This is not the date I wanted.

The only way to leave was for Shidao and his companions to find an exit in the Illusionary Book House. And Westcott obviously would not let Shidao and his companions escape so easily.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Mengyue will just sit there and wait for death.

"Forget it...No risk, no gain."

With a helpless sigh and after making up his mind, Meng Yue gave instructions to his angel.

I saw a few tiny flashes of lightning flowing along the threads of spiritual power into the emblem on the ground. Then, the emblem on the ground seemed to have life, and the closed book slowly opened, and the lines drawn by the spiritual power turned into real pages, floating out from the ground.

After opening the entrance, Mengyue leaped into the Fantasy Library.

PS: Oh, I accidentally posted it a day early, so I specially added here: Mengyue, happy birthday (Christmas)! ?*. ?(ˊωˋ*)??*.

16 The World in Books (I)

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Feeling the stimulation of the light, Mengyue opened her eyes.

“Is this the interior of the Phantom Book House?”

Meng Yue looked around. It was dark now, and she was standing on the sidewalk. There were Western-style buildings, gray streets, and horse-drawn carriages running by. The citizens were not wearing the casual clothes that Meng Yue knew, but clothes that looked very old.

"A story set in medieval Europe..."

Once you enter the Fantasy Library, the Divine Eclipse Volume will randomly assign a role to each person, and use this to create a world in the story. And this is undoubtedly the world where the "role" played by Meng Yue exists.

"Okay...what should we do next?"

Mengyue took a deep breath and calmed herself down.

There are too many stories set in medieval Europe, and it is unlikely to judge what story you are in just by the appearance of the city. Meng Yue entered this fantasy library with the mentality of taking one step at a time. Now she can only pray that she is lucky enough not to enter a troublesome world.

"First, let's gather information and find a way to reunite with everyone - it's so cold!!"

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew past Mengyue, and the bone-chilling cold made her shiver violently.

"Oh my god - what the hell am I wearing!"

When Meng Yue looked down and saw her own outfit, her face flushed and she screamed.

Meng Yue then realized that her casual clothes had been replaced with a light and thin fluffy nightgown. She was not even wearing basic underwear. She was completely naked under the nightgown. Her thighs and chest were exposed to the air through the open seams of her clothes.

"Even the shoes have turned into slippers... Damn, in what story would an idiot protagonist run out into the street in pajamas like this to blow the cold wind!"

call--

A cold wind blew by, and Mengyue felt that her hands and feet were almost frozen to numbness.

"It seems... rather than looking for everyone... I need to find out the story I'm in—"

Pulling her nightgown tighter, Meng Yue said with trembling teeth, "Otherwise, she would be stuck here before she finds everyone."

First of all, the clothes. Although it is just a nightgown and slippers, they look very expensive and high-end. They are not what ordinary citizens would wear. So this character should be the eldest daughter of a wealthy family or a noble lady.

Secondly, it was the reactions of passers-by. Meng Yue was walking down the street in this outfit, but no one spoke to her. Rather, whenever Meng Yue made eye contact with them, they would turn their heads away and walk past quickly, as if they were afraid of getting into trouble with her.

"This feels like... Could it be that a poor nobleman sells the protagonist to redeem his debt, and when the protagonist finds out, he runs away from his bedroom overnight... Why does this sound a bit like the story in a book?"

The corners of Meng Yue's mouth twitched slightly, and her face turned ashen. She didn't know whether she was frozen by the cold wind or scared by her own speculation.

If the guess is true, according to the normal routine she knows, she should be romantic and optimistic, and then she should be hidden by the kind-hearted citizen male protagonist, and then the heroine will have a good impression of the male protagonist because of the suspension bridge effect, and the two of them will have a deep affection for each other, and the dry wood will ignite at once, brewing a warm love in this cold winter.

If you think in a pessimistic and brutal way, the weak and powerless protagonist was not rescued by anyone and was finally caught by the soldiers. He was sold as a slave to a noble with a twisted sexual orientation, and was thoroughly insulted and trained by the noble from the body to his dignity, becoming a livestock that cannot survive without a male body.

To tell the truth, I have no interest in experiencing any of the Mengyues.

"I need to find something to defend myself."

After checking his equipment, he found that besides the robe, this "character" only had four coins in his pocket, which made him very poor. In desperation, Meng Yue had to pick up a sharp stone from the ground, so that when the opponent was in danger, he could take advantage of the opponent's carelessness and hit him hard on the head.

"Oh, sorry to have kept you waiting."

At this moment, the door of the villa behind Mengyue suddenly opened, and a young man with brown hair was walking towards Mengyue.

(Is it the former's routine?)

Hiding the stone in the belt of her nightgown, Meng Yue looked at the young man walking towards her with vigilance, and had already formulated several basic strategies in her mind.

1. Pretend to agree with him, hit him in the neck when he is not paying attention, then take his money and run away;

Second, pretend to please him, and when he is not paying attention, hit him in the eye, then take his money and run away;

3. Pretend to seduce him, then take his money and run away;

As if sensing the vigilance in Meng Yue's eyes, the young man scratched his cheek and answered a little embarrassedly.

"Um--I heard about your bankruptcy. Don't be sad. Think positively, brother."

Brother? Meng Yue was a little surprised to hear the other party address her as such.

(How did he know I was originally a man?)

Meng Yue couldn't help but fall into deep thought. She certainly wasn't naive enough to think that the other party was shocked by her masculinity and realized her true face. The title of "brother" refers to the role Meng Yue played in the story at this time.

In other words, the protagonist of this story... is a man?

"Hey... do you think I'm a woman or a man?"

Meng Yue asked, pointing at her own face.

"Eh? Um... Although some nobles do like men, you should not be obsessed with them. Or do you have that kind of interest?!"

The other party seemed to have misunderstood something and took a few steps back with a sullen look on his face. However, Meng Yue didn't care about this at the moment.

(The protagonist of this story is a man...that's great.)

Meng Yue breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of her heart.

"Anyway, anyway, I have benefited a lot from you, so I will give you this old box from our family. You can use it to pack your luggage. Goodbye then—"

Then, the young man ordered his servants to carry a huge wooden box to Mengyue, and then he returned to his house and closed the door tightly.

"Although I don't know how much benefit he got from this character, but after others went bankrupt, he was turned away with only a useless wooden box. This brotherhood is so real that it's scary."

Meng Yue sighed in silence. She walked forward to observe the wooden box. Apart from anything else, this empty box was really big. Meng Yue could fit half of her body inside.

"Well... the material seems pretty good. It might even snow in this weather. If things don't work out, let's just stay here for the night. Hmm? Wait——"

For a moment, Meng Yue seemed to have thought of something.

(Medieval stories, bankruptcy, nightgown, four coins, huge empty wooden boxes… That’s it!)

The originally scattered and disordered fragments were strung together into a line in Mengyue's mind, and excitement gleamed in her eyes!

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On the other side, in an unknown forest in the Fantasy Library.

"Haha! Don't run~ my delicious little pig and Little Red Riding Hood."

"Shidou-kun! Shidou-kun! The big bad wolf is still chasing us, run quickly!"

"Shi, Dao-san...we're almost catching up..."

"Ohhhhhhhh! Sprint at full speed!!!!"

At this time, Gokawa Shido, wearing a piggy doll costume, was running at full speed in the forest with Yoshino, who was dressed as Little Red Riding Hood, on his back. Behind the two of them, a big bad wolf wearing an old woman's skirt was chasing them. Looking at Shido and Yoshino was like seeing two delicious dishes, and the fishy saliva kept flying out of its mouth.

Why did it turn out like this? After falling into Westcott's trap, when Shidao woke up, he found that Nia was no longer by his side, and he was lying in a straw house wearing a strange doll costume. Then, before he could react, a big bad wolf suddenly appeared, blew away the straw house in one breath, and threatened to eat it.

In order to avoid being hunted by the big bad wolf, Shidao fled to an exquisite wooden house in the forest, where he met Yoshino and Yoshina who were preparing to deliver wine and bread to their grandmother.

Seeing Yoshino's outfit and hearing the word "grandma", Shidou had a bad feeling and picked up Yoshino and ran away. As expected, a big bad wolf dressed as a grandmother broke out of the door and chased after Yoshino and Shidou with a fierce look on his face.

"Shidou-san...please leave me behind and run away..."

“No, it’s okay… How could I… abandon Yoshino?”

His breathing was a little rapid due to physical exertion, but Shidou still tried to put on a reassuring smile.

(If we keep going like this, we’ll be caught up!)

Shidao thought to himself that this was not good.

No one knows why. In this world, neither angels nor spiritual powers can be used, and Yoshino's physical strength is limited to that of an ordinary little girl, so she can't fight at all.

Although the wolf was wearing a grandmother's robe and could only run on two feet, his speed was greatly reduced and he could not catch up with Shidao. But Shidao's physical strength also has its limits. If he doesn't find a way quickly, it's only a matter of time before he is caught up.

(Calm down, calm down!)

Shidou desperately told himself that if he didn't calm down and think of a countermeasure, not only himself but also Yoshino would be implicated and become food for the big bad wolf.

(From the current situation, this should be a world built by fairy tales. I am the eldest in "The Three Little Pigs" and Yoshino is the Little Red Riding Hood in "Little Red Riding Hood".)

Perhaps because of the same role positioning, the big bad wolf and the big bad wolf that blew down the straw house and the wooden house in Shidao's story seem to be the same person.

If this is really a fairy tale world, then Shidou and Yoshino, who are playing the role of food, naturally cannot be opponents of the Big Bad Wolf. At present, there is only one way out he can think of.

Find the Hunter!

The Big Bad Wolf in the Three Little Pigs was scared away by falling into a hot water pot prepared by the little pigs. Shidao obviously doesn't have the time to boil water now. So he can only look for the hunter who killed the Big Bad Wolf in the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

(Hopefully my guess is correct.)

"Yoshino! Yoshino! Call for help as loudly as you can! Then someone will help us deal with that big bad wolf!"

"Ok, I know……"

"OK! Leave it to me!"

Hearing Shidou's words, Yoshino and Yoshina nodded and shouted loudly.

"Someone come!!! Help!!! The big bad wolf is eating people!!!!"

"Mr. Hunter...save us..."

"Hahaha! It's useless. No one will come back to save you even if you scream at the top of your lungs, my lovely dinners!"

(Damn...did I guess wrong?)

Seeing that no one in the forest responded to Yoshino's cry for help, Shidou's face looked a little ugly.

Then, perhaps because his physical strength had reached its limit, Shidao suddenly felt his knees go weak, and he rolled on the ground several times in a panic while holding Yoshino Kitacho.

"Mr. Shidou!"

Climbing out of Shidou's arms, Yoshino hurriedly called Shidou's name and pulled his arm to drag him away.

“Yoshino… leave me alone… run…”

"Hehe~ It's no use! None of you can escape tonight!"

However, it was too late. Above the two men's heads, the ferocious head of the big bad wolf was showing them its saliva-covered mouth.

—Bang! —Bang!

At this moment, several crisp sounds were heard in the forest, and then Shidao saw that several holes, from which smoke was coming out, appeared on the big bad wolf's body.

Then, a black shadow suddenly rushed into the arms of the big bad wolf, and the cold light of a knife flashed across the huge body of the big bad wolf.

"You... this guy——"

Seeing the deep knife wound on its fur, the big bad wolf widened his eyes in disbelief. After a howl, he fell to the ground weakly.

Is he saved? Shidou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Well, thank you very much for your help, Mr. Hunter."

"Thank you so much……"

"Hmm - I'm glad you're all okay. Shidou, Yoshino."

“Hahaha! After hearing the weak girl’s cry for help, the incomparably brave witcher—Fatima!—makes a handsome appearance!”

After seeing each other's true faces, Shidou and Yoshino couldn't help but reveal expressions of surprise.

"Tohka! Nia!???"

PS: Happy New Year.

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