How to survive in a soul-based game with full female mods

"That's right, at least that's the apparent reason."

"......You said this is the superficial reason?"

"I am the one who uses this magic. Therefore, I am the only one who knows the truth. So as long as I keep my mouth shut, the superficial news circulating in the outside world will be just that, right?"

Everything she's said so far is pretty much the same as in the game.

Minerva's bright red tongue poked out slightly from between her lips, licked the snack crumbs off her fingers seductively, and then put them into her mouth.

Her slightly glossy index and middle fingers picked up the next snack.

"Aurora's father... well, maybe I shouldn't use that title anymore?

The curse that the man who was once Aurora's father sent to me wasn't actually a curse, but a spell. It was a very advanced spell, one that only a few extremely powerful people could wield.

With a crunch, the snack was crushed between her delicate red lips and white teeth.

"Child, you now live in that castle and have experienced it firsthand. You should understand how convenient magic is. You can even go against the laws of this world and increase everything without limit."

Indeed, it is quite convenient.

If you cast that magic on a specific place, such as the restaurant or the weapons room, you can get unlimited food and weapons.

To put it in a very extreme way, it is even possible to put gold in a box and then use that magic to create gold infinitely.

After all, if the magic can even "refresh" bread and seasonings, can't it also perform infinite alchemy?

However, since Minerva didn't use that magic that often, it seemed that the magic wasn't omnipotent and had certain limitations, but the details were unknown.

"So I didn't correct that misunderstanding. After all, if it was proven to be magic and not a curse, the world would be thrown into great chaos. I don't want that, child. Don't you think so too?"

Lin Yinxi nodded. This was a fact that could be guessed with just a little thought.

"There's one more thing. If his request to cast the curse is rejected, that guy will definitely come up with other plans and schemes. So I simply let him deceive himself and mistakenly believe that his plan has succeeded."

Minerva picked up a few more pieces of dessert and began to eat them with a crunching sound. Then she licked her fingers and continued:

"Finally, there's one more thing, and it's for a very personal reason, a very personal reason... because I don't like that guy."

"There really has been a change."

In the game, the reason why Minerva did not correct the previous lord's misunderstanding of the magic was because she had no interest in anything other than studying magic.

Regardless of whether the previous lord mistook the magic for a curse, or what consequences the magic she cast had, as long as it was not related to research, it was not her concern.

But here, because she hated the lord, she deliberately did not correct his misunderstanding of the magic, and cared more about the Knights of the Silver Dawn.

"It's more humane than in the game..."

Minerva in the game is very good at annoyance and has the ability to make everyone who is not familiar with her feel annoyed by her.

"Yes, I understand completely. Then what you are going to tell me next..."

"Why did Casillas let that guy go? Of course I'll tell you."

Regarding the magic of the magic castle, Lin Yinxi felt that there seemed no need for him to continue listening, because what Minerva said was similar to what he knew in his mind.

He carefully changed the subject. Now it was time to ask the question that really interested him.

"To the outside world, Casillas was so obsessed with power that she would kill anyone who even remotely threatened her position. However, she believed the former lord posed no threat to her, so she spared him."

"Well, that's true."

"As you can infer from what I've said, the truth is actually different from the rumors out there. So from now on, you must keep strictly confidential what you're about to hear."

"What happens if you can't do that?"

"Then let's end this conversation, because I don't want to kill you. What do you plan to do?"

Minerva stared straight at Lin Yinxi. And his answer was certainly affirmative.

"Okay, I'll keep it a secret."

Things have come this far, and you still want me to back down. Is this still me?

Besides, it’s not difficult to swear not to tell others.

After hearing the words "I will definitely keep it a secret," Minerva spoke slowly with a very serious expression.

"The real reason is because of the devil."

.......

"Have you been waiting for a long time?"

After a sufficient "conversation", Minerva teleported Lin Yinxi back to Aurora's mansion, and then teleported him somewhere again with excitement.

That's right below the stairs overlooked by Casilla's throne.

At this time, Casillas still supported her chin with her right arm, and rested her other arm on the armrest of the throne, crossing her legs and looking down.

Of course, this composition makes it look like Cassia is looking down at Minerva, but Minerva doesn't care at all.

Because Minerva has been by Casillas' side protecting her since she was a child.

She could just laugh off Casillas's cute behavior.

"This has taken quite a while for you. Let's talk about the results."

This was something Lin Yinxi didn't know until the very end.

That is, this meeting was not caused by Minerva's arbitrary will, but was instigated by Casillas.

Of course, under normal circumstances, Minerva would never accept such an order, and Cassilia would not give her such an order, but this time it was different.

Minerva had already developed a great curiosity about Lin Yinxi because of the last incident, and not long ago she suddenly learned that the Inquisitor of the Holy Kingdom had come to meet Cassilia for Lin Yinxi.

There was no way she would just let this seemingly interesting situation go. That's why Minerva used Casillas's request to satisfy her curiosity.

It's a shame he would have known that if he had chosen to have me tell him all the reasons why he was there...

Minerva smiled.

"That kid, he actually proposed to make a deal with me."

"trade?"

Cassilia's eyebrows rose slightly.

"He asked me a lot of questions about teleportation magic, and then asked me to help him a few times. He said I would never regret it."

"Do you accept it?"

"of course."

"Since you said this was a deal, there should be something in return. Minerva, you're definitely not the type to suffer a loss... What did you get that made you agree to the deal so easily?"

"It's said to be a crystal scroll that disappeared in ancient times. The condition is that he will tell me where to find it."

"......"

This time, even Casillas, who had always had a blank expression, showed a look of surprise.

The Crystal Scroll, one of the scrolls known to have been lost since ancient times.

Even to Minerva, it was a very ancient and precious object, thought to exist only in the distant past.

Cassilia had also heard of the scroll, because when she was very young, before she became emperor, it was Minerva who taught her.

The problem is that, although there are clear historical records of its existence, no one knows where it is.

Countless magicians have made various efforts to find the Elder Scrolls, but as if it were mocking them, not a single one has been found so far.

Using something like this as a condition of the transaction.

"What exactly does he want you to do for him?"

As long as she can get the crystal scroll, she will not hesitate to go to war with the Holy Kingdom. Such a woman is Minerva.

Even though it was such a ridiculous condition.

"He asked me to help find a weapon?"

"...Looking for a weapon, you mean?"

"I heard it clearly. He said he wanted to get a weapon later and hoped to get my help."

Casillas suddenly felt discouraged. This was such a ridiculous statement.

In exchange for a crystal scroll, they ask you to help find a weapon? Is that weapon stuck in the center of a boiling volcano or in the deep sea?

"...Okay, let's continue."

Casilla sighed and waved forward. It felt like she hadn't felt this bored in a long time.

"Where do you want me to start? From our first meeting? Or do you just want to hear the outcome?"

"From the beginning, of course."

"Then the first thing to mention is that the Pope himself teleported the child back to the Empire. It was probably the Moon Pope who did it."

Cassilia's eyes widened when she heard that the Pope was personally involved.

"You mean the Pope who hasn't been seen in public in the past few years?"

——Didn’t I personally warn them not to pay too much attention?

Casilla subconsciously grabbed the armrest of the throne and didn't let go until she heard the sound of the armrest breaking and shattering.

But the armrest had already sunken in to match the shape of her palm. Seeing this, Minerva clicked her finger, and the cracked part returned to its original shape.

"They told me they wouldn't fall for him, reassuring me, but they did it anyway. They're two untrustworthy bitches!"

Thinking of what the Inquisitor had said when he came to visit her, perhaps out of renewed anger, she clenched her fists tightly.

Crack! The armrest, unable to withstand the pressure, shattered into pieces.

Although each piece looked extremely sharp, the palm of Cassilia, the person who crushed the throne armrest into pieces, was intact without a single scratch.

Casillas looked down at her spotless hands and suddenly began to talk to herself as if muttering to herself.

"Minerva. Those two bitches who have never been seen in public in all these years, how likely is it that they would personally use divine magic to teleport those they are not interested in back to the empire?"

"Perhaps I don't need to answer. Don't you know the answer, child?"

Minerva's hands radiated a blue light. New armrests sprouted from the shattered throne, and the broken pieces merged into one, disappearing somewhere. Minerva vanished as the armrests returned.

For some time afterwards, Minerva would probably continue to stay in the workshop of the Magic Tower, conducting various experiments.

Casilla didn't care about that, she was busy thinking about other things.

"Summon Aurora and all the Knights of the Silver Dawn to the palace."

Gazing at the empty space in front of the throne room, Cassilia gave the order and quietly stood up from the throne.

Then, a vague existence at the location where her sight was located dissipated like mist.

There was a cold light in her golden eyes.

"I will meet them personally!"

131. Grandma once said

'...My choice must be correct.'

Lin Yinxi returned to Aurora's mansion through Minerva's teleportation magic, and then unconsciously quickened his pace.

Because the feeling of unease kept coming to his mind, he was not sure whether his choice was the right one.

In exchange for helping him obtain the weapon he would later use with the Blood Sword, he offered to later tell Minerva the location of a copy of the Crystal Scroll.

This was the deal he proposed with Minerva.

Of course, he didn't initially want to use this super-powerful crystal scroll as part of the transaction.

He initially made some suggestions that he thought Minerva might be interested in, but they were all rejected by Minerva.

In the end, his only remaining bargaining chip was the Crystal Scroll, or another Elder Scroll of equal value. But of all the Elder Scrolls, the Crystal Scroll was the easiest to obtain, so he chose that one.

Well, I thought Minerva would like this proposal very much and accept it happily, but I didn't expect her to like it that much.

When he said he would tell her where the crystal scroll was stored, Minerva's eyes suddenly changed. She even stood up from her seat, ignoring the tilted chair, and threw herself directly into his arms.

She even threw away all her great magician's reserve and pounced on him, yelling, "Can't we go right now?!" She just kept hanging on him and making a fuss. It seemed that she was already very impatient with Lin Yinxi's proposal.

Although Lin Yinxi already knew that mage-type NPCs would show abnormal excitement when players brought Elder Scrolls...but Minerva's actions were more intense than the original version.