FT DR Chapter 17: The valiant emperor.

Chapter 17: The valiant emperor.

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

Wu Chenghe thought he was going to die.

He felt his consciousness cloud was like a crazy octopus, stretching out countless tentacles, twisting and stretching in the vast space. At first, when he was still conscious, he could somewhat control them, but later, he became powerless, and could only let them grow unrestrainedly, becoming a mess that he couldn’t untangle.

He didn’t know how long he had persisted, only knew that there were still two doses of soothing agent left, but he didn’t have the strength to inject them. He could only watch helplessly as his consciousness cloud became a tangled mess and faint away without any means to stop it.

When he woke up, he found himself out of the refrigerator, lying on the bed, his mind in chaos, mental tendrils still waving in the invisible space. He couldn’t figure out whether he had climbed out of the refrigerator himself or was taken out by someone, but subconsciously felt that everything was not right.

Just when he was trying hard to concentrate, he heard someone calling his name.

“Wu… Wu Chenghe?”

Who? No one in this world would call him that way. Hannibal always called him Charlie, so did Marlow, and his classmates at the basic school only called him by his surname. Wu Chenghe tried to open his eyes wide, his pupils contracting, looking in the direction of the voice, and then he saw a strange young man standing in front of the bed, with a big golden retriever behind him.

No, Wu Chenghe felt that the man looked a bit familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere, but his brain was too chaotic to remember for a moment. But then he realized a more desperate problem: his identity as a guide had been discovered!

His estrus hadn’t completely passed yet. He could smell the strange odor on his body, and there was an empty vial of soothing agent and a syringe with loaded medicine beside him! He found me! He knows I’m a guide!

In an instant, despair completely overwhelmed Wu Chenghe’s reason. His pupils instantly contracted, turning into eerie vertical slits, and then he didn’t know where he got the strength from. He leaped up from the bed and grabbed something from the bedside table, then threw it at the person in front of him.

His vision was not very clear, and his hearing was a bit chaotic. His skin rubbed against the bedsheet, emitting a dull pain. But he didn’t care about any of this. He felt despair and frustration, feeling that he was finished, doomed! He wanted to retaliate against society!

The person was hit by him and yelled out, a stream of crimson blood splashing through the air. Wu Chenghe smelled the pungent bloody scent, and the halo of sanctity flashed in his heart for a moment, but it was extinguished quickly due to his overwhelming anger. He staggered to get up, but his legs gave out and he fell to the ground. He heard someone exclaiming, then the big golden retriever pounced over, trying to nudge him affectionately.

Get away! Wu Chenghe was extremely angry, snarling at it like an angry little animal, forgetting to pretend not to see it, staring at its transparent eyes with his vertical pupils, using suggestion to prevent it from approaching, then forcefully stabbing his chaotic mental tendrils into its brain, roaring, “Get away!”

The golden retriever was caught off guard, emitting a short howl in the high-dimensional space. Its huge body fell to the ground with a thud, its limbs twitching, desperately trying to roll away, but it was so shaky that it couldn’t even roll properly.

Wu Chenghe used mental tendrils to attack an enemy for the first time, and it exhausted what little strength he had left. He felt the worries and fears in the golden retriever’s heart feedback to his brain through the mental tendrils, making his already chaotic consciousness cloud even more unbearable, almost on the verge of collapse. His brain throbbed in pain, he groaned, clutching his head and slumping to the ground. At this moment, a pair of big hands grabbed his arms, lifted him up with his arms twisted behind his back, and gently threw him face down onto the bed.

Wu Chenghe struggled to get up, but was firmly held down, unable to move. The man’s strength was extremely great, holding both his wrists with one hand, even stronger than a steel clamp.

“Let me go!” Wu Chenghe struggled a few times, his wrists in pain, tears almost streaming down, his voice trembling, “I’ll, I’ll kill you, kill your big golden retriever!”

The Barbary lion had not yet recovered from his mental attack, but in order to maintain the dignity of the lion, it let out a righteous roar.

“It’s a lion!” Jin Xuan had to explain for his indignant little companion.

Wu Chenghe immediately roared fiercely, “I’ll kill your big lion!”

The Barbary lion was very satisfied. It finally returned to the top of the food chain of wild animals.

“You can’t kill anyone.” Jin Xuan didn’t expect his guide to look so slender and cute, but with such a big temper and strong fighting ability. Afraid that Wu Chenghe would attack him with mental tendrils in his confusion, he hurriedly took out the school uniform tie from his pocket, tied up his hands, then pressed down on his head with one hand and injected the last dose of soothing agent into his jugular vein with the other.

The brief battle exhausted Wu Chenghe’s remaining strength. His limbs trembled, unable to resist, and could only allow the other party to inject him with the drug. The cold liquid spread rapidly along the blood vessels, and his mind gradually calmed down. He closed his eyes, “saw” the position of the person who had attacked him with all his strength, and then used all his strength to control the two mental tendrils, stabbing them towards the person’s head.

“Buzz—” There was a dizzying sound in his brain, and Wu Chenghe felt as if he had been attacked by high-frequency sound waves. His outstretched tentacles were blocked before they could touch the opponent, causing him intense headache.

“No attacking me!” There was a slightly angry rebuke behind him, “If you dare to attack me again, I’ll mark you immediately, no, I’ll rape you immediately!”

Wu Chenghe had received many threats in his life, but this was the first time someone had threatened to rape him. This threat was so novel that he didn’t know how to retort for a while, and it took him a long time to shout angrily, “Go fuck yourself! I’ll rape you!”

Jin Xuan was also stunned. In his belief system, besides his brother, he was the total top of this universe, so there should be no one who could rape him. However, the thought process of an emo… no, an artist was always different from that of ordinary people. He seriously considered this possibility for a moment and realized that if the other party was a guide perfectly compatible with him, he wouldn’t mind being anally raped by the other party.

So he said, “When you come of age.”

“…” Wu Chenghe felt like his ears were going to go crazy. What on earth was this guy saying?!

“Alright, stop messing around, take a deep breath and relax,” Jin Xuan felt that the little guide’s mental power was stabilizing, so he let go of his hand and said, “Your estrus is about to pass, and you’re getting better. Don’t be afraid, I won’t disclose your situation. I’ll keep it a secret for you, on the condition that you don’t use your mental power to attack my quantum beast anymore, and don’t attack me either.”

Wu Chenghe’s feverish brain was gradually cooling down. His body was still weak and powerless, but his rationality was gradually returning, his vision was becoming clearer, his hearing was returning to normal, and the massive consciousness cloud had not completely subsided yet. Occasionally, he could still hear some noisy mental noise in the distance.

After a brief skirmish, he knew he was no match for this man, both in physical strength and mental power. The other party was too powerful and could easily crush him. So he remained silent, indicating his acceptance of the agreement.

“You need to rest, and you need some calming medication, otherwise you’ll be kept awake by other people’s thoughts for days,” Jin Xuan untied the tie from his wrist and casually stuffed it into his own pocket, saying, “Besides the soothing agent, did you prepare any other medication for yourself?”

Wu Chenghe struggled to flip over, but to no avail. At the same time, he realized that he was still naked, not even wearing underwear. He hesitated whether to flip over or not—this body was so weak, and its dignity was also weak. It would be embarrassing to be seen by others!

So he said coldly, “You don’t need to bother!”

Ignoring his indifference, Jin Xuan gently picked him up and turned him over, not paying any attention to his “weakness” (because that was not important at all), helped him adjust his body, covered him with the blanket, and asked, “You might feel cold later. Do you want to raise the room temperature a bit?”

Wu Chenghe’s eyes were already completely clear. He stared at the man in front of him, and the more he looked, the more familiar he felt. Those spirited thick eyebrows, unruly phoenix eyes, straight nose bridge, pale lips, and those four ear piercings, with four bullets…

Damn it! Wu Chenghe’s astonishment at this moment was no less than when he discovered that he had transmigrated to the future on the Mayflower. If he wasn’t mistaken, the man standing in front of him, wiping his nosebleed with tissue paper, was none other than King—the goth idol who was all the rage among countless brats, who caused the entire basic school to transition from the second dimension to the third dimension, and almost exposed his identity in public!

And the thing he was wearing on his ears seemed to be a shrunken version of the bullet used for the Walther PPK pistol, the same type Hitler used to commit suicide… Wait a minute, this focus is not right! Wu Chenghe quickly regained his senses and exclaimed, “Why is it you?!”

“Do you know me?” Jin Xuan felt a little smug in his heart. Although he didn’t care much about fans and such as a unique artist, being recognized by his guide still made him happy.

“Heh…” If he hadn’t promised not to use violence just now and confirmed that he couldn’t beat him even if he tried, Wu Chenghe would definitely have jumped up and beaten him half to death.

Jin Xuan, who always saw fame and fortune as fleeting clouds, actually felt a little embarrassed. He looked at his adorable (not really) smile (yeah, right) and felt like his face was starting to burn. This must be the power of fate! A new joy rose in his heart, but he still maintained his calmness as an idol on the surface, smiled modestly, and said, “You can call me Jin Xuan.”

“…” Wu Chenghe had zero interest in his name. He gritted his teeth and asked, “What do you want?”

After thinking about it for a while, Jin Xuan felt that as a man, he should be more direct. And Wu Chenghe didn’t seem like a person who liked beating around the bush.  So he cleared his throat, adjusted his voice, and said, “I want to date you.”

“…” Wu Chenghe doubted his ears were going crazy again. What the hell was this guy saying?!

Author’s Note: Someone questioned the dark red color of the school uniform tie, thinking it was tacky, but I want to say that these things depend on how they’re worn.

I’ve always loved the British and American school uniforms, feeling dignified yet lively. Although Japanese school uniforms are also beautiful, they always give the impression of disrespect due to the flourishing industry of a certain island nation… you know what I mean.