Struggling to survive in the hands of the male protagonist who also wears books

Fili was silent again, sighed like the old president just now, and held the long flame knife in his hands with both hands: "Well, I already understand the reason of your Excellency—although I am not very hopeful, But I still want to ask... If Crete can provide you with another means of immortality, are you willing to stand by our side?"

St. Sidrov shook his head, his old face regained his original indifference and calmness, coughed twice as if his body could not bear the excitement just now, and then said weakly: "I don't believe Ke His Highness Ritter will have other means of immortality."

There must be means of immortality... Crete himself is actually another form of immortality...

After dying in one world, you can go to the next world. As long as you complete the tasks assigned by the system, you can live forever, always, forever...

Unlike myself, this world is the end of my life. After I die in this world, I will die completely, disappear in smoke, and leave nothing behind.

Fili felt a little upset, but it didn't show on his face, even the system 0607 didn't talk about it.

He raised the flaming long knife again, and the expression on his face became resolute: "Then it seems that Your Excellency President has made up his mind to stand there--then I will be offended!"

As he spoke, he spread out a pair of flame wings "swish" behind his back, rushed to the old president's side in the blink of an eye, and slashed at the old president's head!

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Outside Vera's magic workshop, the figures of Vera and Lacey stood out.

From the outside, the whole workshop has been shrouded in a gray-white enchantment, and two people can be vaguely seen in the enchantment fighting fiercely.A pitch-black, withered body was hanging right above the barrier, as if supporting the operation of the barrier. Every time the two of them fought in the barrier, the black and vicious face would grin in pain.

Vera put one hand on Lacey's shoulder, and her face was a little pale. She gasped a few times when she first appeared outside, and let Lacey help her to find a place to sit down, then smiled wryly: "Two The battle of a holy rank is really terrifying, even if my mother worked hard to refine my corpse into the strongest lich, it is still so difficult to support this enchantment."

Lacey naturally had that expressionless expression on her face. After helping Vera to sit up, she stood aside, her hands down.

Vera looked up at her, and suddenly laughed, her voice was still as intimate and playful as before: "Sister Lacey, I can't control your mouth now, why don't you talk to me?"

Lacey's eyes changed slightly, but she still kept her mouth tightly shut, not saying a word.

Seeing that she still didn't speak, Vera didn't mind, and continued to smile and said: "Or, are you still blaming me for controlling your body just now, and didn't ask you to warn Philip and let him find a chance to escape? But this is all It's your fault, if you didn't violate my order and didn't bring back the relic from Philip's hometown, I wouldn't punish you, right?"

Mentioning what Vera ordered her to do after returning to the imperial capital a few months ago, the indifference on Lacey's face was finally broken, and her expression changed, but she still didn't say a word.

Vera lowered her eyes and turned to look at the two people fighting in the barrier. It was obvious that her teacher and the president of the Magicians Association had the upper hand. Although the breakthrough holy rank is much stronger than I expected, but in terms of power control, it is still not as good as the teacher who has found the way!"

She nodded as if talking to herself: "I hope the teacher can keep his hand in the end and don't beat him to death, so that I can make him into a puppet too... so that you can stay by my side forever."

At the end, Vera showed a fragile and loving expression on her face. She looked up at the sky that was already turning white, and murmured: "I will treat you well..."

Lacey stood aside, seeing Vera's expression, a trace of sympathy and pain flashed in her eyes, she closed her eyes tightly, took a breath, and suddenly asked in a hoarse voice: "You Are you so sure that Fili won't break your barrier and escape?"

Vera didn't seem to expect Lacey to be willing to talk to herself. She glanced at her in surprise and smiled on her face: "Sister Lacey, are you finally willing to talk to me again? Don't worry, my mother took my dead body back then. I have painstakingly refined it, and although I have not yet broken through to the holy rank, I cannot directly integrate it, but as the core of the enchantment, it is not a problem to trap a few holy ranks."

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, and her expression suddenly became a little sad: "This enchantment was originally used by my mother to protect myself... I can control my original corpse in the enchantment. As long as I don't die, even Even if it is besieged by several holy ranks, it can be supported."

Lacey was silent again, and sighed: "Vera, I have never been able to understand, you should have a life-and-death hatred for the Phoenix royal family, but why have I never seen you kill Crete and the others? But you have to say You let go of your hatred, why did you still participate in Krisianna's revenge plan? Just because you are her daughter?"

Vera glanced at her in surprise, and suddenly burst into a "puchi" laugh: "It's really rare to see you talking so much, sister Lacey."

She tilted her head, put her hands on the side of her head, and said with a smile: "It's boring to wait anyway, if you want to know, then I'll tell you—"

"I really don't have any hatred for the royal family. When those things happened, I was still young, and the only one I hated, Ichalis I, was tortured to death by my mother; after I woke up again, it was now hundreds of years later, From 'Ofina' to 'Vera'."

Speaking of this, the expression on Vera's face became gentler: "For me, the life as Orfina seems to be just a memory of the previous life, and as Vera is the life I live again - learning magic, exploring The mysteries of the human body and exploring the laws of nature make me feel very happy. I like this feeling, and I have no interest in my mother's revenge plan... My mother actually didn't want me to intervene, although she became a little, a little... "

Vera paused for a moment, a trace of fear flashed across her face. After thinking for a while, she managed to come up with a suitable adjective: "It's a bit crazy, but I know she still hopes that I can live a good life."

Hearing this, Lacey couldn't help asking: "Then why do you still target Kriter?"

Vera laughed: "As for Crete, on the one hand, I still have a bit of resentment towards this pig-like Phoenix bloodline, and on the other hand, I want to treat him as a test subject."

"tester?"

"Yes, in order to completely sever the Phoenix bloodline, my mother has figured out a way to reverse the blackening of the Phoenix bloodline. Although I did not intervene, I am still very interested in the blackening process of the Phoenix bloodline." Vera's eyes were shining brightly. There was a hint of eagerness, "This kind of blood that is said to be derived from the divine bird Phoenix, what kind of mutations will occur in the body during the blackening process? Do these mutations reveal some mysteries of the human body? The blackening of the extremely vigorous Phoenix bloodline Will there be any resonance with undead magic in the future? I want to study these carefully!"

Lacey took a deep look at Vera, and lowered her eyes: "It's for this reason that you attacked our fellow adventurers?"

Vera rested her chin with her hands, and a nonchalant smile appeared on her pretty face: "Companion? No, I don't need a companion... All I need is you, Sister Lacey."

She paused, then turned her head to look at the enchantment next to her, and added: "Ah, if Felix is ​​obedient, it's okay to make him my real companion."

This kind of puppet whose whole body is controlled, whose every word and action must be commanded and manipulated, do you call this a companion, Vera?

Lacey closed her eyes for a moment, sighed inwardly, and did not continue to argue with Vera.

Although I haven't experienced what you have experienced, in any case, Krisina, the Empire Red Rose who has been secretly conducting human magic experiments since the beginning, did not teach you the correct concept...

——No, that Krisina, she doesn't have any correct ideas either...

From the time when I was assigned to protect you by your side until now, similar conversations have happened countless times between us.

Maybe it's because I'm really not good at words, every time I try to bring you back to the world of normal people, I fail...

Today may be the last time we talk like this.

Lacey opened her eyes again, and took a deep look at Vera, as if she wanted to completely remember Vera's appearance in her heart.

Seeing Lacey's faintly sad eyes, Vera felt chills in her heart, frowned her pretty eyebrows, tilted her head and asked unhappily: "Sister Lacey, why are you looking at me like that? ?”

Before Lacey could answer, Vera heard a deep sigh in her ear, accompanied by endless regret and helplessness: "She is saying goodbye to you, Vera."

Vera's pupils shrank suddenly, but before she could react, a spear tip shining with a golden light belonging to the holy rank came out of her chest with a burst of fiery pain!

"Oh no……"

A blank flashed in her mind, and Vera, who had been pierced through her chest, only struggled to tilt her head, and the violent holy-level phoenix flames exploded in her body, instantly burning her body into fly ash!

Afterwards, the golden spear tip turned a corner and rushed straight towards the body of the lich who suddenly let out a scream above the barrier, nailing the body of the lich who had lost soul control to the wall!