28. We bear no grudges

After pointing out Adafei’s little scheme at an opportune moment, the King of the Plous Kingdom, the world’s leading magical technology kingdom, Adafei the little loli, finally reined in her plans that probably ranged from A to Z, signaling Mel to let the Ferris wheel descend slowly.

Exchanging the price of being pinched on the thigh by the big shot Kefier for Adafei’s softened attitude towards me, I felt it was worth it. After all, just as the Ferris wheel was descending, I had asked Adafei.

“Miss Adafei, your plans ABCD, what exactly…”

“Thinking about how to get rid of this genius from the Great Ying Empire beside you~”

Adafei was not at all polite, directly saying it in front of Kefier, “But let’s forget about that for now.”

【Adafei has temporarily halted her marriage proposal actions.】

Adafei’s script returned to normal, but I still didn’t let my guard down. After all, as long as her BOSS identity remained, the death script that had already emerged once could very well appear again! If I was to escape marriage, I still had to run later!

Before that, I decided to help Kefier complete her interrupted “upgrade plot,” making it easier for me to slip away in the future without being hunted down by Adafei across the continent!

After all, I had seen how formidable the intelligence work of the Plous Kingdom was.

Afterward, an excited Adafei seemed very eager to share information with us, leading us to the “secret location” while pouring out all the intelligence she had.

“I can’t just ask you to find it empty-handed, and honestly, I don’t care about its importance; I’m more worried about the ‘treasure’ concerning the safety of the Plous Kingdom. I do have some clues on my end.”

Leading us with a decisive demeanor, Adafei used her identity to guide us through layer upon layer of guarded areas. Fingerprint scans, eye tracking, body and heartbeat detection were all part of the process, and finally, we stopped in front of a room door located in a secret area of ​​the palace, which looked no different from an ordinary luxurious building from the outside.

“Oujili De, do you remember that elven buffoon who troubled you before?”

“Hmm.”

How could I forget? The extra character number thirty-eight, the elven noble from the Plous Kingdom who had boasted at me upon first meeting. If you say he’s an extra, it doesn’t seem right because there was actually an option in his script to kill me, and he almost harmed me. But calling him a villain felt strange too: wasn’t he supposed to be a coward? Yet in an instant, he seemed possessed and wanted to stab me!

It was odd, but the script didn’t elaborate, and I couldn’t figure it out. Plus, it seemed that extra character number thirty-eight had been locked up by Adafei afterward, so I didn’t think much of it.

Meanwhile, Adafei, having completed her preparations and entering the password, clicked her tongue: “Because of his foolishness, I now have plenty of excuses to take action against the corrupt nobles of the Plous Kingdom, but I’m not pleased with this method of taking action. Extra character number thirty-eight isn’t a fool; under normal circumstances, he wouldn’t act to attack us. So, whatever with the nobles, what I care about is why he was waiting by the treasure that day .”

“The matter of the missing treasure is also related to him, but to me, it’s just symbolic nonsense that we in the Prolus Kingdom don’t care about. The only ones who care are those filthy orcs next door, and indeed, Dragon Stand -in Thirty-Eight has been acting suspiciously in this regard…”

Having said that, Adave frowned and held her forehead, then opened the door for us.

She glanced at me with a hint of concern: “And Oujilide, be careful.”

I quickly understood Adave’s warning of “be careful.” Because…

【In the secret cell is Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight!】

Although I had known from the very beginning that Adave would take me to meet that stand-in who had a death script for me, when we actually met…

In my line of sight, Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight was comfortably lying on the bed, munching on grapes and completely oblivious to his status as a prisoner, enjoying himself. But the moment he turned his head and saw me among the people present …

“Human! I’m going to kill you!”

【Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight killed Oujilide!】

With the appearance of the death script, this guy suddenly lunged at me like a rabid dog, his face twisted in rage as if he had some deep-seated grudge against my ancestors!

Of course, Kefier wouldn’t just stand by! However, even if she immediately stepped in front of me, drawing her sword to intimidate him, Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight showed no fear at all! In the end, Aunt Mel beside Adave skillfully pulled out a firearm and with a ‘biu’ sound, shot a needle into Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight’s kidney, finally making him behave.

However, the death script still existed!

“Oujilide, do you have a grudge against him?”

Adave sighed, probably having encountered this attitude from Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight multiple times over the past few days.

I was still puzzled by the situation. When Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight first appeared to provoke me, I didn’t even recognize him. Certainly, every stand-in and villain might have a script to kill me, but Dragon Stand- in Thirty-Eight had just been taken down by Kefier and was acting like a reckless cockroach wanting to kill me, which was clearly off.

“That’s troublesome. No matter what I ask, he keeps saying he wants to kill you. I thought you two had some old scores…”

“Let me handle this, Adave.”

You won’t get anywhere with that line of questioning because in my script, Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight’s thoughts about me are very simple: kill me.

So, I needed some other means to introduce new content into the script!

After giving Kefier a reassuring glance, I slowly approached Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight! The death script still loomed, but since Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight had just been ‘biu’ed, he was now limp and posed no real threat to me.

“You want to kill me? Why?”

“Kill kill kill…”

Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight transformed into a pest control agent, muttering just those words. But finally, the script revealed a different content!】

【Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight wants to kill Oujilide for unknown reasons!】

If this guy truly wanted to kill me, the reason should be clear—jealousy, resentment, or simply disliking me would all suffice! But this “unknown reason”…

Suddenly, I understood something!

“Who told you to kill me!?”

“…”

This time, Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight fell silent, as if he had crashed.

However, this did not prevent my script from understanding everything, because from Dragon Stand-in Thirty-Eight’s reaction, it was enough for me to comprehend.

【A mysterious person instructed Dragon Stand 38 to kill Ougi Lide!】

Here it comes! This is it! Regardless of how a coward like Dragon Stand 38 could suddenly transform into a heartless repeating machine, the so-called “mysterious person” should also have been closely monitoring the situation at the time, so…

【The mysterious person stole the artifact of the Prussian Kingdom!】

Sure enough, Dragon Stand 38 might just be a pawn or a victim, and the real threat to Kefier’s script and treasures… lies elsewhere!

I turned around to share this news with Aidefu and Kefier, but just at that moment…

It seemed that my previous question had triggered some sort of “mechanism,” leading to someone discovering something about me, which in turn generated a threat against me, and a more dangerous script suddenly loomed over me!

【Kefier is seriously injured!】

【Ougi Lide died protecting Kefier!】

All along, Kefier’s protagonist aura had certainly kept me alive, but this time…

I encountered content I had never seen before!