WTYTIAAN Chapter 55

Chapter 55

Yan Yunqing bought the fruit pastry Lillian wanted, and when he walked back, he found that there were twice as many people outside the inn as usual.

Yan Yunqing was puzzled and sent Lillian a private message.

[Ri’an (Private)]: What happened in the inn?

After a while, Lillian’s message came.

[Lillian (Private)]: Hmm? Munch munch… I’ve been… munch munch… in the room… munch munch munch, nothing happened!

Yan Yunqing: …

[Ri’an (Private)]: You don’t have to reply when you’re eating, swallow it first before talking.

[Ri’an (Private)]: I see a lot of people at the entrance of the inn, be careful.

After a while, Lillian’s message arrived late.

[Lillian (Private)]: I think I know, a very high-level powerhouse has come to the inn, I can feel his aura.

[Lillian (Private)]: I’ll go scout it out, don’t come back yet.

Yan Yunqing was stunned, and immediately thought of General Soya who had just entered the city. Could it be that he had checked into the inn?

No, how could a general of a large family not even have a place to live in the capital and have to stay in an inn? Isn’t this general a little too aggrieved?

[Ri’an (Private)]: Be careful, I suspect that General Soya has gone to the inn. He is a level 100 swordsman, don’t get caught.

However, for General Soya, who is often stationed on the border, elves shouldn’t be so rare, right? He remembered that the forest where the elven territory was located was next to the Ruins of Light, so he should be able to see elves often there.

Soya shouldn’t be too surprised to discover Lillian, right?

As a result, Lillian didn’t reply to Yan Yunqing’s messages. Yan Yunqing sent several messages in a row, but Lillian remained silent.

Yan Yunqing didn’t know what was going on over there. After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth, put on Edward’s appearance, and walked in.

Hopefully his disguise can fool a level 100 boss…

Yan Yunqing braced himself and walked in. Everything in the inn lobby was as usual, except that the mercenaries sitting at the corner bar had been replaced by a group of Soya soldiers in ordinary clothes, but the aura they exuded showed that they were no ordinary people.

Yan Yunqing’s scalp tingled. He felt that he had to change inns immediately, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to sleep peacefully every day under the noses of these people.

This was like a group of police officers moving in next to a fugitive, fearing that the police would rush up and arrest him the next second.

Yan Yunqing wiped a handful of cold sweat and quickly passed by under the vague gazes of the Soya soldiers.

“Welcome back, mage.” The waiter standing in front of the magic compartment smiled sweetly and greeted Yan Yunqing, while consciously pressing the button of the magic compartment for Yan Yunqing.

Sitting on the elevator, Yan Yunqing silently counted numbers in his heart. The uneasiness in his heart became more and more obvious. As soon as the door of the magic compartment opened, Yan Yunqing quickly stepped out and opened the mini-map, looking at the small blue dot on the mini-map.

Lillian wouldn’t have been… Huh?

Lillian was still in their room?

Yan Yunqing’s footsteps paused, hesitating for two seconds.

What was going on? Didn’t Lillian say she was going to investigate Soya’s situation? Why was she still in the room? Why didn’t she reply to his messages in the room? Could it be that this guy was caught in the room?!

Thinking like this, Yan Yunqing became even more nervous. There were still some materials for the Flame Emblem that he hadn’t put away in the room, although it would be difficult for others to see what he originally wanted to refine from the discarded materials, but who could guarantee that there wouldn’t be an alchemy genius?

Yan Yunqing quickly walked to the door of his room. Just as he was about to open the door, the door opposite his room opened without warning.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Yan Yunqing was startled and turned around.

He once again ran into those deep blue eyes, like a thousand-year-old frozen ice.

Yan Yunqing: … No, buddy?

How could a genius swordsman from the Soya family live in this mid-range room?

Was your family out of money? It’s one thing to stay in an inn, but you’re not even staying in a high-end suite?!

Yan Yunqing complained in his heart, but his fingers stiffly pinched the doorknob, and he hesitated to open the door.

He was afraid that as soon as he opened the door, Lillian would fly out. He hadn’t caught her in the act before, but now he would directly run into her.

Adrien’s gaze swept over Yan Yunqing’s familiar black magic robe, and his eyes flashed. He remembered this mage, who was in the crowd at the city gate before, staring at him for a long time.

The emotions contained in that gaze were too complicated, causing Adrien to subconsciously turn his head and saw this mage who hid his entire face under the shadow of his hood, looking extremely strange.

His eyes were different from those of the fervent, worshipful, and hateful people. They were more like curiosity with a few hints of surprise… and even a bit of reminiscence, which made Adrien remember this strange mage all at once.

He thought it was just a fleeting glance, but he didn’t expect to meet him at close range so soon.

Adrien nodded to Yan Yunqing, “Adrien Soya.”

Yan Yunqing: …???

What did that mean? Why was he calling out his own name to him?… Wait, wasn’t this guy introducing himself?

Yan Yunqing hesitated and said, “I am… Edward?”

Adrien hummed, “I see.”

Yan Yunqing twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling that there might be something wrong with this guy.

Would a normal person report their name as soon as they came up, then stare at the other person firmly, and then say “I see” after the other person also reported their name?

This guy’s EQ was a bit low! Could it be that his martial prowess was exchanged for EQ? The legendary high-scoring, low-ability person?

Yan Yunqing wanted to open the door and enter the room, but this General Soya was still standing upright, staring at him intently, making it impossible for him to enter or not.

Seeming to realize that his attitude seemed a little strange, Adrien added, “It’s a pleasure to meet you?”

“…Is there something you need?” Yan Yunqing asked.

“Hmm?” Adrien glanced at the window in the corridor, “It’s still early, I plan to go out for dinner later.”

Yan Yunqing: I didn’t ask you if you wanted to go out for dinner!

After only interacting for less than five minutes, Yan Yunqing had already discovered that he couldn’t be too euphemistic when talking to the genius general in front of him.

So he coughed lightly, “Sorry, I have something to do, I’ll go in first.”

After speaking, Yan Yunqing looked at Adrien, waiting for him to leave so he could open the door and enter the room, but after waiting for a while, neither of them moved.

Adrien: “Do you have something to say to me?”

Yan Yunqing: “…I thought you had something to say to me.”

Adrien: “Oh, no.”

Yan Yunqing: “Okay.”

The two stared at each other, unmoving.

Yan Yunqing was about to hold back, he almost wanted to ignore whether Adrien would find out and directly open the door to see what was wrong with Lillian, why she suddenly lost contact. Just then, he received a message from Lillian.

[Lillian (Private)]: Cough cough… Cough cough… I just, wanted to finish eating and go out to investigate the situation, but I choked because I was eating too fast, and it took me a long time to swallow it, are you outside the door? Why can I hear you talking to someone?

Choked because she was eating too fast?! That’s the reason for your loss of contact!!!

Yan Yunqing was speechless for a while, but also breathed a sigh of relief. The hand holding the doorknob relaxed a little, and he wasn’t in a hurry to go in. He had plenty of time to spend with this General Soya!

Yan Yunqing changed to a more comfortable posture, leaning against the door, sending messages to Lillian while staring at Adrien.

[Ri’an (Private)]: Met General Soya outside, hide well and don’t come out, I’ll hang out with him.

After a few more minutes of stalemate, Adrien finally shifted his gaze. He tilted his head slightly, “Have a drink?”

Seeing Yan Yunqing frowning, Adrien added, “Then we can go out for dinner together.”

Yan Yunqing: “…So, do we know each other?”

Adrien asked strangely, “We do.”

Yan Yunqing: “??? When did that happen, how come I don’t know?”

Adrien nodded, “Just now.”

He pointed to himself, “Adrien Soya.”

Then he pointed to Yan Yunqing, “Edward.”

“Um… Nice to meet you.”

Yan Yunqing’s CPU ran for a long time before he realized that the acquaintance Adrien was talking about was the time when they exchanged names after looking at each other just now.

Seriously, anyone who didn’t know would think that the meeting just now was some kind of mafia rendezvous to confirm the password, is that what you call an acquaintance?

Also, had it reached the point where you could ask someone out for a drink and dinner after only knowing them for a few minutes?

Buddy, you seem a little easy to fool, huh? Are you really a level 100 boss?

Or were the strong so simple?

Yan Yunqing suddenly thought of the Demon King’s dependents, and this statement seemed to become uncertain.

Maybe, it seemed, possibly, perhaps… was it really true?

“Go?” Adrien issued the invitation again.

Yan Yunqing seemed to see a prompt box in front of him [Invitation from Adrien, accept?]

Yan Yunqing: “…Then let’s go?”

Adrien nodded and finally took that step, walking ahead first.

Yan Yunqing had no choice but to send another message to Lillian, asking her to wait in the room, and also put the fruit pastry he brought back in his backpack at the door. After finishing everything, he followed Adrien’s footsteps.

Adrien was very tall, more than 1.9 meters, with a typical Western face and physique. He didn’t feel it when he was riding on a horse, but when he walked together with him, he could feel his mountain-like figure.

This was inevitable, if he was a little weaker, he wouldn’t have the ability to guard against the monsters on the border!

It was just that it made Yan Yunqing, who was a little shorter, feel very uncomfortable, always feeling like he was shrouded in a shadow.

They went downstairs together, and the Soya soldiers sitting in the corner of the lobby saw their general and quickly got up to greet him, but before they could speak, they saw a little tail following behind the general.

A gloomy little mage.

Anthony, the adjutant who was arranged to be Adrien’s external brain, immediately became alert, smiled friendly to Yan Yunqing, and then immediately approached Adrien to inquire, “Who is this?”

Adrien raised his chin slightly to him, “A friend, Edward, we’re going for a drink together.”

Anthony: “…A friend? General, you have friends in the capital?”

And it was still a mage friend? He had never heard of it? Wasn’t it said that the general was most annoyed by communicating with mages who were too talkative? How did a mage friend suddenly pop up as soon as he arrived in the capital?

Adrien curled the corners of his mouth and said very reservedly, “He admires me, so we became acquainted.”

Yan Yunqing: “…??? Admire you?”

Yan Yunqing was stunned, when did he admire this guy? You were a seemingly honest, but you can just say the lies?

Adrien nodded, “When we entered the city, I saw you, you came to welcome me.”

Yan Yunqing: “I…”

Yan Yunqing was speechless for a moment, and couldn’t help but raise his head, even the gloomy and damp persona was almost unbearable, “I just went to join in the fun!”

Adrien was surprised, thought for a while, and nodded, “Okay, you don’t admire me.”

He turned to explain to Anthony, “He doesn’t admire me, I misunderstood.”

Yan Yunqing felt that this seemed to be getting darker and darker? Why did it sound like he was the kind of gloomy fanatic, who didn’t dare to admit his thoughts when he met the person he admired? The problem was that he really didn’t admire this guy!

Anthony looked at Adrien, then looked at Yan Yunqing, and his CPU was about to explode. Finally, he came to a conclusion, “So, General, you mean, you saw this guy welcoming you at the city gate just now, you thought he admired you, and then you just got to know him?”

Adrien glanced at Anthony with great appreciation, “Yeah.”

Anthony: …

Yan Yunqing: …

Yan Yunqing cast an admiring look at Anthony, this person could actually decipher the brain circuit of a ‘genius’, could it be that this person was also a genius?

Anthony was also very speechless, he had long heard that this general’s thinking was unique, and it was difficult for ordinary people to understand him. He rarely spoke to Adrien along the way, only thinking that the other party was a taciturn person. Anthony only felt that this matched his powerful strength, the strong were always so aloof.

As a result, as soon as he arrived in the capital, without saying a few words, this general’s image collapsed again and again.

Anthony asked without hope, “Then you came to drink together because…?”

Yan Yunqing twitched the corners of his mouth and opened his mouth gloomily to maintain his persona, “He asked me if I wanted to have a drink together, if I didn’t say yes, he would just stand there and look at me.”

The implication was: he wouldn’t leave if he didn’t agree.

Anthony was very smart and immediately understood Yan Yunqing’s implication, feeling very ashamed of the actions of his superior. He quickly apologized for Adrien, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry – the general may mean that he feels that you two hit it off as soon as you met, how to describe it…”

Anthony racked his brains and finally came up with an answer, “Hit it off right away! Yes, the general thinks you hit it off right away, so he invited you to drink, hey, the atmosphere in our place is more open, there are not so many twists and turns, the general is also a very frank person, that’s why he did such a rude thing.”

Yan Yunqing glanced at Anthony strangely. He didn’t expect this to be a cultured person. Did this world also have such a classic like “hit it off right away”?

Adrien remained silent. Even if his EQ was low, he realized that something was wrong at the moment.

Why did he feel like he had done something wrong? But he didn’t do anything?

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Yan Yunqing pondered for a moment, “I don’t mind having a drink together, I wouldn’t have come down if I did… It’s just that what he said about having a drink wouldn’t be just here, right?”

This small bar was just a place for the inn to provide mercenaries with a place to rest. Anyone who stayed at the inn could drink some cheap wine for free. It couldn’t be considered a proper tavern at all, and the wine placed here wasn’t as mellow as the wine in a real tavern——

Although Yan Yunqing had never really drunk wine in a tavern, he had been to taverns several times!

Haven’t eaten pork, but haven’t seen a pig run?

Anthony looked at Adrien, only to see Adrien nod very sincerely, “Just here.”

Yan Yunqing and Anthony were both speechless.

Anthony coughed lightly, “Haha, the general is just joking, it’s just that we just came to the capital and don’t know what famous taverns there are here. How about this… Mr. Edward recommend one? The drinks tonight will be paid by our general.”

As soon as he finished speaking, before Yan Yunqing could recommend any good taverns in the capital, Adrien grabbed Anthony’s wrist.

Both of their gazes fell on Adrien.

Adrien opened his mouth, but in the end could only say dryly, “We… don’t have that much money.”