Living with a magical girl, but a weirdo cadre

　So, Cong Yu grabbed Yuan An Apophis by the neck, sat up on the bed, and leaned against the bed board.

　"Don't answer questions with questions..."

　Cong Yu first made this sarcastic remark, then explained her words: "An extinction spell is still a spell, right? Can you enhance it using my emotional power?"

　From the aliens' perspective, without magic, the extinction spell would overload the host's emotions and cause them to go berserk.

　From this perspective, the Extinction spell should be able to benefit from the emotional charge enhancement.

　After all, an extinction spell is still a spell.

　As for Cong Yu, it seems that the source of the Annihilation Technique, Apophis, was the one who was slow to realize this... Snake.

　[Source Darkness Apophis: Huh? I'm just giving it a try.]

　With that, Gen'an Apophis crawled back down from Cong Yu's neck, and then, for reasons unknown, tried something.

　Soon, Cong Yu could clearly feel her emotions being drained and consumed...

　Source Darkness Apophis also emerged again.

　[Source Darkness Apophis: Wow! That's amazing! Look at me, look at me! I can change color now!]

　Change color?

　Cong Yu, who didn't quite understand what Yuan An Apophis was talking about, looked at the other person who had reappeared (not really) while he was looking at his phone.

　What then came into his view was...

　"Holy crap! Hatsune Miku X is here?!"

　Cong Yu stared wide-eyed in astonishment.

　Because the source of darkness Apophis that appeared in front of him at this moment did indeed have a very strange color scheme.

　What to say?

　The original Source Darkness Apophis was pure black, but now it is... Hatsune Miku's blue and Hatsune Miku's green and black.

　Although it's just a change in color scheme, it definitely evokes images of MIKU.

　Just like how a manufacturer that uses purple and green colors to call itself an EVA-themed controller manufacturer... but some people just love this kind of thing, which leads to them spending money like water.

　[Source Darkness Apophis: This is something I just researched! Hahaha! It looks a lot like Hatsune Miku X, right?]

　Please, please leave MIKU alone and stop trying to extort money from her!

　As Cong Yu couldn't help but sigh, Yuan An Apophis, who could hear Cong Yu's thoughts, immediately comforted her:

　[Source Darkness Apophis: It's alright, I can guarantee there won't be any copyright infringement. I've already purchased Miku's voicebank software.]

　[Source Darkness Apophis: It's the one that cost 780 yuan... Of course, I secretly bought it with your money.]

　"..." No, Cong Yu no longer cares about copyright and money...

　But he still felt something was off...

　After all, it's difficult for him to define the behavior of Source Dark Apophis. If we're talking about cosplay, there's nothing strange about cosplaying Hatsune Miku.

　If we're talking about using Hatsune Miku's voice... then there are even more people using it.

　It's very difficult to evaluate.

　and……

　"So, you now have the color palette and skin-changing features, which is great... but no power-up?"

　Cong Yu is currently quite concerned about this issue.

　[Source Darkness Apophis: ...]

　In response to Cong Yu's question, Yuan An Apophis deliberately remained silent, then let out a rare sigh.

　[Source Darkness Apophis: I've become much stronger, but...]

　[Source Darkness Apophis: I'm serious]

　Actually, you no longer need me... No matter how much my combat power increases, it will only have a negligible impact on your overall improvement.

　[Source Darkness Apophis: ...]

　[Source Darkness Apophis: Perhaps my greatest role now is to sing for you while you fight.]

　"..." It was clear that Source Dark Apophis sighed.

　Cong Yu didn't know how to comfort an extinction spell, nor was he sure if it was necessary.

　Finally, Cong Yu could only nod and say, "No matter what, as long as we become stronger, our efforts will not be in vain."

　Moreover, Cong Yu's "heart" energy has not yet been fully replenished... Once it is full, the power brought by emotions can be even greater.

　Moreover, the power of emotion is an important prerequisite for "resolving to burn brightly".

　"The next goal is to be determined to burn. If you are determined, you might be able to try burning."

　[Source Darkness Apophis: Huh? You want me to look like that?!]

　Listening to Yuan An Apophis's complaints, Cong Yu realized that it was no longer feeling sentimental, so it couldn't help but smile.

　He knew it... Source Dark Apophis didn't need comforting.

　"Well, we'll see when the time comes. At least deciding to burn is quite feasible... Since things have come to this, let's go to sleep!"

　With that, Cong Yu lazily placed her phone on the bedside table, looked at the starry sky outside the window, and pulled the blanket up.

　It's really rare to sleep alone in a room...

　As Cong Yu was thinking this, there was immediately some movement at the door...

　"Boom boom boom——"

　There was a gentle knock on the door.

　……

　who is it? !

　Chapter 1131 Not a Snow Woman

　"Boom boom boom——"

　Logically speaking, this scenario—where someone is alone in their room at a hot spring inn, thinking "tomorrow will be better," and suddenly, in the silence, they hear a soft knock at the door—is a typical one.

　It usually appears in horror movies...

　However, similar metaphors like "demon hunters in trench coats and prosthetic demon hunters appearing in demon movies" have been used far too many times.

　Moreover, Cong Yu also knows a few ghost friends.

　The ghosts of the band members (Piano Soul: So that's not true at all!!!), are far more terrifying than ordinary vengeful spirits.

　Why? Because it's a band!!!

　……

　However, Cong Yu has a way to guarantee 114514% that the guy outside the door is definitely not a ghost.

　It wasn't an attack... it was a night raid!!

　"Who?"

　Cong Yu asked this simple question, waiting for the person outside the door to speak... Who could it be? Yao Chuan Guang? Lan Tian Zhu?

　Well, if it's the former, then she's probably here to sleep with him.

　The latter... doesn't feel like it's just sleeping.

　Of course, other people are also a possibility, such as Moirai, Xiao Cui, etc... Anyone with a bit of guts could be involved.

　Well, as long as it's not the Rabbit Man or the Old Pope, it's fine.

　As Cong Yu was thinking this, the person outside the door immediately answered: "It's me."

　"..." This habit of simply saying "It's me, it's me" is enough to completely reveal who the other person is.

　"Xian Kui?"

　Cong Yu's voice was somewhat surprised. He had just considered countless possible candidates in his mind, but he had never considered the possibility of Xian Kui.

　Meanwhile, Source Darkness Apophis immediately prepared to watch the show.

　You, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, are also involved in night raids?!

　Source Darkness Apophis thought so.

　……

　Without thinking, Cong Yu quickly invited the other person in: "Please come in, what happened?"

　This is the trust that Cong Yu has in Xian Kui.

　If it were Hikaru Yokawa who came, Cong Yu would directly invite him to come in and sleep together... because it really meant sleeping together.

　If it's Lan Tianzhu or someone with a criminal record, Cong Yu will simply refuse to open the door and tell them to get lost.

　But it was the Immortal King who arrived...

　Well, if Xian Kui came to see me, he must have something important to discuss.

　And this is indeed the case.

　"Have you truly mastered emotional manipulation?"

　As soon as Xian Kui entered the room, he got down to business and sat down in a chair next to Cong Yu's bed: "How was the effect?"

　Regarding Xian Kui's two questions, Cong Yu simply nodded: "I have mastered it, that's right... but the effect is so-so."

　As she spoke, Cong Yu explained the effects of emotional manipulation on the power of magic and extinction spells, and clearly stated that the power of emotions had no effect on the power of faith.

　"..." Then, Cong Yu's explanation of "heart" and "upper limit of emotion" and "lower limit of emotional value" left Xian Kui dumbfounded.

　Xian Kui: "..."

　After struggling to understand Cong Yu's explanation, she remained silent for a moment, then said, "I can't feel what you're saying."

　Or rather, what Cong Yu was talking about was not actually what Xian Kui had experienced regarding the content and operation of emotional loading.

　For Xiankui and most people who use emotional manipulation...

　They have no idea how many emotions they have at their disposal, nor can they quantify the feelings in their hearts.

　It's even difficult to directly fill in emotions.

　Enter the magic.

　Generally speaking, emotions really are what make us recall happy things, angry things, and even the reasons for fighting for them...

　Then it is loaded into the spell.

　Immortal Lord had never heard of directly infusing magic or faith into such a method, nor could he reproduce or understand it.

　So, although he came to have his questions answered, Xian Kui ended up being the one who was more confused by comparison.

　Both of them felt it was necessary to reconcile the accounts.

　Cong Yu and Xian Kui began to discuss the points where they disagreed regarding the emotional loading.

　Then...

　Strange knowledge increased.

　Survey points +1919810...

　"In other words, emotional manipulation shouldn't actually be something you 'learn.' And even after mastering it, you still need to cultivate the emotion for it to be effective?"

　Cong Yu asked this question, and Xian Kui nodded without hesitation.

　Hmm... It seems that Azuma Nagisa said something similar before, and Congyu did indeed try to do something similar.

　So...why not give it a try?

　With this in mind, Cong Yu opened the window of her room, took a deep breath, and began to try to compose herself.

　Cong Yu reminisced about those pure and simple things.

　Those past events, Yaochuan Guang and the shouts of everyone—

　"Let them see what Cong Yu is all about!"