NOVEL NEXT Ch. 14
Chapter 14: Official Certification, Licking Wife with Tears in Eyes!
The entire forum had completely turned into a carnival of LSPs.
Their love for Mophis, with the added fuel of her “officially certified” tragic backstory and “pure white paper” setting, became even more fanatical, and even more unrestrained.
And the tailors of the “Clothing Design Department” went outright crazy.
“White Rose! The official definition for our wife is ‘the white rose growing at the edge of the abyss’! This theme is amazing!”
The president, 【A Thread of Life】, shouted excitedly in the department channel: “The 【Starshine Veil Design Diagram】 that brother 【Alchemy Genius】 brought out before was just an appetizer! Now, we’re going to design an entire series of ‘White Rose’-themed outfits for our wife!”
“I suggest we use the softest silk, symbolizing her fragility! The hem of the skirt should be adorned with tiny diamonds, symbolizing her resilience shining in the darkness!”
“No way! I think it should be an off-shoulder design! Didn’t the official say she longed for sunlight? We need to let her embrace the sun more boldly! Let her fair skin feel the warmth of the world!”
“You call that longing for sunlight? I don’t even want to point out what that really is! But… I agree! Not just off-shoulder—there must be lace! White rose with lace, absolutely perfect!”
“And, and! Nightgowns! Do you all still remember the nightgown our wife wore before? We need to design a hundred different styles of nightgowns! So she can wear a new one every single day!”
The players’ passion was completely ignited, and when they saw the second announcement, that passion instantly transformed into action.
【Chapter One Main Storyline Officially Begins: ‘The Bloom of the White Rose’】
【Quest Acquisition Method: All members of the ‘Mophis Wife Knights’ will automatically receive it.】
“Main quest! It’s the main quest storyline!”
“We’re a legitimate army now! The officials have recognized our ‘Knights’! Brothers, what an honor this is!”
“Automatic acceptance! As long as you’re a Knights member, you get it automatically! This prestige! Who else can compare!”
“Quest reward… ‘Miss Mophis’s Gratitude’! Holy crap! I don’t care about the exp or gold, I just want that! Wife’s gratitude! What could it be? Another smile? Or… will she say with her own mouth, ‘Onii-chan, I’ve liked you for a long time’?”
“Stop dreaming.”
“Quit guessing! What are we waiting for? Where are the monsters? ‘Book monsters,’ right? If we don’t clear out every one around the library today, I’ll write my ID backwards!”
“For our wife! For the glory of the Knights! For the main quest! Charge!”
In an instant, players across the Huaxia server, like worker bees receiving the highest command, surged from all directions toward the Western Wasteland.
The glow of teleportation arrays almost never ceased.
What was once only a gathering of several thousand people around the library broke through one hundred thousand in just an hour! And the number was still increasing at a terrifying pace!
The entire Western Wasteland was filled with players, all wearing the uniform emblem of the 【Mophis Wife Knights】 above their heads, frenziedly hunting a newly spawned monster resembling a book with fangs and claws.
“Found one! Here’s a ‘Rabid Introduction to Magic’!”
“Don’t steal! I saw it first! Let me do it! I want to offer the first ‘Shattered Page’ to our wife!”
“Get lost! Survival of the fittest! Watch my Whirlwind Slash!”
The shouts of battle and the flashing light of skills rose one after another.
The scene was chaotic, yet strangely feverish and orderly.
Everyone was focused, motivated, and determined.
……
Meanwhile, inside the library, in the private reading room on the second floor.
Mophis was reclining contentedly on the soft couch.
She had just successfully tricked that sucker 【Alchemy Genius】, not only solving her new clothing problem, but also managing to get a snack out of it.
Although the 【Sunflower Pastry】 had yet to reach her lips, just thinking about it put her in a cheerful mood.
Nibbling lightly on the remaining 【Moonlight Grass】 to fill her stomach, she habitually opened her player panel, ready to spy on the forums and enjoy watching the silly antics of players going crazy over her new clothes and snacks.
“Let me see… hmm? Why is the forum lagging so badly today?”
She frowned, refreshed several times, and finally squeezed in.
Then, she saw the two crimson official announcements.
Mophis froze.
She blinked her silver eyes.
Then blinked again.
The Tragic Song of the Forgotten Dynasty’s Last Descendant?
What the heck was that?
Curiously, she clicked it open, scanning through the text rapidly.
When she reached the line, “When the entire royal capital was engulfed in flames, the young girl was locked inside the deepest chamber of the library by her father, the last Librarian”, she was utterly dumbfounded.
Me? Locked in by my father?
Who the hell is my father?
Wasn’t my previous life’s death caused by food poisoning from cheap takeout? Since when did I have such a tragic and noble father?
She continued reading, her expression growing more and more bewildered.
“A giant tomb?”
“Eternal nourishment?”
“Forgotten how to smile?”
“A white rose growing at the edge of the abyss?”
Mophis felt like her CPU was about to fry.
What the hell was all this?
She was just a simple shut-in with social anxiety and zero motivation.
How did she suddenly become a tragic heroine with a sorrowful backstory and emotional void?
Were the officials really this good at making stuff up? Did all the GMs grow up watching soap operas?
Her hand trembled as she opened the comment section.
There, she saw 【Data Emperor】’s essay about the “white paper theory,” along with the carnival of LSPs below.
“Boom—”
A rush of heat shot to her head, and Mophis felt her cheeks instantly grow so hot they could fry an egg.
White… white paper?
Teaching me what happiness is, step by step?
And leaving behind “white”?
These perverts! These damn LSPs! What kind of garbage is rattling around in their brains?!
She was so angry she wanted to crawl through the internet cables and crack open their skulls just to see what was inside.
While she was overwhelmed with both shame and fury, her eyes landed on the second announcement.
【Chapter One Main Storyline Officially Begins: ‘The Bloom of the White Rose’】
【Main Quest, First Stage: ‘The Guardian of Knowledge’. The Forgotten Library, due to its ancient age, has a protective barrier that is now on the verge of collapse… Please defeat them, collect ‘Shattered Pages’, and help Miss Mophis repair the barrier.】
Mophis’s brain completely crashed.
“The barrier… on the verge of collapse?”
Instinctively, she glanced up at the ceiling.
Wasn’t the library’s barrier perfectly fine? This thing was built by the Ancient Magic Dynasty using branches of the World Tree as its core.
The energy supply should last at least a thousand years.
How could it possibly be collapsing?
And what was with these “book monsters”? Where did they even come from?
She felt like things were spiraling completely out of her control.
Walking to the window, she cautiously lifted a corner of the curtain and peeked outside.
One look, and she yanked the curtain shut in terror.
Outside… was nothing but people!
Densely packed, stretching as far as the eye could see, all with the 【Mophis Wife Knights】 emblem above their heads!
Like lunatics, they were hacking away at some kind of flying, biting book monsters she had never seen before.
The scene was grander than any zombie movie she had ever watched in her previous life.
“Th-this…”
Mophis felt her social anxiety flaring up again.
She had only wanted to quietly live as a shut-in, muddling along in peace—so how had she suddenly become the central figure of the main quest, dragging in the entire server?
Just as she was at a complete loss—
【Ding!】
A system prompt, carrying the weight of official authority, rang in her mind.
【System Alert: A large number of ‘Shattered Pages’ are approaching you. Please prepare to receive them, and promptly repair the ‘Protective Barrier’.】
Mophis: “……”
Repair? With what?