eccentric behavior and completely disappeared.

He wanted an answer very much.

Su Lin must choose to break this situation and reveal the answer to the illusion.

"Crackling".

The firelight danced.

Facing Xie Lude's serious gaze, Su Mingan put down the chocolate in her hand.

"Suppose a house is a dilapidated building, and there is a biting cold wind outside." He said: "If someone living in the house takes out a brick to check whether the house will collapse, there may be cold wind coming in.

.But if he doesn't take this turn, he may never know whether the place he lives in is a dilapidated house, and he may be buried under the turn of the entire house at any time.

Of course, this house is not necessarily in danger, it just has the risk of collapse.

But if he doesn’t pull out this piece of turning head, he will always live in fear of the collapse of the house - then if you know the danger of the house, will you choose to freeze for a period of time, pull out the turning piece to check. Or continue to be ignorant

Are you going to live unconsciously?"

"..."

Sherrod was stunned.

His translucent green eyes fluctuated slightly, as if he was thinking about this issue seriously.

…

[NPC (Xie Lude) favorability: 75+5 (encounter with confidant)]

…

"Your ink."

Su Ming'an pointed at his hand, and Xie Lude's fingertips trembled, only to realize that the ink had melted under the pen tip that was resting on the page, blocking the half-copied poem.

He put down the pen, and the green in his eyes fluctuated slightly like the surface of a lake blowing in the breeze.

"I will smoke this brick." After a pause, he said:

"I understand. Captain, from your point of view, you have no problem...but, do you want to fight against the gods in the sky as a human being?"

"That's right."

"...That's a god, Captain."

"But this is my mission." Su Mingan said: "As a player, I will do a lot of things that you think are impossible. Because in my eyes, these things are just difficult tasks. Since they are given to me

With your hands, it is not unattainable.”

"Player..."

Sherrod slowly closed the note.

Those translucent green eyes were like fireflies on a summer night, glowing with a layer of brightness in the fluctuating firelight.

He looked at Su Mingan and seemed to be making a decision.

"I've heard them call you before." He said, "Captain, your real name is... Su Ming'an, right?"

"yes."

"They call you the number one player, and almost everyone cannot communicate without you. You are the strongest among these travelers from another world, right?"

"right."

"Miss Lin Yin once told me that there are many people in your world who can see us through your eyes. Is this true?"

"Yes." Su Mingan nodded.

"Then, can you ask me a question, just this question." Xie Lude said softly: "...am I considered an independent creature in their eyes?"

Su Mingan ignored the barrage rushing through his eyes.

He didn't even look at the audience's answers.

"Of course you count." Su Mingan said: "In the previous world, I met a girl named Hui Shuhang. She told me that everything we saw and thought was our personal experience.

Real reality. We don’t regret the choices we make at the moment. Every moment we experience belongs to us. So, it doesn’t matter whether the world is fake or not. You have to believe that you are talking to me at this time.

You are an independent and free creature."

After he said this, he accurately heard the prompt from the system.

…

[NPC (Xie Lude) favorability: 80+10 (we stand together through thick and thin)]

…

Su Mingan felt a little sad.

Seeing Sherrod's eyes light up after hearing this, he felt even more sad.

Even though he said such words, the system prompt that sounded with incomparable precision still reminded him of the identity of the NPC in front of him.

Even though he said that Sherlude was an independent thinking creature, he knew very clearly that Sherlude could not escape the shackles of the system at all.

The system can listen to his voice, measure his emotions, and feed back his favorable feelings in a numerical format. Including what Sherrod is saying now, it seems to be consistent with the setting of an "NPC who has awakened his self-awareness".

This mechanism and this character are no different from the favorability games Su Mingan has played before, or from the NPCs that exist on the computer screen.

After all, consider the young man in armor in front of you as a character in the story, as a microcosm of the image of the "Knight of Light" on this land.

Or should we regard him as a free soul, a "person" who can communicate independently with "players" like him?

…

【...Captain, I envy you very much.】

[You don’t need to carry unforgettable hatred, implement the ideals of generations, passively fight for the origin of history, and then die on the battlefield where you are regarded as your home.]

【...But I can't.】

[Even if I know that my world may have been invaded, my thoughts may only be composed of purely mechanical elements, and everything I say and do is just something written down on paper step by step. Even

, the mission I shoulder and the chivalry spirit I carry out are all for the so-called 'setting'.】

【...And even now, I am still troubled by the emotions stirring in my heart and the spirit of chivalry that I uphold. 】

…

【Free soul.】

【Will you also have a mission?】

…

Su Mingan suddenly heard the voice of the person in front of him, which was very vague.

The crisp "crackling" sound of the fire sounded just at this moment, and he couldn't hear what Sherrod said.

But when he raised his head, he could see the young man holding the pen tightly, with the struggle beating in his eyes.

Like a bright fire burning in his eyes, like a free soul dancing in the fire.

The young man stood up and suddenly knelt down.

"Dong dong"

A dull sound resounded in the room. The young man put his hands on the ground and lowered his forehead.

Su Mingan did not move.

His eyes were fixed on the other party's golden hair, which was filled with a circle of warm light, and he watched the other party's figure getting lower and lower.

"...Free soul, player." Sherrod said softly: "I know my request is difficult for people, but the strongest among travelers, the captain.

Can you... free me from this inescapable hardship?"

With his faith broken, those who swore allegiance fleeing, and his ability to think for himself questionable, this knight's spirit is on the verge of collapse.

Even now, he doesn't know whether the reason that prompted him to say this was the so-called "personality" and "system" at work, or whether he had an independent thinking brain.

He just wants a new, independent path that allows him to walk independently.

"What do you want?" Su Mingan asked.

Sherrod raised his head.

There was an extremely sincere emotion in his eyes, which was rising more and more intensely.

Mission, spirit, and talent for light and affinity are all innate to him, and they are the "inevitability" that has shaped him into who he is today.

But at this time, he had the idea of ​​breaking away from these "necessities" and seeking "accidents".

Like a fish living in the deep sea, unexpectedly seeing a flying bird.

Bird is the strongest traveler in another world and the number one player.

——For such a bird, his talk about players, his views on independent creatures, his look, and words of encouragement are all like light, swaying on the small body of water above his head, tempting.

With.
To be continued...