63. Pretty Cure Transformation!

A crimson fairy burst from Nilu’s right eye, transforming into a flame that shot straight towards my face. Not only did it hit the mark, but just a glance made my spirit feel as if it were being drawn away, leaving me in a daze!

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However, just as she was about to crash into me, my mind suddenly cleared in a flash of cold light! Immediately after, an ice-blue fairy sprang out from behind me, trailing a flurry of snowflakes as she flew to my front, delivering a direct punch to the belly of the crimson fairy who couldn’t brake in time!

“Get lost, you old hag!”

The crimson fairy let out a wail and flew backward! Following that, the ice-blue fairy—Miss Alsace transformed into a slender sword, which I held firmly in my hand, and with a flick, a flurry of ice flowers erupted.

After doing all this, I took a step back, maintaining my distance from Nilu, silently and coldly watching her as her expression gradually shifted to one of surprise.

“Mr. O’Keefe, you… you weren’t ordered!?”

“No.”

Of course not, there was never any order from the start.

“Then why did you still…”

Halfway through her sentence, Nilu suddenly fell silent.

[Nilu has realized O’Keefe’s plan.]

The script was set, and I no longer needed to explain anything to Nilu.

“Nilu, it seems you’ve already figured it out.”

The trap Nilu prepared for me was indeed a trap, but who was the hunter and who was the prey was uncertain; the one who fell into the trap was the prey. I knew that the trap Nilu set for me was one I couldn’t escape from, as I had to test the state of the chieftain of the Austro-Hungarian tribe. Thus, I had seen a glimpse of the future situation from the script and borrowed Miss Alsace from Kephiel to withstand the “order” before meeting the chieftain alone.

After that, I was locked up, and when Nilu came to take me away and used the “order” on me, I pretended to be affected, but in reality, I resisted with the hidden Miss Alsace. Then, knowing from the script the content and purpose of Nilu’s control over me, I feigned compliance and left with her.

Everything I did was to prepare for Kephiel’s side. That said, I still didn’t know the situation over there; I could only hope that the big shot wouldn’t fail, because… my life was in Kephiel’s hands!

Knowing that I was “pretending,” Nilu wouldn’t be confused for long about my previous actions.

Soon, the Nilu before me gradually calmed down from her surprise. After casting a disappointed glance at me, she seemed to come to a realization, and her expression brightened with excitement.

“Ah, indeed, indeed, orders are unnecessary… This is the real you!”

To be honest, I felt a bit scared, but more than that, my feelings toward Nilu were becoming increasingly complex.

“Only the original you shines so brightly… Please look at me more, please just give me one more glance! Why can’t you treat me like you treat that woman!? Clearly, I can do better than her! Clearly, I would never lose to her in your eyes!?”

Because Kephiel is the true protagonist of the script, while you are not; you are one of the protagonists, yet you will always be a dangerous element that could kill me in the script, a presence I must suppress and avoid at all costs!

Perhaps if I had encountered such a scene earlier, I would have had such thoughts, but this time was different.

It had nothing to do with my identity, nor was it connected to the script in any way. The reason for my attitude was straightforward— I protect Kephiel; I protect the other half of that red book; I protect the safety of my wife. What more reason do I need?

From the moment the threat shifted from me to Kephiel in Nilu’s script, I would not sit idly by. This was no longer about my own survival or clinging to power.

“Nilu, you know the reason.”

Abandoning any dangerous thoughts toward Kephiel, I could face whatever death script was directed at me; after all, I was afraid of dying, and I would always find a way to beg for mercy or brush it off. But when it came to Kephiel, we were enemies.

Even if Nilu knew this, it wouldn’t change anything.

[Nilu’s emotions are unstable!]

As expected, Nilu… simply could not accept it.

“It’s okay… It’s okay, Mr. O’Keefe. Even so, I won’t hold any resentment toward you, because what I long for… is just this version of you.

This isn’t exactly a happy matter, is it? Yet, Nilu smiled in front of me.

“With such a good time, let’s not bother with that woman’s topic. No matter how you feel about me, as long as I can take you away from here, one day… you will notice me.”

[Nilu wants to take Oquilid away!]

“Ignis…”

A dark mist enveloped Nilu, and in the next moment, a blurred sword-like weapon was raised in her hand.

“Mr. Oquilid, please don’t waste your time or take any risks. You know better than anyone that you can’t resist now.”

“Indeed…”

How could a mere villain like me compare to a nearly max-level big boss? In this script, no matter what posture or position I took, the final result would be a thorough beating from Nilu.

“Please throw away what that woman gave you and stop this meaningless resistance, alright? Why don’t you understand by now that that useless woman won’t show up at all, nor will she have any impact? Only I deserve to be by your side~”

Nilu made her final temptation towards me, and of course… she wasn’t wrong at all.

I really was a weakling; even wielding the legendary artifact, the magic sword Alsas, felt like trying to cook with a mere stick.

But even if I couldn’t win against Nilu, I could at least buy some time!

Don’t really think of me as some useless pretty boy, Nilu!

“Alsas, give me the complete form!”

I shouted at the magic sword in my hand!

“Huh!? Are you crazy!? With your shrimp-like body strength, forcing it will leave you lying around for ten days or half a month, and that would be lucky!”

“It’s fine!”

Moreover…

“Now is not the time for this!”

In the next moment, the black mist surged! Clearly, Nilu couldn’t wait any longer and wanted to “knock me out” and take me away! However, just as Miss Alsas suddenly leaned in and gave me a kiss on the cheek, a flurry of snowflakes erupted, and the encroaching black mist was completely blown away by the cold, azure wind!

In the haze, I felt my useless body gradually becoming light; I felt like long hair was flowing behind me; I felt as if I had merged with Alsas.

Then, I lifted my head to meet Nilu’s astonished gaze.

“Mr. Oquilid, you look like…”

“Complete form achieved~”

This was Alsas’s voice, yet it came from my own body! Right now, I was completely a modified version of Alsas!

“You won’t last long; just a heads-up, the consequences are on you.”

“Mm.”

After a moment of “talking to myself,” I completely handed over control of my body to Alsas, as for me… I would just watch the script unfold.

Because the content had already changed, my future in the script was now vague and uncertain!