Super Righteous Player
Chapter 524 - 65 Want to be a Hero_1

Chapter 524: Chapter 65 Want to be a Hero_1

"Won’t you drink a bit more?"

The middle-aged man with black hair and eyes, his features sculpted and profound, pinched the glass with his right hand and clinked it against the glass of the wolf girl beside him.

He spoke in a gentle tone, softly saying, "The alcohol here isn’t bad. Or maybe... are you still nervous?"

"No, it’s just—"

Feeling Giralda’s warm breath lightly expel onto her ear, stirring the grey-white fluff, Dorin immediately shivered and sat up straight.

She inadvertently let out a loud voice.

But she quickly realized, and before the others could turn their eyes towards her, she immediately shook her ears and lay on the table, keeping silent.

Dorin turned her head to the side and whispered, "Because, Lord Giralda... I can’t tell the quality of a drink..."

"All of us wolf people are like that, with no discernment of wine quality."

"Wolf people cannot drink alcohol?"

There was a mild surprise in Annan’s voice.

Dorin shook her head.

"It’s not like that."

She said softly, "We can still drink, and we don’t get alcohol poisoning like wolves would.

"It’s just that us wolf people can only taste bitterness when we drink. So no matter how good the wine is, it doesn’t make a difference to us.

"If we need a drink to perk up or want to get drunk, we’ll only drink the cheapest, worst alcohol... because the bitterness overwhelms all other flavors."

"...Oh?"

Giralda was taken aback for a moment, "Is that so..."

"Yes, that’s right!"

Dorin grimaced, "I don’t really like drinking... because it’s simply too bitter.

"Compared to expensive wines, those cheap, light ones aren’t as bitter; that way, I can drink a little bit, and it serves as a freshener for the palate."

...Is it because it’s too diluted?

Giralda couldn’t help but curve his lips upward.

——Wait a moment.

He suddenly remembered something and his movement to raise his glass paused.

His elder brother Dmitry seemed to have once mentioned... that he liked drinking cheap liquor.

In theory, as the former primary heir to the great ducal title of Winter, Dmitry shouldn’t even have come into contact with cheap liquor. After all, that kind of alcohol can significantly harm the body... especially for someone like Dmitry, who drinks heavily.

...Could this have something to do with the wolf girl Bella?

"Lord Giralda...!"

A somewhat familiar voice came from behind.

Turning around, Giralda did so with a hint of curiosity on his face.

He first saw Lin Yiyi and then looked past her, spotting Niusel and the other two players.

Giralda smiled and waved at the trio.

Seeing this, Niusel reluctantly extended his hand and slapped his own forehead with a smack.

——It was all in vain.

"Yiyi."

Giralda put his hands together in a gesture of apology, smiling warmly at Lin Yiyi, "Sorry for being late. I’m really sorry."

"...No, it’s fine."

In that instant, Lin Yiyi, through Giralda, envisioned Annan with his hands together in a shallow smile.

Silver shoulder-length hair, jewel-like clear blue-green heterochromia—if he could close one eye and tilt his head slightly, it would be even cuter.

——Ah, just thinking about it is fine.

Lin Yiyi silently closed her eyes and heaved a sigh of relief, her expression as serene as if she had attained nirvana on the spot.

...From this perspective, should Giralda then be considered the leader of a virtual organization, one of exceptional beauty?

Both the organization itself and its leader are virtual.

——But at least the person is real. So is the mission.

That is enough.

Lin Yiyi would occasionally think, it was fortunate that she appeared in this "game"—or rather, in this world—as a savior, a brave one, a hero.

If she had come to this world on the side of the Demon King... seeing each and every living person, each segment of genuinely real emotions, she felt it would be very difficult for her to accept the fate of destroying it all.

Initially, although Lin Yiyi knew this was probably another world, she lacked a sense of reality about it. To her, this was an incredibly magical game.

However, through her contacts with these "natives," through interaction, working together, fighting, and cooperation with them, she gradually understood.

——This indeed was a genuinely different world.

Unlike Jiu’er—Jiu’er had long been ready to kill, or perhaps she hadn’t yet grasped the true nature of this world. Either was possible.

Once Lin Yiyi realized this, it became hard for her to accept the step of killing others to gain experience. Maybe it was a moral obsession... but she always felt that if the "monsters" she truly killed were real people, especially those with families, she would feel a sense of guilt.

Of course, she would still kill those who were truly hateful or attacked her.

But the killing was no longer as easy as when she first killed those robbers, the guards in the Viscount’s Manor.

It was not "as a player killing monsters," but "as a hero killing villains."

It was a slaughter that required resolve.

She didn’t know whether this change was good or bad...

But now, she wanted to become a hero.

"Lord Giralda..."

Lin Yiyi hesitated, "Can we continue to stay here and deal with the Sporogenesis Mill issue?"

She was a bit worried whether Annan had encountered any trouble.

If it were like her initial impulse when she first entered the game, if Annan ran into any trouble, she would have rushed over eagerly to ask for the task.

That would definitely score a big hit in favorability!

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But now it was different.

She had interacted with Niusel several times and chatted with the underground inhabitants when shopping.

She realized how much trouble an unsolvable nightmare caused the locals, to Niusel, and to the childhood friend he was pursuing.

And Lin Yiyi felt that she indeed could purify this nightmare—their progress in decrypting had progressed to the second floor of the Sporogenesis Mill.

They were getting close to the end. A bit more effort, and perhaps they could clear it. Then they could purify the nightmare and change the lives of the city’s residents.

Lin Yiyi realized... this was indeed something she could do.

When she was very young, she also dreamed of becoming a superhero.

Yes, even though she was a girl, Lin Yiyi’s dream was not a Disney magic princess but a Marvel superhero.

Sometimes she fantasized that if she had superpowers, some giant monster might suddenly appear while she was at school. Then at that time, she could make a grand entrance like a hero, saving her teachers and classmates—those people would certainly be amazed that their class president was actually a super-powered individual.

But undoubtedly, on Earth... her dream would never come true.

Now it was different.

Lin Yiyi felt unmistakably that she was needed by others.

She could change the fates of others.

Perhaps, she might even be able to save the world!

She had heard that the most important aspect of RPG-type games was the "role-playing feel." Players would gradually bring their own consciousness into the character and experience this "virtual second life."

——What she was experiencing now was an utterly real second life.

"I want to stay here."

She repeated for the second time, "I want to purify the nightmares for them."

Watching the light beginning to rise in Lin Yiyi’s eyes.

Giralda smiled with relief.

"Of course, you can."

He gently placed his hands on Lin Yiyi’s shoulders.

Those strong hands firmly grasped her shoulders. Although he was a statue, the skin was soft and warm, which caused Lin Yiyi’s heartbeat to involuntarily start to quicken.

"Rather, I came for this very purpose."

Giralda chuckled lightly, "The issues on my side have already been dealt with.

"Want to save others? Such a noble deed, you can’t hog it all to yourself.

"——Let me join you as well."