Chapter 206

At the corner of the stairs, there is a small bookshelf, which is full of rare magic books that Leah bought with school funds. Every few months, she would bring a book to fill the entire bookshelf.

Walking into the room, on the cabinet were various rare and precious gadgets given to him by the royal family by Treya, some of which were shining golden, and some were inlaid with beautiful gems.

"It's a pity. If there is a chance, I would like to have more real adventures with you..."

"Just like what we imagined here."

Will sighed and wiped the dust off the table in his room with his hand.

In those days, he read the "Task System" over and over again here, filling in and modifying things.

Speaking of which, after that, he didn't keep the book at hand...

It was a long time of pure drifting activities without "tasks".

Will sat down and used the fire magic of his fingertips to light the lamp that he hadn't lit for a long time, and then took out a notebook that looked like it hadn't been written on from the notebooks stacked next to him.

"Oh... this seems to be... magic calculation..."

Will smiled awkwardly. This notebook had some theories written on the first two pages, and everything from the middle to the end was brand new. There was nothing.

He sighed and turned to the last page of the notebook.

This was his habit since he was a student in his previous life. If he wanted to use a notebook that he had written a few pages in the front, he would start from the last page and write backwards.

"Let me think about it... um..."

"Just write it like this--"

He started writing.

It was like he wrote this "Task System" that recorded everything about the "original content" seven years ago with his own hands, as determined and as he wrote quickly.

It was like he had modified the "Task System" little by little based on what he saw in the past three years.

Now, he wanted everything to return to the "story" he controlled.

[Task 1000: Prepare the weapon for Treya, the Shadow Nightmare Sword. ]

[Task 1001: Investigate the current specific situation of the royal family. ]

[Task 1002: Go to the palace alone to meet her. 】

"And, finally--"

[Task 1003: Impress her sincerely. ]

"As for the reward--"

[Reward: Princess-Treya. ]

Written tasks are very important to former game planners and players.

It will establish the logic of the story and lead to the outcome of the story by "completing" this thing.

It's such a simple thing.

After this, every time is like this...

This time, it should be... right?

Chapter 236: Treya·Chess

Treya looked at the paper of "Royal Family Members" on the table and asked this question with her chin up--

"But, Mr. Will, you still don't seem to teach me how to win."

What Will said seemed like a "hypothesis"--

Whether it was the struggle between the fourth prince and the seventh princess.

Or the duel between the seventh prince and the eighth prince.

But...

Where is her room for participation in all this?

"Indeed, you seem unable to participate in it. After all, the relationship between your royal family is the most complicated, and you are the last to enter."

Will spread his hands and made a helpless expression.

"Yeah."

Triya nodded very obediently, rubbing her fingers on her portrait.

She liked the portrait Will drew for her very much, because her hair was silver, and it would always be indistinguishable from white when drawn on paper, but when Will drew this picture, he seemed to have gently dyed her hair with a silver brush.

"To achieve all this...Triya, as I told you before...you have to be prepared to 'abandon everything'."

Triya noticed that Will was still looking at her left eye and speaking.

"You have to be prepared to see everything that is 'destroyed'..."

"Then you can be reborn on the 'ruins'..."

"The winner of this royal internal struggle is not the first to enter, nor the most powerful, but - the one who survives to the end."

She didn't quite understand what Will said.

To her, every word seemed to have a "hint", every word seemed to be a warning, but every word was sincere.

It was as if he was stating the unpleasant past that had already happened in a tone of "predicting the future".

But there was no doubt that...

The deep blue eyes that looked at her, which were somewhat similar to her own pupil color, conveyed concern for her, which was not false.

Well, he was indeed the color in her eyes.

Her teacher Will would always be like this, the only thing left in her world where "everything can be discarded".

"When they all leave and die, you must stand to the end safely, and don't be knocked down by them, nor by what Entak may experience later."

"You must be better at hiding in the dark than anyone else, you must be better at forbearance than anyone else, you must also see farther than anyone else, and you must know better than anyone else to abandon all unnecessary meanings before taking that position."

He moved closer, across the table, but stopped in front of her face with a sense of propriety.

He temporarily put away his joking smile and became extremely serious.

"Promise me? Thereya."

Treya nodded.

"Okay, Teacher Will, I promise you."

However, just after saying this, Will stepped back as if he was a little embarrassed and slightly covered half of his face with his hands.

"Uh...it seems like what I said was too...too serious. Ahem...even for a person like me, it's a bit hard to say it in person."

"Teacher Will, is this the future you want?"

"Huh? What?"

"I sit in that position, defeat all my brothers and sisters, and become the empress of the Entak Empire. Is this the future that Teacher Will... wants?"

"...You...why do you suddenly ask that?"

"Because Teacher Will seems to be looking forward to it."

"How should I put it? For me...or even for the System family, that may not be the best future. But..."

Will raised his head and looked at Treya.

After Treya gained the power of "demon" and could easily see through the disguise of the other person and see the true feelings under their expressions, she saw for the first time that both the "surface" and the "inside" were consistent... …

Concerned look on her face.

"——As long as you can win, that's all I'm talking about."

"Okay. Teacher Will."

Perhaps because the color was too dazzling, Treya avoided his eyes a little.

"Then, Teacher Will will be with you at that time..."

"What we are going to talk about next is a method that must be considered in order to expand your power...Huh? What did you just say?"

Will seemed to want to return to the original topic and anxiously threw out the next lesson, but this interrupted Treya's words.

"Teacher Will will..."

Treya wanted to open her mouth to finish what she had not finished, but she saw Will's expression returned to normal again, and suddenly...

Suddenly, I had a rare feeling of "shyness"...

That was her most direct "wish", but expressing it made her feel so shy, so...

Unable to speak.

I would be so... so sensitive to the pounding heartbeat in my chest.

"No, it's nothing. Teacher Will, please continue."

"Although when I talk about this matter, it's somewhat suspected of being something private. But if it's your words, you should believe me unconditionally."

"Well, Mr. Will has never cheated on me."

"Well, it should be easier for you to understand than others. As a country that has existed for hundreds of years, the Entak royal family and empire are actually standing on the cusp of 'reform'. From now on... it will no longer be the case of nobles and The power of the royal family."

"I know, as Teacher Will said before, the development efficiency of the underground city has increased, and it can produce more things than the food and economic agriculture controlled by the Entak royal family before."

"Yes. So the best person for you to win over is..."

"The head of the System family, the biggest controller behind the adventurers, the former captain of the first-class adventure team, and my father..."

"Carver System."

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Wow——

The sound of rain in her ears became louder and louder. Treya turned her head and looked gently at the continuous autumn rain outside the window.

The autumn rain stained the glass that the royal family had to wipe clean almost every day, leaving behind a hazy layer of mist. The scenery outside the window seemed to be dissolved in the raindrops, and then flowed down their traces.

Thereya sat in the empty and high reception room, quietly looking at the door opposite, and...

Black and white chessboard placed on the table.

The chessboard was just the right color amid the rain that could turn the world gray.

Crunch——

As the thick wooden door was gently pushed open, Treya's light blue eyes moved slightly, staring at the figure coming in from behind the door.

"Your Highness Thereya, I'm so sorry. It rained too much today, and the carriage going up the mountain didn't dare to go too fast. I'm a little late, I hope you don't mind."

Carver, when he came in, he gave the wet umbrella to the servant behind him. He was wearing a tight and elegant black dress, and there was no water stain on it. He took off his hat, narrowed his eyes slightly behind his gold-rimmed eyes, and bowed to Thereya apologetically.

——Nothing like it at all.

- Carver looks nothing like him.

——Obviously wearing the same clothes, obviously wearing the same glasses, obviously the color of the eyes are also similar...

——But he is only full of the hypocrisy of "disguise".

Treya looked at Carver, who was full of the word "pretentious", and the corners of her mouth turned down slightly.

"Come in, Mr. Carver. This is the location."

Treya stretched out her hand and pointed to the seat opposite her chessboard.

On the chessboard, black chess pieces have been placed for the opposite side, just like the clothes he is wearing today.

"Your Highness, I really didn't expect that you secretly invited me here to play chess?"

"Yes. There are some things that are not suitable for just chatting dryly without doing any work at hand."

Treya answered lightly. As the first mover, she had already moved the position of the soldiers and made a very standard start.

"Well, in that case, I will act as a chess partner for a little while and play chess with Your Highness."