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

In fact, because it is not a certainty but a speculation, it makes the truth even more confusing.

At least as far as he knew, Dark Light 4's active skills did not include that kind of magic.

"........"

Lin Yinxi tilted his head in confusion.

Because of the witch's curse, all of his attribute values ​​​​degenerated to 1, which was clearly a negative effect, but another magic cast by the same person actually helped him.

He wondered if this was the right thing to do.

After completing a side quest, although the player can directly meet the witch who cursed the player, the witch is definitely not someone who will have a good impression of the player's character from the beginning.

When the player asks the witch if she remembers him, she just shakes her head and says "What?" It's not until the player goes through a few more dialogue options that she lets out a "Ahh!" exclaiming nonchalantly, "I think I did."

"I just picked a random passerby and did an experiment with black magic." This was the explanation the witch gave to the players. It was natural not to remember a random test subject.

Although friendly relations can be established based on subsequent options, most players choose to directly engage in boss battles.

Because if you want to establish a friendly relationship, the player must submit unconditionally and choose to become her test subject.

Ultimately, that's the core key.

At least at this moment, the witch had no reason to do anything beneficial to him.

"...Can you explain that in detail?"

The doubts could not be answered, so he finally chose to ask Minerva.

With his current brain, he really couldn't think of an answer.

"From what I understand, the magic you possess isn't ordinary magic, but dark magic. I don't know anything more than that. No matter what you do, only traces of magic remain, and I can't fully analyze it."

"Okay, that's enough instructions."

Since I can't get an answer from Minerva...

"As for the rest, let me ask her in person!"

......

"Drinking Creek~!"

Just when Lin Yinxi made up his mind to ask the witch in person, he suddenly heard a voice calling him from the side, and he came back to his senses.

Liz appeared before his eyes. Her face was much brighter than before, and she looked even more radiant. She was looking at him with a worried expression.

"Why have you been in a daze like that since just now? Are you okay?"

"It's okay, I just have something to think about."

"But you don't look well at all?"

“That’s because you’re so beautiful.”

"...Huh... So cunning~"

Liz gave him a coquettish look and turned her head away. Although she said that, it was clear that the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.

At this time, in front of everyone, the gate of the central hall of the palace was standing in its original place.

The height of the door was four or five times that of Lin Yinxi. According to the leaders of the Knights, such a large door was made entirely of gold.

This is not enough. It seems that there is a powerful protective magic on it. Even if Minerva directly uses the highest level of destructive magic to attack it, it can easily withstand it once.

‘…..’

But in fact, Lin Yinxi had no intention of paying attention to these things at this time, because what Minerva said before kept lingering in his mind.

'so.......'

The reason why I came here from this point on, even if I saw those hideous monsters,

And can fight without fear...

All this is because of the black magic that was cast on me!

At this time, Lin Yinxi finally realized the meaning of Minerva's words, "This is magic that will help you and will never cause you any harm."

If it weren't for that black magic, he would have been frightened out of his wits the moment he saw the human butcher for the first time, unable to do anything, and would have died trembling miserably.

'I need to change my priorities going forward...'

The weapon used after the blood sword? The rune that allows people to ignore combat fatigue? The main storyline? None of this matters.

His first priority is to find the witch who cast the curse on him.

It just so happened that Minerva also said that she would help him because she also became interested in the witch.

He already knew the witch's location, and he could reach there in a few minutes by teleporting.

When I meet that woman, I have a lot of things to ask her!

——Kukukukuku.......

"Okay, get ready. If you don't want to lose your head, don't make any mistakes. Understand?"

The golden door slowly opened, and Aurora's tone was very nervous, which was completely different from his usual leisurely and relaxed tone.

The Knight Commanders also straightened their shoulders, checked their attire again, then straightened their backs and looked straight ahead.

Seeing this, Lin Yinxi could only temporarily put aside all distractions and focus on the present moment.

Now, only by successfully completing the conversation with Casillas could he plan for his future. If he were to be distracted by other things in front of the Emperor and she discovered him, the consequences would be disastrous.

The golden door was so heavy that it took a long time to open. After more than a minute, everyone finally saw Casillas.

Before my eyes, the marble columns supporting the central hall reflected a bright luster under the illumination of the dome chandelier. The bright red carpet ran across the center of the hall and extended directly to the end.

And where the red carpet flowed to, directly opposite everyone were layers of towering stairs and a solemn throne placed on top of them.

Casillas sat on that throne.

She crossed one leg and leaned the holy sword against the left side of the throne.

Everyone who met Casillas naturally looked up at her.

This awe-inspiring emperor.

——Come in.

Cassilia gave her permission, and Aurora took the lead as she walked into the central hall. She moved at a pace that was definitely not fast, but not too slow either.

This huge central hall seemed to be able to easily accommodate thousands of people, but at this moment, only they were there. When Lin Yinxi was the last one to step through the door, it automatically closed.

They began to meet with the emperor.

135. Look at me!

After everyone entered the central hall, Aurora took the lead and walked to the front of the crowd.

She walked to a position that was most suitable for the distance from the stairs, knelt on the ground with her left knee, bent her right knee to a right angle, and placed her palms on the ground on both sides.

The Knight Commanders also struck a similar pose, but the difference was that they also bent their right arms and placed their palms slightly away from their hearts. Lin Yinxi also hurriedly followed the Knight Commanders' pose.

In this state, Aurora paused for a moment, then lowered her head deeply.

"Greetings, the Sun of the Empire, His Majesty the Emperor."

"Greetings, the Sun of the Empire, His Majesty the Emperor!"

Aurora's deep voice was followed by the loud voices of the Knights Generals. Everyone lowered their heads, waiting for Casilla's orders.

"Those at the back, raise your heads."

"......"

Lin Yinxi raised his head while thinking, "Don't mess with me?!"

Aurora and the other knight leaders still kept their heads down, as they had not yet received permission to raise their heads.

Casilla tapped the red carpet in front of the throne with the heel of her boot, meaning to move closer.

Lin Yinxi stood up from where he was and walked towards Casillas as ordered.

He climbed the stairs step by step and came in front of Casillas, then knelt on one knee and lowered his head just like he had done below.

"I told you, keep your head up."

Startled by her words, Lin Yinxi raised his head again.

Casilla slowly looked up and down at Lin Yinxi, while he suppressed his uneasiness and waited for her next words.

Her golden eyes flashed with a chilling light as she stared at him. Then, she uttered a question like a question.

"Did you enjoy your time with the Pope?"

The cold voice made his heart skip a beat and his mood sank to the bottom.

Lin Yinxi broke out in a cold sweat on his back, and his mind went blank.

What did Casillas say? Are you getting along well with the Pope?

"Could it be that what we did in the Holy Kingdom was discovered?"

If things really turn out as he thinks, it will be a very dangerous situation.

In the beginning, the Popes had even sent the Inquisitor to the Imperial Palace to persuade Lin Yinxi to come to the Holy Kingdom, just to persuade Casillas, because she had a strange interest in Lin Yinxi.

But in the end, all those statements turned out to be lies. Didn't both the Sun Pope and the Moon Pope take the initiative to roll with Lin Yinxi and cross the line?

Regardless of what happened in between, the outcome was that the Pope had deceived the Emperor. A single misstep could have escalated into a conflict between the Empire and the Holy Kingdom.

Just because of Lin Yinxi.

"Why don't you speak?"

Casillas' frosty voice brought his consciousness back to the surface again.

There was no time to delay, he had to give some kind of answer.

Lin Yinxi began to think desperately about countermeasures.

The most urgent task is to find out whether Casillas really noticed what happened between him and the Pope of the Holy Kingdom, or whether she was just bluffing to achieve her goals.

During the two days when the Knights General drank the Moon Kiss and lay down together with hangovers, even when he stayed by Liz's side, he continued to receive summons from the Popes.

Of course, the summoned Lin Yinxi spent most of his time talking with the two popes.

Well... not the kind of conversation you use your body, but the kind you use your mouth. It was also around that time that I learned how to use the Eclipse from Luna.

So naturally, there was also talk about Casillas.

At that time, the popes had assured him that Casillas would never know the relationship between the three of them, so he was so relieved.

The Empire has almost no way to monitor the Holy Kingdom. Even if the Empire tries to use magic to spy on the Holy Kingdom, they will be able to discover it immediately.

If what the Pope said was true, then everything Cassilia was doing now was just a test.

If he was shaken by this temptation and told the truth, he might fall into Casillas' trap.

However, even if Casillas was just testing him out of a fluke mentality, he couldn't complain about it.

Because even if she didn't find out, she could still act arbitrarily and get away with it because of the emperor's power.

After thinking about this, Lin Yinxi thought that it would be best to just pretend to choose "no" as the correct answer.

'......but.'

What if she really noticed?

What if she used some means that even the Pope didn't know about, and wanted to test her performance after realizing the truth?

Lie to the emperor.

The worst outcome Lin Yinxi could think of at that time was that Casillas would not only be angry with him, but would also implicate Aurora and the Knight Commander.

"If you remain silent, I will consider you insubordination."

Cassilia's voice rose slightly.

There was no time for him to think now. If he continued to remain silent, the very fact of his silence would be enough to arouse suspicion.

Lin Yinxi finally quickly organized his thoughts, made a decision, and then finally opened his mouth.

"...I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I'm not sure what you're talking about."