Chapter 43.2 The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love

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Chapter 43.2 – Reader: Wine can warm you up.

When Xiu nodded, Eddie breathed a sigh of relief and he quickly made camp. The two men sat down and though they were face to face, there was an invisible boundary dividing them. Eddie looked across at the silly, cute ball that had frozen into an icicle, hesitated, then pulled out a canteen from his pack. He offered it to him.

“Take a sip, it will warm you up.”

Xiu was the one who took the canteen. Unscrewing the cap, Xiu saw that it was full of wine. Du Ze saw Xiu drink a mouthful then pass it to him. It seems he agreed?

Du Ze rarely drinks. Basically, he only drinks a few mouthfuls when he is with his parents during the holidays. Wine can give the body the illusion of warmth and, since Du Ze was really cold, he took the canteen and began drinking.

The first mouthful wine was full of a fruity fragrance. It didn’t seem too strong and even Du Ze, who was a novice at drinking, felt that it was good to drink.

Eddie breathed a sigh of relief. Somehow he always felt that he was hated by the other two people. Eddie took out another canteen from his bag. Xiu coldly refused it, so the gray-haired young man also began to drink up.

The snow-capped mountains were very quiet at night. The two moons were close together and the moonlight was very bright.

“You … you are called Xiu, right?” As if he didn’t expect to get an answer from the grim-looking elf, Eddie continued without waiting for a reply: “I had a brother who was also called Xiu.”

Probably because of the wine, Eddie started talking more and more. Whether it’s because of that familiar name or because he was just drunk, Eddie began to confide in the stranger. There were a lot of pent-up emotions in his heart.

“He was dazzling and everyone liked him … including Rose.” Eddie was silent for a while and then said, “I’m jealous of him.”

“Rose is my companion. I grew up with her and that guy. I love Rose, but from beginning to end, she only saw that person. Even when that man changed, Rose came running happily to me and said ‘I’m going with him’.” Eddie covered his face with the canteen. “So I made a mistake.”

On the silent snowy peak, Eddie’s hoarse words reverberated in the dim light of night.

“I betrayed my dear brother.”1

Eddie knocked out Rose then told the Temple of Light to go to the graveyard. After he did this, he was not happy but felt endless confusion. Year after year this confusion gradually worsened until it became bone-chilling remorse.

“I don’t dare to love Rose anymore, I just want to find that guy and give Rose back to him,” he said.

A liquid dripped down onto the snow but it was not the wine.

From beginning to end, Xiu’s expression did not change. He looked coldly at Eddie who was shedding tears of remorse, but the tears couldn’t form any ripples in Xiu’s heart. Eddie’s voice grew smaller until he was murmuring words too soft to hear, utterly sunk in his own world. Xui seemed to be bored. He looked over at Du Ze then he was stunned.

Du Ze was holding the empty canteen and kept raising it to his lips even though there was no more wine. In contrast to his comical movements was his earnest expression. The dark-haired young man still had a solemn expression on his face and didn’t look tipsy at all.

Xiu stretched out a hand and took the empty canteen. Du Ze looked at the person who took away his silver canteen, his black eyes unusually bright. Xiu originally thought that Du Ze was drunk but when he saw Du Ze’s bright eyes he was uncertain and said: “Du Ze?”

Du Ze opened his mouth: “Du Ze.”

“What’s the matter with you?” Xiu asked.

The black-haired youth again to repeated his words: “What’s the matter with you?”

“…”

Xiu is now very sure that some cute fool is drunk. He had not thought that there would be a drunk person who would not be noisy and instead repeat what other people said, although his voice was flat and emotionless.

The little Phoenix jumped down from Du Ze’s hood and fell on the canteen in Xiu’s hand. It looked up at Xiu and Du Ze: “Chirp.”

Du Ze said with an impassive face: “Chirp.”

The little Phoenix was unusually excited and spread its wings: This was the first time that its “Mother” had chirped in response to it!

“Chirp, chirp, chirp-”

Xiu caught the lively and disorderly small Phoenix in his hand. It quickly quieted down. Xiu looked at Du Ze who was repeating the small Phoenix’s cries and Xiu could not hold himself back from staring at his lips. He stared at Du Ze’s face that was red from drinking the wine and he wanted to bite him, so he did. Du Ze touched the place where he was bitten, even if his face is still expressionless, it still gives people a Moe feeling.

In the moonlight, the silver-haired elf stared at the black-haired youth and softly said: “I love you.”

Du Ze said to Xiu: “I love you.”

Xiu’s heartbeat quickened, even though he knew it was only self-deception, he still enjoyed it.

“I belong to you.”

Du Ze said: “I belong to you.”

“I will not leave you.”

Du Ze said: “I will not leave you.”

“Forever?”

“Forever.”

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After the avalanche, Xiu removed the magic and came out of the plant’s protection.2 All around him was a vast expanse of whiteness. He didn’t know where Eddie was. The avalanche was so swift that it came in the blink of an eye.

Xiu summoned Cerberus. It’s three heads sniffed the air then led Xiu to an icy cliff that was above a dark abyss whose bottom could not be seen. Xiu caught a glimpse of Eddie hanging from a branch. The avalanche must have swept Eddie down to the ice cliff and he grabbed a branch to avoid falling down.

Eddie hung on the branch, tottering precariously. He dared not call loudly, for fear of triggering another avalanche. When he saw Xiu, the gray-haired youth eyes brightened.

“Help me-”

However Xiu just stood on the edge of the cliff, indifferent. Eddie looked at Xiu, and when he was just about to shout again, Xiu finally opened his mouth.

“Do you want to know my name?”

Eddie was startled. He has asked several times before but the other person wouldn’t give him his name. Now is not a good time to chat. Eddie felt that the branch that was supporting his weight seemed to be near its limit.

Xiu looked down at Eddie and said: “My name is Xiu.”

Eddie, hanging on the edge of the ice cliff, heard a name that he remembered. The elf in front of him has the same name as that man.

What happened next made Eddie almost think he was dreaming. The silver-haired elf turned into a blond, blue-eyed young man whose familiar yet unfamiliar appearance was like his memory of his childhood playmate.

Xiu looked at Eddie’s stunned expression and his lips curved up slightly, hinting at a smile.

“Why didn’t you help me?”3

– excerpt from “Mixed Blood”

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The author has something to say:

Reader: Wine can warm you up.

Author: It can also make you promiscuous.4

Protagonist: (silently takes out a barrel of wine)

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Thanks to Jochi-chan who sent me a link to fanart about this chapter. Here are the first two panels so you can see what it is like. You can view the entire thing here – https://69erocento.deviantart.com/art/Drunk-489920035

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  1. good brother
  2. Elves have plant magic.
  3. Actually, they both said “pull me up” instead of “help me” but this makes more sense in English.
  4. 乱性 – “casual sexual relations” such as when people are drunk. This line could also be translated as “It can also cause drunken hookups.”

44 thoughts on “Chapter 43.2 The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love”

  1. We have an Echo here…
    I love drunk leads who r cute…
    My forever favourite drink lead is Intoxicated LanZhan

    1. Taylor swift fan

      Mine is a fanart i saw of drunk shizun……it was so damn cute! Loushen forever.

    1. Koumika Hideyashu

      He has 0-restore ability, so his eyesight and hearing are revert back.

    1. OH MY GOD YES. I feel so happy knowing that they like this novel?? It’s such a cool feeling

    2. Aaa, lo vi y dije el dibujo es tan parecido a esa serie pero no me imaginé que era el mismo dibujante woau

  2. That fan art is so adorable ! I hope Xiu hatred will lessen after knowing some of the truth and feelings of his old friends.

  3. Contrary to others, I felt that the scene where Xiu had to resort to a drunk Du Ze to hear him telling that DZ loves him is so sad. It will get better, Xiu.. It will get better. Like the author said, in DM novels, straight guys also turn bent.

    And thank you for the translation. I just started reading this since yesterday and it got me hooked. Thankfully it’s already translated completely. Or I would have gone crazy waiting for it along with the other novels.

  4. Goshhhhh this chapter is 💜💜💜💜💜
    The drunken scece is superrr cutee and sweet, i surely get cavities after this XD

  5. Duze is precious we must protect him >w<. I hope they get together soon I'm anxious! Omg erocento drew this?! I love her story rebirth!

  6. Hah, good thing Xiu stopped the phoenix chick before it turned into a chirping festival! Although that would also have been horribly cute!! Good thing Phoenix chick isn’t jealous of it’s daddy!

  7. It’s pretty sad, Xiu actually had one person who didn’t turn on him (Rose.) But he never knew and now it’s too late for him to care.

    Thanks for the update!

  8. AHHHHHH!!! A fluffy chapter! I think my heart just ate eight pots of honey!!!
    (eight races tonight ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) eight might be a significant number in this novel)

    Du Ze is a cute drunk~!

    Hahahaha! Xiu and his fantasy~! Welp later on it would be their future! Ya know what I mean ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  9. Just curious..why everyone in this novel seems to have been described as good looking?..haha but then Xiu’s expression still as cold as ever..lol

    Drunken Dz is cute! ☺

  10. Haha. Xiu is the smartest but he could have used the opportunity to get a promise of love out of Du Ze, that way Du Ze won’t be able to chicken out and this Jiejie can be a witness to the fact.

  11. Hi, thanks for translating The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to True Love. It really made my life. At first I didn’t like it because of the way Xiu treated Du Ze in the beginning in his lich form, but I really like their interactions now. I just wanted to say it makes sense for the “help me” to be “pull me up” because Xiu was stuck in the dark abyss of life and instead of Eddie pulling Xiu up he pushed him down further.

  12. The ‘forever?’ question was quite clever. Because Du Ze replied in a flat tone hence it really sounded like a reply to the question. This chapter is extremely cute. Thank you for the update 😊

  13. Awww, so sweet, that part where Xiu said all the things he wanted DZ to say to him.

    Will DZ remember any of the things he said?

    Thanks for the update!

  14. Omg is this a chapter or meng river…..
    The cuteness found in this river is no joke………… while drowning in this river, the last bits of my consciousness had deem some cute fool as the most adorable drunk //////

  15. PrettyDamnCritical

    Aww, I kind of feel sorry for Xiu. All he wants in the world is for Du Ze to love him, but at least he got a drunken “confession” and “promise” from his love.

  16. THAT WAS TOO ADORABLE!!!! My heart…can’t take this much cuteness!! (^་།^)
    Xiu is tooo moe to want to hear those words from DuZe to comfort himself even if its cheating..
    *Really wants to pat Moe Lord’s head and secretly pass him more wine* (*´ω`*)

  17. Why is it sooo cute!!!!??? Drunk Du Ze is too adorable ~
    Hands reader all the alchahol*
    …now I feel like I should be doing fannart…..
    Thanks always for amazing translations!

  18. I’m dying from the meng kyaaaa~ Du Ze is too adorable, especially when he’s drunk. Thanks for the chapter.

  19. EROCENTO DRAWS IT HOLY SHIET
    On the other hand, Xiu pls u need help-
    Good work today! I feel sorry that i can’t help by donating ;-;

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