Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

It turns out that Dianhuo Wusi and Dianhuo A Ling are the same person, and Dianhuo A Ling is the red spirit separated from me.

——No wonder that guy wanted me to join his side. After all, part of the Red Spirit’s power still comes from the main body. If something happened to me, he might not be better off.

——However, the two times I met with Mad Fire Nelius, he seemed to be obsessed with killing me.

Perhaps, these are the two sides of epilepsy.

In short, they must be stopped before they meet the Three Fingers of Mad Fire in the basement of King Rodel's City.

I walked out of Baizhi's study, and while thinking about going to the Royal City of Rodel, I walked to the blacksmith Xugu to take back the Night Starfire.

"That woman is looking for you." Xiu Gu suddenly said as he handed over the sword.

"Ok?"

He glanced to the side and saw that the door of the "Dead Sleeping Girl" Feiya, which had been closed just now, was actually opened.

——What does Feiya want to talk to me about at this time?

If we speculate based on the Death Sleep branch line, originally in the game, Roger, who was paralyzed by the Blackthorn Curse, would cry in Fia's arms, and then Fia would entrust Atu to go to the Black Knife Underground Cemetery to look for clues about the "Night of the Black Knife Conspiracy."

But in reality, Roger has returned from the cemetery with D's team... and with the subsequent plot development, is Fia going to give me the corrosive dagger that is a cross-fusion of gold and silver, and plan to hunt down the sword's owner D?

——Well, D has saved me a few times after all. Even though he has a sharp tongue, I don’t want him to die at Fia’s hands.

But if she thought about it carefully, if it wasn't for the sneak attack, I'm afraid that Feiya would not be a match for D.

And if I had told D what was going to happen next in advance, the person who collapsed in the hall might have been Fia.

——That won’t work either.

——What should we do to find a solution that has the best of both worlds?

I walked into Fiya's room while feeling troubled.

As always, the room was filled with the scent of sacrificial incense. Feiya sat quietly on the edge of the bed. When she heard footsteps, she turned her head and looked at me with sad eyes: "Master Ling."

"Fia, I heard that you have something to talk to me about?" I walked up to her and asked.

Feiya nodded: "I heard from Lord Roger that you have climbed the Yatan Plateau and may have even entered the Royal City of Rodel?"

"Well, what's wrong?" I responded, thinking to myself:

——Has Roger returned to the Round Table Hall? Then the flower poison he suffered should have been cured.

Suddenly, I felt a gentle touch on my hand.

I saw Feiya wrap it with both hands, raised her head, and pleaded with me lovingly: "Master Ling, in this case, I have an unreasonable request."

I looked at her embrace, and couldn't help but feel my face getting slightly hot. I tried to turn my head away: "Please, please speak."

"Excuse me, can you take me to the Royal City of Rodel?"

"Ok?"

"That lord...you, Lord Roger, and Lord D, are all looking for Godwin, the Prince of Death, right?" Fia said softly, "Somehow, I feel the guidance of Queen Marica. That lord is still in the Royal City of Rodel...Perhaps, I can help you find him."

"Huh?" I was slightly surprised.

According to the plot of the game, Godwin is indeed buried deep at the roots of the golden tree. After completing Fia's side story, you can go directly to a church in the royal city through the portal next to her. Moreover, you can also lead there from the fire below.

It's just that I was busy dealing with various important matters, so I didn't push forward the branch quest on the dead prince's side.

But I didn't expect that Feiya would come to me in person and ask for it.

"Of course, I can. I'm planning to go to the Royal City of Rodel next." I asked curiously, "But why don't you ask Roger for help? He should also be aiming for the Royal City of Rodel now, right?"

Fia answered in detail: "Master Roger was invited by Master D to go to the 'Eternal City' Noklongen under Nimgefu with another newcomer named Master Telages. There, they seemed to have found some clues."

——Ah, it must be D’s younger brother, he’s near the drainage ditch.

By the way, since we've brought Big Horn along, could it be that we're planning to capture the pair of heroic gargoyles below? If I remember correctly, we can also ride the sarcophagus from there and float along the underground riverbed to the bottom of the deep roots... We're making pretty fast progress.

but--

"Didn't Roderica come back?" I asked curiously.

And Fia shook her head.

——Ah, what a pity! It seems that Roderica is still learning soul-related knowledge from the ancestors. Originally, I was planning to ask her to help upgrade Brother Teardrop’s level.

I couldn't help but sigh, and then I said, "Well, Feiya, you should prepare the things you need to bring. We will set off now to the Royal City of Rodel."

"Thank you so much, Master Zero." Fia said slowly, "I don't have anything I need to bring, but..."

"Ok?"

"Lord Ling, would you allow me to hug you?" Fia opened her arms to me, with a warm desire in her eyes.

——Ah~

——Everyone, you all know this, right? Hugging is a very civilized thing~

I accepted it with pleasure, squatted down, knelt on one knee in front of Feiya, and hugged her in her arms.

"... You are really warm, my hero." Fia whispered in my ear. The soft wind penetrated my cochlea and made my mind ripple. "Can I ask you a question, Master Zero?"

"Ok?"

"Deadborn, what do you think of those lives born from death?" Fia asked slowly.

"I..." For a moment, I didn't know how to answer.

"... Indeed, do you also think that they are the wrong creatures born on this land?"

"Do you want to hear my truth, Fia?" I suddenly felt a little scared.

——Fia is a sleepy girl who supports the dead. Now my head is trapped in her arms. If I answer wrong by accident, she will kill me like D in the game, right?

Feiya's voice was still calm, with a hint of sadness, like a pool of autumn water: "It's okay, Master Ling, please go ahead. After all, I prefer to be frank with you than with a cunning and sinister person."

Since she said so, I thought for a moment and explained, "Deaths at the border are unusual. Originally, I thought that those who were born after death might have some memories and resurrected from the dead, but..."

——Recalling the Shuihuan Village in Nimgfu and the ruins of Widum in the Yatan Plateau, those dead-borns were like zombies, craving for blood and flesh, but without any reason.

"But if being born from death is not their original intention, I still hope that everyone can return to the death they deserve and not be bound by the birth of death." I paused and added, "Of course, there is also you, Fia... If it is not wishful thinking, I also hope that you can be freed from the responsibility of death sleep."

"······" Feiya was silent for a long time and did not respond.

"Ah, but, but, I overstepped my bounds. Sorry, just pretend I didn't say that just now." I suddenly realized that I had said the wrong thing and quickly made up for it, trying to get out of Fia's arms at the same time.

But she slightly increased the strength of her arms and hugged me tighter: "Thank you, thank you, Master Ling, for thinking so much about me... You are indeed the warmest hero I have ever met. But, it's okay... It's okay, after all, that was Queen Marika's guidance to me, and it's the meaning of my existence, Fia."