[Name: Fragment of the Book of Oaths]

[Type: Rare Item]

[Effect: One-time item, after activation, bind the oath according to the oath]

[Item description: Legend has it that the Book of Oaths left behind by the God of Words and Spirits has been dismantled into countless pages scattered throughout the world.] There are some of the laws of the world contained in it. 】

[Note: Don't break your oath easily, otherwise being struck by lightning will no longer be a matter of probability.] If you're strong enough to resist the attacks of the Contained Laws, then I didn't say that. 】

Looking at the words "rare props" in the description of the item, Zheng Ming stroked the wooden pages with a rather tactile feel and asked casually, "This thing is not cheap, is it?" ”

"Who knows? Anyway, I grabbed it before. I haven't had the right opportunity to use it until now. Ready to start? ”

Seeing Britney's understatement and reluctance to talk more, Zheng Ming didn't ask any more questions and just nodded silently.

Although he didn't believe that the restraint of the props could last forever, he didn't know whether he was tired of hiding his life for a long time, or he wanted to confide in his heart, so he still imitated Britney and made a vow.

After issuing a poisonous oath that if the content of today's conversation is leaked in any form without the consent of the other party, it will be punished by God, and the atmosphere between the two has also changed somewhat.

The two gradually let down their vigilance and guard, and instead relaxed as they never were.

Britney placed two crystal glasses and a delicately packaged bottle on the table. Immediately afterwards, two oval pucks were taken out.

"This is hand-chiseled ice~, I chiseled it out little by little."

In this way, under Zheng Ming's gaze, after Britney showed off, she put the hand-chiseled ice into the wine glass, and then opened the wine bottle and poured a glass for Zheng Ming.

The amber liquid seemed to contain stars, and it shone brightly against the ice cubes with chisel marks on the surface, and the wine took on a golden color when poured into the glass.

"What I said before wasn't all a lie. I'm really leaving. ”

Zheng Ming, whose eyes were attracted by the beautiful scenery in the wine glass, raised his head when he heard this, and happened to see Britney raising a glass to him from afar.

It may be because of seeing Britney's complicated expression, or it may be because she is confident that she is becoming more and more perverted. It is very rare that Zheng Ming did not doubt too much that the other party would plot against him. He also raised his glass and pointed to the other party, and then took a sip lightly.

A strong and mellow aroma came to his nose, and then a sweet taste bloomed in Zheng Ming's taste buds.

The warm and sweet taste does not have the greasy characteristics that are unique to sweets, and the faint flavor lingers in the mouth for a long time, becoming more and more intense over time.

"How?"

"Sweet. But it's delicious. ”

Zheng Ming sighed in praise and took another big sip. This time, unlike the previous taste, the sweetness slowly spreads in the mouth and then on the verge of getting greasy, a bitter taste rises on the tip of the tongue, followed by spicy, bitter, and sweet flavors, and finally merges into a mellow and bland strange taste.

"It's ......"

Seeing Zheng Ming's shocked face, Britney showed a satisfied smile. She tucked her hair behind her ears and said with a hint of pride.

"This is what I recently concocted. I call it 'love'. ”

Zheng Ming couldn't say anything when he heard this, he didn't know what to say at this time? Is it supposed to be a joke and pass it off? Or is it time to digress the subject?

No matter what you do, it seems a little out of place and awkward. So he chose to remain silent.

In this way, the two sat together relatively silently, silently eliminating the wine in the glass. It wasn't until the "love" wine in Zheng Ming's cup was finished, and Britney silently refilled another glass for him, that he couldn't help but speak.

"Don't you want to know something about me? What exactly do you want to know? You can ask, and I'll try to answer it. ”

"I want to know it all."

Britney's request made Zheng Ming frown.

"That's going to be long."

"I don't care."

So at Britney's strong request, Zheng Ming took a deep breath and recalled a somewhat vague past.

"I was born in the late 20th century, in a small town in northern China, and lived most of my life in the early 21st century. He died in an accident while in college. ”

“em…… The global coalition has not yet appeared, and there is a period when there are many independent states? Wait, you said you died? It couldn't be a car accident or sudden death or something, right? ”

"Nope. It was he who killed. It should be considered a vendetta, right? ”

"Huh? I remember that at that time, the security of China was the best in the world, right? An ordinary student was killed by a vendetta? What did you do? ”

Zheng Ming didn't answer Britney's question directly, and continued to narrate on his own.

"And then, inexplicably, I came back to life. Or rather, crossed. I appeared in the Starfall Continent, and I even lost my human body and became a monster. ”

Seeing Britney looking at herself with a strange face, full of disbelief, Zheng Ming took a lot of trouble to explain.

"Don't believe it. I became a slime, and as for the appearance that I have now that is no different from the human type, it was also after a lot of hard work that I arrived in this world. This is one of the reasons why I have always rejected you explicitly.

You wouldn't want your other half to be an outlier, would you? So don't tempt me anymore, maybe you just think it's fun, but after all, I have a normal human soul, and sometimes it's hard to control my desires. I don't want to waste unnecessary feelings and add to the pain. ”

"You haven't said how you got to this dungeon world."

Hearing that Britney did not entangle herself about the alien identity but changed the topic, Zheng Ming breathed a sigh of relief, but also had some inexplicable emotions in his heart. His expression became colder and his tone calmer.

"Actually, I don't know the specifics. It's just that there is a black vortex for some reason, and then I will be thrown into another world for some reason. This is already the second world I have experienced. The first one, if I'm not mistaken, seems to be a game world called 'Honor of Kings'. ”

"It's 'Heroic Glory', right?"

"Oh, it seems to be the name. It was also there that I met the player for the first time and learned about the player's existence. ”

For more than ten years, except for a few things that were important to him, most of the memories in Zheng Ming's mind had been a little blurry. After being reminded by Britney, I vaguely remembered that it seemed to be that name.

"Honor of Heroes was added to the 'virtual world' when the game was just open beta. It's really rare to see that it's a traverser's character setting. ”

Britney's whispered self-muttering was heard by Zheng Ming word for word, and Zheng Ming didn't know whether to be angry or sad about the other party's behavior of classifying himself as an NPC.

"And then? What else? ”

"It's gone. The rest is probably what you'll hear from those bards. It's nothing more than assisting Arthur, and when he has nothing to do in the royal capital, he lives in a deep house that has almost disappeared. ”

"Then how do you go back? I mean, do you have a way to get back to Starfall Continent? ”

"There is no specific way. I guess it was to help Arthur win, right? ”

Britney looked at Zheng Ming in disbelief when she heard this, and her rosy lips opened slightly in surprise, revealing the neat white teeth inside.

"What? You don't even know how to leave? What if Arthur can't leave after he wins? Wouldn't you be trapped in a backward and poor place for the rest of your life? As a modern person who has seen the life of science and technology and the Internet age, can you actually endure it? ”

Seeing that Zheng Ming was silent, looking down and contemplative, Britney threw out an olive branch again.

"I can take you away and return to the Starfall Continent. As long as you want, I can also collect suitable props for you to experience the colorful life I have experienced. Don't you want to travel through all kinds of colorful and unique worlds and experience wonderful? Don't worry about being stuck in one world for decades or even a lifetime. There is no such thing as a master-servant contract, we are more like comrades-in-arms and companions, all you have to do is to travel with me through the worlds and fight side by side with me. And if you're not satisfied, you can leave at any time, we don't force each other. ”

Britney's conditions are quite tempting, Zheng Ming has just tasted the joy of fighting, and he doesn't reject the life Britney said. But there was always a figure in his mind that came to him when he wanted to say yes.

"Damn."

After a long period of weighing and struggling, no matter how you think about it, it seems to be more beneficial for him to agree. However, Zheng Ming eventually rejected Britney's invitation.

"Nope. I made a pact with Arthur. ”

"If it's because of that, you don't have to worry. This item has a high priority, and you'll be out of this world by then. ”

"Forget it. Thank you for your kindness. I promised Arthur, and I owe him a life and a hallows to him. ”

"I see. It looks like you've decided. I hope you don't regret it in the future. ”

Britney looked at Zheng Ming deeply, seemed to have given up her intention to continue persuasion, picked up the wine glass and sipped it gently.

Zheng Ming, on the other hand, looked at Britney, who no longer spoke, with a hesitant expression, and finally gritted his teeth and said seriously after several stops: "Regarding the strange feelings you said about me before, I have some unfounded guesses. ”

"What? What do you know? Say it and see. ”

Britney raised her head suddenly, her expression serious and her tone urgent. Zheng Ming saw that the other party reacted so violently, but he felt a little weak.

"Relax. Let's start with it, just some of my guesses. There is no basis for this, and it is likely not true. ”

Seeing that Britney finally calmed down with her back against the chair, Zheng Ming said cautiously: "To be honest, you approached me so enthusiastically, which also shocked me. I'm not afraid of your jokes, I did some research in case you have other plans. ”

As he spoke, Zheng Ming glanced at Britney, and when he saw him frowning and looking at him with an unhappy face, he looked away with interest.

"Of course, I now have a general understanding that you don't have ulterior motives."

Although it is not 100% certain.

After secretly adding a sentence in his heart, Zheng Ming continued: "But as far as I know, although you have the habit of teasing and teasing others, you are all for fun, and you get tired of it quickly. I've been harassed by the rejection of rejection several times.,Ah,No,I should say that the behavior of wanting to communicate with me is not quite in line with your usual style.。 It can't be that I'm too handsome, you can't resist my looks, right? ”

"Huh~ That's the conclusion you came to? Because you're good-looking? ”

Britney's smiling expression, as well as her frequent flashing eyes, made Zheng Ming feel like she had tested her desire to survive in her previous life. So he hurriedly denied it before the other party broke out.

"It's not. Listen to me. So I started looking for our intersection to see if we had any kind of connection. In the end, we came to the conclusion that we had nothing to do with each other other than that you had taken the Enlightenment Pill. ”

"You mean...... Is this what that pill does? I'm all interested in you because of the side effects of the pills? ”

"I want to ...... Maybe...... Possible...... Yes. ”

After hearing Zheng Ming's words, Britney smiled. Zheng Ming swore to the heavens that he had never seen a bright smile so obvious as the killing machine.

"Other people who have taken pills also have this symptom? Did you do it on purpose? Playing with other people's feelings with pills? Controlling others? ”

"No, no, no. Seon had eaten it, too, but he hadn't changed much. He still respects and yearns for me as before, and doesn't think about me at all. Arthur didn't behave abnormally after eating, as you've seen with your own eyes.

Belch...... Except for the one you ate and the two of them, I really haven't given it to anyone else in this world, so I don't know very well.

I wonder if it's because you've awakened your ability to perceive, that's why it has such a significant impact on you. And that feeling is likely to thin out after you're gone...... So...... I didn't know beforehand, and I originally gave it to that red-haired bastard, and I didn't want to return it to you. ”

Under Britney's silent gaze, the more Zheng Ming spoke, the more he spoke, the more he became weak, and the more he spoke, the more panicked he became. In the end, after explaining incoherently, he obediently bowed his head and apologized solemnly.

"I'm sorry."

Looking at the man in front of him who stood up solemnly and wanted to bow and apologize, Britney sighed helplessly.

"What do you apologize for? It doesn't have to be true, does it? It doesn't have to be your fault. ”

"But I rejected you after all......"

"Are you mistaken? It's normal for you to reject me, you don't owe me anything? ”

Today's conversation was not very successful as a parting conversation. The two fell silent again in an awkward atmosphere.

"Na~ Ming. Do you say that people with dull hearts really don't deserve fiery feelings? Is it true that people with a cold personality can't yearn for beauty and treat others gently? ”

Britney's sudden question caused Zheng Ming to be slightly stunned. Immediately, after thinking about it carefully, he tried his best to give a serious reply to this question that he also did not understand.

"I don't know about emotional issues, but I want to be brave enough to find them and get them when I encounter them. As for the latter, I don't think it's a contradiction. Everyone yearns for beauty, but the standard of beauty is different. Treating others gently is actually a way of dealing with the world, more like education and personal cultivation. And the cold character is just the same as the literal character. Regardless of personality, there is no contradiction between yearning for a good nature and the acquired cultivation of dealing with others. It's just going to be a little tiring. ”

"Is that so? I understand. Hopefully, you will always remember what was said. Those things will be given to you as a parting gift. We hope to see each other again in the future. ”

Hearing this, Britney chuckled and drifted away. Most of the remaining "love" wine on the table was left in place by her, along with the two crystal cups. However, what attracted Zheng Ming's attention was not these delicious wines, but the green certificate on the chair she was sitting on.

(End of chapter)