MEANWHILE, on the other side, Luo Yan and Shen Ji Yun had already started interviewing the NPCs working at the castle. Their focus now was those NPCs who do menial jobs and didn’t need to greet or interact with players. Because Lhoris was most likely working these kinds of jobs while staying here at Tropical Land. But so far, none of the NPCs they interviewed knew Lhoris.
While doing that, they were given weird looks by some players they passed by. It was a far cry from the admiring gazes they had been receiving since entering this amusement park. Luo Yan didn’t have to question why. It’s simply because of how the two of them looked right now.
Before entering the castle, Luo Yan removed the silvery-white robe he was wearing. And that left him with an all-black outfit from head to toe. He had no doubt that other players that saw them earlier took a screenshot of him and Shen Ji Yun together. How could they not? They had seen the famous captain of team Yunyue together with such a beautiful moon elf, of course they had to take pictures.
That’s why he had to remove the robe. Because even if he put up his hood and mask, with that attention-grabbing robe, if he was accidentally photographed despite hiding his features, people would soon realize that he was that beautiful moon elf. Then if they saw this big rabbit beside him, wouldn’t people assume that he was YUN? How could Luo Yan let that happen?
Even if it was a simple assumption, he didn’t want Shen Ji Yun’s high-cold setting in other people’s eyes to collapse. It’s enough if only he knew about it.
So, the scene people ended up seeing was someone wearing all-black walking with a big white rabbit mascot. That’s why Luo Yan was not surprised that other players they passed-by gave them weird looks. He would do the same if he was in their shoes.
He glanced at the big rabbit walking beside him. "Brother Ji Yun, are you not uncomfortable in that mascot suit?" he couldn’t help asking.
The big rabbit head shook. "This suit doesn’t weigh anything. It’s also not hot inside. It actually doesn’t feel like I’m wearing such a big thing because of how light and unobtrusive it is."
Luo Yan should have expected something like that. After all, this was inside the game. It’s not like in real life where wearing such a thing for long hours would be thoroughly uncomfortable.
"That’s good. It would be bad if Brother Ji Yun suffered a heat stroke. After all, there’s still a lot of places we needed to go," he said. "Should we go to Mystery Land next? I really want to try their mystery coaster."
"You don’t want to explore the rest of the castle?"
"Nah. I’m not really interested in places ."
He had never really been one to be interested in such places or anything related to fairytales for that matter. After all, in his last life, he had to always face reality. He stopped believing in those stories the moment his parents died.
"I read that there’s a very beautiful room here. But not all could enter. However, because we have a VIP pass, we could go inside."
Luo Yan looked at the big rabbit standing before him. He could actually imagine seeing the other’s face full of hesitation right now. As if he wanted to convince him that they should go to that room he was talking about but because he didn’t know how, his voice echoed the hesitation he was feeling.
Luo Yan thought it would be hard for him to discern Shen Ji Yun’s emotions because he couldn’t see his face. But who would have thought that he could still do that with just the other’s voice? He smiled helplessly. It seemed that he was really getting more and more familiar with Shen Ji Yun. And he found that he felt no resistance against it. In fact, he welcomed it very much.
He leaned forward, closing the distance between his face and the rabbit head. "Does Brother Ji Yun want to go to that room?"
Shen Ji Yun stared at this beautiful face up close and his own face quickly heated up. Now, he was really thankful that he was wearing this rabbit mascot suit. At least, he no longer needed to dodge whenever he blushed.
"Yes," he just found himself answering Luo Yan’s question.
Luo Yan was suddenly dumbfounded when he saw the big rabbit mascot blushing. He blinked his eyes and then saw that the big rabbit was already back to normal. He tilted his head. Was that just his imagination? Yes, probably. How could a mascot blush?
"Yan Yan?" Shen Ji Yun called. "What’s wrong?"
Luo Yan shook his head. "Nothing. If Brother Ji Yun wants to go to that room, then let’s go."
The room Shen Ji Yun talked about was located at the castle’s tallest towers. They had to climb up dozens of stairs just to reach it. Good thing this was a virtual world or else, Luo Yan would probably be panting uncontrollably before they could even reach the place.
When they reached the place, they saw two guards standing on both sides of a tall door. The uniform they were wearing was like that of the nutcracker soldier. Both he and Shen Ji Yun showed the two the golden bracelet they were wearing. They both became very amiable and respectful. And they quickly opened the door for them.
Luo Yan walked inside, wondering what Shen Ji Yun wanted to show him here. But once he did, he was immediately transfixed. Because inside the room was like another world. A world crystal ice.
There were crystals protruding on the walls. The floor was like diamond in texture. And there were crystals shaped as different kinds of snowflakes floating around. He went and touched one and was surprised to find that the crystal was not made of ice and instead felt like real crystals. The moment he touched it, it glowed like a small star. It was beautiful.
He turned to Shen Ji Yun who was just walking behind him. He already put down his hood and mask, because the two of them were the only people in the room. "This room is wonderful, Brother Ji Yun."
After he said that, he went and touched one snow-shaped crystals after another. Suddenly, he found himself standing in the middle of glowing crystals.
"Look, Brother Ji Yun, they’re beautiful!"
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"Yes, they really are," he said while not taking his eyes off from Luo Yan.
Once again, Luo Yan saw the rabbit mascot blushing. But when he blinked, it was gone once again. If it only happened once, he could think that it was just his imagination. But twice? Definitely not. So, he needed to make sure. And there’s only one way to do that.
He dashed forward. And before Shen Ji Yun could react, he jumped into the rabbit mascot and hugged its soft body.
He looked up and said, "You’re so soft, Mr. Rabbit."
And the whole rabbit’s face turned red!