Chapter 789 - Falsehood and Reality (1/2)

Roland laid his hand on Nia’s face again.

She was not an illusion.

Her skin was warm and elastic, and had a tiny dent where his finger pressed into it.

Nia’s face got even redder, and she breathed more heavily.

Roland’s hands fell to her neck again. With her eyes closed, she subconsciously flinched and crossed her arms nervously, but she didn’t open her eyes either.

The atmosphere became more and more intimate.

Roland realized that too. He stopped and asked again, “Why are you not transparent?” “What are you talking about?” Nia opened her eyes and puffed out her cheeks angrily. Why did this guy have to ruin the atmosphere by saying that? “Transparent? My clothes will never be transparent.”

Sigh! Roland heaved a long sigh.

Nia was just like Andonara. Why were women always thinking so strangely?

He wasn’t thinking about sex at all.

Exactly at this moment, Nia shivered and slightly narrowed her eyes. Several seconds later, she said, “The goddess informed me to take you to the Paradise of Life.”

Roland suddenly thought of something when he heard that… Nia was an angel, and a substantial being. Then, were the other angels in the paradise substantial too?

What about the Life Goddess?

Roland was about to teleport himself away, when Nia grabbed his hand and said, “I’m coming with you.”

“Okay.”

They reached the floating city and then teleported to the Paradise of Life with the floating city as a platform.

On the clouds in the Paradise of Life, Roland looked at the angels around him, including Claudia the Archangel, and found that they were all transparent.

But he wasn’t disappointed, because the Life Goddess who stood before him was substantial.

“Nia, stay here. The rest of you will leave.”

Claudia nodded and flew away with the other angels.

Then, the Life Goddess unfolded a soundproof barrier.

The barrier was made of divine power and guaranteed that nobody in this world could eavesdrop on them. Roland looked at the Life Goddess passionately.

At this moment, the Life Goddess, however, sat down on a chair and looked at Roland wearily. “It seems that you’ve discovered the anomalies of this world.”

Seeing how fatigued the Life Goddess was, Nia was quite shocked. She quickly walked to her and asked, “Goddess, what’s wrong? Did something happen in the Paradise of Life?” As far as Nia remembered, the Life Goddess was always calm and graceful. She had never seen her so helpless.

“I’m fine.” The Life Goddess waved her hands and looked at Roland. “You must have a lot of questions.”

Roland nodded.

Nia looked at them suspiciously.

The Life Goddess pointed her finger at Nia, who instantly sat down on the soft clouds and fell asleep.

“What are you doing?”.

“Nia is actually my clone,” said the Life Goddess rather awkwardly. “One that has consciousness.”

So, was Nia sent to monitor him?

Noticing the suspicion in Roland’s eyes, the Life Goddess shook her head and said, “She’s not there to monitor you, but to take a closer look at you.”

She seemed rather shy, and less helpless, when she said that.

Roland thought for a moment and realized that it was truly unnecessary for her to monitor him.

Nia was a girl who loved traveling and shopping and who was rarely around. She had done a terrible job if she was sent to monitor him.

“Let’s talk about the things you want to know.” The Life Goddess seemed disappointed again. “As you can see, this world is false, and so am I.”

It was indeed the case!

Roland sighed. He already guessed it when he saw the transparent angels.

He agreed with the former half of the Life Goddess’s statement, but disagreed with the latter half. “Why do you say you’re fake? You’re not transparent.”

“But in another world, there’s another Life Goddess named Elyse. I’m just one of her mental fragments.” The Life Goddess seemed bitter. “Right now, I can feel the orders and emotions from Elyse in another dimension. She’s angrily trying to take me back and make me part of her again.”

After a moment of silence, Roland asked, “Do you want to fuse with her again?”

“Of course not.” The Life Goddess shook her head. “I have my own thoughts, experiences, and love.”

She gazed at Roland. “I don’t want to become part of her, because I can tell that she doesn’t know you and I can’t meet you again if I’m fused with her.”

Hearing that, Roland put on a helplessly smile. “It was rather unreasonable of you to put an equality contract on me. You must know what that means, right?”

She nodded and explained in a low voice, “I knew you before Mystra did. Why did she get to do that?”

“In fact, you don’t have to be jealous of her at all. She’s fake!”

Roland’s heart was rather painful when he said that.

Andonara was fake, Mystra was fake, and so were all the other NPCs. Their emotions must be the simulations of this game world too.

Did his feelings for them actually mean nothing?

“She’s not entirely fake.” After a moment of hesitation, the Life Goddess decided to tell him what she knew. “There’s a connection between their illusions and themselves. In fact, they all know you, but I don’t know about the details.”

Roland suddenly remembered the thin line that was almost entirely transparent behind Andonara’s head. Was that a “networking cable”?

So, all the NPCs had logged into this game just like the players did. However, they had only one life, and the game was a complete simulation of the real world they were in?

They weren’t entirely fake?

If that were true, then everything would make sense.

“Why are you not connected to the other Elyse?” asked Roland.

At this moment, Roland had discovered that there were no cables behind Elyse’s head.

Right… Nia, who was sleeping on the ground, didn’t have one either.

“I don’t know.” Elyse stroked her forehead sadly. “My old memories belong to the other Elyse. The world I’m in is false. I can tell that it’s vanishing. Even though the vanishing isn’t too fast, the world will disappear sooner or later, and so will I.”

Roland stepped up and gently hugged Elyse. “That’s all right. I’ll figure out a solution.”

Although she was a little bit shy, Elyse didn’t resist. Instead, she intimately laid her head on Roland’s shoulder and pressed herself into his arms. “Okay, I trust you.”

They cuddled warmly.

However, Elyse’s face became redder and redder, because Roland was having an erection.

Roland hadn’t enjoyed himself when he slept with Andonara in the past few days. After all, he felt like he was doing it with the air. So, he was feeling quite horny.

Without much hesitation, Roland laid his hands on Elyse’s breasts. He didn’t have to undo the first button, which was already in his inventory. He undid the second button. Elyse turned her head aside and didn’t dare to look at him. Her face was entirely red.

Roland took a deep breath, impressed by the big and elastic bosom that the goddess who was responsible for life had made for herself.

Then, he buried his head in them without hesitation.