You are all my wings...

And, a complex look in his eyes that seemed to want to say something but couldn't.

She fell silent the instant her gaze met Leon's.

It seems that the previous boasting about his professional field was just an illusion.

Leon keenly sensed that her emotions had changed slightly.

She seemed to calm down suddenly after her extreme excitement, and then started to consider this and that.

At this moment, there is only a six-centimeter distance between their lips.

The heat they exhaled was inhaled by each other, washing over their cheeks, moistening their ears, and stirring their heartstrings.

But strangely, Leon noticed a fleeting, almost imperceptible sadness in Machiru's eyes.

What is she sad about?

“There is something wrong with my bloodline. Even if I can give birth, I cannot bring him into the world and make him suffer. I can bear that pain myself.”

Machiru continued to focus on childbirth, her voice low.

This made Leon realize that the proud and arrogant Macchiato actually harbored an inferiority complex deep down.

Because she endures the pain of the demon bloodline every day, she is both numb and sensitive.

Coupled with her experience with the Blood Society, she felt even more insecure.

Maqilu continued in a low voice:

"So, my dear and respectable master, I'm sorry I can't bear you children."

This guy thinks too much.

I haven't even mentioned anything yet, and you're already thinking so far ahead.

Could it be that Machilu's popularity rating has risen so high because of her ability to imagine and manipulate others?

Or is it that her current status as a slave makes it easier for Machiru to think this way?

That's true. Slaves in this world are presumably required to bear more offspring for their masters.

Even if Macchiato were a fourth-rank player, she probably wouldn't be able to help but think that way.

Like Iris, she never brought up such topics, which shows that in her view, such things need to be done step by step, rather than the idea of ​​taking it all at once like Macchiato.

Leon understood this, and with a slight exertion, he tapped Machilu's forehead with his own.

puff!

A soft sound.

Machiru bumped her head, glared at Leon, and said, "We're talking serious business, why did you hit me? I'll hit you!"

“Macchiato, I’m only 17 years old. In my hometown, I’m not old enough to be a father yet.”

Lyon smiled:

"Furthermore, I'm also planning to research how to resolve the negative issues related to your demon bloodline. Wouldn't it be better to consider these issues after that?"

"Impossible. I've studied this for so many years, and even divine energy can only suppress a portion of it."

Machiru shook her head.

“Macchiato, how old are you to say it’s impossible? Research is a lifelong endeavor. Besides, in my opinion, you just have a conflict between your physique and divine energy, which doesn’t mean this thing is useless.”

"That's true, but right now, apart from the divine relics, I really have no other clues, so please forgive me for not being able to have your child."

She seemed to have resigned herself to the situation.

Why does she keep bringing up having children?

Is that really all she felt?

Leon's eyes flickered as he stared at Macchiato:

"Macchiato, I understand."

"What do you understand?"

Machiru was taken aback. She noticed that Leon's eyes suddenly became serious, as if he had made up his mind.

That was a look she rarely saw on Lyon's face.

Previously, Leon's eyes held a faint sense of detachment from the world. Although Leon hid it well, Macchiato could clearly sense it.

"Actually, you're still afraid. You're afraid you'll destroy something, afraid you'll shatter your current life, afraid your demon bloodline will cause trouble, and afraid that the tragic end of demons in mythology will also come. So you don't want to and dare not leave more traces of yourself in this world, right?"

"Leon said slowly."

Ma Qilu's pupils contracted.

"Do not……"

"Since you're so afraid, let me give you courage."

He gently stroked Macchiato's cheeks with both hands.

Their lips slowly approached.

Machiru's eyes widened. Even though she had grabbed Leon first, she was frozen in place, watching Leon's face get closer and closer. His earnest and clean eyes were fixed on her, and even his eyelashes were clearly visible.

Her heart was pounding in her chest.

A multitude of images and scenes flashed through my mind in an instant.

There were the bitter cold and hunger he endured in his small home on the border during his childhood, the bloodline that was modified while he remained conscious, the mental corruption he suffered from the demon bloodline day after day, the horrific scenes of witnessing many people who underwent the modification at the same time as him die from physical collapse, and the disgusting consumption of all kinds of monster flesh that were not accepted by ordinary people in order to become stronger...

All sorts of suffering, it seems that there has never been anything good since I was born.

Finally, the image froze, and the face that appeared in my mind overlapped with the person in front of me.

Everything seemed to change after I met him.

She seemed to have truly gained boundless courage.

In that instant, Machiru found herself in a very strange state, in which she felt that the constant mental pollution was nothing.

Boom!

Not only Macchiato, but Leon also noticed that he had entered a wonderful mental state.

[Villain Machiru's favorability +3%, current favorability 94%]

[Initial ty exchange completed, entering spirit-sharing mode]

[Unlock Hidden Attribute: Mental Strength]

Chapter 209 The Wonderful Sharing of Spirits

After activating the mind-sharing mode, a night passed in the blink of an eye.

This is similar to, yet different from, Iris's state of soul purification.

Soul purification grants him a higher level of soul purity for a short period, resulting in extremely high concentration, which allows him to rapidly increase the efficiency of training magical imagery.

The state that Ma Qilu and Qinwen achieved allowed him to see many things hidden deep within his own soul.

That is an ancient memory that exists deep in the blood of countless people.

They hunt beasts and fish, gather in groups, fight against natural disasters, and dance with demons.

Even more distant and unreachable, all those vague images.

Witnessing just a few things was enough to shake Lyon to his core.

Then, a strange power emerged from the depths of the soul, like a lotus in water, slowly growing, eventually sprouting a flower pod and producing lotus seeds.

The lotus seed slipped and fell upon the soul, where it continued to transform into a new blue lotus.

After repeating this several times, a pure and beautiful place formed in the center of one's mind, composed of ten interconnected blue lotuses.

The magical images he possessed drifted and slipped into the clusters of blue lotuses.

A sudden realization dawned on him: "Is this my spiritual power? The spiritual power that was suppressed deep within my soul by the authority of the ancient gods and could not manifest?"

The mind is an abstract concept.

Once you grasp the imagery of magic, your mind becomes something that is both real and illusory.

When his mind manifested these spiritual entities in the shape of blue lotuses, the magical imagery seemed to have more precise guidance and could be more easily commanded and mobilized by his spiritual power.

After a moment of contemplation, Leon realized that merging these magical images with his spiritual power would not make the magical images stronger or more perfect.

However, it has one excellent advantage: it allows one's mental energy to better align with the magic one has mastered.

Furthermore, with the enhanced state that comes with manifesting spiritual power, his efficiency in learning the four magic systems he has already mastered will be greatly improved.

The upper limit of mental burden from repeated spellcasting will also increase, and recovery will be faster.

"Unexpectedly, it has already possessed attributes that are usually only available at the Legendary level."

Not all Legendary players can activate their mental power attribute; it is quite rare.

This knowledge was mentioned in the background information of his previous life. Even after completing all four parts in his previous life, Leon had never unlocked this attribute, and as far as he knew, no player had ever succeeded in doing so.

In addition, there were the mysterious images I had just seen.

"If what I saw in that shared mental state is indeed an ancient scene, then it means that the so-called shared mental state is not sharing the mental state of a specific living person or Machiru."

Lyon made his judgment.

The so-called spiritual sharing model is about sharing the spiritual collection that has accumulated in this world over the years.

If we use the psychological theories he knew from his previous life, these are equivalent to collective unconsciousness.

Everyone's mind is continuously connected to the collective spirit of the world. However, because the collective spirit of the world is so vast, the connection of ordinary people is very small, like capillaries with only very subtle interactions.

Entering the sharing mode allows access to more refined ancient spiritual information.

When one's mental strength acquires enough refined information, it will grow.

Yes, the nourishment of spiritual power is not energy, but spiritual information.

This is not an ordinary message, but a spiritual message!

The higher the quality, the greater the benefits.

Most of the information is rather disorganized, requiring the recipient to perform appropriate filtering, which is quite a burden.

So, after 30 minutes in this mode, he felt mentally exhausted and was forced to exit the state.

However, despite the small workload, it is a fact that this mental energy was activated and grew under this mode.

【Mental Power: 11】

This is his current mental strength.

It started at 10:00 AM and increased by 1 point after half an hour of sharing mode.

Although it was only a 1-point increase, Lyon clearly felt a slight improvement in his reaction speed.

He was able to meditate on those unfamiliar magical images a little faster than before.

In comparison, the sharing mode is more tiring than the pure mode, and you can only enter once a day at most.

"However, you can't enter the sharing mode too often. Like leveling up, this thing will instantly put a huge strain on your mind, and in severe cases, you'll get lost."

Lyon thought to himself.

The pure mode is basically not tiring, but it cannot increase mental strength.

"In other words, the purification mode can temporarily enhance concentration and comprehension, while the sharing mode can increase mental strength in the long run."

In summary, he found that the purification and sharing model was also related to the characteristics of Elizabeth and Macchiato.

Iris is purer in nature and has fewer distracting thoughts, and her first exchange with a deep ty also enhances her magic.

The purification mode perfectly matches her personality and her unlimited magical power.

Macchiato is often exposed to various forms of spiritual contamination, and her demon bloodline is indeed more likely to connect with ancient landscapes, allowing her to obtain richer ancient spiritual information.

The sharing model is a perfect match for her physical condition.

So, what other changes will occur if I reach a 90% affinity with Brierita in the future?