"Uh, sorry about that. Got a bit too into it. Goodbye, beautiful lady~"
With that, he turned around, holding Kiana☆'s soft little fist, and walked away together.
After a while, Otto slowly stood up, her gaze following the direction Fu Lin and Kiana☆ had disappeared into.
Just then, as if sensing Otto's gaze, Fu Lin suddenly turned around and looked back at him.
Otto, "...."
Their eyes met in the air, both smiled faintly, and Fu Lin gave a final wave to Otto as a farewell.
Then, he and Kiana☆ vanished completely from Otto's sight, their figures fading into the distance.
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[ A / N : ※ This chapter contains cringe content. Those who don't want to read that can exit now. It's the wrong type of cringe, not the sweet one, not the sweet one, not the sweet one—important things must be said three times! ]
Inside a library, sunlight streamed through the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, casting dappled patterns of light and shadow on the glossy floor.
Fu Lin wove through rows of towering bookshelves, his gaze quickly scanning. When he reached a particular shelf and extended his right hand to retrieve a book—
Suddenly, another slender, jade-like hand reached for the same book at the exact same moment.
The two hands unexpectedly met midair, lightly brushing against each other.
Fu Lin was slightly stunned and instinctively pulled his hand back. Looking up, he saw a familiar golden figure standing beside him.
Otto was equally 'surprised,' eyes wide with astonishment as he covered his mouth and said:
"Fu Lin, big brother? What a coincidence! We must be fated to meet, even here of all places, hehe~"
Fu Lin gave an awkward laugh, scratching his head as he said:
"Hehe, yeah, it really is quite the coincidence." Too bad I wasn't hoping to run into you.
Just then, Otto seemed to remember something. He glanced around and asked with a face full of confusion:
"By the way, where's that cute little girl who was with you last time? I don't see her around."
Fu Lin pointed off into the distance. Kiana☆ was there, reading a book with deep concentration in front of a bookshelf.
Fu Lin smiled and replied:
"She's over there, reading."
Otto followed Fu Lin's pointing finger, nodded, and said softly:
"Oh~ I see."
Then Otto turned his gaze back to Fu Lin, the corners of his mouth curling into a faint smile as he said:
"Big brother, what kind of books do you like? Maybe we have the same taste."
Fu Lin slowly took down the book he had just selected and said:
"PostBirth Care for Pregnant Women"...
The atmosphere instantly fell silent. Otto's faint smile froze on his face—clearly, he hadn't expected Fu Lin to be reading that kind of book.
After a brief moment of silence, Otto quickly regained composure, forcing a smile and saying:
"Haha, I didn't expect you to be interested in that topic, big brother!"
Fu Lin lightly shook his head and explained seriously:
"It'll come in handy eventually, won't it?"
Otto nodded knowingly and said:
"I understand~"
Fu Lin's mouth twitched involuntarily. After hastily bidding Otto farewell, he headed toward Kiana☆ with the book in hand.
Meanwhile, Kiana☆ was fully engrossed in her book, completely oblivious to everything around her, including Fu Lin's approaching footsteps.
Kiana☆ slightly bowed her head, her lips moving as she softly muttered, reciting lines:
"In the eyes of the Overseer of Schicksal, there was a glint of undisguised indifference, a trace of chilling ridicule, and a dismissive nonchalance.
His long, powerful fingers lightly pinched the tender lips of the Anti-Entropy Leader and, in an icy voice, said:
'Did you think you could escape my grasp? Ridiculous. Everything about you has long been under my control!'
Hearing these words, the Anti-Entropy Leader's face turned ashen. Tears streamed down uncontrollably from their eyes.
Glaring at the Overseer of Schicksal with hatred, the Anti-Entropy Leader shouted in a hoarse voice, filled with fury and sorrow:
'You devil! You killed my father, hurt my loved ones. Even if you take my body today, you'll never get my heart! Never!'
Yet these defiant words seemed to utterly enrage the Overseer.
His previously calm face turned unnaturally flushed, and his eyes became bloodshot.
The Overseer exclaimed passionately:
'Yes, I killed your father and harmed your family, but you still have me!'
The Anti-Entropy Leader parted their lips slightly:
'Disgusting!'
The Overseer roared through gritted teeth:
'Fine! Looks like you really want to test my patience, huh? In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless!'"
As she read, Kiana☆'s cheeks turned... yellow—ahem, red—with excitement. Her expression grew more animated as she continued reading aloud:
"Then, the Overseer of Schicksal suddenly tore open the Anti-Entropy Leader's clothes, leaned down, and bit hard into their snow-white neck...
The Anti-Entropy Leader let out a muffled groan and turned their head away, unwilling to face the Overseer who was doing whatever he wanted to their body.
Seeing this, the Overseer began undressing as well, pinning the Leader beneath him and unleashing all his anger and frustration...
Gasp, how intense. So there's more to the story between the Overseer and the Anti-Entropy Leader? Then... does that mean the Overseer had feelings for their dad?!"
(Siegfried rubbed his nose and said: Ah-choo, Kiana☆ must be thinking about me.)
Hearing Kiana☆'s murmuring, Fu Lin's expression darkened the more he listened. He raised the book in his hand and bonked it on Kiana☆'s head.
"Ow! Who?! Who dares hit me, the great Miss Kiana—Wait, Fu Lin?!"
Kiana☆ clutched her head and looked up furiously to find the culprit, but when her eyes met Fu Lin's, her anger vanished like water on a flame.
She drooped her head, listless, then forced a smile and asked, trying to ease the awkwardness:
"Hehe... Fu Lin, did you need something?"
Without a word, Fu Lin snatched the book from her hands and sternly asked:
"I told you to find a book, and this is what you picked?"
Kiana☆ argued indignantly:
"A book is a book, what's the difference?"
Fu Lin didn't bother responding. He glanced down at the book he had just taken.
When he read the title, his entire demeanor changed. His eyes lit up as if he had discovered a hidden treasure.
—"Overbearing Possession: The Overseer of Schicksal's And His Sweet Anti-Entropy Wife" by Temple Fairy?
Amazingly, Fu Lin stopped scolding her, leaned against the wall, and started reading with great interest.
Kiana☆ panicked—she had just gotten to the good part when she was interrupted!
She completely forgot she was in a library and yelled:
"Fu Lin! Give me back my book!"
Her sudden outburst was like a rock thrown into a still lake, breaking the quiet of the library. Everyone looked over in unison.
Kiana☆ realized her mistake and her face instantly turned red like a ripe apple. She covered her mouth, said no more, and hurried to another shelf, pretending to browse while quietly muttering:
"That awful Fu Lin, how dare he steal my book! So mean! I'll make sure he pays for that later…"
Just then, Kiana☆'s eyes sparkled as she noticed a particularly eye-catching novel among the many on display: "The Anti-Entropy Leader Is Kind of Sweet" by Temple Fairy?
She eagerly reached for it and found a quiet corner to sit down and read.
The exquisitely designed cover immediately captured all of Kiana☆'s attention.
On it:
The Overseer of Schicksal and the Lord of World Serpent each held one of the Anti-Entropy Leader's hands, bending down to kiss them reverently.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Entropy Leader blushed sweetly, like a beautiful flower in full bloom—charming and pitiful.
The novel's premise was roughly:
"The Anti-Entropy Leader was irresistibly attractive and the chosen successor of Joyce, the First Herrscher of Reason, making them a figure of great importance.
Both the elegant Overseer and the mysterious Serpent Lord were madly in love with them—so much so that they fell head over heels, losing all reason.
To win the Leader's heart, the two rivals were willing to fight to the bitter end in a dramatic love triangle…"
Meanwhile, Otto slowly closed the thick book in his hands. His gaze wandered and happened to land on a not-so-distant corner.
There, Fu Lin and Kiana☆ were leaning side by side against the wall, utterly absorbed in their books, oblivious to the world around them.
Otto couldn't help but muse:
"How interesting. What kind of book could draw both of them in so deeply? I'll have to check it out myself~ (smile)"
With that thought, he gently placed his book on a nearby table and headed straight toward Fu Lin.