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

"Can you forge me a weapon?"

"Let me forge weapons for you?"

"Yes."

The woman stared at Lin Yinxi with her orange eyes.

"I don't know where you heard that... I can help you, but... on what basis? Just with your mouth?"

"of course not."

Lin Yinxi continued, while deep down he hoped that the content of the mission had not changed.

"If you forge a weapon for me, I can exchange it for the materials needed for the potion you are currently refining."

From now on, it's time to complete the most complicated, dirty, and abominable task in Dark Light 4.

148. It’s fun to get something for free, but it’s fun to get something for free all the time.

"You mean, exchange it for potion ingredients?"

"Yes."

Fortunately, the orange-haired female NPC's goal in making potions did not seem to have changed.

She didn't deny Lin Yinxi's words, but stared at him intently, her orange eyes scanning him up and down.

Looking at it this way, although the height of the female NPC in front of him is not as tall as Lin Yinxi, she is still quite tall.

“…Well, since you even know that I’m brewing a potion, it seems you really came here prepared.

Come in first, it’s awkward to stand here and talk.”

The woman leaning against the door frame turned around and motioned Lin Yinxi and Minerva to follow her in.

Lin Yinxi also glanced at Minerva. Minerva calmly followed him into the room, and her previous impatience dissipated a little.

The interior of the room is very clean and tidy, full of greenery, and gives people the overall feeling of living in a forest space.

The orange-haired woman gave Lin Yinxi a look, meaning that he should sit freely on the chair, and then when she saw Minerva next to her, she showed her displeasure very blatantly.

As if she wanted others to hear, she smacked her lips hard.

"Sorry, there are no chairs here. I'm so sorry~uh~what should I do?"

Although she said this, her expression did not seem apologetic at all, and most importantly, there was an empty chair next to Lin Yinxi's seat.

What her intentions were, the results were obvious and clear at a glance.

Seeing this, Lin Yinxi had a hard time calming down Minerva, who had an unhappy expression on her face.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.

Don't start fighting before you even get your weapons!

On the other side, the orange-haired woman who had first provoked the quarrel held her chin with a nonchalant expression and opened her mouth.

"So, where did you hear the rumors about my weapon-forging abilities? I haven't been a blacksmith for a long time, at least ten years. You're too young to have heard of my earlier rumors."

"Well...I have some personal sources of intelligence."

Lin Yinxi chose to do it perfunctorily.

In the game, if the player completes a side quest given by an old NPC, then the old man will guide you here, but now, he skipped all the steps in between and came directly here.

'Wait, think about it this way, how old is this person?'

The NPC in the original version of the game is a blacksmith who has been working for more than 20 years.

Now she says that she has not been a blacksmith for at least 10 years. If the settings remain unchanged, even if she started working in the blacksmith shop at the age of 10, she would be over 40 years old now.

But the woman in front of me would make people believe she is in her teens, let alone her 40s.

There are no wrinkles on her face, not even a single blemish. The skin on her arms exposed under her short sleeves is also very elastic.

Is it possible for women in this world to maintain their youthful appearance until they die of old age?

"Huh, so it is. Damn it, Dad, I told you not to tell anyone I'm here... Really..."

The orange-haired woman muttered softly, and after mumbling for a while, she spoke again.

"Well, since you've all found your way here, I can't do anything about it. There's no point blaming that old man.

In that case, let's introduce our names. My name is Celis. You already know my profession, so I won't tell you. The rest is as you see it. What about you?"

"My name is Lin Yinxi, and the person behind me is—"

"Minerva Akashana. Eternal Mage, Master of the Great Library, Master of the Magic Tower. Whatever you want to call her."

Before Lin Yinxi had the chance to introduce himself, Minerva suddenly interrupted and listed one title after another without even asking.

She seemed to be really taking her introduction very seriously.

"Minerva, the Eternal Mage? Are you really the Akashana I know?"

The orange-haired woman who called herself Celis showed a slightly surprised expression when she heard Minerva's self-introduction.

"Do you think there is another Minerva in this world besides me?"

When Celis pretended to have heard of Minerva's name, Minerva looked a little smug.

'...'

He actually felt that Minerva had lost the dignity of a great magician who had lived for 400 years, as she was so proud of such a thing.

"She was referred to as a figure from long ago when I was very young, so how old are you exactly?"

Then the pride that had been built up with great difficulty was immediately shattered.

Lin Yinxi once again glanced at Minerva, who was secretly grabbing the staff with twitching eyes, hoping that she would calm down, and then looked at Celis.

"I've been wanting to say this for a long time. I hope you can restrain your words and actions and not say such things again, Miss Celys."

"Oh, I've been raised like this since I was little. There's nothing I can do about it, it's just the way I am. Anyway, I've managed to grow up well.

Besides, weren't you the one who came to me to forge weapons? If you really don't want to, you can go back. Anyway, it's not me who will be regretful and disappointed, but you."

Selyse shrugged, as if she really didn't care if they left like that.

Lin Yinxi also curled his lips and smiled, retorting.

"Seris must feel sorry too, right?"

"Me? How could I?"

"You can't possibly get this kind of potion material yourself, right? That's why I haven't tried to make it in years. Under such circumstances, someone is actually willing to exchange potion materials for it. How can you not feel regretful?"

"..."

When Celis heard Lin Yinxi's words, she frowned.

The reason why Lin Yinxi was so confident that he could convince this woman was because it was the same in the game.

Given this NPC's personality, it will initially appear as if they have no regrets at all.

But if the player really chooses to leave directly, she will regretfully give up silently because of her strong "self-esteem".

The moment the player chooses the "Leave" option, she will say very stubbornly, "I don't need you either! Get out!" and then drive the player away.

Judging from the woman's words and deeds so far, her character doesn't seem to have changed much, so he threw out such a trick.

And it seemed like his little trick had hit her right where she was.

"...Okay... I can't deny it. If you can really give me those potion ingredients, I won't let you go.

I understand...I'll try not to cause any trouble."

Selyse took a step back. Seeing her surrender, Minerva loosened her grip on the staff.

"Then let's get straight to the point. Since you know I want to make a potion, there's no need for me to explain every word in detail. The terms of the deal are simple. You find me the ingredients for the potion, and I'll forge you the weapon you want. Is that right?"

"Yeah, that's right."

After hearing Lin Yinxi's answer, Celis supported her chin with her other hand, then tapped the table with the fingers of her other hand while muttering to herself.

"I don't know where you got the information that made you so confident... but since you brought Minerva with you, I'll trust you. I don't have anything to lose anyway."

After muttering, Selyse straightened up.

There's nothing to worry about. That's not her character. Being straightforward is more in line with her style.

"Okay, deal. Let me tell you what materials I need to find. Do you mind if we get started now?"

Lin Yinxi nodded and cheered up.

He was 100% certain that the woman before him was trying to make a specific potion, which was the same as in the game, but the purpose was definitely different.

So, since the effect of the potion has changed, will the corresponding potion materials change?

If the materials also changed, he would have to make new plans based on the materials.

"First of all, Cadreas's—"

Boom! Before Selyse could finish her words, Minerva touched the ground with the bottom of her staff.

Some solid object was summoned onto the table in front of the two of them.

Everyone looked at Minerva with confusion.

"Why that expression? Didn't you say you wanted Cadreas' flesh and blood?"

"Uh, yes, that's right. But I'm not done yet, how..."

"Compared to what an average person would come into contact with in their entire life, even an ordinary magician in our magic tower would come into contact with more materials in a week.

Who do you think creates potions? You know, choosing the ingredients for potions is basic common sense for magicians.

"But it's impossible to get it so quickly."

"Most of the ingredients for potions can be found in the Magic Tower. As the owner of the Magic Tower, I can use them at will, so I can just take them out. What? Are you dissatisfied with anything else?"

"..."

"..."

There can be no dissatisfaction.

I didn't expect that the magic tower actually stored potion materials. This was a blind spot.

Although Lin Yinxi wanted to get Minerva's supplies for free, he didn't expect that he could also get the mission materials for free...

Minerva looked at Lin Yinxi like this and smiled slightly.

"You look startled, kid."

"Of course I'm surprised. I didn't expect you, Miss Minerva, to provide the items in the magic tower."

"This is all to find the crystal scroll as quickly as possible. Also, didn't you plan all this from the beginning and bring me here?"

"Not at all. You don't have to overestimate me!"

Logically speaking, how could he have anticipated this situation?

Even he knows too little about any knowledge of this world except what is contained in the game.

He originally wanted to listen to the list of materials. If it was the same as in the game, he would follow the original plan and use Minerva's teleportation to get her supplies for free along the way and quickly complete the collection.

Even if the materials have changed, he knows where most of them are.

"Don't worry, child. If we return with the Crystal Scroll, all the magicians in the Empire will embrace you."

Uh... this seems a bit troubling to me.

"I don't want to be bothered by the Empire's weird magicians!"

Minerva didn't know what Lin Yinxi was really worried about. She just looked at him, once again showing a mature, mysterious and elegant smile, then turned to look at Celis.

"continue."

"Oh...oh...what..."

After that, as soon as Minerva heard Selyse mention the ingredients for the potion, she summoned it to the table.