After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 76 - 3: Choose the Queen, or the Teacher_2

Chapter 76: Chapter 3: Choose the Queen, or the Teacher_2

So, Xi Mu’s newfound taste for mischief didn’t feel out of character, and she understood what kind of person he was.

At his core, he was still an honorable knight.

"Boss, you... bullying a servant girl, doesn’t your conscience hurt?" Jed walked over and pushed a plate of fruit in front of Xi Mu.

Her cheeks were slightly puffed, seemingly a bit angry.

In response, Xi Mu shook his head, picked up an apple from the table and took a bite, nonchalantly saying, "I never considered you a servant girl."

Having said that, he looked into Jed’s puzzled gaze.

"Aside from bearing me children, it seems there’s nothing you can’t help me with."

"Boss, should I be happy about that?" Jed’s face fell, and Xi Mu nodded seriously, replying:

"Of course, you should be happy, I’m affirming your value in all aspects."

"Hahaha, that’s a subtly nice way to put it." Yasiraqi laughed out loud, her delicate hand supporting her chin, looking at Jed with slightly puffed cheeks and a faint smile.

"But Jed probably also wants you to acknowledge her value as a refined lady."

"A lady, I’m probably not," Jed said with self-awareness. Her past was entwined with death, her hands stained with more than the blood of giants but also humans, dwarves, elves, and other life forms.

She had nothing to do with being a lady, no matter how you looked at it.

"If you want to learn some ladylike etiquette, I can arrange a teacher for you," Yasiraqi offered with a beaming smile.

Jed shook her head vigorously upon hearing this, as in her view, becoming a lady meant restraining her claws and fangs, which would make her feel very insecure.

Besides, the boss didn’t care whether she was a lady or not.

"It’s getting late, I plan to rest a bit," Xi Mu said, glancing at the darkening sky outside and addressed the two:

"I have a lesson with the master tonight, I need to conserve my energy."

"Before resting, let’s have dinner," Yasiraqi elegantly rose to her feet, pointed to the door, and said, "Come, I’ll take you out for a good meal."

"What’s for dinner?" Xi Mu followed her out. This was the benefit of associating with a wealthy woman. As long as Yasiraqi’s fondness for him reached a certain level, he could save a lot of time otherwise spent on earning money.

After dinner.

He returned to the hotel and rested for a while.

As the sky grew dark.

Xi Mu, who was meditating and refining his magic power, suddenly sensed someone by the bed, and upon opening his eyes, he saw his teacher Hecate sitting at the edge of the bed.

She was wearing a voluminous mage robe, her slender hand propping her chin, carefully examining her disciple who had woken up, and she nodded with satisfaction.

"Disciple, your vigilance is commendable," she said.

"If you, Teacher, wanted to assassinate me, I reckon I wouldn’t even have the time to react," Xi Mu shook his head and sat up. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Hearing this, Hecate looked out the window and said, "Those who want to assassinate you do indeed exist, lurking nearby the hotel."

She looked at her puzzled disciple.

"They are followers of the Flame Giant Surter wanting to snatch your Sword of Light to unseal Flame Giant Surter."

Xi Mu sighed as if troubled, "They really are relentless."

"Do you need your teacher to take care of them for you?" Hecate asked, and Xi Mu quickly shook his head, explaining to her.

"Since it’s trouble I’ve attracted, I should solve it by myself."

Hecate didn’t insist, since her disciple wished to resolve it on his own; she just needed to ensure he didn’t die.

Everyone needs to face challenges to have the chance to grow.

"Then, let’s begin today’s lesson," she said, and with a light clap of her hands, as the scenery around them suddenly changed drastically.

Xi Mu found himself on the hotel’s rooftop, with Hecate sitting on the edge of the high building, looking up at the stars.

"Question, is destiny fixed?"

"..."

Xi Mu pretended to ponder for a moment, and said with some uncertainty, "Fate is probably predestined, as everyone’s fate is reflected in the stars."

At this point, he added another sentence.

"Moreover, if fate cannot be determined, then the God of Omniscience... perhaps, couldn’t achieve real omniscience, so fate is determined."

Hecate nodded, did not tell her apprentice whether fate was certain but posed another question:

"Apprentice, do you wish for fate to be known, or unknown?"

"I have never thought about this question." Xi Mu replied. He didn’t care whether fate was fixed; what mattered to him was whether his actions stemmed from his own will.

However, the setting of the game "Mysterious Gate" is such that the moment the God of Omniscience was born, it was destined that this world would be known and determined

This has nothing to do with the will of the God of Omniscience, it was an inevitability after His birth.

And the action of the players killing the God of Omniscience, from the result’s perspective, takes the moral high ground, a heroic deed.

Of course, assuming you don’t choose the Ashes Ending.

"One day, apprentice, you too will have to face this issue," Hecate shook her head, without going into further explanation.

She looked up at the sky, the night breeze caressing her hair.

"Everyone’s fate is in the stars, yet there are those whose fate does not exist in the stars."

Xi Mu nodded, "Witches and Demons, right?"

"Correct, they have broken free from this restriction." Hecate looked at the star that represented her own fate, "Even I cannot see the fates of Demons and Witches."

That’s why you don’t know about my connection with the Witch of Death.

Xi Mu thought, steering the conversation, "Teacher, would you also like your fate to be hidden from the stars?"

"It’s about severing from the stars, to set one’s fate free." Hecate didn’t hide her thoughts from her apprentice.

"Just for a moment, if my fate breaks away from the stars, I can become the Destiny Witch and look down on fate from a higher perspective."

"However, to sever one’s fate from the stars, one must be dead."

Xi Mu fell silent for a moment then asked, "Teacher, you... surely have a way, right?"

"There is one way, and that is to find someone whose destiny is similar to mine, to have her star obscure my own fate, and in doing so, ascend to become a Witch." Hecate spoke frankly, and Xi Mu showed a contemplative expression upon hearing this.

"Teacher, you’re talking about the Magic Queen?"

At this point, he shook his head again.

"No, if it were the Magic Queen, she would not allow her fate to be manipulated by others."

"I too am troubled by this." Hecate furrowed her brows, for to completely control someone’s fate, you must utterly control their life and mind or ensure that the person is wholly loyal to you.

And clearly, the Magic Queen would not agree.

"Unless some accident occurs that greatly diminishes the Magic Queen’s power, only then would you have a chance to manipulate her," Xi Mu analyzed calmly.

In fact, he had arrived in the Magic Kingdom early, when the current Magic Queen was in her prime, both in magic power and mental state.

Were it three or four months later, the Magic Queen would have died unexpectedly due to her children, with only the Fourth Prince, suspected of fratricide, surviving.

That’s when the Magic Queen would suffer a great blow and would throw herself into forbidden research in an attempt to become a Witch and resurrect her daughter.

And because of how the setting is, the Magic Queen could never become a Witch, resulting in her suffering from ritual failure and her mental state collapsing into semi-madness.

At that time, the plot would unfold with the player joining forces with Hecate, confirming whether the Magic Queen had weakened, and timing the invasion of the palace to capture her.

As for the Fourth Prince, suspected of killing his siblings, he would at this point stand out and claim that it was Teacher Hecate who had plotted their deaths.

The aim was to drive the Magic Queen down a path of no return, thereby finding the opportunity to seize control of the nation.

The subsequent plot goes without saying.

It simply presents the player with a choice: either stand by the Magic Queen’s side to fight against the wicked and ambitious Hecate or resolutely join Hecate in capturing the Magic Queen.