Looking at Floxi’s healing smile, Luwei felt as if the other girl was glowing…
But gradually, the light emanating from Floxi became a bit dazzling.
Luwei couldn’t help but rub her eyes—
Wait, are you actually glowing?
It wasn’t the warm Holy Light from her hands,
but rather, a five-colored radiance shining from the top of Floxi’s head.
A colored SSS Trait!
Luwei was somewhat stunned…
Indeed, to ensure the game’s high replayability, and even to make players create many alternate accounts and pay for the game multiple times, the appearance of Traits had a considerable degree of randomness.
But was her luck a bit too good??
The earlier strategy reward had dropped two Building Blueprints, and now…
Floxi even had a colored Trait appear!
There was no need to think too much; this brand new Trait was absolutely related to her Angel bloodline.
And in the Plot, Floxi was an Angel of [Punishment]…
Luwei only regretted not being a Numerical Planner.
The game’s combat and numerical systems were quite complex, and she only understood a very small part of them.
But one thing was certain: even among Traits related to Angels, there were distinctions of high and low.
And a colored entry was absolutely the top-tier existence in the game!
Thinking this, Luwei looked Floxi up and down… feeling an inevitable itch in her heart.
But Appraising a colored Trait would cost one thousand Gold Coins,
and right now, not only was she penniless, but various matters of the Caris Family were also waiting for financial relief.
No matter how she thought about it, spending Gold Coins on something like this was impossible.
“Your abilities are very powerful, right?”
When she asked this, Luwei already had the answer.
An Angel wielding the authority of [Punishment] could easily annihilate a Demigod in the late game.
“I truly didn’t expect… you to be an Angel who fell to the mortal world…”
Luwei casually remarked, not noticing a hint of sourness in her own tone.
“Your Highness…?”
But Floxi keenly sensed her despondency.
Of course… it was normal for Her Highness to feel despondent.
The Duke’s murder, the future of the Caris Family… was bleak and without light.
From a privileged young lady, she became overnight the head of the family who must shoulder heavy responsibilities…
Anyone who suffered such a fall would find it unbearable, right?
And herself… an ordinary adopted daughter, yet so fortunate to have obtained such power.
With such thoughts flashing through her mind, Floxi couldn’t help but clench her fist, as if making a certain resolution.
“Your Highness! No matter what the future becomes, I will never leave your side.”
“The Duke was my benefactor…”
“Without the Caris Family’s protection, I would have long since died in the Kingdom of Loka’s assassination attempt.”
The gratitude in her eyes was utterly sincere.
“In the past, my motivation to live was only to avenge my father…”
“But now… I am willing to live for you…”
She thought such words would bring Her Highness Luwei some peace of mind…
But for some reason—
The Luwei before her frowned, then reached out and pinched her cheek.
“Mmph…?”
Luwei’s tone was quite cold:
“What kind of disheartening talk is that?”
“Live for me…? Do you think I care about that?”
Her Highness’s mouth was still as merciless as ever…
“You live for yourself!”
“To have even your belief in living given by someone else… just how pitiful are you?”
But if one truly tried to understand… it wasn’t hard to discover the concern contained within these harsh words.
“Thank you…”
Floxi said softly.
Her inner thoughts had not changed.
Burying her own convictions deep in her heart—she had always done this.
Only—
In the past, her conviction was revenge; now, it had become protection…
“I don’t need you to do anything for me.”
Luwei’s faint voice came again.
“Miss Angel… your stage is not this Borderland Minor Nation.”
“When you figure it out, you can leave on your own. There’s no need to suffer grievances by my side.”
“As for the relationship between us… think of it however you like.”
As she spoke, Luwei’s gaze shifted slightly.
“But please remember, you promised not to harm me…”
A barely detectable flicker of vulnerability flashed in her eyes.
“…Don’t go back on your word!”
Looking at the silver-haired girl’s slightly aggrieved expression, Floxi’s heart couldn’t help but tremble.
Her Highness… truly lacked a sense of security.
For some reason,
Floxi’s mind suddenly recalled the words Shuangna had said to her—
‘Master, she actually likes it when others take the initiative…’
At this moment, she thought of many things.
Her Highness, she always liked to pretend to have a strong exterior…
But she was constantly afraid that her fragile side would be exposed to others.
Afraid of others exposing her false strength, yet deep down hoping that someone could completely shatter her disguise and rescue her from under the heavy burden…
So… that’s how it was?
That’s why she always felt uneasy, why she always acted so contradictory.
Floxi suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.
Her promise would be seen by Her Highness as a compromise under threat; her genuine closeness would be seen as a necessity for survival.
That’s why… Her Highness would repeatedly ask her, over and over again.
Just to confirm that she wouldn’t harm her…
Thinking this, Floxi seemed to know what to do—
She should “actively” show her protective desire.
Not just verbally promise not to harm her under Her Highness’s threats…
Luwei looked suspiciously at Floxi, whose expression was growing increasingly strange—
The other girl remained silent, and who knew what she was really thinking.
To be honest, because of the deeply ingrained impression from the Plot, no matter how harmless Floxi appeared, Luwei couldn’t bring herself to scold or lecture her as casually as before…
So, in the eyes of others… she must appear very strange.
She couldn’t help but laugh at herself.
Always being kind to others, as if wanting to close the distance between them.
But when the other person actually got close, she would panic and try to push them away.
Because of this, Shuangna had concluded that she was “duplicitous and liked it when others took the initiative.”
How could that be…
Luwei shook her head with a bitter smile.
She was just trying to survive in the cracks, on one hand needing to strategize with the beauties, on the other needing to follow the Game Plot/Character Setting and provoke their dislike.
This led to Luwei always putting on a fierce appearance… but her pitifully low 2-point Strength attribute wasn’t enough to support her in doing evil.
The result was—
In daily life, she always acted like a little brat, making arrogant statements.
Only to find, when the beauties under her got serious, that she had no way to subdue them.
If the other party was just a bit more forceful, wouldn’t the one to yield and beg for mercy be herself…?
And such helpless actions were actually interpreted as “liking it when others take the initiative”…?
A chill ran down Luwei’s spine…
Of course she didn’t like it when others took the initiative!
On the contrary, she wished all these beauties were soft persimmons, easy to pinch and never fight back…
And facing Floxi, who had a “history of resistance” in the Plot, Luwei was extremely afraid.
She was completely the type… who, even if they proactively offered their rear, she wouldn’t dare to strike hard.
Her own fear leading to light-handedness was interpreted in their eyes as her only being good at tough talk, with zero follow-through, so resisting casually wouldn’t be a problem…
This vicious cycle was absolutely not good.
Luwei clearly recognized this.
She would gradually lose her dignity, lose her control… until scolding sounded like coquetry, and hitting felt like tuning an instrument!
Thinking this, a resolve rose in Luwei’s heart.
That’s right, she had to stand tall.
Otherwise, later on, others would resist whenever they felt like it,
playing “bad woman bullies beauties” house based entirely on their mood.
How could she then follow the Plot?
At that time, the bitter fruits of defying the Plot and Character Setting would surely come knocking one after another!
Thinking this, Luwei looked at Floxi with determined eyes,
only to find the other girl seemed to be hesitating to speak…?
“Your Highness…”
“I know… you must be very tired, right?”
A complex expression appeared on Floxi’s face.
“You bear too much pressure. You must wish… you could relax, right?”
Hearing these words, for some reason, a sense of foreboding flashed through Luwei’s heart.
“Why do you say that…?”
She did bear a lot of pressure… but couldn’t you see who gave her that pressure?
But Floxi just gave a shallow smile.
“At least in front of me, you don’t need to pretend to be so strong…”
“…What do you mean? I’m not pretending!”
Hearing this, Luwei reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, glaring fiercely at Floxi.
But seeing this… the other girl showed no sign of fear on her face.
Instead, she gently smoothed Luwei’s hair…
“You’re afraid… afraid your disguise will be seen through, yet you also hope someone can expose you, to free you… right?”
“That’s why you like it when others take the initiative~~”
“Expecting others to actively expose you… to understand your helplessness.”
Feeling the small hand gently stroking her head, Luwei froze…
Wait a minute, Who wants to be exposed…?
All wrong!
All wrong!!