Villain Path

Chapter 65. Predetermined

«Screw you!» thought Shen, tracing a complex seal around the dagger with his sword. «But the main character...»

He didn't even have time to think about it, as muffled oohs of flaring passion sounded to the side. Shen straightened up and looked in that direction, almost immediately with regret seeing someone else's light crown.

[All the figures are in their places!] System rejoiced. [Now you must call him to you and order him to take the dagger.]

«Do you want my death?! There is the spirit of some kind of insatiable maniac!»

[If you don't, I'll write off another fifteen hundred points.]

«Do I still have that much?»

[Of course not! You now have a little more than two hundred again!]

«I thought you were on my side!»

[I'm on the side of the plot!]

«And why is he bad? Everything developed normally!»

[This action of Shen's character is one of the key actions in the development of the plot of «The Great Mad». If you don't - ruin the plot! And I'm tired of explaining this to you!]

«Make Al take the dagger?»

[Yes!]

«Is this action the key?»

[Yes, yes! How much do you have to repeat?!]

«Well. Good. I will do it!»

[Immediately it would be like that,] muttered the System.

Meanwhile, Al and his passion still did not notice the Lord of the Cursed Peak standing dangerously close to them. The guy pressed the girl to a tree and kissed her eagerly, passionately running his fingers through her black hair.

«Well, that's great, that's good,» thought Shen, watching this picture. «Somehow everything turned into place. The main character has finally found his main quality of old chap Yer's protagonist - lovingness.»

Let, to some extent, Shen would like Al not to follow the path prescribed by the script and give his heart to the only person with whom he could be in sorrow and in joy, since he sincerely believed that such an option is much happier and more fulfilling than all these hundreds of girls.

"Ahem-ahem," Shen drew attention to himself.

Having detached himself from the maiden, Al turned around and froze in amazement when he saw the teacher, behind whom the lake surface reflected the dazzling moonlight.

"Of course, it is unworthy of this teacher to interrupt young lovers," Shen bowed slightly, curling his lips in an ironic grin. "However, I need the help of my disciple. If the young lady doesn't mind, of course."

The girl blushed and ran away.

"Teacher, this is..." Al began and paused.

"I'm not too interested in the name of this young lady. So it's her fault that you didn't honor your teacher with a visit?"

"No, not her..."

"Exactly," thought Shen, "what am I talking about? She must be just today."

[Da-ager,] System reminded.

«Stop pressure on me!!»

"Never mind. We will discuss what happened at the black castle later. Now I have a test for you."

"Test?" Al repeated, coming a couple of steps closer.

In general, if we consider this version and the original, Shen has already managed to change a lot. The original Al was still an unwelcome young man, although he had received his first sword, but did not have a personal teacher. He trained only in general practices at the Peak of Lurking Wind and had little experience. This Al was already a personal disciple of Shen and went with him on assignments. And although Shen did not devote too much time to teaching him, yet during this time Al gained some experience related to ghosts and other spirits, as well as with the imposition of curses on objects (the last imprecise). So, if the original Al had no chance against an object with an evil spirit hidden in it, then this Al had at least some chance to resist him. And also Shen intended to play on the words of System, which said that the key point is precisely Shen's ordering Al to take the dagger, and not how he will subsequently kill three people. So that...