When shopping at the market, Xing Ye secretly inquired about the basic information of the world.
In this world, civilians are confined to the land, and few leave their homes. Travelers are mostly wandering poets, knights eager to become stronger, and some wealthy aristocrats who travel with servants in carriages. They will choose to live in taverns, inns, farms, castles and churches. Among them, the environment of taverns is poor and the most inferior Choose, generally only wandering poets and church ascetics live, unless the knights need someone to take care of the horses, otherwise they would rather sleep in the tavern.
For Xing Ye, the tavern is the best place to collect information. As for the accommodation environment, he is not particularly picky. No matter how messy, he can endure it.
The chest of this body was too big, even if it was tightly wrapped with a cloth strip, it would still have a little bulge. Xing Ye had to put a cloak on the outside of his clothes. After finding someone to place the horses, he walked into the pub and asked for a big cup. Beer, sitting in the corner secretly listening to other people talking.
After drinking a sip of beer, Xing Ye used his greatest perseverance to control his facial muscles and did not spit out the wine. What kind of inferior beer is this, with a murderous taste, it's really bad for the people in the pub to drink it so happily.
He heard the follow-up about the fire in the Manor of Count Luca. The people in the tavern seemed to be willing to talk about the nobles who killed themselves because of the ridiculous life. Everyone thought that Count Luca was playing tricks with the maid when the candlestick fell and lit it. The curtains and bed sheets caused a fire. He has no children, but two younger brothers who have not inherited the title. Now the two of them are rushing to Count Lucca's castle to fight for his inheritance and title.
No one of the two younger brothers cares about how the older brother died, to be precise, he died well. They did not punish the servants in the manor, but instead issued some rewards to win them.
In this way, the village where Claire lives will not be affected.
Everything went too smoothly... Xing Ye secretly thought, these are just his ideas. Although there is a high probability that they will be realized, they will not go so smoothly. Why?
There seems to be a new message reminder on the bracelet, but now there are so many people, even if other people can't see the bracelet, it is not convenient to check.
Xing Ye drank all the beer one bite at a time, then ordered another glass of wine, endured the taste of black vinegar, and continued to listen to the gossip.
In addition to the issue of Count Luca's property inheritance, there is also the Queen's birthday. In half a month it will be the Queen's 500th birthday, and the nobles are preparing gifts for the Queen.
Wait, five hundredth birthday?
Xing Ye almost sprayed the wine with the taste of black vinegar. The narrator did say a long, long time ago when he introduced the background of the story, but he did not expect the time to go back five hundred years!
Is it really a fairy tale-like world? But after listening to it for a long time, haven't heard anything about magic, dragons, elves, dwarves, adventurers, etc., and he's just a rookie who can't even use the initial skills. If the first world is so difficult, then There is no possibility of winning at all.
After collecting this information for a whole night, Xing Ye returned to the single room he had booked, frowning as soon as he walked in, the room was very damp, and there were some indescribable bugs crawling on the walls.
He took off his cloak and laid it on the bed to feel more comfortable, opened the bracelet and found a gray icon lit up.
Game reward: Congratulations to the player for eliminating the first opponent, the system will give the player a chance to set the plot. Since the player did not use the right within one hour, the system defaulted to using this opportunity for the death of Count Luca.
It turns out that this message explained the doubts in Xing Ye's mind. The game reward did not automatically pop up like the narration, which caused him to miss the set time, but even if he noticed it, it would only be used for the follow-up processing of Count Luca, and it happened to be the ending he wanted.
Regarding the queen's lifespan, you may need to ask about this spiritual mirror.
The mirror was kept in the bag of clothes (women's clothing), and Xing Ye took it out of a pile of lace.
Cracks appeared on the mirror surface, Xing Ye touched it and found that the mirror surface was smooth, and the cracks were simply patterns in the mirror.
Why does it seem to collapse? Xing Ye was puzzled.
Mirror: Get out!
Xing Ye looked up to the ceiling from the position reflected in the mirror. A group of Xiaoqiang with beards crawled on the wall. They were fat and strong, and seemed to be able to fly.
Mirror: Quickly knock me over!
Xing Ye secretly added a "fear of insects" to the attribute of the mirror, and he rarely covered himself and the mirror with the spare cloak in the package. The emotion of the mirror stabilized and the cracks gradually disappeared.
"I just inquired about the news in the tavern. The queen is five hundred years old, and you are a spiritual mirror. What is the reason for this?" Xing Ye asked.
The mirror surface of the mirror suddenly changed, and a beautiful woman in luxurious clothes appeared like a video on a mobile phone. She was dressed in a horseback riding outfit, turned around in front of a full-length mirror, and asked: "Who is the most beautiful mirror in the world? Woman?"
"It's you," the mirror said.
It was the first time Xing Ye heard a sound in the mirror. The story was somewhat similar to Snow White, so he watched it patiently.
The beautiful woman kissed the mirror and said with a smile: "I will not only be the most beautiful woman, but also the strongest, and defeat all men on the hunting ground."
But when the picture changed, the woman appeared in front of the mirror with blood on her face: "My face is ruined, am I still the most beautiful woman in the world?"
"Yes," the mirror replied, "you are not beautiful in your skin."
"You lied to me...hahahahaha!" The queen covered her face and stepped back, never asking about the appearance of the mirror again.
The mirror was quietly placed in the queen's bedroom, and there was a picture of the queen ruining the faces of countless beautiful maids, and the originally bright mirror gradually became dimmed.
Finally, one day, a woman with no scars on her face as beautiful as she once came to the mirror again and asked: "Mirror and mirror, am I the most beautiful woman in the world? I got a magic book, follow the above Described, boiled the hearts of ninety-nine virgins into soup and drank it. Not only did my face recover, I also gained the strength to live forever. From now on, no one will be more beautiful than me."
However, the mirror replied: "I have sworn allegiance to the most beautiful person in the world, to show her everything she wants to see, and to help her realize her wishes. But my queen, you have become so strong, I have There is no reason to help you."
"No!" The queen's voice became sharp. "You must serve me! My face is cleansed with the blood of the second beautiful woman in the world every ten years, otherwise the wound will show up. I want you to help. I found her."
"No," the voice of the mirror was sad, "Queen, look at your face now, you are no longer my master."
The queen in the mirror suddenly changed, the whole skin peeled off, and her slender fingers became sharp claws. At this time, she was no longer a human being, but a devil.
Seeing the queen who looked like she screamed, she picked up the sword and smashed the mirror into pieces, and shouted in a harsh voice: "Come on, burn this mirror for me, and give me the most magnificent one in the world. mirror."
The broken mirror can still speak: "Queen, have you forgotten? I am a magic mirror. I can appear in any mirror and will never disappear."
"Then I will smash all the mirrors, pollute the river with dirty blood, so that no water surface can reflect the picture, so that you have no place to stay." The queen stepped on the broken mirror surface and said coldly. "Unless you are willing to be my faithful servant again one day."
The picture disappeared here, and the mirror in Xing Ye's hand reluctantly appeared a paragraph: When I saw that girl in the river, I knew that she was the most beautiful woman in the world. Claire, please help me, help me awaken the queen's kind soul.
"I refuse." Xing Ye said with an indifferent expression. "She killed so many people. If one sentence can be forgiven, then what is the law for."
Return to normal mirror seconded: I think so too.
Xing Ye: "..."
Dare to love the mirror to know this story, was watching with him just now?
"You get the storyline in stages?" Xing Ye asked, "Every time a plot point is reached, or every time I trigger a plot, can you tell me the background of the story?"
Mirror: You know again.
Xing Ye ignored the skin of the mirror. He was not interested in the plot that was obviously a story, but just prevented the four endings set by two unidentified people. After understanding the plot routine, this is not difficult. .
On the contrary, the existence of the mirror made him even more curious. It was supposed to be an important plot prop designed by the manipulator, but which prop would ignore the narration's command and say that its owner is ugly, will see through the player's identity, and watch the plot with the player. Leave a comment, and finally, I am afraid of bugs.
Regardless of the appearance and the experience of getting along, Xing Ye feels that the person with him is a living person, not a plot prop.
Recalling the undisguised maliciousness of the Black and White Rubik's Cube, the description of the game's rewards and punishments in the first mission, Xing Ye suddenly had an unbelievable idea in his mind, which was quite contrary to common sense, but there were possibilities.
To see the true face of a thing, clues, logic, and experience are not enough. You also need to make bold assumptions and carefully verify it. Countless great inventions were born from the bold imagination of scientists, who must believe in all possibilities.
Thinking of this, Xing Ye asked boldly: "Are you... a player who failed the mission?"
mirror:"..."
It...no, he actually flew up into the air and turned himself over, preventing Xing Ye from looking at the mirror, and digging into Xing Ye's clothes.
Xing Ye: "..."
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Mirror: I'm almost stripped! Is this man the devil?