"You're good at keeping silent." Mr. Palamedes, the Lord of the Black, sighed.

"Can I give a guess?" The girl said softly.

"Please."

"Maybe I'm too self-conscious," said the girl, "but I guess your purpose is to keep Vicky out of me so that she can't hear us." ”

Mr. Palamedes burst out laughing.

"Good guess," he said, "you might as well assume it's true." What's your name? ”

"You may call me Victoria, sir."

"I'm not asking about that. I'm asking for your name. ”

The girl froze.

"Goth told me that you are from another world," the Lord of Darkness said softly, "you are in another world, and you should have a name...... My guess is that if you can use your human vocal organs to talk to the topped Plane Traveler, then your name should also be able to express your name in human vocal organs. Tell me your real name. ”

The girl was silent for a long time.

“…… Wei Yuanhe," she finally said, "my name is Wei Yuanhe." Wei is the surname, and Yuanhe is the first name. In my hometown, I put my last name before my first name. ”

The girl's voice was a little muffled.

"So, before Miss Douglas returns, I'll call you 'Mr. Wei,' is it okay?" The Lord of Darkness said softly.

Silent. The Lord of the Black smiled and waited for the girl's answer. And to the girl, even the warm breeze in the garden seemed a little cold.

"May I ask a question, sir?" After a while, the girl finally spoke.

"Please."

"How did you find out? Experience? Some kind of spell? ”

"Almost all gender-identifying spells rely on the soul and are completely useless to you, the 'soulless'. But...... I have some 'special' methods. ”

"That is to say......"

"I assure you: no one in the cloud world will be able to discover this secret, except for it. Not even other legendary mages. I'll keep it a secret for you as long as you want. ”

The girl bowed deeply to the Lord of Darkness. This is the most honorable tribute she can make from her standpoint.

"You can call me 'Wei', or like my parents and elders, you can call me 'Yuanhe,'" said the maiden, "and I greet you, great Lord of the Black." ”

Mr. Palamedes nodded slightly.

"It seems that you don't need my comfort."

"I am who I am, my honorable Monsieur Palamedes," said the maiden, "and I will not be made to cease to be me by external reasons. ”

She pondered, "I was a little worried that you would give some examples from nature to enlighten me. In my hometown, there are fish that can naturally switch between male and female...... I don't know if such species exist in this world. If you comfort me with such examples, I am afraid that your opinion in my heart will be lowered. ”

Mr. Palamedes listened to the maiden with interest. A satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Well said, young Wei," he said, "'Even if there are creatures in nature that can switch between male and female, it will not help you solve your problems, and it will only be self-deception.'" Are you trying to say that? ”

"We are not fish, honorable Mr. Palamédes," said the girl, looking at the black-haired man in white, "I am a human being. ”

"Then I ask you," said Mr. Palamedes leisurely, "are you dissatisfied with your present body?" Do you want to go back to your original body first? ”

The girl shuddered slightly.

"Can you do it, sir? Make me a new ...... Male bodies? ”

"Do you want me to do that, Wei?"

The girl stared at Palamedes, trying to read his thoughts from his face. But it was in vain. In the end, the girl gave up.

"The power of the 'Light World' belongs only to women, Mr. Palamedes. If I go to a new body right away, I probably won't be able to use it. I can't risk losing the Light World until I find other sources of power, sir. ”

Mr. Palamedes burst out laughing. The laughter made the girl's heart spasm again. Mr. Palamedes treats himself and Vivi very differently, and he doesn't know which one is the real Mr. Palamedes.

"Strength!" Mr. Palamedes seemed to be about to burst into tears of laughter, "Strength! Tell me, dear child...... Did you give up the opportunity to become a man again because of your attachment to power? ”

"I wish to be in charge of my own life, Lord Palamedes," said the maiden, slowly and firmly, "whether male or female, I wish to be able to control my own destiny by my own power alone. Now, I can only choose to use the 'Bright World' in my hands to win a place for myself to live. Therefore, I no longer want to go back to my old body. ”

"And your promise to Miss Douglas, right?" Mr. Palamedes asked softly.

"I promised her that I would help her save her mother, and that I would destroy the Confederacy," said the maiden, "and therefore I must not give up my strength." Even if I could give up the 'Bright World'. Spells, Divine Spells...... Except for the secret ritual, the other sources of power take a long time to practice, and I don't have enough time. ”

"I admire your determination, young Wei," Mr. Palamedes nodded in satisfaction, "in that case, stick to your path." ”

"But really, sir," the girl suddenly turned, "you can't help it, get me into another body." ”

Mr. Palamedes narrowed his eyes.

"Tell me your guesses, young Wei."

"One, the bald bastard who sent me into this world, he's very powerful. Goth thought his abilities were comparable to those of the gods. Since he was determined to play tricks on me, he didn't think he would make such a low-level mistake, leaving a hole to exploit and allowing me to enter other bodies......"

She paused: "...... Second, I don't have a soul. I am a consciousness in the brain in the form of a complex substance, and you may be able to transfer the soul, sir, but if you want to transfer my consciousness, you will have to put the whole structure of my brain on another person's head. I think this is a new challenge for you as well, Your Excellency Palamedes. ”

"You're really sharp, young Wei," a smile appeared on Mr. Palamedes' face again, "your guesses about me are basically true. But there's one thing you didn't expect. ”

"What?"

"Using permanently solidified transfiguration spells, a mage can permanently change a person's gender. Of course, there are all kinds of problems with the incompatibility of the soul and the body. ”

“……”

"From the moment you stepped into this room, I knew I couldn't do this," said the Lord of Darkness, "and the topped plane traveler has placed a curse on your body. …… The curse of locking gender. ”

The girl was dumbfounded.

"Spells that change the gender of a human don't work for you. Even with spells like 'doppelganger', you can only create female and asexual doppelgangers. It's one of the most powerful and vicious curses I've ever seen in my life. I couldn't hack it at all. ”

"Wait," the girl reacted suddenly, "you must have discovered the curse on me and deduced that I wasn't a woman in the first place, did you?" ”

"What do you think? The other party is a god-level spellcaster, so what's the use of applying such a curse to a woman? Moreover, this curse is very hidden, if you are not particularly good at it, you can't find it at all, and other legendary mages can't find it at all. ”

The girl had an urge to use the "Bright World" to give the bald starman's bare head a scoop. If it weren't for the presence of the Black Lord, she would have started scolding the streets.

Mr. Palamedes added: "You also have to be careful with things like 'transgender belts'. It's just a minor nuisance for other people to be mistreated by this kind of thing, and if you turn into a male, I'm afraid that the caster and yourself will be in danger of their lives. If you don't believe me, I can help you make a temporary male guinea pig clone and we'll see what happens. ”

…… This is indeed the same mage as Goth. Whether it's bad taste or professionalism, it's real.

"I appreciate your kindness," the girl sighed, "don't waste your time on me. Please prepare a new body for Vicky first, and then transfer her soul to it. ”

"Then you'll look like twins." Mr. Palamedes teased.

"That's not bad, either." The girl couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

The atmosphere in the room seemed to have eased. The sun shone through the crystal-like skylight, a butterfly flew past the girl, and the stream flowed briskly.

The two talked for a while. The girl mentions the question of how she saw the illusion when she was chosen by the Mystic Weapon, which cannot be affected by most Confusion Spells, and Mr. Palamedes points out that he doesn't know much about the Mystic Weapon, and that unless the girl is willing to lend him the "Light World" for long-term research, it will be difficult for him to give a definite answer.

The girl can only give up for the time being.

"So," said Mr. Palamedes, changing his expression, "what are you going to do now?" ”

The girl hesitated for a few seconds.

"You may want me to continue to accept your asylum," said the girl, "but it is not the best option for me." ”

"Tell me what you think, kid."

"I've thought it through, and I think the best option for me," the girl took a deep breath, "and that was to join the Empire." ”