Guide To Train My Beast Husbands-Chapter 203: Expanding Influence
The crown prince’s willow-like arched eyebrows rose slightly, and his hand reached for his sword. Even though he knew that he was going to die, he didn’t want to die without a fight.
However, the attack that he was waiting for never came; instead, he heard a childish voice echoing in his ears.
[Hello, are you in dire straits?]
"Who are you?" The crown prince asked with a frown on his face. He, for one, knew that other than him, no one could hear the voice that was echoing in his ears.
Because if his guards could hear this voice they wouldn’t have stayed quiet. They would have jumped to protect him right away, but they did not make a move, which meant that he was the only one who could hear this childlike voice. Which made him wonder if he was dying because why else was he hearing the voice of a child if not for him dying?
[I am the manager of Ruan Supermarket. The one supermarket where you can buy almost everything. We currently have a new product: Whisper Fruits. With these fruits you can hear almost every sound from the next five miles around you.]
The Crown Prince’s brows rose slightly when he heard the surprising announcement. He had never heard something like this before and for two seconds, the crown prince thought that he was hallucinating. How could such a good thing appear out of nowhere?
Maybe he was really imagining things. It must be happening inside his head, there was no way he could receive such a beautiful grace from the heavens.
The thought alone brought a wry smile to the lips of the crown prince. All his entire life, the crown prince waited and waited for the heavens to bless him with something anything that could help him.
But nothing... no one came to his rescue. How many prayers went unanswered? How many hopes were shattered? The crown prince didn’t dare to even think for a second that he would be blessed by the heavens.
[Do you want to purchase the Whisper fruits?]
The crown prince was amused by his own imagination. Not only did he manage to imagine a childish voice telling him that he could help him but he also ended up coming up with a fruit that could help him in the current situation.
He curled his lips to one side and entertained his own imagination. Either way, he was going to die very soon. So, why not live his imagination a little?
"Sure. How do I purchase this Whisper fruit?" He asked without much thought. In his mind, he already believed that it was not going to work. So he didn’t even bother to hide his dubiousness.
All his life, no one had cared for him, much less tried to save his life. Even his father was the same. How many times did he tell him that he cared? That he loved him and what did he do in the end?
Once the father of the imperial concubine threw off his mother from the throne, his father started to ignore him. He did not even care if he would be able to survive the harsh schemes.
Making him stronger? Testing his strength? Those were the kind of lies that could never fool even a child. His father knew how to bewitch fools with his sweet words but the crown prince was no fool.
He knew that the words his father told him were just as empty as the promises that he made to his mother.
He couldn’t even trust his own father. How could he trust the voice in his head? If someone were to hear him, they would think that he had gone crazy.
When the crown prince didn’t hear a response, he sighed because he knew that this was as far as his imagination went. He closed his eyes, preparing to sleep, knowing fully well that in a few hours he was going to die.
The poison had slowly made its way to his heart. A little bit more and he would be gone for good.
Just as he was losing hope, there was a little ding in his head.
[DING.]
[Congratulations. You have successfully purchased the Whisper fruit. The effects of the fruit will start right after consumption. You will be able to hear the sounds from five kilometres away for the next three hours.]
As soon as the notification went off, the crown prince felt something hard yet subtly soft appear in his hand.
His heartbeat escalated when he felt the hard fruit in his hand. Was he finally blessed by the heavens after going through so many sufferings?
The crown prince didn’t know whether he could trust this voice in his head that only he could hear. But when he thought about it, he was already dying. Even if this thing were to harm his body, could it harm him any further than the poison already had? 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
He didn’t think so.
The crown prince brought the fruit to his lips and took a bite. The fruit was slightly sour and sweet like a plum. It didn’t taste like poison, but at the same time, it didn’t taste like any other fruit that he had tasted.
It felt like plum but the subtle sweetness made him recall the apples that he ate when a southerner came to the imperial court.
For two seconds, nothing happened, and he felt disappointed, but then all of a sudden, his ears started to buzz. They started getting heated up, and soon the crown prince started to hear things that he couldn’t hear earlier.
Even the sound of footsteps and whispers started to echo in his head.
"Are you sure that they went this way?"
"I am sure the crown prince is injured. He cannot go too far. With his injuries, it won’t take long for him to die. We just need to follow this trail and everything will be fine. Just wait it will be job over soon."
The excitement in the voice of the man proved how eager he was to kill the crown prince and grab the bag that was waiting for him.
The crown prince curled his lips. With his hearing senses getting better than the crown prince could hear everything. Even the steps of the assassins and their mingled breaths as they ran past the clearing.
"Head over to the east at twenty clock. You will find three assassins there take care of them. Be careful or else you will end up being caught by them."
When the guards heard the words of the crown prince, they were surprised as they didn’t expect him to suddenly tell them the location of the assassins.
One of the guards asked," Your highness, this---"
"Don’t question. These are the blessings given by the gods. Just listen to me and we will be fine."
The crown prince clenched his sword hard with his fingers. If he got out of this predicament safely then he would certainly build a huge temple for the goddess who saved his life.
**
[DING]
[You have received 600 faith points.]
Ruan Chanchan raised her head and looked at the notification bar in front of her. She was no longer surprised after hearing the notification.
She had more or less understood the concept and use of the faith energy. Thus, without even thinking she released half of the faith energy into the universe while keeping the rest of the faith energy for her to cultivate.
"What is the point of saving so much faith energy if you are not going to purchase the cultivation pack?" Xiao Xi said with a pout.
Ruan Chanchan turned to look at the system and said to him, "You bring down the price, and I will think about it."
Xiao Xi pursed his lips and said, "I have already given you a lot of discounts, my darling. If I give you any more discount than the main system would send a bunch of viruses into my motherboard."
"Then we will talk about cultivation later on."
Xiao Xi: "...." Sobs, why are you so stubborn, can’t you see I’m also doing my best?
Xiao Xi felt brokenhearted, but there was absolutely nothing that he could do about this stubborn host of his.
Ruan Chanchan didn’t care about what Xiao Xi was thinking at that moment, she was thinking about only one thing. She was thinking of arranging some jobs for the disabled orcs in the tribe.
Earlier, she saw that the disabled orcs were more willing to listen to her than the ones in the scout team. Ruan Chanchan had no wish to go against the elders who were making things difficult for her.
She simply wanted to live her own life. Since the orcs of the scout team did not want to follow her, then she too had no desire to make them work for her.
Maybe she could make her own hunting and scouting team. Unknowingly Ruan Chanchan had no idea that she had started to expand her influence in the tribe.
