Chapter 16 - Evening Banquet

(The utmost terror upon meticulous scrutiny)

Edited by Silver Wind

Wu Jia backed away: “Look.”

Zhou Wenyan raised his jaw slightly and saw the housekeeper standing at the door.

After a period of digestion, the female housekeeper had roughly accepted the setting of having six virgin maidens that were all men this time around, and she called them “young ladies” with a placid expression.

“The evening banquet will begin soon, and an exquisite dress has been prepared for every young lady without exception. Please follow the servants to attend the evening banquet once you are done changing.”

Once she was done speaking, the housekeeper bowed respectfully and left with big strides.

Wu Jia: “Dresses which have been prepared?”

He casted his eyes on the dress draped over the soft and big bed.

Everyone in the room looked over.

Their gaze converged as if they wanted to torch the skirt until there was no trace of it left.

Wu Jia muttered, “It can’t be, right?”

He did not have weakness for women’s clothing.

But when they were in copies, not abiding by the NPC’s words had a high likelihood of death.

After Wu Jia got over his despair, he remembered another point: he was not the only person who had to wear it; everyone had to wear it, especially…

He gave Zhou Wenyan a quiet and sweeping glance.

Zhou Wenyan’s eyes flitted over. “What are you looking at me for? Weren’t you going to leave?”

Wu Jia swiftly rolled back to his own room.

He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would not be able to hold back his laughter.

Meanwhile, Shen Dongqing sat on the bed, picked up the dress and threw it aside.

The dress landed on the carpet and made a dull noise.

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Rolling his eyes, Shen Dongqing stated, “I’m not wearing it.”

Zhou Wenyan put down the dress he was holding: “Then don’t wear it.”

Similarly, he had no intention to wear it.

Zhou Wenyan pushed open the door and went out.

A servant was already standing by the door. Despite seeing two guests refusing to change into the prepared dress, he said nothing, and only lowered his head before he led them down the long corridor.

Wu Jia, however, expressed his doubts: “Why didn’t you wear it?”

He was wearing a gorgeous dress but because he felt ill-suited to it, he had worn a pair of pants underneath it as well, and it looked odd.

Zhou Wenyan glanced at him.

Feeling like his thoughts of caution had been seen through, Wu Jia laughed dryly and explained: “This —

Just then, a bell rang from outside the door.

Servants walked in with a dining cart and placed the plates on the table.

The housekeeper stood at the end of their ranks, and apologies coloured her visage: “The Earl is feeling unwell and he will not attend the banquet tonight, but he invites the six ladies present to enjoy their meals. The Earl will host the banquet on another day and he will entertain you then.”

Having finished conveying his message, the servants bowed and made their leave.

The huge doors closed again.

Leaving the group of players alone in the hall.

Bearded man scolded: “This smells way too fragrant.”

The food on their plates looked extremely delicious.

The steak was grilled to perfection, and the sauce drizzled on it held a waft of black pepper; a whole turkey was set on a tray, and underneath the candlelight, it looked extremely glossy and moist……

But no one dared to eat it.

Before they were certain of the circumstances, anything before them could be fatal to their lives.

Shen Dongqing did not have such qualms.

After the last copy ended, not only did he not earn new points, a fair amount of points had been deducted and he could not exchange it for anything. Now that a table full of food was presented before him, he could no longer suppress his urges so he picked up his fork and knife and started to eat.

He even ate it with relish.

The bearded man swallowed the saliva welling in his mouth, and could not resist asking: “Are you not afraid that it is made out of something strange?”

In the previous copies he experienced, it was not uncommon for human meat bun meals to occur.

Shen Dongqing’s movements stilled, and he slowed down his chewing. After he swallowed it, he thought about the aftertaste seriously and stated, “It’s not human flesh.”

He took a piece of steak and placed it on Zhou Wenyan’s plate in order to share the food with him: “It’s quite delicious.”

Zhou Wenyan took a bite and commented: “It is pretty good.”

From his tone, it sounded like he was dining in a restaurant instead of a world where they could meet their deaths at any given moment.

When the others heard him say that, they immediately settled their hearts and started to dig in.

However, as they were half-way through their meal, the chequered shirt otaku whispered, “How does he know that it isn’t human flesh?”

Other people: ……

Wait, wasn’t that extremely terrifying upon meticulous scrutiny?