This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"Is this an eye? I have an eye growing out of my forehead?"

Are you realizing it now?

Ye Yiyi was a little confused.

Is it because the existence of that eye is too natural, without any sense of strangeness, as if it were one of your own eyes, so it is difficult to notice?

And judging from Bao Xia's performance, it seems that he can directly identify what he sees with his eyes?

Not only the bone and blood sword on his back, but even the holy monument can be recognized.

This made Ye Yiyi suspect that Bao Xia had inherited the knowledge and experience of the Eye Watcher, which allowed him to recognize things he had never seen before.

In other words, this is a special ability possessed only by the blood relatives of Yanxu.

"Ms. Michaela... I, what on earth is going on with me?"

Bao Xia covered her eyes with her hands, looking confused and worried.

"What on earth happened? Why did an eye suddenly grow on my forehead?"

"the reason is simple……"

Ye Yiyi briefly described what happened after Bao Xia fell into a coma, as well as what happened to the other party, including being contaminated and turned into a monster, being implanted with inscriptions by him, and becoming a member of his clan.

"In other words, you are no longer human, but a blood relative of the superior known as the All-Seeing Eye."

"Blood relatives... So, that voice wasn't lying?"

Bao Xia lowered her head, the light in her eyes dimmed, and she muttered to herself in despair.

"Have I really become their companion now?"

"Things like companions have nothing to do with blood, but rather with stance."

Ye Yiyi waved his hands and said indifferently:

"Besides, those Holy Elephant Knights are all dead. If you want to inherit their legacy and continue to be a believer of the All-Seeing Eye, that's not impossible... Oh, right!"

Ye Yiyi seemed to react suddenly, and couldn't help but reveal a wicked smile, raising his thumb and pointing at the sword behind him.

"Haven't you seen the sword on my back? It's the blood and bones of the All-Seeing Eye, its power, its corpse, and a portion of its true spirit... So, when you saw it, did you feel like killing me for revenge?"

"?"

Bao Xia couldn't help but roll her eyes when she heard that and said unhappily.

"Sir, are you really looking for an excuse to kill me right here and then?"

"I certainly don't have that thought."

Ye Yiyi narrowed his eyes and said with a smile:

"However, if you are unwilling to accept your inhuman identity, or if you want to seek revenge on me for reasons related to your clan, then I can also help you."

"Don't you still want to kill me?"

Bao Xia felt speechless and rubbed her nose helplessly.

"Sir, what have I done to make you want to kill me after you finally rescued me?"

"I just don't want me to regret saving you today someday in the future."

Ye Yiyi smiled, and although her words were spoken with a gentle smile, Bao Xia couldn't help but shiver.

"So I have to confirm whether you, as a member of the Familiar, pose a threat to me, others, or even the border itself."

"To the border itself..."

Bao Xia repeated this sentence softly, and suddenly looked straight at him without any hesitation and spoke.

"So, Mikaela-sama... isn't just a curse hunter, right?"

"This has nothing to do with you."

“It’s nothing to do…”

Bao Xia murmured softly, and suddenly smiled.

But this smile coupled with the scarlet vertical eye added a touch of evil charm and enchantment to the other person's face, which was already difficult to tell whether he was male or female.

"Mister Michaela, you are indeed both cold and kind..."

"I even wrote a suicide note. Even if I died here, no one would blame you. Yet, you saved me from becoming a monster..."

"Don't think too much."

Ye Yiyi shook his head, "If I hadn't pulled you away from the giant's attack, I wouldn't have saved you."

"You just can't die under my protection. That would be very embarrassing for me."

Bao Xia smiled nonchalantly and continued:

"But it wasn't just a matter of face, was it? Otherwise, you wouldn't have to care about my actions at all. You could have just let me, overestimating my own limitations, be pierced into a sieve by the giant's fleshy tentacles..."

"After all, the reason why Your Excellency protected me from the giant's attack and took me away from the attack range of that fleshbeard was completely subconscious. It was out of the instinct to protect the weak, right?"

"..."

Ye Yiyi's expression froze.

This kid actually hit the mark...

The reason why he took action at that time was indeed a subconscious action...

Shit! So why did he do that?!

Wouldn’t it be better not to save him? It would save him from so much trouble!

Seeing Ye Yi rolling his eyes unconsciously, Bao Xia's smile widened.

"In that case, if I want to gain your approval and survive as a non-human, there is only one answer, right?"

"?"

Ye Yiyi raised an eyebrow.

Bao Xia stood up from the ground, drew a long sword from his waist, then knelt on one knee facing Ye Yiyi, holding the sharp sword with both hands, and handed the hilt inlaid with a blue gem to the other party.

"What are you doing?"

Ye Yiyi looked at the scene in confusion.

"Of course, it's to you, the unsung hero..."

He raised his head, curled up the corners of his mouth into a thrilling smile, and said loudly.

“…Pledge allegiance!”

"???"

Ye Yiyi was stunned for a moment, thinking to herself, did you do something wrong when you swore allegiance?

Shouldn't this sword, the symbol of knighthood for all living beings, be broken with a single knee strike?

Wait a minute!

Ye Yiyi suddenly reacted.

What he just said seemed to be, loyalty to me, an unsung hero?

Did he see through my identity?

Could it be because of that vertical eye that he could even see this?

Doesn't that mean that as a member of the clan, he also has the ability to see through the disguise of the Curse Master?

Ye Yiyi's mind suddenly became active.

When Bao Xia saw that the other party did not answer, he also remained silent. He just kept kneeling on the ground to hand over the sword, with his head down and looking at his toes.

This silent silence lasted for a while, and Ye Yiyi suddenly spoke.

"Put your head up."

Bao Xia looked up when he heard the voice and saw Ye Yiyi holding an egg-shaped yellow crystal the size of a human head in his hand, gesturing at him.

"Can you tell what this is?"

Baoxia looked at the crystal, and a faint scarlet light bloomed in the single eye on her forehead.

He hesitated for a moment, somewhat uncertainly.

"This seems to be... the egg of the Nameless Supreme's unborn offspring?"

"Does the specific superior know?"

"Specifically... I'm not sure. I can't see a name. No, it seems like 'He' doesn't have a name..."

The light in Baoxia's eye on his forehead grew brighter and brighter, but he was completely unaware of it.

"...I only vaguely know that it is... one of the taboo stars?"

"You pass!"

Ye Yiyi showed a satisfied smile.

Although it is not as good as the light curtain, Bao Xia's vertical eye does have its unique features.

He put away the "Dead Fetus of Stars" and took the exquisite straight sword, and asked casually.

"Then you really don't feel the desire to take revenge on me?"

"Absolutely not."

Bao Xia shook his head, looked up at the sword behind Ye Yiyi, and said thoughtfully.

"Besides the fact that the sword seems to be just an empty shell that carries power, I also have a strange feeling. I don't seem to be a member of the All-Seeing Eye's family, but... of the Vision of All?"

"Are you serious?"

Ye Yiyi raised an eyebrow.

He had never mentioned the word "Zhonglan Shijie" to the other party. If Bao Xia really became a member of Zhonglan Shijie's family, wouldn't that be a step to success?

"I do not know either."

Baoxia felt helpless.

"This information just popped into my head all of a sudden. How could I know if it was true or not?"

Ye Yiyi thought about it and answered.

"Then don't worry about it. The information was most likely brought by that eye anyway... So what should we do next?"

Bao Xia lowered his head again and whispered.

"Take the sword I offer you as a symbol of your acceptance of the oath. Slash my sword across your neck, symbolizing my loyalty and life in your hands... Then, tap each shoulder three times with the tip of the sword, symbolizing my acceptance of the responsibility and power you have entrusted to me, and my service as your most loyal knight."

Ye Yiyi followed suit, extended the tip of his sword, slashed across Bao Xia's neck, and tapped his shoulders on both sides.

"But you are a Knight of All Creatures. Would your order approve of such a change of allegiance?"

"But I am also a knight who abides by the chivalric creed. I have the right to choose my own lord, and no one else can interfere!"

Baoxia raised her head and looked at him seriously.

"I, Bosha Presilia, swear in the name of the Knight's Creed: I present my sword to the lord before me, and I dedicate my loyalty and life to the bearer of the sword!"

"My lord's honor is my honor, my lord's command is my mission! Under the witness of the White Feather Knight King, I will not wear laurels, nor seek honors. I will be loyal to my duty, and live and die by it."

"I will abide by the chivalric creed and never regret it!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a faint glow mixed with pale white feathers fell above their heads.

Ye Yi looked up subconsciously, only to see a sleepy little red-haired elf, curled up with butterfly wings as hot as fire, slumped on a falling white feather falling from the sky, reciting an incoherent testimony in a half-asleep state.

"I am the messenger of White Feather and Creed... Hoo, hoo, I bear witness in the name of the leyline... Hoo... swear an oath, to the knights who swear allegiance... King, King, do you... do you accept... Ugh, ahhh~"

The little goblin rubbed his eyes, pointed his fingers to the sky and stretched lazily.

"...Do you accept...accept...wait, King, which king is it?"

The goblin stopped reading halfway through his testimony, as if he sensed something was wrong.

She rubbed her eyes, as if waking up from a dream, and looked down in a daze. She saw the five eyes of the two people staring at her at the same time, and was suddenly awakened by the fright.

"Eh, eh, eh!? What's going on? Why am I here? Wait, I think I'm presiding over a swearing-in ceremony..."