WTYTIAAN Chapter 89

Chapter 89

Merlin said awkwardly, “This isn’t… Hey, wait, why are you denying it so confidently? Did you guess who it is?”

“…Not sure.”

“At first, I didn’t react, but now that I think about it, that familiar feeling wasn’t because of Divick’s scent.”

Isabelle hesitated, “…When he called out my name, it sounded a lot like that person.”

Merlin was stunned for a moment, his expression freezing for a few seconds, “That person?”

Then his expression changed, and he paused for a few seconds, “Are you saying… Nolan?”

Isabelle didn’t say anything more, her silence already expressing her attitude, she did indeed think so.

Merlin also fell silent, and for a moment, the only sounds in the small space were the rustling of Merlin tending to Nana’s wounds, and one light, two heavy breaths.

“Are you sure?” Merlin couldn’t help but ask again.

But Isabelle didn’t know how to answer this question, she was already starting to doubt her own judgment.

After all, that person had disappeared for over a thousand years.

Isabelle rubbed her fiery red hair with some agitation, “I should have stopped him before he ran, at least taken off that mask to see, that hateful guy, disappearing for over a thousand years, does he really think we wouldn’t worry and get angry?”

“Is it really him?” Isabelle muttered, “Suddenly disappearing and suddenly reappearing…”

Merlin sighed and comforted, “Don’t dwell on it, you also said that person suddenly appeared near here, and in the end ran towards Liberty City, as long as we stay here long enough, we’ll see him again sooner or later.”

“If it’s really Nolan, then give him a good beating to let off some steam.” Merlin secretly suggested, “Didn’t you say when he suddenly disappeared that you would give him a good beating after you found him?”

Isabelle was stunned, “Did that happen?”

“Yes, it did!” Merlin saw Isabelle’s blank look, “You were looking for Nolan everywhere at that time, with a belly full of anger that had nowhere to vent, didn’t you vent it all on me?”

What does that mean, did he take those beatings for nothing?

So he was just a punching bag?

Isabelle: “…Don’t change the subject, when have I ever beaten you for no reason?”

Merlin felt that he was really too wronged, “How could there not be! You even broke my leg before!”

“Wasn’t that because you were flirting with little girls?” Isabelle snorted, “I admit, I was a bit impulsive at that time, but you were the one who was so glib, spreading your ‘glorious achievements’ everywhere, how could I not beat you?”

“I didn’t!”

If there were an award for the most wronged person, Merlin felt that it would definitely belong to him.

The young Merlin had a handsome and dashing appearance, growing up in a wealthy family, pampered and arrogant, and with his status as a magician, he did indeed attract the attention of many noble young ladies.

At that time, Merlin had just founded the Sigrid Academy, and he was still that handsome, wealthy magician, so many female students in the academy secretly admired him, and there were even some ambiguous rumors circulating, but Merlin himself was unaware of these.

Because he was a homebody, yes, a handsome, wealthy, legendary magician, was actually a homebody, and his favorite thing to do was to stay in the potion room and brew those strange potions.

These romantic rumors hadn’t even reached Merlin’s ears when they first reached Isabelle’s, who had come to find Merlin.

Because the war had restarted, Isabelle had taken over the throne of the Dragon Clan, and had been separated from Merlin for a period of time. She had finally finished dealing with the affairs of the clan and was preparing to come out and continue looking for the whereabouts of the Demon King with Merlin, when she heard these rumors.

–At that time, Isabelle and Merlin had already become husband and wife, and when she heard that Merlin was flirting with little girls while she was away dealing with things, Isabelle exploded, and without saying a word, went to beat Merlin up, and broke his leg in the process.

Later, it became clear that it was all a misunderstanding.

“Who told you to spread rumors outside that you had dozens of girlfriends?” Isabelle glared at him, “If it wasn’t for that, how would I have misunderstood?”

Merlin put on a mask of pain: “Wasn’t that because of you… you wouldn’t let me announce that we were together, that guy wanted to introduce his niece to me, so in order to refuse him, I could only ruin my own reputation!”

Isabelle coughed, “Then you could have ruined your reputation in other ways, for example, by saying you were impotent or something.”

Merlin: “…Yeah, so haven’t I become like this now? Who would introduce me to someone when I’m an old man?”

Yes, after Merlin’s lifespan was no longer limited to a mere few decades, his appearance had been fixed in his youth, and he would now be an old man purely because he was afraid of being beaten by Isabelle again due to some misunderstanding.

It was safer to be an old man, and he might even be helped to walk by kind children when he went out.

Isabelle gave Merlin a look of disgust, expressing that she couldn’t stand his cowardly appearance.

“Hurry up and take care of this child, I’ll go out and take a look again.” Isabelle was still concerned about the person who seemed to be Nolan, and stood up to say to Merlin, “After you’ve taken care of this child, hide her away first, I see she has a lot of trouble on her, we’re not suitable to reveal our identities now.”

Merlin glanced at the night, and muttered, “You’re still going out so late? Okay, okay… then come back early.”

Isabelle waved her hand, cleaned the blood off her body, and pushed the door open again.

Merlin watched Isabelle leave expectantly, and seeing that she didn’t have the slightest bit of reluctance, he could only continue to lower his head and continue the work at hand.

He took a crystal full of life magic and put it into Nana’s mouth, letting her hold it, and used a dagger to cut open the flesh that was healing again, strangely, under his movements, the cut flesh didn’t bleed.

Merlin slowly pulled out the Soul Shackling Chain, looking at the blood-stained chain, he Tsk: “So many years have passed, I thought this kind of poisonous thing had disappeared, I didn’t expect it to pop up again.”

I wonder how Divick is doing over there?

…Eh? Wait, Isabelle said that the person who seemed to be Nolan had Divick’s scent on him, could it be because he had been in close contact with Divick?

Is he also in Mandippel?

*

Having already obtained the competition qualification, Yan Yunqing didn’t plan to continue gambling in the high-level venue, Mandippel was conducting a large-scale investigation, and Yan Yunqing couldn’t run out to find Isabelle at this time.

But a few hours after he handed Nana over to Isabelle, he suddenly received a notification that the mission was completed.

[Save Nana (Completed)]

Seeing this prompt, Yan Yunqing was sure that Nana was out of danger and was definitely safe with Isabelle now.

Yan Yunqing simply took advantage of this last day to stay in his room and rest, and he didn’t deliberately change to the Golden Hand’s exclusive suite, he had just caused trouble there before, and he knew that the guards there would definitely be more than here.

But just before the competition was about to begin, a “Mane” knocked on his door.

“Sir, the competition is about to begin, in order to facilitate the competition arrangements, all ‘Golden Hands’ must be concentrated on the same floor, please pack up and come with me.”

Yan Yunqing didn’t expect there would be such a thing, he paused and said yes.

He and Rocco didn’t have much stuff to begin with, and most of it was in his backpack, Yan Yunqing directly took Rocco to the place arranged by Mandippel.

As soon as he entered, Yan Yunqing noticed something was wrong.

His panel had an extra [Mark] status, this status didn’t have any negative effects, the description was just a simple phrase “You have been marked.”

Even if there were more negative statuses, Yan Yunqing wouldn’t find it strange, after all, this was Mandippel’s normal operation, in the previous few halls, there were more or less a few debuffs with negative effects, and Yan Yunqing was used to it.

But this [Mark] looked very meaningful, how did it look like he was being watched by some indescribable thing?

Yan Yunqing glanced at Rocco beside him and found that he didn’t have this status.

Hiss… this is even worse, huh?

How come everyone doesn’t have it, but I’m the only one who does?

If I had known everyone didn’t have it, I wouldn’t have come.

Yan Yunqing almost blurted out a classic quote, and seeing that another person on the same floor also had a [Mark] in their status bar, the heart that was ready to run away was relieved.

Fortunately, it seems like he’s not the only one with this [Mark], so he’s relieved.

…That’s a lie, so do all “Golden Hands” have this [Mark]? What is the purpose of this competition?

Yan Yunqing felt a faint unease in his heart, he looked down at Rocco and made a decision, “I’ll send you out later, find a safe place to stay, and don’t come out for the time being.”

If he encounters something, he can immediately open [Unyielding Will] to teleport away, but having Rocco by his side would be a hindrance, anyway, he has almost done what he needs to do, and doesn’t need Rocco’s help anymore.

Rocco was stunned and nodded lightly.

After changing to a new room, Yan Yunqing summoned the Substitute Doll back, there was no way to add another layer of insurance now, he directly placed the doll in the washroom, so he could switch positions when he came back later, and then he took off his wristband and teleported Rocco out.

As soon as he landed, Yan Yunqing keenly sensed a strong wind coming from his side, he twisted his body sharply, and an iron fist brushed past his cheek, he exerted force on his feet and quickly sprinted out a few steps.

“Ha – dodged it?” Isabelle looked at Yan Yunqing with interest, her gaze pausing on his unfamiliar face with black hair and red eyes, her fangs grinding against each other, and she pulled out a dangerous smile, “Same landing point, different people?”

Yan Yunqing felt the hairs on his arms stand on end, he held Rocco and took a few steps back, secretly cursing in his heart, he really forgot that Isabelle ran into him appearing here yesterday, and it was very likely that she would come back to wait for him.

He was that silly rabbit that ran into the pillar.

“You’re not surprised that I would appear here?” Flames ignited in Isabelle’s reddish-brown eyes, and she raised her fist again and smashed it towards Yan Yunqing, “So, who exactly are you?”

Yan Yunqing threw Rocco to the side and dodged Isabelle’s fist again, he wanted to try to fight Isabelle, but the level difference between them was too great, Yan Yunqing couldn’t counterattack even if he wanted to.

Fortunately, Isabelle hadn’t lost her mind, at least the fist she swung at him had a bit less force, otherwise, with Isabelle’s level, he would probably be smiling in the afterlife after this punch.

Seeing Yan Yunqing dodge again, Isabelle gradually released the force she had been holding back, and every punch she threw was accompanied by a sharp gust of wind, and Yan Yunqing had a feeling of narrowly escaping death every time he dodged.

“Wait, Isabelle, calm down.” Yan Yunqing finally couldn’t help but speak after a punch almost hit him, and he barely managed to dodge, “Do you really want to kill me!”

Isabelle used to be very violent, and so many years have passed, that personality hasn’t changed at all!

Isabelle pulled back her fist, she twisted her wrist and looked at Yan Yunqing with an unusually complicated expression, “It really is you – Nolan.”

Yan Yunqing raised his hands in surrender: “Yes, that’s right, it’s me.”

Nolan, the name the Demon King used when he first met Isabelle and Merlin.

Isabelle narrowed her eyes, and without saying a word, swung another punch, this time it really hit Yan Yunqing, but the force was reduced by more than half, and it didn’t have the kind of force that was aimed at killing people just now.

Yan Yunqing was smashed back a few steps, and couldn’t help but cover his hit arm, grinning, “You’re still so violent.”

Isabelle snorted and put away her fist, putting her hand on her hip, “Your strength has regressed too much. What? Did you go somewhere to sleep for so many years? And you’ve become like this?”

She sized up Yan Yunqing’s strange face, “Is this a disguise? Was that you last night too?”

It was a disguise, but Yan Yunqing’s appearance was indeed different from the Demon King’s.

He couldn’t possibly say that he had disappeared for so long to take the college entrance examination, right?

Yan Yunqing rubbed his arm, “Just…because of some reasons, I had to leave for a while, it was me last night, by the way, is Nana okay with you?”

Rocco, who had been vigilantly hiding in the distance since Yan Yunqing and Isabelle started fighting, heard Nana’s name and couldn’t help but look at the red-haired violent woman, didn’t he say he handed Nana over to a friend? This person who started fighting as soon as they met… is his friend?!

Isabelle stared at Yan Yunqing for a few seconds, and snorted, “Mel…um, he has already taken the Soul Shackling Chain out of that girl’s body, but she was seriously injured before, and it also involved the origin of her soul, she is still warming it up and won’t be healed so quickly.”

Considering that there was another child present, Isabelle didn’t call out Merlin’s name, after all, compared to the name Isabelle, the name Merlin was more famous on this continent, the greatest legendary magician Merlin, it was simply a household name.

Soul Shackling Chain?

Yan Yunqing couldn’t help but be stunned when he heard this familiar name, “Soul Shackling Chain? Is it the Soul Shackling Chain that I know?”

Isabelle rolled her eyes at him, “Don’t tell me you didn’t recognize it? You were the one who discovered the Soul Shackling Chain back then.”

Yan Yunqing: …He really didn’t recognize it.

There was still a bit of difference between this 2D plane game and the real contact after transmigrating, Yan Yunqing only thought it was an ordinary and strong chain at the time, and didn’t even use [Appraisal] on it.

That’s right, last night when he first met Isabelle, Isabelle said that the chain had a soul-devouring effect, the situation was too urgent at the time, Yan Yunqing was anxious to go back, so he put this behind him and didn’t think about it at all.

Yan Yunqing touched his nose, “I really didn’t recognize it.”

He glanced at Rocco, and then looked at the time, it had been more than ten minutes since he came out, Mandippel didn’t have anyone to meet him, Yan Yunqing wasn’t sure what the situation was inside, but it was best not to leave for too long.

His mission wasn’t all completed yet!

Yan Yunqing waved to Rocco, “Do you still remember what I told you before?”

Find a safe place to hide.

Rocco nodded, but then hesitated and glanced at Isabelle, “Can I go see Nana first?”

Yan Yunqing paused and glanced at Isabelle, who still looked a little angry, “Is it convenient for you?”

“Huh?” Isabelle was speechless, “Why didn’t you ask me if it was convenient last night? And just stuffed that child to me? You didn’t even say who you were, if I wasn’t kind-hearted, humph.”

This tone, it’s settled, the iron fist, knife mouth, tofu heart Isabelle.

Yan Yunqing nodded to Rocco, “Then you follow her, stay with her for the next few days too, and when I’ve solved things here, go to her place to find you.”

Rocco hesitated and looked at Isabelle again.

Isabelle was dissatisfied: “Hey, I haven’t agreed yet!”

Yan Yunqing didn’t pay attention to Isabelle’s complaints at all, Isabelle usually meant that she had already agreed when she said this, he looked at the time again, “I have to rush back to Mandippel now, if you want to ask anything, ask Rocco first, and when I’ve solved things, I’ll go find you, and then you can settle any accounts you want with me.”

As he spoke, Yan Yunqing crushed the portable anchor that only had one teleportation opportunity left, and replaced it with a new one and installed it.

“…Hmph, you’re just running away from the topic.” Isabelle glanced at Yan Yunqing’s actions, confirming that it was the prop he used to suddenly appear here, and disappeared after installing it.

Was it engraved with a teleportation magic circle? Probably similar to the effect of a teleportation scroll?

“Forget it, I’ll let you off this time, you better hurry up and solve your so-called things, otherwise the next time we meet, I’ll let you and my fists get close and personal.”

Yan Yunqing almost staggered, and felt sad in his heart.

Isabelle was even more violent than before, could it be that she got used to beating Merlin?

Yan Yunqing took one last look at Isabelle, and quickly rushed back, returned to above Mandippel, used the Substitute Doll’s active skill, switched positions, and successfully returned to his new room.

The time was successfully stuck within half an hour, Yan Yunqing glanced at the small map, confirming that no strangers had entered his room, and then breathed a sigh of relief, and pushed open the door of the washroom.

He raised his eyes and met a pair of cold reddish-brown eyes.

Yan Yunqing:?!

Yan Yunqing subconsciously took a step back and looked at the small map again, the small map was late to show another green dot.

No, can the small map also have bugs?!

The same fiery red hair as Isabelle, his eyebrows were handsome and with an indescribable sharpness, and his reddish-brown eyes, which were deeper than Isabelle’s, were filled with a deep chill.

It was Divick.

The Dragon Clan prince who had once been suspected of being beaten into Stockholm syndrome by the Demon King was now emitting an extremely dangerous aura, and his eyes that looked at Yan Yunqing were filled with icy killing intent.

He approached Yan Yunqing step by step, and Yan Yunqing’s heart skipped two beats, why didn’t Isabelle tell him that her younger brother was also here? No, the reason why Divick would appear in his room, couldn’t it be because Isabelle turned around and snitched?

But how did Isabelle know which room he would appear in Mandippel?!

In just a few seconds, Divick had already approached him, Yan Yunqing met that gloomy gaze, and subconsciously turned around and wanted to run, the active skill of the Substitute Doll had already been used and there was still a 20-minute CD, teleportation required a 60-second cast, neither of which were means of escape that could be used immediately.

Yan Yunqing could only first distance himself from Divick and see if he needed to use [Unyielding Will] to forcibly cast teleportation.

However, as soon as he made a move, Divick had already grabbed his neck fiercely and pressed him against the wall, Yan Yunqing’s face was forced to stick to the cold wall, and the back of his neck was tightly gripped, giving him the feeling that he was on the execution ground and his head would fall at any time.

The excessive level difference suppressed Yan Yunqing so that he couldn’t even make extra struggles, he gritted his teeth and prepared to use [Unyielding Will] to cast to escape.

Damn it, so you’re the one who wants to kill the Demon King’s dependents?

Yan Yunqing closed his eyes and heard Divick’s low and cold voice ringing in his ears just before he used [Unyielding Will]: “Suddenly appearing in my room, what is your purpose?”

Yan Yunqing:…?

Yan Yunqing’s action to open the skill hesitated for a second.

What’s the situation, judging by this tone, Divick didn’t recognize him? No way, right?

And what does it mean by his room, isn’t this his room? Yan Yunqing left the Substitute Doll in his room!

Yan Yunqing moved with difficulty, but felt the hand gripping his neck tighten again, he could only maintain the posture of his cheek sticking to the cold wall, and calmly replied, “This is my room, you must have gone to the wrong place, right?”

“Still quibbling?” Divick sneered, and just as he was about to use force to twist off the neck of the little ant in front of him, he keenly detected a familiar scent on the other person, and the force in his hand couldn’t help but loosen.

“…Isabelle?” A trace of confusion appeared in Divick’s cold reddish-brown eyes, and he couldn’t help but lower his head and get closer to the other person’s ear, his nose slightly moving, and he smelled the familiar scent of fire.

It really was Isabelle’s scent, as a twin brother, Divick couldn’t possibly not recognize Isabelle’s scent, and this scent was very fresh, and the time it had been left behind was no more than an hour.

Divick came to Liberty City with Isabelle, and naturally knew that Isabelle was also here, but he was sure that Isabelle didn’t follow into Mandippel, it wasn’t within their plans.

Based on what Divick had seen and knew, he made a reasonable inference: “Are you Isabelle’s person?”

Yan Yunqing: …

Yan Yunqing closed his eyes, Divick’s warm breath was sprayed on his ears and neck, bringing a numb itch, like a hundred thousand small insects crawling over, this degree of intimate contact made him particularly uncomfortable.

The pressure from the level and the difference in body size made Yan Yunqing feel strongly uneasy.

“…I’m not, but I did just separate from Isabelle, can you let go of me first?” Yan Yunqing tried to talk to Divick properly.

Divick frowned, thinking of the purpose of their visit this time, he pressed in even more, Yan Yunqing felt that his back was completely against a hot chest.

“I don’t believe you.” Divick said, “Then tell me what you just did? What did Isabelle say to you?”

That warm breath was sprayed on the tip of his ear, stimulating Yan Yunqing to shrink his neck again.

Yan Yunqing wanted to cry but had no tears: Was he supposed to say that he had just been forced to have a fight with Isabelle, or that Isabelle unilaterally beat him up?

This damn level suppression, when his level goes up, he must beat all of you hateful guys hard.

A dog that bites and a dog that bites its owner are two different things, okay?!