Chapter 5: The Diary of a Suffering Street Musician – translated by Rayligh (2/2)
“Alright.” After Sunshine gave commands to the flying carpet, our party finally managed to escape.
With a pale face, I asked, “Is this going to be the lifestyle we’ll be living for the next month?”
“OH GODDDD!” Our party let out an inhuman cry.
It was only from then on that I realized that the path to becoming a singer was such an arduous one…
“First group reporting, the main door has already been blocked. I repeat, the main door has already been blocked. Definitely don’t go out by the main door. How are the other groups’ situations?” I asked, PMing the second and third groups.
Wicked’s and Gui’s voices were transmitted over. “Second group reporting, the back door has already been occupied by the enemy. I repeat, the back door has already been occupied by the enemy.”
“Third group reporting as well. The windows have also been jostled open!” Fairsky wailed pitifully.
“The inn room that we just rented today has been captured by fans again!” I wanted to cry, but no tears flowed out. If I had known this earlier, I wouldn’t have rented it! Why didn’t I use the money to eat instead?
“What should we do?” the others asked me. Furrowing my brows, I replied, “I guess we can only take out sleeping bags to sleep outside the city…”
“Fourth group reporting,” Sunshine replied casually. “Outside the city, there are people searching for you guys everywhere.”
“Sleep on the flying carpet then, although it’s a little crowded,” I helplessly replied.
A group of people on a flying carpet that isn’t very big…
“I want to sleep beside Prince.” Fairsky pouted as she hugged me tightly, refusing to let go.
And Phoenix had long since been lying in my arms docilely…
“I also want to hug Your Highness!” Gui, who was being stepped under Wicked’s foot, could only grab my calf and struggle with all his might.
At last, I lay down, with my left arm being tightly hugged by Fairsky, and the right side of my body being pressed down by Phoenix. The person grabbing my right calf refusing to let go was Gui, and the person seizing Gui’s collar, wanting to throw him off the carpet, was Wicked… Sunshine and Kenshin lay near us, beside the pile of human bodies that we formed.
“How cramped!” Kenshin commented coldly.
“Everyone, are you wearing your cloaks?” I asked, lowering my voice. The six people behind me all nodded. Looking at the sight, I said with satisfaction, “That’s good. Let’s go; we still have to teleport to Moon City!”
“Hurry up and go! I already can’t stand the feeling of being chased.” Fairsky’s voice came from under one of the cloaks, obviously wanting no delay in leaving.
“Lower your voice! If we get revealed as the members of Infinite Band, things will become troublesome,” Wicked reprimanded.
“Let’s go!” I said while I walked towards the teleportation station not too far off.
The further I walked, the more I felt that something was wrong. Although there isn’t usually a lack of customers at the station, it still shouldn’t be to the extent of having such a sea of people, right? Our party walked towards the station with feelings of anxiety.
“Wait a minute. If you want to use the teleportation system, you have to take off your cloak first. It’s for security reasons.” A large, burly fellow blocked our path.
Take it off? Will I still be able walk away then? The thought of the miserable situation that I might experience if we got discovered as the members of Infinite Band made me unable to restrain myself from replying in a cold tone. “What? Is the teleport station operated by your family? Do we need your consent in order to use it?”
The man scratched his head, a bit embarrassed. “That’s not it,” he said. “It’s just that someone employed me to stop players here, so I have to make sure that none of the people passing by are the ones I have to block. It would be disastrous if I missed them.”
“Block who?” I think I probably know the answer to that.
The beefy man simpered. “It is the recently very famous Infinite Band!”
As expected…I thought helplessly. I conveniently PMed everyone, asking what we should do. However, every single person replied to me with nothing but silence.
“Barge through,” was Kenshin’s single sentence.
“Okay!” I shouted enthusiastically, since I couldn’t think of any other solutions anyway.
With a ram from me, I knocked away the heavily built guy. Taken by surprise, he was butted far away. However, before he was sent flying from the blow, he extended his hand to grab my cloak…
“AHHHHH!! It’s Prince!” A terrifying shrill rang out.
My forehead perspired furiously. WE. ARE. DOOMED!
“Ugh, I don’t want to eat roasted meat any more. For ten consecutive days, all three meals have been roasted meat! I’ll vomit if I have to eat more of it!” wept Phoenix as she took a bite from the roasted meat in her hands, finally passing her limits of endurance.
*BARF*
I stared with cool detachment at Gui who was off to the side, puking so much that it was almost tragic. “We don’t have any other choice. I also want to eat other kinds of food, but even Sunshine and Kenshin can’t go out to buy food anymore. Whenever people see us or anyone in a disguise, they’ll rush up as though they were all crazy.”
Sunshine, who had always been smiling elegantly, revealed a rare glum face. With a sorrowful heart, he said, “The last time I went out to buy food for all of you, I nearly didn’t manage to come back!”
“Having something at all to eat is already great,” said Wicked coldly.
“Most importantly, we’re going to be all out of meat buns soon. After that, what is Meatbun going to eat?” I stared, frustrated, at Meatbun who was currently playing the “Fly Fly” game with his wife, Fire Phoenix.
“Knead the roasted meat into the shape of a ball, and treat it as a skinless meat bun to feed it?” Who was the one who thought of such a rotten idea…?
“Everyone, hurry and run,” Fairsky shouted at the top of her voice while running wildly, escaping from the square where we had just held our concert. Behind her, a long trail of perverts followed.
“Fairsky, come over here,” Sunshine shouted to her from his flying carpet. He flew low in her direction and then extended a hand to pull her up.
“Phew! I should have everyone now, right?”Sunshine asked as he wiped away his sweat, relieved.
However, Gui’s face was pale with fear as he cried out, “Where’s my Highness, Prince?!
Somewhere in the human pile, I yelled miserably, “HELP. ME. AHHHH! Don’t pull off my jacket! Give me back my pants! Oh god, I’m only left with this piece of clothing! Please don’t take off my underwear!”
[½ Prince Volume 4 Chapter 5 End]
Footnotes
1 Flute: It is actually “Xiao”, “箫”, which is a Chinese vertical end-blown flute. Go here for more information.