, or if his face really had undergone some strange change.

Hmm, thinking about it carefully, there really was a big problem. Yan Yunqing frowned.

He opened his attribute panel, vaguely remembering that his panel seemed to have an “Charm” attribute. He hadn’t added any attribute points to Charm from the beginning, so his current Charm value shouldn’t exceed 20… Hmm??

Charm: 78

Wait, wait! He definitely hadn’t added any points to Charm, right?

Yan Yunqing was stunned, disbelieving. When did his Charm value get so high? You had to know that the maximum Charm attribute value was only 100. Exceeding 50 already meant you could be considered beautiful, and 65 and above meant you were a rare beauty.

He was at 78 now. What was that concept?

Just… one in ten thousand? If it rose any further, wouldn’t he evolve into something indescribable?

That would already be a non-human creature!

Yan Yunqing felt a slight chill run down his back. So he really hadn’t been mistaken; his face really seemed to be developing in an unspeakable direction!

The crucial thing was that even though he had realized this before, he hadn’t had any intention of checking the panel values to confirm whether his appearance had changed. Instead, he attributed this abnormality to his own illusion and not being used to using this face.

If it weren’t for Quinn’s strange attitude, Yan Yunqing wouldn’t have started to question whether there was a problem with his face again, and he wouldn’t have discovered the abnormal Charm value.

So what was interfering with his keenness? The system? The Homecoming Company? Or was it the Heavenly Dao will from those fantasy novels?

Yan Yunqing’s expression turned unsightly for a moment. Quinn, who had been paying attention to him, couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong?”

He subconsciously looked at the plate in front of Yan Yunqing. It was a normal steak, and there was nothing strange on it, like pizza with pineapple.

Yan Yunqing readjusted his expression. “It’s nothing, I just accidentally bit my tongue.”

Quinn: “Is it serious? Stick it out and let me see?”

Yan Yunqing:?

Terrence:?

The other companions at the table:?

Everyone’s eyes focused on Quinn, filled with shock and disbelief. Terrence wore a face of “What nonsense are you talking about,” wishing he could rush up and cover Quinn’s ‘outrageous’ mouth.

Quinn was bewildered. “Huh? Why is everyone looking at me like that?”

Terrence gave an awkward smile, explaining for his childhood friend, “This guy doesn’t have any bad intentions, haha, he’s just being a bit dumb today. He’s not usually like this.”

Yan Yunqing also thought Quinn was a bit dumb, because he clearly saw that Quinn’s status bar had an extra debuff [Confusion]. Clearly, these words of his really came out without any thought.

But when did this debuff appear?

Yan Yunqing hadn’t paid attention to Quinn’s status bar before, and he had only just discovered this debuff. He wasn’t sure if Quinn’s debuff was because of him or because of other reasons. At least, the others at the table didn’t have this debuff.

So even if this debuff appeared because of him, its range shouldn’t be large, and it would require certain conditions to generate.

“It’s okay.” Yan Yunqing nodded, explaining, “I’m fine, I just bumped it a bit.”

Quinn wanted to say something else, but Terrence covered his mouth. “Alright, alright, say a little less, okay? There’ll be plenty of time for you to talk later. You can’t become a big fat man in one bite. Behave yourself.”

Quinn, whose IQ continued to drop, closed his mouth in grievance.

Why would he want to eat until he became a big fat man?

Yan Yunqing temporarily put the unease in his heart aside, focusing on chatting with the few people who had specifically asked him to eat, and constantly watching to see if anyone who was chatting with him had an abnormal debuff appear on their status bar.

However, until the end of the meal, a second debuff didn’t appear.

Yan Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief. At least Quinn’s debuff wasn’t very related to him.

The reason why this group of people had Quinn invite him to eat was basically because they were all interested in Yan Yunqing. They chatted a lot at the dinner table, and when they asked Yan Yunqing why he had enrolled so late, Yan Yunqing pulled out the same story he used to fool Quinn.

Something about wanting to take back his father’s title, something about being the son of a former baron not recognized by the royal family, something about almost dying several times through great hardships to complete the entrance exam, and even before enrolling, he had to lie in bed for half a month before he could stand up and walk…

Anyway, Yan Yunqing made himself sound very miserable, and the little companions at the table listened with tears in their eyes.

Several of them were also nobles from Romunike. Although they had heard of Xavier’s terrible reputation before, they all followed their faces with their values. Xavier was so good-looking, how could he be the good-for-nothing, pleasure-seeking son of a baron in the rumors?

Immediately, one person decided, “How can the royal family do such a thing? In theory, titles within three generations can be directly inherited. How can they directly take away your title?!”

Yan Yunqing coughed lightly. “Well… this title just happens to be in the fourth generation with me.”

Xavier’s great-grandfather was a swordsman. More than a hundred years ago, when monsters were still rampant, the young Xavier’s great-grandfather made great contributions on the battlefield. However, because of his ordinary background, he was only given a barony by the Romunike royal family.

Reaching Xavier’s generation, it really was just the fourth generation. Direct inheritance within three generations, and direct inheritance could also be done in the fourth generation with special contributions.

Judging from the fact that Xavier’s father died for the country because monsters invaded his territory, his title could be directly inherited by Xavier, after all, this could also be considered a special contribution.

However, not only was Xavier unable to inherit the title, but he was also killed by monsters on the way to Sigrid Academy.

The noble youth, who was initially indignant, paused for a moment, then continued to slam the table. “That’s too much! I’ll write to my father when I get back and ask him what the royal family is thinking! If possible, I’ll mention it to my uncle.”

He was the third son of Duke Alton. Although Alton and Aldrich both had names that started with “A,” the status of the two families could be said to be worlds apart.

Duke Alton’s wife was the current Romun King’s sister by the same mother. He also had a title himself. Under the strong alliance marriage, the Alton family had a lot of say in Romunike. There really was a way to inquire about Xavier’s matter.

A dark light flashed in Yan Yunqing’s eyes. “Wouldn’t that be too much trouble for you? Actually, I’m already preparing to request the inheritance of my father’s title again. News should be coming soon.”

Little Alton insisted, “You don’t know, those people in the royal family always like to put on airs. Maybe they won’t even open your petition for a year and a half, let alone present it to my uncle.”

Yan Yunqing smiled wryly. “Is that so? But like this…”

“No buts!” Little Alton saw Yan Yunqing’s wry smile, and his sense of justice immediately rose. “Don’t worry, my uncle is very good to me. If that doesn’t work, I’ll have Turs write a letter directly to my uncle.”

Turs?

Oh right, he forgot that if Little Alton was the Romun King’s nephew, then Little Alton and Turs (the Romun prince) were also cousins, so it was normal that they could talk to each other.

Yan Yunqing lowered his eyes. “Then… I’m troubling you.”

It would be good to let Little Alton go back and ask first.

To be honest, since Yan Yunqing knew that the uncle who gave Xavier the letter of recommendation was from the Light Church, Yan Yunqing felt that there was a problem with the rejection of Xavier’s request to inherit the title.

To put it bluntly, even if Xavier Aldrich was a scoundrel, he was playing in his own territory and didn’t provoke the people above. The Aldrich territory was far away from the capital and not wealthy. Why would the royal family want to deprive Xavier of his inheritance rights after the death of Baron Aldrich?

With the recommendation qualification for Sigrid Academy being so rare and precious, why would that uncle be willing to get it for the child of a friend he had only seen once in his childhood?

And the Light Pope actually agreed as well. It was really difficult to make sense of this.

If he could know the initial origin of this matter, that is, why Xavier was deprived of the qualification to inherit the title, Yan Yunqing might be able to have a more comprehensive grasp and guess of the current situation.

He was still too passive now.

But fortunately, he had reunited with Merlin and the others. If that didn’t work, he could just call for reinforcements, right? The once-powerful Light Church could be destroyed by the Demon King. Would Yan Yunqing still be afraid of a newly established Light Church now?

Thinking of this, Yan Yunqing slowly exhaled and curved his eyes at the people on the table.

The others: (Clutching their hearts) A beauty crit!