Misplacement Game Chapter 22

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I will now be taking over Misplacement Game and will be translating chapters 22+. are available at Lone Wolf Translations. For now, my aim is to try and update every Monday/Wednesday/Friday. As usual, I may have typos/grammar mistakes etc as I am too lazy to go back and edit. You're welcome to point it out if you spot them. ^^
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Arc 2: Luxury Cruise
Chapter 22

At the beginning, the leg cramp was very painful. Although it recovered after a while, there was still some pain.

Holding his leg, Xu Ziyue laid curled up on the ground and started to whine.

What a terrible first encounter!

Xu Ziyue's eyes moved about quickly. Hearing the sound of a wheelchair moving closer, his body stiffened. He laid there like a dead fish.

"Are you okay?"

The voice that entered his ear was like it carried magnetic forces. It made Xu Ziyue on the ground move uncontrollably. He wanted to get closer and listen more clearly.

"Can you still stand?"

That gentle voice was like the winter sun. It shone down from above, but it could warm up the entire body.

Xu Ziyue's heart fluttered. He sat up and furiously nodded his head, "I can stand." Xu Ziyue then slowly stood up while staring at the man before asking: "Are you also a tourist on this ship?"

The man paused for a moment. He then nodded and smiled warmly, "Yes."

"My name is Xu Ziyue. You are?"

"My name is Austin."

"It's a foreign name……But your p.r.o.nunciation is really good." Xu Ziyue leaned against the wall. The muscle in his leg still ached slightly, but he was now actually capable of walking. He just secretly wanted to stay around and talk to Austin a little more.

The expression in Austin's face remained unchanged. He said: "Because I was too bored, I learnt a lot of useless things."

Xu Ziyue blinked. He felt that this sentence of his sounded a little strange.

On the surface, he seemed gentle and courteous, but the words that were spoken had a hint of arrogance. Learning the language of other countries was also considered as something useless? Or was he thinking too much and Austin probably wasn't referring to the language problem they were talking about?

Xu Ziyue couldn't stop his eyes from lingering on Austin's face, let alone hid his thoughts. He looked just like a child who wanted candy but didn't dare speak up because an adult was next to him.

He could only stare.

"What are you looking at?"

Xu Ziyue's pa.s.sionate gaze was too obvious. Austin couldn't completely ignore it. He even thought there might be something strange on this face causing Xu Ziyue to stare at him like that.

His eyes were a little cold as he raised his hand to touch his face. There wasn't anything strange.

Xu Ziyue's mouth moved. He whispered bashfully: "Your face….."

Austin: "?"

Xu Ziyue lowered his head in embarra.s.sment, but his eyes were still stuck on Austin, "Too- too good looking….."

Austin: "………."

Xu Ziyue looked down the corridor which had just turned dark. He didn't know if the ship had a scheduled time where they turned off the lights and just thought that it was probably done so to save electricity.

"It's late now. Can I come and find you tomorrow?" Xu Ziyue thought that he still had another month and that it may not leave Austin with a good impression if he disturbed his sleep…….Although he probably didn't leave a good impression after that initial encounter, it was at least something memorable so he would remember him.

"Sure." Austin smiled slightly, "If you can come."

Xu Ziyue nodded, "Of course I can!"

Austin's smile deepened. He watched Xu Ziyue run off.

After Xu Ziyue returned to his room, the first thing he did was to take out the correct sized clothing from the closet and take a shower before walking relaxedly over to the small balcony.

The sea breeze was salty, but it felt very comfortable.

Xu Ziyue didn't have thala.s.sophobia (KKnotes: phobia of the deep sea) so even if he couldn't see the end of the sea, he was still able to enjoy the leisurely feel at night.

Xu Ziyue leaned against the balcony, thinking about Austin who he had just met.

Austin was very good looking, but he was in a wheelchair. He even had a thick blanket tightly wrapped around his lower body. If it wasn't for the curve of his knee, he would have thought that Austin didn't have a lower body.

It wasn't known if it was due to an accident or if it was something he was born with. Perhaps he just had some form of surgery and couldn't walk for the time being. There were various possibilities.

Xu Ziyue grew more and more curious. Those things however weren't particularly important, so he didn't mind it much if he didn't know.

While in daze and in thought, Xu Ziyue's eyes were unconsciously looking out into the distance in one location rather than looking around.

He saw a fish about half the size of him leap out from the sea and land on the deck. Just as Xu Ziyue was about to see if someone there was fishing, he saw that fish stand up on its tail! Using the tail to take small, slow steps, its pace was rather stable. It then disappeared into the shadows of the ship…..

Xu Ziyue's breathing stopped. He looked nervously at the place where the fish disappeared. He couldn't see clearly through the shadows and could only wait.

Before long, a person emerged from that shadow.

When that person entered the cabin, Xu Ziyue entered his room and rushed to his bed.

What's going on? Mermaids? But mermaids should be half human, and this was full fish!

Xu Ziyue grabbed his hair and rolled around on the bed.

The people on this ship were two-legged humans, but the person he saw just now was actually a fish?

If he didn't see it with his own eyes………Xu Ziyue laid limply on the bed.

Question:  How many people on this ship are human, and how may are fish?

Xu Ziyue slept late at night, but he got up early the next day. This was all because his dreams last night were a complete mess. The people around him would suddenly turn into fish, or half-way through a meal the braised fish he was eating would turn into a braised human………In any case, the good mood he had after meeting Austin was half ruined.

After waking, Xu Ziyue washed his face and brushed his teeth. He then changed his clothes, wore his card lanyard and rushed over to Austin's room.

This time, the door to Austin's room was tightly shut. Xu Ziyue knocked a few times, but he didn't hear anything coming from inside. Just as he was debating over whether he should continue knocking or leave, the door opened from the inside.

Xu Ziyue's eyes brightened up, "Good morning Austin."

"Morning." Austin was a little surprised to see Xu Ziyue but he didn't say anything.

Xu Ziyue didn't think of what to say next so he could only come up with the cla.s.sic question: "Have you had breakfast?"

Austin shook his head, "Not yet."

"Then let's go together?"

Austin then revealed a look of aversion. As if he had just thought of something, he furrowed his brows. However, he soon returned to normal and, with a warm expression, he said: "No need, you can go."

Xu Ziyue found it a little strange, but he also had no intention to ask about it.

As long as he can see him…….That was enough.

"Would you like me to bring it for you?" Xu Ziyue said this as he played with his finger, "I heard the tour guide say that there are three restaurants; the main restaurant, the buffet and the specialty restaurant. I only went to the main restaurant on the sixth floor yesterday and haven't been to the others. It might take some time finding the places, but I will do it as quick as I can. I just don't know if we're able to take food out from the buffet."

"Why are you treating me so nicely?" Austin looked at Xu Ziyue as if he was looking at something novel.

Would normal people be like this after only meeting someone for the first time only yesterday?

Xu Ziyue pursed his lips and smiled shyly, "That's all because…….You're good looking……"

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Austin: "…………."

In the end, Xu Ziyue ran over to the main restaurant on the sixth floor. After hurriedly finishing off a serving of pasta, he packed up another serving along with a coffee before retuning back to the tenth floor.

When Xu Ziyue returned to Austin's room with the food, he just happened to see someone come out from his room. The man was similarly holding breakfast in his hands. It was just that he was still holding it when he left Austin's room……….

Xu Ziyue brushed shoulders with that expressionless man as they walked past each other and entered Austin's room. Setting the breakfast down, he sat on a small sofa in Austin's room and watched Austin get ready to have breakfast.

Xu Ziyue asked: "Was that person who just left your friend?"

Austin's hand paused, "A subordinate."

Subordinate……..?

Could it be possible that Austin was some sort of great master?

But it would be strange for such a good-looking person to not have subordinately serving him. Xu Ziyue's brain circuit was very unusual. It would always link everything with one's attractiveness.

"Then did he bring over breakfast just now? Why did he take it back again?"

"Didn't you say that you wanted to bring it for me?" Austin opened his mouth and slowly brought the pasta to his mouth.

"That's true………" Xu Ziyue looked out the door, but he didn't see that man returning. There was only himself and Austin in the room.

"On your chest………."

Xu Ziyue looked down at his chest in confusion, "This? This was given by the tour guide." He took off the lanyard from his neck and pa.s.sed the card over, "The registration photo on here was the best I've ever taken."

To be precise, the photo on this card wasn't something he took. The game had its own methods of acquiring it. What pleased him the most was that the photo was very good.

Austin looked at the card and gently smiled, "You're not afraid to lose this?"

Xu Ziyue who was asked this was caught off guard, "It should be alright. If it's gone……..I'll just get another one from the tour guide?"

"Take it." Austin returned the card back to Xu Ziyue, "Are you going to experience those activities?"

"It doesn't matter if I do or don't, but with all these fun activities on this cruise ship, it would be a pity not trying them out."

Austin nodded, "Yeah, it's a rare opportunity. It should be experienced."

Xu Ziyue who was drunk on Austin's beauty felt that everything Austin said was correct.

In the afternoon when Austin said that he had other matters to attend to, he could only bid farewell to the beauty and run off alone to try out one of the twenty activities.

————The at-sea water slide.

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