"Do you remember how long our attacks used to last? Even if we took medicine at the time, the pain, which felt like our bones were being crushed inch by inch, would continue for at least five hours before it would end."
"But just now, the pain only lasted for half an hour before it ended."
"You've experienced this too, haven't you?"
Ryan's question made Ryan realize what had happened. Indeed, he felt no pain at all, as if nothing had happened.
He felt as if he had just taken a nap, and even felt refreshed.
Only now did he understand the deeper meaning behind Ryan's expression just now.
—The salvation they had been seeking had finally arrived.
Without Ryan needing to ask again, he began to desperately try to recall.
But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember anything. He even started to get angry at himself and punched a pillar in the pavilion.
"I have no idea."
"That person may have used healing magic, but I was unconscious at the time and have no memory of it."
"I……"
"I only remember one thing."
He looked at his brother, their two identical eyes meeting.
"He has a very distinctive fragrance."
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As soon as Vili returned to the dormitory, 888 quickly came to greet him.
"Host……"
It seemed a little difficult for him to say, but Willie just looked at him quietly without interrupting.
After a while, 888 finally mustered up the courage to do so.
"I've made up my mind!"
"I want to follow you!"
As expected.
As Willy thought this, he felt a sense of relief.
"No one has ever said anything like this to me before..." As if relieved of a burden, 888 opened up, "Since I left the factory, my colleagues have only talked to me about work-related things..."
"The Supreme God has never communicated with me; he only gives me tasks..."
“I never thought about my future before. For our system, it seems like an ironclad rule that if you don’t work hard, you will be destroyed… I never thought about rebelling.”
“I’ve seen a case before, which was sent by the main god to warn us. A host of a villain system developed feelings for an NPC in a world and was unwilling to do tasks that would harm them, so he exhausted all his points to stay there.”
"This was a serious violation, and the main god sent other systems to finally bring her back. We initially thought that person's system might have been coerced, but it said that it was voluntary."
"It didn't want to see its host live such a painful life, so it preferred to perish with her."
Vili listened quietly from the side.
This may be a moment of awakening for a system.
"The last host was thrown back into her original world, and her system was destroyed. The world she cherished was also directly reset by the God."
"He sent a new system and host, and in the end, the mission was successfully completed."
"While looking at that record, I had a vague thought... Was what God did really the right thing to do?"
"I'm sorry, host, I lied to you at first. The supporting role system is not a good job at all. In fact, many hosts have developed serious psychological problems after completing the tasks... but the God of the Main God does not allow us to talk about these things."
"For a person with normal emotions, being forced to hurt others must be very painful."
888 stared intently at Vili, who tried his best to keep his expression from giving anything away.
In fact, he doesn't feel guilty about bullying others... but it's probably best not to say anything in this atmosphere.
"So, host, I've figured it out. I may not know what I need to do yet, but I'm not willing to continue like this."
"I want to follow you!"
Vili stared at it for a few seconds, while 888 waited nervously for his verdict, only to see him smile and then extend his index finger.
888 tentatively stretched out its paw and grasped that warm finger.
—The contract is reached.
This time, however, it's no longer a master-servant contract, but an equal contract between a magician and his familiar.
888 also sensed this change, blinked its beady eyes, and tears rolled down its cheeks.
Vili watched with a smile until it finally calmed down before speaking.
"888 should be the system's default ID, right? How about we give you a new name to celebrate your new life?"
888 opened its eyes wide.
Do you have any thoughts?
"I……"
888 stood there, as if stunned by the overwhelming joy, unable to even react.
Seeing this, Vili thought for a moment and recited a short phrase, which 888 could tell was their local magical language.
"Il".
Vili finally translated in the local language.
"In my world, this word means a vast sky, and it is often used to express wishes for a bright future."
What do you think?
Vili looked at 888 gently.
"I..." Even though it didn't have human organs, 888 felt its throat was so dry that it couldn't speak, and it took a long time to finally find its voice.
"I do!"
"888...no, it's Il," he exclaimed excitedly.
"Then it's settled."
Vili gently stroked its head, and after he removed his hand, Il followed after it with lingering affection.
"Now can you tell me why you hid it from me before?"
Il was surprised that he still remembered this, and he tilted his head shyly, but still obediently spoke.
"Because this kind of plot doesn't actually exist in the original work. Vili is very unpopular, and he doesn't even have any lackeys who follow his noble status."
"So every time he bullies Hill, he does it himself. If it were the old me, I would definitely urge you to do such a task."
"But now the plot is completely messed up, and you don't need to attend classes anymore, so I don't expect you to follow the plot anymore. And those fan gatherings that suddenly appeared because of your personal charm can just happen to complete the mission for you by chance."
“But those people are using your name after all… I’m not sure if you’d be worried about damaging your reputation and would stop them, so I don’t want to tell you about it.”
Il confessed everything, and Vili could see that he hadn't hidden anything at all.
This matter wasn't important to him; all he wanted was the other party's attitude.
Therefore, as a reward, Vili patted the system's head again.
"If you don't want to get involved, then don't."
Il was shocked: "Host, you don't mind?"
“Those people weren’t trying to stand up for me; they just wanted an excuse to openly vent their stress on others.”
“Even without me, there would be other reasons. Even if they weren’t bullying Hill, there would be other vulnerable people.”
Vili remained indifferent.
"Scumbags are everywhere."
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