On my second playthrough, they were full of malice towards me.

But the succubus wrote in great detail in her diary.

indeed.

After learning about the abilities of "memory points" and "time reversal," the image of Lord Ash in her mind was no longer so ingenious. Those miraculous strategies and decisions that seemed to predict the future all had an explanation.

Her admiration for Lord Ash diminished slightly.

but

Her love for Lord Ash increased by a tiny bit.

the reason is simple.

Lena recalled her experiences with Lord Ash, and all the trials she endured. Lord Ash must have used the "memory point" ability to perfectly match the image of the hero and savior in her mind.

However, what truly moved her about Lord Ash was not the tests that Lord Ash had "passed" before.

On the contrary, in his "final" test, Lord Ash chose the action that was not the "correct option".

If, in the final test, Lord Ash also uses the "Memory Point" ability...

As mentioned earlier by the creature behind the scenes.

The risk of doing this is extremely high when there is only one "memory point".

The slightest mistake could mean all previous efforts were wasted.

But Lord Ash at that time still chose the most risky decision.

It's like gambling with the whole world.

There is someone who is willing to risk everything for her, what reason does she have not to love Lena?

Even if the other person isn't so great, but just an ordinary person.

not to mention

As a succubus, she prefers her lover to be useless, so that she can take the lead.

The key to summoning Lord Ash is creating new memory points.

Lena already has a clue.

Having obtained the information she wanted, the succubus granted the wish of the creature behind the scenes and brought it to her own world.

Unfortunately, once it arrived, before it could even eagerly anticipate inhabiting a higher-level body, it revealed an expression of immense fear, followed by tremendous anger towards Lena.

Because it never expected that these worms would actually... actually resurrect the Mother of Turbid Calamity!

Lena will need to study this creature behind the scenes more thoroughly.

The goal is to strip it of its authority.

After learning that Lord Ash might just be an "ordinary" person, Lena couldn't let Lord Ash arrive "empty-handed"; she had to prepare for Lord Ash.

One of them was stripping the authority and giving it to Lord Ash.

A famous succubus once said, "There are no useless boyfriends, only succubi who don't know how to provoke their boyfriends."

If he weren't Lord Ash.

Then I will nurture him step by step into Lord Ash.

Just like how Lord Ash raised her in the first place.

First and foremost, she had to consider the "them" factor.

In her diary, Lena's mood seems to have improved considerably after learning how to summon herself, and she seems to feel even more affection for herself after discovering that she might still be an "ordinary person".

The diary entry ended with these few lines.

【Um】

Although Lord Ash is unaware of these things, the fact remains that that bastard abandoned us, so he needs to be given a little punishment.

[Let's decide to have Lord Ash born in the Sanctuary. Let the cunning and scheming nun be Lord Ash's first contractor. With Sthija's personality, at least Lord Ash's life should be safe, and she can also give that bastard a good scare!]

As for the second Jiuyou, I've decided on you. That stupid dragon girl is a bit slow-witted. Although she might pose a life-threatening danger to Lord Ash, after the Holy Kingdom and the contract with Styutia, there shouldn't be any problems. If anything really happens, with Styutia's healing abilities, she can save Lord Ash.

[The third one is Zero. As for Zero, hmm, something seems to be missing. I've got it! Heh heh, don't think I don't know, Zero, you're actually more observant than anyone else, despite your perpetually expressionless face. Perfect! We'll use your memories to help Lord Ash find our past. That's right, that's settled! What higher-dimensional beings? How can all our memories and stories be summed up with just 'higher-dimensional'? Lord Ash must start over!]

Anno probably has her own plans, as for me...

[Hmph, I'll have Lord Ash accompany me to make a movie then! Since Lord Ash has that kind of power and ability, he must be able to see through all my other little schemes back then, huh! He must have secretly gone through them himself, and then time traveled back, right? Damn it! I'll make Lord Ash accompany me to film all those "secretly experienced" choices again! Why should Lord Ash enjoy all that alone!?]

[Besides, this way even when Lord Ash goes to keep them company, I can still pull out these little movies and rewatch them at night to generate energy. Pshaw! (crossed out)]

[Hmm, I still feel a little uneasy. Lord Ash came from a higher dimension to our world. What if he's not used to it from the start? Yes, I know. We need to have someone by Lord Ash's side from the beginning, a guide.]

However, we should probably forget about this facilitator position. We still have plenty of time; we can consider it later.

[Oh dear, I've written so much without even realizing it! What if Lord Ash sees this diary later? I'll be... Oh well, unless I, Rena, am gone, Lord Ash will never see it in his lifetime!]

[Hehe, after thinking about it that way, I feel much more relaxed. Yeah, if you have to worry about everything when writing a diary, what's the point of writing a diary? Lena, be bolder!]

[I really want to make Lord Ash cry!! (crossed out)]

[I really want Lord Ash to stuff each and every one of them—(heavily crossed out)]

[I really want to turn Ash into—and then together with Rena, make them all—in the end, all five of them—get them all poisoned—(completely crossed out)]

That's all for today's diary entry!

[By the way, this diary doesn't have a title yet. What should I call it? I've got it! I'll call it "The Succubus's Great Victory"!]

I need to get down to business. Establishing new memories will take a long time, and I probably won't have time to write in my diary for a long time afterward.

In short

I hope everything goes well!

【Lena】

Chapter 304 A Different Kind of Past Memory Points

After finishing the diary, Liao Ji's consciousness was also pulled back from the story.

However, unlike the previous "secret room," this time, after the diary disappeared, it seemed as if some mechanism was triggered, and a hidden door leading to the basement appeared on the wall behind the room.

A rose-colored hidden door with a pink heart-shaped mark flashing on the doorplate.

Even Jiu You could tell that it wasn't a proper room.

Liao Ji hesitated for a moment.

However, a "click" sound came from the exit, and the main door of the room was locked by some mysterious force, as if blocking Liao Ji's way out. Then, pink arrows appeared on the floor tiles under Liao Ji's feet, pointing towards the underground secret door.

All of this seemed to be clearly indicating to Liao Ji that if he wanted to leave the room, he would first have to "pass through" the basement.

As for what lies behind the hidden door in the basement...

As Liao Ji's figure disappeared into the dark door, the rose color intensified, resembling a teleportation-type supernatural spell, except that it seemed to teleport time rather than space.

When Liao Ji came to his senses, he found himself on a bed in a mansion, with the night dark outside the window.

Through the window, Liao Ji could see the blood-red moon hanging high in the sky.

这 是

The Old World?

Liao Ji quickly recognized the bedroom in the mansion he was in; it was the same mansion he lived in during the "Ash Base" era in the game, when he was the leader of the base.

So, could it be...?

Liao Jicai had a premonition of something, and the next moment, a knock on the gate of the mansion confirmed his guess.

thud

咚咚

Footsteps sounded downstairs; it was a maid from the mansion going to check on the late-night visitor. Soon after, the sound of the maid coming upstairs followed. After knocking on Liao Ji's bedroom door, a low-level illustration of Zero, dressed in a simple maid outfit, appeared at the door of Liao Ji's bedroom.

"I apologize for disturbing Lord Liao Ji's rest. There is a female fortune teller downstairs who wishes to see you. She claims to have very urgent information and requests that you allow her to perform a divination for you."

The maid paused for a moment, then added:

"Lord Liao Ji, Zero just retrieved information about this female fortune teller. She only appeared in the Ash Base in the last week, but in just one week, she has become very popular. Many people who have consulted her believe that she is very accurate and has superb skills."

I didn't pay much attention to this plot, since Liao Ji already knew about it.

What surprised him most was Zero's way of speaking.

Liao Ji couldn't help but ask, "Lord Liao Ji?"

"Hmm?" Zero didn't quite understand what Liao Ji meant, and the maid looked confused.

Only Liao Ji understood that, according to the original plot, he should be called "Lord Ashes" here.

But speaking of this

Liao Ji got off the bed and realized that he wasn't wearing a cloak at all; he was still in his original form. Zero, on the other hand, didn't seem to show any unusual expression.

It seems that for Zero, her master was always like this, not someone who always wore a cloak.

Liao Jineng could sense the contract from Zero, indicating that the maid in front of him was the real Zero, not an actor. However, Zero's strength and current appearance clearly did not match the leader of the "Calamity" level Mechanical Alliance five hundred years later.

Add to that the current concentration of smog in the air and the red moon outside the window, and this isn't something that can be created simply by setting up a scene.

As for Huanmeng, it's even less likely. Liao Ji might have been a little afraid before, but after he mastered the Servant Network and planted that Cyber ​​World Tree, Huanmeng became like his backyard to Liao Ji.

After eliminating all possibilities, the only remaining possibility is that he has indeed returned to the past.

No.

Liao Ji then recalled the "memory point" ability mentioned in Lena's diary, which was his game's "save" function.

Based on the subsequent developments in the diary, the succubus has most likely mastered the principle of "memory points".

So now he

Was it arranged by Lena that I entered this "memory point" at that time?

As for the purpose