70. One for each, are you not going to fight over it?
Upon realizing that I could fundamentally disrupt the future death script they carried by “preventing the malicious actions of the elf three sisters against the elf saintess in this era,” I took action without hesitation.
First, the second princess, whose thoughts were clear and whose actions were straightforward yet meticulously planned, the future “Sword Saint Ludwig” in this era—Princess Edrel. In order to gain the power and authority that came with the identity of the elf saintess, she planned to directly “become the elf saintess.” This action was thwarted by me, and after she was defeated by Nilu and Kefir, her “death script” against me in the future vanished.
Next came the long princess, whose thoughts were more dangerous and intricate—specifically, the pure white nun, Urasiru, who would prove to be the most troublesome among the future trio of elven sisters. Compared to her younger sister’s straightforward and blunt ideas, this princess’s plan to “eliminate” the elven saintess was far more perilous and complicated. She sent her subordinates to arrange forced marriages and duels, but in the end, I managed to defuse each situation, and Urasiru’s script for my demise faded away.
Although during this process, the elven saintess Urasiru’s fairy identity was unexpectedly exposed, which briefly attracted the “malice and pursuit” of these two princesses, such a script only required us to escort Urasiru away from the chaos and find a safe place to hide, and it would likely resolve itself without conflict.
However, this also brought about the “new question” I had just posed to Kephiel.
“Mm?”
Seeing that Kephiel still didn’t quite understand, I rephrased my inquiry.
“Let me put it this way, Kephiel, and Nilu too—what do you both think of the little princess Ilushir? I mean, she has been helping us all along.”
After I thwarted the malice of the first two princesses towards the elven saintess, it should have been the turn of the last princess, the future bounty hunter Ilushir. However, strangely enough, this little princess had shown no malice whatsoever from the moment she encountered the elven saintess and us—not even a hint of a death script! Even after learning of the elven saintess’s fairy identity, she merely expressed “surprise” for a moment but chose to continue assisting the elven saintess in her escape…
Could this… be possible? I wanted to understand this point from Kephiel and Nilu.
“Mr. Ougilid, didn’t you ‘see’ it?”
In response to Nilu’s question, I shook my head.
Rather, it was precisely because I had not detected any malice from the little princess Ilushir throughout the script that I began to hesitate: could it be that this little princess had nothing that required my “intervention” in this era? By dismantling the malice of her two sisters, had I already eliminated the future death script of the elven trio?
In the next moment, Kephiel responded to me.
“But the proposals and reminders made by this princess are not wrong. I won’t fully trust her, but… at least for now, her approach seems to be the optimal solution for escorting the elven saintess, right?”
Compared to Nilu’s caution, the kind-hearted Kephiel chose to believe more.
“Because she has never deceived us from the beginning. If we really encounter any unforeseen circumstances, we can just protect the elven saintess and help her escape. The only consequence would be a slight delay in our return.”
As Kephiel said, indeed, the little princess Ilushir had never deceived us, and I had not sensed anything strange about her in my script. But…
But…
If I were to phrase it differently, from another angle, the other party had been honest from the start…
I didn’t dwell on it any longer but instead took a bite of the bread that Kephiel had offered me, treating it as the conclusion to this question. And…
The beginning of another question.
After all, Ke Fei Er’s blatant “domination” would naturally provoke Ni Lu’s dissatisfaction. Almost simultaneously, Ni Lu leaned forward, almost shoving the sandwich she was holding directly into my mouth!
“Wait, wait a moment, Ni Lu, let me take my time…”
“What’s wrong, Mr. Ou Qi Li De? Some women stuff wild grass into your mouth without you even glancing at it, and yet when I come to serve you, you need to confirm?”
I meant for you to wait while my stomach settled! My throat isn’t a bottomless pit; do you want to choke me to death?
Ah, the big shots are competing for attention, and the one suffering is me, stuck right in the middle of this battlefield! I might as well think of a way to split myself into two identical Ou Qi Li Des, so maybe you two wouldn’t feel the need to compete over everything!
Hmm?
I furrowed my brows, and an idle thought suddenly led me to something else, prompting me to reach out and stop Ni Lu and Ke Fei Er from their food-fighting antics.
“Wait a moment, Ke Fei Er, Ni Lu… If I can’t handle it alone, would becoming ‘two’ mean you wouldn’t argue anymore?”
““？””
My words clearly left the two big shots puzzled, so the next moment, I decided to demonstrate directly. The shadow of the shape-shifting fairy Ze Lu Si flew out. Since Ze Lu Si’s true form had come along with us, she possessed the full power of a fairy, so it was no problem for her to make any changes independently.
For example…
Transforming into an identical Ou Qi Li De.
In the next moment, it was as if I had split in two, directly becoming two “Ou Qi Li Des.” This sudden scene left the two big shots momentarily stunned, staring in surprise at the two identical “me” sitting beside them.
Until… Ze Lu Si, that troublesome fairy, broke the silence with a cheeky remark.
“Ke Fei Er, you were amazing last night.”
My dear wife finally realized that this was Ze Lu Si disguised as me, and her little face instantly flushed red. She then stood up and chased after the Ze Lu Si impersonating “me” in front of her.
“What nonsense are you spouting, you fairy!?”
“So it turns out there was nothing last night~ Sorry, I was just guessing.”
While being chased by Ke Fei Er, this “me” explained, “By the way, you can rest assured in the future, I won’t do anything inappropriate. After all, I can transform into Ou Qi Li De’s body, but some ‘functions’ only he possesses~”
Hey, don’t make crude jokes about my wife during lunch! And Ze Lu Si, I didn’t ask you to turn into my likeness just so you could tease Ke Fei Er!
But rather… for other reasons.
While Zelus was still being chased and attacked by Kephiel, I turned to Nilu beside me.
“Nilu, what do you think of this ‘me’?”
After a pause, to avoid any ambiguity, I quickly added, “Not considering ‘that function.’”