Candy Wizard and Travel

It's not far or close to the forest, so it's convenient but not contaminated by magic. The city walls are strong and neat. If there weren't the huge decorative painting of a sword with unknown meaning on it, it might give people a better sense.

Um?It seems like a rude idea.

Xidi frowned slightly, then relaxed.

After resting last night, Irena, who claimed to have had enough of the inexplicable "senior element", transformed from a cat into an energetic human being. Her habit as a traveler made her want to know things about strange countries, especially The "Land of Honesty" sounds like a very fishy place.

She walked forward and compared it with the map in her hand, "Well, I see from the map that this is..."

“This is the land of honesty, now.”

"The name was changed half a year ago. Just like the name now, no one in this country can 'lie' anymore, witches."

"And once you enter the country, you two won't be able to lie anymore."

The two city guards seemed to be very talkative, and were used to explaining that there were not many people entering the city now, so they were willing to chat with the magician, as if they knew everything.

If what they say is true, then what they say is true…

Hey, Xidi was a little curious about this country where people couldn't lie. She handed over the candy out of habit and asked.

"Then why is it so?"

They thanked them and accepted the candy.

"It's because the sword in the king's hand has incredible power, and a barrier has been established throughout the country that cannot lie. It does sound suspicious. As for why this is the case, we also want to know, but this is the principle."

"sword?"

Xidi looked up at the huge mural on the city wall. It was a young-looking blond man wearing a crown, holding a somewhat exaggerated giant sword in his hand.

"Uh... it's in bad taste, it's so ugly." Irena blurted out.

"Hahahaha, that's it, Miss Witch, just getting close will make you honest." Shiroe laughed.

Another city guard nodded, "Actually, we think so too. So, do you two want to enter the country?"

"It feels very interesting, senior brother... I'm not saying that senior brother is very interesting."

Under some magical power, the girl revealed some not-so-good thoughts.

Xi Di stood in front of the city gate, stretched out her hand tentatively into the city.

A strange magic power came over, and its nature was... He looked at the registration book for entering the city again, and another part lingered there, which reminded Xi Di of something familiar.

For a period of time, in order to solve the problem of magic power, Fran proposed a reverse strategy of cutting off sources and opening up flows. She also pursued the contracted magic all over the world, trying to support her familiars to consume magic power.

There is also the shadow of contract magic in this country, and it seems that the level is not low. This reminds Xidi of the association's polygraph crystal ball 3000. The principle of that is to drink the potion of integrity to establish a second mind to examine oneself. Anything that violates the objective and My answer will trigger an alarm, but I don’t know how to detect lies here.

A simple understanding is that in this country, for everyone who enters the city, the two acts of "signing" and "entering the city" will be regarded as a contract, because in the magic field, whether you know it or not, it is voluntary, or A double contract, so the binding force of magic is particularly strong.

There is only one clause in the contract: you are not allowed to lie.

Even if he wants to break the contract here, he must first expose his horns and tail to increase his magic resistance.

But it doesn't matter. He is not good at lying usually, so it doesn't matter if he goes in, but what Irena said... Thinking of the scene where the junior sister didn't tell the truth when she was doing business without capital, Xi Di was a little worried.

But since she's so interested, let's go in.

Xi Di nodded, and Irena didn't know what she thought of. Her eyebrows were curved, revealing an eager and slightly cunning smile, but she was still very cute.

Hmm... I have this kind of thought, and it has indeed been affected.

"So--"

The city guards stood on both sides of the city gate, bowed slightly and shouted in unison:

"Master Witch, welcome to our country - this garbage-like country!"

It was an unexpected and reasonable revelation of my heart.

……

The city was unexpectedly lively, or rather overly lively.

"Good morning, boss, you've become a lot bald recently."

"You too, if you don't think about losing weight anymore, you can only find a sow as a partner."

"Today's weather is just like yours in the middle of the night yesterday. Can you please be quieter? Don't bother with that thing even if you can't find a woman."

"What are you looking at? Your eyes are so disgusting!"

"It's a bit obscene to say, I just... but when I saw your face, forget it. My demands are not high, but they must be more or less human."

"..."

In just a short while, I heard all kinds of comments that made people want to complain but didn't know where to start.

Xidi observed that after saying those words, there was a tired embarrassment and habit on their faces. Of course they couldn't accept having their pain points pointed out every day. This habit was for the helplessness of life.

Sometimes when everyone reveals something like black history, it won't be embarrassing, but more often than not, everyone hurts each other.

Irena and Hidi looked at each other and shook their heads.

Although I had expected it when we were at the city gate, it was still a bit bad to be this bad... There was a feeling that if this went on, everyone would have to pack up their things and go their separate ways sooner or later. There were all kinds of deeply hidden secrets, and it was very disturbing. The shameful things have been exposed, who can live with it?

Xidi decided to give this country the nickname "The Country of Black History".

However, it is understandable to have such a current situation. After all, lies are a spiritual necessity in life and a necessary adhesive in interpersonal relationships. A world without lies will probably be realized when everyone turns into orange juice. Bar.

Anyway, Miss Irena felt that she couldn't accept it.

"Okay, senior brother, it's terrible here. Let's find a hotel and stay there quickly. I haven't kissed senior brother for a long time, and I'm a little hungry now. I'll give it a try for an hour first—"

"..."

Xidi looked at his junior sister in silence.

Irena silently averted her eyes and made a zipper motion on her lips.

- Damn honest!Her image!

Moving to the side without leaving a trace, Xidi pretended not to hear what she just said, restraining herself from expressing her true feelings frankly.

"Anyway, let's go shopping first. It's too early now. I'm still very interested in this country." He turned and walked aside.

A smile appeared on Irena's face again.

It's too early...

That's it.

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"Ahem, I'm a little bit...a bit...no matter how I look at it, she is a perfect, young, cute and talented girl!"

Out of fun, Irena tried to lie. She was going to simply say "I'm not beautiful at all", which immediately triggered the contract, and the punishment for breach of contract was to tell the truth loudly. Her tone suddenly rose, making Everyone around looked over.

Then they nodded and went back to doing their own thing in silence, not knowing whether to say they were well-informed or numb.

Xidi quickly pulled her junior sister away.

"Ah, I really can't lie," Irena smiled and hugged her senior brother's arm. "It's really embarrassing to say something like that - it's a lie."

Xidi has just confirmed the principle that this country cannot lie - every word spoken will be judged by the barrier mechanically reading the person's true thoughts.

For relatively broad content, such as XXX being the most beautiful woman in the country, it is necessary to expand the scope to read more people's thoughts. If it goes against the cognition of most people, it will be corrected to a result that is in line with people's cognition.

There is no way to understand the finer details. Most of the time, this result can be called fair.

But Xidi is very sure that the distorted words will never have so many modifiers. Those were all added by Irena herself. Of course, if they are not distorted, it means that they are indeed the truth.

"What do you think, brother?"

"what?"

"What I just said, I care very much about senior brother's opinion."

Irena frankly said something that she would never be able to say directly under normal circumstances. She stuck out her tongue a little shyly, but she was also looking forward to Hidi's opinion.

"If I think..."

In the past, he would pour some cold water on the junior sister who was about to float. At least he would not follow her words. He would probably reply, "It would be better to be more modest," or "Stand up like a kitten." Where's the tail? Wouldn't it be a bit embarrassing?" Such words.

But now when he was about to say something, there was a slight movement under his hair and tail bone. His body was interfered with by abnormal magic power, and his instinct began to resist.

This is on the street, and if it suddenly grows horns and a tail, it will probably be watched by people.

So, the result was that on the street, something like this was said loudly:

"Well, Irena is very cute!"

People around him looked over again, nodded in agreement, and continued to do their own things.

Xi Di's face turned red all the way to her neck, and she pulled Irena to change places again. His junior sister clenched her fists, looking very happy.

……

Attempts at lying were terminated by the coercive magical means of Hidi, and they began to understand the country.

Ignoring the junior sister next to her who was smiling strangely because she didn't know what she was thinking, Xidi continued to observe this place.

Leaving the noisy place just now, the whole country has an unusually quiet atmosphere. People walking on the street here wave their hands to each other, which is very inconvenient to communicate. However, as long as they don't speak, they won't express their feelings, and it seems relatively harmonious. , is a helpless choice.

But after all, there are only a few people who can remain silent. Turning around the street, there is a lively scene again. Dressed in the classic magician costume, Irena also has a witch brooch on her chest. The generous witches have always been popular.

"That witch lady over there who seems to eat bread a lot, would you like to buy some of my bread? It's now [-]% off - even though it's doubled from the original price."

"Look here, look here! Miss witches, my bread has been kept at the original price. It's not that delicious and is hard after being stored overnight. There are still some leftovers from the day before yesterday, but I still sell them at the fixed price. Buy it quickly. "

Irena struggled to maintain a smile, "What are you talking about? Who would buy that kind of garbage?"

Ah, because she spoke her heart directly, she was about three points more venomous than usual. She quietly looked at her senior brother's expression and found that he didn't care.

"Making the materials like this is also a waste." Xidi nodded in agreement.

"What are you talking about? Long-term storage will make the taste worse, but it doesn't mean it cannot be eaten. Come and buy it, okay?"

As if they were used to speaking their minds, they started messing around.

Xi Di raised her wand. At this moment, this was quite convincing.

The vendors left angrily.

It would be a big mistake to think that this is the only level. A city without lies is like a photo of an Internet celebrity without filters and makeup, clearly showing its mediocre and even a little bad side in front of people.

Since this country promotes a "country of upright and honest people", of course it is not just as simple as being unable to tell lies. Including the words on the sign, all the symbols that can express the meaning are daubed in and out, which is very complicated. Be objective and honest:

“The best bakery in the country – only I’d be stupid enough to open it.”

"A talented painter who comes once in 50 years comes to our store to provide guidance - because he is 50 years old."

This is all fine.

"New product recommended by the store manager! After trying it myself, I was full of praise - it's a lie! It's like shit! Even dogs won't eat it!"

It's very hurtful, in every sense of the word.

"A suspenseful masterpiece written by a newcomer! The author himself was extremely surprised by the plot - because it was surprisingly bad!"

"The delicious red wine produced by the beauty XXXX little angel in a certain village, the taste that makes men intoxicated! No wonder, who wants to drink the foot washing water of a big man, and rush to take action."

"The efficacy of the new product has increased by 80% compared to the past! Because it was very weak both in the past and now."

Irena also fell silent.

The daubing of large and small slogans and signboards cannot be said to damage the appearance of the city, but can only be said to be unsightly.

"Is this country going to end?"

"Well, it's about to end."

Ah, if you can say something like this, it means that the majority of the people think so, right?It is probably really going to be sent, but if it is messed up like this, there will be big problems only if there are no problems.

Someone on the street corner was cursing the king, and not only was he scolding, but the people around him were also scolding him.

"Are you kidding, am I going to snitch - yes, people who report dissatisfaction with the policy recently can get a sum of money."

In the end, the man chose the latter between fists and scolding. He seemed to want to be more reserved, but in the end the contract was triggered. His loud words attracted the sideways glances of half the street:

"The king is a psychotic bastard! It's like he has fish in his head! Let's finish him quickly!"

People on the street looked over and nodded in agreement. This time they didn't do their own thing and began to curse.

"How dare you!" The city guards grabbed the man who had just spoken loudly and shouted angrily, "You will stay in prison for six months!"