Isa quietly stood among the crowd, her absolutely beautiful face and flame-like hair making Leon and the others notice her at first glance.
The red-haired beauty had her arms crossed in front of her chest, her face bearing a signature faint smile, with a bit of mischievous scheming flavor.
"You guys go any slower, grass is about to grow on my head."
"Sorry, sis, how long have you been here?", Rossweise stepped forward and asked.
"Ten minutes."
"Grass grows in ten minutes? Sis, if you've got that ability, why not help out with the desert greening project," Leon said.
Isa rolled her eyes flirtatiously at her brother-in-law, "Yo, looks like not only are your legs better now, but your mouth's gotten sharper too."
Isa had only found out about Leon being in a wheelchair a few days ago.
'Little Rose said he tripped on a rock while out.'
'Ha! Only a ghost would believe that.'
But not believing is one thing, Isa didn't ask further.
As long as that couple didn't pull off some kind of "lightning plus raging fire, two people destroy a great nation" heaven-defying feat, it was fine.
As for the rest, let them go crazy and mess around.
In the middle of joking, Isa also noticed the beautiful blue-haired woman beside the two.
"Senior Claudia, we met once at Twilight Tower," As a junior, Isa naturally took the initiative to greet.
Claudia nodded, "Just like Rossweise, you're also a very young and outstanding Dragon King."
"Not at all, I still have much to learn from senior."
After a round of mutual compliments, three little ones ran up.
"Auntie~"
"Auntie, Auntie, hug hug~"
Isa's face wore an uncontrollable true auntie smile.
She squatted down and hugged each of the little dragon girls one by one, and kissed them too.
In the end, she still held Little Light, who was also from the warm color palette, in her arms.
Isa liked all three little ones very much, equally so.
But if you had to say who got along with her the best, it would definitely be Little Light.
After all, both of them had some "fun-lover" traits.
The older one liked to watch the adults' drama;
The younger one liked to watch her sisters' drama.
Red and pink combo, endless fun.
———
More than half an hour later, the group arrived at the venue of the live-action interactive game.
Because of the seventy-two-hour ultra-long game time, a reservation was required to start a game.
Fortunately, Helena had done quite a bit of homework in advance and knew the reservation process.
Once they entered the venue, the staff warmly welcomed them.
After verifying identities, the staff led them to a small room similar to a conference room.
"Welcome, everyone, to our newly launched live-action interactive game, 'Castle Secrets.'"
"Allow me to first briefly introduce the background story of this game."
"In a mysterious ancient castle, a treasure that can grant any wish is preserved, the Black Holy Stone."
"The owner of the castle is a king. At the end of his life, he told his only daughter, the princess, about the existence of the Black Holy Stone. He hoped the daughter would use the Holy Stone wisely, and under no circumstances allow it to fall into the hands of wicked people."
"After the king passed away, many people came to attend the funeral, to mourn this great king."
"That evening, several people, due to long travel, stayed overnight in the castle. The princess warmly received them."
"After dinner, the princess returned to her room. As usual, she checked a wooden box under her bed. Inside was a key, which could open the stone door to the secret room holding the Black Holy Stone."
"But when the princess opened the wooden box, she was shocked to find the key missing."
"The princess immediately summoned her personal guards to the secret room. The room's door was open, and the Holy Stone had already disappeared."
"The princess immediately ordered the castle to be sealed."
"At this point, there were eight people remaining in the castle, including the princess:"
"The princess, the princess's two friends, the guard, the queen, the king's old friend, the royal chef, and a doctor."
"Now then—", While narrating the background story, the staff had already placed eight identity cards face down on the table, "Players, please draw your identities."
The few little dragon girls couldn't wait to rush forward and each took an identity card.
"Eh~ How come I'm the princess's friend," Luna was a little disappointed.
After all, every little girl has more or less a princess dream. Even if she was a genuine princess in the Silver Dragon Sanctuary, that didn't stop her from aspiring to be a princess in the game.
"Little Light, what's yours?", Luna leaned over to look.
Little Light didn't care and generously spread out her identity card, "Also the princess's friend. Ha, this princess sure has a wide circle of friends."
Helena drew the role of the guard.
She looked left and right, and her gaze finally landed on Noah, "Noah-chan, what did you draw?"
Noah blinked, her little face still calm and unshaken, flipping over her identity card with her finger, "Princess."
"Wow~ you got the princess! And I'm the guard, so that means... I get to protect you closely!"
Closely, protect—
Warning! Warning!
You've disturbed a sis-con.
Little Light could clearly feel that her 'friend' on the same side suddenly burst into a burning fighting spirit.
'Alright, the rule of fun has now been established.'
"I drew the doctor," Isa said, "Little Rose, what about you?"
"Oh, mine's the chef. Tch, why would I be the chef."
"Because your skills are pretty lame," Leon took the chance to stab.
Rossweise rolled her eyes speechlessly, too lazy to bother with this idiot.
"I drew the queen," Claudia said, "Tch... why do I always have to play these mom-type roles."
Thinking back to the stage play held at the academy, she had played Leon's 'evil queen mother.'
Didn't expect that even playing a team-building game, she'd still get this type of role.
Then what Leon held in his hand, naturally, was the last identity: The king's old friend.
He pressed on the identity card and slowly lifted it.
The top line was the name of the identity card.
But what caught Leon's attention was the small line below:
[Old Friend, Independent Faction]
[Mission Objective—]
[Eliminate everyone]
———
"Players, please return to the rooms marked with your identity. After a half-hour rest, our game will begin."
Following the staff's guidance, Leon and the others returned to their respective rooms.
The furnishings in the room were simple, but everything necessary was present. Spending seventy-two hours here would be no problem at all.
Leon walked from the entryway into the living room and saw a wooden box on the coffee table in front of the sofa. Beside the box was a memory stone.
Leon walked over, opened the wooden box, and inside was a piece of card paper.
The contents on the card read:
[Welcome, king's old friend. Tonight, you will face the other seven alone.]
[The disadvantage in numbers will force you to proceed with great caution every step of the way.]
[But don't worry, at the start of the game, you've already obtained the castle's hidden treasure, the 'Black Holy Stone', which is your greatest advantage.]
[Your main mission is to survive seventy-two hours without being discovered by the other seven.]
[If you can do that, then you win.]
[In addition, completing side missions and hidden missions in the game will earn you different levels of rewards. Accumulating these rewards will bring you even greater advantages.]
[The memory stone beside the box will provide key information at any time. Please carry it with you.]
After reading the card's content, Leon indeed found the 'Black Holy Stone' in the box.
He took the Black Holy Stone in his hand and weighed it a bit, "So if I just hold out till the end of the game, this little treasure is mine?"
Leon had seen the material this was made of before, it was something called Night Crystal. Very rare, very beautiful, but besides looking good, it had no value.
Often used to make delicate souvenirs or carved art.
Leon stared at the Black Holy Stone in his hand and pondered for a moment, "If the others assume the Black Holy Stone was stolen and hidden by someone, then directly searching rooms could end this game in no time."
"So... I have to hide this thing somewhere else."
Hiding things was one of Leon's specialties.
You know, back when the five sets of Rossweise bunny girl photo albums were taken, three were used to exchange for the master's letters, and the remaining two have still never been discovered by Rossweise.
That alone shows how amazing General Leon's skill at hiding things is.
He tucked the Black Holy Stone into his pocket, then took the memory stone and quietly waited for the game to begin.
———
Half an hour later, Leon stepped out of the room.
On the same floor as him was Isa, her identity was the doctor.
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