【Quan Zhen】According to the script, we should kiss now?

【31】

For a moment, Sena Izumi's expression changed ever-changingly, the light emitted by the gem through his body gradually faded, his expression also disappeared, and changed back to a cold and arrogant, but somewhat shaken appearance.

Yumu's focus was on him, the hideous wound on his chest was completely healed, only the holes in his clothes remained, and even the large and small scratches disappeared, the healing ability of the Sorcerer's Stone is really amazing.His hanging heart finally let go. When making this dangerous decision, the system reminded him of the compatibility issue between the Philosopher's Stone and the "container". Not everyone can absorb gems smoothly. More often, it is the Philosopher's Stone that chooses it. Favorite "container".At that time, time was tight, and he had no time to understand the consequences of incompatibility, but fortunately, Sena and this gem were very compatible.

"Great, the fusion was successful," Yuki said happily, "even the wound has healed."

"you……"

Sena uttered a syllable, frowned, but finally shook her head and said nothing.As if he wanted to pay attention, he lowered his head and moved his hands, and tried to raise the sword again.The original sharp saber was destroyed by the previous lightning and thunder, and it could barely maintain its original shape.

Sena got up, pulled Yuki up from the floor, and helped him sit on the steps: "I'm going out to get a horse."

"I--"

"You stay here and you are not allowed to go anywhere."

Sena spoke categorically, and couldn't allow the magician who couldn't use spells to argue for a while. Seeing Yuki sitting back to his original position with pouty mouth, he slowed down his expression.

"I'll be right back."

After that, he picked up a usable spear and left the shop, and sealed the door with wooden strips to prevent Youmu from sneaking out disobediently.

Although he was "disliked", Yuki is not too worried about Sena at the moment. With the protection of gems, it is daytime again, and it is not a problem for the shining knight to single-handedly kill a few soldiers.

Youmu pressed the butterfly totem, wanting to revisit the mysterious spell that fused with the Philosopher's Stone, but the strange thing is that there is no such high-level spell in the "Usable Magic" in the menu, maybe that spell is very important to Youmu at this stage. It's still too early to say, after all, it's a fixed part of the game to burst out potential at critical moments and accomplish things that you can't do normally. You Mu thought to himself, and couldn't help but look forward to the scene after his upgrade.

Although the auxiliary plug-in that comes with the glasses provides many basic entries, there is very little information about the magic stone fusion technique. Yuki searched the database for a long time and found nothing useful, but then I wanted to read it It seems to be in good condition, so don't worry too much.

The moment he exited the database, a familiar fluorescent blue light flickered not far away.

He remembered the light spot the size of a water drop, and although he didn't know what it was, he always felt that it might be a key clue—maybe it was because it was emitting the same light as the butterfly icon on the back of his hand.

Youmu tiptoed towards that spot of light, the blue light like a firefly swayed in the corner of the store, and just when Youmu was about to walk in front of it, the light disappeared.

He was a little discouraged, but soon discovered that there was a protrusion where the blue light had lingered. He brushed away the scorched earth and found that the hard pointed corner was an iron treasure chest buried in the floor.

When Sena came back with a full load, Yuki was struggling to dig the treasure chest out of the dirt.

"what is this?"

"Probably something the shop owner hid." With Sena's help, Yuki finally dragged the heavy box out of the ground.

"How did you find out?" Sena asked suspiciously.

Of course, Youmu cannot be said to be a guide of a blue light point: "I accidentally saw it during the search, probably because the lightning split the wooden board."

The treasure chest was stained with rust. It was obviously buried for a long time, and the chain eyes were sealed with red rust. Sena didn't have that patience, so she directly smashed through the iron lock with the scimitar she had snatched, and kicked the box open.

The iron box was heavy, but it was empty inside. There was only a long sword that was stained with dust. The scabbard was dark green and a bit moldy, but Sena didn't care and picked it up.

The moment he drew his sword out of its sheath, an explanatory text popped up on Yuki's lens. It seems that this sharp sword hidden by the owner of the shop is a high-quality famous product. A rare weapon.

"It's a good knife." Yuki concluded.

Sena raised his eyebrows, as if he was questioning that a magician could comment on swords.Suddenly, he noticed an inconspicuous cloth talisman at the bottom of the iron box, which was so dark that it almost merged with the iron box.Sena dusted off the dirt, and poured out a dark green ear clip from the cloth bag, which shone faintly in his white gloves.

Youmu also studied closely, and the auxiliary plug-in told him that this is a low-level accessory for a mage, which can slightly reduce the consumption of magic.

"Put this on," Sena blew on the dust again before handing the jewelry to Yuki, "It's better than nothing."

You Mu looked at the single earring in distress, he really had no experience in wearing earrings.In the real world, I am just an idol who is close to the people and simple, and has never made such an attempt.

Sena silently watched him clumsily work hard for a long time, and finally couldn't take it anymore.

"give me."

You Mu straightened his body like a soldier obeying orders, not daring to breathe.He felt the back of Sena's gloved hand rub against his cheek, the soft earlobe was carefully pinched by the man between his fingers, and the cold metal screw gently bit his ear that was getting hotter.His heart was beating extremely hard. It seemed that the magician Yuki in this world was not good at making physical contact with strangers.

"You Jun is nervous?"

Youmu stared closely at the gap in the wooden floor scorched by thunder: "No."

"But your heart beats so fast."

was dismantled.Thinking about it, how could that person not feel such a violent agitation when his hand was pressed against his neck?But this magician is much more shy than Youmu in other worlds. Just after the lie was exposed, he wanted to run away like a frightened little animal: "No... I, I'm just not used to physical contact."

As soon as Yuki hid, Sena's hand holding the ear clip disappeared, he was angry and funny: "Why are you running away, you haven't put on the accessories yet, come back."

The wronged Yuki moved back to his original position, Sena's movements were still careful and gentle, for fear of hurting him.The quiet atmosphere seemed a little different from before, and Yuki suddenly realized that Sena was obviously much more patient and kind to him than when they first met.

The moment this idea came up, Yuki, as a player, was actually very relieved. The change in Sena's attitude meant that the other party began to care about the magician. This was an opportunity for the two to enhance their relationship.But soon, he was enveloped by an inexplicable uneasiness, which was not his feelings, but the magician himself.After entering this line, Yuki could more or less feel the magician's concern for the knight and the occasional throbbing. Those were all very familiar feelings, and he had fully experienced them in other world lines, but this time Unlike in the past, there was always an uneasiness lingering above his heartbeat. As a player, he still couldn't understand it, and he couldn't ignore it. He could only try to guess the reason for the magician's uneasiness, but he had no clue.

After the ear clips were put on, the unbearable waiting was finally over, and Yuki withdrew from Sena's side in relief.Noticing his movements, Sena said: "You Jun really doesn't like to be in contact with other people."

Yuki smiled wryly: "Because I usually study in the library tower... I'm not very social, and I'm not good at talking."

The knight stared at the magician thoughtfully, and suddenly said: "You Jun is very beautiful and very likable."

"Eh?"

"You can be more confident."

Is it the social aspect?Yumu was embarrassed by the sudden praise. As a closed disciple of the great magister, he didn't have many opportunities to be praised. He was not an outstanding magician, and he rarely participated in group activities, so he was praised for his appearance. The number of times can be counted on one hand.He didn't understand why Sena said this suddenly. He was pleasantly surprised and happy, but he also felt panicked. Why did this proud knight praise him? Even his attitude softened. Is it because he contributed precious magic? Shi, that person feels that he owes him something, is he ashamed?

Everything seemed to make sense.

Seeing the self-persuading magician, Yuki, the player, was very anxious.He really wanted to travel to the real Western Fantasy world and tell the magician not to make strange conclusions without authorization.But he was powerless, he could only look at a bunch of data and calculate the most negative conclusion in the virtual game world, but he couldn't do anything.

His mood suddenly became negative.

【32】

However, the progress of the game cannot be controlled by Yuki's sentimentality.

The two left the weapon shop, rode on the war horse plundered by Sena, and rushed out of the royal city before being surrounded by the enemy.

Although he successfully escaped from the ghostly city, Yumu was at a loss as to where to go next.Sena said that he was a little worried about the companions who originally guarded the royal city-although Sena did not use the word companions, but Yuki knew that he actually valued them-he asked Yuki if he was going to find Renmi, Yuki shook his head and said The great magister specifically ordered not to go back to the Magic Academy immediately.

"Bring the skeleton to the 'Styx City', and someone will naturally accept it." Yumu repeated Lianmi's last request. He opened the world map, and the system showed that the so-called Styx City was in the far northern border, and the location was unknown. , it is said that it is actually an undead city buried under the frozen soil.

Sena said dissatisfied: "Let you go alone? Isn't he afraid that you will be eaten by monsters halfway?"

Yuki laughed, Lianmi didn't explain much at that time, and only gave him the precious sapphire and the cage where the skeleton soldiers were held.No matter how many questions there are now, we can only find Styx City first.

"Where is Sena-san going next?"

"What do you mean, You Jun wants to part ways with me?"

Before Yuki's "no" could be said, Sena said aggressively: "You are an incompetent magician who can't even release the flame curse, if you don't stay with me, you won't be able to walk far, and you will be eaten to your bones left."

"Don't be so harsh..."

"You Jun sacrificed such an important thing to save me, how could I just watch you die casually," Sena clenched his fists secretly, "I will protect You Jun, no matter whether it is the kingdom of the immortal city or the abyss of the sea, I will go with you."

Youmu was silent, his heart was throbbing like a tsunami, this was the first time someone made a promise to him so seriously, as solemnly as if he was giving his life to him.But soon, the overwhelming heartbeat receded, leaving behind a mess of fear and uneasiness.Youmu knew that the magician was afraid again, he didn't mind exchanging gems for the knight's life, but he didn't think he was worth the life and death of the other party.In the final analysis, he just happens to have the Sorcerer's Stone given to him by the great magister, and that gemstone happens to fit into the knight's body, that's all.

"..." Seeing that the magician behind him was silent, Sena said: "If you feel burdened——just treat me as a fellow with exactly the same destination. Anyway, I also want to find the whereabouts of those guys. From here to Styx City, you will pass through many places, and you may be able to meet them.

"Before our goals are all achieved, it should be okay to walk together as a partner, right?"

Yuki heard himself responding, Sena's words made him relax, at least he didn't have to face that heavy topic right away.

After clarifying the route, You Mu was about to put away the map, when suddenly a sudden light spot shook on a certain plain on the map, just like the blue light spot that led him to find the treasure chest before.

"Mr. Sena, turn right at the fork ahead."

"Turn right? If you want to go to Styx City, you have to go to the post station in the north?"

"Well, but the plains to the east are a bit interesting. Shall we go and see?"

"Tsk," the knight's intuition made Sena vigilant, "If there is danger, turn around immediately."

Although there is no mark on the plain on the map, when the two rode their horses to the center of the grassland, mist began to fill the surrounding area, and the supposedly endless plain suddenly turned into a forest, all of which were quite old trees with branches. Stout and vicissitudes, the cracked bark is like a strange face with a strange smile.

"Could it be the legendary 'forest of the plain'," Youmu quickly read the entry on the lens to explain, "the ancient forest rising from the plain, only the chosen ones can enter."

"Those are old legends. There is no such thing as a 'chosen one'. This fog has a hallucinogenic effect, and ordinary people will be stuck in place and unable to get out."

Sena comforted the restless horse. There is no sun, but there is no moonlight here, only fog, so the cursed horse will not turn into a skeleton.The emotionally stable horse spun around in place, and suddenly snorted in a certain direction.

Sena drove the horse and walked in that direction for a while, and then waited for the horse to find the direction again. Repeated this several times, the surrounding dense fog gradually thinned, and the outline of a village appeared in front of the two of them.

"Mr. Sena is amazing!" Yuki said sincerely.

"I know an undead guy who once mentioned a way to crack the fog. Our horse is neither a living thing nor a dead thing. It can smell the smell of dead bodies in the fog and the smell of living people mixed in it. This The village probably uses the fog to cover up the traces of the clansmen, so as not to be found by outsiders."

As soon as the words fell, the war horse carried the two of them to the entrance of the village.Sure enough, there were half-dried animal meat hanging on the left and right, emitting a stench, and the eyeballs that hadn't been gouged out gave off a frightening gloomy light, scrutinizing the comer like a silent guard.

"Do you want to go in? I don't guarantee that the villagers will welcome us?" Sena finally confirmed to Yuki.

Thinking of the light spots on the map, Youmu gritted his teeth: "Yeah."

Sena jumped off the horse, pulled the reins and was about to enter the village, when suddenly a black shadow sprang out from behind the stone pillar by the door, it looked like the shadow of some ferocious beast, and rushed towards Sena with its teeth bared.

The knight reacted quickly, but the black shadow was faster and twice the size of Sena. After several fights, Sena was forced to retreat to the stone pillar. Yuki wanted to help, but the horse seemed to be very afraid of that Soi Ying refused to take half a step forward.

Yuki was so anxious that he desperately pointed the auxiliary device at the shadow, but there was no relevant information in the database.Sena was at a disadvantage, but he was not completely suppressed. He kept walking back and forth in the open space. The torch on the village gate swayed with the wind, casting flickering spots of light on the ground.

Youmu suddenly noticed that the black shadow seemed to be carefully avoiding the place illuminated by the fire. He had an idea, even forgetting that his magic gauge was still empty, and subconsciously recited a low-level flame spell.

The moment he chanted, he realized that he didn't have enough magic power, but to his surprise, the spell took effect, and a ball of fire precisely hit the black shadow's back, and the burly figure immediately writhed and shrank in pain. Thick smoke rose, and his figure became smaller and smaller, finally turning into a pinch of ashes.

"Mr. Sena!"

Yuki quickly jumped off the horse and rushed to the knight. Fortunately, the opponent only had some scratches, but Sena didn't care about his own wounds, and hurriedly asked, "Did you cast the flame curse just now?!"

"Yes..." Yumu was also very puzzled. The situation was urgent just now, and he hurriedly recited the spell without checking the MP slot. It stands to reason that his magic power has been exhausted, and there is no magic stone to restore MP, so it should not be possible. It's right to cast a spell.

He hurriedly clicked on the menu, and under the column of his character introduction, the magic gauge was still empty, no... Youmu stared at the beginning of the gauge in disbelief, where the mana value was slowly recovering, just like when he was wearing magic before. Stone's situation is the same.

But now, the Philosopher's Stone is gone, what is helping him recover his magic power?

Yuki's gaze shifted to Sena.

-TBC-

*The forest in the mist is inspired by the forest of mist in "Zelda Breath of the Wild"