The windows were covered with leaves that were so thin that they were almost transparent, allowing the morning sunlight to penetrate softly and warmly into the room.
The whole room was filled with a soothing wood fragrance.
The cool breeze from the courtyard gently caressed his body. He felt a chill and his eyes opened unconsciously.
What caught his attention was not the modern European furniture in the room.
Instead, a beautiful face was reflected in the mirror not far away, and the cold emerald green eyes could not hide a bit of confusion and sleepiness.
It's like wanting to keep people at a distance while appearing harmless.
He raised his hand and touched his face.
The black-haired, green-eyed boy reflected in the mirror made exactly the same move.
"here it is… ?"
Lanci muttered.
He seemed to have traveled through time.
The familiar figure in the mirror was one he was very familiar with, a character in the new game "The Lionheart of Thorns" developed by their company.
As the main artist of the game, he was originally organizing his colleagues in the company to burn incense for the mother of the planner. Suddenly, he felt as if his brain was disconnected and his eyes went dark. When he opened his eyes again, he saw everything he sees now.
At the same time, a large amount of information flooded into his mind like a tide, and he tried hard to understand the current situation.
Then, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
Because he didn't... travel through time and space to become some potential hero or an unforgivable villain.
Instead, he was a minor character in a spin-off story of the game, "The Rise of Talia", who died at the speed of light.
This boy named "Lanqi" has no other special features except that he is good-looking, comes from a wealthy family, and is not very smart!
Since the character portrait of "Talia", an important character in the game, was assigned to him, all the characters in the "Talia"-related plot were also drawn by him, including "Lanqi".
I never expected that I would become a supporting role now...
fine.
I drew Ranchi very handsomely with professionalism.
He held his chin and couldn't help thinking.
"Speaking of which, why did this rich and noble young man end up falling down on the street..."
Although he belongs to the art department, he has played this game and obtained some character design work.
Soon, he remembered—
There's a guy who's going to take the life of the "Rich Boy from Lanqi".
And that guy is the protagonist of the spin-off story and the main villain in the later stage of the game - Talia, the last descendant of the demon clan.
At this point in time, although the great demon Talia has not yet risen and looks like just a down-and-out refugee girl, she is already very powerful.
In order to survive in the human kingdom, she has been trying hard to disguise herself.
Unless they are pushed into a corner, they will not be able to suppress their violent and cruel nature.
And in the spin-off story.
"Lanqi" was the first human who made Talia angry after her exile.
The fuse of the feud was that "Lanqi" treated the dark pigeon, a familiar sent by Talia to gather intelligence, as prey and shot it.
When Talia found "Lanqi" two days later.
The young man, who had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem, not only did not apologize, but also madly mocked Talia, who looked like a beggar.
He even threatened to roast her other familiars as well and give her a super awesome barbecue party!
final.
The suicidal "Lanqi" asked for a hammer and got it. He was killed instantly by Taliyah, and a large number of gold coins exploded. The ancient relic "Poem of Compassion" that his family had treasured was taken away.
The wealth plundered from these also became extremely important starting capital for Talia's road to restoring the demon nation.
In a sense, our living Bodhisattva Mr. Lanqi is indeed Talia's great benefactor.
"I don't want to be Talia's number one brother!"
Sitting on the bed, Lanqi covered his head, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare.
Calm down.
Think positively.
Things are actually not that bad.
Now that I know about the "grudge between Lanqi and Talia", all I have to do is avoid it!
Don't anger this demon boss and send her out of his territory safely, OK!
At this moment, in this new world.
Lanqi felt the long-lost motivation and confidence!
It must be the reward for abiding by the law and doing good deeds in my previous life.
Next, the wonderful life as a rich boy began!
Financial freedom, no more overtime! Being rich and powerful, what a dream!
Just at this moment.
There was a slight knock on the door, interrupting his thoughts.
"Master, are you awake? You asked me to wake you up early yesterday..."
As if hearing some noise in the room, a faint female voice came from outside the door.
"Wake up."
Lanqi answered, got out of bed, and almost tripped over a pile of wine bottles at the foot of the bed as soon as he stepped on the ground.
He was stunned.
That's right.
Ever since my predecessor turned 16 last month, he has developed a bad habit of drinking.
Therefore, my memory of the past month always feels a bit discontinuous.
Like his predecessor, he often acts crazy and does stupid things after getting drunk.
In the original plot, "Lanqi provoked Talia", I don't know if it was because he was drunk.
So alcoholism is harmful to people.
Lanqi sighed as he changed his clothes.
Just walked out of the bedroom.
He noticed the maid standing shivering by the door.
The maid seemed to have no choice but to complete the evil young man's task, but she was also afraid that the evil young man would get angry and scold her if he woke her up.
"Good morning."
Lanci said in a calm tone.
"Huh?"
The maid showed a surprised expression and made a sound subconsciously.
It seems like he is judging Lanqi's mood today.
Then she reacted and said to Lanqi:
"The master is waiting for you in the restaurant."
Lanci nodded.
He knew that his previous life's parents were still alive and he was not an orphan.
It's just that they are busy running the Chamber of Commerce affairs, and have almost adopted a laissez-faire strategy towards Lanqi in recent years.
Even these days, it was a rare event for my father to come home, as I remembered from my previous life.
As Lanqi thought about this, he walked down the corridor of the mansion.
Without exception, all the servants would shrink back, bow deeply, and then walk away quickly as if they were running away.
It seems that my predecessor often caused trouble to the people around him.
Lanqi sighed in his heart.
Although I don't have many memories of being drunk, my predecessor seemed to become irritable and throw things around when drunk, so it was inevitable that the servants were afraid of him.
…
Soon Lanqi came to the restaurant.
He saw that sitting at the end of the long table was a middle-aged man, Lanqi's father.
"You're late again today."
The father had no intention of scolding Lanqi, he was just stating a fact.
"I'm sorry, I won't drink anymore."
There is no need to give up on yourself in the future.
Lanqi is very satisfied with the life of a rich young man.
He has only one goal in life -
Live comfortably, peacefully and securely.
"Sit down."
It was obvious that all the servants in the hall were surprised by Lanqi's attitude.
After a moment of hesitation, my father nodded and replied.
"OK."
Lanqi looked at the food on the table, which was rich but did not meet his definition of breakfast, and sat down at his seat.
I don't know why.
He felt something was odd.
Then, he subconsciously raised his head and stared at a dish of cooked food in the center of the long table.
—On the plate was a roasted pigeon with a golden and crispy exterior.
It was evenly coated with a fragrant seasoning and still presented a perfect shape after being cut.
"This is… "
Lanqi had a strange expression on his face. He slowly raised his hand and pointed at the pigeon and asked.
The more he looked, the more he felt a sense of déjà vu.
His father did not respond immediately, and the servant in the distance looked at Lanqi with confusion.
Lanqi seemed very strange to them today, in short, very gentle.
"It's the pigeon you shot yesterday. The servants cooked it into today's breakfast according to your request."
My father raised his head and glanced at Lanqi, and said lightly,
"You were too drunk last night and don't remember anything?"
Lanqi: "¿"
yesterday
The pigeon I shot back
Ranchi felt something was extremely wrong for a moment, and quickly reached out his fork to the dish he didn't recognize, pretending to be calm.
Even though the roasted pigeon on the plate has already been completely changed.
But look closely at its shape and outline.
Finally, Lanqi was absolutely certain that it was the pigeon of the great demon Talia.
After all, he was also the one who drew Talia's familiar.
"How are you?"
Lanqi's unusual behavior could not be hidden from his father's eyes.
"Fortunately, it's the aftereffects of alcoholism. Drinking is harmful to people."
Lanqi smiled and glanced at his father and continued eating breakfast.
When Lanqi saw the miserable appearance of Talia's minion, he felt like there was something stuck in his throat.
You were a real freshman in your previous life...
Make someone else's familiar look like this.
And then I wanted to mock her like that.
If she doesn't kill you, she won't be worthy of being the demon king!
Lanqi couldn't help but wonder, is there any hope for this crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside pigeon
The answer is no.
Then the most reasonable thing for me to do now is very clear.
The evidence should be completely destroyed, and the body should cheer up and recover from the hangover.
So he finally reached out, picked up the pigeon leg and put it in his mouth, taking a bite of the crispy roast meat that was rich in salt and fat. Just by doing this, the wonderful taste spread in his mouth.
Contented.
You can feed the bones to the dog later.
…