Keyboard Immortal

Even though the woman behind Zu An looked really… plain, her eyes were glistening with radiance like two resplendent gemstones. Anyone who had a pair of eyes like this definitely couldn’t be that ordinary. But she had such a plain face right now, which led him to believe that she was wearing a mask. How could a beauty turn to thievery?

However, he didn’t voice those thoughts out loud and instead asked in confusion, “What does this heroine wish to do?”

He'd actually already noticed her when she approached him. At first, he'd thought that a maid had noticed that he was an imposter and wanted to interrogate him, but who would’ve thought that wouldn’t be it at all?

“Heroine?” The Mermaid Queen was a bit stunned. She had never heard of this new and interesting way of address before, but she quickly reacted and remarked with a cold snort, “You don’t seem to be that scared.”

She'd left her own palace under the cover of night and pretended to be an ordinary maid. She'd even put on a mask to change her appearance so she could save the Peacock Princess. But when she remembered how powerful the Incestuous King was and how many powerful individuals there were among the monster emissaries, she felt as if she was at her wits’ end.

As she arrived outside the monster emissaries’ encirclement, however, she just happened to have run into this seemingly slow guard. She'd thus decided to use him as the target and threatened him.

Zu An was speechless. It seemed that after being famous for so long, he'd gotten used to being the center of everyone’s flattery. His acting wasn’t as flawless as before. However, he changed his behavior quickly and said, “I’m scared, of course I’m scared. My life is completely under this heroine’s control, so I will definitely do my best to satisfy any requests the heroine has of me!"

The Mermaid Queen’s eyes curved into pretty arcs, but she quickly restrained her smile. “Less talking. As expected of the Dragon King’s subordinate, to be so cowardly!”

When she remembered how weak the Dragon King had acted toward the monsters, the Mermaid Queen’s mood became even worse.

What faction is she from? Looking at the current state of things, could it be that the monsters sent her?

But she doesn’t have the aura of a monster on her at all…

He was trying to figure out her identity when the maid tapped a fingeragainst his body a few times. Then, she moved in front of him and said, “I’ve already sealed off your acupoints. It would be best if you're tactful and know what’s good for you. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being merciless.” As she spoke, she waved the dagger in her hand.

When she saw his ordinary facial features, the Mermaid Queen sighed in relief. For some reason, she'd just felt as if his back was a bit familiar when she saw him just now, as if it was the one from her dreams… But when she saw what he looked like, her misgivings finally disappeared. The one she'd always dreamed about couldn't possibly be this completely ordinary-looking and cowardly guard, right?

When she realized that, her face couldn't help but heat up. She really was going crazy! It was just someone from her dreams, and yet she'd actually thought that person was real.

Zu An smiled. “Don’t worry, my lady. I have always been a tactful person.”

The acupoint restraints she'd applied obviously didn’t do much to him, but he didn’t show it. Instead, he got more and more into the act. He was a complete newcomer to this age. This was the perfect opportunity to see if he could get any special intelligence out of this mysterious assassin.

The Mermaid Queen harrumphed. “Look at how your eyes are darting around as you’re speaking. You’re clearly a treacherous and deceitful person.”

Zu An was speechless.

Fortunately, the Mermaid Queen didn’t dig deeper and asked, “How tight is the security over by the Four Way Palace?”

Zu An was stunned. Why are you asking me?

But he quickly reacted to what was going on. He was impersonating a guard right now, and that guard seemed to have been working at a place called the Four Way Palace. It was probably because he was wearing their uniform that she'd misidentified him as a guard from over there.

Once he realized that, he replied, “There was an assassin who invaded tonight, so that’s why there are a lot of men on that side. The security is much tighter than usual.” He then pretended to suddenly realize what was going on after saying that. He looked at her and asked while trembling, “Miss, you aren’t that assassin, are you?”

When she saw how scared he was, the Mermaid Queen couldn't help but laugh.

How could there be such a cowardly and slow guard in the Dragon Palace?

Hmph, with someone as incompetent as the Dragon King ruling this place, subordinates follow the example of their superiors, as expected.

“What is the password you use?” the Mermaid Queen asked after she calmed herself down.

The Dragon Palace had a lot of people, and they didn’t all know each other. In order to prevent outsiders from taking advantage of a crisis, a password was needed when patrols met and changed shifts.

Zu An thought to himself, How would I know what the password is? But he reacted quickly and remembered a piece of information he'd picked up along the way. He quickly replied, “The Mermaid Queen is the most beautiful.”

The Mermaid Queen was speechless. Her eyes widened when she heard those words. She reflexively thought that the other party had seen through her identity. But she quickly remembered that her appearance-changing mask was a rare treasure. An ordinary guard couldn't possibly see through her.

However, wasn’t this password a bit too ridiculous? It was so ridiculous that she had no choice but to think of it as the truth. After all, there was no way someone would use such an absurd password if they were really trying to fool another.

Was the Dragon King the one who made this password?

She couldn't help but feel a bit of disgust when she remembered how unrelentingly he had pursued her over the years.

“What is the layout of the guards like? Where are the parts where security is thinnest?” the Mermaid Queen continued. She was worried that he wouldn’t reply and made sure to trace her dagger along his neck a few times. “Reply honestly and I can let you go. Otherwise, there is only death waiting for you.”

The Dragon King treated the prior assassination with a lot of importance, which was why there was added security now. It was definitely no longer that easy to sneak into the monster emissaries’ quarters. Even so, she had to save the Peacock Princess. Her only hope was that whether it was the monsters or the Dragon Palace guards, none of them would expect that someone would still try to sneak in again today.

Zu An was speechless. How the hell am I supposed to know what the security layout is?

Of course, he didn’t show it at all on the surface and replied as if he was taking this very seriously. Whether it was the human race’s Imperial Palace, the Fiend races' Fiend King Court, or the Ocean races’ Dragon Palace, he was already extremely knowledgeable about these kinds of royal residences. It wasn’t too difficult for him to put together a defense layout that was commonly used.

The Mermaid Queen continuously nodded.

It’s a good thing that I kidnapped this cowardly guard to get this information. Otherwise, if I just rushed into such strict security, things wouldn’t have gone well at all.

She asked a few more questions, but the other party answered them all. The Mermaid Queen almost felt as if all of her threats had been for nothing. She'd been wondering how she was going to interrogate this guard, and yet he actually cooperated so well.

“Take off all of your clothes and give them to me. I will let you go as soon as I return."

She was normally obsessed with cleanliness and would never touch the clothes of a man. However, she needed to save the Peacock Princess and couldn't really worry about that right now. Besides, she wasn’t someone who killed for no reason. Since this guard was so tactful, she wouldn’t go so far as to take his life.

Of course, she couldn't put herself in danger because of kindness. She definitely had to hide this guy first and let him go only after she came back out. Only then could she ensure that what he told her was real, and he wouldn’t be able to report what happened here.

Zu An felt that all of this was a pain. What he'd said just now were just lies pulled out of thin air. Once she headed over and took even a single look, he would be exposed. More importantly, he wanted some information from this assassin too, so how could he just let her leave?

After he thought through those things, he immediately came up with a plan. “Our statures are too different, so my clothes won’t suit you well. How about I bring you to a place where you can change into a more suitable set of clothes?”