When the protagonist of the otome game is unintentional strategy [system]

With the departure of Musen, this grand and secret layout gradually officially kicked off.

Gloria is mainly responsible for handing over information with the demons, and timely conveying all Musen's itinerary and status to Kolusta; With the assistance of Rick, the West Siders are equipped with weapons and infrastructure construction, and do their best to prevent the coming war.

After sending Musen away, Gloria confessed to her father and younger brother that she had awakened the magic of light, and pointed out that the town of Seaside - the hometown of Kolusta - was where their family had been looking for the Goddess of Deceit for hundreds of years. The place where the source of holy power is hidden.

Wende, as the one with the least contact with the family secrets, expressed that he would unconditionally obey the decisions of his father and sister; Reginald, after pondering for a long time, finally chose not to startle the snake, and continue to maintain the previous attitude to temporarily paralyze the deceitful goddess .

Everything went on in such an orderly manner.

——However, there are still some variables in the dark that the two of Kogg cannot perceive, and they are constantly having a subtle but significant impact on their plans.

The power of the Goddess of Deceit comes from the continuous belief of Celentdis for generations, which allows her to accumulate enough divine power to suppress the curse on the soul, and successfully use the dark engraving attached to it, which originated from Telebras. Dark magic.

This curse has been tampered with by her to ensure that the soul of the cursed person is immortal and will not be destroyed by any method... But this is only the most basic level.

If she wants to continue her life and possess consciousness, she needs to use the "desires" of believers as continuous nourishment.

Therefore, when the power of faith of the Celentides family gradually weakened, and their desire for power and glory was no longer sufficient to sustain the soul of the Goddess of Deceit, Posedolo naturally realized——

This is a harbinger of their betrayal.

The ancient god, whose power had been lost for the first time in a hundred years, showed a cold smile, but his eyes were full of rage, and the black mist that filled his body became heavier and heavier, and even the curse mark on his translucent body began to ache faintly.

However, after careful consideration, this cunning god chose to stand still like the Celentdis.

When she contacted Gloria, she was as calm as usual, and she coincidentally maintained the precarious peace on the surface with the Celentdis; Her Royal Highness——Starangui.

"You want to have power, to be the supreme king of the whole kingdom."

Posedolo leaned lazily next to the statue of Clara in the palace church, his voice was full of trembling sweetness, like a poisonous scorpion hook soaked in caramel, full of dangerous and sharp temptation.

"—and want to have that person out of your control...Gloria Celentides, don't you?"

The girl with blond hair and purple eyes bowed her head and knelt silently in front of her, but a slender hand clasped her chin, gently lifting that beautiful face.

Posedolo touched the princess's cheek tenderly, with a gleam in his eyes, and he said lovingly, "If you want to get all this, dear, you must have enough strength."

"..."

"Believe in me, my child," the Goddess of Deceit tempted, "I will provide you with my divine power, my knowledge, my strategy...all of them. They will become your most loyal partners and help you get Everything you want to have."

"……it is good."

After a long time, Starangui finally spoke, raised his eyes calmly and said, "I swear to the Goddess of Deceit, Posedolo—"

"I, Starangui Nobili, will be willing to offer you the most devout faith and respect, and pray for your mercy and help...My God, please give me a precious opportunity to let me Be your faithful believer."

"Of course, my princess."

The glamorous god showed an inexplicable smile, cupped Starangui's cheeks with both hands, and pressed a very gentle kiss on her forehead.

"—everything will be as you wish."

The second princess of the royal family became the new believer chosen by Posedolo. Her beliefs and desires took over from the Celentdis in time, allowing the divine power and life of the Goddess of Deceit to continue.

But the power of a person's belief is not as good as the inheritance of the Celentides family from generation to generation, and after all, the power of the Goddess of Deceit cannot be restored to the same level as before.

However, Starangui is one of the candidates for the heir to the throne. Given this inherent advantage in her background, she has a larger search network than Gloria.

Now that Celentdis has scanned the entire continent of Nobili...then the area that should be investigated next is the coastline where the town of West Side is located.

——At the same time that Staron Gui secretly dispatched manpower, Kolusta, who was busy with infrastructure construction, finally made new progress.

Although it is not completely clear what happened to Mu Sen who was in the demon race, the efficiency of the black-haired boy was really high, and he almost didn't make them wait long before sending back important news about the dark engraving.

"According to the records in the Mozu collection, it is speculated that the curse of 'Dark Mark' sealed the soul of the Goddess of Deceit, allowing her to obtain the dark magic power from Telebrass, but she could not possess the entity..."

Gloria handed Musen's secret letter to Kolusta, and said succinctly: "A double-edged sword."

"Although this curse does prevent the Goddess of Deceit from living in the world, it also prevents her from truly dying." Kolusta mused, "Only by gathering the divine power of all the gods can the body be reshaped and become the Supreme Being." God's qualifications... no wonder she is so obsessed with the source of holy power."

Gloria raised her eyebrows, nodded slightly and continued: "However, Mu Sen also included a cracking method in the letter."

Kolusta, who hadn't had time to read the letter carefully, was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help showing a big smile. She was both surprised and happy and said, "The efficiency is so high——I really deserve to be my brother!"

Seeing her elated and proud look, Gloria smiled helplessly, reached out and tapped the letter, and signaled the other party to read it by herself.

"Generally speaking, like ordinary humans or demons, the souls of fallen gods will dissipate with the death of their bodies...but there are also some forbidden spells that can extract, seal or flog the souls. For gods, this has always been It has always been a very cruel method of criminal law.”

"...I found some information about the Goddess of Deceit in the records about the Goddess of Darkness, and learned that the other party is a god transformed from the desires of the world,'she is good at deceiving people, and feeds on other people's desires, as long as Her followers still want to believe in her, and have a desire to get something, or achieve a certain goal, which will increase the power of the Goddess of Deceit and prolong her life, allowing her to gain immortality like other gods.' "

"Thus, based on these clues, I preliminarily deduce that if you want to annihilate the soul of the Goddess of Deceit, you must make it no longer have believers...so as to stop the supply of power of faith and cut off the 'desire' that is the nourishment of her life .”

"..."

After reading the letter carefully, Kolusta couldn't help frowning.

"If it's according to what Mu Sen said, it would be too easy?" The brown-haired girl hesitated for a while, and said with some hesitation, "The Goddess of Deceit is a very low-key god, even in the era of gods where the gods are rampant. There are not many believers, let alone now..."

"Nowadays, we Celentdis should be the only ones who can be called her 'believers'." Gloria said, "According to what Musen said...as long as we refuse to believe in her and break away from the 'believers' 'Can this identity completely destroy her soul?"

"Well, that seems to be the case."

Kolusta nodded her chin in confusion.

She pondered for a while, and couldn't help saying to the system in her heart: "In this way... once Gloria and Celentdis no longer believe in the Goddess of Deceit, her soul will dissipate—and then I will continue to follow the steps Go to Seaside Town, take out and liberate the source of holy power, so that the task can be successfully completed?"

"In theory, this makes sense." The system replied, "The seaside battle in the original plot line was a surprise attack on the town of Seaside initiated by Gloria and Starangui. ——The former asked the royal family to launch a war on the grounds of 'obtaining the source of holy power and saving the declining Nobili continent'..."

"However, now that the villain behind the scenes has been captured by you, it is impossible for the royal family represented by Starangui to cross over Gloria, the 'god envoy' intermediary, and understand the role and location of the source of holy power. In this case It can be deduced that once Posedoro is completely destroyed, then the root cause of the seashore battle will indeed no longer exist."

Kolusta straightened out her thoughts, thought for a while, and agreed with hesitation: "It seems to be the case."

But... Even though she agreed on the surface, there was still a lingering uneasiness in her heart.

Could it be that he has really rewritten the plot and avoided the end of the world line?

All of this - will it really end so easily?

She sighed, rubbed her forehead, looked up at Gloria who was thinking about something without saying a word, and smiled at the other party: "Anyway, let's do it according to Musen's speculation. Anyway, Se The Lentdis family has decided not to follow the Goddess of Deceit, so the harmony they pretend to be at the moment... will be torn apart sooner or later."

"That's right," Gloria said indifferently, "The glory of EMI continues... This transaction has been going on for too long, and it is time for us to take off the shackles on us."

"But having said that, Le Kesi, I have to remind you again," Kolusta held her hand, pursed her lips and said, "If Celentdis doesn't continue to believe in the Goddess of Deceit, then you Your dark magic power will also be taken back...you will become a light magician through and through, but the Duke and Wende—are they all ready for this?"

"This preparation" refers to the preparation for losing magic, or even power, and becoming an ordinary person.

Kolusta also knew that this was very unfair to Celentdis...but she was unable to provide any compensation, and she didn't even dare to make a promise to Gloria.

This game of chess has already taken shape, and it will affect the whole body.

If they win a big victory, Celentdis will be the hero of the entire Nobili continent even if he has no magic, so he can naturally continue to sit on the throne of Duke; and once Kolusta loses everything...then everyone who stands on her The people behind were not spared.

It is difficult for her to foresee the victory, and it is difficult for her to hang the phrase "after we succeed" in a grandiose manner.

So she can only feel guilty.

"... my father and brother were certainly prepared for this, Ruth."

When Kolusta couldn't help lowering her eyes and trying to avoid Gloria's gaze, a slender hand gently and slowly rubbed the top of the brown-haired girl's head with a soothing force.

"You don't need to put all the pressure on yourself... The fundamental reason why my father and Wentas chose to give up this belief, in fact, in the final analysis, is that I have awakened the light magic."

The silver-haired girl raised her arms and pulled her into her arms, as if she felt the other party's self-blame, and said in a gentle voice: "Also, no one knows better than a Celentdis that rewards always come after making corresponding sacrifices." It can only be obtained... the previous ancestors thought that the Goddess of Deceit was the one worth following, but I am different, Ruth."

Kolusta was stunned, then raised her head, her soft brown hair rubbed against Gloria's chin, like a little squirrel sprinting past, itching the apex of the person who scratched it.

Gloria smiled softly, lowered her head and kissed Kolusta's forehead, and solemnly said to her in a tone like an oath:

"In my opinion, you are the one who deserves my following, my belief, and my everything... the most correct candidate."