Is It Too Late to Leave the Chat Group?

Book 4: Chapter 71:1: I’ve Seen It in the Future, Part 1

“Hey, Nightingale! Are you done changing yet?” As Nightingale stared at Chen Heng, trying to figure out something from his expression, Skadi’s voice and knocking came from outside.

Chen Heng and Nightingale exchanged looks.

Fearing Skadi would discover Chen Heng in her changing room, Nightingale whispered to him, “Why are you still staring? Quickly, get out. Unless you want to watch me change?”

“I’m not done yet. I remember there’s another changing room on the south side. You can go there!” Nightingale loudly replied to Skadi, who was outside.

Go on and change. I don’t mind. Although Chen Heng wanted to say that, he did not have the courage to. There was a line that could describe the current him: A wicked heart without the courage to act on his thoughts.

Sorry, we might have overestimated him. He might not even have a wicked heart. He only could think it for the sake of it.

“Alright. I’m going out now.” Chen Heng checked with his Absolute Precognition; he would not be discovered if he left now.

When Chen Heng came out, he did not see Skadi. She should have gone to another changing room.

Feeling bored, Chen Heng opened the chat group interface. After all, these were girls. They would take a long time picking and changing clothes.

17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: Merlin, you are done now. Let this great me tell you, it’s over for you. This great me has finally found the method to summon you. Just you wait. This great me spent 30,000 points and finally bought a suitable tool! Wahahahaha!

Magus of Flowers: She was probably driven mad by anger. We’d better just bury her. Furthermore, she keeps calling herself great me. Is she finally admitting to her age?

17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: It’s fine. Just be cocky. You can be cocky for a while more. The cockier you are, the worse the beating you receive will be.

Magus of Flowers: You are just a thousand-year-old, old woman. I thought as a senior of the association, you would be encouraging and dignified. Unexpectedly, you speak so coarsely. I have something to say. Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me. I know everything about Yakumo Yukari’s life. You stay in Gensokyo. Despite being one of Gensokyo’s creators, you do not think of improving it but sleep all day. You drown yourself in pleasure, push all your work to your shikigami, and frequently peep at others. You shameless old bitch, don’t you know the people of Gensokyo wish to gorge on your flesh and dare to complain about you? I have never seen such a brazen person.

Efreet: Erm…this is probably the longest message I have seen since joining the chat group.

Lord of the White Night: I feel like I have seen that line before.

Umaru-chan: It seems to be from a meme video; it’s available in the cultural section.

Faillen Angel Gabriel: I was wondering how Merlin could be so cultured. Furthermore, the style is clearly Oriental, and it is in classical Chinese characters. Just seeing it gives me a headache. Fortunately, the chat group has a translation function.

Solomon: Huh? Why is Yakumo Yukari not saying anything?

Kal’tsit: She’s probably angry.

Magus of Flowers: Ah! My General Zhuge!

[TL Note: The meme video referred to is a video made using pieces of other videos selectively pieced together, repeated, and post-processed to form another video. This particular one used a video of Zhuge Liang, a famous Chinese strategist during the Three Kingdoms period. Here is the Wikipedia entry on Zhuge Liang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuge_Liang.]

He Who Knows Fate: Why do I have a feeling Merlin is being reckless because he sees no way out of this?

I Have a Strong Presence: Me too.

Queen of Ice and Snow: This…how do I put it…I feel that Yakumo Yukari is furious beyond words.

God Sai: I suddenly feel Merlin constantly seeks trouble?

Umaru-chan: You only just realized it?

God Sai: Yes.

Magus of Flowers: So what if I call you Mama Yukari? Come, beat me up if you can. Press my face down on a keyboard if you can. Hahahaha!

Iron Fist Teacher: Look at how happily Merlin is laughing now. He will be badly beaten up later.

17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: Excellent. Very excellent. I just went to buy more things, making the method more potent. Adding the earlier 30,000 points, it’s nearly 50,000 points now. That is almost half of what I have. Merlin, keep laughing for now. You will be crying later. I hope you still can laugh then.

Magus of Flowers: …

I Have a Strong Presence: 50,000 points…

Umaru-chan: This is a powerhouse? This is too much.

Kal’tsit: The recipe for the Oripathy medicine is 100,000 points. That is to say…

He Who Knows Fate: That is to say, Yakumo Yukari spent enough points to save half a civilization just to beat Merlin up.

Efreet: When you put it that way, I now have a grasp of it.

Umaru-chan: Just how much does Yakumo Yukari hate Merlin?

Magus of Flowers: Hey, Yakumo Yukari. Can you pretend I said nothing earlier?

17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: Lord Merlin, what good thing are you thinking? Listening to a line of a sovereign’s words is better than studying for ten years. How can I forget? Don’t worry. I will remember it well. Furthermore, the day of my vengeance (violent beating) is definitely not far away.

Solomon: Tsk! Merlin is cowering shamelessly.

17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: Huh? There was a suitable mission earlier. Then, it showed that someone had taken it. Merlin, speak. Did you take it?

Magus of Flowers: What else should I do? Wait to let you beat me up? I have some understanding of how much you hate me. Any bit of time I can delay is time gained. In any case, there are only so many worlds you can use to summon me. As long as I take a mission fast enough, you can’t beat me up.

17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: Continue struggling, then. I don’t believe you can take all the missions in the Type-Moon worlds. Furthermore, there are so many missions, and you can only take one at a time. Let’s see if you can complete the mission faster or if the association issues missions faster.

Observing this mayhem, which does not affect me, is truly pleasurable.

When the time comes, I’ll watch the livestream. How can Yakumo Yukari not livestream such an important thing?

“Ah Heng, how’s this swimsuit?”

In contrast to Nightingale’s shyness, Skadi was much more natural. Skadi wore beachwear, not a swimsuit, with short shorts over the lower half.

The shorts made it beachwear, suitable for fun on the sandy beach. After removing the shorts, it would be a swimsuit, allowing one to enter the water.

Dressed in this beachwear, Skadi walked out of the changing room nonchalantly.

“Nice

“Nice! It is extremely nice. I never noticed you had such an excellent figure.”

“Thank you for your praise. Alright. This is the one, then. I’ll change out of it first.”

Skadi did not show any happiness or embarrassment at Chen Heng’s evaluation. Thirteen years of combat experience allowed her to have full facial control at any time.

After Skadi returned to the changing room, Nightingale walked out of the changing room in her original clothes.

“Liz, you are out? Are you satisfied with that earlier swimsuit? If you are, we’ll take it.”

“Alright.”