KFN A1C10 - Can I go home?
TL: *looks at raw chapter* Well, this looked short enough. Let me try translating asap...
EDIT: h.e.l.l, it"s long. The short scroll downwards for the Chinese raw on this chapter is a lie.
Lin Ling would visit the chicken coop everyday without fail. It has thus became her topmost priority of her routine just to swing by the smelly coop and to look for an egg. Everyday, without fail as well, she would be disappointed at her findings.
Humans are beings that quickly adapts. The same applies when it comes to disappointment as well.
Recently, she has been training hard. Lin Ling finally managed to get on her horse. Though as soon as she got up, she got kicked back down... This is an impressive breakthrough nevetheless.
After receiving her bow, she thought that she can finally say goodbye to the h.e.l.lish sword training. It never crossed her mind that now, she had to train herself in both archery and swordsmanship. All in all, her suffering is now doubled.
Since she first tried archery training, she almost shot both Arthur"s and Kay"s behind several times. Over time, both trainees knew to tactly "disappear" when she starts pulling her bowstring.
As for magic, Merlin strictly made himself clear that he will not teach her any magics until she had finished reading the basic theory of magic textbook. Merlin did not ask her to practice either, since magic is dangerous generally. If things go wrong during practice, Lin Ling could have easily turned her or anyone else into a spider or a frog.
"Merlin, why did you teach me magic to me only, and not to Arthur and the others?"
"Knights do not need magic. Even the ones I am teaching you are the basics of the basic. Use it only in times of crisis."
As he say this, Merlin lied on the fields on his back, while chewing on a leaf. He suddenly spoke up, as if just remembering something.
"Ah, there is something I need to tell you. Before you reached to this world, all the hens in the chicken coop was sent away."
"Huh?"
Her face twitched in annoyance at this revelation.
"Don"t bother to visit the chicken coop any longer. After all, only roosters are in that coop."
Merlin stood up and smiled mischievously at Lin Ling"s beet red face.
"H-how did you know?"
Merlin leaned in and sniffed.
"You never noticed how "nice" you smelled?"
Lin Ling stiffed. This d.a.m.ned wizard... (TL: Yes, raw says that lmao.)
She, once again, pa.s.sed by the very same coop she"s been visiting for the past few days. Depressed, she glanced at the coop wistfully, only to see Arthur"s figure walking towards her with something in his hands.
"Are you finding eggs again?"
Lin Ling frowned.
"You never seem to put in this much effort in anything but this... search of yours."
"I... I just really want to eat eggs..."
Arthur looked helplessly at the girl. He revealed his hand, a basket, and put it on the wooden bench.
"You can stop looking for them already. I managed to get some eggs from the town."
She stared incredulously at the basket. The basket is filled to the brim with eggs! Her eyes soon turn red, she sniffled and tears begin pouring out like a waterfall. It"s eggs! IT"S REALLY EGGS! I can go home now!
"Why are you crying?! You really are a stupid girl!!"
"T-thank you... Thank you so much!"
Touched, her hands quivered as she took hold of the prized object she has been searching for.
"You don"t need to thank me. I just can"t stand you smelling like chicken droppings everyday!!"
Arthur just finished his sentence, then something incredible happened. Lin Ling cracked the egg open and ate it raw happily. Before Arthur can digest what just happened, a bright white light flashed and Lin Ling disappeared right before his eyes.
Lin Ling slowly opened her eyes. Her consciousness soon returned. As she tries to grasp her surroundings, she felt cold sweat dripping down her back. For a moment there, she did not where or what she was doing.
It was when she saw her piggy-patterned curtains, her familiar study table, her mobile phone, bed, and.... the computer! Only then did she stood up and exclaimed loudly (in her head), I AM BACK!
The first thing she did upon realising this is to grab her phone. She looked at the time displayed on her phone"s screen. Only 30 minutes have pa.s.sed since her adventure in the other world. She glanced at her clothes. She is still wearing her pig "coat of arms" pajamas. Next, she moved her mouse. The screen flickered back to life, showing the exact same two rows of sentence she has previously seen. She pressed EJECT on the CD-ROM which it easily slid out.
What exactly is going on? Was that a dream?
Memories of her staying in the game world flashed before her. It was realistic, believable to the point where she doubted herself. Such a thing is impossible, right? I must have fallen asleep and dreamt an incredible dream.
As Lin Ling moved to store the disc back to it"s casing, she heard the sound of a key turning the door. She rushed to put the CD into her bookshelf, then arranged her study table as if she has been busy studying instead.
"Lin Ling! Your mother"s home!"
Lin Ling"s mother declared herself home from outside her room"s door. Hearing her mother"s voice, Lin Ling suddenly felt herself start to snivel. She could not help but ran out of her room and hugged her mother.
"Mum! I missed you!"
She blinked at her daughter"s outburst, smiled and caressed Lin Ling"s head.
"Silly girl. I was just away for a bit!"
"To me it"s been a long, long time..."
Lin Ling murmured her reply. To her, it has indeed been a long time.
"Grandfather is alright too. You don"t need to worry anymore."
She laughed happily.
"Mum, can I go visit grandpa during weekends?"
She raised her head and looked at her mother earnestly.
"I promised it won"t affect my studies. I really want to see grandpa, because all of you are important to me."
Her mother showed a surprised expression. She was touched by her daughter"s heartfelt words.
"What"s gotten into this child today..."
"Mum, pretty please...?"
"Alright, alright. You can come with me this Sat.u.r.day."
"Thanks mum!"
Lin Ling spoke her gratefulness softly. It turns out speaking out your thoughts is not hard. Neither is getting her mother"s understanding on this matter.
Is this related to that dream I had?
The sky"s all blue today. The sunshine sparkled, and green gra.s.ses lined the side of the road. The summer air is filled with crickets and the like busily beating their wings. The leaves filtered sunlight as it shines down on Lin Ling.
"Bibibibibibibi... It"s morning! Morning! Rise! And! Shine!" (TL: “BiBiBiBiBiBiBiBi……到早上？！早上！不快？起？，不？你哦！”)
Her phone"s alarm clock played her morning ringtone by her favourite voice actor. (TL: It means its a song to wake people up in the morning.)
Lin Ling yawned as she switched off her alarm clock, stared in a daze at her ceiling. She is pretty sure that this is her home. The stuff that happened a few days ago, really is a dream, isn"t it...
Lin Ling now stands in a bus heading to school. As it chugs forth, it suddenly stops.
"The bus seems to be out of order. Please change at the next stop."
The bus driver"s voice faded, replaced by a number of grumbles by the pa.s.sengers. Lin Ling"s face turned sour at this. Seriously? Out of order at this time?! She glanced at her watch. Heavens, it"s almost 8am! She does not feel like another wall-climbing adventure. Thankfully, the school is just nearby. It"s time to bolt towards the school again!
She managed to reach the school gates just on time, but her lungs are now out of breath. She steadied herself to let her catch some breath. It was at this moment a luxurious Rolls Royce car stopped at the school gates. Its car flung open to reveal a handsome and elegant boy.
The month of March has the most beautiful, clear sky of the year. The sun casted a shadow on his face, revealing a smile so brilliant. His skin so fair, with the sunshine casting down on him, his skin became almost translucent-like.
"Third prince! It"s the Third Prince!"
The girl on duty squealed, twinkling N number of stars flew out from her eyes. (TL: Think anime, readers. Like how excited these fangirls are and all you can see from them is squealing.)
The Third Prince smiled at the girl and unexpectedly, turned to smile at Lin Ling too.
"Wen Yu, you"re late today."
A pretty, doll-like girl almost bounced in her steps as she walked over to him. She sweetly said her greetings and stared a deadly look at all the fangirls of the Third Prince.
With one look from the minx, everyone dare not utter a sound in protest.
"So, it"s you..."
Chen Yi turned to look at Lin Ling who has, all the while, stood at the side. She glared at the girl, with looks enough to kill. The "minx" casually walked over to Lin Ling. Taking the advantage of surprise, she tugged at Lin Ling"s bag hard and threw it far, scattering the bag"s content all over the place.
"Oops, my hand slipped. My bad~ It"s almost 8 am! You"ll be late! Make sure you pick up your belongings, okay~"
She sneered.
"Ah, yes. Don"t forget to tell your "friend" too... Stop meddling next time."
This girl did it intentionally... She did it on purpose!
Lin Ling bit her lower lip in frustration and held back her tears. She then turned to pick up her belongings. Chen Yi"s notoriety is famous to the point that not one offered to help Lin Ling pick up her belongings.
She bent down to pick her books up. Suddenly, a hand offered an English textbook of hers. Surprised, Lin Ling looked up. A pair of black eyes stared back.
"Third Prince...?"
She gasped at her words. The most beloved Third Prince by the girls in this school, is actually offering to pick up her belongings?!
"Pick up your stuff quickly! Else you"ll really be late to cla.s.s!"
His gentle voice is within earshot.
"Wen Yu!"
Chen Yi angrily exclaimed at the Third Prince. She stared disdainfully at Lin Ling.
"Uhm... Thank you..."
Perplexed at this treatment, Lin Ling quickly picked up her belongings and stuff them back into her bag. It is at this moment, the fangirls began cooing at their idol.
"The Third Prince is such a kind person!"
"He is such a good person~"
All this while, Lin Ling only focused on picking up her belongings and did not notice the Third Prince"s mischievous smile. He bent down and whispered so only Lin Ling can hear.
"Your life will be much harder now, four-eyed girl."
As soon as Lin Ling heard him call her "four-eyed girl", she stopped in her tracks.
It"s him! That hateful guy who kicked my gla.s.ses away! It"s really him!
Soon, it was evening. Lin Ling finished school and reached home. On the table, a note left by her mother greeted her instead. It mentioned that her mother has gone to visit her grandfather, there"s food in the pot and it"s ready to eat.
Lin Ling entered the kitchen and checked out the pots available. Today"s dishes are impressive. Sweet and sour fish, sweet and sour pork, braised eggplant, and Lin Ling"s favourite, scrambled eggs with green onions! The fragrance is simply delectable! (TL: Dishes name is based on MT.)
She could not resist not eating it now. So, our heroine simply ignored table manners of using chopsticks and used her hands instead. She popped the egg into her mouth. Before she could taste it, a dizzy spell struck her. Lin Ling was overcome with a pulling sensation and before long, lost consciousness.
Bok bok bok... (TL: This is my favourite chicken onomatopoeia by yours truly.) Lin Ling heard chicken clucking next to her ears.
What is that smell? It stinks...
The familiar smell woke her up. She opened her eyes to find herself not in her room. Wait... Why am I not in my room? Why... why am I in a chicken coop?!
Moreover, this scene looks familiar to her...
"Who"s there?!"
A loud voice appeared above her head and before she knew it, a gleaming silver sword is pointed at her throat.
Afraid and shocked at this new development, she raised her head. (TL: Sigh. Must we be told how handsome Arthur is everytime. Here goes another decorative paragraph. I could be wrong.)
The one standing in front of her, pointing a sword at her, is a 17 year old boy. Haughty, yet the air he exudes is both mature and a youngster. His face is pretty, like that of a beautiful man. His expression is that of a haughty young man. He now wears a mocking smile. A fiery sun burns within his pair of purple eyes, gleaming and strong even in the dark. (TL: Basically, 17 year old bishounen with great ambition.)
... Wait. Purple eyes?! A cold chill ran down her back. It cannot be... That rascal is only 7 years old!
"Oh, it"s you, stupid woman..."
The youngster had a surprised look on his face.
This tone... She stammered to get her words across.
"... You are..."
The youngster swiftly sheathe his sword and sneered.
"I am---- Arthur."
Thunder struck in Lin Ling"s head with a rumble.