Chapter 192 – Parting Ways (1/2)

“Lin Xiao! Shen DaiYing!”

In the beginning, Rosie suspected that they went to find some food, or were doing something in the nearby shrubbery while everyone was asleep, but in the end, she and Caesar went looking around the surrounding but didn’t find anybody.

“Hey Elena, do you know where they went?”

The search was fruitless, Rosie returned and put her hope in the maid.

But Elena simply shook her head.

Her perception skills confirmed that they weren’t hiding nearby and the slave contract also proved that Lin Xiao was already far away.

“Strange, what’s going on? Did something happen to them?”

Rosie helplessly looked towards Caesar and tried to get an answer, but he was also at a loss.

Today was the fifth day of the competition, there were only two days left. They already defeated two strong teams, and nearly locked in the championship, but Lin Xiao and Shen DaiYing suddenly disappeared, what should they do?

“Shen DaiYing was standing guard last night… based on her ability, she wouldn’t be finished off even if she met an enemy, right?” Rosie discussed with Caesar while Elena was in a daze on the sides, unable to understand what was going on.

“Impossible, there were no traces of a fight in the surroundings. Even if they met someone, Shen DaiYing would definitely come to call us, furthermore, Lin Xiao was also there.” Caesar tried analyzing the possibilities.

If someone did come last night and the first one they saw was Shen DaiYing, then with her speed, the first thing she would do is come back and wake us. But every one was in a deep slumber and no one noticed any activity.

There was too low possibility for them to have encountered an enemy, with their strength, there’s no one on the entire island that can finish them off without any noise. Even Heino Academy’s Devoru can’t, so there’s only one explanation…

They didn’t meet an enemy, but a situation, and in order to solve said situation, they had to leave the team. Or one of them encountered a situation, and the other went to help…

“Situation?” Rosie blinked her eyes, “Like what?”

“I don’t know…”

“Hmph, the way I see it is that they are definitely having a secret affair!” Rosie said assuredly.

After several days of not speaking with Caesar and finally resolving it last night and raising his affection meter, now that Shen DaiYing was missing, she could finally speak freely and rouse her dignity as the main heroine!

“What? What affair?” Caesar asked blankly.

“What else… Caesar, you should know that Lin Xiao likes Shen DaiYing, right?” Rosie casually asked.

“What? Really!?” It was like Caesar heard something unbelievable as he widened his eyes.

His astonished expression also shocked Rosie.

“My beloved prince, did you not know?”

“Should I have known?”

“Hah? You, really…”

Lin Xiao and Shen DaiYing toyed and teased each other all day, Lin Xiao’s feelings for her was a secret that everyone already knew. Even Woos and Momm noticed it but just didn’t say anything, how could Caesar not know?

“Lin Xiao’s confession was rejected by Shen DaiYing, but he never gave up and tried raising their intimacy bit by bit, so I’m guessing that they’re definitely…” Rosie was happy when she started speaking, but later on she began carefully observing Caesar’s reaction, afraid he would get angry.

Shen DaiYing was his fiancee after all, and Lin Xiao was his comrade in arms, if he suddenly found out that they were doing something together behind his back, then it would be unavoidable for him to lose his temper, right…

But Caesar’s reaction was outside of expectations.

“Oh so that’s how it is. Heh, Lin Xiao, that guy…” Not only did he not get angry, he even laughed.

“Eh? Caesar, a-are you not angry?”

“Why would I be angry?”

“Oh… right.”

That’s right, Caesar never decided on this marriage, it was something his father forced upon him and he was very against it from the start. Shen DaiYing’s ‘attacks’ on him also had no effect and wasn’t attracted to her, no matter if Lin Xiao intervened or not.

Thinking of it, Caesar has only treated her ‘politely’, as a classmate, as a friend but not much beyond that, similarly to how Shen DaiYing treated him.

Strictly speaking, Shen DaiYing was more like Lin Xiao’s fiancee.

She was with Lin Xiao all the time, and calmly faced all his advances. It seems like she also had fun, she was often teased until giggling uncontrollably, and didn’t have any dignity as a princess. On the other hand, it was her who treated her as an enemy and was jealous of her, trying to one up her in every aspect.

Thinking about that, Rosie suddenly felt some regret.

If she knew, then she not only could have allied with Lin Xiao, perhaps they could have even dragged Shen DaiYing in… she might also not want to get married with Caesar.