Ash didn't ask which path the Sword Maiden was planning to choose—he knew that the Sword Maiden would find it difficult to decide for a while.

Serenity is the ideal of the past, while tumult arises from a restless heart. The two paths represent two desires of the Sword Maiden that cannot coexist. It's like when one was young and thinking about which of the top universities to attend in the country; the Sword Maiden indeed needs some time to handle this sweet dilemma.

However, fate is like a knife, and the human heart is unpredictable. Even if the Sword Maiden makes a decision, she has to see if reality agrees with her decision. Perhaps the Sword Maiden has made up her mind, but on that side, fate insists on making a joke with her: when she wants to take risks, her family needs her care; when she seeks stability, she's pushed into the limelight by unexpected events...

In contrast, the Witch's Rainbow Blessing is more stable:

"Black and White Witch"

"Human Race·Female·19 years old"

"Bonds Level: 4 (75% experience sharing)"

"Silver Blessing: Witch's Taboo: Secrets grant you power, and concealment is your weapon. The fewer people who know your true self in reality, the stronger you become in the Void Realm. Currently, the Black and White Witch's concealment level is 80% (rarely known), gaining an 80% magic power recovery speed boost."

"Golden Blessing: Witch's Rebellion: Rebellion grants you power, and desire is your weapon. The more you wish to rebel against those who love you, or even harbor ill intent towards them, the stronger you become in the Void Realm. Currently, the Black and White Witch's rebellion level is 96% (filial piety has deteriorated), gaining 96% extra magic power."

"Rainbow Blessing: Witch's Worry: Worry grants you power, and dissatisfaction is your weapon. The more dissatisfied you are with your current self, the stronger you become in the Void Realm. Currently, the Witch's dissatisfaction level is 99% (hurry up and transform), gaining 99% extreme magic power capacity."

"Extreme Magic Power Capacity: A mage can enhance the effect of a single spell by consuming more magic power, currently able to consume up to 99% extra magic power, gaining 99% enhancement."

"Knowledge Curse: Bronze Dragon Secret Poison, Golden Fish Secret Poison, Seven-Colored Tail Secret Poison, Faded Dream Secret Poison."

The Witch's Rainbow Blessing is not only immediately useful but also very suitable for her. Her Silver Blessing increases magic power recovery speed, the Golden Blessing increases extra magic power, and the Rainbow Blessing's extreme magic power capacity can fully utilize her magic power advantage.

However...

"Are you very dissatisfied with yourself now?" Ash looked at the Witch with some concern and seriously asked, "In what aspect? Can we help you?"

"It's nothing really..." Diya's mouth twitched, her eyes wandering, "Just a bit dissatisfied with my appearance and figure... All girls are like this!"

Sonia and Weiser immediately scrutinized the Witch's beautiful face and slim, fair figure. It's worth knowing that the Void Realm and reality versions of oneself are almost entirely corresponding since the soul is your true perception of yourself. Hence, how you are in the Void Realm is how you are in reality.

Not to mention the looks—maybe the Witch really is dissatisfied with herself—but in terms of figure, the Witch's body is definitely the ideal figure that Sonia and Weiser both desire.

Although she is a Body Technique Master, the Witch's limbs have not become bulky, maintaining an appropriately healthy state. Sonia recently noticed that practicing swordsmanship has made her thighs increasingly muscular.

As for other aspects of her figure, there isn't an extra pound too many or a pound too few; she's practically a perfect clothes hanger. Sonia has always been dissatisfied with her bust, which has forced her to give up on some pretty clothes due to their size. After taking up sword practice, the weight made her shoulders noticeably sore, unlike Ingrid who does not have this problem. Weiser, who was naturally weak in both soul and body, even after cultivating the Weak Faction, could only maintain health, while Vione inherited all the physique advantages, and for ease of movement, always binds it, naturally favoring the healthy physique of the Witch.

Whether men like it or not is unknown, but the Witch definitely sports an angelic physique much admired by women, and yet you're still dissatisfied? 99% dissatisfied!?

Noticing the look of 'are you showing off' in the Sword Maiden Weiser's eyes, Diya could say nothing for her own troubles.

She is dissatisfied with her reality as a white-haired young girl!

The Witch isn't without a solution to this problem; spells like Reverse Moon or Reverse Year Technique Spirit could restore her from the white-haired young girl form to her 18-year-old adult form.

But the issue is, before solving the Divine Being of Gospel, she doesn't dare revert back!

If she returns to her original form and Ash suddenly returns to Gospel and sees an Empress Yisu identical to the Witch in the Imperial Palace, he will naturally figure out the whole story in an instant, and then Diya would be hacked by the Divine Being of Gospel due to her failure to keep secrets.

Hence, Diya must maintain the appearance of little Liss, even if Ash comes back she has to keep pretending, until she resolves the Divine Being of Gospel to reveal her true identity.

For this reason, it is only logical that Diya is 99% dissatisfied with her white-haired young girl form. The remaining 1% may be because she's always wanted to play a prank on Ash—imagine, after Ash returns to Gospel, one night little Liss insists on sleeping with him, only for him to wake up in the morning to find a stunning beauty in his arms... that would be so much fun!

Although a bit worried, since Diya wanted to gloss over the topic, Ash chose not to delve deeper either. Respect means acknowledging the other's capability for independence and autonomy and offering a helping hand when needed.

"Youlan Weiser"

"Human Race·Female·24 years old"

"Bonds Level: 4 (75% experience sharing)"

"Silver Blessing: Youlan Weiser's Protective Color: A weak scholar will always receive more affection. If you've ever had a good impression of Youlan Weiser, it's hard to harbor ill will against her."

"Golden Blessing: Youlan Weiser's Armament Color: A smart scholar will always find suitable prey. Targets locked by Youlan Weiser easily become foolish and lose intelligence. When one's side's situation is markedly superior to Youlan Weiser's, the target will discover signs of Youlan Weiser's hidden cards from the details, fear, and voluntarily abandon; when one's side's situation is markedly inferior to Youlan Weiser's, the target will use various reasons to convince themselves of their advantage, give up escape, and actively choose self-destruction. However, intelligence soon returns to normal."

"Rainbow Blessing: Youlan Weiser's Observation Haki: A lonely scholar always avoids crowds. Youlan Weiser can notice all personnel movements within 100 meters. When others develop a pursuit of Youlan Weiser, she will feel it. This effect does not apply to those she wishes to see."

"Curse of Knowledge: Vortex Secret Poison, Illusion Mirror Dragon Secret Poison, Faded Dream Secret Poison."

After listening to Ash introduce his Rainbow Blessing, Weiser was silent for a moment before suddenly asking, "Do you know all my blessings?"

"Yes." Ash had just finished speaking when he realized why Weiser's expression was so strange.

Protective Color and Armament Color!

Unlike everyone else's blessings, Weiser's Silver Blessing, Protective Color, is a passive aura that immediately affects anyone who has a favorable opinion of her, and naturally, Ash and the others are no exception.

Even if there is no conflict now, knowing the existence of the Protective Color, next time when a disagreement arises and people compromise, Ash can't help but wonder: has he been influenced by the Protective Color to compromise with Weiser?

The strength of the Protective Color lies in its ability to influence others without them noticing, but its weakness is that once people are aware of it, it becomes a source of endless apprehension.

Not to mention the Armament Color, a powerful hidden offensive blessing that catches people off guard.

Weiser was well aware of all this. Though her talent might not surpass that of the Sword Maiden Witch when facing enemies, as a teammate, her talent was undeniably effective.

The Mercury Wooden Horse vaguely sensed this and thus deployed people from other regions to assassinate her rather than directly ordering her subordinates.

She was a traitor blessed by the Void Realm, a mole surviving on devouring trust.

However, after pondering for a moment, Ash also revealed the effects of Weiser's Protective Color and Armament Color to the Sword Maiden Witch. Just as Weiser was feeling disheartened, Ash began talking about his own blessing effects:

"Silver Blessing: Observer's Appearance: Your appearance is beguiling, and unless you act unusually, others will subconsciously overlook your presence. Enhanced in the Void Realm, unless there exists a close bond, others cannot clearly see your face."

"Golden Blessing: Listener's Lament: Your presence is beguiling, and unless you actively seek danger to die, others' hostility towards you decreases by one level. Enhanced in the Void Realm, unless there exists a close bond, others find it difficult to feel killing intent towards you."

"Rainbow Blessing: Minstrel's Speech: Your words are beguiling, and unless your statements are too far-fetched, others will tend to believe you. Enhanced in the Void Realm, unless there exists a close bond, others will at least believe you for one second."

This time, Ash was very satisfied with his Rainbow Blessing!

While it doesn't enhance attack power like the Sword Maiden, nor does it bolster spell casting like the Witch, nor does it improve reconnaissance capabilities like Weiser, compared to the "Observer's Appearance" for lurking or "Listener's Lament" for reducing hostility, "Minstrel's Speech" is at least an active skill!

Not just in everyday life, Minstrel's Speech could also yield miraculous effects in battle, such as Ash shouting 'I am your father' during a fight, whereby anyone would believe him for a second!

Unless they meet someone who would kill their own father without hesitation, everyone would hesitate for a second! In a legendary level battle, this one second is enough for Ash to turn the tables!

The Sword Maiden and Witch both expressed that such a skill shouldn't have been granted to Ash.

"Isn't it just too easy for the Observer to deceive people in the future!?" Diya, who forbids others from deceiving her while deceiving others herself, was quite anxious.

"Deceiving is secondary; the stronger aspect of this blessing lies in its ability for gradual brainwashing." Sonia remarked softly, "If he continuously feeds us some odd values, we might unwittingly be molded into his puppets—"

"Stop, stop, stop!" Ash exclaimed, "This is the Void Realm praising my honesty and kindness, how can you, with preconceived notions, assume I will use this blessing for bad? I won't deceive anyone!"

"So, does that mean you might feed us strange value systems?"

"Isn't it normal for values to clash during casual conversations? As the saying goes, the truth becomes clearer through debate, and everyone can talk about current affairs more often, like whether a game should be exclusive to one platform or released on all..."

"Are you really talking about games?"

Watching them bickering and bantering as usual, Weiser suddenly felt her nose tingle and couldn't help laughing.

She understood Ash's underlying message—yes, your blessing has a special attack on teammates, but my blessing isn't weak either! If a rift in trust arises purely because of blessing effects, then I would be the most suspicious one.

Just like how the Sword Maiden Witch wouldn't doubt Ash, she earned everyone's trust, perhaps due to everyday accumulation, or maybe because of the Shared Life and Death in the Dream Heaven.

Finally, the moment everyone was most curious about arrived—the Faded Dream Secret Poison!

"Faded Dream Secret Poison"

"Number of Infected by Secret Poison: 10"

"Secret Poison Enhancement Level: 10%"

"Current Effects of Secret Poison: ① You can convert Seven-colored Magic Power to Main Color Magic Power at a 60:40 ratio; ② When using Main Color Magic Power to drive a Technique Spirit below Four-winged, it can achieve an effect equivalent to Four-winged; ③ While holding this Secret Poison, all your Colorless Magic Power will transform into Main Color Magic Power, using Main Color Magic Power to drive Four-winged Technique Spirit reduces Magic Power consumption by 10%, and the same color Technique Spirit receives a significant boost. (Enhancement Level reaching 11% will reduce the gains)."

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