He turned his head to look at the girl next to him, wearing a gray mage apprentice robe, her long, beautiful brown hair cascading over her shoulders, her features delicate and pure.
Glory’s Light nodded and put on what he considered his most handsome smile.
“Lina, I’m not that blockhead Nass, don’t worry.” Nass was the NPC apprentice he was closest to. “By the way, I heard Lady Vina has opened a new tavern on Mysterious Street recently, and she even hired half-elves to perform.
Tonight, maybe we can go see these beings with elven blood and have a drink together.”
Lina lightly bit her lip. She wanted to refuse, but when she saw Glory’s Light’s expectant expression, she hesitated, then nodded.
“All right…but I’ll bring Lia with me.”
“That’s fine, I’ll bring Nass along too.” Glory’s Light’s smile grew even brighter, finally, he was making progress.
He’d heard that in Glory you could actually do that with girls.
Whenever he thought of those show-off dogs on the forums, Glory’s Light practically ground his teeth in envy. The most outrageous story was about a player who managed to seduce a pair of noble mother and daughter while completing a quest.
But that guy didn’t end well, when the poor nobleman accidentally discovered it, he had him tied up and whipped for ten days straight until he died, leaving such a massive psychological shadow that he deleted his account entirely. A fitting retribution.
There were even female players who successfully hooked powerful nobles and became one of their many wives.
Then those female players started living out a fantasy version of a palace drama, broadcasting daily updates on the forums. With the help of countless other female players’ collective wisdom, they were locked in fierce battles with the noble’s other wives.
Because of the time difference, the female player could only do text-and-image broadcasts rather than video streams, but even so, it attracted endless curiosity. Whenever she started posting, it immediately became the hottest topic on the forum.
This game’s degree of freedom had reached a level that was simply outrageous, you could do anything you wanted.
“We’re here. Glory’s Light, be careful. Whatever you do, don’t offend Lord Li De.”
Lina looked worriedly at the Mage Tower in the distance, then glanced back at Glory’s Light. This adventurer from the Lost Planes really wasn’t familiar with their customs, and the kind-hearted girl was afraid he might anger the Tower’s master.
Seeing the worry in Lina’s eyes, Glory’s Light felt a warmth in his heart. Even though he was a player and couldn’t really die, that kind of pure concern still felt genuinely touching.
“Relax, who knows, maybe Lord Li De has noticed my incredible magical talent and wants to take me on as a disciple.”
Lina pursed her lips into a smile and gently swatted him. “Shameless. Go on in, I’ll wait for you to come back.”
You’ll wait for me to come back?
Glory’s Light looked at that face so pure it seemed utterly untainted, and his heart gave an inexplicable tremor. At that moment, the thought of treating Lina as a conquest suddenly vanished.
This girl made him incapable of feeling any desire to profane her. Only in this feudal world could you find such a clear-hearted girl.
“Lina, we’re not going to the tavern.”
“Ah? Why not?”
“Taverns are full of bad people. Let’s go with Nass to the dessert shop and have some red tea instead~”
“All right. I love Uncle Lank’s strawberry pies~”
After Glory’s Light turned and walked into the Crimson Mage Tower, his mood was still very strange. Thinking of Lina’s eyes, which seemed to have little stars glimmering in them, he felt a faint sweetness in his heart.
‘You probably wouldn’t believe this, but I, who was known as the Little White Dragon drifting through countless flowers without a single leaf sticking to me, am actually thinking of falling in love with an NPC.
Ah, just let me die already.’
When Li De saw Glory’s Light, his expression was a little odd.
It was the first time he’d formally interacted with a player. Last time, he hadn’t gotten the chance, in that matter with the Dark Pact, he’d been too busy handling the dwarves to bother with the three players.
Now, this was their first true face-to-face meeting.
Before him, Glory’s Light wore a gray mage apprentice robe. His build was average, and his looks were somewhat handsome.
His gaze drifted as though lost in thought. From time to time, he’d reveal a smile, only to quickly stifle it, a faint flush creeping up his cheeks.
He looked rather like he was…in heat?
“Glory’s Light, this is Lord Li De, the master of the Crimson Mage Tower, and the lord to whom you owe your allegiance. Why are you not saluting?”
Vina looked at the motionless Glory’s Light and felt a hint of displeasure in her heart.
Although she had learned in detail about the adventurers from the Lost Planes and knew they were a bunch of people with little sense of hierarchy or manners, no one was allowed to be discourteous before Li De, no one at all.
Jolted by her voice, Glory’s Light finally came back to himself. He hurriedly cast aside all the thoughts in his head and cautiously placed a hand over his chest, bowing respectfully to this legendary figure.
“Good day, esteemed Lord Li De.”
This was the biggest boss in the entire Mage Tower, and the highest-status, most powerful NPC he had ever met.
If he could latch onto this big shot’s thigh, wouldn’t he have anything he wanted, wind or rain alike?
Glory’s Light thought of those few lucky players on the forums who’d been singled out by NPCs for special training and felt his teeth itch with envy.
Especially among them, there were those three players, Hun Yuan, Thunderhands, and Cheng Kun, who were in Green City just like him. Those guys had already become bosses with dozens of NPC underlings, while he was still slaving away in a factory. It was so damn frustrating.