Chapter 539 : The Love Offense and Defense Battle

"Bernice! Y-you, don't misunderstand."

Daiyi got up and patted the dust off her clothes, and while she was at it, she also patted Felyn's back.

This subconscious, intimate action exposed the girl's thoughts, making Bernice narrow her eyes in satisfaction.

"I haven't said anything yet."

"But your expression has already said everything."

Bernice puffed out one cheek and tapped it with her finger. "Miss Daiyi, could it be that you're the type who's very aggressive with your words every day, but when it comes to actually doing something, you become very shy? It's just a hug with Felyn, let me teach you."

Felyn's waist was suddenly hugged by Bernice. Felyn glanced back at her, "What are you doing?"

"Se-Senpai Felyn... I... I was kicked out by my family. Can I stay at your place for one night?" Bernice was wearing a white shirt and a plaid skirt today, with a lace choker around her neck.

The glitter at the corners of her eyes sparkled in the sun, making her look like a walking strawberry-flavored lollipop.

"Please, Senpai Felyn? As a reward, I-I'll do anything you say." Bernice gently swayed Felyn's body, her eyelashes sending out an ambiguous invitation.

"Really? Anything?"

"Mhm! Bernice can agree to anything Senpai Felyn asks. It's okay even if it's a little excessive." Bernice crossed one leg, her whole body leaning into Felyn's embrace.

"In that case..."

Felyn rubbed the head of Bernice in his arms, his face switching to the gentle smile he had practiced countless times.

Then he lowered his voice and said in a soft, concerned tone:

"Then you have to eat on time, sleep early and wake up early, and take good care of yourself. A good girl like you should be kinder to yourself."

"Eh?"

Bernice's body froze in mid-air, the leg she had kicked up to look cute not even put down.

A trace of disbelief appeared in her black eyes.

Take good care of... myself?

The sunlight fell from Felyn's shoulder into Bernice's eyes, making her unable to help but blink.

Her breathing hitched. Bernice suddenly heard the sound of her own heartbeat.

Seeing this, Daiyi, who was standing to the side, shook her head helplessly.

Well, that's great. Bernice has played herself.

What was the point of all that?

"What's wrong, Bernice?" Felyn pretended not to know anything, still gently stroking Bernice's head. "Are you not feeling well?"

"Felyn, you-you... I..."

Bernice finally struggled out of Felyn's embrace, a hint of shyness appearing on her face.

The tips of her feet drew circles on the ground, her hands behind her back, her short black-and-red hair hiding her expression.

"Alright, alright, Felyn. I'd rather not have Bernice fall victim to your wicked ways as well." Daiyi rescued Bernice, afraid that things would become uncontrollable.

The battle of sweet nothings comes at the cost of one's true heart.

The losing side's true heart will naturally begin to tremble.

"By the way, since Bernice is here, can you replicate her divine art?"

"Replicate mine?" Bernice fanned her face with her hand, trying to cool down her burning cheeks.

"But I don't know if it will succeed... After all, Bernice's divine art level is so high." Felyn hid his real worry. His real worry was that his relationship with this girl Bernice might not be good enough for her to willingly provide a divine chain.

"Let's try. I also want to see your replication divine art." Bernice was also a little curious. Felyn had too many secrets.

Not only that strange random evil art sigil, but now there was a replication divine art.

"I'll control the divine art level to the second tier. You try it."

Bernice controlled the power of the god Palmi in her body, releasing a second-tier spatial divine art.

A small spatial rift appeared in front of her. The other end of the rift could be placed anywhere within a range of several dozen meters.

This spatial rift was equivalent to a portal; anything that entered it would be teleported out the other side.

Felyn took a deep breath, standing about three or four meters away from Bernice.

He raised the arm with the armguard, using the power of the god Heromir within him to activate Silvana's crystal core.

Bernice looked at Felyn's posture and asked, "What should I do? Do you need me to accept you with my body?"

"That's right, but Bernice, your words are too easily misunderstood, aren't they?"

"You're clearly the one with the dirty mind."

Dark red magic power began to spread along the patterns, covering the entire armguard. The armguard began to take effect.

Felyn could see his divine chain becoming thicker and brighter, and he saw the power of the god Heromir gradually strengthening.

Even though Felyn had no physical contact with Bernice, Heromir's divine chain still connected her and Felyn.

Success!

The divine power of Bernice flowed through the divine chain and into Felyn's body.

Soon, a spatial rift also appeared in Felyn's palm.

He casually threw a small twig into it, and the twig was teleported out from the other rift.

But what surprised Bernice was not just Felyn's replication divine art.

"Felyn, is your divine art just replication?"

"Yes."

"But look, the twig you teleported is already close to a hundred meters away. That's the effect of a third-tier divine art. But I only released a second-tier divine art..."

"It can actually raise the level of the replicated divine art?"

Raising the level of a replicated divine art to be higher than the one released by the original user was something that had never happened before.

Felyn looked down at the armguard, thinking that this was the buff effect brought by the armguard inlaid with Silvana's magic crystal core.

Felyn was very satisfied with the result.

Being close to a beautiful girl and then releasing a divine art was indeed nice, but it wasn't very practical in actual combat.

If he could replicate divine arts from a distance, then the practicality of his replication divine art would be greatly increased.

Daiyi was also very satisfied with the experiment's results. She said, "It is rumored that as your level increases, the magical beast's soul inside the crystal core will awaken."

"Really? Silvana will come back to life?"

"Who knows. Anyway, no one has ever succeeded. And even if she does come back to life, she might not be herself anymore."

Daiyi unfastened the armguard for Felyn and held it under the sunlight, carefully examining the magic crystal core.

She blew on the crystal core and noticed that a dark red light seemed to flash inside it.

"How strange..." Daiyi muttered to herself.

She raised her wrist to look at her watch, then reminded Felyn, "Aren't you supposed to go see the king with Viloti and the others later? You're running out of time."

Oh no!

Felyn looked at the time on his wrist. He had been so engrossed in the armguard that he had completely forgotten about it.

If he was late for the meeting with the king...

"Daiyi, Bernice, I'm leaving first!"

"Mhm, say hello to Miss Viloti for me."

"Got it!"

Both Daiyi and Bernice's gazes remained on Felyn's back until he turned a corner and disappeared.

When the two of them came back to their senses, they both noticed the other was looking at Felyn.

Bernice took out a mask from her pocket and put it on her face.

She couldn't stand the gaze of Daiyi's all-seeing eyes, so she simply chose to escape.

On the other side of Laurel Road, Felyn hurriedly ran to the door of Viloti's dormitory.

He knocked on the door, calling Viloti's name, but received no response.

He also sent them a message via communication sigil, but there was no reply.

Felyn took out a key and inserted it into the lock.

This was the spare key Viloti had given him.

There was no time

(End of Chapter)