The original god, the zero-seat executive of the Fools

"Didn't I say that? I really want you to continue wasting time in the desert. I am naturally taking action for my own wishes." Knox said with a smile.

Chapter 105

The wind flowed into the house through the window, gently rolling up the young man's slightly messy silver hair hanging down his shoulders. Under the sunlight, it looked a bit dreamy.

Ying was slightly in a trance, and Ling's hair seemed to be much longer than before...

Of course Knox didn't know what she was thinking. He stretched out and sat on the stool next to him, crossed his legs and looked at Ying with a smile: "Aren't you going to chase her?"

Awakened from her trance by Knox's voice, Ying asked doubtfully: "What are you chasing?"

"Seno, everyone is so angry with you."

"...It's obviously you..." Ying said speechlessly, and then couldn't help but ask: "What should we do now? Now we and Sano have parted ways, right?"

"Don't let you chase me." Knox spread his hands: "The person he doesn't trust is me, not you. As long as you go over and make it clear that we are not the same person, there will be no problem."

Ying shook her head: "As long as what you do is not bad, I will stand by you no matter what."

"Heh." Knox sneered: "What if it's a bad thing?"

Ying was silent for a moment, and finally said: "If it's not particularly bad..."

"What if it's really bad?" Knox crossed his arms and tilted his head slightly, waiting for Ying's answer.

Even Paimon, who had always been talkative, was floating quietly aside at the moment, waiting for Ying's answer with his eyes wide open.

But Ying didn't answer, just pursed her lips and remained silent.

Knox smiled: "Just kidding, it's not a particularly bad thing, at least not this time."

As he spoke, he continued: "Go find Seno and follow him to investigate. Think of it as helping me."

"What about you?" Ying looked up at him.

"I..." Knox thought for a moment and blinked his left eye: "Keep it secret."

"..."

Ying sighed and turned towards the door, but before she walked out, she suddenly turned back to Knox and said, "Your hair is a bit messy, let me comb it for you."

"...Okay." Knox said with a smile.

……

The silky silver hair tips flowed through her fingertips. Ying stood behind Knox who was sitting lazily on the chair. She stroked the hair tips with one hand and ran the comb through the hair little by little with the other hand, smelling the familiar fragrance. Diffuse in the nose.

This time, Paimon, who was very discerning, had already consciously flown outside the door, so the room where they were alone seemed particularly quiet.

"The last time this happened was a long time ago..." The first person to break the silence was Ying: "But last time our positions were reversed."

"Really?" Knox responded casually.

"Do you remember? The day we really met."

"I don't remember." Knox said matter-of-factly.

"That's right..." There was no sadness or joy in Ying's voice. She sighed and said helplessly: "Is the only way to restore your memory is to pull out those nails on your body?"

Knox yawned and said, "Absolutely."

"Then I would rather you never recover..." Ying murmured softly, and then said: "Then how can you trust me now?"

"I trust you now." Knox leaned back on the chair.

"Then why don't you even tell me your purpose in Xumi? If it's not a bad thing or not particularly bad, I will help you no matter what it is. Even if it is a really bad thing, if it helps you, I will ...I won't stop it..." Ying clenched the comb in her hand.

"You can't help me, and there's no benefit in knowing. It's a long story, so I'm too lazy to talk about it." Knox said, smacking his lips: "By the way, have you combed your hair? It's so slow."

Ying was silent for a long time, and finally whispered: "Okay."

When she was done, she turned and walked away.

As Ying left, the room became even quieter. Knox also leaned his neck on the back of the chair, looking up at the wooden ceiling of the house with his face lifted.

"You really treat her differently from everyone else." Nasida's voice sounded in her mind.

Knox said casually: "Why is it different?"

"...For other people, you are trying to squeeze out as much value as possible, and you will not be lenient if you can take advantage of it, but Ying...you have been pushing her as far away from you as possible...but she has been trying hard to move towards Just get close."

"Oh." Knox responded lightly: "So, what do you want to express?"

"Do you... like her?" Nacida asked quietly, then quietly waited for the answer.

"You think too much. Now I only have one-seventh of the emotions of a normal person, far from the point where the so-called luxury emotion of [like] is born." Knox lowered his eyes and said calmly: "As for Why do you treat her differently...actually, I don’t know.”

As he spoke, he suddenly raised the corner of his mouth: "But I did find something very interesting."

"what?"

"Ying said, if I don't do something particularly bad, she will help me. Even if it is something particularly bad, she will not stop it as long as it is beneficial to me. It is like me and an innocent stranger are dying at the same time. , and if she can only save one person, she will choose me, but if she needs that person’s life to save me, she will choose to watch others take that person’s life to save me..."

After saying that, Knox smiled and said: "What if it were you? Oh, by the way, if the role is upgraded, and the innocent stranger is replaced by your devout believer, what would you choose?"

"...I..." Nasida was silent for a long time, then whispered: "I am not a qualified god..."

Knox understood the meaning. An unqualified god is still a god. If she were asked to choose between herself and her followers, she might choose herself, but if she was asked to kill her followers for herself, that would be Just kidding.

So Knox really smiled. The so-called "like" is such a luxury and cheap thing...

However, if it is Colombia... Knox thought for a while and shook his head in boredom. He didn't know or understand, so he couldn't judge.

"Then, the topic of entertainment ends here." He stood up from the chair: "The fish has bitten the hook, and I should make some preparations."

......

Port of Ormos——

"So, why is this fox here too?"

In front of the port, Knox crossed his arms and looked at the two foreign visitors who disembarked from the ship in a very low-key manner, with a strange expression.

Ying, who was wearing a white cloak that covered his face, said helplessly: "After the Son of God learned that I was coming to Xumi, she insisted on following me. I couldn't resist her."

"Oh~" Shenzi came over with a smile and hugged Knox's arm: "What you said about 'this fox' is really hurtful. You used to call me little fox. Of course, now , I hope you can call me 'Son of God'~"

Chapter 106 Solutions

While Knox pulled his arms out of Shenzi's soft embrace, he smiled warmly at the two of them: "Forget it, we've already come, then -"

"Welcome to Sumeru. Now I am half the host. You two have come all the way. I have arranged food, drink, accommodation and transportation. Come with me." After Knox said this, he turned around and walked in the other direction. go.

The teasing voice of the Son of God came from behind: "Sumiru is the country of the Grass God. How can you be considered half of the host now? It should be half and half~"

Knox ignored her plan and walked forward on his own. At the same time, he introduced the current situation to the two people following him, mainly the helper he had found - Ying.

"The consciousness of Little Lucky Grass King is in my mind. [Doctor] and [Skirmler] combined with the sages from the Order Academy to occupy Xumi City. Ying and some people who are preparing to stop their plan are in the desert. The current camp is probably so--"

"What we need to do now is to wait for [Skire Soldier]'s plan to become a god to be successfully implemented. Now [Skire Soldier] already possesses a complete demon god skeleton plus the negative emotions and resentment brought about by a war. In conjunction with what I have done before, The rivet fragment of [Rage] pulled out by Inazuma has completed the forgery of half a god's heart, and after [Doctor] helps him become a god, he will still have one-seventh of my power, and can do it for that A forged heart of God provides endless wrath to devour..."

Speaking of this, Knox turned back to look at Ying: "How much stronger are you after swallowing Shen Ying compared to when you fought with me before?"

Silently listening to Knox's story about the moment of reflection, he replied: "The power of Shen Ying is a bit beyond my expectation. I can't fully grasp it for the time being. As of now, it seems that it is about [-]%."

"It's not surprising that a good thing is not restricted by the laws of nature." Knox smiled and continued: "But excluding the fact that [Skid Soldiers] cannot fully grasp this huge power, [-]% is still the same. not enough."

After that, Knox sighed and muttered: "If I had known better, I wouldn't have forced Morax to help me fight Ruoduo. Now it's hard to trick him into helping me..."

"The God of Rocks in Liyue?" Hearing Knox's muttering, Ying walked up to him and said, "I have heard about Liyue's movements before, but even so, I think if you go to find If he helps, he probably won’t refuse.”

"Yeah, what are you sorry about~" Shenzi walked to the other side of him and said with a smile: "Didn't you beat Ying twice at Dao Wife before? As soon as you went to find her, she came over right away~"

"..." Ying glanced at a certain fox and said calmly: "Although you were the cause of it the first time, I was the winner. As for the second time, the person who fought with Nynox was the general. , I didn’t take action.”

"Oh, does that mean you beat him up, and then when he came to retaliate, you threw a puppet to take the blame? Shadow, you are so despicable!" Shenzi covered his mouth as if he was very surprised.

Shadow didn't want to talk to her anymore, and Knox was speechless.

"So if you don't want to ask the God of Rock for help..." Yingqing frowned and asked Knox, "Do you want to remove the second one?"

"No!" Shenzi, who had been teasing Ying and Knox just now, suddenly lost his leisurely look as if he was on vacation and blurted out negative words.

After saying that, she realized something and hurriedly covered her mouth and smiled: "I mean, isn't this too much of a loss? That's one-seventh of your soul, how can you use it for such a trivial matter? Besides, this is You’ve already spent so much time solving [Rage] this time, so what are you going to do with the next Original Sin you solve?”

Knox glanced at her sideways: "The order of unlocking the seals is rage-arrogance-sloth-greed-lust-gluttony-jealousy. When I was in Rice Wife, the only seal I could break was rage. And because some people are not good at business, the Fools have not obtained the Heart of God corresponding to the source of [Wisdom], so [Wrath] has not been suppressed for a long time, and they can only use the [Mercy] of my Queen to resist. .”

"But the non-correspondence between the source material and the original sin made this confrontation very weak, so the poisonous dragon of [Rage] became more and more powerful, coupled with the excessive use of unstable authority in some previous experiences, it became what it is now. , but the second seal that was unlocked was [Arrogance], and correspondingly, Morax’s [Foundation] is on me, so the effect will certainly not be the same.”

After saying this, he said with a smile: "As for one-seventh of the soul, it will be discarded in the end anyway. As long as you keep one before the last moment comes, it is enough."

"...You have been prepared to die again from the beginning..." Shenzi's face turned a little pale, and she could still remember what happened 500 years ago!Do it again... She couldn't accept it.

"Huh?" Knox asked curiously, "Why do you understand so well?"

After hearing this, Shenzi's expression softened slightly: "That's true, but is it a bit missing to only keep one-seventh in the end..."

"No, that's not what I'm talking about." Knox shook his head, and then sighed: "Forget it, it doesn't matter."

"So this time, do you still plan to unlock the new seal?" Ying said.

"If you have other ways to defeat the skirmishers at that time." Knox said casually.

"Based on our friendship... I think the God of Wind in Mondstadt would be willing to help you." Ying said hesitantly.

"Barbatos? I don't have much memory... I don't know how much power he has left. I don't even know if Rosalin, who was killed by you, got his Heart of God, deliberately hiding his strength. If not - I think The help he can provide may not be as good as this fox... the son of God." Knox looked at Ying: "Do you know?"

Ying shook his head: "Since you and your sister left one after another 500 years ago, I have not left Rice Wife. I also know very little about the situation of the God of Wind."

"Anyway, how about giving it a try? Isn't there still time?" Shenzi immediately said: "Let's just go and visit an old friend, how about that?"

"..." Knox said nothing. Undoubtedly, being able to solve the problem without removing the nails is naturally the best result. After all, the erosion of original sin is no joke, but going to Mondstadt to find Barbatos... In his current state, It seems like there’s only one way ticket available…

However, even if Barbatos really can't be of much help, as a god of wind, it's impossible for him not to be able to send himself back...

Thinking of this, Knox couldn't help but chuckle.

Chapter 107

The residence Knox prepared for Shadow and Shenzi was an exquisite courtyard located south of Ormos Port, near the coastline.

"Yeah, although it's not as good as Narukami Taisha Shrine, the scenery is pretty good." Kamiko walked into the yard, looked around, and nodded with satisfaction.