Su Mingan ignored the barrage of comments that surged past his eyes.
He didn't even look at the audience's answers.
"Of course you do." Su Mingan said, "In the previous world, I met a girl named Hui Shuhang. She told me that everything we see and think about is our own experience and is real. We do not regret our current choices. Every moment we experience belongs to ourselves. So, it doesn't matter whether the world is fake or not. You have to believe that you who are talking to me at this moment are an independent and free creature."
After he finished speaking, he accurately heard the prompt from the system.
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[NPC (Xie Lude) Favorability: 80+10 (Through thick and thin)]
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Su Mingan felt a little sad.
Seeing Xie Lude's eyes light up after hearing what he said, he felt even sadder.
Even though he said this, the extremely accurate system prompt still reminded him of the identity of the person in front of him as an NPC.
Even though he said that Sheldon was an independent thinker, he himself knew very clearly that Sheldon could not escape the shackles of the system.
The system can monitor his thoughts, measure his emotions, and feedback his favorability in numerical form. Including what Shelude said now, it seems to fit the setting of an "NPC who has awakened self-awareness".
This mechanism and this character are no different from the favorability games Su Mingan had played before and the NPCs that existed on the computer screen.
After all, is it that we regard the young man in armor in front of us as a character in the story, as a microcosm of the image of the "Knight of Light" on this land?
Or should we view him as a free soul, a “person” who can communicate independently with “players” like him?
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[…Captain, I envy you. ]
[You don’t need to bear deep-seated hatred, you don’t need to carry out the ideals of generations, you don’t need to fight passively for the origins of history, and then die on the battlefield that is regarded as your destination. ]
[…But I can’t. ]
[Even though I know that my world may have been invaded, and my thoughts may be made up of purely mechanical elements, everything I say and do is just something written on paper in a step-by-step manner. Even the mission I carry and the chivalry I uphold are things that exist for the so-called "settings."]
[…And even now, I am still troubled by the emotions that stir in my heart and the chivalry that I uphold.]
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【Free soul.】
【Will you also have a mission? 】
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Su Mingan suddenly heard the voice of the person in front of him, but it was very vague.
The crisp "crackling" sound of the fire was heard at this moment, and he couldn't hear what Sheridan said.
But when he looked up, he could see the young man holding the pen tightly, with struggle 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 was heard in the room. The young man put his hands on the ground and lowered his forehead.
Su Mingan did not move.
His gaze was fixed on the other person's golden hair that was filled with a circle of warm light, and he watched the other person's figure getting lower and lower.
"...Free soul, player." Shelude said softly: "I know my request is difficult, but, the strongest among the travelers, captain.
Can you... free me from this inextricable distress?"
With his faith shattered, his sworn allegiance fleeing, and his ability to think for himself in doubt, the knight's spirit is on the verge of collapse.
Even now, he still doesn't know whether the reason that prompted him to say this was due to the so-called "personality" and "system" at work, or whether he had an independent thinking brain.
He just wanted a new, autonomous path that he could walk on independently.
"What do you want?" Su Mingan asked.
Sheldon looked up.
There was an extremely earnest emotion in his eyes, which was rising more and more intensely.
Mission, spirit, affinity for light and talent, these are all innate to him and are the "necessities" that have shaped him into what 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 and unexpectedly seeing a flying bird.
Bird is the strongest person among the travelers in the other world and the first player.
——Such a bird, his talk about the players, his words about his views on independent creatures, his eyes, his words of encouragement, are all like light, swaying on the small area of water above his head, tempting.
"The princess is gone, my sister is dead... I have no attachment to this land anymore."
He whispered:
"I no longer wish to be a miniature knight with a monument and a name, nor do I wish to... be bound by the so-called 'system' for the rest of my life until all of you leave."
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"I want to be an independent, free 'player' who is no longer bound by so-called images and beliefs and has independent thinking."
"...Can you take me away, Captain?"
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The fish had the idea of leaving the sea and chasing the flying birds.
The princess' betrayal and his sister's death were the last straw that broke the camel's back, leaving him with no desire to stay and pushing him to the edge of the bridge to the new world.
The Knight of Light... He is not a mechanized gear, a sword in someone's hand.
He hopes,
The first half of his life, covered by broken faith and ruled by a false world, has passed.
In the days to come, he will be able to be like those "players" who are talking and laughing, and have the courage to struggle out of this world without being controlled by the character settings and thoughts...
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【future】.
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He will not be a so-called "Npc".
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[NPC (Xie Lude) Favorability: 90+5 (Through thick and thin)]
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