Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 241 Meal Replacement Literature
The library was unusually quiet.

There seemed to be nothing here. Apart from the two welcome signs, there were only endless corridors and neatly arranged bookshelves. The boundary of the library was deep darkness. Limited light illuminated the corridors of the library. No one knew where the light came from, and it was so weak that it seemed like it would go out at any time.

Flor mentioned something about the Trial of Wisdom, saying it was the easiest of the three trials.

It's more of a reward than a trial.

A library where you can find the secrets you want to know.

Ethan walked between the bookshelves. Most of the books looked very old, and the covers were almost the same. There were no titles on them, only a line of dates to indicate the contents of the books.

"This is Sincarlo's memory."

Ethan suddenly had this idea.

The dates were arranged in chronological order. They were just before the establishment of the First Age, which was the end of the war. Almost all the Old Gods were still brooding over what happened in that era.

"memory?"

Lin Dong was skeptical. She picked up a book from the bookshelf at random and opened the first page.

You know, memory is the most private thing in the world, and humans will only reveal their hearts to the people they trust the most, but Xinkalo is not trustworthy, and they are nothing but troublemakers to the Demon Lord.

She didn't believe that with Ethan's few words of psychological massage, their relationship could be upgraded to that of close friends who could share memories, unless...

Unless Ethan is a succubus.

hiss--

Winter gasped.

This matter did not make sense at first glance, but when she thought about it carefully, Empolis and Bazatos became Ethan's friends through some psychological massage, and even she was no exception. She was inexplicably taken home by Ethan in Creekwood Town, which led to everything that happened later.

However, compared to these old gods who are fragile-minded and completely useless, she is relatively strong.

She enjoyed more of the massage before lowering her head to Ethan.

Well, that's right.

The difficulty of the strategy is five stars.

Lin Dong didn’t know what others thought, but at least she thought so.

But there is probably no one in this world who knows succubus better than Xinkalo. This race was created by him. They exist for only one purpose, which is to confuse and enchant humans. Reports about succubus have appeared all over the world. As one of the branches of demons, succubus are undoubtedly extremely harmful to humans.

Perhaps they will defraud humans of their money, break up their families, or extract their essence. People who stay with succubi for a long time will become listless and often die after contracting a serious illness.

But despite this, people still flock to succubus.

Because succubi are very beautiful, this is almost how all eyewitness reports describe this group. Their beauty is extraordinary and just fits the aesthetic taste of every "host". More importantly, they can make the "host" feel a passionate and unforgettable love, so strong that the "host" feels that no other emotion in the world can compare to it, which makes people crazy.

Because of this, succubus have become a frequent character in many literary dramas.

Creators often take different perspectives to create an outlier among succubi.

An innocent and pure succubus, a pure love succubus who is devoted to her "host" and even willing to betray her people and beliefs. Such stories often end in tragedy, giving people endless regrets and reverie.

As a girl who has been poisoned by succubus literature, Winter has a say.

Every time she came out of the Imperial Capital Drama Theater after watching a play, she wanted to pick out those authors who liked to create tragedies and give them a punch.

What's even more difficult to say is that this was actually the original intention of her establishing contact with the former director of the shelter, and that was before the establishment of the Violet Commune.

She used the power of the Council of Seven to retrieve all the internal information about succubi from the Shelter Bureau, but after reading it, Lin Dong just wanted to laugh.

There are no pure love succubi in this world. They are the group with the most chaotic private lives in the world. Even in the process of serving the "host", cheating is the norm. The information also reveals a lot of content that has not been discussed on the table. In addition to passionate love, succubi also know all kinds of ways to play that make Winter blush.

In this regard, they have unique advantages.

Lin Dong has read many investigation reports on succubus victims, although it is difficult to tell from their statements that they consider themselves victims. Many people even seem to be unsatisfied when talking about succubus. What makes them suffer is not the property that was defrauded or the broken family, but the fact that the succubus suddenly disappeared one day.

This is the end of almost all succubus-like relationships.

Succubi are not short of money. This is just a game to them. They will leave you when they get tired of it.

According to the above materials,

obviously,
Both Ampolis and Bazatos were bewitched by the succubus, and considering Cain who voluntarily stayed in the Trial of Courage, the number of victims now rose to three.

Lin Dong's expression was serious. She had now witnessed with her own eyes the harmfulness of the succubus.

She thought again. Although the way Ethan and the old gods get along seems simple, it is an insurmountable gap for any other human being. Anyone who tries to imitate him will go crazy after speaking the first sentence to Empolis and Bazatos.

This is the result of facing the old gods.

Even if the old gods have no subjective intention to harm, their whispers and their true forms can instantly penetrate human reason.

As for her?
She was clearly different.

Just like the pure love stories written in literary works, even if Ethan is really a succubus, she should belong to a subspecies of succubus. As a scholar of succubus research, her research is the most authoritative and cannot be questioned!

"Teacher, are you okay?"

Ethan interrupted Winter's thoughts.

Winter was stunned for a moment and said the conclusion in his heart, "Yes, we are pure love."

There was silence in response to her.

Ethan pointed at the book she was holding upside down, and Lin Dong blushed all the way to her neck. All her thoughts just now had nothing to do with the contents of the book.

But she still wanted to emphasize that even for a succubus subspecies like Ethan, the difficulty of her strategy was five stars, far exceeding that of other old gods.

"cough."

Winter coughed lightly. Fortunately, she was not in cat form now, otherwise Ethan would have easily noticed that her fur was all standing up and her tail was standing straight. She put on a stern face and pretended to be majestic. "What do you know about succubi? Why do they succeed so often?"

This is a test question, a pop quiz.

Now she was going to test Ethan's knowledge of dark creatures.

“This involves social issues in the empire.”

"……what?"

This was not the answer that Winter expected.

Ethan felt that this question was similar to people's views on yanderes.

Is it the yandere personality that people actually like?
Obviously not. What really moved them was a person who loved them wholeheartedly, and this feeling was even so strong that it was twisted.

And succubus can satisfy all people's fantasies of wanting to be loved.

"This reflects the imperial citizens' desire for love and their beautiful imagination."

Of course, this is a more EQ-oriented statement.

The reality is, according to cabinet investigations, in the long years of the past, love that conforms to people's beautiful imaginations is often a luxury that only the nobility can possess, and it is really too far away from people.

If you are an ordinary resident of the empire, and you have a childhood sweetheart who grew up with you and meets all your beautiful imaginations, then you will find that suddenly one day she was sent by her family to a noble manor to be a maid, and then you gradually lose contact.

Another statistic shows the extent of the chaos in private lives.

The creation of pure love succubi in literary stories is fictional, but nine and a half out of ten stories of love, hatred and vengeance between nobles and maids are realistic.

Winter once again heard many insightful comments, but she always felt that the topic was a little off track.

She thought for a moment and then asked, "I want to ask you, what do you think of succubi?"

"A skilled succubus can often see through people's true inner desires."

If they are limited to love affairs, their power will ultimately be limited.

"A truly powerful succubus can be your best friend, your worst enemy, your teacher, your confidant, your trusted comrade, and your soul mate when needed."

Ethan called this the multifaceted ability of the succubus. Only those who have fully cultivated every data in the six-dimensional diagram can be the best among the succubus.

Winter's eyes widened almost immediately, and she stared at Ethan.

What's the difference between what I just said and admitting that I am the King of Succubi?

But Ethan suddenly changed the subject, "I think the ancestors who summoned the old gods are likely to have these attributes."

Lao Ba said that its life was too short, and now only faint traces remain in this world, but it has left a very deep impression in the minds of the old gods, even Lao Ba, who is obsessed with art and pays attention to everything other than art.

"For Lao Ba, for example, what really attracts him is not love, but a like-minded person who pursues the same aspirations in the field of art."

"…Isn't that you?"

Lin Dong's eyes suddenly became sharp.

Ethan's words woke her up. If we put aside the premise of love, then Ethan's behavior was completely consistent with the succubus's habit of "stealing"!
"It was our ancestors who provided a platform for promoting art. Do you remember the contract that Lao Ba mentioned?"

According to the agreement, He will bring the concepts of "death" and "evolution" to this world.

This is the cornerstone of biological iteration.

Humans are not the first creatures to appear in this world. Some books mention intelligent races that are older than humans. Dragons really existed and they wrote their own civilization long before humans were born.

The "Theory of Evolution" he proposed to Cynthia in the Trial of Courage was also based on the rules written by Lao Ba.

Therefore, according to the contract, this world naturally became a platform for Bazatos to practice his art.

Ethan has been thinking about this question since the Trial of Courage.

It was not until Lao Ba mentioned that some of the ancestor's marks seemed to remain on his body that many mysteries were finally solved.

For example, Ethan has always been puzzled about the relationship between him and the old gods.

So far, every old god he had met seemed to have a natural liking for him, which was the basis for them to sit down and talk calmly.

He understood what Lin Dong meant, but he thought that the teacher's understanding on this issue was wrong.

"Teacher, this has nothing to do with succubus. Strictly speaking, this is a kind of meal replacement literature."

"Meal replacement literature? What is that?"

Winter tilted her head, which showed that too many unfamiliar words made her fall into deep thought. This must be a habit left over from her cat form.

Ethan always came up with some unfamiliar terms that she had never heard of before.

I always feel like it was made up by Ethan, but every time I listen to it, it seems to make some sense.

"Perhaps they see something familiar in me, so many of my actions may be beautified in their eyes. This is common psychological knowledge."

Ethan said, "Teacher, it's like if you suspect someone has stolen your things, then whatever he does next will be suspicious in your eyes, and vice versa."

"I see."

Ethan is always eloquent, but his words are easy to understand.

A smile appeared on Lin Dong's face, a smile from the heart. She agreed with Ethan's judgment on ancestors and meal replacement literature, but this also implied another thing.

She didn't know the so-called ancestor at all and had no interest in him.

This means that the meal replacement literature doesn't work for her.

The person she met from the beginning was Ethan, and the one she liked was also Ethan.

All the unhappiness in my heart disappeared.

Lin Dong felt that his advantage was so great that it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as infinite - there was nothing to worry about at all!

"is there a problem?"

Seeing Lindong's eyes suddenly curved into crescent shapes, Ethan was very confused.

What he just talked about was psychology knowledge, which should not include any funny elements.

And Winter's smile didn't look like he was laughing at a joke, it seemed more like it came from some other emotion.

"I was just thinking of happy things."

Winter said, listing her strengths in her mind.

First of all, her strategy difficulty is five stars.

Secondly, she and Ethan have spent the longest time together, no one can compare to her!
She licked her lips. She had actually heard of the meal replacement theory, but that had nothing to do with literature. It referred purely to the food itself. For some precious and unattainable ingredients, the nobles could only settle for the second best and find something similar as a substitute.

This phenomenon is particularly common in the imperial capital.

But can meal replacements taste as good as regular meals?
Obviously impossible!
This shows that she ate the best from the beginning, and she only had one thing to say to those old gods whose intentions were not pure from the beginning.

You deserve to have to eat meal replacements!
There's nothing we can do about it, since she is the real gourmet.

(End of this chapter)