Reincarnation Paradise Park

Chapter 954: Chapter 42: Treasure House and Murals

”You are lying.”

The Wolf steward suddenly turned around, tearing off his bow tie, as if ready to strike.

”Oh? Then just wait to become a pile of scrap, and perhaps after you become scrap, Alice will make a new Wolf Butler?”

”?!”

Hearing the term ’new Wolf Butler’, the Wolf steward’s face twisted. He did not fear perishing; he feared most that Alice would create a new Wolf Butler and forget him.

”Or is it that your deformed loyalty to Alice has already turned into admiration? When a new Wolf Butler appears, you’ll be nothing more than a pile of scrap iron. Your Queen Alice will forget you, or perhaps she’ll have something happen with the new Wolf Butler? What exactly will happen between your queen and your replacement? Interesting.”

Su Xiao’s words were like daggers stabbing into the Wolf steward’s heart, even though he had no heart.

”Impossible, the Queen will not forget me.”

The Wolf steward’s hand was trembling. This was his greatest fear. He had accompanied Alice for too long. He never really thought of having anything happen with Alice. All he wanted was to stand behind her. And now, he was about to become a pile of lifeless alchemy materials.

”Who knows? Half a month ago, I created an Alchemy Raven, and come to think of it now, I seem to have forgotten where I put it. Oh, here.”

Su Xiao took out the discarded Alchemy Raven. In reality, he hadn’t forgotten about this raven; this little thing had helped him with many tasks.

Seeing the Alchemy Raven in Su Xiao’s hand, the Wolf steward’s pupils contracted.

”It’s just a little toy I created casually. The shared vision ability is quite good. Unfortunately, its core Alchemy Array Diagram is shattered.”

Beside him, Bubu Wang rolled his eyes. He thought to himself, saying he’s forgotten, yet he’s been carrying it in his Storage Space all along.

”A pile of discarded alchemy materials, that is its current state. It’s basically impossible to repair. As for mutating it, I don’t have that capability at the moment.”

The Wolf steward stared intently at the Alchemy Raven in Su Xiao’s hand. It reminded him of himself. Would he also end up like this? No, he certainly would. He’d become a pile of discarded materials, placed in some corner of the ancient castle. He would no longer preside over the castle game. If he’s lucky, he might become an ornament, while a new Wolf Butler would stay by Alice’s side.

”Wolf steward, haven’t you noticed?”

”What?”

The Wolf steward’s thoughts were interrupted by Su Xiao.

”Your core materials... have been reused. In that case, you might be a replacement for other Wolf Butlers. You are the second Wolf Butler, or maybe, you are already the hundredth Wolf Butler? Where did the previous Wolf Butlers go? Could Alice have used those discarded materials to create other things? Waste utilization, that’s something alchemists do often.”

Su Xiao’s words were no longer a dagger stabbing the Wolf steward’s heart; it was like a Big Treasure Sword piercing down from his Heavenly Spirit Cover, straight through to the sole of his foot.

The Wolf steward froze on the spot. He had considered this possibility because from the time he could remember, the castle game had been proceeding in an orderly fashion. Those old residents imprisoned within the castle seemed very familiar with him.

Seeing the Wolf steward’s reaction, Su Xiao’s eye twitched. He had just been guessing, yet it seemed he had hit the nail on the head. There really was a previous Wolf Butler before him.

”The process of mutation... will it pose risks to the caster?”

The Wolf steward regained his composure.

”Who knows? I mentioned before, I don’t know much about mutation.”

Su Xiao remained silent. Both parties fell into silence. However, a seed has already been planted. It depends on how much time the Wolf steward has left for this seed to sprout. Alchemical creatures of his level have long existences, spanning hundreds of years is normal.

Rumble.

The wooden house came to a stop. The Wolf steward pushed open the door, and Su Xiao observed him from behind.

The hostility hadn’t disappeared, but instead grew stronger. Yet the Wolf steward no longer showed overt hostility. As for perishing together, now that there’s hope, the likelihood of the Wolf steward doing that was low, unless Alice gave a direct order.

Su Xiao exited the wooden house and entered a treasure house, or to be exact, it looked more like a palace.

The treasure house was lined with square stone columns, with rows of wooden shelves of ancient taste, so numerous that one couldn’t see the end, filled with collections.

Alice’s collection totals 1,582,043 items. From the sheer number, one could imagine how vast this treasure house was.

The lighting within the treasure house was somewhat dim, giving it a coat of dark gold hue. The red carpet was embroidered with gold threads, and there were several murals on the ceiling, at which Su Xiao stopped to gaze.

First mural: A female warrior wielding a long knife is battling with a man with the head of a wolf. Beside, there is an iron cage, pitch-black inside.

Second mural: The female warrior raises the long knife high, with blood-red eyes. In this mural, the depiction of the female warrior leans toward the evil.

Third mural: One of the female warrior’s arms is severed. The surrounding void is full of holes, seemingly due to a battle. The female warrior is stepping on the iron cage.

Fourth mural: The female warrior’s arm recovered, blood dripping from the long knife. In her other hand, she’s holding a wolf’s head, the iron cage has disappeared.

Fifth mural: The scene has changed, a headless body holding the iron cage. From the cage, two arms are reaching out, clutching the headless body.

Sixth mural: The headless body falls, the iron cage has been opened.

...

There were only six murals, seeming to narrate a story. After viewing these murals, Su Xiao felt that the Wolf steward and that wolf-headed man seemed somewhat similar, but that was all, just similar.

At the end of the murals, there’s a line of inscription.

”Silver·Ebor, my lifelong beloved, you exchanged your life for my freedom. What I must do is never just to survive, in my ancient castle, you will live eternally.”

Connecting it to the mural’s content, Su Xiao sensed it probably depicted a crisis Alice once encountered, later being saved by a wolf-headed man named Silver·Ebor.

One thing Su Xiao could confirm: that wolf-headed man wasn’t the Wolf steward. The temperament and detailed appearance were different. Perhaps the creation of the Wolf steward was originally meant as a substitute, a contradictory substitute, its core crafted from the iron cage, but its semblance similar to the wolf-headed man, representing imprisonment and salvation?

The Wolf steward was also raising his head to look at the mural, his thoughts unknown.

”You have ten minutes to choose.”

The Wolf steward left these words, then walked toward the depths of the treasure house.

”Ten minutes... ”

Su Xiao looked around, feeling he’d been deceived. Indeed, countless objects were placed on the ancient-looking wooden shelves around him, but these items all appeared ’unremarkable,’ showing no special traits. He tried touching an item.

[Seal Cup]

Quality: Sealing state

Category: Sealing state

Rating: Sealing state

Description: Sealing state

...

Other than the name, all other information was completely unknown. Could Alice’s collections in the treasure house really be all good items? The answer: not necessarily. Over 90% of them were likely souvenirs—relics left by gamers, a point for which he had already found evidence.

Not far from Su Xiao, on a wooden shelf, there was an object that looked somewhat familiar—a pair of glasses with one side shattered. This was undoubtedly a relic of the Golden Glasses Man.

This result was not surprising. With a total of 1,582,043 collections in Alice’s treasure house—no, now it was 1,582,044 items.

Among such an enormous number of collections, there must be many souvenirs. In the case of souvenirs, items of white, green, and blue qualities might appear, after all, the value of a souvenir does not lie in the item’s inherent value, but in the meaning it represents.

What Su Xiao had to do was find valuable things among these 1,582,044 collections. It was a daunting task.

PS: (Thanks to the Alliance Hierarch ’Su Xiao Chan~’ for the Alliance Hierarch reward. Ahem, Wasted mosquito owes many Chapters to Su Da Allianace Hierarch, will strive to repay,)