Night World Players

Chapter 95: The Fairy Tale Book and the Queen
The Mysterious Tower, next to the Epoch Tombstone.

Looking at the words appearing on the light curtain, the empty hall fell into a brief silence.

Dean Yin's action of rolling up the dried fish with his tail and trying to put it into his mouth was frozen in mid-air, as if he was eating popcorn while watching a movie.

Even Ophelia's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.

Then, the next moment.

The line of azure text shattered into mottled fragments.

And in the light curtain, the girl with long ice-blue hair was still leaning lazily on the throne.

She supported the armrest of the throne with her right arm, held up the side of her face with her hand, and used the other hand to play with the small clay doll out of boredom, as if she didn't notice the prompt message from the night world at all.

From Dean Yin's perspective, this was an extremely uncomfortable feeling.

Obviously, for a normal night traveler, after entering the night world, the first reaction should be to be alert, and then investigate the surrounding environment while remaining vigilant...

After all, for night travelers, being in danger as soon as they enter the night world is a common occurrence.

If she didn't even have this most basic sense of vigilance, then Axia would never have become the chief of the Starry Obelisk.

But the girl in front of him, who looked exactly like Axia, did not have the slightest bit of caution that a night traveler should have when entering the night world for the first time.

Even the opposite.

It was as if she was not just a night traveler passing through the remnants of history, but a member of this world.

I have lived in the night world for a long time.

"what happened?"

Dean Yin couldn't help but narrow his eyes and glanced at Ophelia beside him: "Could this little Xia be a fake?"

This is the intuition of magical animals.

"Or is it reincarnation or something like that?"

"Since the background of the night world is the Sixth Era, and the Sixth Era is the old era closest to the Pale Era."

"Then maybe this queen of the underworld is Xiao Xia's previous life?"

Dean Yin recalled the plots of several female novels that he had read recently in the school hospital to kill time because he was so bored.

Those novels particularly like to describe the plot of reincarnation.

Spanning three lives and three worlds, from the devil and angel in heaven, reincarnated as princes and princesses in the human world, they will fall in love even if the world is destroyed.

It can only be said that although it is a magical animal, Dean Yin has long been integrated into human society and has become a standard otaku mink. He cannot do without the necessities of a otaku such as novels, animation, games, and happy water.

"No, not reincarnation."

Ophelia shook her head. "The so-called reincarnation in those novels, because it needs to match the new body, the soul will inevitably be traced back... The previous life and the next life are actually no longer related, they are just some similar flowers."

"But Akshia is different."

"I improved the Transmission Crystal to mimic the effect of the Emblem Ritual after it recognized its master... and directly bound it to her soul."

Ophelia stared at the scene in the light curtain with her eyes: "Her soul is Axia herself."

"If not for this, we wouldn't be able to see the night world prompt information just now... Under normal circumstances, that is information that only the night traveler himself can see in his mind."

Ophelia paused for a moment, and the dark undead metal surged beside her. It seemed that Ophelia's auxiliary intelligence as a mechanic was analyzing and retrieving information based on the stored database.

After a moment, the flowing undead metal beside her gradually calmed down.

And Ophelia raised her head slightly and came to a definite conclusion: "It's not so much reincarnation."

"Rather,...Axia and the Queen of the Underworld are actually the same person who has lost some of their powers and forgotten some of their memories."

The metallic luster in Ophelia's eyes disappeared in a flash, and turned back into its original crimson color.

"This is the most reasonable explanation for the so-called "uniqueness of destiny" mentioned in the previous Night World hint."

"otherwise--"

"If there is an ancient strongman who has survived from the Sixth Epoch to today, and once again enters the historical remnants of the Sixth Epoch through the Night World, is it possible that two of them will be the same person?"

"The so-called uniqueness of destiny should be the rule restriction imposed by the Night World. The same person will not appear in multiple forms in the remnants of history."

"Once a similar situation occurs, the Night Traveler will directly descend in the Night World in its original identity." She spoke calmly: "According to the information stored in my auxiliary intelligence, Miss Axia is an orphan who was accidentally discovered by the former president of Starry University while exploring a ruin and brought back to the academy for adoption."

"But, without any experience of learning extraordinary knowledge, Miss Axia directly stepped into the order of the God of Death. I even suspect that her Night Blade, called the "Angel of Death", was not awakened through the Night World, but was mastered by her innate ability."

"These things seem to be contrary to common sense, at least not consistent with the understanding of the current extraordinary people about the sequence long level and the night blade—"

"But if Miss Axia was not born in the Sixth Epoch, but was an ancient person born in a civilization before the Old Epoch, and she lost her past memories and powers for some secret reason..."

"Then at this moment, all the secrets of Miss Axia have a reasonable explanation."

Ophelia once again set her sights on the light screen manifested by the Transmission Crystal: "As for the abnormality she is showing now."

"It should be because the memory of the head of the Round Table, the Night Traveler Axia, was temporarily suppressed, and the consciousness of the Queen of the Underworld in the Night World was dominant..."

"This may be because of the rules of the night world, or it may be because her memories of the present world are too light compared to her past life, so there is a focus."

"Little Snow Ferret—"

Her voice rang in Dean Yin's ears: "What I said should be correct."

On the side, Dean Yin couldn't help but shrink his body into the furry tail again.

The information Ophelia had was exactly the same as Dean Yin's understanding of Akshia.

In this way, all of Akshia's original doubts can be explained.

"However, what you said really doesn't sound appropriate for your age." Dean Yin glanced at the second princess beside him.

More than that, she doesn't look like a girl of twelve or thirteen.

You know, even the great nobles in the imperial capital would feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy when facing the name of Ophelia.

The only thing that can frighten those extremely cunning nobles who will do anything for profit and power is... naturally, someone with a deeper mind than them.

Obviously, other noble heirs should have been in the care of the ivory tower, singing songs about butterflies and love at this age, but Ophelia had already been involved in the political whirlpool of the imperial capital, and seemed to be at ease.

"After all, I have a sister like that."

Ophelia smiled and said, "Father needs a well-behaved, obedient and sensible princess who can be in the spotlight."

"And my father's allies among the nobles, including the people of the entire empire, are also looking forward to a successor with qualified political skills who can continue my father's glory and make the empire great again."

"If I don't take on all of this, respond to all of this expectation, and show what they expect..."

"Then wouldn't it be natural for this pressure, as well as the undisguised malice from the enemies, to fall on Sister Wang?"

"Then, my sister's glory will be stained with dust."

She curled the ends of her brown hair, and a sly curve suddenly appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Ophelia's gentle mumbling disappeared in the wind, and even Dean Yin didn't hear it clearly:
"But, in the end, those people...will probably be greatly disappointed."

Dean Yin looked at Ophelia and was about to continue asking questions.

But soon, the changes that appeared on the light curtain attracted its attention again.

In the light curtain, the girl on the throne fiddled with the clay doll in her hand for a long time, and finally lost interest in it, seemingly because she could not figure out the reason for its inexplicable appearance.

She carefully placed the clay doll on the armrest beside her and tapped it lightly with her white index finger.

In the dim light of dusk, a book with pictures and reliefs quietly emerged between her knees.

It seemed to be a fairy tale book. Through the cover of the book, one could see the hero and heroine of the fairy tale.

A young knight holding a silver sword, and a witch-like heroine shrouded in shadows and dark mist.

The girl with long ice-blue hair sat back in her chair, staring at the fairy tale book in her hands...

From time to time, she reached out and turned the pages of the fairy tale book, her dark purple eyes flickering with light.

Outside the palace, the faint dusk was flowing slowly.

Time seems to have stopped here, as if it lasts forever.

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PS: There will be another update later.

(End of this chapter)