Sacred Souls: Genesis

Chapter 53: 53 chapters Your look when your liver hurts is very messy, but your full-level look is really handsome.

Chapter 53: 53 chapters Your look when your liver hurts is very messy, but your full-level look is really handsome.

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“The Doll Girl Smiled at Me, Feels Like I Could Sit in the Cathedral and Chat with Her All Day!” Posted by: UserX.

“Does this game have a feature to change the wife’s outfit? Her clothes are too shabby!” Posted by: CutestDelisha.

“Have you guys turned this game into a dating sim?” Posted by: NotFeelingWell.

Jiang Qiao carefully read through the posts on the forum. More than half of the players wanted Guardian Spirit·Fureya to have a feature for changing clothes…

Fureya’s light gray nun’s robe was indeed too shabby.

“These are the current preset conversations. Try to guide players towards strengthening themselves for the upcoming Godhood War.”

After studying the players’ expectations for Fureya on the forum, Jiang Qiao began teaching the doll girl how to deceive—no, guide—the players to become stronger.

“I will do my best,” Fureya said softly.

“Then synchronize the content I just set to your other… sisters,” Jiang Qiao said, closing the system book he was holding.

This modification added hundreds of new dialogue options for the doll girl, along with a brand new main quest, all in preparation for the upcoming Godhood War.

“Synchronizing,” Fureya closed her eyes. Three seconds later, she slowly opened them again and said, “Synchronization complete.”

“Let me know when a player triggers this main quest,” Jiang Qiao said.

“Someone has already triggered it.”

“So soon?”

Jiang Qiao calculated the time. It was less than two seconds since Fureya’s prototype had synchronized with the other Fureyas.

Maybe some players really treated Holy Spirit like a nurturing game, doing nothing but teasing the doll girl every day when they logged in.

“Number 107, serving the Holy Spirit name, is Starry Scholars Squad,” Fureya provided Jiang Qiao with more detailed information.

107 was the player’s login sequence number. Players with a sequence number below 1000 were from the first test. Jiang Qiao remembered the ID Starry Scholars Squad. It was this player who posted about the Holy Spirit storyline on the forum, causing its popularity to explode like never before.

Jiang Qiao classified players like Starry Scholars Squad as lore enthusiasts—similar to scenery lovers, they were representatives of casual players. They just enjoyed exploring the hidden stories and plots in the game.

“Simulate the scenario.”

Jiang Qiao took a few steps back with Hai Lan, giving Fureya enough space. Soon, a translucent phantom appeared in front of Fureya.

This phantom constructed a mage character wearing a big hat. Judging by his actions, he seemed to be listening quietly to what Fureya was saying.

………

Starry Scholars Squad was an organization within the player community, dedicated to digging deep into various game’s background stories and weird settings.

Starry was the founder of this scholars squad. He used to be active in the disputes of multiple instances, but after encountering Holy Spirit, he became completely immersed in this almost real Holy Spirit World.

The NPCs in disputes had only one or two fixed lines of dialogue, but the NPCs in Holy Spirit were estimated to each have at least hundreds of preset dialogues!

In his view, this was incredible. The most an NPC would do is help players repair equipment, sell items, and issue tasks. No rational game planner would give NPCs so many preset dialogues.

After all, this was an MMORPG, not a dating sim. Doing this would be pointless.

But Holy Spirit did just that! Especially with the character Guardian Spirit·Fureya.

Every time Starry communicated with her, she gave a new response, making Starry even mistakenly think she was a real person…

It wasn’t until Starry repeatedly asked some questions that she began giving repeated answers, making Starry realize… this girl wasn’t a real human, just a preset NPC in the game, merely a bunch of data.

But Starry was still entranced by Fureya. This obsession made him too lazy to level up for so many days. He just kept recording everything Fureya said and uploading it all to the forum.

Starry had recorded a total of 573 lines of Fureya’s dialogue over many days, which he thought was all Fureya could say.

“Good morning, Fureya,” Starry began a new day of attempts, seeing if he could elicit any new lines.

“Good morning, great Holy Spirit,” Fureya responded as expected. Starry had heard this line more than ten times.

Starry started other communications with Fureya, but all the answers she gave were ones Starry had heard before. This made Starry gradually frustrated. He hadn’t heard any new lines from Fureya for almost half a day.

“Ultimately just an NPC…” Starry laughed at himself, thinking ‘have I mistaken a bunch of data as my girlfriend?’

Should he start studying other NPCs?

Starry asked Fureya a few more questions, but when all the answers were the same, he sighed and was about to leave the Resurrection Cathedral when Fureya suddenly spoke.

“Great Holy Spirit.”

At that moment, Starry stopped and instantly turned around.

“May you find your value in this broken world,” Fureya said softly.

This response made Starry sigh again. It was the line Fureya always said when he left.

“Before you leave, I have a question for you,” Fureya’s next words made Starry’s head jerk up.

Ask me?

In the few days of communicating with Fureya, this NPC never initiated questions. Could it be he triggered some hidden dialogue or that Fureya had self-thinking abilities?

“What question?” Starry hurried closer to Fureya and asked.

“The Popes have told me about the church, the gods… and what the gods love,” Fureya said with a weak voice, saying something Starry had never heard, “But do the gods really love their creations?”

What kind of question is this? Starry was puzzled but still recorded the words. However, Fureya’s next words stopped him from tapping the virtual keyboard.

“I am a doll made by you humans. Have you ever thought about loving me?” Fureya lightly placed her hand on her chest, her eyes like glass beads staring at Starry, “Of course, I… deeply love you. Isn’t that why you created me?”

What the heck! What the heck! What the heck!

Starry felt his breathing quicken. It was the first time he had been passionately confessed to by a girl in his entire life, even though the girl was an NPC!

At this point, he really wanted to hug the doll girl’s legs and shout “Love!”

But due to the in-game touch restrictions, he couldn’t do that, so Starry could only stiffly nod his head.

“Thank you, kind Holy Spirit. But as a doll, I cannot bear your love,” as soon as Fureya finished this sentence.

Starry received a main quest notification.

‘Main Quest: Preparation for the Godhood Plundering War. Mission Explanation: You have peeked into the truth about Guardian Spirit·Fureya, and she has sensed the upcoming disaster and opportunities for change. The Godhood War… As a doll created by the church, Fureya longs to have a passionate heart like a human. Will you assist her? Mission Requirement: Player level 50. Mission Reward: Guardian Spirit·Fureya Favorability Second Stage Unlock…’

This main quest had more than one reward, but Starry only needed to see the first one. Things like experience, equipment, and reputation rewards were all unnecessary!

But accepting the quest required level 50? He was busy studying Fureya’s lines recently and was only level 25, probably not even matching the second batch of new players.

Leveling up! He had to quickly level up! Max level! This thought began to grow wildly in Starry’s mind.

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PS: You guys look so handsome casting those recommendations.