I Reincarnated into a Game Filled with Mods – Chapter 38

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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‘…What is she doing?’

Lizé, who had been staring blankly out the window in her room with nothing particular to do, widened her eyes and looked down.

It was because she had spotted the newbie and Inerma sneaking out of the castle together at this late hour.

The approaching drowsiness instantly vanished. Lizé immediately jumped up from her spot.

Judging from the fact that Inerma was leading the way and the newbie was following behind, it wasn’t the newbie who had suggested going out.

In other words, it was no different from that blind girl seducing the newbie first.

‘How dare you try to snatch the man I’ve already claimed without any morals or decency?’

Although she didn’t know for what purpose the two of them were going out, the fact that a man and a woman were going out together in the middle of the night was a problem in itself.

For example, while wandering around outside like that, they might suddenly lock eyes in a secluded place and have outdoor sex right then and there.

Lizé, who had shamelessly finished imagining a scenario that would make Erica relentlessly smack her back if she heard it, nimbly jumped out the window to follow them.

The tailing began.

“……”

“……”

Although I had been suddenly proposed to go on a night walk and dragged out, there was no way I would suddenly become talkative just because we were outside when I had nothing to say inside.

We walked quietly without saying a word.

Despite clearly being unable to see in front of her, Inerma walked effortlessly. I was on edge, worried that she might bump into something, but it seemed like an unnecessary concern.

Due to the late hour, the night streets were eerily quiet. Only the gradually tilting moon illuminated the path.

“Where are we going now?”

“There’s no set destination. It’s literally just a walk. We’re just wandering aimlessly.”

With that, we fell silent again, and the walk eventually led us to a small forest inside the city.

It was the forest where the tree I had mentioned to the knight commanders, the one where the moon would hang, was located.

The forest at night exuded quite an eerie atmosphere, but I didn’t mind at all. After all, there were no monsters or anything in this forest. There was no reason to be afraid of this place.

The reason people are scared of such places is because of that creepy atmosphere of not knowing what might pop out, but I already knew this was a safe place, so I had no reason to be frightened.

If something unexpectedly popped out here, contrary to my expectations, then it might be a bit scary from that point on.

I glanced to the side, wondering if Inerma might stumble. Contrary to my worries, she was following well.

She just had her head turned to the left, showing only the back of her ear and the back of her head to me in a strange posture.

Yet, surprisingly, she didn’t stumble or stagger, and walked steadily forward.

I also walked, thinking nothing of it. It’s not like she would suddenly scream like in a horror movie and come running at me while twisting her limbs, right?

“…Mr. Newbie Knight.”

When it felt like quite some time had passed since we entered the forest, Inerma opened her mouth.

Her head was still facing the opposite direction. I stopped walking, wondering what she was going to say.

“Are you not afraid?”

“Afraid? Of what?”

“Of the actions you have taken so far.”

“…?”

Inerma also stopped walking. Yet, she kept looking in the opposite direction from me until the end.

“I’m not sure what you mean.”

“I mean it literally. Weren’t you afraid of the things you’ve done so far?”

I tried to recall what I had done so far.

Defeating the Human Butcher with just a sword in the prison, having a match with Lizé as the entrance exam, subjugating the Headless Armored Cavalier alone.

I think that’s all I had told Inerma.

I had kept quiet about using the book inhabited by a demon to kill the lord, as it wasn’t something to share with outsiders, and naturally, I had to keep my mouth shut about what happened after that as well.

Ah, did I also tell her about beating up that golden knight? I’m not sure because it wasn’t me who told her, but Lizé who bragged about me.

“Why is that scary?”

“They’re things you could die doing. Isn’t it normal to be scared rather than not?”

‘Is that so?’

I pondered her words for a moment.

Of course, when I first realized that the Darkest Light Mod was applied, I had sincerely worried about having to defeat the greatly enhanced Human Butcher and proceed.

But can you call that being scared? That was a bit ambiguous.

It was an action I had already done thousands of times, and I had the method to deal with the enemy from beginning to end in my head.

So, as long as I didn’t make a mistake or stumble, there was no way I would die.

Of course, there was the anxiety of what if I made a mistake. But that feeling wasn’t a feeling of fear or being scared at all.

Anxiety and fear are emotions that seem similar but are different.

“I haven’t thought about it deeply, but I don’t think I felt that way. As long as I don’t make a mistake, there’s no way I’ll die, right?”

Honestly, I still couldn’t fully feel the reality of being possessed into Brightest Darkness 4.

I don’t need to take care of basic human physiological needs.

No matter how much the horse runs or how heavy the load it carries, it never gets tired.

No matter how roughly I use my body, I don’t feel fatigue.

Sleep is also not a necessity, and it feels more like I sleep at night simply because I should.

The things I had brushed off as “it’s a game, so that’s how it is” were unfolding right before my eyes, so it was too unrealistic to feel like this was reality.

If someone suddenly appeared, ended the game, and said it was actually a VR version of Brightest Darkness 4, it wouldn’t feel out of place at all, so naturally, it didn’t feel real.

“…Mistake?”

There was a questioning tone in Inerma’s voice. She must have been wondering what I meant by saying I wouldn’t die as long as I didn’t make a mistake.

“You’ve heard about my situation too, right?”

“Yes, that you were cursed by a witch…”

“I don’t know what I used to be, but at least when I followed my instincts and memories, I never suffered a loss. In other words, if I follow that without making a mistake, there’s no way I’ll die. It means I don’t move based on my thoughts, but based on what my body remembers and reacts to.”

It was an excuse I had already used on the knight commanders. I said that I don’t move based on my thoughts, but based on what my body remembers.

In fact, there were numerous patterns that were too late if you saw and reacted to them, so it wasn’t entirely wrong. A typical example would be Cecilia’s normal attacks.

“If I don’t make a mistake in the midst of that, I’ll be able to survive just like I have until now. So I’m not particularly scared.”

“Is that so…?”

The girl seemed to be pondering something for a while, then spoke in a slightly gloomy voice.

“No matter what happens in the future?”

“Huh?”

“Even if a trial incomparably greater than anything so far befalls you, you won’t be afraid?”

“……”

For a moment, I was at a loss for words upon hearing an expression I had heard somewhere before.

“A trial incomparably greater than anything so far” was an expression used by the emperor to refer to the final boss of Brightest Darkness 4, which appeared around the very end of the game.

The difficulty of the final boss was so extreme that it naturally gained a status close to a meme.

“I guess so?”

However, that didn’t change anything.

If that thing was the same as the final boss in my memory, I just needed to defeat it the way I did in the game. Just like I always did, without making a single mistake.

“As expected…”

Despite my vague answer, Inerma seemed to accept it with a voice that sounded convinced.

She mumbled something more after that, but her voice was too soft for me to hear.

After mumbling something to herself for a while, Inerma suddenly turned her head towards me.

‘Huh?’

For a very brief moment, I thought I saw golden pupils shining in her eyes.

That’s right. Just like the emperor’s.

‘Was it just my imagination…?’

It was only for a very brief moment. By the time I blinked my eyes, wondering if I had seen it wrong, only dark black pupils remained where the girl’s eyes should have been.

“Then let’s head back now. We’ve enjoyed the walk enough.”

Inerma spoke in a lighthearted voice and started walking out of the forest without hesitation, just as she had come.

I followed behind her with a slightly uneasy feeling.

Something kept bothering me.

“So that’s how it was.”

In the central hall of the imperial palace where all the lights were turned off.

Sitting on the throne that overlooked the entire place, Cecilia smiled a chilling smile, raising one corner of her mouth. Her golden eyes shone fiercely in the moonlight.

“So that’s really how it was.”

A voice filled with delight echoed through the empty hall.

It was a very pleasing answer. To be precise, it wasn’t the content of the answer that pleased her, but the attitude and behavior of the one answering.

The words themselves were vague and seemed to lack confidence, but the attitude in saying them was full of certainty.

There was no hesitation, and the tone suggested it was only natural for it to be that way.

In other words, it meant that he had definite confidence in his own skills. Even about himself after regaining all his memories.

However, if that was all, even Cecilia would have been doubtful. There was one more reason why Cecilia was so delighted.

Cecilia had also watched, borrowing eyes, the scene of that new knight using the ability confirmation orb from beginning to end.

And she noticed that his Magic Power had increased to an unbelievable extent when comparing before and after touching the ability confirmation orb.

It was something that shouldn’t have been possible. Something that shouldn’t be possible.

Surely, there was no doubt that he was hiding some secret.

“Finally… I have finally found what I have longed for so much.”

He would be able to bear the weight of her grand dream. Not be crushed by her dream, but bear it and achieve it together with her.

In this utterly futile and fleeting world, he would be the only one who could match Cecilia.

A spine-chilling madness burst out from Cecilia seated on the throne.

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