Chapter 95
[“Look! That kid has a pair of blue eyes! He’s so scary!”]
[“Hey! Don’t go near that kid! My mom said he’s not his parent’s kid because his parents don’t even have blue eyes like him! He definitely isn’t his parents’ child!”]
Having a pair of blue eyes in his country was not common because most people there had darker colored eyes.
Most people couldn’t tolerate the differences, assuming that there was something wrong with him because of those differences, and they started to bully him just because of his pair of blue eyes.
Even his parents didn’t have the same eye color as him, so people questioned his origins since he was a child. Some people even said that he was the son of a foreign prostitute, and he was abandoned by his parents in the country because his parents didn’t want him.
Bai Chen was bullied heavily when he was in elementary school, and even if his teacher always came to him and protected him, the children would continue to verbally abuse him the next day.
His parents also told him not to listen to his friends’ nonsense, and Bai Chen only nodded his head when he heard his parent’s words.
Bai Chen indeed didn’t think much of how the other children used to bully him since it had happened a long time ago, but history repeated itself when he transmigrated into this world.
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In his previous life, children didn’t know the word ‘prostitute,’ and even adults couldn’t openly use that word to insult him when he was a child, but this world was different because people could freely use that word to mock him.
In his previous life, there was no evidence that he was indeed the son of some foreign prostitute, but the situation in this world was different because ‘Bai Chen’ was indeed the son of a prostitute from the Wu Li Empire.
In this world, he wasn’t bullied because of the color of his eyes, but he was bullied because he was the son of a prostitute, and he couldn’t even rebuke it because it was the bitter truth.
Bai Chen knew that he couldn’t be angry when he heard such humiliation in this world because it was a fact that the real Bai Chen in this world was indeed the son of a prostitute, and he also couldn’t be angry because the person who had just insulted him was the daughter of the Black Werewolf Clan.
What Shao Meihui had told him was indeed a fact, and he couldn’t feel angry about it, but he was still hurt by it. Sighing heavily, Bai Chen decided to ignore the girl’s words as he continued walking toward the Forbidden Forest.
Right now, his main focus was not Shao Meihui, but he had to fight for his life first. He had a mission to complete, and he also had to prove to everyone that he was a capable Dong Lang Imperial Prince.
The participants continued to walk to the Forbidden Forest, and Bai Chen noticed that the path they were walking on was getting quieter.
At first, they walked through the market and residential areas, but then they had to walk through a forest area that was so quiet.
Bai Chen thought that they had finally arrived at the Forbidden Forest when they arrived at the forest, but when he saw how people didn’t stop walking in the area, he concluded that the forest was not their destination.
The path was getting narrower, and that was why Bai Chen let Shao Meihui walk in front of him while continuing to walk behind the girl. He looked like a guy who let a girl walk in front of him while he protected the girl from behind, but he knew that wasn’t true because he didn’t even have the strength to protect the girl.
Luckily, the chosen guards were still walking behind him, so he didn’t have to worry if some bad guys ambushed him from behind. Moreover, a dozen imperial soldiers were guiding the participants towards the forest, so the risk of being ambushed on the way to the forest was quite small.
They continued walking, and the path was narrow and rocky, but Bai Chen made it through without needing to hold the hands of the people around him.
He still remembered how he nearly fell when he headed to the river with Zhu Ge, and the man ended up holding his hand because he was worried for his safety.
‘Why am I thinking about that pervert at a time like this?’ Bai Chen scolded himself inwardly while shaking his head.
Even when he was still in Jing Pavilion, he also remembered Zhu Ge, and now when danger awaited him, he still had time to recall Zhu Ge’s memories.
He had scolded himself, but he still felt annoyed that the man didn’t even come back to him even if the barrier between the werewolves and the human empires had been lifted. He was annoyed, but he told himself that it wasn’t because he wanted to see the man as soon as possible.
While Bai Chen was still trying to shake off thoughts of Zhu Ge, a group of people suddenly stopped walking when they reached an area. Bai Chen was at the back because he was the last person to depart from the Rongyao Imperial Palace, so he didn’t know what kind of place was in front of the line of people.
He expected that they would eventually arrive at the Forbidden Forest, but he didn’t even see any tree in front of him, so he ended up frowning when he didn’t know why those people had suddenly stopped walking.
He tried to tiptoe, but he still couldn’t see anything because the people standing in front of him were taller than him. Bai Chen had never thought of himself as short in his previous life, but he started to change his mind when he saw how tall the people in this world were.
“The Forbidden Forest is in front of us, but the imperial soldiers will not follow the participants to enter the forest.”
Bai Chen could hear someone talking, and even if he couldn’t see the person, he knew that person was one of the soldiers who escorted the participants into the forest.
“For many years, the Forbidden Forest has been covered by an invisible barrier, but the barrier only works for the beasts. No beast can enter and leave the forest because of the barrier, but humans and werewolves can still enter and leave the forest freely as long as they dare to take risks.”
That person, whose face he couldn’t even see, continued to explain the situation related to the forest, and Bai Chen carefully listened to his explanation because the information was new to him.
“But the situation will be different for the next three days because all the werewolves and humans who enter the forest today won’t be able to leave the forest until the event ends three days later. That’s because there will be another invisible barrier that will be set up around the forest, so it can be said that all creatures in the forest will be trapped inside for the next three days.”
Being trapped with dangerous beasts in the Forbidden Forest was probably the same as being locked up with wild tigers, and Bai Chen bit his lip nervously as his shoulders started to drop little by little.
“This is a friendly competition, and all participants are prohibited from killing each other, but both the Dong Lang and Wu Li Empire will not be held responsible if any of you die in the forest. So, if you are afraid and want to change your mind, now is the last opportunity before we will put up a barrier around the forest to forbid all of you from leaving the forest.”
Hearing the guard’s next explanation, Bai Chen gulped nervously. Indeed, it felt like he was offering himself to the beasts in the Forbidden Forest right now. The two empires wouldn’t even be held responsible if there were casualties in the event, and Bai Chen was more nervous about that.
He almost wanted to change his mind, but when he made eye contact with Bai Renshu who was standing not far from him, he knew that he couldn’t change his mind now.
Bai Renshu smirked at him, and if he backed off now, he knew that Bai Renshu would step on him more than he had done to him so far.
Perhaps he would be killed by a beast or Bai Renshu when he was in the Forbidden Forest, but he still wanted to fight until his last breath. With that in mind, Bai Chen took a deep breath as he made the firm decision to continue his participation in the Beast Hunting Event.