This system had been around for over a decade, and its progress bar had only reached 99.9%. It was practically playing a joke on him. He just wanted to live a fucking peaceful life!
Just as Bai Ming was using the spiritual victory method like Ah Q, a timid girl with short purple hair covering one eye and glasses spoke up to remind him, "Mr. Bai Ming, Doctor Roman would like to see you."
Doctor Roman was the attending physician of the girl before him, Mash Kyrielight, and also a hopeless virtual streamer enthusiast.
Bai Ming was neither ugly nor fierce-looking, nor was he breathtakingly handsome. Rather, he was the sort whose appearance grew more pleasing the longer one looked.
The reason Mash was afraid of Bai Ming was:
Bai Ming had once, for no apparent reason, broken three of Mr. Beryl Gut's ribs and one of his legs. Beryl was also part of Team A. He had slapped Miss Ophelia twice, cursed at Miss Akuta Hinako in a language Mash could not understand at all, and sometimes even threatened Mash with a few words whenever he found her displeasing.
If not for the fact that Mr. Kirschtaria was almost never seen, Mr. Daybit only had five minutes of memory each day, beating Mash up would make him fight Doctor Roman, and Mr. Peperoncino was a transgender person with a male body and female heart—
Then even those people, herself included, would probably have been scolded or beaten.
Even so, Mash still believed Bai Ming was a gentle person.
From her perspective, Mr. Kadoc often slept poorly due to excessive stress, but Bai Ming would always knock him unconscious with a stick, looking thoroughly annoyed.
People were good at compromising. With his violent behavior as a comparison, Bai Ming's actions seemed much gentler to Mash. (Roman: No, this guy simply had persecution delusions.)
Bai Ming looked Mash over twice.
Mash instinctively took a step back, afraid that Bai Ming would grab and beat her up. Rumor had it that Bai Ming had once wanted to hit her, but Doctor Roman stopped him. In the end, Beryl got beaten up by Bai Ming outside the room in her place.
Beneath her light pleated skirt were a pair of shapely legs elegantly wrapped in black stockings. Their subtly translucent texture cleverly outlined the faint flesh-toned luster beneath her skin.
Under the caress of the soft lighting, the black stockings gave the lines of her legs a deeper sensual charm. Every inch of skin seemed to whisper, tempting one into sin.
Bai Ming thought, What a pity. No matter how I look at Mash, she doesn't seem sexy at all. Purple is supposed to be alluring, but she can't pull it off in the slightest.
Bai Ming said, "All right, I understand."
Only after Bai Ming turned and walked toward the medical room did Mash let out a sigh of relief. Then she looked at her legs. Was there something on them?
Mash looked them over several times, but she still could not find anything wrong.
Medical Room
A gentle man with orange-gold hair tied in a ponytail was holding a plate of strawberry cake, about to dig in. The moment he saw Bai Ming enter, he hurriedly hid the cake.
This was Romani Archaman, Doctor Roman for short, and the main person in charge of the medical department.
"I'm coming in, Doctor Roman."
Although Bai Ming knew Doctor Roman was King Solomon, and Doctor Roman knew Bai Ming knew he was King Solomon, neither of them exposed this relationship. After all, part of the reason Bai Ming could enter Chaldea was that Roman had told Marisbury about him before King Solomon became human. And after Bai Ming arrived, he saw Roman's guilty expression and understood what had happened.
"Beryl recovered today. Do you want to bring something over and visit him?"
"Visit him?"
Bai Ming spread his hands. "Don't joke around. He can even hurt his own mother. A man with no father, no mother, no law, no compassion, no righteousness, and no morality in his eyes—are you expecting me to go over there and send him right back in?"
Roman pointed at the fruit basket nearby with a troubled expression. "I even prepared fruit specifically to help the two of you reconcile."
Although their relationship had already dropped to freezing point, good-natured Roman always held onto a sliver of nonexistent hope.
"Oh, that's easy."
Bai Ming walked over, divided half the fruit in the basket out for Roman, then left with the remaining half. "I'm giving you half. Don't thank me."
Doctor Roman felt like he was having a heart attack.
Less than two minutes later, Bai Ming returned. "Approve a leave slip for me. I'm not attending that meeting."
For no other reason than that the system's loading bar had filled shortly after he left. But there was also a Team A meeting coming up. Going there would only mean listening to Olga Marie put on a serious face while talking about things with absolutely no substance, while his attention would be entirely on Olga Marie's red stockings. He could not touch them anyway, so he might as well not go.
Roman sighed, then approved a slip for Bai Ming. Bai Ming immediately slipped back to his room.
Before Bai Ming was a virtual screen, upon which several large words were displayed:
Simulation System V1.0
Then the system's voice rang out:
Host, I finally bound myself to you. You have no idea—there were seven systems in your mind, including me, so we fought a Holy Grail War to determine who would remain.
This system is the Simulation System. The host currently has one simulation opportunity. Simulation opportunities will naturally increase as the host experiences different events. That concludes the introduction. Please explore the remaining functions yourself.
Bai Ming: Can you first explain what it means for seven systems to fight a Holy Grail War in my head? Now that you've finished fighting, shouldn't the Holy Grail be given to me? BYD, I waited for you for more than ten years. The outside world is practically about to be reduced to ashes, and now you show up! What the hell were all the hardships I suffered these years for?
Holy Grail War is merely a designation. In reality, it was just a fight over you, the host.
Bai Ming: Why couldn't all seven of you stay?
Where would there be seven systems working on one graduation project?
Bai Ming: Then simulate. Start the simulation already. Let me see what pleasure you, the winner, can bring me. If there's no pleasure, I'll take you with me when I die.
Bai Ming: Anyway, my life is worthless, =...
Calm down! The simulation is loading.
Simulation beginning. Talents are being generated.
Unyielding Bravery: You will be courageous and fearless, skilled in battle, and fond of fighting. Most of the time, you will not tolerate people who displease you.
Taking Advantage of Others' Misfortune: Has a chance to activate. When others fall into misfortune, you will take actions beneficial to yourself.
Moving Graves: Knights possess humility; you possess moving graves. Yesterday's grudges are like thorns in your back. Attack this person, and your sins shall be absolved. Even if your enemy dies, you will kindly help relocate their grave.
Advance Reminder: Everything that happens during the simulation uses the host's current body and consciousness, rather than generating a consciousness projection. So take it easy.
Simulation begins.
Images and memories continuously entered Bai Ming's mind as the simulation progressed.
You transmigrated to the Kingdom of Camelot in the fifth century AD. Here, your name was Joslin Brando.
Your reputation for extraordinary valor quickly earned you King Uther's summons and recognition. You became a knight and followed King Uther in campaigns across the land.
You met the knight Eufis.
Your valor earned King Uther's trust. During the war against Duke Tintagel, you were always the first to scale the walls, cutting down countless enemies.
Your status rose.
Not long after your status rose, King Uther fell ill.
After discussing it with Eufis, you asked King Uther about the cause of his illness.
King Uther said that his desire and love for Igraine had made him ill. He needed the help of the great magus Merlin, because Igraine's husband, Duke Tintagel Gloias, had locked her away in a heavily guarded castle.
Eufis set out to find Merlin, while you began investigating Duke Tintagel. During Eufis's search for Merlin, you personally headed to Cornwall.
You did not actually care whom King Uther had fallen in love with.
Although knights belonged to the lowest tier of the nobility, under King Uther's deliberate indulgence, your authority and status were much higher than those of some lesser nobles. King Uther had given you power and status, so you intended to repay this monarch who had fallen ill for love.
Unyielding Bravery activated.
Night fell. Clad in armor and holding a bit between your teeth, you launched a surprise attack on Duke Tintagel's heavily guarded castle. After killing the soldier carrying the castle keys, you seized the keys and departed in triumph.
You caused a commotion, but you did not care.
The commotion soon subsided, and you charged into the castle alone once more.
You killed your way through the castle and quickly found Igraine, but the pursuers caught up as well.
Taking Advantage of Others' Misfortune activated.
Before Igraine could react, you seized her and held your sword across her throat.
Seeing you hold Igraine hostage, the soldiers became hesitant and fearful. Under your coercion, they even began to retreat.
You took Igraine hostage all the way out of the castle and headed toward King Uther's army. The soldiers you had arranged beforehand swarmed forward and drove back the pursuers.
You seized Igraine, and then King Uther forcibly married her. King Uther's illness was cured.
King Uther's favorability toward you rose greatly. King Uther promised that you would care for and educate the child he would have with Igraine.
Morgan le Fay's favorability toward you decreased; Eufis and Merlin's favorability toward you increased.
Bai Ming: What the hell? Morgan? What did Morgan have to do with this?
The war continued. You routed the enemy army, captured Tintagel Castle, then turned to Castle Tailtebill. You captured Castle Tailtebill and killed the Lord of Cornwall, Duke Tintagel.
King Uther named you the First Court Knight. The only other person to receive such an honor was the famed great sage Merlin, who was named Chief Court Mage.
Despite all opposition, King Uther elevated you out of the commoner class. You were granted the title of count and your own fief, overseeing the training of King Uther's armies.
You captured Morgan le Fay. Morgan rebuked you, but in your view, there was no right or wrong in this world, only different positions and interests. Therefore, you found Morgan's rebuke laughable.
Morgan continued to curse you, so you slapped Morgan.
Morgan was stunned by the slap and stopped cursing. She accused you of possessing none of a knight's virtues and being unworthy of calling yourself a knight. You mercilessly mocked Morgan.
You learned a skill.
You came from the bottom of society. The rules of high society did not work on you at all. Morgan continued to curse you, and you could not even be bothered to react.
Morgan le Fay's favorability toward you increased. She believed that though you were somewhat rough, you were a broad-minded person. Of course, that did not mean she would stop cursing you.
You learned from King Uther that Igraine and Duke Tintagel's daughter was named Morgan le Fay.
King Uther asked how you thought she should be dealt with.
You understood why Morgan's favorability toward you had decreased.
Bai Ming: BYD, so I stole Morgan's mother and killed her father... No wonder.
Executing Morgan was something King Uther could not possibly do, so you guessed that King Uther intended to exile Morgan. But Morgan repeatedly declared that if she ever escaped, she would fight you to the death. Exiling her would instead make you extremely vulnerable, so no matter what, you had to keep her.
Taking Advantage of Others' Misfortune activated.
"Joslin Brando, I summoned you today to ask how Morgan, Igraine's daughter, should be dealt with."
Within a dark palace, King Uther summoned Bai Ming.
King Uther said, "My intention is to send her to a remote convent, but she is ultimately your prisoner."
Bai Ming gave a knight's salute and said, "My merciful king! I understand you. You wish to elevate Queen Consort Igraine to queen. If Morgan is sent to a convent without supervision, then when your child is born in the future, she may cause trouble when your heir inherits your great undertaking.
"Therefore, Morgan absolutely cannot be sent to a convent. Yet if Morgan is killed, your heart will break because Queen Consort Igraine would be saddened. Why not grant Morgan to me in the king's name? That way, Morgan will completely lose any claim to the throne. Even if this woman wishes to seize power, I will be able to kill her."
After considering it, King Uther said, "I like your frankness, my knight. Doing so will bring us closer. Then let it be done."
With King Uther's cooperation, you married Morgan.
King Uther quickly publicized the matter, and Morgan learned of it as well. She believed that your advice had spared her from death, unaware that she was never going to die in the first place.
Morgan's favorability toward you increased.
Morgan's attitude toward you became complicated.
"You should have killed me, Joslin Brando. You will regret keeping me alive."
This was Morgan's test, but Bai Ming did not care about such things. He merely brought Morgan to a spacious bath.
Her azure eyes were filled with anger. Bai Ming did not care in the slightest and said, "Regret is something for later, and I never consider later. Now, you should bathe and change with me. Or is it that you, who keeps shouting about revenge, do not even have the courage to face me honestly?"
Upon hearing Bai Ming's words, Morgan closed her eyes.
Morgan felt a surge of anger, but she had no way to resist.
The winds of Britain rustled the trees outside the window.
Bai Ming did not care about any of this. To him, it was merely a game.
Outside the window, Britain's winds swept over Britain's hills and echoed across the distant, vast plains. Inside the window, it was the same.
Morgan finally could not endure it any longer. She stopped Bai Ming's further actions, while Bai Ming had no further intentions. He merely spread his arms, indicating that Morgan could treat him however she wished. Even if she killed him right then, he would not care.
Although Morgan truly wanted to kill you on the spot, she knew that if she did, King Uther would not spare her. As she was now, she had no ability to protect herself at all.
Therefore, she decided to become husband and wife with you normally.
Yet she still felt ashamed and furious.
At the beginning of the fifth century AD, the Romans withdrew from Britain due to the rise of the Germanic peoples, but their absurd nude bathing and communal bathing customs remained.
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