The man he called Leisen remained silent for a long time, his slightly long fingernails tracing across the boy's face in the painting, then slowly moving down his neck to his collarbone, finally stopping at his heart.
“…This painting is not good.” He suddenly spoke.
"yes."
Deville was not offended by his belittling; in fact, he nodded in agreement.
"Although we have invited the most renowned painter of our time, his brushstrokes still cannot capture even a fraction of the charm of young Master Willy."
"It's a pity that human lifespan is ultimately too short. If it weren't for that Leonardo da Vinci refusing your invitation to transform him, his skill would still be barely acceptable."
Leisen didn't continue the conversation, but instead changed the subject.
How long have I been asleep?
"Seventy-four years have passed since your last hibernation."
Deville watched helplessly as he tucked the painting into his arms. He stood there stunned for a few seconds before regaining his senses and managing to utter a few words with difficulty:
"...Why did you wake up earlier this time? Is there something wrong?"
Normally, Lord Lysen's hibernation cycle should be consistent with His Highness the Prince's, but now...
Deville waited anxiously for the other party's reply.
Leisen remained silent for a long time before slowly shaking his head.
"...I was just woken up by the noise."
"I keep hearing the howling of wolves... and today there was even the sound of fighting."
"It's too noisy, I can't sleep."
"..."
Deville clenched his fists in a fit of rage, determined to teach those two a lesson later.
He asked cautiously, "Then you..."
"I'm going back to my room."
Leisen, clutching the painting in his arms, turned and left the study without letting him finish speaking.
Coincidentally, Willy was also awakened by the same shouts on the other side.
"Host! Something terrible has happened!"
"Hmm..."
My body felt like it had been run over; even raising my arms caused soreness. The dim light from behind the heavy curtains shone faintly on my arms, like red plum blossoms scattered on the snow.
His lips parted slightly, his tongue brushing against his teeth, sending a shiver down his spine. Vili spoke in a muffled voice in his mind.
"I hate dogs."
"...Huh?" The system paused for a few seconds. "Speaking of which, after you went to find Dario, our visual sharing automatically disconnected. What happened..."
It was halfway through its sentence when it subconsciously scanned the host's physical condition and suddenly fell silent, a whole bunch of swear words that couldn't pass censorship flashing through its mind.
Vili ignored it and got out of bed. As he walked, the mottled marks on his body gradually faded away, like fresh snow melting under the sun, disappearing completely without a trace.
"What was the important matter you just mentioned?"
The listless boy raised his hand and yawned, tears welling in the corners of his eyes, his cheeks still flushed from just waking up. In a daze, he reminded the system of the watered roses in the castle garden, and the system was speechless.
“…Il?”
"Ahem." The system came back to its senses, embarrassed. "It's like this."
"I just received a report from 314—that is, Si Yuan's system—saying that there is a bug in the plot of this world and requesting that it be fixed."
It momentarily forgot what had just happened and anxiously said:
"Host, what should we do? They've discovered we're the problem!"
Although 314's report attributed everything to the appearance of werewolves, the system knew that the root cause lay with Vili.
From the moment he came into this world, everything was destined to change for him.
To its surprise, Vili remained unmoved after hearing the system's words.
"so what?"
The system froze.
"so……"
It opened its mouth hesitantly, then suddenly stopped, as if suddenly realizing something, and its voice became louder.
"yes!"
Although it is still officially working for the main god, it has actually switched companies a long time ago!
What can the dog owner do to it?
Rather, if the main god really came knocking on their door, the host might actually be quite happy...
"So I'm just going to ignore it?"
The system immediately felt relieved.
Willy nodded and thought for a moment.
"How would you handle this if you followed the normal procedure?"
"According to the system's operating procedures, I would first confirm the existence of the bug, track and detect it, record its detailed information, and if it can be handled independently, I would resolve it directly; otherwise, I would report it up the chain of command..."
“Looking at 314’s report, the most serious problem is the existence of Dalio, which is beyond my ability to handle. So normally, I would report it to the main system.”
"The main system will repeat my previous workflow again... and then it will definitely find out that we are the source of the anomaly."
“What if you don’t report to the main system?” Vili asked.
"That depends on how 314 handles it. Usually, when the higher-level system doesn't do anything, we have an internal procedure for reporting to higher levels..."
"But by then, we might all be gone from this world! And I'm not under the jurisdiction of the Supreme God, so the worst that can happen is that I'll be wanted by the authorities!"
"Hey... now that you mention it, it sounds pretty exciting..."
In the end, the system couldn't help but chuckle.
"..."
"Will 314 continue to urge the host to complete the mission properly during this period?"
The system seemed somewhat surprised by Vili's question and hesitated before speaking, "The plot has gone wrong... it shouldn't be like this, right?"
"If this weren't their first world and they didn't have any points, they could have gone straight to the next world."
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