Who told you I am an NPC

Chapter : 27

The Castellan's manor was not hard to find.

The most luxurious house—or rather, estate—in the most luxurious part of Seta City was the Castellan's manor.

When Yan Yunqing was 'interrogating' Big Nose, he had conveniently asked for the location of the Castellan's manor and found it smoothly.

Opening the game panel, Yan Yunqing glanced at the time.

There were still more than three hours until dawn. He had to hurry.

"Be careful to hide yourself well, try not to appear in front of others, and watch out for things like recording magic."

Yan Yunqing instructed Lilian, "If it's really not possible, you can wait for me outside."

Yan Yunqing wasn't afraid of being recorded by alchemical items.

After all, his face was covered, he was wearing leather gloves, and he had put on the black robe again, completely concealing his figure.

It was even impossible to tell if he was male or female... after all, his current height was indeed not tall.

If it really came down to it, he could find a nook or cranny to squat in and level up for a while.

As a player, was he afraid of any bottlenecks?

When his three-year period was up, the Dragon King's return (bushi) would be the time for these people to kneel and sing 'Conquer'.

If it really didn't work, he could easily change his identity with a skill.

Unlike Lilian, her elven identity was too conspicuous, and it was unknown when she would pass her childhood and enter adulthood.

"Don't worry."

Lilian didn't think these people could hurt him at all, but she still hid under Yan Yunqing's hood, "It's fine even if I'm discovered.

Don't underestimate the great Lord Lilian!"

Who was it that was captured by the auction house to be auctioned off...

But Yan Yunqing also knew that if they really encountered danger, it might be Lilian who would protect him.

After all, Lilian was level forty-five now, while he was still a twelve... eh?

Yan Yunqing discovered that his level had reached 14 at some point.

Looking at the quest list, oh, the task of investigating the truth had already been completed by 37%.

After passing the first stage judgment, it gave him a lot of experience points, directly making him jump two levels.

Yan Yunqing sighed: "As expected, large-scale main quests give a lot of experience points!"

He had been grinding daily quests for so long a few days ago, and had even killed a demonic beast, barely reaching level 12.

Now, just by completing the first stage of an investigation quest, he had received a wave of experience points.

After completing this quest, maybe he would directly ascend to level twenty?

Then he would also be a junior mage.

"What?" Lilian didn't understand.

"It's nothing."

Yan Yunqing tapped the top of Lilian's head with his fingertip, signaling her to hide a little better.

Yan Yunqing activated stealth again.

He wasn't sure if it was his imagination, but the guards at the Castellan's manor were clearly stricter than the city wall guards.

Every so often, a patrol of guards would walk by.

Yan Yunqing now had a cheat on hand.

The levels of those guards were all clear at a glance, basically all level twenty and above, with none below level fifteen.

Yan Yunqing took a deep breath, feeling that he really needed to speed up his leveling.

Relying on the vision-blocking positioning skills he had practiced from playing games before, Yan Yunqing smoothly bypassed the sight of these patrolling guards.

These skills were impossible for the original Yan Yunqing to perform, but after he had increased his Constitution and Agility, his operations could barely keep up with his consciousness.

Yan Yunqing opened the minimap.

At this moment, the minimap had automatically switched to that of the Castellan's manor, simplifying the surrounding layout on the minimap like a bug, making it convenient for Yan Yunqing to check his own position and the enemy's position.

Yan Yunqing looked through it and found the only red dot, Dean, among the dense yellow dots.

The other guards were also neutral yellow on the minimap, probably because they hadn't discovered Yan Yunqing's illegal entry yet, so they hadn't turned into hostile units.

Yan Yunqing hid in a corner and observed the patrol routes of the guards on the minimap.

Relying on his years of game experience of clearing Bat〇-Man without taking any damage, he planned the fastest route to Dean's current location, and at the same time, calculated the gap when the guards changed shifts, and went deep into the Castellan's manor with stealth activated.

Until he reached the target location, no guard had discovered that someone had entered the Castellan's manor.

Was this the joy of having a cheat on hand?

The heels of his shoes made no sound at all on the thickly carpeted floor.

Coupled with Lilian's Levitation Spell, Yan Yunqing's steps were as light as a cat's.

Maybe he could really give himself a stage name?

Like catman or something?

It was a pity he didn't have a muscular body... maybe he could go the catwoman route and become a phantom thief from another world?

Speaking of phantom thieves, Yan Yunqing touched the [Face·Masquerade Ball] equipped on his face, and then thought of his dark red eyes after transmigrating.

Everyone used a black and red color scheme. It wouldn't be bad for him to give himself a stage name like Joker!

And a fake name like Amamiya Yunqing or something...Eh?, why does it sound like it's from the same series as Murong Yunhai?

While thinking about all sorts of random things, Yan Yunqing was also paying close attention to the minimap. He stopped in front of a heavy wooden door.

The door was carved with complex patterns, and there seemed to be magical elements flowing on the patterns. It was grand and ancient, very impressive.

It looked very expensive.

Lilian whispered in his ear, "This is part of a Spirit Gathering Formation, a formation that can gather surrounding magical elements.

It's very expensive to set up... hmm, this door is also made of rare wood, a type of wood that is very friendly to magic power."

It was indeed very expensive.

Yan Yunqing understood. So this was the difference between nobles and commoners.

Everything that commoners worked hard for was just the starting point that nobles built up with money.

Speaking of which, could this door be dismantled and taken away?

After some whittling, it could be made into an advanced magic staff for him.

"Are there any detection-type or alert-type spells set up here?"

Yan Yunqing asked in a whisper.

Lilian sensed for a moment, "I haven't felt any for the time being, but you should be careful.

These noble houses will have some alchemical items.

The magical fluctuations of those things are almost non-existent, so I might not be able to detect them."

Yan Yunqing nodded and placed his hand on the wooden door.

With a slight push, the door was pushed open a crack.

No abnormalities.

Yan Yunqing pushed the door open a little more, pulled his hood lower to completely hide his face within the hood, and squeezed in sideways.

The room was very dark.

At this time, everyone was basically asleep, and Dean was no exception.

Yan Yunqing could hear a deep and a shallow snore.

Even if he made his footsteps heavier, they would be completely covered by the other's snores.

Yan Yunqing followed the direction of the sound and felt his way to the side of Dean's bed.

Looking at the words [lv.34 Dean] on top of the bulge on the bed, he confirmed that he hadn't found the wrong person.

Lilian poked her head out a little in the darkness, "Is it him?"

"It is." Yan Yunqing said.

"Then I'll begin?"

After getting Yan Yunqing's agreement, Lilian pulled out her small magic staff from her pocket and began to softly chant in Ancient Elvish.

This was the method Yan Yunqing and Lilian had come up with before infiltrating the Castellan's manor—a hypnosis spell.

This was not a mainstream spell, but a very niche type.

However, the Elven Library Pavilion, after thousands of years of inheritance, had records of many lost spells, and Lilian herself was someone who liked to read various niche magic notes.

Coincidentally, she knew of a hypnosis spell, which she had seen in the magic notes of the First Elf King.

Yan Yunqing was a little greedy for this spell, but he didn't have many skill points now (the way to learn magic by exploiting a bug had been blocked by the game), so it was more cost-effective to unlock other spells with higher attack power.

After all, this hypnosis spell had too many restrictions and was completely useless in combat.

When his level was higher and he had more skill points, he would learn all the spells Lilian was good at!

Lilian's hypnosis spell quickly took effect.

Dean, who was originally sleeping soundly, suddenly stopped snoring and opened his eyes with a whoosh.

Yan Yunqing was startled, thinking that Dean had been woken up.

He was prepared for Dean to suddenly jump up and shout for people, but he found that Dean sat up blankly, his eyes staring lifelessly ahead.

Yan Yunqing waved his hand in front of the other's eyes, no reaction.

"Was it successful?" Yan Yunqing asked Lilian.

Lilian spread her hands: "I don't know, this is my first time using a hypnosis spell... it should be successful, right?

Try asking him a question?"

Yan Yunqing walked in front of Dean, "What's your name?"

Silence...

Silence...

Yan Yunqing and Lilian looked at each other. Lilian slapped her own head, "Oops, it seems to have failed.

Why don't you do what you did just now, put him in a sack and beat him up, then ask him if he knows."

Yan Yunqing: "Am I that much of a bandit?

Besides, if I beat someone up in their own house, I'll be discovered immediately, right?"

Lilian: "...Did you really consider that possibility?"

Before the two could say anything more, Dean, who was sitting blankly on the bed, suddenly spoke: "Dean von Campbell."

Yan Yunqing and Lilian were both startled.

They stared at Dean for a while and found that his eyes were still the same as before, dull and lifeless, with no reaction to Yan Yunqing's probing.

Lilian breathed a sigh of relief:

"It seems the spell has taken effect." It just took a little longer to take effect.

"The speed of answering is too slow."

Yan Yunqing complained, "Can't you improve this spell?"

Lilian was dissatisfied: "Hey, show some respect!

This is a spell recorded in the magic notes of the First Elf King, after all!"

Yan Yunqing grumbled inwardly: It's precisely because it was a spell created by Silf that I don't have that much respect for it!

Yan Yunqing met Dean's dull eyes and said in a deep voice: "Dean, can you hear my voice?"

This time, because he had called Dean's name, Dean slowly reacted for a few seconds before slowly nodding: "I can hear you."

Very good, it confirmed that the hypnosis spell was indeed effective.

"Dean, do you remember the name Kalenna?

What happened between you and her?

Why did she die six years ago?"

Considering that the hypnotized person's intelligence might not be very high, Yan Yunqing spoke very slowly, striving to make every syllable so clear that it was impossible to misinterpret.

Hearing the name Kalenna, Dean's expression clearly became a bit more ferocious, as if his reason was resisting the hypnosis spell.

He didn't say a word for a long time.

Yan Yunqing was a little nervous and poked Lilian, "This spell of yours won't fail, right?"

"Logically, it shouldn't..." Lilian said, "His strength isn't higher than mine, so he shouldn't be able to struggle free from my hypnosis spell, unless he has had special training in resisting hypnosis."

There was a level suppression, but if the opponent's willpower was high, it was easy to be judged as a failure, right?

Yan Yunqing bit the inside of his cheek, deciding that if Dean struggled free, he would immediately knock Dean out, put him in a sack, and take him away, to avoid any accidents.

It was just that taking a person away from this heavily guarded Castellan's manor was a little more difficult than sneaking in alone.

Dean struggled for a moment.

It was estimated that his willpower was still not high enough, and he couldn't struggle free from the hypnosis spell that had a level suppression.

The twisted expression on his face calmed down again, and he slowly opened his mouth: "I know. Kalenna, I killed her."

Ho, getting to the main point right away!

"Dean, didn't Kalenna die in a demonic beast attack?

Was that demonic beast attack on Sunset Village related to you?

Why do you say you killed her?"

Kalenna had died under the claws of the demonic beast that attacked Sunset Village.

This was a fact that Yan Yunqing had already verified.

It was impossible for Dean to have killed Kalenna with his own hands, so the only possibility was that the attack was related to him.

"Yes, Kalenna died in a demonic beast attack.

That demonic beast attack on Sunset Village was related to me.

I was the one who had someone send that demonic beast to the vicinity of Sunset Village."

Dean said another name with a wooden face, which stunned both Yan Yunqing and Lilian.