NOVEL NEXT Ch. 13
Chapter 13: The Officials Stepped In, and the Whole Server Boiled Over!
When 【Alchemy Genius】 rushed out of the Forgotten Library’s gate like a cannonball, the thousands of Players guarding outside instantly boiled over.
“He’s out! He’s out!”
“How was it, how was it? What’s the situation inside?”
“Did you see our Wife? What did she say to you?”
The Players swarmed around him all at once, bombarding him with questions, as if they wished they could swallow him alive.
【Alchemy Genius】 was startled by the scene, but the moment he thought of the heavy responsibility he carried, he immediately straightened his chest.
He did not answer any questions, but instead, in an unprecedentedly solemn tone, loudly declared to everyone:
“Brothers and sisters of the Knights!”
“I, 【Alchemy Genius】, have lived up to everyone’s expectations! I successfully met our Mophis Wife!”
“And! I have received from her personally a sacred and glorious mission!”
He raised the 【Starshine Veil Design Diagram】 high in his hand, as though it were a victorious banner.
“Our Wife… needs a new dress! She has entrusted this glorious mission to me! To all of us!”
“And also!” He took a deep breath and dropped another heavy bombshell.
“Our Wife… is hungry! She wants to eat the 【Sunflower Cake】 from the Capital!”
The moment these words came out, the crowd fell deathly silent—then erupted in a tsunami of cheers.
“A new dress! Wife is going to wear a new dress!”
“Holy shit! I knew it! Our ‘Fashion Design Department’s’ efforts weren’t in vain!”
“Hungry? Wife is hungry! This is unacceptable! Quick! Who’s in the Capital? Get to the Royal Pastry Shop right now! Buy out the whole place!”
“Sunflower Cake, right? I’ll buy it right away! Even if I go bankrupt, I’ll make sure Wife gets the very first hot one!”
The scene instantly spiraled out of control.
Countless Players frantically crushed their return-to-town scrolls, their destination locked onto the Capital, St.
Orleans.
【Mad Blade】 and 【Pierce-Through-Heart】 exchanged glances, both seeing the same shock and ecstasy in each other’s eyes.
They knew—this was yet another perfect opportunity to greatly enhance the cohesion and honor of the “Knights.”
【Mad Blade】 made a snap decision and immediately issued a series of commands in the Knights’ highest command channel.
“【Tailors’ Association】, hear me! President 【A Thread of Life】, bring your top masters to the Capital’s central plaza immediately! The best tailors in the entire server shall have the honor of making Wife’s new dress with their own hands!”
“【Logistics Division】, hear me! Take immediate stock of our guild warehouse.
Gather all high-grade materials that can be used! Money is no issue! Materials must be sufficient!”
“【Combat Division】, hear me! Our brother 【Alchemy Genius】 is going to the Capital to buy pastries.
Assemble the strongest escort team! From here to the Capital teleportation array, set guards every hundred meters, every ten meters a sentry! Ensure the absolute safety of our brother 【Alchemy Genius】 and the mission items! Not a single hair on his head shall be harmed!”
“All brothers already in the Capital! Head straight to the Royal Pastry Shop! Maintain order! Today, Sunflower Cake belongs only to our Knights! Whoever dares to fight for it becomes the enemy of us all!”
One order after another—instantly, the entire 【Mophis Wife Knights】 operated like a finely tuned war machine running at maximum speed.
Their organizational discipline and execution left all the unaffiliated Players dumbfounded.
This… this wasn’t a game anymore.
It was more professional than a real army!
And just as the Players went wild over Mophis’s new dress and snacks, none of them noticed that the official website of 《Aincrad Era》 had quietly updated with an announcement.
【World Lore Update: The Tragic Song of the Forgotten Dynasty’s Last Descendant】
At first, this announcement was like a stone cast into a calm lake, not drawing much attention.
But soon, sharp-eyed Players spotted it and posted the link on the forum.
The official forum of 《Aincrad Era》, within mere minutes, saw its traffic shatter historical records.
The server even lagged briefly.
When Players finally squeezed into the forum and saw the two official stickied and highlighted announcements, everyone went insane.
【World Lore Update: The Tragic Song of the Forgotten Dynasty’s Last Descendant】
【Main Storyline Chapter One Officially Begins: “The Bloom of the White Rose”】
“Holy shit! Holy shit! What did I just see! The officials! The officials have stepped in!”
“The Tragic Song of the Forgotten Dynasty’s Last Descendant? Is this… Wife’s exclusive background story? Who else in the whole game could get this treatment?!”
“Open it! Open it quick! What’s inside?”
Countless Players clicked the background story with a pilgrim’s reverence.
As the poetic yet sorrowful words slowly unfolded before their eyes, the entire forum’s discussion section sank into a strange silence, one mixed with heartbreak and ecstasy.
【She guarded alone this vast tomb, burying all her family and memories, growing from a little girl into a maiden.】
【Books were her only companions. Loneliness was her eternal nourishment.】
【She longed for sunlight, yet feared to leave her sanctuary. She longed to speak with others, yet had long forgotten how to smile.】
These few lines pierced like knives into every single heart of the “Knights.”
“Ughhh… I’m broken, brothers. I’m a three-hundred-pound man, and I’m crying like a child.”
“No wonder! No wonder Wife is so shy of strangers! No wonder she’s always so lonely! So she grew up locked inside the Library, all alone!”
“From a little girl to a maiden… my god, she spent her most beautiful youthful years all alone! No friends, no family, only cold books! Just imagining it makes me suffocate!”
“‘Loneliness was her eternal nourishment’—Dev team, you monsters! How could you write something so cruel! I’m mailing you knives!”
If their affection before still carried a trace of possessiveness toward a beautiful NPC, now that emotion had completely transcended.
They no longer felt like simple Players—they were a band of saviors carrying a sacred mission.
But Players’ minds were never one-track.
While most were weeping over Mophis’s tragic past, the “scholars” in the 【Mophis Cultural Research Institute】 had already begun a new round of disturbingly deep analysis.
A thread from the “Story Analysis Division” shot straight to the hot posts.
【Shocking Details! A Deep Dive into Wife’s ‘Blank’ Attributes and Potential Development Based on the Official Lore!】
The poster was none other than 【Data Emperor】, who had previously theorized the “Sacred Stone Cry for Help.”
“Everyone! Focus on a key point! Wife grew ‘from a little girl into a maiden,’ and she was ‘all alone’! Do you understand? This means her entire adolescence had zero real interaction with the outside world!”
“Her understanding of the world came solely from books! Her grasp of relationships and emotions is purely theoretical! She is a completely pure, perfectly blank page!”
“Every smile we’ve seen before—the officials confirmed—was ‘the result of her effort to learn.’ This means she’s awkwardly, clumsily, imitating humans from books to try to communicate with us!”
The moment this analysis dropped, the forum’s atmosphere instantly twisted.
“Holy shit! Data Emperor is god forever! So you’re saying Wife… doesn’t understand anything?”
“Right! She might not even know what romance is! Her kindness to us might just be that she sees us as ‘friendly, food-giving creatures’!”
“Shhh—! This setting… I’m done! Completely done! A blank page, brothers! This means we could be the first to leave colors on it! And personally, I like the purest white!”
“Shut up, you’re sus! What do you mean by leaving colors? So pretentious! Let’s be real—this means we can hand-hold Wife and personally teach her what happiness is!”
“Officer! We’ve got a pervert here! Arrest him! And take me too while you’re at it!”
“You bunch of degenerates! Can’t your thoughts be pure? What we should be doing is rescuing her! Guiding her! Letting her feel the warmth of the world! Of course… if some happy things happen while she’s feeling warmth, that’s reasonable too, hehe…”