Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4 - When a Fanfic Protagonist Transmigrated into the Original Novel

Zhangsun Zijun is not an idiot. In the original novel he was an extremely intelligent person, but in the distorted fanfic world, his IQ was artificially lowered, especially when it came to Yi Xichen and other men. So at this moment, he had a slight feeling of wrongness but his IQ just wouldn't go online.

”The Sword a.s.sembly?” Zhangsun Zijun’s reaction was somewhat delayed as his brain took a lot of time to understand the gist of Lu Ziyao and Yi Xichen’s conversation. ”Ten days from now?”

If he's not mistaken, the Sword a.s.sembly is held every five years and it hasn't been five years since the last one. How could it be held at this time?

Lu Ziyao patted the gooseb.u.mps on his arm and said, ”s.h.i.+di, did you forget?”

Yi Xichen also looked at him suspiciously: ”Zijun, what happened to you today? You and I have been practicing our sword skills every day for Sword a.s.sembly. You…”

Zhangsun Zijun frowned. Lu Ziyao’s and Yi Xichen’s tone were identical. Is it possible that the two of them were playing a trick on him together? Or did he remember it wrong? He asked: ”What year, month, and day is it today?”

Lu Ziyao replied: ”The year of Bingchen, the month of Wuxu, and Gengwu.”1

Zhangsun Zijun felt his teeth were aching: ”Bingchen? It's obviously Jiazi.”

”Huh? Jiazi?” Lu Ziyao and Yi Xichen looked at each other.

About the year of Bingchen and Jiazi, the difference between them was eight years. Counting backwards this way should be fine since if it was 52 years, the joke would be a bit much. 2

Zhangsun Zijun was also puzzled. Every time it was Jiazi, the Cloud City portal would open. He'd just gone there with Yi Xichen and returned with a pile of magic weapons (most of them were X toys, or weapons that could be used as X toys). This memory was very clear so he shouldn't have remembered it wrongly.

Yi Xichen now fully recognized the seriousness of the problem. Today’s Zhangsun Zijun was abnormal and this abnormality was not just a joke. If it was just the two of them, it wouldn't be impossible for Zhangsun Zijun to joke with him in such a way but it was absolutely impossible for him to joke around like this when a third party appeared.

Yi Xichen said: ”Zijun, did your head get stuck on the door when you went out this morning?”

Zhangsun Zijun: ”…”

Lu Ziyao looked at them in astonishment, not knowing what had happened.

Yi Xichen didn’t know what to say, so he went closer to Lu Ziyao and whispered to him in a soft voice.

Zhangsun Zijun watched this intimacy between them. They were as close as a M/M couple engaged in an illicit love affair6 Could it be that they are demon doppelgängers? Zhangsun Zijun immediately a.s.sumed a defensive posture: ”Yi Xichen, when did you and I met each other for the first time?”

”When you first to Medicine Hall from the Sword Refining Hall you were cold and arrogant. I took the initiative to talk to you. What’s the first sentence I said to you? Do you remember?!”

”'Hey, you're really good-looking. Let's be friends.' How did I answer?”

”'F**k.' Why did you become my friend?”

”You pestered me for a whole month, saying that I'm the best looking youngster in the Medicine Hall. I was incessantly nagged by you but all I wanted was some peace and quiet.”

Yi Xichen touched his nose: ”Oh, is that why? I thought it was because you thought I was handsome and interesting.”

The onlooker Lu Ziyao: ”…”

Their past stories both fit together. Although demonic magic can imitate a person's appearance and voice, it can't break into a person's soul sea and take their memories. This memory is something that is known only to Yi Xichen and Zhangsun Zijun.

—— Reminder to the OOC fanfic's author and fans: the original work should be respected.

Both Yi Xichen and Zhangsun Zijun relaxed and stopped a.s.suming a defensive posture but they were still confused.

Lu Ziyao, the clear-minded spectator, pulled Yi Xichen aside and whispered: ”Yi s.h.i.+di, Zhangsun s.h.i.+di's symptoms seem like a magical attack. What did he do in the last two days? What unusual things happened? Did he consume any exotic herbs?”

The expression on Yi Xichen's face change and he shouted: ”Oh no! Now that you mention it, I know what happened.”