After reaching the maximum level, my "soft rice system" finally arrived.

This is just a landscape that Xiaer casually copied from the Western Continent, taken from the Star and Moon Forest next to the Dark Tower.

It was a sacred place for couples to meet in secret. Every year, the Dark Tower and the Arcane City would hold a joint social event there, intending to help the countless single men and women in the Dark Tower find their life partners.

After all, every wizard in the Darkest Tower is a devout seeker of truth; when faced with arcane magic and truth, matters of love naturally have time to be discussed later...

So after repeated "we'll talk about it when we have time," "we'll talk about it later," and "I'll go find a partner after I finish this magic experiment," these wizards were naturally left alone, waiting for the organization to assign them partners.

In the past, Xia Er had received many invitations to travel together to the Star Moon Forest, from both men and women.

However, Charles immediately saw through the cunning villains' attempt to trick him into coming over for dog food or to play a game similar to Truth or Dare. So he cleverly rejected all the invitations, preventing their scheme from succeeding.

The scenery that Xia Er was sketching based on the Star Moon Forest at this moment was undoubtedly a completely unrelated area to the childhood memories the other party mentioned.

However, for the black-haired girl in front of him—

The woods behind the manor where she played as a child were the most beautiful scenery she had ever seen.

That's why.

When she sees a beautiful scene, she will unconsciously associate it with the woods in her childhood.

Because that was all the beauty she had experienced in her monotonous life.

Have you ever seen such a sight with your own eyes?

Pale gold text appeared on the small notebook.

The black-haired girl held up her notebook, looking at Ciel expectantly, awaiting his answer.

She knew nothing of Ciel's origins; in her eyes, everything about Ciel seemed shrouded in mystery.

After all, according to her observations, the strongest beings in this world were only quasi-legendary, and it was impossible for them to set foot in this distant space.

It was even more impossible for her to cross the sea of ​​stars formed from shattered authority and arrive at her palace.

However, she could vaguely sense that this powerful and unfamiliar visitor was not hostile to her at all.

Otherwise, if it were the ancient gods from the outer reaches of the world, a great war would probably break out before they even had a chance to reach the palace...

She had only intended to chat with this mysterious and unfamiliar visitor, as life in this dark palace was far too lonely.

However, what was originally a casual chat turned into an unexpected surprise for her.

The inhabitants of this world should not have ever seen such scenery.

Thinking this way, she began to have some guesses about Charles's origins.

Could it be that he comes from another world?

.......

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes..."

Ciel nodded.

"Because in my world, such places are just the most ordinary and commonplace scenery..."

Listen to Charles's statement.

The light in the dark-haired girl's hazy eyes shone even brighter.

"So... in your world, in the depths of the ocean, do mermaids really exist who sing beautifully?"

She held up her notebook and stared intently at Charles.

"They exist. Whether they are Sirens or Merfolk, they are all members of our continental racial council."

Charles smiled.

"They do sing beautifully, but the Maritime Navigation Agreement Law, recently passed by the Continental Race Council, explicitly prohibits the Sirens from singing near popular shipping routes to prevent them from inciting sailors and causing shipwrecks—"

"So if you want to hear them sing, you'll probably have to go to their ancestral homeland to listen."

"The ancestral land of the Sirens is located in the deepest part of the ocean, but with your strength, that's not a problem."

"Does the airship really exist?"

The black-haired girl continued writing rapidly.

"It is real. The previous airship technology was somewhat flashy but impractical, but after being modified by magical devices recently, it has been adopted in large quantities by many countries and forces."

Ciel used his mental power to materialize a picture.

Those were rows of magnificent, gigantic airships, arranged in a square formation, slowly flying in the distant sky.

The airship is equipped with metal cannons around its perimeter, and its interior is engraved with mysterious energy-gathering arrays, which can be turned into energy-gathering cannon fire at any time if needed.

The airship's hull features a soaring black eagle design. This airship legion was recently purchased by the Aran Empire from the Black Tower, ordered personally by the Third Princess Isabella.

The girl stared intently at the scene behind Ciel, her hazy eyes reflecting the colors within.

"What about the dragons? Do all dragons really enjoy kidnapping princesses?"

"This is utter prejudice, or rather, an inexplicable motive that bards forced upon the dragons as villains in order to create conflict in the story. Pure-blooded dragons are true legends, and not every dragon species is male. Kidnapping a princess would not bring them any benefit."

"However, it is true that dragons love to collect gold coins."

Ciel couldn't help but think of Augudia, the Dragon of the Night.

"I know a shrewd businesswoman who will sell any information or gossip for gold coins, but sometimes you have to ask her for help. She's both lovable and hateful."

........

The two continued their question-and-answer conversation for a long time, until several pages of pale gold writing filled the Twilight Witch Renata's notebook before they finally stopped.

Some of her questions were very well-organized and even contained a lot of philosophical depth, such as the reasons for the changing of the four seasons and the morphological differences of the same magical beast race in different regions.

Then, Sharl, driven by his arcanist instincts, launched into a serious explanation to her.

Renata also has some questions that seem a bit nonsensical.

For example, why is it that the seemingly stronger female knights always lose to the goblins, who are at a significant disadvantage on paper...?

For example, why is it that every time a case breaks out, the Royal Guard and the Enforcement Bureau, who have already received reports, only arrive belatedly after the murderer has succeeded...

This forced Charles to explain to her again and again that these were all plot coincidences that the authors had forcibly arranged for the sake of the story, and that they were all just fictional stories that should not be taken seriously.

Ciel could understand the source of Renata's nonsensical words.

Because when she was five or six years old, before she could fully remember anything, she was taken to a dark mage tower, and then she became the Twilight Witch and sealed herself in the palace.

She never had a life that truly belonged to her, except for a few vague memories from her childhood that she could not remember.

From inside the mage tower, the glimpse of the sky seen through the tall windows was her entire view of the outside world.

Her worldview is broken and incomplete, entirely built upon the great library left to her by the legendary bone demon.

Every night and every day, she stayed in this small, enclosed world, reading those ancient books covered in dust.

Then, through those lines of dry text, one can imagine what that original world was like...

I fantasize about the ebb and flow of tides, the blooming and withering of flowers...

I dream of the changing of the sun and moon, the rotation of the seasons...

.......

Therefore, in Renata's world, the female knights are like fools, either getting themselves killed in goblin lairs or on their way to getting themselves killed.

The world is full of demon kings and dragons who kidnap princesses, and countless old, tyrannical rulers—

As the ruler of a nation, he commands a large army but does not personally lead the rescue. Instead, he places his hopes for saving his daughter on a naive young hero who has just come from a beginner village. His only reward is the sharpest sword in the entire village.

The noble children all seemed to have a problem with themselves, insisting on dating members of the opposite sex from forces that were hostile to their families, and only stopping when their families were destroyed and they committed suicide together.

The prince always ignored the neighboring princess who was a good match for him, and instead insisted on pursuing a village girl who knew neither aristocratic etiquette nor how to dress up.

Because the books Renata read all depicted such stories, she actually believed them to be true.

But she never imagined—

The stories of female knights defeating goblins, dragons and demon kings being overwhelmed by sheer numbers, and princes finding suitable wives and living peacefully and happily ever after are too boring to be recorded.

.......

Behind Charles, the illusion projected by his mental energy slowly became clearer.

In the illusion, there was a sunset that resembled a tidal wave.

The enormous sun-shaped structure touched the sea surface, with tens of millions of tons of seawater gently rippling below, the waves breaking into splashes beneath the black cliffs.

At the edge of the ocean, a gigantic sea beast, its body crimson, emerged halfway from the water and roared ferociously toward the two, its blood-red light soaring into the sky.

"This is the toughest battle of my adventurer career—"

"It was also the last mission of that legendary adventurer group called Morning Star before they ceased operations."

"It took us half a year, from tracking clues to finally closing in... to defeat a legendary Abyss Lord who had escaped from the Abyss Plane and wreaked havoc on the Western Continent for decades."

"That whale-like form is the true form of that abyss lord."

A hint of nostalgia flickered in Charles's eyes.

That was the most exciting and dangerous battle of his life, as a non-legendary being challenging an abyss lord who had been causing chaos on the continent for many years and whose combat power far exceeded that of ordinary legends.

At the most dangerous moment, he was even swallowed into the belly of that abyss lord, which made even the calmest leader of the team, Isabella, turn red with rage.

However, in the end, Ciel managed to restrain himself from calling out three times for his teacher, Vemes, to come to his rescue.