Chapter 1515: Bloodline Interference, Tempering the Will

Based on Xia Duo's understanding of Niya, unless there was a prior agreement, Niya would not deliberately limit the effects of her Amulet or any other protective Magic Item, even for him.

At this very moment, Xia Duo could clearly perceive that although his arm was being tightly held by Niya, the two of them were still actually separated by their respective Protective Spell.

Under these circumstances, the two parties could not even perceive each other's body temperature.

In the past, if Xia Duo and Niya needed to be intimate, both would tacitly dissolve their own Protective Spell, but immediately restore them after the intimacy.

This was not out of a lack of trust in each other, but rather out of a Mage's instinct—possessing powerful strength while being physically fragile oneself, one would naturally pay extra attention to protection.

If there were no trust, they would not even take the step of dissolving the protection.

Xia Duo had once heard of some lords who, in order to prevent being assassinated during intimate moments, even invented some special Perception Spell to obtain a full experience using only spells.

Unions between Mages rarely occur; like Niya's father and grandfather, they both married ordinary people. The reason Saville's first love story had such a melodramatic ending might have a lot to do with both parties being Mages.

For Mage couples, unless one side is extremely strong and the other extremely weak, they cannot threaten each other.

Or perhaps one side is an absolute sycophant to the other, similar to Buluode's parents.

Like Xia Duo, being forced to marry his mentor as an Apprentice, and then not turning against her after surpassing his mentor—this is almost unique in Netheril!

Either one cannot turn the tables, or turning the tables means turning against each other.

This, of course, stems from the concept of equality Xia Duo brought from his hometown, not just gender equality, but more importantly, the equality of Personality after stripping away status, position, wealth, and strength.

Initially, his union with Niya could not be considered too humiliating; it was more of a rational choice based on mutual interests, and feelings only developed after spending a long time together.

Because of this, Xia Duo was even more unwilling to see Niya "submit" under the 【Dragon's Majesty】.

At the same time, he thought of a problem—"one must not look directly at a god." This was not an artificial rule derived from etiquette, but rather that one would truly be hurt if one saw it.

Niya's current situation was somewhat similar to "one must not look directly at a god." With this thought, Xia Duo felt even more distressed.

"Is this what they call the 'disparity of the world'?"

The self and Personality are too easily disturbed by the outside world. If it were someone else, Xia Duo might not care so much, but for Niya, Xia Duo hoped to treat her as an equal.

The current situation was truly not what he had expected.

If he had such troubles, did gods also have similar troubles?

However, regarding beings of that level, Xia Duo was not idle enough to care whether the other party's mental state was healthy; he might as well spend that time caring more about himself and the people around him.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo forcibly pulled away the arm Niya was holding him with, teleported away directly amidst her puzzled gaze, and afterwards, he only shaped a blurry Projection equipped with a Perception Field to return to the bedroom.

A mere illusory Projection was not enough to carry the Bloodline Ability. Freed from the interference of Xia Duo's true body, Niya gradually regained her senses. Thinking of her behavior just now, she could not help but blush.

"Why didn't you stop Great-Grandfather? It's over now, how will I face Great-Grandfather in the future!"

Niya covered her face, thinking only of her embarrassing state being seen by her Great-Grandfather. If she knew the term "social death," she would probably be calling it that right now.

"Ahem—"

Xia Duo used Ghost Sound to make a noise, temporarily pulling Niya out of her tangled state of mind. "Don't think about how to face Saville in the future; think about how to face me!"

Xia Duo's words seemed to remind Niya. She opened her eyes wide and stared fixedly at Xia Duo's Projection: "What Magic did you cast on me just now? How could I be so rude in front of Great-Grandfather!"

Niya's words were not exactly an interrogation, but more of disbelief, because now that she had regained her reason, she was very clear that there were no traces of being affected by any Spell on her.

All Protective Spell were intact, especially the Mind Amulet!

It could only be said that all previous actions were of her own volition. Even now, she felt that while she had lost her reason at that time, she did not regret the act itself; she was more worried about losing face in front of her Great-Grandfather.

"I did not cast any Spell on you, but it is indeed related to me."

Following that, Xia Duo told Niya about the situation of his bloodline awakening again. Niya had seen 【Dragon's Majesty】 before, but she did not expect the effect this time to be so special and so significant.

The 【Dragon's Majesty】 Niya had seen before was mostly manifested in enhancing majesty, but now—

"Then what should we do now? Does this mean we will have to communicate in this way in the future?"

The first thing Niya thought of was not how to avoid such an effect, but rather the worry that she would not be able to communicate normally with Xia Duo in such a state.

Although she had regained her reason, Niya still felt very nostalgic about her experience just now. Even when she closed her eyes, her mind was filled with Xia Duo's solid and powerful body, and the incredibly fulfilling and satisfying feeling she had when holding it.

"I can think of two ways. One is for me to find a way to develop a specialized shielding Amulet for you, and the other is for you to gradually adapt yourself."

Then, Xia Duo further explained the pros and cons of the two methods—

"The former is effective and works well, but the downside is that you might have to wear the Amulet all the time from now on, because even if I fully master this Bloodline Ability, I cannot completely limit its influence; at most, I can minimize it.

"The latter requires a relatively long process of adaptation, but the benefit is that your own will will also be tempered during this process."

【Dragon's Majesty】 has different effects on different people, which shows that its effect is not limited to one aspect, but rather focuses more on amplifying the contactee's own emotions.

Obviously, it can be adapted to through long-term contact. There are only two ways to adapt: one is to learn to hide emotions, and the other is to adapt to changes in one's own emotional threshold.

Either way is a deep control of one's own emotions and consciousness. Both lead to the same goal, and eventually, one can gain resistance to mind-affecting spells.

Although this Bloodline Ability of Xia Duo's is not a mind-affecting spell, and general spells for protecting against mind-affecting spells cannot take effect, the effect is very similar.

It is entirely through strengthening one's own mental resistance to resist this effect.

Regarding the solution proposed by Xia Duo, Niya, as an adult, of course chose both, and Xia Duo granted her everything. Afterwards, he even gave her "Greta's Mind Protection," which he had previously obtained from Greta.

Among them, regarding the protection against mind-affecting spells, in addition to the external defense route like 【Mind Barrier】, there is also the internal strengthening route of 【Firm Will】 starting from mental will.

Although the former is completely ineffective against 【Dragon's Majesty】 and the effect of the latter is not obvious, in the process of Niya adapting to 【Dragon's Majesty】 next, there is no problem at all in using it to find inspiration.