434 Heavy Tangerine (2/2)

The Hamsters talked to themselves, but Lancelot wasn't bothered. He looked at George and said, ”Queen Victoria is a capable Lady. What she asks you to do, I hope that you won't decline. This is your last chance for survival.”

George laughed and didn't speak.

Big Boss opened the metal cage, and Second Boss threw a set of clothes to him. He couldn't be naked when he visited Lilo.

Fat Otaku was drooling when he saw the metal cage, but Big Boss dragged it away.

George followed the three Hamsters to the Castle. He thought he would be allowed to go inside to meet Queen Victoria, though he wasn't sure why a poor Victoria village would have a Queen.

George thought too much.

The door on the second-floor wooden balcony opened, and a medium height young lass of about thirteen or fourteen years old came out. She wasn't wearing any crown, but she was Queen Victoria—Lilo, her Highness!

”Are you George?” Lilo stood on the balcony and gazed down at George.

George nodded. He didn't look good. He suspected that Queen Victoria might be humiliating him.

Even the King couldn't stand on the balcony and speak to him in a condescending manner.

”Good, where's the Duke of York? Does he have a female successor? Where is she?” Lilo asked a few questions in succession, but George looked astonished. He didn't reply.

Lilo frowned. She was running out of patience.

A pale Human stood out. He was the person shot by Softie!

Lancelot watched the person walk out and felt as if his heart was being hammered. It was a feeling of love, and the target was a lad…

”Your Highness Queen Victoria! Let me say a few words!” the person shouted with great effort.

Though there were many gamers watching, Lilo didn't wish to hear their chatting, so she exerted her dominance to control them. The gamers weren't bothered as they were in Plot Animation Mode.

Queen Victoria looked at the person and nodded, allowing him to speak.

The person was agitated, so his body trembled. He shouted to Queen Victoria, who was on the balcony, ”Your Highness! I know the location of the Castle of the Duke of York! I also know about his successor. I'm one of his successors!”

The person shouted, and at the same time, George screamed loudly, ”Traitor! Are you letting your uncle down?”

As he shouted, he was restrained by three unruly Hamsters.

Lilo didn't ponder as she said, ”Good, you shall be the wife of Count Lancelot. We'll kill the Duke of York, and you shall succeed him. The York Territory will be part of my fief! It's decided.”

Lilo turned to leave, but she recalled something. She pointed to George, who was restrained by the three Hamsters, saying, ”Release him. Let him return to inform the Duke of York to prepare his warriors and equipment. Victoria City is exacting our revenge.”

Lilo returned to her Castle after speaking.

George, Lancelot, and the unknown successor to York Territory were gaping in astonishment.

”Ooo, ooo, ooo!”

George was being pulled away by the three Hamsters.

Lancelot shouted, ”Wait, wait for a moment! He's a lad!”

Lilo had no intention to show herself. The cute boy was taken aback, but he ran to Lancelot and bowed to him before shouting with his eyes closed, ”From today onwards, I'm your wife! Help me defeat the Duke of York! Help me get back the York Territory!”

”Ah?” Lancelot was unable to understand what was going on.

The gamers who were out of the Plot Animation Mode left happily.

They obtained equipment and horses. In the near future, they would have a chance to attack the York Territory. How could they not be happy?

They were complaining of the thin Plot. Now, they wished for less, but they couldn't resist the desire to attack the York Territory!

…

At Winterfell.

Arthur, NotWearingPants, Sylvanas, Peasant, BurningChestHair, and twenty other Pioneer Alliance members were looking for possible leads.

Recently, the gamers of Eternal Kingdom combed the streets to find leads for the Strange Encounter Mission.

The other game maps weren't large, only the Winterfell map was huge.

For the past few days, the gamers of Eternal Kingdom searched Winterfell.

Especially the large Guilds. Due to the animosity amongst the Guilds, they didn't wish their competitors to find the leads of the Strange Encounter Mission. However, they were unable to attack and kill each other in Winterfell. So, they made full use of their time and the most efficient methods to find possible leads.

That was what Arthur's Guild was doing.

”Where can we find the Heavy Tangerine and the cat in a box? Is there an orange cat in this world?” Peasant walked for a long time, and his eyes were getting blurry, but he didn't spot any cats.

Lord Sherlock had a black cat. Though it wasn't an orange cat, he was harassed by the gamers. As long as there was a close relation to cats, the gamers would investigate to see if they could find any leads.

From the posts on the discussion forum, the gamers didn't have any breakthroughs.

It was late at night, and the gamers were tired after a day of searching. Many gamers got offline. They would continue the search tomorrow.

Arthur wouldn't force his Guild members to stay overtime to search for clues. After all, they were playing computer gamers and not working. Arthur didn't pay his members any salary, unlike the other rich Guilds.

Finally, there was only Arthur and his five-member team.

Raintea would go offline punctually every night.

”What shall we do? Shall we go offline too? It's three in the morning. There aren't many gamers left. Even the night market is closed,” BurningChestHair said as he pointed to a shop that was packing up for the night.

There was a night market in Winterfell. The gamers knew about it. Arthur and his members had been searching until late at night before going offline.

Arthur looked at the time and intended to go offline. NotWearingPants suddenly shouted, ”Gosh! Is that Heavy Tangerine?”

He pointed to a shop that was packing and closing. They saw a shopkeeper who was wearing clothing with an orange cat imprinted on the chest. The orange cat wasn't overweight, but the shopkeeper was obese.

Heavy Tangerine!

The five of them eyed each other before running over. The shopkeeper noticed them and stopped closing. He shouted at them, ”Are you from Eternal Kingdom? Apologies, I have some matters to deal with today. Normally, I'd treat you to a bowl of food.”

”No, shopkeeper, we're not here to eat! We'd like to ask you questions.” Sylvanas took out a photograph that showed a skull and asked, ”Do you know him?”

The shopkeeper looked at the photograph and examined it carefully.

Peasant also took out a photograph that showed another Skeleton and said, ”This is the disciple of his missing mentor. Did you see his mentor before?”

The shopkeeper looked at the two photographs. After comparing and switching the photographs, he looked at the five gamers and then lowered his head to examine the photographs before saying, ”Are you trying to fool me?”

…

They didn't obtain any information. The shopkeeper was angry due to some strange reason and shouted, ”I haven't seen the Skeleton. Now scram!”

Seeing their lead coming to a dead-end, Peasant asked casually, ”Boss, where did you buy the shirt?”