Chapter 1 First Mission
Chapter 1 First Mission
Rumor has it that a hundred years ago, a group of man-eating monsters hid in the deep forest south of Yuncheng.
There were wild grasses all over the place, and some people had witnessed ghost lights floating around there. There were also strange noises coming faintly from the depths of the forest, strange laughter and singing were erratic, and cold winds were blowing.
The man fell seriously ill and passed away soon after.
From then on, the frightened people rarely mentioned anything about the south of Yuncheng.
From then on, the word "South of Yuncheng" became a taboo word.
At the same time a hundred years ago, a large family, the Mei family, moved to the south of Yuncheng. No one has appeared since then. People say that they were all swallowed up by monsters as food!
A hundred years have passed, enough time for people to forget things that they think are unimportant.
For example, how big the Mei family was back then, and how terrifying the Mei family was back then!
The south of Yuncheng has become a forbidden area in the hearts of the residents of Yuncheng.
However, no one knew that the Mei family, who had "disappeared" a hundred years ago, were still living well in what they believed to be a forbidden area.
The Mei family is a mysterious clan of witches.
Only one female is born in a generation, and this female is the heir of the new generation of the clan from birth.
The heir is born with innate powerful abilities and must not leave the Mei family before he reaches the age of twenty.
Only when one reaches the age of twenty, after the succession ceremony is held and one receives guidance through offering sacrifices to ancestors, can one take on one's own training mission.
The training tasks for each successor are different, and they cannot rely on the help of others.
So no matter how dangerous it is, you can only rely on yourself and the waiter who always accompanies you.
Because of the different degrees of experience, some heirs fail in the process of training and thus disappear.
The more abilities you have, the more responsibilities you must bear.
This day is the succession ceremony for the new generation of heirs.
Early on, thanks to the efforts of the tribesmen, the altar was ready.
And the person in the locker room at this moment is the new generation of witch - A Ling.
A Ling, full name Mei Ling.
"Taozi, be gentle! You're almost tearing my scalp off!" The girl sitting in front of the makeup mirror, her eyes slightly red, her hands resting near her head, not knowing where to put them.
"Sorry, sorry! I was a little nervous and I didn't pay attention and I used too much force..." Standing behind the girl was a boy about 1.8 meters tall. From his unique voice, one could tell that he was not very old.
"Why are you so nervous? Today is my succession ceremony, why are you so nervous?" Mei Ling waved his hand away and rubbed the painful scalp with a grimace.
"Don't forget, at the new heir succession ceremony, not only the heir is freshly baked, but the waiters are also freshly baked, okay!"
Taozi, whose real name is Mei Tao, is the most outstanding candidate among the next generation waiter candidates, and she stood out from ten people.
Unlike the witch heir, the chosen waiters have to learn a variety of skills from a young age in order to better serve the heir in the future. They have mastered various skills in their busy lives for more than ten years.
Originally, the person who should have helped Mei Ling at this time should be Uncle Mei, the most prestigious person in the clan. Uncle Mei is sixty years old this year, and the previous succession ceremony was handled by him. But I don’t know what happened today. He had a stomachache so bad that he couldn’t even get up in such an important occasion.
"If Uncle Yan hadn't suddenly fallen ill, I wouldn't have been asked to come before you took over!" Mei Tao narrowed his eyes and said seriously: "I always have a bad feeling that something bad is going to happen..."
Mei Ling rolled her eyes, raised her right hand slightly, and made a "click" sound.
There seemed to be an invisible tape stuck on Mei Tao's mouth. He gestured with a red face but could not make a sound.
"Shut up your crow mouth! What day is today? Are you cursing me or cursing me?" Mei Ling said without looking at him, "Forget it, I don't need you anyway."
Mei Ling drew circles lightly with her index finger, tapping it from time to time, and her hair began to move on its own, and in an instant a unique hairstyle appeared.
As for the dress placed on the side, she looked up at Mei Tao and waved her fingertips, and the unfortunate Mei Tao disappeared out of thin air.
When Mei Ling came out of the room, she had already changed into that mysterious black dress.
Mei Ling's succession ceremony begins. If someone passes by like they did a hundred years ago, rumors of the appearance of monsters will surely spread.
The succession ceremony is to inform the heaven and earth that the new successor is already twenty years old and is capable of accepting the training from the heaven and earth.
Mei Ling led her people and knelt down three steps away from the altar.
Torches around the altar lit up at the same time, and a golden light appeared in the formation at the top of the altar.
Mei Ling knew that her experience was about to begin.
Mei Ling took a look at the place where she had lived for 20 years, and took Mei Tao into the formation.
A dazzling light almost illuminated the entire night, and when the light faded, Mei Ling was no longer visible in the formation.
However, Mei Tao, Mei Ling's waiter, was left behind.
"How could this happen?! Why is the waiter still..."
"It's really bad..." Mei Tao looked at his empty palms, and looked at the place where Mei Ling disappeared with a worried look on his face.
The Mei family was in chaos. This was the first time in nearly a hundred years that a waiter failed to successfully train with the heir.
They had no idea why the waiter couldn't follow.
Mei Ling couldn't tell where she was at the moment. It wasn't dark here, but there wasn't much light either. It seemed extremely spacious, yet it made her feel depressed.
She raised her right hand again and snapped her fingers, but there was no response.
Mei Ling tried again, not wanting to believe it. "There really is no reaction at all."
After an unknown amount of time, this strange place finally changed, and a blurry picture slowly floated towards her.
On the left side of the screen, there are several lines of text:
Tasker: Mei Ling
Quest World "Brother Trap"
Mission objective: Help the heroine and her ex-boyfriend Naruse Yamato to get married. Mission completion reward is 1%.
Once the total progress of the task reaches 100%, you can return to the original world.
Only then did A Ling realize that this was his own experience.
She looked around and was sure that she was alone, but she didn't know why Mei Tao, the waiter, didn't show up. Did Mei Tao stay in the clan, or did something happen to him?
Mei Tao did not show up, so it seemed that she could only rely on herself for the training.
Ah Ling turned around and watched the plot, and learned that the reason for the breakup was that they didn't speak their minds and didn't communicate in time. In the end, unnecessary misunderstandings arose, and the two drifted further and further apart.
At the same time, I also learned that the original plot was about two brothers fighting for the same girl.
Obviously, the younger brother who came later was the "male protagonist", but the mission required her to help the ex-boyfriend.
"But it's a beautiful story that they gradually got closer during college. If we want to complete the task, it will be very difficult." Mei Ling carefully read the few sentences of introduction, not understanding why there would be such an experience.
Not knowing whether the experiences of other heirs were also so baffling, she collected her thoughts and studied those few sentences of the introduction over and over again.
"But at the beginning, the heroine's heart is still with her ex-boyfriend, so why not..." With an idea in mind, Mei Ling directly entered the world of "Brother Trap".
The first moment she entered the world, Mei Ling received information about her identity in the plot: she was a college classmate of the heroine, Tachibana Akari, and also her good friend.
The place where she appears at this moment is the karaoke bar where the heroine Akari and the hero Izumi first met.
However, it is not yet time for Izumi to appear, after all, the protagonist is always late.
Mingli felt very uncomfortable sitting in the crowd. She clearly wanted to go to the comic book store she had been looking forward to for a long time to buy the comics she wanted, but she couldn't bear to refuse her friend's invitation to sing karaoke, so she just sat here like a zombie to make up the numbers.
"Mingli, isn't the comic book sale going on today? If we don't go now it will be too late..." Mei Ling took advantage of the atmosphere of everyone singing karaoke and sat next to Mingli. Naturally she noticed Mingli's absent-minded look.
"But..." Mingli looked around in embarrassment, "Would it be a bad idea to leave now?"
"It's nothing." Mei Ling suddenly stood up, hugged Mingli and said to everyone: "I'm really sorry, Mingli suddenly feels unwell, why don't we let Mingli go back today, and ask Mingli to come out and play next time when we are free!"
Female classmate A put her hands together and said, "Hey?! Mingli, are you feeling unwell? I'm so sorry. I didn't expect that I would force you to sing when you were feeling unwell. Sorry..."
"You guys sing first, I'll go see Mingli off." A Ling pulled Mingli up and walked out of the box.
"Lingling will be back later!" male classmate C shouted to Meiling.
Mei Ling looked back, resisted the urge to make him disappear right away, and said to everyone with a smile: "Well, I'll go see Mingli off."
Mingli walked out the door anxiously, "Lingling, go back quickly, they are still waiting for you."
A boy with a backpack was asking something at the KTV bar, and after a moment he walked towards the private room.
Mei Ling stopped and to be honest, she wanted to leave as well. In fact, as long as the hero and heroine didn't meet, there wouldn't be a big problem. Since her goal had been achieved, she wanted to leave. But looking at Mingli's expression, it seemed that he didn't intend to let her go with him.
"Oh! That's right. The girl standing at the door is the guest of that box. You can ask her to take you in." The voice of the staff came from the bar.
Just with this pause, Mei Ling didn't leave, but had to lead the way.
Mingli had already left in a taxi after talking to Meiling.
"Um... I'm Komai from the seminar, please take care of me. I'm so sorry to bother you to come out to pick me up!" Komai looked at Mei Ling who the staff was pointing at and said, his face slightly red, he glanced at her embarrassedly, and quickly looked away.
"Heh..." Ah Ling wanted to tell him that it was not the case, but he could only lead him in, "This way."
"Izumi, hurry up! Someone is coming out to pick us up!" Komai shouted towards the door, then quickened his pace to catch up with Mei Ling.
Mei Ling didn't turn around. From the name, she knew that the person who was about to come in must be the male protagonist.
She had just "sent away" the heroine, so she still felt a little guilty when she heard the hero's name.
After Mei Ling opened the door, she could feel the eager gaze of her male classmate C. She pretended not to feel it and sat next to Kyoko.
"Sure enough, I knew Lingling still couldn't bear to leave me, I knew Lingling would come back!" Male classmate C held his heart and howled exaggeratedly.
"Ah! You're so slow!" Male classmate A complained loudly to Komai behind him.
"Sorry, I'm late." Komai bowed and apologized at the door.
Kyoko asked curiously looking at Komai, "Who? Who is this?"
"I'm a junior at the seminar. My name is Komai. Please take care of me." In just a few minutes, Komai bowed three times.
Mei Ling picked up the songbook on the table and flipped through it boredly. Classmate A asked Komai: "Are you here alone?"
Komai pointed to the back and said, "I also brought someone with me, my classmate named Izumi."
Perhaps it was because of the male protagonist’s halo, everyone’s eyes were focused on the door, waiting for the man named Izumi to appear.
As soon as Izumi appeared at the door, everyone cheered and Meiling looked over.
"So, this is the hero." This was the only thought that came to Mei Ling's mind.
"Hello everyone." Izumi spoke in a shy manner.
Miki said excitedly: "My name is Miki, this is Kyoko and Lingling."
Kyoko, who was called, greeted with a smile on her face, and Meiling put down the song request book in her hand and said hello.
Komai sat on the boys' side at the invitation of his senior. Miki looked at Meiling who was still confused and said, "Lingling, let Izumi sit next to you. There is no room here..."
Mei Ling reached out and took the backpack beside her. She put the backpack behind her and said to Izumi, "Please sit down."
"Eh!? I also want to sit next to Lingling..." Mei Ling looked at this male classmate C who was pretending to be cute, and her right hand could no longer hold back.
"No, Lingling is ours!" Gongzi hugged Meiling's arm tightly, "Also, can you please stop talking like that? If you continue like this, Lingling will not tolerate you, but I will beat you up!"
Male classmate C seemed to realize at this moment that he had angered everyone. He touched his nose and sat back angrily, still saying sorry.
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