I loaded the dream game

“Ahhh!” The girl’s face instantly turned red, and she quickly snatched the “book” back from Xia Zhi’s hand: “Yes, I’m sorry, it’s not this one!”

Elko, whose ears were covered in time by Kirisu Madoka, was a little confused, but Lilia seemed to understand something. Her cheeks turned slightly red and she turned her face away. Then she couldn't help but glance at the boy next to her cautiously. When she saw that he was not paying attention to her, she felt a little relieved.

On the other side, the girl hurriedly hid the book behind the counter, took out a new notebook, handed it to Xia Zhi with a red face and said:

"Please forget what happened just now!"

"What else?" Xia Zhi felt it was very interesting and asked.

"Natsuji-kun!" Kirisu Madoka tugged at his shirt and whispered in his ear, "Stop bullying me."

Xia Zhi, who always respects teachers, would certainly not disobey.

However, just as he nodded and was about to say something, he saw the girl opposite him bit her lip, took out a large banknote from somewhere, handed it to Xia Zhi with both hands, lowered her head and said in a trembling voice:

“Please… please!”

Summer Solstice: "..."

To be honest, this was the first time he encountered a situation where he could not only stay in a hotel for free, but also make money.

Chapter 44 Lilia: It turns out that I am the only normal person

In the end, Xia Zhi and his friends packed their luggage and checked into this hotel... the kind that didn't charge any money.

"I just asked, and this village has a permanent population of around 2,000 to 2,500."

In terms of population, it is already a fairly large village. If there were even more people, it would almost be worthy of being called a "small town".

It is not easy to find the fallen ghost hidden in the crowd among so many people. The appearance of the signless species is no different from that of humans, which means that if they want to hide, it is difficult to be found by the naked eye.

"Therefore, we can only start from other aspects." Xia Zhi said.

Lilia tilted her head: "For example?"

"magic!"

As mentioned before, humans are the only race in this world that can use magic. Therefore, if you want to determine whether a person is human or not, you just need to test whether he has magic power.

Xia Zhi spread the map he got from the inn girl named "Aimisha" on the table and tapped it twice with his fingers.

Soon, small blue dots of light lit up one after another on the map, and soon they almost covered the entire map.

Lilia noticed that the distribution of these blue light spots was not random. There were more light spots in some places, while in some places, such as the areas on the edge of the village, the number of light spots would be relatively small.

"What is this?" She looked at Xia Zhi in confusion.

"All the intelligent creatures living in this village." Xia Zhi replied: "I have marked them all."

To do such a thing, one does not need to rely on the power of dream points to distort reality. It can be easily done using the knowledge of the original curse recorded in the world setting collection.

Of course, Xia Zhi, who is not a spell caster, still needs some external help if he wants to use spells casually like this.

"Next, we just need to mark the person without magic power with a different color."

As he spoke, Xia Zhi snapped his fingers lightly.

Then, as they watched, the entire map turned red.

"..."×N

"Is this... the colors reversed?" Kirisu Madoka asked Xia Zhi hesitantly.

"No!" Xia Zhi said firmly.

It's obviously the other way around, this guy is so stubborn, Lilia complained in her heart.

Soon afterwards, she noticed a blue light spot on the map, and judging from its location, it seemed to be near the hotel!

Could it be that the fallen ghost is hiding in a room of this hotel? Lilia couldn't help but guess in her heart.

So she hurriedly told Xia Zhi about her discovery.

However, when Xia Zhi revealed the name represented by the blue light, she fell silent again.

【Lilia Asprey】

"Isn't that my name!?"

Could it be that I am not actually a human being, but a fallen demon?

Lilia felt a little dizzy, but she quickly came to her senses.

That’s not right. I can use magic, right?

In other words, this map was not wrong, it did distinguish myself who possessed magical powers.

but……

Looking at the blue light dot representing herself on the map, and the three red light dots next to it, Lilia cast a puzzled look at Xia Zhi.

"Why are your light spots also red?"

She asked Xia Zhi this with her eyes.

This is a matter of course. The magic power of this world comes from the soul of the star god. Xia Zhi and Kirisu Madoka are not humans from this world, and they do not have fragments of the star god's soul in their bodies. And Elu is merely a projection of his consciousness into his current body, and his soul itself is still in his original body. Naturally, he cannot possess such a thing as magic power.

However, it is too troublesome to explain it this way.

So, after thinking for a moment, Xia Zhi reached out and tapped on the map a few times, manually marking the red dots representing the three of them to blue, then looked up at the girl and replied, "You're wrong."

Lilia: “…”

You think I can't see, right?

"Let's put this aside for now." Xia Zhi looked at Kirisu Madoka and changed the subject: "Are you hungry, Madoka? Should we go eat something first?"

"Yeah."

Before Kirisu Madoka could reply, Eluke on the side nodded quickly.

"This method of changing the subject is too blunt," Lilia complained, "Besides, are you not going to take care of the affairs of the Fallen Ghost Clan?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't care." Xia Zhi replied indifferently.

Lilia was stunned for a moment: "Why?"

"Haven't you figured it out yet, Lilia?" Xia Zhi turned around, looked into the girl's red eyes and said, "The people in this entire village are all fallen ghosts."

Chapter 45: Object of Avoidance

"People's fear of the fallen demons mostly stems from their ability to manipulate people's hearts, which is why rumors spread that they will use cursed eyes and malicious whispers to lead people to depravity and destruction."

At the dining table, Xia Zhi helped Ai Luke wipe the crumbs from his mouth and said:

"Regardless of whether this rumor is true or not, there are no other humans in this village, so there would be no so-called human victimization incidents."

"Curses, bad words..." Lilia recalled the stupid... no, stupid and cute behavior of the girl named Amisa. She couldn't connect this seemingly reckless girl with the rumored fallen demon clan that bewitched people.

On the contrary, Lilia felt that the girl was more likely to be deceived by others.

"If we want to eliminate them before that because we are worried that they will harm humans, then there is actually no need to conquer the fallen demons in this village."

"They won't hurt humans, and no one will hurt them. The only person they can hurt is themselves."

Xia Zhi poured another bowl of hot soup and placed it in front of Ai Luke, who was a little choked, indicating that she would be fine if she drank it.

"So hot..."

Under the pitiful gaze of the girl's big watery eyes, Xia Zhi had no choice but to pick up the bowl of hot soup and help her blow it.

"Question, what if this village is not without humans, but everyone who comes here eventually dies?" Compared to the simple-minded Lilia, Kirisu Madoka obviously thinks more.

"What do you want?"

Xia Zhi took a sip of the hot soup, and when he felt that the temperature was about right, he returned the bowl to Eluko, turned around and looked at Kirisu Mafuyu and said:

"Although both have the word 'ghost' in their names, the Fallen Ghost Clan is not a cannibalistic ghost. They do not have the racial habit of eating others after entertaining them. Killing humans does them no good, but can easily bring disaster..."

dong dong dong...

A gentle knock on the door interrupted Xia Zhi's words.

Xia Zhi got up and walked to the door, opened it, and found a girl with long chestnut hair standing at the door. She was the child named "Aimisha" whom he had seen before.

"ah!"

Seeing that the person who opened the door was Xia Zhi, Amysha seemed to be startled and let out a short cry of surprise.

Am I that scary? Xia Zhi was a little confused.

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"This, this is for you..." Amysha's face turned red for no apparent reason, and she turned her head away and stammered.

It was only then that Xia Zhi discovered that the girl was holding a plate of something that looked like a cake, which seemed to be some kind of dessert.

"Because we haven't had guests here for a long time, my father asked me to treat you well."

Amysa lowered her head and explained in a low voice: "So, I made these desserts, I hope you like them."

I see. He is a very hospitable father.

Xia Zhi thought to himself, looked at the girl in front of him and asked, "Then I thank you for your kindness."

"but……"

"But?" Amysa tilted her head in confusion.

"If you want me to forget what happened before, this bribe is not enough." Xia Zhi said.

"Please don't mention that anymore!" the girl cried.

She finally comforted herself by saying, "No one will care about this kind of thing. Those people will leave here in two days, and will never have any contact with her again." She slowly calmed down and put the matter behind her for the time being.

But the words she just heard made her calm state of mind collapse again.

How could you forget something? This person obviously remembers it better than I do!

With tears in her eyes, Amysa stuffed the tray of desserts into Xiazhi's arms, turned around and ran away.

"Natsushi, please don't tease me like this anymore." Kirisu Madoka felt helpless about the boy's bad character.

"Yes yes yes~"

Xia Zhi agreed without sincerity and returned to the table with a tray full of desserts.

"...Eluke, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing the red-haired girl next to her staring at the steaming soup in her hands, looking dazed and wondering what she was thinking, Lilia asked puzzledly.

At this time in the past, when the girl saw there was dessert to eat, she should have jumped for joy, right?

"Ah? I..." Ai Luke came back to his senses, shook his head and said quickly: "No, nothing!"

"Really?" Lilia was still a little confused. She always felt that the girl's face seemed a little red.

"Well, let's continue with the topic just now." Xia Zhi sat down again. "This place is located in a remote area of ​​the empire, surrounded by hills and forests. It's not an exaggeration to say that it is isolated from the world. Except for their own people, no outsiders come here all year round."

This can be confirmed from Amisa's remarks just now.

Kirisu Madoka frowned slightly: "You mean..."

"That's right." Xia Zhi nodded and said, "Rather than saying that they chose such a deserted place just to wait for a few lost travelers to come and kill them for fun, it would be more reasonable to say that they came here to seek refuge."

"Seeking refuge?" Lilia asked in confusion, "What are they seeking refuge from?"

war?

No, this is not a time of war. With the powerful strength of the Church of Light and the heroes, few people dare to wage war against the empire.

Natural disasters?

Probably not. She had not heard of any large-scale natural disasters in recent years. At most, there were occasional droughts, but they were far from being considered natural disasters.

So, what are they avoiding?

"What else could it be?" Xia Zhi said to the girl.

"..."