Chapter Twenty-Two

1

Outside the banquet, amidst the dazzling lights, Father and Mother enjoyed the sweetness before their marriage, while the guests reveled.

"I guess Qin Fengyu chose you, and the projections are still the same, just edited differently," Guffy said to himself, curled up by the lake. One kilometer away from the banquet, the artificial lake was calm.

"You should leave."

"From the day you received the invitation until now, at least five days have passed. You should have cried and felt lost during these five days. But even after five days, do you still want to live like this?"

"I told you to leave... don't you understand?" Guffy's voice carried a hint of alcohol. I picked up a bottle the size of a palm from the ground, sniffed it. It had a rich, intoxicating fragrance, the strongest alcohol from Othrie - Red River Wine.

"You finished so many bottles in such a short time. Do you think you're a keg of wine?"

"It's none of your business..." Guffy weakly pushed me with his arm.

"I don't understand. He's just a bit more handsome than the others. Why do you have to make it so difficult for yourself?"

"You... wouldn't understand. You have so many girls around you, but you wouldn't understand what it means to be devoted to one person."

"I am devoted to each and every one of them. Besides, didn't you say you were strong? Strong people don't need alcohol...hey, hey, don't drink anymore, it'll hurt you."

"Then you drink!" Guffy poured the remaining Red River Wine into my mouth. Instantly, my tongue went numb. An indescribable spicy sensation kept attacking my stomach.

"Cough, cough, that's enough, give it to me." Guffy still had four or five bottles of Red River Wine. If she finished them all tonight, she would definitely become a drunk mess and might end up in the hospital tomorrow.

"Is this stuff really meant for people to drink? Seems more like self-harm!" I shook the bottle in my hand.

"I... Guffy, from today onwards... I have nothing to do with Qin Fengyu anymore!" Guffy supported me as she struggled to stand up, facing the moon up high, letting out her pent-up emotions.

Guffy's cry echoed over the lake. Can she really do it?

"For five years, I followed him for five years, only to lose to Niahu... I could accept this result... if... it was someone else..."

"Guffy, stop thinking. You won't die without him. Your life doesn't revolve around him alone. Go back and sleep tonight. When dawn breaks, you will become a strong woman again."

Guffy lowered her head, contemplating for a moment, muttering to herself, "Is my life not just about him?"

I took a few more sips of Red River Wine, and after the spicy taste subsided, I discovered there was a different flavor. As I savored it, Guffy stood in front of me, bathed in moonlight. With her back to the light, I couldn't clearly see her expression, but I could feel her pure white, scarred hands resting against my chest. Then, Guffy leaned her whole body against me.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling the effects of the alcohol now?"

"No... I want you... to help me forget..." Guffy kissed my neck from the side, saying, "Can you?"

Would any man refuse this request? No, this wasn't a request; it was temptation.

"Have you never touched the girls around you?"

"I can't touch them... our agreement hasn't been fulfilled yet."

"Then, can we?"

"Mmm..." I forcefully held Guffy down and said, "But I don't like being passive."

The alcohol had taken effect, with flushed cheeks Guffy leaned in, her hand sliding down her back to the opening of her dress, revealing scars that were hidden beneath. Even strong women get tired.

"Squeak~~" The magic elements suddenly gathered, emitting a sound that shouldn't have been made.

'Black! Mental deadlock!'

'Caesar and Yu Zhe just met, shouldn't they have died?' If both gods and demons possessed extraordinary abilities, something must have provoked their emotions to the point where neither side could control themselves, resulting in a mental deadlock that would lead to the death of one another. The main reason was the prolonged accumulation of light and dark magic elements in the hatred between gods and demons, leaving marks. Although the elements were extremely pure, it would take a longer time to erase them. Even in this era of great turmoil, it was the same.

'We are not far from them, the elements won't easily affect us. It must be something big for them to be angered. '

I was about to stand up, but Guffy stopped me, tears welling up in her eyes. "I...don't want to spend tonight alone..."

Guffy took off her left earring.

I caught the earring with a bit of dizziness. The earring made a crisp sound, like the dripping of water. Some magic masters had a habit of storing important things in their jewelry.

"This..." I shook my head, hoping I was not mistaken—Death Notice.

The location indicated a country far away from Othrie, a kingdom called Masti. The deceased was named Gule.

"Do you still miss him?" Guffy had never wanted to become an adventurer, but everything couldn't escape her father's arrangements.

"He was not a good father, but..."

"He is still your father, right!" I held Guffy's shoulder with my right hand and gently lifted her chin with my left hand. "What annoys you the most is not Duke Qin, it's him."

A black aura emanated from my body, and the black energy intertwined around us like wild beasts, tearing apart all our clothes. The moon was blocked, the lake had no reflection. A black ball stood on the surface of the lake, temporarily shielding us from the disputes of the world.

'Black, black...what about them?'

'They won't die. After eighteen years, they will be fine. My purpose remains the same—I only care about the people I care about, and now I care about her.'

'Black...'

Regardless of the calling of the White, I just wanted to use those movements from thirteen million years ago. Would that work?

2

Yu Zhe struck heavily in mid-air, displaying a combination of strength and softness in the moonlight. His combat technique was called "Tai Yin," which few in the Demon Realm could withstand when used during a waxing moon.

Caesar relied on his powerful telekinesis to keep a distance from Yu Zhe, seizing every opportunity if a punch failed to land.

"Nia!" Duke Qin carried his mother and rushed out of the blazing banquet.

"Boom!" The force of Yu Zhe's punches once again affected others.

"I've warned Hisa to stay calm, but he never stops!" Nia complained, as if blaming the damn Hisa for choosing this mess.

"I have also 'vaccinated' against Yu Zhe. I didn't expect to have any contact with the Demon King and the higher-ranked gods, but it couldn't be avoided."

Hisa held a divine position in the Divine Realm, and many of his descendants were possessed by him after awakening their divine blood.

"The mental deadlock is only in its initial stage. It requires the intervention of any element other than light and darkness, and it cannot be weaker than the two of them." Elena supported herself on Lilith as they walked out of the fire, immediately proposing a solution without even dusting off the ashes on her body.

"I could have looked for Xiaoyang and Xiaolulu, but they both disappeared!"

"Lilith, where is Qin Yang?" Nana appeared immediately, searching for him for a long time with no luck.

"You can't find him either?"

"I just feel like he's nearby, but I can't find him... Here's what we'll do: Duke, you come up with a plan right away, and maybe I can buy some time for them." Nana swiped the black shield in her hand with the contract, activating this magical thing. It might be able to stop them, but maybe not.

"A plan... Who has time to think of one now!"