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"...High attack, low defense, huh?" Latis was silent for a moment, then sighed and carried Yashutia back to the alchemy workshop.

……

On the path back to the mage tower, Latis sighed and held the half-eaten dish, looking up at the sky and howling in despair:

"Am I really incapable of winning everyone's hearts with my cooking skills? Why! As a descendant of the great food-loving nation, I'm so unwilling to accept this..."

He sighed, and was about to use magic to destroy the remaining chili peppers when a breeze suddenly came from behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Serfal in human form behind him.

"Oh, Serfal, I was looking for you!"

Latis shook his head and said:

"I've found a way to get rid of the mental disability spell for you. It's in Hines City on the floating island. However, it's a bit difficult to find the way from here. Why don't you wait until I finish my mission and come back to take you there?"

Serfar gave a nonchalant "oh," then scratched his head and said;

"Serfar heard that Latis is going on another adventure tomorrow and wanted to ask if there's anything Serfar can do to help."

"Huh?" Latis was taken aback, took a step back, and looked at the silly red dragon who still looked like a young girl. She couldn't help but ask:

Why would Serfal suddenly ask that question?

"Because I was worried about you."

Serfar, still with that wise gaze, looked at Latis, his dragon wings swaying slightly as he flicked his tail and said:

"I feel that Latis is an important friend, so I'm afraid that Latis might die out there."

"...It doesn't have to be so serious." Latis rubbed his aching temples, looking at Serfa's smooth, full thighs. Suddenly, images of intense aerial combat from a simulation flashed through his mind. He shook his head, dispelling the strange images, and stroked his chin, saying:

"It's a pity that you need to eat a lot of meat to restore your magic power, otherwise I would have taken you with me."

“Alright, then Serfal will wait for you to return.” Serfal, who had little concept of long hours, didn't find the wait unbearable. She yawned, then suddenly her nose twitched, and she couldn't help but look at the plate in Latis's hand, saying:

"Serfar has wanted to ask this for a long time: what is Latis holding?"

"Huh? This?" Latis picked up the plate and said awkwardly, "It's a failed dish I made, and I was just about to throw it away..."

Before he could finish speaking, Serfar grabbed the plate, poured all the remaining chili peppers into his mouth, and even licked them with his tongue.

"Hooray, we can't waste Little La's cooking!"

She handed back the empty plate with a bright smile.

Latis stared wide-eyed, blankly taking the plate. Looking at the spotless plate, so clean it reflected his image, he couldn't help but mutter:

“Serfar, you are indeed an important friend of someone named Ra…”

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Serfar raised an eyebrow and exclaimed, "Oh, oh, oh..."

"Hey, you're not going to die too, are you?!" Latis instinctively took a step forward and supported Serfal's shoulder to prevent her from falling and causing a crater that would attract the attention of the Mage Guild.

"Pah." Serfal calmly exhaled a breath of dragon breath to his side, and to Latis's astonishment, the small breath burst into flames.

"I'm super!"

Latis couldn't help but shout, "This scene seems so familiar... No, don't play with fire in the forest!"

"Wow!" Serfal exclaimed in shock. "Little Ra, what kind of potion is that? It's so potent!"

"What?!" Latis turned around and looked at Serfal's shocked face, speechless, "Chili peppers are a delicacy, not a potion, lol!"

……

……

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and everything is silent.

The half-elf climbed to the top of the mage tower and, unsurprisingly, saw Latis lying near the dragon egg, gazing at the moon.

"Hey, Art!" Latis raised his head, waved his hand, and laughed, "Is your tongue feeling better?"

"Big brother is so annoying!" The half-elf said coquettishly, which was quite rare for her. She seemed to be quite frightened by the chili pepper. She snorted and walked lightly to Latis's side, sat down with her knees drawn up, looked up at the night sky that was reflected in the colorful magic clouds, and took a long breath.

"The magic energy is so concentrated that we can't see the original color of the night sky anymore." Latis turned to look at the half-elf whose face still had a blush, pulled her shoulder to lie down with her, and then let her rest her head on his arm, asking:

Have you made your travel preparations?

Artemis was slightly taken aback, then realized that Latis was asking her about the Mage Guild's commission. She nodded, moved a little closer to Latis, and whispered:

"Don't underestimate me. I've been traveling since I was a child."

"This isn't me underestimating you, is it?" Latis pinched her cheek to make her look at him, grinning.

"I trust you very much. I just want to tell you that I've been keeping track of your every move."

"……I got it."

The half-elf lowered her head slightly shyly. Suddenly, the remaining fragments of her dream resurfaced in her mind. She remained silent for a moment, then raised her head with a warm smile, gazing at Latis with tender eyes. Her gaze swept over Latis's eyes, nose, and mouth before finally kissing him.

"Me too."

She mumbled something between kisses.

……

After chatting aimlessly for most of the night, they were about to go back to their rooms to rest and recharge for tomorrow's journey when suddenly, the half-elf hesitated for a moment, grabbed Latis's hand, and whispered:

"Brother, there's something I want to tell you."

"Oh? What is it?" Latis scratched his head and smiled, "Whatever your plans are, I'll support you."

“No…” the half-elf organized his thoughts and said slowly, “Last night, and a few days ago, I had a dream.”

"Although I can't remember it very clearly now, it was definitely a dream related to you."

The half-elf's palms were slightly damp. She looked at Latis, whose expression was frozen, and asked cautiously:

"Brother, I've said before that meeting you is the most magical and wonderful thing I've ever experienced in my life. You hold a secret and a magical power within me... my god. Therefore, I am not afraid to pray to you..."

"These dreams, these fragments of dreams with you, are they merely reflections of my daytime thoughts, or are they things we truly experienced together at a certain moment...? My dear Latis, could you offer some guidance to your most loyal Ateliers?"

Latis's smile froze on his face, his fingertips trembled slightly, and a deafening storm suddenly surged within him.

Did Artemis perceive the simulated experience?

How can it be? !

Chapter 202 This is the meaning of "my" existence.

At this moment, the memories obtained from the simulation collided violently in Latis's mind like dozens of heavy trains loaded with flickering images, amidst an overexposed and blurred consciousness.

The series of explosions almost instantly caused him to experience tinnitus. The high-frequency, piercing noise directly robbed him of his senses, to the point that at that moment, not a single complete word could be conceived in his mind.

"...brother?"

The half-elf's voice seemed to come from a distant time and space. Latis slowly raised his head, opened his mouth, but could not utter a word.

Suddenly, a warmth touched his palm. This warmth was so familiar and so comforting that Latis grabbed it tightly, and then all his senses returned instantly.

"Big brother?"

"Arte, did you really dream about those things?" Latis suddenly looked up and asked in a deep voice.

"Huh?!" The half-elf was startled, quickly nodded, and hesitated before saying, "Um, um!...Big brother, what's wrong?"

"...Oh, I'm fine."

Latis snapped out of his reverie, raised his hand, looked at the half-elf's fingers that he was tightly holding, exhaled, and naturally intertwined his fingers with hers. Then, looking at her worried face, he laughed and said:

"I was just suddenly thinking about all the little things I did with Ate, and I got a little distracted for a moment."

"Eh? Really..." The half-elf's ears twitched. He glanced at Latis's distracted expression, pursed his lips, then gripped Latis's hand tightly and asked softly:

Why are you suddenly thinking about these things?

“Because you’re not the only one who thinks our meeting is the most magical thing in this life, I think so too.” Latis chuckled, watching the half-elf’s twitching ear tips, and blew on them lightly.

"Ouch!" The half-elf instinctively tried to roll over, but Latis held her tightly. Helplessly, she buried her ear in Latis's chest and said, feigning annoyance:

"What are you doing, bro!"

"Looking at cute little elves really does bring a good mood!"

Latis, shaking his head, hugged Arte tightly. After all that commotion, he finally recovered from the shock. After playfully wrestling with Arte for a while, he stroked her head and said earnestly:

"Arte, could you tell me about the dream you just described in detail?"

Artemis paused for a moment, then chuckled softly and said:

"I thought my brother didn't want to talk about this! Really..."

She straightened up, knelt down beside Latis, tapped her chin with her finger, and looked on with a look of reminiscence.

"The first time I had that feeling was on the way to Lundia, one night..."

……

After listening to the half-elf's somewhat uncertain account, Latis fell silent, wiped the sweat from his palms on his robe, then gently kneaded the half-elf's small hand and fell into deep thought.

"Calm down, calm down. Before you let fear of the unknown take hold, thoroughly analyze the information you currently have."

"The two dreams Art described both occurred precisely during my simulations. If that alone isn't enough, then the fragments of dreams she described are remarkably similar to the endings of both simulations. To say it's just a coincidence would be self-deception."

If we extend the premise that "the scenes Artemis dreams of are simulated scenes," we can tentatively arrive at two main questions: First, where do her dreams originate? Second, why do she dream of these things?

Question 1, Hypothesis: Given that the simulator might be based on so-called "spacetime flow," is it possible that some energy leakage occurred during the simulation, causing Ate, who is closely related to me, to receive some of the energy?

Question two, my guess: Perhaps it's because there's some special connection between me and Arte… do I possess her real name? Or perhaps, there's some connection between her and the simulator?

Latis gently kneaded the half-elf's soft fingers, gradually calming down in the warmth. He exchanged a glance with Arte, who was gazing at him with her face in her hands, and smiled slightly.

"Whatever the answer may be, the person in front of me is the one who is truly important to me: Artemis Herold. She loves me, but it's more than just love. Those feelings are so beautiful that even someone like me, whose views on love have been eroded by societal norms, is willing to believe that she can bear that weight..."

But the emulator…

Latis frowned slightly, pondering:

"I've never considered this: if the emulator wasn't some system that was bound to me without any reason, if it had its own stance, would it have its own demands? ...Judging from everything I've experienced in the past, at least for now, its interests align with mine, but that doesn't mean it will take care of the people around me as well."

A jumble of complex thoughts raced through his mind, and he finally sighed.

"Simulator, what exactly are you...?"

Latis straightened his back, reached out and pinched the half-elf's cheek, and said with a smile: