The Duel Between Two Suns: Book 7 of Starchild Escapes Arranged Marriage

by Fat Bread

  Before the first Star Bridge was built, they had already taken root in a lot of god's domains, taking on the task of communication between humans and gods.

  Many witches, because of their friendly relationship with the gods, would even be chosen as Apostles of the gods, becoming the spokespersons of the gods in the mortal world.

  Red lotus and White Lotus were the witches blessed by gods. Their talents were so great that a special existence chose them to be its alternate Apostles.

  Even the imperial family of the Great Xia Sword Domain would treat them with great honour.

  "Sister, are you ready?" White Lotus sat in the center of the Altar of Deity, the Star and Moon Ring on her hand radiated a soft glow.

  In an instant, she entered an incredible realm of emptiness. With her eyes narrowed, she realized that she had left the real world and entered a gap between dream and reality.

  "Will we really use the Kryolite as the sacrifice?" Red Lotus still felt that it was too wasteful to use the precious Kryolite in this sacrificial ceremony.

  After all, even if the sacrificial ceremony failed, they would still pay a price. If they used the Kryolite but summoned nothing, it would really be a great loss!

  Moreover, it was easy to summon a god but was difficult to send the god away. Every year, there would be witches who unluckily died in the sacrificial ceremony.

  In any case, before starting the sacrificial ceremony, witches would adjust their mind to the best state and prepare the best sacrifices at the same time.

  Once a month was the minimum time for a talented witch to recover her energy and strength. In fact, most witches could only hold the sacrificial ceremony one or two times in a year.

  Even if they had done everything they could do, there would still be a small chance that they summoned monsters that should never appear in the real world.

  "Yes, I want to challenge myself this time. I think that this time, we can summon a very special god." White Lotus looked at Mei with a confident look, although Mei was yawning with a bored look.

  "Well, be careful. If something goes wrong, stop the sacrificial ceremony as quick as you can." Red Lotus found that her sister was strangely persistent today.

  It's too strange! She wasn't such a stubborn person before!

  Do we really need to compensate for that maid? Even so, it would be sufficient just to use the fire-type ruby as the sacrifice!

  "Then, get ready to sacrifice." White Lotus would not tell her sister that the Kryolite was prepared for the prince from the very beginning.

  "Ok." Red Lotus had to raise her hands helplessly.

  "All things, all gods in the endless god's domains, listen to my voice!" Along with White Lotus's whisper, the most mysterious ceremony of the witches began.

  What was going on now was the first stage of the ceremony, "sacrifice", displaying the sacrifice in front of those old, powerful existences.

  It was equal to telling them "Hey, there is a gift for you! Come here!"

  "In the infinite time and worlds, all things that are immortal, I present my gift to you, praying that you can pay attention to this corner."

  The pattern of the Yin Yang Twin Fish started rotating, spreading the auras of the twin witches.

  "I present this treasure to you, and if you are satisfied with it, please respond to my voice and come to this altar."

  The Kryolite became transparent bit by bit, it was the sign that it was being wrapped around by the power of contract, turning into an equivalent exchange.

  "Language and cognition."

  "Behavior and phenomenon."

  "Heart and body."

  "Bleeding my blood as a witness, I'm looking forward to your coming."

  White Lotus stretched out her arm. Her finger tip cut her skin, letting a drop of blood fall to the altar.

  Red Lotus also stretched out her arm and pricked her skin, presenting her blood for the ceremony.

  This was the second reason why witches needed to rest for a month after holding a sacrificial ceremony.

  "..." Mei (Star Snow) blinked her eyes and looked at the twin witches in confusion.

  "It's your turn. If you want to get the benefits, you must pay with your blood first." Red Lotus quickly pricked Mei's finger tip using her Red Lotus Holy Sword.

  A drop of crimson blood dripped to the ground.

  Chapter 499: Sacrifice

  The humans who take part in the sacrificial ceremony must present their blood as the price, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to absorb the god's aura in the ceremony and improve themselves.

  The principle of equivalent exchange was a basic rule in any world. What you want is what you must pay for.

  The sacrificial ceremony was already one of the safest methods to improve one's talent in the endless god's domains.

  Although the success rate was only about one-tenth, most of the time, a failure will only cost a drop of blood, therefore, it was actually a highly profitable business.

  Of course, there was also a probability in the world called "bad luck". The unfortunate witch who summoned the "nightmare" was a living negative example.

  Red Lotus's blood fell on the Kryolite and emitted a red, fire like light, which is also the embodiment of her essence, the privilege of the Sun Witch.

  White Lotus's blood was on the contrary. When her blood dripped onto the Kryolite, it immediately turned transparent and in an instant, it merged with the mist in the Kryolite.

  As for Mei's blood, actually, Yun Xi's blood, it had undergone a very strange change when it dripped onto the Kryolite.

  At first, it was a pale gold light floating in the Kryolite.

  Then, the Kryolite became hotter and hotter, scorching the air.

  After a long while, the transparent Kryolite, which was filled with mist, had become a beautiful golden-red gem. No one would believe that it was a Kryolite just a moment ago.

  "This... it's not the same as last time!" Red Lotus murmured in a confused tone. She looked at the gem, whose color and even size had completely been changed.

  If she hadn't witnessed the whole process, she wouldn't believe that a Kryolite could transform into a golden-red gem!

  "It's normal, because it's Kryolite." White Lotus narrowed her eyes and told the lie with a straight face.

  After absorbing my prince's blood, the Kryolite would naturally change. I would feel strange if it didn't change!

  Anyway, my sister knows nothing about the sacrificial ceremony. No matter what I say, she won't doubt my words.

  Moreover, it wasn't a lie. After all, I just said, "Because it's Kryolite!"

  "So, is it the sacrifice this time?"

  Red Lotus sensed a distinct aura from the golden-red gem. She could vaguely feel the power inside it, which was far superior to the power of that valuable fire-type ruby.

  With it, we can summon a god that is far stronger than that fantastic creature last time!

  "Yes, this is a sacrifice from Mei, and my sister and I."

  "When we open the door tomorrow, which god will appear in front of us? I'm really looking forward to it!" White Lotus placed the golden-red gem in the center of the altar and prayed.

  "The sacrifice has been delivered."

  "After one day and one night, I look forward to your arrival."

  "No matter where you come from, we welcome you."

  "Good morning, good afternoon, and good night."

  The golden-red gem suspended in the middle of the Altar of Deity, gradually became transparent. In about ten seconds, the gem completely disappeared from the Altar of Deity, which was a sign that the first stage of the sacrificial ceremony had succeeded.

  "I'm exhausted. After this sacrificial ceremony, I must rest for several months!" After making sure the sacrifice had been offered smoothly, Red Lotus complained and moved her stiff right hand.

  If she hadn't drew out her sword and cut Mei's fingertip, the sacrificial ceremony would have failed at that time.

  Because her sister White
Lotus was slightly anemic, the blood she bled was actually three times more than Red Lotus, so she was tired.

  Fortunately, she was the Sun Witch, her natural vitality was several times more than White Lotus'. Therefore, she would recover quicker from the tiredness.

  Compared with her own tiredness, she paid more attention to her sister. She clearly saw that after the sacrificial ceremony, White Lotus’ face was somewhat paler than usual.

  Yes, she realized later that holding a high-level sacrificial ceremony was also a heavy burden on the witches themselves. Although there was no record that a Kryolite would attract any dangerous beings, it was always wise to play it safe!

  This was only the second time White Lotus had held a sacrificial ceremony. Is it too risky to use Kryolite as a sacrifice?

  "White Lotus, are you tired?" Red Lotus looked nervously at her sister White Lotus, whose face looked as pale as paper.

  "Um... the spiritual power I consumed was much greater than I had expected..." White Lotus didn't tell the truth.

  The burden of sacrificing this golden-red gem had almost drained her spiritual power!

  The process of turning the golden-red gem into a sacrifice and sending it to the altar almost emptied her whole body.

  There was no doubt that this was not the normal consumption for sacrificing a Kryolite.

  Just as her sister Red Lotus, whose vitality was ten times more than any normal person, as the Moon Witch, her spiritual power was also ten times more than any others, which was sufficient enough to afford the consumption of her spiritual power sacrificing a Kryolite.

  With such a high price, this time, what on earth will be summoned?

  The prince's blood is indeed unusual!

  "Let's go! Go to rest!" Looking at her sister's tired face, Red Lotus was panicked and hurried away with White Lotus from the Altar of Deity.

  "..." Mei (Star Snow) looked at the altar and went out to bask in the sun happily.

  Ah, basking in the sun is still the most comfortable thing to do!

  After running back to the roof of the Witch Palace and laying down, Mei (Star Snow) was satisfied facing the sun.

  Until the sun went down and the night screen had hung down, she reluctantly jumped off the roof of the Witch Palace and began to look for a place to stay overnight.

  Chapter 500: Desperate Yun Xi

  Star Snow was actually a natural ice-type creature. In theory, she should like cold places.

  However, she preferred to bask in the sun. She liked all the places that could let her feel warm.

  After sunset, she wandered around in the Witch Palace and finally found a truth: she had lost her way!

  It was not because she was a road fool, but because the structure of the Witch Palace was full of trees, gardens, and dazzling corridors, which was too complex to her brains to remember the way.

  "..." Mei (Star Snow) stood her ground and looked foolishly at the corridor, which was actually leading in eight directions.

  What should I do now?

  Smiling? It seems useless now.

  Mei’er and Yun Xi had not yet had time to teach her the skills to find the right path in such a complex situation.

  Finally, desperate Star Snow could only follow the only familiar scent here, walking in a completely unfamiliar direction.

  Soon, she came to a room in the Witch Palace, where only the twin witches of fate could enter, which was the bedroom of Red Lotus and White Lotus.

  It was just because she couldn't find any place to sleep.

  It must be because of the will of the universe!

  On the big bed, the twin witches had fallen asleep and were protected by a special guardian magic circle. Nothing could invade into the magic circle and disturb the twin witches' sleep.

  After having consumed a great deal of energy and blood, both of the twin witches, White Lotus and Red Lotus needed to sleep to recover themselves.

  Therefore, this room was closely protected by the magic circle. Unfortunately, it wouldn't work against the person who held Casina's token.

  After wandering in a circle in the room, Mei (Star Snow) found several pastries. She gracefully nibbled on the snow-white pastries and nodded her head satisfactorily.

  To be fair, Star Snow's performance was definitely the best one amongst the three sisters, because she had perfectly met all the requirements from Mei’er.

  She just looked for a quiet place to bask in the sun, didn't talk with any girls of the Starwing Knights, and even walked into the Witch Palace, where it was so sacred that no one apart from witches could come in.

  If the twin witches hadn't found her, what she did would’ve really been perfect.

  Unfortunately, no matter how perfect she had been, once night came, there would be a big problem.

  Where to sleep?

  "Puff... Ah... " After stretching herself, Star Snow convinced that she had successfully accomplished the task today, and her master seems to be coming back soon. Star Snow looked around and ran to the bed of the twin witches.

  The magic circle was literally nothing to Mei, who held Casina's token.

  A lady should sleep in bed at night! This was one of the basic knowledge Mei'er taught the three sisters of the Star Spirit Team. Naturally, Star Snow complied with it 100%.

  But, to her surprise, why did her hands naturally move when she got into bed and lay down beside the twin witches?

  In less than ten seconds, the hands themselves had taken off Red Lotus' witch clothes, leaving only a red band on her hair.

  As her witch clothes were stripped, Red Lotus' beautiful, snow-white body was totally exposed in the air, spreading the unique fragrance of the girl.

  Looking at Red Lotus' white and tender skin, smooth and slender legs, Mei (Star Snow) stretched out her hands with curiosity.

  After being stripped of her red witch dress, exposing her delicate legs to the air, it was difficult to imagine that their master, Red Lotus was actually a girl of strong personality when she was awake.

  Mei's hand gently rubbed and pinched Red Lotus' slender and delicate white toes. Her pink toenails glittered like shells on the beach, giving Mei (Star Snow) a too strong temptation.

  "White Lotus... Don't believe that the prince really exists in the world."

  "Without you, I would have nothing..." In her sleep, Red Lotus' cherry-like mouth was half-open and half-closed, and it seemed that she was entreating for something.

  "No, it's itchy."

  "There... don't touch that place..."

  Her cherry color lips shivered slightly as she breathed.

  "..." Mei (Star Snow) only looked at her (master’s) hands in confusion.

  Why are my master's hands so skilled?

  "Well, that was all, master. That was what Star Thunder, Star Fire, and Star Snow did when you were playing Star Go."

  "Well, they did a good job, didn't they? Congratulations!" After replaying all the pictures about what the three sisters did in the last three days, Mei was proud of her subordinates.

  "It's over... It's all over!" Yun Xi hid his head in his arms. At this moment, he only wished that he had the supreme power to cut off the river of time, wiping out the whole of the last three days from the river of time.

  In front of him, Red Lotus was still sleeping, while White Lotus squinted her eyes, staring at him with a strange smile.

  Besides him, close to his hands, Red Lotus' beautiful, flawless body was slightly trembling as if she was in a sweet dream.

  "Don't worry, sister, White Lotus will always be with you..."

  "You are the best sister in the world, I love you..."

  Looking at the scene in front of him, Yun Xi could find no way to deceive himself that it was just a dream.

  Everything was real!

  In the last three days, he had really made so many mistakes!

  "Oh... my dream to be an upright gentleman..."

  This day, Yun Xi abandoned himself to despair.

  Chapter 501: Presents the Ge
m and My Love to You

  It's over! My life is all over!

  While Yun Xi watched the pictures of the first day, he still held great hope.

  Until Star Thunder went the wrong way to the secret garden of the Starwing Knights, and met Lulu there...

  Lulu became the first victim.

  Then Ling Ling and Mei Lan were also added to the victim list.

  The next day, Star Fire took over his body and was soon caught by Hua Yue.

  Apparently, as the leader of the Starwing Knights, Hua Yue noticed that Mei (Star Fire) was in a strange mood. Looking at this scene, an emotion called hope emerged again in Yun Xi's heart.

  Hua Yue was a perfect knight, and her strength was enough for her to protect herself. Under her protection, there should be nothing happening.

  Unfortunately, Yun Xi still guessed wrong.

  It was true that Hua Yue had the strength to stop Mei, but she did nothing. Instead, she became the fourth person on the victim list.

  The symptoms of "Mei Poisoning" was still spreading!

  On the third day, when Yun Xi fought against Norn the God of Wisdom and Orfina the Ruby Dragon on the chessboard, Star Snow possessed his body.

  Unlike Star Thunder and Star Fire, Star Snow avoided contact with any people from the beginning and chose to bask in the sun in the Witch Palace. In theory, she would never meet any of the members of the Starwing Knights there.

  Well, that was right. She didn't meet any of the members of the Starwing Knights, but the twin witches lived there!

  Next, Yun Xi could only watch the pictures that Star Snow was brought into the underground of the Witch Palace and performed the mysterious sacrificial ceremony with the twin witches.

  After everything was done, Star Snow had a chance to escape from here, but unfortunately, she lost her way.

  Yun Xi didn't want to remember what happened next. Anyway, when he opened his eyes, he was already on the big bed of the twin witches, being watched by White Lotus.

  What a big crisis! There's no way back. There's no chance to argue! But, but it wasn't my fault!

  How could I know what happened in the real world when I was playing Star Go on the Starry Sky Chessboard?