[“Master, I really want to continue serving you, but my stamina is running low……”]
Dai Ya’s body temperature makes it impossible for you to think.
You only feel as if you’ve fallen into a cloud. Every part of Dai Ya is soft.
You feel as if you’ve sunk into her.
[“I’m truly sorry for taking up your rest time……”]
[“Master, you were desperately craving me just now. I’m truly delighted. It’s so incredible that someone like me can be used for this purpose.”]
Dai Ya’s face is full of ecstasy and satisfaction. Her beautiful face is filled with happiness.
Her hollow eyes now seem to have light.
You gently stroke her forehead. Sweat has stuck her bangs together, making her look very cute.
[“Even if you didn’t do this, I would always love you.”]
Your words make her feel very reassured. She hugs your arm to her chest.
[“I know, I know everything……”]
Both of you start to feel sleepy. You don’t let Dai Ya go back to her room.
[Congratulations, Host! You have successfully conquered the High Priestess of the Secret Cult and gained Talent: Gaze into the Abyss (White), Eye of the Evil God (Purple)]
[Congratulations, Host! You have gained 2000 Experience Points. Level increased to 22]
‘High Priestess of the Secret Cult?’
Compared to the reward for successful conquest, you are more surprised by Dai Ya’s identity.
The Experience and the Gaze into the Abyss talent are easy to explain; you already knew those rewards.
But the Eye of the Evil God that followed is very suspicious.
You open the Talent Window.
[Eye of the Evil God (Purple): Allows you to see locations where the “Gaze into the Abyss” talent has awakened on the map and in your field of vision.]
[“This is a treasure-hunting talent, but what exactly is the use of this Gaze into the Abyss?!”]
[Gaze into the Abyss (White) x3 has faded. Gaze into the Abyss (Green) has awakened.]
[Gaze into the Abyss (Green): Related to the truth of the world.]
This time in the Talent Window, the description no longer has question marks.
Instead, it is a puzzling sentence: “Related to the truth of the world.”
‘The Truman Show?’
Lai En guesses that if this talent is upgraded to a sufficiently high quality, he can learn some very important information.
Even concerning the underlying logic of this world.
[“What does this have to do with me……”]
Lai En glances at Dai Ya sleeping beside him.
He is satisfied with his current life, and he can also increase his level and experience. He still has someone to save—Ailuo Wen.
[“Leave the truth of the world to those who need to explore it.”]
……
After this, you are very concerned about Dai Ya. Her identity makes you feel that there might be some huge conspiracy around you.
However, life is still no different from before, so you gradually relax.
Another few years pass. During this time, you learn more magic.
When you come of age, a major event finally occurs.
King Edgar XIV of the Kingdom of Edgar passes away.
The first to notice the change is your father, Mo En. Since the king’s death, he has not appeared in the territory for two consecutive months.
After two months have passed, the people in the territory come to realize that something is wrong.
Some believe that since Mo En was the late king’s confidant, being summoned to the royal court this time might spell doom for him.
Others think that Mo En is just going to deal with some leftover matters after the king’s death. The Duke of Grayheart Castle’s character is well known to all; who would be ruthless enough to kill him?
Naturally, you are very concerned about Mo En and even consider going to the capital to find him.
However, he returns to the territory soon.
The nobles and commoners of Grayheart Castle finally calm down.
But this time, Mo En brings you a bombshell.
The Regent King has been established. The former king’s princesses all need to find a place to go, and you have been chosen by the Second Princess. In a few months, you will marry her as your wife.
Faced with this news, you feel a sense of powerlessness for the first time.
Can you refuse? That is impossible.
Dai Ya soon learns of this news. She is now absent-minded every day.
Your teacher, Mei Wei Si, often jokes with you about it.
[“You get to marry a princess, and you’re still frowning?”]
She is just an ordinary person with a magical talent, so naturally she doesn’t understand the shackles of power on a noble like you.
If you could, you would have left Grayheart Castle long ago to go adventuring outside. But now, not only do you have zero freedom, you are also forced to marry the Second Princess.
Who knows if you’ll have to serve a living deity again? After all, she is a princess.
Of course, you also know that this is a simulation. If you can successfully conquer a princess, you can also gain a lot of rewards.
But the current life is already very good. You plan to spend this life mastering magic to the highest level, and you have no time to deal with these women.
Dai Ya is great. Mei Wei Si as a teacher is also good. Who knows if the princess, when she comes, will have them both reassigned.
Thinking about this, you feel your head is about to explode.
Just as you are distressed, another major event occurs.
This event is enough to change the fate of your entire life.
Right in the center of Grayheart Castle’s territory, a tower suddenly rises from the ground.
The residents of the territory all say that they didn’t see it last night, but this morning such a tower appeared in the wheat field.
That tower seems to pierce the clouds, twisted and strange, and it flickers with black-purple light, somewhat similar to Mei Wei Si’s Magic of Destruction.
Naturally, some people suggest that Mei Wei Si is behind it, but she has been in the territory for so many years—how could she only now summon this eerie tower?
In your opinion, Mei Wei Si is indeed a bit odd. Sometimes she stares at that tower, even forgetting that she’s giving you a lesson.
But you know her expression is more one of confusion and curiosity.
[“I don’t know why, but this tower looks very familiar, as if it’s not a product of this world.”]
And you are even more suspicious of Dai Ya. Her identity might very well be related to this tower.
One day passes, then two since the tower appeared.
Mo En leads the knight order to investigate, but the tower’s gate is locked tight. No matter what kind of attack, it cannot be opened.
Just when the entire Grayheart Castle is at a loss, a bloody chaos begins.
First, the wheat. The wheat field where the tower stands suddenly turns to ash. Then the livestock.
The animals near the tower all die overnight, their deaths horrifying—either dismembered or cruelly crushed into flat cakes.
Finally, one morning, screams of all sizes erupt across Grayheart Castle’s territory.
That tower has started killing people.