NOVEL WEB Chapter 109: Red
Luis and Gerasi understood. They were both brave men, but even their hearts quaked. These young misses would surely lose their minds. They were just freshmen who hadn’t seen any horrors yet. Odds were their tolerance level would be low.
“Is it so terrible? Wind, you try it and tell me what you see.” Pei Qing had planned to try it himself, but reconsidered after seeing the expressions on their faces. He wasn’t sure he wanted to see anything so horrible.
“Why should I look?! Why don’t you look!” Wind had no interest in it.
“Captain, do you want to see…?” Rain cautiously probed her captain.
Jier glanced at the trio. He reached out to Tian Ya for the bottle and gave it two quick spritzes.
“So? What do you see?” The trio asked hurriedly.
“Red. Lots of red,” was Jier’s odd reply. He was shocked despite being prepared for it. It was just as Feng Wu said, not that he ever doubted her.
Luis looked at Feng Wu with admiration. “Junior Feng Wu, this senior really admires you. You can eat so calmly without vomiting; your ability is really strong!”
Gerasi fiercely nodded his head. Both Ming Xi and Tian Ya also had looks of agreement in their eyes.
“Why wouldn’t I be able to eat?” Feng Wu thought all the food was very tasty, especially the barbeque.
Gerasi moved closer to her. “Don’t you feel nauseous? Doesn’t it make you want to vomit?”
“I don’t think so.” Feng Wu shook her head. The environment had no effect on her.
“How can you not?! It’s so…” Luis regretted speaking so quickly before and being the first to try. He wished he could unsee it.
Feng Wu seriously considered it for a moment, wrinkling her delicate brows in thought before speaking, “If you eat with sincerity you won’t feel anything else.”
If you eat with sincerity you won’t feel anything else. Everyone repeated the line to themselves. What is that? Everyone was silent while they digested this statement. Why did it feel like it was too deep for them?
“Is it really so horrifying? Here, let me try.” Elena reached over for the bottle. Her curiosity and competitive spirit had been aroused. She’d always been one to challenge those things her male counterparts found difficult or were afraid of.
“Here! Take it.” Jier was more than happy to hand the bottle over to her.
Elena squirted it in her eyes. After blinking a few times to adjust, she eagerly looked around. The inn was red! The intense coppery smell of blood was enough to make her want to vomit everything she ate in the last two days.
“I see what you all mean.” She said slowly. She frowned before returning to her normal expression.
“Senior Sister Elena, did you see it too?” Yifu still didn’t believe it. She didn’t dare tangle with Tian Ya after his rejection, but junior loving Elena was different.
Elena was like a tomboy to the junior boys, but to the junior girls she was a wonderful older sister. If trouble weighed on their minds, they could always go to Elena and she would work with them to resolve it. She was never stingy with her time. As a result, she was super popular with the girls.
“Yes. I’d advise you junior sisters listen to Tian Ya. If you see what’s around you right now, you will surely scream, probably even faint. I doubt you’ll be able to eat for days.”
Although Elena didn’t have a good impression of Yifu, Yifu was still her junior, so she wanted give her some face.
“Yifu, let’s listen to the words of our seniors. Come, sit down and eat.” Zi Cheng tried to softly comfort Yifu. She didn’t want Yifu to do it. It wasn’t like it was part of a mission, so there was no benefit to it.
What she wanted to do was enter the tomb of the gods. For that she needed the support of the seniors. She couldn’t risk alienating them.
Ai Lin sat down and smiled as she looked at Zi Cheng trying to comfort Yifu. In her mind she was thinking: You want to use the seniors to open the way for you so you can get the treasure from the tomb of the gods? They’re powerful masters so they can do it too. But I’m definitely not letting you get the treasure.
Princess Nai Nai’s people were unaware of the changes in the inn. The commander positioned guards around the inn to protect the princess and secure the perimeter.
Upstairs the princess had changed into a light green striped skirt and swapped the netted hat for a crown. In the mirror was a beauty. She had limpid eyes framed by sharp eyebrows paired with the perfect set of pouty red lips. Her skin was smooth and unblemished. Her legs were long, her hips curvy, and her bottom perky. She had gorgeous shiny hair that belonged in an Herbal Essence commercial. It was easy to see why she was known as the beauty of Souya.
“Princess, do you want to eat anything?” The maid in red carried a tray of food prepared by the boss of the inn. He had used the ingredients her people brought because the princess couldn’t be expected to eat common ingredients.
“Leave it there. You and Meiren can go change.” Princess Nai Nai sat down and smoothed an errant strand of hair.
The maid in red, Xiao Na, and the other maid, Meiren, looked at the princess with gratitude. They thanked the princess and curtsied before leaving. They went next door and changed as quickly as they could.
It was summer and it was hot. Their clothes were sticky and clung to their bodies. It was an uncomfortable feeling, however without the princess’s permission they couldn’t leave her side to change. Luckily the princess was considerate.
They were maids to the princess so their status was higher than ordinary maids in the palace. Two other maids had already brought a change of clothes for them by the time they entered the room.