translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
The dance floor was suddenly quiet.
The Crosson Show broadcast studio.
The competition was in full swing, and the backstage was bustling.
Ying Xiangxiang had just finished giving an introduction for French history at the end of Louis XVI’s life. The camera slowly switched to outside the dance floor where on one corner of the wall was a portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette.
The cold wind blew through the stained glass windows and caused the painting to sway, but the queen’s beauty could still be seen in the weak light.
“Marie was born to the declining Austrian royal family, and her mother was the Empress of the Holy Roman Empire who’d lost the Seven Years’ War. Austria’s financial deficit was huge, and in order to repay the debt, the Empress was continuously pregnant, marrying off the princesses everywhere in exchange for peace.
“Marie was told from an early age that she would become the Queen of France. Young Marie often followed her mother to help the poor and learned all the etiquette, laws, and politics that a Queen was required to know. She was erudite and caring…”
Backstage, the director quickly made a gesture, “It’s done! Four programmers rushed the work over six hours, and it’s just been tested online!”
The live stream cut to another scene.
At present, the contestants who were currently ranked 41-50 were projected in the center of the screen, displayed in two rows and five columns in the ‘highlights’ of the competition. Below that was a line of text that read ‘Popularity Voting Channel’.
“……” Ying Xiangxiang’s and Blood Pigeon’s lips twitched.
The program producer was satisfied, “The plot in the third round isn’t complicated, so it’s enough as long as we use half the frame. Let’s auction off the other half now!”
Ying Xiangxiang: “One support voucher is 0.01 credits… so one support voucher for one frame?”
The program producer spoke in all earnestness, “How could that be! One support voucher per ticket! 1920×1080 pixels have to be collected and placed on the matching player’s support image to support our contestants who are fighting in the competition!”
In the middle of the screen, there was a change in the number of votes for one contestant, then the number of votes for 10 people moved at the same time!
The screen cut to ranks 31-40, and Wen Lin was on the list. At this time, the voting contest grew even fiercer than before. It moved to ranks 21-30, 11-20, then up to the top ten––
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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At 0.01 credits, the price for these support vouchers was extremely low, and the total number of votes grew exponentially.
Amongst the top ten contestants. Wei Yan, Wu Jin, and the Red and White Roses were amongst the highest in the voting rankings, followed by Zuo Botang, Thin Fire, Zoe, Chu Chu, and Lan in the second tier. The last two positions were constantly being replaced, and it was dizzying to watch.
“Our players are all very even!” The program producer thought about it, “We need to think of a way to encourage competition––”
From in front of the program producer, the little editor suddenly opened his mouth wide, “Little-Little Witch––”
The program producer: “What?”
Even the program producer was stunned when he looked back. Wu Jin’s votes were advancing by leaps and bounds, pushing straight ahead by 10,000,00… the dazzling increase in numbers finally simplified itself into ‘40M’, leaving the rest of the contestants far behind.
‘40, million… 400,000 credits?! An increase of 40 million in one second?!”
The little editor hurriedly checked the backend of the platform, “Yes, it was all contributed by one person. It’s a new, small account that registered on our live stream platform, and they threw in 400,000 in one second. Holy shit, they’re still going?!”
The program producer’s eyes were glinting with golden light, “Okay, quickly cut the camera to Little Witch. We need to build up a good relationship with this rich lady. They’re throwing in 400,000 to see Little Witch; quickly let Little Witch out to play!”
“It’s not a rich lady, the identity information states that they’re male…” The little editor cut the screen to the Palace of Versailles dance floor even as he spoke.
The Palace of Versailles Hall of Mirrors.
Candlesticks and chandeliers were brilliant and resplendent. All eyes were closely locked on one corner.
Wu Jin was dressed in a pure black combat suit, occasionally revealing a well-bandaged bruise. He was only one step away from his dance partner from the last ball.
Wei Shi.
The two sharp auras set off each other under everyone’s gaze.
Wei Shi was cool and strong, his aura cold. Wu Jin wasn’t wearing an ostentatious dress at this time, and carried that sense of vigor and physical fitness of those between their teenage and young adult years. He stood as straight as a cypress tree, the muscles of his shoulders and arms curved in smooth arcs. Wu Jin stood in the best angle for the camera, his presence not losing to Wei Shi’s in the slightest.
The small curls were flying about wildly, and Wu Jin’s eyelids were lifted slightly, casting a light shadow over the pupils. It was like he was showing his hidden claws and teeth, instantly attracting the attention of countless cameras.
Their eyes met, and their brain waves were strangely connected.
Wu Jin: Stay in the camera’s view for another five seconds!! Let me clear away my shameful record!!
Wei Shi: Even if you stand there for another five hours, the program producer still won’t delete the footage of you in womenswear from before.
The strains of music for the first movement of the dance drifted in leisurely.
The crowd resumed its noisy bustle again. Caesar spoke to Little Ran in wonder, “Looking at Little Witch now, I’ve really already forgotten what he looked like in womenswear…”
Thin Fire was analyzing carefully to Ning Fengbei, “The third round should be the Scarf CP linking up the powerful with the powerful again. They’re our greatest enemy for winning the championship, and we need to remove them…”
Ning Fengbei elbowed him, “Nonsense, is your analysis even necessary?!”
Zoe was scowling, “Flirting?! He’s seducing Little Witch in public!” Wen Lin quickly explained that Little Witch was the one who wasn’t looking out for himself and had run over on his own, and that the noble card was one that Little Witch had obtained for Contestant Wei. Zoe paused for a few seconds and then finally squeezed out three words, “Eating soft rice.”
On the Crosson Show support page. The filthy rich fan who’d tossed out 400,000 credits no longer did anything else.
Wu Jin stood there quietly in front of the camera.
Wu Jin reckoned that by now, almost everyone in the audience had already forgotten about the women’s clothing.
And then, he cheerfully reached out to the big boss––
His palm was turned to the left.
Wei Shi stretched out his arm and was about to take advantage of the situation to bring him into his arms when he ended up in an enthusiastic handshake with Wu Jin. His soft palm rubbed against the rough gun-callused one, and Wu Jin spoke solemnly, “Let’s continue our alliance!”
Then he happily extended his hand to Chu Chu, who was still playing with her dress, and headed cheerfully towards the dance floor.
Wei Shi: “……”
Chu Chu: “……”
Red, who had been waiting to see Brother Wei dance the female steps in the dance, “……”
It wasn’t until a few seconds later that Chu Chu finally came back to her senses. In any case, the two teams were allied, and it was the same if Little Witch invited her and not God Wei! He was such a smart kid; like this, neither God Wei or Little Witch would have to dance the female part!
In one corner of the dance floor, Wei Shi’s eyes gradually narrowed, and his outline merged into the dark shadows left by the candle light.
Wu Jin was completely oblivious to it. The youth on the dance floor was elegant and dignified, carefully looking out for Chu Chu’s crooked dance steps like a gentleman.
When the first dance was finished, Ming Yao, as the Prince of Soubise, was second in line. He stepped onto the stage as the exit to the dance hall opened up.
Wu Jin shot Vera one last look of encouragement while Ming Yao headed towards his captain right away––
The door suddenly closed behind them.
Chu Chu skillfully tossed off a few outer layers and then found a cubicle to change back into combat clothing.
When she came out again, she was startled into a shiver by the cold wind.
Wu Jin had opened the window and was looking outside the palace.
Outside the window, snow was falling like goose feathers to cover the entire Palace of Versailles. The autumn sunlight was mostly covered up, and a faint blue sheen reflected off the snow covered terrain.
Chu Chu took in a breath of the cool air.
Wu Jin quickly handed the weapons over to Chu Chu and helped her undo the lace that had been caught on the zipper of her combat suit, “The environment is harsh for this last round.”
In the corridor, the ghosts who’d been floating around during the Louis XV era had disappeared. The entire castle was the same as before, but it was now cold and dilapidated. The portrait of the Sun King was still hanging on the wall, but in the era of Louis XVI, people didn’t seem to mention Louis XV often any more. On the tea table were the French terms of surrender from the war, such as the Paris Peace Treaty and the Treaty of Hubertusburg.
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Lololol, will Little Witch is gonna be retaliated against later?? False hopeeee.
Thank you for the chapter!!!
Did Little Witch just….
Oooooh
Who’s that 40M guy tho. Usually it would be Big Boss but he’s in the show… hmm
Thank you for the chapter~
A subordinate of Big Boss?
I think subordinate of Big Boss too! They wanted the camera to focus on Lil Witch because like last time when it is focused on King aka Big Boss, then this time they wanted to engrave Lil Witch asking Big Boss for a dance. Sadly 😂😂.
I got the feeling its that R code’s first successful modified human, named Shao Yu? spying. Correct me if I’m wrong tho 😂 I can’t remember names well
I didn’t write his name previously cuz I only remember his name as Shao sth as well XDDD.
It could be the subordinate of Big Boss helping Wu Jin from outside but I got that same feeling of that Shao sth guy too lol.Couldn’t think of why would it be him but only cuz he was introduced previously. And he would probably want our Little Witch?
He might be after our Little Witch’s bunnyy paawwaahhrr! 😂 Big bossuu came out alright after having those machines tinkered (by that Shao Yu guy?) So now, maybe he’s observing/studying Little Witch.. there’s that “scabbard” thing afterall… or Im just assuming over stuff too much 🤣
+1 I also think It’s abt time ShaoYu cm out
samee i have a feeling it’s him too
That shao yu guy is not good news i’ve read the mtl he’s got something to do with wu jin and r code base in the past.
U know, common courtesy is giving a spoiler warning before u write the spoiler out🙄
It’s not really a spoiler since these things were already subtly mentioned in previous chapters. Just gotta pay attention 😂
They might’ve mentioned subtly n I also already long ago noticed this. But you’ve yourself mentioned that you’ve read the MTL n that’s where you’ve found this out from. Maybe others don’t know n haven’t noticed these subtleties and they want to find out as they go on. U can’t judge others mindset by ur own. I hope u take care to mention at least a warning in the future☺️
I think you are mistaking me with the previous commenter but it was not me who read the original raws, I never have and never will read raws as they irk me more than anything trying to understand them through broken English. But from reading this story so far and capturing details that spoke of the characters pasts one can already tell these characters are connected. So again I am coming to the other person’s defense and say, their comment held no spoilers, it is simply you that failed to catch the given hints.
You’re completely right. The other person comment had no spoiler since it’s been implied a couple of times that shao yu is a modified human and bad news at that, in one of the previous chapters I am pretty sure that Wei shi mentioned guarding the border against the shao guy. Then in the last chapters, the hints about Wu Jin being connected to the R-code have been pretty obvious. If someone failed to catch them then no offense but they arent reading the book, they are just skimming over it.
I think spoilers shouldnt be written here…
So… we never learned Wei Shi’s baron identity and why Wu Jin was startled? Seems like a missed opportunity there…
Amusing (dishonestly ), that person who even no need to perceive this show like something special, become considered by others as dude who is using new contestant who even doesn’t best in this show, with purpose of survival. (Although thought, that Wei Shi is fan, who participating for chance to see his idol, I like more.)
Oh I even don’t know who sent this 40 million.
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Little Witch, how could you? 😆 You really did that to Wei Shi for the sake of your reputation? 🤣
If this arc wasn’t filled with dog food, i would have not been able to survive! For crying out loud! I slept through four years of history class, but now i have to read through history articles just to know who the heck these nobles are! I’m crying tears of blood, but mama will do it for my baby son!
For real, is this karma for not paying attention in history class