“Chirp chirp…”
After putting on the loose silk pajamas that XÄ« had prepared for him, Lin Nuo stepped out of the bathroom.
The Fatty Bird, bobbing its head in XÄ«’s palm, suddenly took flight, landing on his shoulder to peck at his hair.
With its wings, it pointed toward the person lying on the bed, as if to say he didn’t smell as nice as XÄ«.
“It’s time for prayers, my dear young master!”
The girl had already wiped off the few droplets of water that had splashed onto her jade-like legs.
Now, she knelt beside his bed, beckoning him with her hand.
“Alright, alright, I’ll deal with you later.”
Lin Nuo had no real way to refuse XÄ«.
They had known each other since their early teens.
Back then, after tagging along behind the Saint Knight Army like a sidekick, he had been injured and ended up weak, taking medicine and resting every day.
His mother had specially brought back a group of maids to care for him, and XÄ« was among them.
It must have been over seven years now.
Because he was always on guard against the possibility of a yandere appearing close to him, he had dismissed all the prettier maids without hesitation.
But XÄ«, with her superior beauty compared to all the other maids, and that uniquely unshakable aura she carried—she just didn’t look like someone he could trust.
Get rid of her, absolutely!
However, when he noticed that unlike the others, XÄ« didn’t treat him like a troublesome ten-year-old but instead seemed eager to care for him intimately, she had even proactively sought permission from the Chapel.
Lin Nuo’s opinion of her gradually changed.
After all, from his perspective of warding off yanderes, girls who actively kept their distance were safer.
Plus, even at just a teenager’s age, XÄ« looked graceful and slender in her Priestess robes, pure and elegant beyond reason.
Lin Nuo couldn’t help but doubt: Can a yandere really have such a holy aura?
After observing her for a couple of days, he found that XÄ« always seemed to dislike him; whenever she received orders to serve him, she would wear a look of exasperation.
So Lin Nuo decisively chose her, making Priestess XÄ« his personal attendant.
It definitely wasn’t because he enjoyed seeing beautiful girls being forced into humiliating situations!
In the original story, someone labeled “yandere” would typically be obsessively possessive toward him.
XÄ« hated him so much; she couldn’t be the yandere, right?
After a few days of observation and a measure of relief, Lin Nuo boldly started interacting with a female for the first time in the manor.
Their relationship had developed to the point where, when troubled, he would sneak into XÄ«’s room and hide under her covers, even daring to touch her feet, only to be met with her annoyed yet somewhat disdainful gaze.
To be frank, XÄ« was undoubtedly the most beautiful Priestess in the manor.
Even alongside the cool and elegant Princess Amidina, neither of them overshadowed the other.
Even the most discerning Goddesses of Love and Beauty would find their respective charms equally compelling.
Their vastly different personalities made for distinct experiences.
XÄ« treated him more like an older sister from next door.
Bathing together?
Well, she had indeed stripped and scrubbed him more times than he could count when he was a child.
Although he never quite understood why, despite her obvious dislike for him, she always insisted on scrubbing him twice and said children who didn’t bathe became unlovable…
“Master’s bracelet looks really nice,” a sudden voice made Lin Nuo glance at XÄ«, who had her eyes closed, appearing to be praying.
“Do you girls all like shiny things? This was a little favor for Princess Amidina; she gave it to me. If you want one, I’ll take you to the Trade Port next time.”
Lin Nuo, turning his head and closing his eyes as well, didn’t notice the subtle lightening of the smile on the girl’s face beside him.
“Master, your clothes should be changed by now. Do you want me to help wash them?”
“Oh, Princess Amidina already washed them yesterday.”
“…Mhm.”
“It seems like Master still carries her scent. Looks like she and Master are pretty close, huh.”
The smile on XÄ«’s face faded further, yet it made her gentle expression even more serene: “A truly qualified… fiancée.”
Not catching the slight difference in XÄ«’s tone from usual, Lin Nuo, too lazy to recite his prayers properly, lay down on the bed in the same position as her, silently focusing his attention inward, eager to examine the discovery he’d just made.
As his consciousness plunged into chaos, the magic book’s cover faintly glowing, immediately appeared in the void that represented his mind.
Naturally, he saw the magic book flipping open, revealing new text added to the page beneath the Goddess Statue:
[Cleric Job Selection · Activated]
[Divine Position 1: Seat of the Goddess of Lights]
[lv0: Magic Girl at the Peak of Healing Magic from Excessive Rewarding]
[Note: During her magic girl phase, the Goddess of Lights enjoyed endlessly rewarding herself and her Succubus Girlfriend. After once overdoing it and severely damaging her kidneys, she resolved to study restorative magic to nourish her body. She then rewarded herself and her girlfriend continuously for three days straight without any physical weakness afterward…]
[lv0: Memory of the Love-Struck Array Master]
[Note: The Goddess of Lights, having mastered magical arrays, had a love-struck brain filled only with her Succubus Girlfriend, countless source runes of magical arrays, and an instinctive ability to draw them upon sight…]
…??
No way!
It made sense that the Goddess on the first page was the Goddess of Lights, but…
These notes on the goddess’s abilities…
Were a little over the top, weren’t they?
Who studies restorative magic to peak just from rewarding themselves endlessly?
Yet what Lin Nuo was more concerned about was the book’s unique function.
Based on his experiences just before falling asleep, he now roughly understood it…
After some brief reflection, Lin Nuo’s eyes widened in surprise.
No matter the type of spellcaster, suitable magic skills and combat skills were vital.
Lin Nuo thought this strange magic book might just let him record two magic skills.
But unexpectedly!
These two things were much higher level!
They seemed more like innate talents or even some sort of legacy!
Like the second one: the Array Master’s Memory.
Like recalling answers before a magic exam, Lin Nuo tried to access his memories of magic knowledge.
He quickly realized that even now, his brain clearly remembered the source runes used to create the Traction Magic Array and the Reverse Flow Magic Array, as well as the critical principles of channeling elemental magic into arrays!
He had instantly memorized the casting principles of two magic arrays!
This… was only his first attempt!
Lin Nuo’s hands trembled involuntarily.
Having an eidetic memory for such abstruse arrays was a rare talent even among magicians.
But perhaps he had now absorbed two arrays, and could feel some inexplicable slight improvement in his array-related ability…
So the “Array Master’s Memory” wasn’t a mere “lv0” skill; rather, it was just at level zero for now.
With effort, this ability could level up!
Just this one feature seemed to straightforwardly tell Lin Nuo that, if he studied well, he might even instantly replicate others’ magic arrays in battle!
As for that first magic girl’s healing ability…
Even with Lin Nuo injecting magic power, there was no reaction, suggesting that skill might be at a level even higher than the innate talent for arrays.
Lin Nuo also saw the black words “Tyrant Sequence” on the second page.
Although only “Magician” was listed beneath, it seemed he couldn’t activate that goddess statue yet…
But honestly, just the abilities on the first page were already impressive enough!
‘What exactly did this book see in me?’
‘If I’m no good, just say it so I can go eat some crap already!’
‘Carrying these weird abilities without explanation, how am I supposed to feel at ease?!’
Lin Nuo frantically questioned inwardly, trying to figure out the price for accepting these inheritances, but the magic book remained silent, hanging in his consciousness.
Checking his body, the dangerous black mist trapped by the ice-blue Reverse Flow Magic Array was still calm.
He gave a playful poke to the Fatty Bird on his shoulder.
Feeling that prayer time was almost over, Lin Nuo opened his eyes and shifted his attention back to the present.
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