Chapter 122

"It doesn't mean anything, I'm just venting."

Li Yue looked at 486.

"486-kun, what do you think?"

486 listened to Li Yue's question and summarized the information he had just obtained.

"So, my main quest has been updated? Now my main quest is to help Emilia participate in the Royal Selection and win Royal Selection?"

"Oh~~ Becoming a beautiful girl's knight and then helping her become Queen, what a classic plot!"

"486, will you become my knight?"

Emilia looked at 486 in surprise. This person, whom she had only known for less than a day, had helped her a lot and even saved her life, but suddenly wanted to become her knight.

"That's right, that's right. Although I'm a penniless nobody with nothing to do, my determination to help Emilia is enough to light up the whole world!"

"Illuminating the whole world is too exaggerated, and 486, as an outsider, you may not understand. Royal Selection is a very complicated matter."

"Don't worry about these details, Emilia. Even if you don't trust me, you can trust my predecessors."

486 points to Li Yue on the other side.

"This Senior Li Yue is actually the king of a country!"

486 also knew Li Yue Yueyan's identity.

"It's actually the king of a country!"

Emilia looked at Li Yue in surprise. She was only participating in the election and Royal Capital. But there was a ready-made king in front of her.

"Well, it's nothing special, it's just ruling a country."

Anyway, it's not me who's busy! Besides, in a theocratic country, when something happens, all you have to do is throw bricks and that's it.

"Compared to me, these two next to me are even more remarkable."

Li Yue pointed to Shanks, who was eating and drinking.

"This is the emperor who protects many countries and islands in the sea, and many countries live under his protection."

"Oh dear, I don't deserve it, hahaha."

Shanks scratched his hair with his greasy hands that had been holding the roast meat.

Li Yue then pointed to Aizen beside her.

"This one is even more extraordinary, Aizen Sousuke, the king who rules over an entire world."

"Huh? The whole world, but I've never heard of it before."

"Because we are not from this world."

Li Yue spread her hands out.

"Wait, you're not from this world?"

"That's right, Subaru is the same. None of the four of us are from this world."

"So it's normal that you haven't heard of it."

"Back to the topic of you, we already know that you want to be king. This 486 is also our friend. Since he wants to help you, we can also give you some assistance. Of course, among the three of us, I should be the one to help you the most, because the other two are very busy. I only rule two countries, while they have a large number of countries and an entire world under their control. They don't have that much time to stay here and help."

"Um, Senior Li Yue, do you have any way to help Emilia?"

486 stared at Li Yue.

"Aizen- senpai Emilia looks a lot like the Witch of Envy, so it's hard for her to accept. Li Yue- senpai, do you have any ideas?"

There are many methods!

Li Yue leaned back in her seat with her arms crossed.

"It depends on whether you want to take the easy, the ordinary, or the difficult path."

The main storyline of this world is progressing very slowly.

At the beginning, Subaru died 4 times before finally saving Emilia. He then joined Emilia's faction, but within Emilia's faction, he was tormented by a curse and died and came back to life many times. In between, he made one stupid move after another.

Finally, the curse was resolved, and the Royal Selection arc began. Subaru, who had already been driven to death multiple times, lost his mind again and started causing all sorts of trouble, resulting in a complete mess of the Royal Selection.

But no matter what Subaru does, the main theme of this world is still certain: the selection of the Royal Selection.

Although the main storyline has a very low amount of content, and the main plot revolves around Subaru constantly going through cycles to save people, the Royal Selection remains the central theme. Although Emilia basically doesn't do anything during the Royal Selection process, the Royal Selection is indeed the main storyline.

"Um, could you share your thoughts?"

Emilia looked at Li Yue with expectant eyes.

"Let's start with the simple one. The simple method is also very simple: I'll suppress the entire kingdom, and then I'll say that Emilia, you should be the queen. Whoever agrees or disagrees, that's up for it."

"Um... that's impossible, isn't it?"

A bead of cold sweat trickled down Emilia's forehead. Where did this tyrannical, militant-minded man come from?

"And if I become king like this, the people will only fear me."

"And what about the difficult ones?"

"The difficulty is also very simple. It's like you are now, starting from scratch, doing things slowly under people's disgusted gazes. You may do a lot, but it may not be enough to overcome the disgust brought by someone's name, 'Silver-Haired Half-Elf.' It may take a lot of effort to succeed, and I will not give you any help."

The so-called difficulties are the path Emilia originally took.

"What about the regular kind?"

486 helped Emilia ask a question.

"The so-called universal is something that is slightly more complex than the simple, but slightly simpler than the difficult."

"You continue to be the way you are, and I will do what I'm supposed to do. Together, we'll be ordinary."

"You didn't say anything at all."

486 is utterly speechless.

"Do you think it would be difficult for the people of this country to accept a half-elf who looks just like the Witch of Envy?"

Li Yue looked at 486 speechlessly. This guy was really stupid. Before he grew up, his brain was practically empty. He kept talking about the settings from games and other works, but when it came to actually using them, he couldn't remember anything. Is he really Japanese?

"So, what is the overall process? Senior, could you at least give me a process or plan that I can understand?"

"As for the plan, let me briefly explain it to you."

Li Yue raised her right hand and flicked her index finger.

"In this world, there is a group of people known as the Witch Cult. I don't know why the Witch Cult was founded, but I do know one thing: the Witch Cult is now a terrorist organization that gives headaches to countries all over the world. If we could eliminate this terrorist organization, how much prestige would we gain?"

"Oh! I understand what you mean, senior!"

486's eyes lit up.

"Senior, you mean, let Emilia deal with this terrifying organization called the Witch Cult, and thus gain enough prestige!"

"No."

Li Yue directly refuted 486's statement.

"Huh? Isn't that how it is?"

Emilia looked at Li Yue with a puzzled expression.

Li Yue shook her finger and then pointed at Emilia.

"I want you to join the Witch Cult!"

200. I destroyed the world, and then I created the world.

"What a pity."

"Yes, what a pity."

At the entrance of the Roswaal Mansion, Li Yue and Shanks shook their heads together.

"The wine is good, but there's too little of it."

"Although he's a good person, he doesn't listen to orders."

Aizen stood behind the two of them, shaking his head helplessly.

Of the three who came to this world, only Aizen was serious about his work. Of the other two, one was looking for fun, and the other simply wanted to have some fun and eat and drink. Only Aizen was working hard for the sake of unknown knowledge.

"However, it is indeed a pity."

Aizen glanced back at the Roswaal Mansion.

"There hasn't been enough time to gain a deeper understanding of this world's magic system."

"It's okay, it's not like this is the only place we can study. We can come back and study here again in the future, right?"

Li Yue patted Aizen on the shoulder to comfort him.

"Indeed, this is not the only place that can be studied, but it is just more convenient to study it here."

The extradimensional library of the Roswaal Mansion contains tens of thousands of grimoires, all guarded by Beatrice, the daughter of the Witch of Greed. Studying the magic of this world there would be twice as effective with half the effort.

"Um, senior."

486 also came out of the mansion.

"I'm so sorry I couldn't let you use it."

He came to say goodbye to Li Yue and the other two.

Li Yue had previously mentioned three modes: easy, normal, and hard, but none of them sounded reliable. Emilia didn't approve of any of them. After all, in Emilia's view, Li Yue's suppression of the entire kingdom in easy mode was a bit far-fetched, while continuing to develop in hard mode seemed to bring no change, and joining the Witch Cult in normal mode was even more unacceptable to Emilia.

Therefore, Emilia did not choose any of the three modes.

Since none of the three options were chosen, it meant that Li Yue had refused her help, so Li Yue naturally didn't stay there any longer.

However, Li Yue did not stop there. His suggestion to have Emilia join the Witch Cult was just an experiment, but Emilia's overly serious personality caused Li Yue's suggestion to fail. Since the suggestion to Emilia failed, he would try to make the suggestion to someone else.

For example, 486, who came out to say goodbye to them.

Although he and Li Yue came from Otherworld together, Subaru did not leave but chose to stay.

Persuading Operation 486 was much simpler than persuading Emilia.

Just like in the original Royal Selection arc, Subaru felt he needed to do something for Emilia, but ended up making a mess of things. Now, because he has Chat Group and someone is keeping an eye on things, he hasn't made a complete mess of things yet. However, he still can't shake the habit of acting on his own and wanting to do things.

"486, I'm fine. After all, this is the world you're going to live in. It doesn't affect us. It mainly affects you."

Li Yue patted 486 on the shoulder.

"You'll be living in this world from now on, you'll have to win over beautiful girls, and you'll have to complete the main quests. The hard part is for you."

"Um... I think that's how it is."

486's expression was somewhat stiff.

"However, you can reload your save file, so don't worry. At most, it will only require a little brainpower, but isn't conquering a game all about using your brain? If we always rely on cheating, wouldn't that be meaningless?"

"Indeed, you are right, senior."

486 couldn't help but nod.

"And I can also do live streams so that everyone can come up with ideas together."

After having Chat Group, 486 no longer felt lonely, and his mental state was much better than in the original story where he was alone and constantly going through cycles. Having someone to accompany you is really important. Playing alone in a lonely single-player game without anyone to talk to can easily lead to mental problems in the long run, and the Chat Group perfectly solved his mental needs.

The Return by Death isn't something you can't talk about with anyone. If you encounter something frustrating, you can vent to the audience in the group chat. Subaru's treatment is much better now than before.

"If you insist on helping that half-elf girl, I can tell you a way."

"Senior, please speak!"

486 rubbed his fingers together obsequiously and bowed to Li Yue with a grin, making a request.

See? With just a little seduction, he'll want to help himself. Especially now that he sees this world as a game of conquering beautiful girls, what should a player do most? Have initiative and freedom! Instead of following the beautiful girls, take the initiative and attract their attention!

"Do you remember the Witch Cult I mentioned before?"

Li Yue pointed to 486's chest.

"Since that half-elf lady is unwilling to join the Witch Cult, then it's up to you to join."

"I?"

"That's right. The Witch Cult has its own high-ranking members, who are called Archbishop of Sin. There are six Archbishop of Sin: Pride, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust. Pride is currently vacant. You can join the Archbishop of Sin and then begin your activities within the Witch Cult as the Archbishop of Pride."