01x05 - Episode 5

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[Crowned in a Hundred Days]

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[Little Lei's Children's Theater]

Oh, no.

How did I sleep this long?

It's almost noon.

I'm falling behind.

Good thing

I planned the next step last night.

Did you sleep so long
that your neck got stiff?

Even I can feel how sore it is.

Can you warn me before you do anything?

Doesn't your neck feel sore and painful?

Cracking it seems to help.

Go easy.

You nearly snapped my neck!

It's almost noon.

Why isn't that young man up yet?

By the way, Lan,

what did he say his name was?

Meow.

Is he

peeking at me?

So love really does make people childish.

Did you see that?

The look in Lan's eyes

was so suspicious.

Do you think she's noticed something?

Really?

I think she just doesn't like you.

Don't they say women get jealous easily?

Terrifying creatures.

Stop!

Stop cracking it!

Young man,

why aren't you eating?

These are all Lan's specialties.

Are they not to your taste?

I ate the book too fast yesterday.

I'm still quite full.

Can no one here cook anything edible?

Oh, right.

I was so excited yesterday
that I forgot to ask.

After causing
such a huge mess,

how did you get out
of the Central Kitchen?

There was a girl named Huang.

She was the kitchen supervisor.

Luckily, she
stepped in

and cleared things
up for me in time.

After the incident,

she took responsibility for the head chef

and agreed to let me go.

Looks like you got lucky

and met a good girl.

As much as I want that to be true,

I still find it
hard to believe

that you've memorized
all those forbidden spells

from that ancient book.

I know it sounds unbelievable.

But I can put your doubts to rest

with a test.

Let me find something harmless

for a quick trial.

Not this one.

Everyone here would die.

This one is also a little

too much.

Morally unacceptable.

This one goes way too far.

Adults only.

[Computational
Compression]

This one...

Computational Compression?

Found it!

The ancient book records a spell

called Computational Compression.

I can show it to you right now.

Computational Compression?

I've been in this field for years,

and I've never heard of it.

Archmage Lei Wan,

could you
first teach me

the spell with the
longest incantation?

Let me see.

There's a classic one.

I'll recite it for you.

Wait,

Master.

You've never once recited
that one correctly.

Correcting you over and over
would waste too much time.

He might as well just look at my notes.

This page is the spell
Master wanted to recite.

Let's see it.

[Incantation]

Oh, wow.

A full page.

Long indeed.

Okay.

I've memorized it.

Why did you tear it out?

I won't have the right reference

next time I cast the spell!

Sorry.

I just need it
to demonstrate

how this forbidden
spell works.

Look.

A whole page of incantation

has been squeezed into a tiny ball.

This

is the essence of
Computational Compression.

It turns a spell that needs time to chant

into an instant cast.

It compresses long passages of incantation

into a single motion.

That way, no matter
how complex a spell is,

you only need to set
one motion to cast it,

just like flipping a switch.

It's convenient and fast.

Now,

I'll try to compress
the long incantation

I memorized
just now.

Then I'll gather everything into one point

and turn it into a simple, cool motion.

Master,

why are you on your knees?

I...

I didn't kneel.

I'm being forced down.

He cast that ultra-long
spell we just taught him

without breaking a sweat.

Wait.

What motion did I set just now?

A neck crack?

I told you to stop cracking it!

Look what you've done!

Now the trigger

for such an important
spell is a neck crack!

You told me not to move!

It hurt for so long that I
couldn't take it anymore!

Wait.

I can't seem

to straighten it.

So you really are hiding something.

That voice...

Could it be...

Supervisor Huang?

I quit the Central Kitchen today.

So don't call me Supervisor Huang anymore.

Are you studying magic?

Magic?

What magic?

Then what's wrong with him?

I was helping him work out.

Look at that squat.

Nice and deep, right?

Lift the pressure now...

I twisted my neck and can't turn it back.

So that's the girl.

Stop hiding it from me.

I've been watching for a while.

Don't worry.

I came to find you

because I want to follow you.

You avenged my father.

In this world,

I have nothing left to pursue.

So I'm following you.

No matter what you plan to do,

helping you

is my reason to keep living.

Good things don't just fall from the sky.

And neither does a girl this perfect.

Something might be off.

She sounded so sincere.

Can't you tell?

Of course you should let her join!

How can the king of a country

be so rash and emotional?

So you really were working together.

Who's this now?

You vouched for him and
let him go yesterday,

then resigned today.

I see right through your little scheme.

Aba,

it's not what you think.

Did the head chef's death have
something to do with you too?

Did you make up that
story about the gold pen?

Everything I said was true.

The head chef got what he deserved.

As an officer of the National Guard,

I have the right to take you in

for the captain to question.

Meow,

hurry and lift the pressure on me.

Kappy-bara, laka-booka.

I see.

You even dare to use magic.

Let her go!

They're innocent!

Innocent?

Look at him.

Does he look innocent to you?

He's still trying to provoke me.

It's not like that!

I just woke up with a stiff neck!

He's surprisingly strong.

Strong, my foot! He's just a lowly guard.

If my neck weren't stuck
and holding me back,

I would've sent him flying with one punch!

Meow.

Lift the pressure, Meow.

Oh, no!

That feels much better.

But you still need to hold back.

Then how about I put him to sleep

for a week?

What...?

Oh, my.

I'm finally up.

My knees aren't like you young people's.

If I'd stayed kneeling any longer,

I'd probably need an amputation.

Did you put pressure on
him right after lifting

the pressure on me?

I didn't even tilt my head.

And after forcing it back,

my neck actually feels much better.

He looks like he's crying.

Crying?

I told you to hold back.

Look at him. You didn't even hit him,

yet the force of your
punch scared him senseless.

King Lie!

Are you King Lie?

[Days]