Laura was silent.
That’s it?
Her greatest desire?
In the scene of Gladys's desire, the fragile little Princess Lola showed a beautiful and pitiful smile to every man around her.
"You can't fight with each other, you must live in harmony..." Princess Lola spoke softly, her voice was like the melodious song of a lark.
The men surrounded Princess Laura, their eyes filled with admiration.
A handsome, white-haired boy named Sosia jumped out, his thick eyelashes curved, a sweet smile on his face. "So... Princess, who is the most important person in your heart?"
The handsome guys around immediately looked at Laura with nervous eyes.
Princess Laura bit her delicate lips, her beautiful eyes shimmering with tears. She hesitated for a moment, then took a deep breath and glanced at the handsome men one by one. "My number one choice is..."
"It's the white-haired boy, Sosia," the unicorn replied off-screen. "Among the trial-takers' desires, Princess Lola's heart should prioritize Sosia."
Laura frowned slightly.
"Why?"
The unicorn gracefully raised its front hoof and said in a sacred, ethereal voice:
"As the supervisor of the second-level trialists, I automatically form a temporary contractual bond with them during this trial. I can foresee what will happen in the desire scene, so... I clearly sense that Princess Lola will choose the white-haired Sosia! This is what the trialists' desires tell me. They prefer an ending where Princess Lola and Sosia are together."
Hearing this, Laura seemed to be thinking about something.
Then...Lola asked the unicorn in a calm voice:
"What happens to Gladys herself in her desires?"
The unicorn paused. "This involves the privacy of the trial-taker. If outsiders were to know what they were doing in the Desire Scene, it would be extremely shameful for them."
"I can't let the trialists face an embarrassing situation."
Laura: "So you can't tell me?"
"Yes." The unicorn nodded.
Laura pursed her lips.
He stood amidst the pure white clouds, his long, jet-black hair drooping, his black branches and leaves winding. As he came into contact with the fragments of divine light floating among the clouds, the pure holy light immediately became stained black...
"But Gladys and I...we are not outsiders to her." Laura opened her crimson lips slightly. "She is my believer, my contractor. I have the right to know her situation."
Unicorn: Yes, yes, yes!!! You are not her outsider!!! Could you please put away the black branches you are using to threaten her!!!
"But I suddenly feel that it would be better for the trial-taker's companions not to worry about her than for the trial-taker to feel embarrassed." The unicorn compromised immediately.
The unicorn lowered its head and touched the clouds with its beautiful and sacred horn.
A halo of holy light suddenly spread among the clouds like water waves.
The water rippled in circles, and the unicorn closed its eyes, feeling Gladys's desire...
After a while, the unicorn looked up, complex emotions revealed in its clear eyes.
"This trial-taker...uh, in her desires, she herself is..." The unicorn faltered.
Laura frowned, "What is it?"
Unicorn: "She jumped off the tower."
Laura:?
The unicorn's eyes were complicated. "In this trial participant's desire, the evil witch Gladys's abuse of Princess Laura caused everyone's anger..."
"So, in order to save Princess Lola, the men who loved her... fought against the evil witch and loudly denounced her."
"After Princess Lola was rescued by her admirers, the evil witch Gladys jumped to her death from the tower."
"In short, Princess Lola was rescued by her admirers, and the evil witch jumped to her death from the tower. This is the future that the trial-takers most desire."
Laura: "..." How could Gladys's desire be so strange?
This was the first time the unicorn had seen this kind of desire...
Power, delicious food, being pampered, money... these are the desires of normal people.
this......
this......
Unicorn: "This trial participant is truly unique."
"Her greatest desire is to choose to endure the suffering alone... What does this prove? It proves that she is very divine and worthy of being the trial-taker chosen by the God of All Things." The unicorn said seriously.
The unicorn noticed something was amiss with Lola's expression and quickly assured her, "Don't worry, even if this participant doesn't succumb to the temptation of desire and actually jumps off the tower in the illusion, we will still consider it a success."
Of course, the Unicorn's belief was not entirely due to fear of His evil power.
The purpose of the second level of trial is to enable the trial-taker to overcome worldly desires and become an ascetic.
And Gladys's greatest desire is to face the condemnation of everyone... and choose death to atone for the crime of abusing little Princess Lola.
Is this desire?
This kind of desire... is simply saintly!
So, the unicorn decided that regardless of whether Gladys overcame this desire, Gladys's trial would be considered a success.
"Her trial will succeed anyway, you just have to wait..." the unicorn said to Laura, but before the unicorn finished speaking, Laura's figure disappeared from the spot.
unicorn:?
It quickly checked the trial screen displayed in the clouds, only to see that the little Princess Lola in the screen had suddenly changed her aura, becoming cold and sinister...
unicorn:"......"
All right.
If the evil god couldn't wait any longer and personally entered the illusion to pick them up...
How can this little unicorn stop it?
In the fantasy picture.
When Sosia asked the question, "Your Highness, who will you choose?"... Princess Lola hesitated for a long time.
Then, Princess Laura lowered her eyelashes, revealing a sympathetic and sad expression. "I'm sorry, I can't make a decision right now."
"You are all my wings, how can I break them at will?"
"Let me return to the kingdom... and let me think it over and make a decision, okay?"
Little Princess Lola placed her hands on her chest, looking pitiful, "I don't want to stay in the witch's tower for a moment now..."
Princess Laura said so, so how could the handsome guys around her blame her? They thought Princess Laura was really pitiful.
"Your Highness has suffered a lot from the abuse of the evil witch Gladys. We should quickly take Your Highness back to the comfortable kingdom palace." said Princess Laura's knight.
So, Princess Laura, surrounded by many handsome men, walked towards the carriage that had been prepared in advance...
However......
When Princess Laura was about to get on the carriage, "her" figure suddenly stopped.
"Her" golden eyes revealed a cold emotion.
"Your Highness? What's wrong? Do you need me to carry you up?" the handsome Duke said immediately.
Laura turned around and looked at the men with a frown.
His expression was cold and filled with disgust... If these men were real, they would be speechless due to the extreme fear they felt, or even faint and go crazy on the spot.
However, this is Gladys's fantasy world of desire.
The handsome guys who cared for Princess Lola were nothing but illusions...
So, as if they didn't notice the disgust on Laura's face, they continued to recite their lines with concern, saying, "Your Highness has been imprisoned by the evil witch Gladys for so long... We are so heartbroken that we have only just rescued you from her clutches."
"When we return to the kingdom, Princess, if you wish to punish us, we will accept it willingly. No matter what method you choose, Your Highness, please do whatever you wish with us."
"Now, Your Highness, let's leave this abominable place and return to the kingdom."
"Yes, yes, this is not a place for you, Your Highness."
"Your Highness, a beautiful dress has been prepared for you in the castle. We will take you back right away."
Laura felt...that they were all anxious to take little Princess Laura out of the tower.
The actions of the phantom dummy are a reflection of the trial-taker's desires...
Does Gladys actually want Princess Laura to leave the tower?
There was a hint of darkness in Laura's golden eyes.
Then, Laura raised her eyebrows and said, "Wait a minute, I suddenly know who I want to choose."
"Who?" The handsome guys suddenly became nervous and looked at Princess Laura again.
"Gladys." Laura smiled.
Handsome guys:?
...Gladys?
Why does this name sound so familiar?
Isn't this... the name of an evil witch?
The phantom dummies stood there in a daze, taking a moment to react.
Wait...Princess Laura chose the evil witch Gladys?
In other words, Princess Laura chose to stay in the tower with the evil witch...
this......
The illusion dummies were caught off guard by Princess Laura's choice.
This was not what the illusion dummy had expected...
The phantom dummies suddenly crashed, and then it was as if the rewind button was pressed on them.
They ignored Laura's answer and everyone looked at Princess Laura.
"Who to choose?" They looked nervous and asked cautiously again.
They're broken.
Laura no longer paid attention to these illusory dummies.
He frowned and went to find Gladys.
At this time, Gladys was standing on the roof of the tower.
The wind blew through the red-haired girl's hair, and she lowered her eyelashes and looked at the harmonious scene of "Princess Lola reunited with the fishes" below.
They were filled with an atmosphere of harmony...but Gladys stood alone at the bottom of the tower.
Gladys felt the satisfaction of accomplishment...
"Then my mission is successfully completed," said Gladys.
"All that's left... is for me to escape from this world." Gladys stood on the edge of the tower, ready to jump.
but......
Gladys suddenly felt something strange.
Logically speaking, if the task is completed, shouldn't a mechanical voice ring in her mind to remind her?
...What about the system?
The important moment of successfully completing the main mission...how could the system be gone?
Gladys narrowed her eyes, and after careful consideration, she suddenly retracted her foot and did not jump down directly.
If the system isn't there... then how can she use the function of blocking pain?
"It's so high, it would be so painful if I jumped down." Gladys thought.
Gladys: "Although I'm going to use the tower jump to escape death, but... the previous evil witch died by jumping from here, which means jumping from here can really kill people."
"If something unexpected happens, who will inherit my dried mushrooms..." Gladys pondered.
"If you don't want anything to happen, then get down here." An elegant and cold voice interrupted Gladys.
Gladys turned around in surprise, and when she saw who was coming, she suddenly felt unwell.
Gladys was stunned.
How did Princess Laura appear here?
Didn’t she leave with the fishes?
Princess Lola came back to find her evil witch.
Gladys: Danger.
I hope there won't be another bug in the plot.
Gladys frowned imperceptibly. Then, maintaining her evil witch persona, she said coldly to Laura, "My servant! How dare you speak to me in such a tone!"
Seeing Gladys standing on the edge of the tower, Laura's eyelids twitched. He pursed his lips and said, "Mrs. Witch, could you come down first?"
Gladys: "Oh? Why should I listen to you? I'm just going to stand here."
"I no longer need you, my abandoned slave!!!"
Laura lowered her eyelashes.
Then, Gladys heard Laura say lightly: "My Lady Witch, I don't want to leave."
Gladys:?
What the hell? Princess Lola doesn't want to leave the tower?
Gladys suddenly became anxious, "No! You must leave!"
Lola looked at her, her golden eyes deep, "I will not leave, and Your Excellency the Witch cannot jump off the tower."
Gladys: “…”
Gladys pondered for a moment.
Gladys suddenly felt that she probably understood what Princess Laura was doing.
The kind little Princess Laura must have come to persuade the villain to save her... According to the routine, the villain will also have to say something to clear herself.
Too bad... She, the evil witch Gladys, is a tasker.
She, the evil witch, will never be redeemed, and it is impossible for her to live happily with little Princess Laura.
"There's no way you can influence me." Gladys snorted coldly, "Give up!"
Laura frowned.
"In this fight, I, the evil witch, have lost. I will accept the defeat and die to atone for my sin!" After saying this, Gladys moved her feet, and the wind blew through the girl's red hair.
She lifted her foot and glanced down at the ground.
Gladys: "..." Damn! It's too high!
no.
She will wait for the system to come back before jumping.
So Gladys withdrew her foot.
She didn't know that a wisp of black branches had already spread to her side...
Gladys turned around and looked at little Princess Laura.
Little Princess Laura lowered her head and her expression could not be seen clearly.
Gladys thought, the little princess lowered her head...she must have been frightened by her evil witch's action of jumping off the tower.
"You've been fooled!" Gladys smiled. "So, you naive little princess, don't believe the evil witch."
"I'm giving you a chance. Leave here quickly within three seconds and go back to reunite with your admirers. Otherwise, I will lock you in the tower again and torture you. The new torture will be even more severe than the previous one. I will make you cry and beg me to let you go." Gladys threatened.
Gladys thought to herself, the little princess should leave quickly so as not to hinder her from completing her mission...
She turned around and faced the sky again.
"I'll count to three..." said Gladys.
"I'll be back in three seconds. If you don't leave, I won't be polite." Gladys said viciously.
"Three..." Gladys began to count down.
However, she had just said three when the rest of her countdown was interrupted.
Black branches and leaves grabbed Gladys's body and yanked her backwards.
Gladys:? !!
Laura hugged Gladys from behind. Her pale hands were icy cold and gently wrapped around Gladys' shoulders.
The black branches and leaves restlessly wrapped around the girl's waist...
He raised his thick eyelashes, and his beautiful golden eyes were filled with darkness.
At this moment, the illusion collapsed.
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