As long as it was something he understood, he could write it into the script. Anything whose level did not exceed the combined levels of him and Furina could be arranged by the script.
This was exactly the kind of ability that people pulling the strings behind the scenes dreamed of the most!
Although Furina's level was not particularly high right now, through their method of close-contact cultivation, she could reach level one hundred in just a few days.
At that time, with the two of them together reaching a limit of around two hundred and seventy or eighty levels, even an Aeon might be influenced by the script.
After all, judging from the tests in the Simulated Universe, level two hundred was already considered the standard for an Aeon. Of course, there were likely stronger and weaker Aeons among them.
Perhaps some Aeons with particularly high levels could resist the influence of the script.
Another thing worth noting was that "The World Is a Stage" could not casually influence things whose levels were within the combined level limit of him and Furina.
There was a prerequisite: he had to know and understand that thing.
According to the feedback from the skill information, as Nolan understood it through an analogy, if he wanted to arrange for a person walking down the street to step on a manhole cover and fall through it,
then he had to personally see that person and know exactly what they looked like. At the same time, he also had to clearly understand the conditions of the street.
Because when writing the script, he had to specify exactly which manhole cover the person would fall through, and also state the reason. He could not simply write, "The man in front walking along the street falls into the sewer."
That would lack a specific target and a cause for the fall.
A proper description would look something like this:
"On a certain street, the only man wearing a red jacket and green pants with four pockets will fall through the third manhole cover from the left due to the cover being rusted from years of disrepair."
If more than one man on that street was wearing a red jacket and green pants with four pockets, then additional descriptions would have to be added, such as black short boots or perhaps a gold ring or silver ring.
The script had to point to a specific target before it could intervene.
Of course, if he was familiar with that man and knew his name, then these descriptive markers could be omitted and he could simply write the name directly.
However, if he was unsure whether there were people with the same name on that street, it would still be safer to add a few descriptive details.
Following this logic, even if Nolan could write an Aeon into the script, he would still need to have seen that Aeon and know basic information such as its location before he could write the script properly.
Overall, among his many absurdly powerful affection skills, "The World Is a Stage" was still one of the most outrageous.
Nolan excitedly wrapped his arms around Furina and Clorinde, pressing his hands against Furina's soft and snow-white hips that were stacked on top of Clorinde's, slightly spreading them apart as he continued their close contact.
Furina, who was lying on top of Clorinde, suddenly widened her eyes. Her pupils shrank slightly as she grabbed Clorinde's shoulders tightly and murmured in disbelief,
"It can even come from there, mmph!"
Before she could finish speaking, her soft lips were suddenly blocked by Nolan, who leaned forward from behind Clorinde. She could only make muffled sounds.
The three of them continued cultivating together in the hot spring bathhouse for quite some time. Only when dinner was about to begin did they slowly get dressed and head downstairs.
Since they had already become intimate, when Nolan invited them once again to stay in the Wonderland Space, both of them agreed.
After all, he had already done such things to them, and they had entrusted their bodies to him. Naturally, he had to take responsibility.
During dinner, Nolan introduced Furina and Clorinde to the other girls, and also introduced the two of them to everyone.
The girls in the Wonderland Space were already used to Nolan occasionally bringing new girls back. Fortunately, he had good taste, and the girls he brought were always good people.
Getting along with them usually posed no major problems. After becoming familiar with each other, they would become sisters as close as family. Well, since they were all Nolan's girls, it was not merely like a family, but truly one family.
After dinner, Nolan started touching Furina and Clorinde again. When he held the back of Furina's head and tried to separate her soft lips by pressing downward, she bit him instead.
Back in the bathhouse, he had already bullied them until they were almost exhausted. This time, no matter what, Nolan had to receive a bit of punishment!
Of course, with Furina's bite strength, she could not actually injure Nolan. In fact, it even felt somewhat like a pleasant massage. Still, when interacting with girls, one could not be too domineering.
If he suppressed them all the time, it might make them feel insecure or unhappy, which would not be good for their emotional well-being.
So Nolan immediately admitted defeat and, as an apology, offered to help prepare their rooms, asking for her forgiveness.
Seeing how sensible he was, Furina reluctantly forgave him. However, when their rooms were finally prepared, Furina and Clorinde were momentarily careless and ended up being carried onto the bed by Nolan.
This time, Nolan let them stay on top of him. By the time it was close to dawn, the two of them were finally exhausted and fell asleep.
At this moment, it was already morning over at the Herta Space Station, the perfect time to go test the Simulated Universe.
Since dinner, he had been with Furina and Clorinde the entire time, and five or six hours had already passed.
Although there were moments when they were outside the range of his ability that attracted girls' affection, even so Clorinde had still gained several hundred points of affection toward him.
She was now only a little over one hundred points away from reaching the maximum level, which would probably take about two more hours.
Nolan planned to go to the space station to test the Simulated Universe and return around three or four in the morning, then continue holding Clorinde and Furina while sleeping until seven or eight in the morning. By then, the affection points would definitely be enough.
However, one should be a little more considerate toward girls, especially girls who had just entrusted their bodies to him. Missing the test once or twice was not a big deal.
Using Interstellar Travel, Nolan contacted Stelle and asked her to help request leave from Herta when she went to test the Simulated Universe.
Stelle had already been living in the Wonderland Space for several days and had become familiar with everyone. She was also now well aware of Nolan's habit of hugging girls and sleeping together with them.
Although she did not know why he never hugged her and slept together with her, Stelle felt that her bed was large enough and could easily fit two people.
Maybe there were simply too many girls and it was not her turn yet? Slightly puzzled, Stelle decided she would try asking Nolan next time and see whether sleeping together really felt more comfortable.
Otherwise, why did Nolan and everyone else seem to enjoy it so much?
Inexperienced in such matters, Stelle had not realized that when Nolan slept with girls, they were actually cuddling and doing things that made one's heart race and face flush.
After agreeing to help him ask for leave, she left the Wonderland Space and arrived at the Herta Space Station. The Simulated Universe was quite interesting, and she had not grown tired of playing it yet.
Sleeping in the girls' bedding, time always seemed to pass very quickly. Waking up with Furina and Clorinde in his arms, one on each side, Nolan gently stroked their snow-white, graceful backs for a while before slowly opening his character panel.
Clorinde's affection toward him increased by one point every minute, and it had already reached the maximum several hours ago:
[Clorinde Has Developed Good Feeling Towards You. Obtained 1 Affection Point. Current Affection Level Lv.10 (MAX).]
As expected, the notification for obtaining a new affection skill had also appeared long ago:
[Through sincere feelings and persistent effort, you have become deeply connected with a destiny that originally had no intersection with your own. From now on, the maiden's constellation shall shine alongside yours. Ability obtained: Duel Proxy.]
Judging from the name, it was also a skill highly related to the corresponding girl. Nolan began sensing its specific effects:
[Duel Proxy: During battle, you may summon a "Proxy" whose attack power equals that of the opponent, whose defense equals the sum of the levels of yourself and Clorinde, and who possesses Clorinde's basic swordsmanship techniques to fight in your place. Until the opponent defeats the Proxy, they cannot attack any other target. However, at least one weakness must be assigned to the Proxy. Starting from the second weakness, for every additional weakness, the Proxy's attack power increases by "the sum of both levels" percent.
Additionally, you may designate a target as your duel proxy instead of summoning one. This target does not require weaknesses and does not receive the attack bonus. The maximum level of the target that can be designated is "the sum of both levels."]
Oh?
Being able to summon a Proxy with defense equal to the combined levels of himself and Clorinde. That felt like something even most Aeons would not be able to defeat.
Unfortunately, its attack power only matched the opponent's. Otherwise, it would basically be no different from directly summoning an Aeon. Of course, if the opponent itself was an Aeon, then the summoned Proxy would also possess attack power equal to an Aeon.
However, the Proxy only possessed Clorinde's basic swordsmanship techniques, while an Aeon could use the power of its Path. They would never fight you purely with swordsmanship.
Therefore, when facing an existence with equal attack power but far more methods, the Proxy would most likely be at a disadvantage. It could only rely on its superior defense to maintain an undefeated state.
Since the opponent could not attack other targets until defeating the Proxy, it was essentially an absurdly strong hard-control ability. If one was willing to assign several weaknesses to gain attack bonuses, defeating the opponent was not impossible.
But the more weaknesses there were, the greater the chance that the Proxy would be defeated. These weaknesses worked somewhat like the classic portrayal of vampires being afraid of sunlight in films.
Once discovered and targeted accordingly, defeat would be almost inevitable, with no chance of turning the situation around.
Moreover, Nolan could not assign overly tricky weaknesses that were hard to discover or difficult to counter even after being discovered.
For example, he could not set something like fearing the soap he had used to wash Furina yesterday, such that the Proxy would collapse if struck by that soap. That soap was inside the Wonderland Space, and unless Nolan took it out himself, how could anyone easily find it?
If he could set dozens or even hundreds of such weaknesses, the Proxy's attack power might even surpass the limits of the universe.
Clorinde's affection skill was not that invincible. The weaknesses assigned for Duel Proxy had to be relatively obvious things like water, wind, earth, metal, or even mental attacks, things that were not difficult to exploit once discovered.
Similarly, he could not specify something like fearing water but only distilled water, or only water from the continent of Teyvat. If the weakness was water, then basically all water would have an effect.
Even so, there was no denying how powerful this affection skill was, especially since it also had the ability to designate a target as his duel proxy instead of summoning a Proxy.
If he happened to encounter an Aeon and designate it as his duel proxy, then anyone who wanted to attack him would first have to defeat that Aeon. They would probably be completely dumbfounded.
And with this method, there was no need to assign obvious weaknesses like with the summoned Proxy!
Nolan was extremely satisfied with the Duel Proxy affection skill. Looking at Furina and Clorinde, who were still asleep, he guessed they might be tired from yesterday.
He kissed both of them and gently stroked their soft skin before getting out of bed.
After successfully raising Furina and Clorinde's affection to the maximum, Nolan could not relax yet. Among the girls he liked, many still had not reached full affection.
Among them, Kirara already had relatively high affection toward him. She had reached level nine with six hundred and twenty points.
There were still two hundred and eighty points remaining, which meant spending two hundred and eighty minutes with her. That was less than five hours, and Nolan felt he could finish it today.
He had already thought of a reason to spend a long time with Kirara. Recently there was nothing particularly urgent to do, and he was curious about various professions, so he wanted to try experiencing delivery work.
Such a simple request, and with Kirara already having such high affection for him, she would obviously be happy to let him experience it. Five hours would pass easily.
Furthermore, he could use the same method when increasing affection with other girls. For example, Charlotte was a journalist. If he said he was curious about journalism, he would have a reason to ask her to let him experience the job.
That way he could stay with her for a long time and continuously attract her affection.
Nolan felt that this method was quite good. However, before going to find Kirara, he still needed to visit the Sea of Quanta to search for new World Bubbles.
Because he had noticed that the cultivation progress he gained per second was starting to decline. While conquering girls, he could not neglect the improvement of his own life level.
At the very least, he needed to maintain an average of around thirty thousand cultivation progress per second. That speed was already quite fast. If he wanted more, he would need to find additional World Bubbles.
However, the time required was difficult to determine, and it was also uncertain whether the World Bubbles he found would contain intelligent life. Therefore, he had to control his time. Otherwise, if he got carried away searching, an entire day might pass, which would unnecessarily delay progressing with the girls.
After all, both matters were equally important.
After finishing breakfast, Nolan descended into the Sea of Quanta. He spent fifteen minutes finding the thirty-seventh World Bubble. Unfortunately, there were no intelligent beings there.
After another twenty-six minutes, he found the thirty-eighth one. Very fortunately, this one had intelligent life, though the number was small and not enough to maintain his cultivation progress at thirty thousand per second.
To be safe, he searched for two more. The total number of World Bubbles he found reached forty, and two hours passed just like that.
Feeling it was enough, Nolan returned to the Wonderland Space, preparing to go find Kirara.
(End of Chapter)
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