WTYTIAAN Chapter 223

Chapter 223

Merlin and Isabel exchanged a look. Merlin stepped forward as the spokesperson, “Also? Have there been other outsiders like us who have visited the village?”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of everyone present fell on the little boy in front of them.

Before the little boy could speak, the children following behind him chimed in like pouring beans from a jar.

“Yes, yes, several strange older brothers and sisters came a few days ago.”

“They helped my family collect firewood!”

“They helped my family feed the livestock!”

“They even gave me lots and lots of candy!”

“When? Why didn’t I get any?”

“You weren’t here at that time…”

Merlin immediately realized that the “Heavenly Descendants” (players) had also arrived in this small mountain village. At least, the people of the Eternal Divine Church would never be so kind as to help these ordinary people with so many chores.

The leading little boy noticed Merlin’s pause. His mind worked quickly, and he immediately guessed that Merlin and his group were not with the Heavenly Descendants. “You don’t know each other? Then what are you here for?”

As he spoke, the little boy revealed a slightly wary expression, scanning Merlin and his group. They had come this time to track the bishop of the Light Church, so naturally, they couldn’t dress too conspicuously. Each of them was trying to be as inconspicuous as possible, with some degree of disguise on their faces, looking rather ordinary, somewhat like a common mercenarytuán – group.

But no mercenarytuán – group would bring an old man and a little black cat.

This made them seem even more bizarre. Of course, with the little boy’s limited perspective, he couldn’t detect too many unusual things, but he just felt that there was something off about this group of people.

Yan Yunqing’s tail flicked. Just as he was about to send a private message to Merlin through the chat system to help him find an excuse, he heard Merlin say without changing his expression, “We’re here for your elder sister’s wedding—we’re friends of your elder sister’s future husband. We heard about this happy event and came here specifically to congratulate her.”

“Just like the group of Heavenly Descendants who came a few days ago,” Merlin winked at the little boy. “You know, Heavenly Descendants.”

Hearing this word, the little boy’s expression relaxed a little. Since the players had landed, the term ‘Heavenly Descendant’ seemed to have subtly entered people’s awareness and common sense, making them believe that the appearance and behavior of players were normal—

No, it should be said that long before the prophecy appeared and spread widely, the concept of ‘Heavenly Descendant’ was already well known. Now, the appearance of the players only confirmed the truth of that prophecy.

Yan Yunqing watched as the little boy clearly lowered his guard a lot after Merlin brought up the term ‘Heavenly Descendant’, and he flicked his tail with some melancholy.

It was because of this that he was worried that the appearance of the players would cause no small amount of trouble to this world.

Not to mention that there would also be people with evil intentions among the players, and if they simply regarded this world as a game, who knew what they would do to the so-called NPCs.

It was just that these ordinary people lowered their vigilance as soon as they heard about Heavenly Descendants. This was really too inappropriate.

However, he had already worked very hard. Many things he didn’t really need to take on himself, but he had done so unconsciously, and when he reacted, he had already taken on too much pressure.

Yan Yunqing felt that this wouldn’t do. He had done what he could, and he couldn’t force himself if he really couldn’t do it. Too much pressure would cause him to lose fur… oh, no, it would cause him to lose hair.

The little boy suddenly understood, “So you’re friends of Brother Mike?… Are you from Kǎ sī tè lā chéng – Castella City?”

Eh?

The group acknowledged that they were from Kǎ sī tè lā chéng – Castella City without batting an eye.

“Then come with me,” the little boy waved his hand, his tone still carrying some dissatisfaction. “You’re too late. The wedding has already started.”

Yan Yunqing looked up at the sky. They had arrived in Kǎ sī tè lā chéng – Castella City early in the morning to meet Alice, followed the bishop all the way, and listened to Cornelia’s story. It was only around ten or eleven in the morning now.

However, there were indeed rural areas on Blue Star where people started picking up the bride early in the morning and then held a full-day of continuous feasting. Perhaps the players were referring to this model when they held it for the NPCs?

But the players’ mobility was also too strong. They could even persuade the NPCs to hold a Chinese-style wedding in a Western fantasy world… Could this be considered a kind of cultural transmission?

With the little boy leading the way, they entered the village smoothly. In the guise of a little black cat, Yan Yunqing unreservedly scanned the small mountain village. Putting aside everything else, the elements of this Chinese-style wedding were really rich, and they were well integrated with many things unique to this world.

It looked a bit strange, and a bit wonderful.

Because they were guests, they were taken to a relatively less crowded location. They refused when the little boy asked if they wanted to join in picking up the bride.

The little boy didn’t mind and returned with a group of children.

After everyone was far away, Merlin set up a soundproof magic array nearby so that the surrounding people couldn’t hear their voices.

Isabel’s gaze swept around, and she sighed softly, “I had some guesses when I heard those musical sounds outside. As expected, is it that?”

Merlin nodded, “If there are no accidents, it should be.”

Both Beros and Divick didn’t have any extra expressions, seemingly agreeing with Isabel and Merlin’s words. Only Yan Yunqing and Alice were confused.

Cornelia, on the other hand, sat indifferently to the side, as if everything was irrelevant to her.

What are you guys playing at with these riddles?

The little black cat flicked its tail in dissatisfaction. “What ‘that’ and ‘this’? What did you recognize?”

The few people exchanged a look. Merlin spoke up to explain, “This village… is probably descendants of the Demon King’s subjects.”

Divick glanced at Merlin, “It’s the Eternal Lord.”

Beros rarely agreed with Divick’s words. Although the Demon King himself had acknowledged the title of Demon King, they, the attendants who had been following the Demon King, were more used to respectfully calling him ‘Eternal Lord’.

Yan Yunqing was stunned, “Huh? What do you mean?”

Isabel reminded, “Have you forgotten? You… The Eternal Lord once had a guard, and one of the guards and his wife asked the Eternal Lord for a wedding blessing. The Eternal Lord was interested and held a wedding for them, extremely similar to this wedding now.”

“Later, that wedding format was spread, but because of the destruction of the Eternal Empire, this form is already rare,” Merlin added. “After so long, those who still retain and use it are only… the descendants of the guard and subjects close to the Eternal Lord.”

Those people were all staunch supporters of the Demon King. Even if the Demon King disappeared and the Eternal Empire was destroyed, they still couldn’t give up their faith. To be honest, they were no different from the fanatics of those religions.

Therefore, the things left by the Demon King, their descendants would retain and continue to use in their original form.

Yan Yunqing was stunned, and he tried hard to search for the segment that Merlin and the others were talking about from his memory. After a long while, he remembered that there seemed to be such a thing.

That seemed to have been before the establishment of the Eternal Empire. He had just been taken by his uncle to participate in a purely Chinese-style wedding, and he found it interesting, so he learned about the process of a purely Chinese-style wedding. After all, he had been addicted to the history of this game for a long time, and the wedding customs were different in different histories.

Because of this, he learned a lot of relevant knowledge. Not long after, a member of the guard came to him in a dream to ask for a blessing.

At that time, Yan Yunqing only regarded it as a dream and enthusiastically offered to hold a special wedding for the couple…

Yan Yunqing subconsciously opened the nearby chat system and saw a few players in this map using nearby chat.

[Flower That Flower (Nearby)]: I still can’t figure out why there’s a Chinese-style wedding in a Western fantasy world. Doesn’t it look too discordant? A group of people with high noses and deep eye sockets wearing big red wedding gowns or something. I feel like I’ll have nightmares when I go back tonight.

[Chick Chick Cluck Cluck (Nearby)]: Aren’t you playing the game while sleeping now? Strictly speaking, this is your nightmare.

[Non-Gods Need Not Apply (Nearby)]: Uh, you should be glad that this game doesn’t have Chinese-style horror. At most, it’s a bit disgusting. Otherwise, if there was a pair of embroidered shoes placed on your bedside in the middle of the night, you wouldn’t fly away in fright.

[Flower That Flower (Nearby)]: Sounds too hellish. Ah, the bride seems to be coming out! Quick, get the atmosphere team ready! Our mission is about to start!

[Sleepless Tonight (Nearby)]: Roger that!

……

Yan Yunqing closed the nearby chat with a blank face. Oh, this seems to be his fault.

How was he thinking at that time? Holding a Chinese-style wedding for the guards in a Western fantasy world or something…

This world really has undead!

Chinese-style horror is much scarier than those magical creatures!

The little black cat’s tail puffed up a bit, fluffy and like a small feather duster.

Divick and Beros’s eyes immediately stuck to the little feather duster and didn’t move.

Isabel silently looked away. She didn’t know if having such a brother was a family misfortune.

Merlin looked at the sky.

Yan Yunqing drove the messy things out of his head. Although the undead were nothing to fear as long as one was strong, the fear of some Chinese-style horror was still etched into the DNA of Blue Star people.

Alice didn’t know Yan Yunqing’s【Demon King】 identity yet. To her, what they said was just listening to a story. She asked curiously, “Does that mean the people in this small mountain village might be descendants of the Demon King’s subjects? But aren’t we here to investigate that bishop of the Light Church?”

“Could it be…” Alice paused, surprised. “Is the Light Church… or rather, the Eternal Divine Church really related to the Demon King? Was it established by the remnants of the Eternal Empire?”

For a moment, this small corner was quiet, and no one spoke.

Yan Yunqing wrinkled his nose. He didn’t think it should have been established by the Demon King’s subjects… but it was hard to say?

As the Demon King himself, Yan Yunqing had some concept of what kind of people those who followed the Demon King all the way to the end were.

To be honest, those people were no different from fanatics. The only difference was that the Demon King always had an accurate and firm goal: to return this world to the living beings on the earth, rather than the gods in the sky, and to make those meaningless wars disappear from now on.

Therefore, the Demon King’s fanatics were everywhere to wipe out the gods and help those trapped in war to get away from war.

And those god’s fanatics stirred up wars everywhere because of the thoughts and ideas of the gods they believed in.

By comparison, the Demon King’s fanatics seemed to be good people, but from another perspective, once the Demon King’s views changed, these fanatics might be more troublesome than the god’s fanatics.

“No… it shouldn’t be.” In the end, Beros denied Alice’s guess.

He gave an undeniable fact to those present: “Given the old grudges between the Light Church and the Eternal Lord, it’s impossible for the Light Church to cooperate with the remnants of the Eternal Empire, or even do things for them.”

“As for whether the Eternal Divine Church was made by the remnants, that’s even more impossible. Everyone in the Eternal Empire knows that what the king hates most is undead magic and gods. They would never violate the king’s wishes for their own selfish desires… or anything else.”

Those words were sonorous and powerful.

Yan Yunqing inexplicably felt a sense of shame, but Divick nodded in agreement.

Alice blinked her eyes and remained skeptical of the words in Beros’s mouth, but she didn’t question them.

After all, this small mountain village did inherit the wedding ritual that the Demon King came up with on a whim for thousands of years… Maybe the remnants of the Eternal Empire really had a belief of never violating or betraying?