Otoko Game: Male protagonists, I’m just a scumbag

Wei Lan returned to his room, tidied himself up and prepared to go out. He really didn't have much time left.

In the past two days, I have clearly felt a strange sensation inside my body. I guess it has something to do with the contract.

The time for his transaction with the red-haired guy is approaching.

Five days to go.

He had to rush to the church today. Time was too tight, and coupled with what had happened in the past few days, it was difficult for him to concentrate on finding the treasure.

Wei Lan wrapped his neck tightly again. In this kind of weather, he had to wrap it so tightly. It was so hot that it made him irritated.

He had just wrapped his neck and looked at himself in the mirror on the dressing table, making sure that nothing was exposed before he felt relieved.

When I looked down, I found the cotton patterned box under a pile of jewelry boxes.

He would see this box almost every time, but at first he never opened it because it belonged to the princess.

Although everything he uses now belongs to the princess...

And this thing is locked,

This sight suddenly reminded him of something.

What made him notice the box in the first place was that it was locked, just like Pandora's box. People are naturally curious about something that cannot be opened.

I just took a few more glances.

He didn't think it was a big deal at the time, until Lin's first mutation, when he discovered that the cotton cloth around the lock began to become uneven, and it felt like someone had deliberately wiped it, and there were some slight marks around the lock.

He had some suspicions, but he suspected that the servants wanted to steal his gems or something.

After all, before this incident happened, he noticed several times that servants would rush down the stairs in the direction of his door when he was going upstairs.

However, what he initially thought was that the servants still had to work, and with this association he later felt that there was something wrong.

After all, there were so many gold, silver and jewelry displayed outside. If they didn't steal them, why would they steal a box that couldn't be opened?

However, these jewels had to be counted by the butler at the time. Perhaps the servants were afraid that something might be missing during the counting and that they would be found out.

Or perhaps the servants were also curious about a box that couldn't be opened.

Anyway, he later stuffed a bit of cotton cloth in and stuck it on both sides of the box.

After that he completely forgot about it.

And now, this thing is neatly placed here, and it looks even stranger because it obviously won't surprise people.

The main thing is that the cotton cloth that was stuck on it shrank back. Of course, it is not ruled out that the cloth shrank back, or the servant accidentally moved it back when he was tidying up things and wiping them.

But after staring at it for a while, he became even more curious. What on earth was inside it? !

Since the princess is not coming back anyway, why not let him take a look? !

Although this makes me feel very sorry for him, okay, I'm sorry!

Wei Lan picked up the box and tried to open it but it turned out to be impossible to open. Then he thought that he was really stupid.

It's not like he didn't see the small lock on the outside, but it was impossible for him to find something to break the lock.

After all, it was someone else's thing. Although he wanted to see it very much, this desire was definitely based on his doubts.

Of course, the biggest reason is his curiosity...

He searched every possible place in the room for something, but couldn't find any key.

Wei Lan stopped and thought carefully, if he was a princess and wanted to hide, where would he think was the safest place to hide?

Wei Lan took a look at the place where shoes were kept. If they could only be hidden in this room, servants would come to clean other places.

Only in the shoes. What if he hid the key in there and changed it every once in a while?

Impossible...

Wei Lan opened the cabinet and actually found it in the compartment of a pair of shoes.

. . .

The princess has a very creative mind.

After complaining, he quickly used his key to unlock the box and tried to open it, but found that it was motionless.

?

Why can’t it be opened? What mechanism is inside?

He thought of a lockless box he had seen in a novel, which was fastened from the inside. He searched for a long time and found a small object.

He pushed it in from the gap in the middle of the box. Unexpectedly, it opened successfully. When he opened it, he saw that it was a buckle that snapped downwards.

but...

Once you open the inner wall of the box, you will find that it is pure wood with nothing around it.

It was strange. Just as he felt something was strange, he discovered something even stranger.

There were several spots of broken wood inside the box below the buckles on the inner wall. It didn't look like natural decay, but rather like something that had been pried open with a sharp object.

Moreover, the traces inside are not old, and the wood inside still shows a relatively new texture after being pried out.

Wei Lan quickly peeled off the outer cotton cloth and found that the back side and the buckle side all had signs of being pried open.

"Huh?" Wei Lan held the box and thought, was there really someone who stole something?

So what is inside this?

Who stole this thing?

He thought about it and realized that when those strange things happened before, the servants were still there. Could it be that it was done by those servants?

But the damned ones were already dead, so who could he ask?

and...

"Princess?" Winnie knocked on the open door.

"The carriage is ready."

Wei Lan nodded and put the box back where it was before.

Then I followed Winnie down and asked her,

"By the way, where did you put the necklace my brother gave me when you came back to pack?"

Winnie thought about it.

"Princess, are you asking about Cassandra's Blood and Tears?"

"Hmm?" Wei Lan frowned.

"What a strange name?"

Winnie seemed to be taken aback.

"Princess, haven't you heard this story?"

Then Winnie told the story again in great detail.

Wei Lan pressed his brows and suddenly felt confused. Richard William asked him to keep this thing well. Besides this story, it made it more worth owning.

What are the others?

It was impossible for Richard William to let him keep it simply because it was a valuable item.

What exactly is its role? It is something that has been passed down through generations after a fallen country.

"It's such a legendary treasure, so why didn't anyone talk about it when I brought it to that dinner?"

"Princess, you really don't know?" Winnie was really surprised. After all, this was a story widely circulated among the nobles.

Wei Lan: “So why?”

So Winnie explained again that because this thing was precious, many imitations appeared, and maybe everyone thought it was a counterfeit work at the time.

"So..." Wei Lan thought for a while.

"So where did you put that thing?"

Winnie: "Your Highness, I'll put it in the jewelry box in your room, Princess."

Wei Lan nodded.

"Then when I leave, find a box and lock it in there first."

Finally he stopped, leaned close to Winnie and whispered to her,

"Take another box to replace it. Find someone to spread the news. For example, if someone saw the stone at the banquet, it turned out that the princess gave it to him. Don't take the initiative to say it yourself. Find someone you trust."

"Ah?" Winnie was a little confused, but still nodded and asked:

"Princess, won't you take me with you?"

Wei Lan directly rejected her and left the hall and headed for the carriage. How could he get things done with her?

If it was really about stealing gems or something, maybe the criminal would be tempted.

Richard William asked him to keep it safe, so there must be a reason for that.

Maybe he had some opinions about Richard William at the beginning, and he still has some opinions now, but it is true that he is kind to the princess.

Wei Lan walked outside and was about to get on the carriage. He had already told them not to let the guards follow him, but as soon as he went out, he noticed a tall figure dressed as a knight sitting on a tall horse in front of him.

I felt that he looked familiar, and when I looked closely, it was Louis.