Chapter 26: Black and White Mystery (8)

The sudden visit of two strangers late at night made Mia panic for a moment, but her years of experience made her calm down quickly. She turned her eyes away from the fallen guard and looked up at the girl in front of her with caution.

Bai You blinked and tilted her head to smile.

“Don’t worry, they are just asleep.”

She was very calm and composed.

The girl did nothing but smile slightly, as if she was confident and not afraid that she would shout loudly and attract the guards outside.

But she seemed to have no ill will towards her.

Mia was silent and thought about it. The girl’s words hit the nail on the head. It was exactly the problem that worried her the most.

She pursed her lips tightly and took a step back.

“Come in and talk.”

Bai You narrowed her eyes in satisfaction and walked in.

I had a general understanding of Mia’s personality from listening to Lillian’s conversation with her before. Now it seems that she was right.

Bai You is not good at dealing with people, so she doesn’t beat around the bush and says directly: “I can replace the candidate for the saint who defected tonight. Of course, it’s only tomorrow. As for the candidates after that, you will be responsible for it.”

Mia’s deep blue eyes narrowed slightly, showing no emotion. She looked at Bai You coldly for half a minute before finally speaking.

“What are your conditions?”

“Hmm…”

Speaking of this, Bai You was really embarrassed. She just wanted to meet their king with the identity of the saint candidate and take the king’s chess piece by the way.

She thought seriously, and her eyes accidentally swept across the quiet and elegant boy beside her, and she immediately had an idea.

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This castle is called Verdi Castle. It is affiliated with the royal palace and is responsible for training saint candidates and providing them to the Temple of Light.

After being selected as a saint candidate, ordinary girls have a very high status and enjoy wealth and glory.

There are currently 142 candidates for the saint in the castle, all of whom are on record. The only other women are slightly older nuns.

These nuns are responsible for the saint candidates’ daily washing, daily study, and singing praises to the true God in the church.

The sky was slightly bright, and the singing of the choir in the church woke up the castle. After the visitors from the temple counted the number of people, they read the decree of God and took away three saint candidates as usual.

One of the girls seemed to be new, with clear and expectant eyes. She had no idea what she would face next, and followed the soldiers obediently.

The other two were obviously different, with no sense of expectation at all. The older one had a blank look in her eyes and a silent expression, like dead water.

Lillian retracted her gaze from the carriage, looked down at the Bible in her hand, and opened the first page where it was written:

“God said, Let there be light, and there was light.”

“God saw that light was good, and separated light from darkness.”

The pale golden sunlight shone in through the window pane, reflecting on the paper, and clearly drawing lines.

Lillian stared at the light without blinking, a little absent-minded, and whispered softly.

“Is light good?”

“Not necessarily.”

The girl’s light and slightly cold voice suddenly came from behind.

“Well, you still have to find the answer yourself. After all, it’s not certain whether there is a god, let alone what the god said.”

There are so many settings about ghosts and gods in the game, but I have never seen them in reality, Bai You thought.

She also saw the expressions of those saint candidates. There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. She didn’t know what to do by selecting three girls every day, but she felt that it must not be a good thing.

The sudden female voice behind her startled Lillian. She turned around and saw a familiar face. She forgot that the nun was still beside her and said in surprise: “You are not…”

Has she already escaped?

Bai You interrupted her in time, “Good morning, Lillian.”

Lillian also realized that now was not the time to mention yesterday’s matter. She bowed slightly and nodded, “Good morning, may the true God bless you.”

It was not the right time to talk in public, and Bai You quickly said goodbye to Lillian.

The nun followed Bai You and reminded him in a low voice, “Lord Ruiyi, please pay attention to etiquette. When you say hello, you need to use…”

Bai You nodded helplessly. Since getting up early, this was the thirteenth time that the nun reminded her that these court etiquettes were cumbersome.

If the candidate for the saint had not had the opportunity to enter the palace, she would not have chosen such a troublesome method.

Last night, she and Shi Ye discussed and separated their actions. She went to the palace as a candidate for the saint to get the chess pieces of the king and queen, while Shi Ye went to the barracks to get the chess pieces of the chariot, the remaining knights, and the soldiers.

Although she didn’t know how much time was left before the dungeon time limit, Bai You was not worried or panicked.

At first, she was a little scared. After all, she was just an ordinary person. It was normal to be scared when she woke up and saw such a real and terrifying scene.

But after she was sure that this was just a game, she was not afraid at all. Anyway, she didn’t care about winning or losing. Whether she passed the game or not, she would end the game and leave when the time was up even if she lost.

What she wanted to figure out most at the moment was why she entered the game inexplicably and why she couldn’t connect to the system.

There was a long distance between Verdi Castle and the palace.

Bai You adapted to the bumps of the carriage and turned to look out the window. The soldiers who followed the car meticulously, the gorgeous and exquisite castle buildings, and the long hymns of the choir were in her ears.

The stained glass not far away reflected the rising sun, stinging her eyes, but she did not look away, staring fixedly, and suddenly had an illusion, as if she was in this era, and what she saw was real.

At this moment.

Bai You looked for a while, retracted his gaze, and also retracted this absurd idea.

This is just a virtual game.

After a while, the carriage stopped.

“Lord Rui Yi, please get out of the car.”

Entering the palace first requires a strict inspection. The prosecutor sent a maid to search Bai You in the room.

Bai You only had a few chess pieces and a button made of black agate on his body, which were not controlled items, so he was quickly released.

I don’t know why he brought it here.

She pinched the exquisite button with her fingertips, hesitated slightly, put it back in her pocket, and walked towards the castle.

I’ll give it back to him when we meet next time.

The king believed in God, and the status of the saint candidate also rose. She could meet the king freely, but the nun guards were not qualified, so they could only stand outside the banquet hall and wait.

Bai You walked into the banquet hall. It was a bit strange when she entered the door. It didn’t feel like entering the church before, that is, she didn’t enter an independent copy space.

This doubt stopped the moment she saw the king’s appearance.

A slightly familiar profile…?

Bai You observed calmly and didn’t ask.

The king turned his head and widened his eyes when he saw her, revealing a look of surprise.

“Bai You!”

Bai You were sure that it was Qi Ming.

After making sure that there was no other king in the room, she asked: “How did you become the king?”

“Oh my god——”

Qi Ming jumped down from the throne, and the gorgeous and heavy robe almost tripped him, and ran over like a skirt.

“You fell into the crack before, and I wanted to catch you but I missed a step and fell down, and then I got the king chess piece here for no apparent reason.”

Qi Ming spoke in a lower and lower voice.

Yes, that’s right, he got it for no apparent reason.

It wasn’t because the king was knocked unconscious by him falling from a high altitude!

Bai You looked at his guilty expression, and although he didn’t believe it at all, he didn’t continue to ask.

“……Then why don’t you leave after you take it?”

“Damn, I want to run too. There are a lot of people guarding outside. If I run, I will be arrested. What can I do? I can only stay here for now.”

Qi Ming awkwardly supported the crooked crown on his head and glanced at Bai You: “Don’t talk about me, what about you? Are you okay? I saw you seemed to have fainted before, did something happen?”

Bai You shook her head, “Nothing.”

She didn’t know what happened before, it seemed that she was fuzzy when she met Shi Ye’s sight, but the space shattered at that second, probably just a coincidence.

She pondered for a moment and continued: “Since the king chess piece has been taken, let’s leave here and take the queen chess piece.”

“Okay, but how to leave?”

“…”

Three minutes later, two guards walked out of the banquet hall and passed by the nun who was waiting with her head down. No one noticed anything unusual.

Walking around the corner of the corridor, Qi Ming was playing with two chess pieces in his hand, and he smiled and sighed: “I didn’t expect that these chess pieces would be so useful. One-click transformation is simply amazing.”

Bai You was cautiously paying attention to the movements around him. Hearing this, he hummed slightly, “But it seems that there is a time limit and a limit on the number of times.”

“Huh? But there is no instruction manual. How did you know?”

“… This copy has never told you the rules of the game from the beginning, and of course it won’t remind you of this kind of thing.”

The function of chess pieces is equivalent to game props. In terms of the game’s pitfalls, players will definitely not be allowed to use them without limit. If there is not a limit on the number of times, it will increase the conditional restrictions that there will be debuffs after use.

In short, it will definitely not be so conscientious.

“Hiss, what you said makes sense.”

After walking around for more than ten minutes, Qi Ming saw a building not far away and finally his eyes lit up, “Here we are, the Queen’s Palace is here! It’s worth it that I spent the whole night looking at the map.”

It was just that I happened to meet two acquaintances at the door.

Qiao Linlin and Lu Yichen.

The two of them were also dressed like soldiers, and they were obviously using chess pieces.

Qiao Linlin spoke first before Qi Ming opened his mouth, and said with a gentle smile: “What a coincidence, you are also here to get the queen chess piece, right? Do you want to come together? We can also take care of each other.”

Qi Ming was about to refuse, but he saw Bai You beside him nodding, “Okay.”

“?”

Qi Ming had seen that they had other plans before, so he refused, but he didn’t tell Bai Youming, and changed to a tactful way.

I didn’t expect this naive person to be so unguarded. Qi Ming now somewhat understands the feeling of being disappointed in someone.

Forget it, I have already agreed, what else can I do? I can’t tear my face in front of him, just be careful and guard after entering.

Qi Ming exhaled patiently, “Okay, let’s go.”

Bai You looked at him, with obvious confusion in his eyes.

In chess, the queen is much more powerful than the king and is the strongest piece on the board. This is also related to the influence of female rulers in the Middle Ages. Queens are often strong and oppressive.

Then in the game, under the mapping of chess, this situation is very likely to occur. That is to say, the situation of four people is always much better than that of two people, and the chance of winning can be doubled.

So… why did Qi Ming show this expression?

The author has something to say:

I tried rehabilitation, but it seems that I have no ideas. The more I write, the worse it gets (sigh)

The sentences quoted in the text are from the Bible, Old Testament, Genesis.

Thanks to General Lei Dian’s dog for 10 bottles of nutrient solution.