Traveling: Imperial Capital Arc (9): The King's Game (4)

"Hehe, this time it's finally my turn to be king!"

After more than ten rounds of the game, the King card finally ended up in Little Ai's hands.

"Hmm... let me think about which two lucky ones I should call..."

After pondering for a while, Aemeath happily said to the players at the table, "Then let players number eight and sixteen take on the challenge of eating watermelon blindfolded!"

"Number eight is me." Lynae raised her paw.

"Number sixteen is me." Cartethyia also raised her hand.

"Eating watermelon blindfolded?" Phoebe asked. "How can you eat watermelon blindfolded?"

"Hehe, you wouldn't understand~" Aemeath smiled smugly, "Of course, it's one person blindfolded feeding another watermelon."

"Is this really okay? Won't it get all over my face?"

"That depends on their teamwork~" Aemeath winked playfully with her right eye.

"Something feels off." Xiao Ling felt something was missing. "Hey, how about we get two more people to have a competition with them, see who can eat faster?"

"Yes, A-Yu is right, a competition needs opponents," Aemeath nodded in agreement. "Then let number six and number twelve be their opponents!"

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"Yaya, shall we go?" Sigrika said with a smile in her eyes.

"You're not going to smear watermelon on my face, are you, Xixi?" Dania teased with a smile.

I will try my best to prevent this from happening!

"OK, then please take your positions, both teams!" Aemeath clapped her hands and said, "By the way, the loser will have to accept a punishment~"

"What punishment?" the four people asked in unison as the competition was about to begin.

"Of course~" Aemeath pointed to the opened bottles of snake grass water and herring cans in the distance.

"Ha?!"

It must be said that the punishment Aemeath was very intimidating, and Lynae and the others, who originally only intended to play a minor game, had to fight with all their might.

After all, nobody wants to taste that dreaded, bizarre thing after losing.

So, the two teams sat on the makeshift competition table, with five slices of watermelon on it. The team that finished eating the watermelon within one and a half minutes would win; if neither team finished, the team that ate the most would win.

"Cart, you have to do your best..." Lynae said tensely, "I don't care what I become, but I really don't want to experience having a stinky sock in my mouth..."

"Me too..." Cartethyia, her eyes blindfolded, her tone equally serious, "We absolutely cannot lose to Sigrika and the others!"

Meanwhile, Sigrika and Dania on the other side also had serious expressions, preparing to win this match in a serious manner.

"Yaya, I'll try my best!" Sigrika said earnestly, "But what if I accidentally smear watermelon on your face..."

"It's alright, it's a small problem compared to the punishment I'll face if I fail..." Dania replied.

"Oh wow, it seems both sides are ready. Well then, the competition is about to begin!" Aemeath said excitedly. "Alright, three, two, go!"

At her command, the two teams of contestants began frantically sucking up the watermelons from their plates.

"Okay, now we see the Fruit Team devouring the watermelon in front of them at an incredible speed." Xiao Ling took on the role of commentator at this moment, "It seems they are determined to win this time, even their personal image has become a secondary consideration."

With only one and a half minutes allotted, and the time required to clean up five watermelons elegantly and properly, the two groups reached a consensus: to do it as quickly as possible.

"Xixi, are you washing my face with watermelon...?" Dania couldn't help but complain during the match.

Sigrika wasn't so much feeding Dania watermelon as she was smearing the whole slice on Dania's face like a face mask, giving her best friend a thorough face wash with the watermelon.

"Oh, I'm sorry Yaya, then I'll slow down a bit?" Sigrika immediately apologized.

"It's alright, let's continue."

As for Lynae and Cartethyia's group...

"Cart, next one!"

Lynae couldn't open her eyes at all now; all she could feel was watermelon juice and residue all over her face, but she chose to calm down and take each bite carefully.

That's why their progress is on par with Dania's group.

"Come on, everyone! If you lose, you'll have to accept the punishment!" Aemeath added fuel to the fire at the right moment.

As soon as the words were spoken, the two teams moved even faster than before. Cartethyia and Sigrika, who were blindfolded and feeding each other watermelon, stopped pretending and grabbed a piece of watermelon to smear haphazardly on their partner's face.

If you ask Lynae and the others if they ate watermelon, they'll probably say yes.

However, since it's a competition, there will always be a winner and a loser. As Heartfox pressed the bell to end the competition, the Blond Team was ultimately a step behind the Fruit Team.

"Let's congratulate the Fruit Team on gaining immunity from punishment!" Aemeath congratulated the victorious pair.

"Ha... it's finally over." Sigrika removed her blindfold with a sigh of relief, only to see Dania's miserable state. "Yaya, why is your face covered in watermelon stains?!"

"I don't know why, but I suddenly don't want to answer your question..." Dania said, feeling speechless. She took the handkerchief Xiao Ling handed her and began to clean her face.

The defeated Blond Team looked rather grim, after all, they were about to face what could be described as biological weapons: canned herring and white snake grass water.

"Lynae, are you ready?" Cartethyia's hand holding the White Flower Snake Grass Water trembled slightly.

"I think I'm ready... maybe..." Lynae looked at the can of herring in her hand with a troubled expression.

"Then I'll count down from three, and we'll swallow it together."

"Good."

"Then, three, two--"

Lynae and Cartethyia simultaneously swallowed the food in their hands, and then reacted in the same way, without prior agreement.

"Ugh~"

"I'm speechless... There's actually food in this world that's ten times worse than the Deep Sky Collective's special canned food." Lynae's pretty face crumpled up like a rumpled tissue.

"My mouth tastes like stinky socks..." Cartethyia's expression was equally unpleasant. "I need to rinse my mouth."

"Me too!"

So Lynae and Cartethyia temporarily left their seats to clean the strange taste from their mouths.

Dania looked at the white snake grass water and canned herring on the table. Although she was a little scared, her curiosity still drove her to try them.

She walked up to the can of herring, picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. Before long, she did the same thing as Lynae and Cartethyia.

"Ugh~"