I Married the Beautiful Female Protagonist In Order To Survive

37. Old Wang in the Next Wardrobe (Vote for me at the beginning of the month~)

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That evening, as a “preview” for the duel that was to take place the next day, and as what could be considered a “daily routine” among the nobles of the Great Ying Empire, Queen Louis XIV held a routine soirée in her palace.

Uncle Zerola, a high-ranking minister, goes without saying, but as the “pride of the heavens,” Kefir, who is also the “protagonist” of tomorrow’s duel, must attend. And I, clinging to Kefir’s coattails, followed her onto the carriage heading to the evening party.

Freeloading on mountain delicacies and feasting my eyes on the grand and fair, although I too wanted to experience high society, unfortunately, tonight’s “benefits” were not for me to enjoy.

At this moment.

The hall, filled with too many nobles, was slightly crowded, and I, as inconspicuously as possible, covered my face while moving stealthily on my own.

[The passage to the great nobles is guarded by two sixth-order warriors.]

I need to go to some places that I shouldn’t even think about with my current status—Louis XIV’s bedroom. This is the Great Ying Empire’s palace! For an ordinary person to think about entering the queen’s boudoir is simply a pipe dream! But for the great villain Ogelid, it’s not an impossible task.

[The next shift change is routine, but the next batch of guards is thirty seconds late because they went to the restroom.]

As my figure disappeared, I immediately crossed the deserted corridor.

Every move, every step, even every action, must precisely follow the gaps in the script; otherwise, what awaits me is a death without a whole corpse.

I must be crazy to do this, but for the sake of those black silk big white legs to be “more stable,” I’ll pretend to be crazy just this once.

[The passage to the queen’s hall, the hidden guards are watching the windows outside.]

[In front of the door to the queen’s bedroom, the seventh-order magic maid received orders to leave temporarily.]

[The queen’s bedroom, empty.]

Slipping through a crack in the door, my body quickly squeezed into the dark room, and as I swiftly closed the door, I also took a long breath!

“Huff…”

Scared the life out of me, anyone along the way could have crushed me.

In the darkness, I looked around. Strictly speaking, this wasn’t my first time entering Louis’s bedroom, but last time I was here to deliver a “Lei Feng alias letter” to report an evil organization, and I took a secret passage. But this time, I’m not here to be any kind of “red scarf.”

“I need to hurry and see if there’s anything strange.”

I’m here to investigate.

This morning, while Louis gave me that “kind reminder,” the script for tomorrow’s duel between Kefir and Louis XXIII, which was originally vague, suddenly had an outcome: Kefir will lose the duel!

The script suddenly changed, and it was after Louis’s speech to me, so it’s certain that there was “external interference,” and it’s obvious who interfered.

Kefir is the true protagonist, and although the script says she will lose, there’s a high chance that tomorrow she’ll suddenly have a “protagonist’s halo explosion” and rebound with an upgrade. That being said, I’m clinging to Kefir’s coattails, how could I let my own coattails encounter such a dangerous script! If I can’t hold onto my coattails, I’ll be doomed too!

Rather than hoping for Kefir to make a comeback, I’d rather figure it out and solve it first!

In the pitch darkness, it was difficult to find anything. As I was fretting, the script displayed a new development!

[Louie the Fourth and Louie the Twenty-Third returned to the sleeping chambers, discussing the matter of the duel.]

Yes! This is it!

With a jolt, I confirmed it was safe on the script and hid inside a nearby wardrobe. A fragrance wafted from all directions, and my hands even unconsciously grasped something… soft. But there was no time to appreciate it.

Soon, footsteps approached, and the opened door closed again.

“Sister Wang!”

Louie the Twenty-Third’s voice, now excited by several degrees, instantly revealed her current intentions.

“The new medicine is so effective! I feel magic power continuously surging within me!”

Thinking you’re a fountain, huh? True to a villain’s nature, you have to announce what you’ve done to feel satisfied.

I mocked in my mind, and as someone who had read many scripts, I immediately understood why the duel script had changed that morning: Louie the Twenty-Third, the drug-addled woman, must have taken a bunch of stuff to forcibly enhance her strength.

However, such actions were clearly “cheating,” not to mention that Louie the Fourth herself was the referee. The two of them together now… surely meant…

“With this, I definitely won’t lose to that woman tomorrow! Sister Wang, look at her putting on airs at the party tonight! Acting all high and mighty!”

“Twenty-Three, don’t act too strangely~ Do you know why I called you here? It’s because you looked like you were about to cause trouble just now.”

“Hmph, let her be proud for one last night. Tomorrow, I’ll see if she can still be so smug! Then the genius of the Great Ying Empire will no longer be Kefir, but me! Hahaha…”

“As a noble, don’t laugh so wildly. Alright, I’ve reminded you, let’s go back.”

The standard villainous laughter, those who offend the protagonist usually don’t end well. But this clarified the reason for me: no wonder Louie the Fourth told me “Kefir might lose,” and the script changed immediately. She was fully aware of Louie the Twenty-Third’s drug use! She could pretend to be ignorant or expose it tomorrow. The outcome of tomorrow’s duel, unless Kefir’s protagonist aura explodes, would largely be decided by Louie the Fourth!

Now was not the time to fear Louie the Fourth’s two-faced nature! I must tell Kefir! That way, she won’t lose the duel tomorrow!

The footsteps faded with the closing door, and after waiting silently for a while, I carefully replaced the luxurious “steamer basket” that had fallen on my head and quietly stepped out of the wardrobe.

However, just as I was about to use the script to sneak back to the party and pretend nothing happened while freeloading, the script displayed…

[Olidge was discovered!]

Who else is coming!? So, the wardrobe…

[Olidge hid in the wardrobe, but was discovered!]

The wardrobe won’t work, then under the bed…

[Olidge hid under the bed, but was discovered!]

Tsk!

[Olidge jumped out the window to escape, but was treated as an assassin and left without a whole corpse!]

No, the script wouldn’t let me escape detection no matter where I hid! Wait, there’s one more option, to face it head-on!

[Click]

The door opened! I also made a “pig-headed charge,” hoping to gamble on this last chance! But…

“Shh!”

As the shadow slipped in, two “buns” that had been kneaded before and thus still retained their shape, bumped against my chest.

That familiar fragrance, the softness, could it be…

“Charlatan, do you really wish to be executed by dismemberment?”

“Kefir?”

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