"I think there may have been a slight misunderstanding between us. Don't misunderstand me—I don't need you to do anything. Just be yourself, don't try to touch my red line, and don't tell anyone else about this red line, including Aili. Then, from now on, I'll let you see the children at the sanatorium and let them live happy lives." Chen Luo felt that he really needed to make one more effort to clear his name.
He had gotten along fairly well with Memory Aponia, so why was the real Aponia suddenly so difficult to deal with?
Or had Aponia always been this difficult to deal with, only becoming someone he could get along with normally after he spent more time with her?
A critical success really was either god-tier or godawful.
And by "godawful," he meant a ghost god. Don't misunderstand.
A critical success definitely had its advantages, and plenty of them.
It just depended on whether you wanted them.
Clearly, Chen Luo did not want this advantage right now.
Couldn't they just be good friends? Did she have to look like she was being coerced?
"..." Aponia opened her eyes again, studied Chen Luo seriously for a moment, then closed them once more.
Chen Luo did not know what Aponia was thinking, but he could sense that the Faith Power emanating from her had grown slightly stronger.
This meant that Aponia was likely praying for divine salvation.
This critical success guaranteed that Aponia would believe Chen Luo's words and make a deal with him.
The faith from Aponia was an additional reward.
Aponia apparently did not know that the god she now believed in was Chen Luo. In her understanding, she was worshipping the River God.
"Aponia, open your eyes. Let's talk some more." Chen Luo was still