Type-Moon: The Human Love Simulator

Once again, in that hazy state between sleep and wakefulness, Su Kai heard the familiar call of the simulator—

"When the light of Xi He fails to rise, what brilliance does Ruo Hua offer?""I ask you, who is truly the sun?"

"Hmm…" Su Kai heard a clear, feminine voice summoning him, and he chose to respond.

[Savior Simulation refreshed. Do you wish to initiate a new simulation?]

[Savior Simulator loaded. Please select three random talents…]

[Causality (Gold): Good deeds unfulfilled may still bring misfortune to the virtuous; evil deeds not yet punished may allow villains to roam free. Yet: the righteous shall ultimately receive their due reward, and the wicked shall reap their rightful consequences.]

[Thousandfold Magic (Gold): Your mastery of magic astonishes even the gods. The only limit to your magical prowess is your imagination.]

[Ultimate Being (Purple): Your veins flow with a lineage that surpasses humanity.]

[Silver Tongue (Blue): You possess a glib tongue; whenever you speak, people instinctively choose to listen.]

[Sevenfold Retribution (Blue): Anyone who kills you will suffer sevenfold the harm, but only after your death will this effect activate.]

[Diligent Learner (Green): You possess a sharp capacity for learning and will seize every opportunity to grow.]

[Harem King (Green): You will establish an unprecedentedly vast harem, though not all outcomes will be favorable…]

[Legendary Killer (Green): Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill… Could you still possibly have your ancestor's wisdom? .jpg]

[Goblin (White): You evoke annoyance in others but often evade notice when you are weak. If only one survivor remains in your tribe, it will surely be you.]

[Bull-headed Chieftain (Gray): You are unusually gifted at wooing others' spouses, though you are equally at risk of being cuckolded. Remember: those who "bull" others shall be "bulled" in turn.]

"So many options now, huh…"

Su Kai stared at the ten entries that had been presented, including three high-tier (gold or purple) ones.

When he'd first used the simulator, there were only seven options, with one purple talent. The second time offered nine entries with one gold and three purple. Now, there were ten options—two gold and one purple.

"Still, this counts as hitting the jackpot."

Without hesitation, Su Kai naturally chose Causality, Thousandfold Magic, and Ultimate Being.

Choosing weaker options when better ones were available would only mean making things unnecessarily difficult for himself.

Especially since the last few entries were utterly ridiculous. A Harem King trait that was only green? And Bull-headed Chieftain, which didn't even guarantee success against others? The simulator was certainly playing with fire here.

Even with the increase in talent options, the effects of negative talents had become impressively absurd.

[Selection complete. Simulation commencing.]

[Scene loading…]

[Age 0: You were born into the household of a feudal lord.]

[Your family was illustrious. In an era where noble bloodlines determined social hierarchy, your lineage was exceedingly prestigious.]

[You descended from the Su Clan, one of the four great houses of the Nine-Tailed Fox lineage, renowned for Su Daji, consort to King Zhou of Shang.]

[Age 1: Your bloodline was so pure and noble that it far surpassed even your father, Su Ming. Though his Nine-Tailed Fox blood was already quite diluted, you were born with a radiant sun-like presence. Anyone who looked directly into your eyes found themselves irresistibly compelled to submit to your will.]

[However, you were not particularly interested in relying on your bloodline's power; even without it, you could dominate anyone you chose.]

[Age 2: The Su Kingdom was exceedingly weak. Despite the clan's meritorious contributions during King Wu's conquest of Shang, it had been reduced to ruling only twelve cities. Over time, incompetent ancestors and a timid emperor allowed neighboring states to seize most of the territory, leaving your family with only one city to call its own—the capital, Wenyu.]

[In this era, even the heart of Central China was surrounded by barbarian tribes and Hu nomads who constantly eyed the lands of the Hua Xia people, waiting to destroy their civilization.]

[When you understood this, you couldn't help but wonder why the Hu tribes persistently resisted the culture and values of Hua Xia. Killing was one thing, but each time they conquered a vassal state's city, the Hu would utterly destroy it.]

[Age 3: Your father, though diligent, could barely maintain the kingdom's survival. He foresaw that the Su Clan's millennium-long rule, stretching back to the Shang Dynasty, might end in his lifetime.]

[He was willing to sacrifice his life for the kingdom, but he could not bear to see you perish. You were the hope of the entire clan.]

[So, how could he ensure your survival?]

[Parents who love their children must plan for their future.]

[Age 4: Your father decided to send you to the Kingdom of Chu.]

[This decision was the result of deep deliberation. Chu, a nation where humans and magical beings coexisted, was famous for its inclusiveness. Though scorned by Central China as a "land of barbarians," Chu allowed beings like Nine-Tailed Foxes, Golden Crows, Yinglong Dragons, Bifangs, Vermillion Birds, Bai Ze Beasts, Zhuyans, and Huashas to live freely.]

[Age 5: You stopped trying to communicate with your father.]

[You repeatedly told him you could defeat the Hu nomads, but he refused to believe you. To him, you were just a child, relying on your bloodline power without understanding the terrifying reality of the Hu tribes.]

[Every day, he continued urging you to escape.]

[Age 6: The Hu raids intensified. Even within the palace, you could hear their howls.]

[You sensed your father gathering his most loyal retainers—those willing to offer their own children in your place to ensure your survival.]

"Kai, you cannot stay here any longer. This is the Su Clan's thousand-year heritage—take it with you." Su Ming handed over a bamboo scroll. It was hard to believe that a millennium of the Su Clan's legacy could be condensed into such a small object.

Yet Su Kai's mental acuity quickly discerned that the scroll was compressed information. Unrolled, it contained a million words—a true treasure trove of ancestral knowledge.

In this era, someone who had read merely a thousand words was considered highly educated.

"Flee to Chu to escape the Chi Di invasion?" Su Kai smiled calmly. "That's unnecessary. I can just drive the Chi Di back."

"I'm curious, though. The Chi Di are active in the Qi, Lu, Song, and Wei regions, far from Wenyu. Why do they attack us year after year?"

"Does it matter now?" Su Ming roared. "I know your bloodline is extraordinary, far surpassing mine. But let me tell you this: no matter how exceptional you are, you're still just a child!"

"A genius who has not yet matured is nothing!"

Su Kai pondered aloud, his tone tinged with curiosity rather than frustration. "It doesn't make sense…" He had encountered obstinate fathers like this before, so he opted to avoid an argument. "Nobody is born with a love for war. This is still the age of gods—surely food isn't in short supply?"

"Then why do the Hu nomads and barbarians invade year after year? Could we not try educating them?"

As he spoke, Su Kai couldn't help but ask, "Father, if the Hu tribes could be subdued, wouldn't it strengthen our nation? Why have you never tried this approach?"

Su Ming's frustration mounted, his anger manifesting in the spectral image of a nine-tailed fox looming behind him. Su Kai frowned slightly and sighed. With a snap of his fingers, Su Ming's agitation subsided immediately, his expression returning to calm.

"It's not that no one has considered it," Su Ming said, his face showing both weariness and fear. "But I'll tell you this, boy: the Hu aren't even human."

The exhaustion in his voice was heavy. Ever since taking the throne, Su Ming had spent every day, every year, battling these creatures—day in and day out, year after year.

"We should at least try, shouldn't we?" Su Kai mused. "Let me see for myself what they look like."

"How many soldiers do we still have, Father?"

"Less than a thousand," Su Ming admitted. Su Kingdom, reduced to one city with a population of barely ten thousand, was among the weakest of the vassal states. Even if the Hu didn't destroy them, other vassal states likely would.

Su Kai nodded. "And the invading Hu forces this time?"

"Likely around ten thousand," Su Ming sighed. "The kingdom's collapse is inevitable. You must leave. If fate permits, you can one day return to reclaim it."

"Oh, ten times our numbers? That's not too bad. Worth a shot."

Su Kai stood, brushing off the matter with a calm smile. "Father, stay here and don't move. I'll deal with the Hu forces for you."

"You're only si—"

Before Su Ming could finish his sentence, his body froze, rendered immobile.

The control Su Kai wielded through his bloodline had reached an unfathomable level. Even he didn't fully understand the limits of his abilities. How many people could he dominate at once? How absolute was his control?

What he did know, however, was that exerting his will over all ten thousand citizens of the Su Kingdom was as effortless as breathing.

---

Outside Wenyu City

Su Kai surveyed the hilltops surrounding the city, teeming with Hu warriors resembling demonic creatures. Though vaguely humanoid—two eyes, two ears, a nose, a mouth, and limbs—their faces were adorned with scales, their hair twisted like living serpents, and some even bore fur or horns. Features such as these were wholly uncharacteristic of Hua Xia people.

Still, they were human enough, Su Kai thought. After all, even the Su Clan carried the blood of nine-tailed foxes. By such standards, only the direct descendants of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors could claim pure humanity.

Sighing deeply, Su Kai called forth the nine-tailed fox totem behind him. Unlike Su Ming's faint apparition, Su Kai's totem was vivid and lifelike, akin to a physical entity.

The golden eyes of the nine-tailed fox swept across the Hu forces, freezing every warrior in place. Their eyes glazed over, locked onto Su Kai in a daze.

With a single thought, Su Kai could compel all the Hu to sever their own heads and offer them at his feet.

But Su Kai didn't enjoy killing. He never had, and even now, he found no satisfaction in slaughter.

He retracted the fox totem, the oppressive spiritual energy dissipating. His tone was calm but commanding as he spoke. "Barbarians, if you still possess reason, you should understand the difference in power between us."

The Hu warriors' eyes brimmed with fear. Su Kai's control could render them completely unaware, erasing any memory of being dominated. However, he deliberately allowed them to feel the terror of their lives being at his mercy.

A towering Hu warrior with bull horns and a height of over two meters stepped forward. Bowing deeply, he spoke with reverence. "Gracious Young Lord, you have spared our worthless lives. Though we are lowly, we Hu understand gratitude."

"If you are willing to forgive us, the Chi Di tribe will forever remember your kindness."

"I had no intention of killing you," Su Kai replied, his gaze steady. "But I am curious. Can you answer some of my questions?"

"Ask anything, Young Lord. The Chi Di will not conceal the truth!" The warrior thumped his chest in a display of sincerity.

"First," Su Kai began, "why do the Hu tribes attack Hua Xia vassal states year after year? Not just the Chi Di, but the Long Di, Bai Di, Quan Rong, Hu Fang, Gui Fang, Yi Qu—the countless barbarian tribes?"

The warrior hesitated before answering with a bitter smile. "Young Lord, you may not know this, but the Chi Di are often driven south by the Ji-surnamed vassal states."

"Our Chi Di tribe consists of fifteen clans, the strongest of which was destroyed by Jin over two hundred years ago."

"Jin could have exterminated us entirely, but instead, they destroy a few clans each year and drive the survivors south to attack others…"

His words trailed off, implying Jin's strategy of fostering chaos to maintain their dominance. Unlike Chu, which openly embraced its barbarian roots, Jin preferred to maintain a facade of civility. By using the barbarians as proxies, they avoided direct blame for their conquests.

Su Kai nodded thoughtfully. "I see. Then, would the Chi Di be willing to submit to me?"

"If you pledge your loyalty, I can protect you from Jin's aggression in the future."

"Such mercy from the Young Lord—how could we not submit?" The Chi Di warriors knelt before Su Kai, their foreheads pressed into the dirt. Even the towering horned warrior seemed small before Su Kai's childlike frame.

---

Sometime later, Su Kai had vanished, yet the Hu warriors remained kneeling, their heads buried in the ground. No one dared to move until the bull-horned warrior finally rose, surveying his surroundings.

"He has left," the warrior said, his tone calm. "Everyone, you may rise."

Another Hu warrior dusted himself off, his expression unreadable. "Chief, what does it mean to submit? Why didn't that fool just kill us? And why did he leave after hearing your nonsense?"

Without hesitation, the chief smashed the questioning warrior to pieces with a single blow, splattering the area in blood. Yet Su Kai did not reappear.

Wiping the blood from his hands, the chief smirked. "It seems that righteous fool truly isn't watching us anymore."

"Such a powerful being… someone who could kill us all with a glance wouldn't waste time monitoring ants like us!"

The chief's demeanor remained affable, his grin warm and unassuming, yet his eyes were cold and devoid of humanity.

"Language is a fascinating thing," he mused. "It's like a form of omnipotent magic. As long as we use this mysterious tool, those Hua Xia lords, their so-called sages, are willing to listen to useless drivel and even spare us because of it. How amusing!"

But his words were both truth and lies. While it was true that Jin drove them south, the Hu tribes were not helpless victims. They attacked Jin as readily as any other Hua Xia state.

"What now, Chief?" another warrior asked.

"What do you mean?" the chief chuckled. "We are no longer barbarians. We're ordinary citizens of Su Kingdom now."

"As for that foolish Young Lord..." The burly Hu warrior, his tone contemplative, mused aloud. "I wonder how I can get those monsters from Jin to kill this idiot properly."

"If Jin is willing to act, he'll be dead beyond saving."

"Impossible," another Hu warrior interjected, calling him by name. "The people of Jin are nothing like this naive fool who talks about virtue. They'd kill us outright, wouldn't they?"

"That's true," the burly warrior replied with a sigh. "The generals of Jin are like monsters themselves. They wouldn't waste time talking. They'd just mobilize their armies to crush us..."

He shook his head, his expression a mix of resignation and calculation. "Still, for now, staying here under his watchful eye might make it easier to hide while we feast on the weak."

"Such a bother..."

"No. Or rather..." His gaze shifted to the city visible in the distance. "Destroying this place might be even easier."

Foreigners were foreigners, and barbarians were barbarians. While the Zhou royal court might welcome nobles bearing traces of mythical beast bloodlines into the ranks of its vassals, their approach to the Hu nomads and other tribes was far simpler: kill.

---

Jin State

In the southern reaches of Jin's territory, Han Qian was the first to learn of the situation. At the time, he was discussing with Wei Si and Zhao Ji the division of their ancestral temples and their petition to the Zhou royal court for official recognition.

Upon hearing the news, Han Qian couldn't help but laugh, prompting Zhao Ji to glance his way.

The Zhao and Han families had shared a close alliance for generations. Whether it was during the vindication of the Zhao family's orphan or the pivotal Battle of Jinyang where the Han family turned against the Zhi clan, the two houses had demonstrated their unshakable bond.

Seeing Han Qian laugh, Zhao Ji asked, "Brother, what's so amusing?"

"Nothing much," Han Qian replied, dabbing his eyes with a silk handkerchief handed to him by a servant. "I just heard about a fool raising a tiger, only to be devoured by it later."

He chuckled again before continuing, "We, the nobles of Jin, dare only drive the Hu tribes away or guide their movements, ever wary of their eventual betrayal. Yet here we have a minor vassal lord who believes he can tame them."

"Brother," he added with a wry smile, "isn't that ridiculous?"

"It is indeed laughable," Zhao Ji remarked with a pitying shake of his head. "Small states and their petty ambitions. They lack the vision to see the bigger picture. If the barbarians could truly be civilized, it wouldn't fall to these insignificant lords to attempt it."

"Still," Zhao Ji noted, "this could work out well for you, Brother. You might soon gain another city, no?"

Han Qian nodded but then sighed. "The problem is that these tribes often leave utter devastation in their wake. It seems I'll have to personally oversee the reconstruction."

"The Han clan, renowned for their craftsmanship and architectural ingenuity across the land—I look forward to witnessing your skills once more," Zhao Ji said with a smile.

"That's a simple matter for another time," Han Qian replied, waving the compliment aside as though unwilling to discuss his family's magical techniques. His demeanor shifted to a more serious tone. "Brother, what about our petition to the Zhou court for the three of us to establish separate temples? Is it settled?"

"Nearly so," Zhao Ji nodded. The proposal for the three houses to establish their own ancestral temples had been his suggestion.

---

[Age 7: Under your rule, the Chi Di tribe began to live peacefully and productively. They tended the land like ordinary Hua Xia farmers, working diligently, hunting in the mountains, fishing in the rivers, and always returning with bountiful harvests.]

[With the Chi Di's submission, the strength of Su Kingdom grew significantly. The available military forces exceeded ten thousand—a remarkable feat for a state during the Spring and Autumn period.]

[Age 8: You sought to bolster Su Kingdom's economy by establishing trade with neighboring states, only to discover, to your astonishment, that currencies varied wildly between them.]

[Smaller states didn't even use true currency. Their so-called "money" was little more than local goods, essentially bartering tools rather than standardized mediums of exchange.]

[Even among the major states with recognized currencies, there were still four distinct systems in use:]

Jin's spade coins

Qi and Yan's knife coins

Qin's ring coins

Chu's ant-nose coins (shell money)

[You began to wonder if this world might require significant reform.]

[Age 9: Neighboring states descended into war. In truth, conflict erupted across the land every year, with no respite in the constant power struggles among the states.]

[The grand dynamics of the realm were dominated by two powers: Jin and Chu. Qi and Qin were squeezed into the eastern and western fringes, struggling to carve out paths for development amid the pressure of these two behemoths.]

[And yet, the overlord of the vassal states was neither Jin nor Chu—it was Yue.]

[But Yue was a shadow of its former glory, clinging to its last vestiges of prestige as a hegemon. All it would take was someone bold enough to tear away the facade and deliver the final blow.]

[Age 10: The anticipated fall of the Yue hegemony never came. The overlord failed to call for a vassal-state assembly—a once-effective strategy for consolidating power during the Spring and Autumn period.]

[Such assemblies were straightforward. The overlord designated a location, the Zhou king sent a congratulatory gift, and as many vassal lords as possible were invited to acknowledge the overlord's supremacy. This was the essence of domination.]

[But in this era of growing change, such outdated methods were increasingly futile. Instead of gaining tangible benefits, the overlord shouldered burdensome responsibilities: aiding allies under attack from barbarians or responding to invasions.]

[As the Chi Di once mocked—Hua Xia lords expended their resources on "useless pleasantries."]

[Yet it was precisely these so-called "useless pleasantries" that unified the vassal states' strength, enabling them to decimate the barbarian tribes, whose numbers far exceeded those of the Hua Xia people.]

[This relentless resistance drove the barbarians to the margins, forcing them into survival within the narrow cracks of civilization.]

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T/N: It seems this is...gonna be Tamamo no Mae? I'm not sure, at least I don't have to change the name hahaha...

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