<h4>Volume 6, Chapter 2: The Moonlit Beauty L</h4>


    “Hey, have you heard? The Dragon Emperor decided on a crusade against the ck Dragon King Miluo. He also wanted an alliance with us An and the Commerce Alliance to deal with him together.”


    “It’s not strange for the Dragon Emperor to be this angry. After all, his son was ughtered…”


    Because they were waiting at the banquet door waiting for the dies’ to arrive, Kaiser, Meinan, and Daylight heard many people chattering about various rumors.


    Kaiser didn’t seem to care. After all, he would have to be on the run soon, so why would he care so much?


    Meinan did knit his brows when he heard them, while Daylight seemed to have gotten angry, murmuring something about Miluo being outrageous and took the lives of many innocent people, as well as other righteous things.


    “Ahhh choo~” Kaiser sneezed for the eighteenth time, and he ufortably pulled the red bowtie on his neck andined,


    “I’m never wearing suits like this again. It’s making me itchy everywhere. And why is this tie so tight, what the hell! If Li doesn’te soon, I’m going back to sleep. It’s sote, why did these crazy insomniacs decide to have a banquet…”


    Kaiser keptining, and did not notice the crowd talking about the rumors had suddenly gotten quiet. Everyone’s eyes were fixed in the same directions.


    Meinan was the first among them to look in the direction of the crowd. As he did so, Meinan acted exactly as everyone else did: He took a deep breath and stared with his jaws open for a long time before he gulped and said,


    “God, too beautiful, this is simply the most beautiful work of art I’ve ever seen. Its beauty rivals the Goddess Venus, or maybe an angel.”


    “What’s gotten into you! Did you see your Mona Lisa walk out of a painting?”


    Kaiser said as he turned his head in the direction of Meinan’s gaze. He saw a woman slowly approaching them.


    Her facial details were delicate and picturesque, and her mysterious slender eyes intoxicated everyone with its purple, star-like light, but her sword-like thin brows made her seem majestic and untouchable. Her dark, straight hair was embroidered with a violet hair clip. The moonlight softly ovey on her light purple dress, making her seem like a fairy born out of the moonlight.


    The purple-eyed beauty had another refreshing beauty next to her: she was wearing a puffy dress with blue bowties. Herrge eyes looked around uneasily, with a shy blush on her face. Though she couldn’t bring people to their knees like herpanion, but she still could make one feel a sense of sympathy and affection.


    The two different beauties slowly walked to the banquet entrance under the gaze of everyone present. The refreshing beauty seemed to smile after she looked around for a while, then she grabbed the Moon Fairy and walked.


    Every man present stared with danger in their eyes, wanting to figure out who dared to be the date of their Moonlit Beauty.


    When the two beelined towards Kaiser and others without any hesitation, they suddenly noticed they were surrounded by murderous eyes. Three of them stared as the two beauties walked heading their way, and then all three of them all did the same thing: turned to look at the other two, and asking with their eyes, “Do you guys know them?”


    They kept their pose until the two beauties stood still in front of them.


    The refreshing beauty opened her mouth, “Did you guys wait long? Sorry~, mommy forced me to dress up, so it took some time.”


    “Purity?!” Their jaws dropped to the floor.


    Although a girl was said to change significantly as she matures into womanhood, but they had only been apart for a bit over an hour, how could she have changed this quickly?


    Three of them stared at Purity in astonishment for a long while before they finally remembered there was an even more earthshaking beauty next to her.


    They moved their sluggish gaze to the Moonlit Beauty, and their feelings were quite mixed. Although the person in front of them was definitely a “him”, they were unwilling to admit the beauty was a “him”.


    “Li…” Kaiser forced himself to open his mouth to confirm this person’s identity, but he saw every man tilted their heads to listen, Kaiser had to change his words mid-sentence, “Li…?”


    The Moonlit Beauty… also known as our “male” protagonist Li, though skeptical at Kaiser’s abbreviation, still nodded.


    Though they already knew who this person probably was, but seeing him admitting to his identity, Kaiser and others took a very deep breath. s, this world was now one beauty less than it would have!


    Being stared at by countless eyes, even Li felt a bit uneasy, but hispanions were still enjoying the look of his face.


    Li helplessly said, “Let’s hurry and go in to look for Cappino to get this over with. I put Baolilong in the dorm to sleep. When it wakes up and can’t find me, it’s going to throw a tantrum.”


    Who knew as soon as he spoke, Kaiser, Meinan, and Daylight fell even deeper into a trance. Li’s voice waspletely different than before, and his voice was as clear and wonderful as the sound of wind chimes. Despite of the boring nature of what he said, it sounded like music to those who heard.


    Seeing hispanions’ minds werepletely vacant, Li frowned. Who knew his frown made all the men take several deep breaths again.


    There were a few fascinated men walking towards him, Li nced coldly at them, vaguely showing the imposing manner of an Assassin. Those few men shivered, and they were immediately ‘awakened’ by Li’s coldness, then took a few steps back.


    “Kaiser, let’s go.”


    Li impatiently grabbed Kaiser and walked. Having received stares of admiration from his own gender, even Li, who usually wouldpletely ignore it, had a hard time bearing with it. He just wanted to quickly get the Dragon cross ne back, and then dress down from his disguise.


    “Huh? Oh, oh.”


    Kaiser finally seemed to have woken up from his daze when he was grabbed, remembering the person in front of him wasn’t some beautiful, soft beauty, but instead a ridiculously strong Assassin.


    After Kaiser remembered who the person was, he looked at Li’s face again. This time, he no longer saw some moonlight Goddess’s face, but instead, an impatient Assassin freezing everyone around him with his eyes.


    “Hey! You have to seduce Cappino, not to freeze him into an ice cube, okay? Then smile… no wait! Don’tugh. Every time you smile, something bad happens, even though what we’re doing isn’t exactly something good.”


    Kaiser demanded Li, whom although unwilling, still softened his expression a bit.


    “Beautiful art! My Goddess Venus!” Meinan was still fully immersed in his fantasy as he walked behind Li’s skirt, and he continued to murmur as he did so, which made the Assassin want to kick him to get him out of it.


    It wasn’t just Meinan who was following Li’s skirt. In fact, Li’s skirt was like a ma, and a pile of paper clips were uncontrobly following them.


    A long line of male beings were following Li with the same expression as Meinan, trying to walk with their moonlight Goddess. Had the Goddess’s ‘frozen rays’ not been as powerful, every male would’ve already rushed up to take Kaiser’s ce.


    * * *


    As Li disappeared into the dance, the originally crowded entrance was suddenlypletely empty, leaving behind only Purity and Daylight to stare at one another.


    Purity timidly opened her mouth to ask, “Uh… Daylight, why aren’t you going in?”


    Daylight forced a smile, “I don’t have an invitation. Meinan was supposed to take me in, but he seemed to havepletely forgotten.”


    As soon as he finished, Daylight seemed to have remembered something. He added, “Right, Purity, you look beautiful today.”


    Hearing this, Purity shook her head and said, “Not at all, Li-dage is the one who’s truly beautiful.”


    “Haha, if Li heard what you’ve said, he probably wouldn’t be too happy.” Daylight let out augh.


    Purityughed as well, and she added, “Li-dage was already unhappy, because my mommy was so slow she didn’t realize he was a guy. A little while ago, she kept pestering Li-dage to marry my brother Feir.”


    “Uh? Are you serious?”


    Daylight paused for a moment, and pictured in his mind the scene of Feir and the ‘beauty’ Li standing together… It did seem like they would make a good couple. After looking at Purity, they both realized the other had the same thought, and they both shared augh.


    Purity said as sheughed, “Daylight, be my date for this dance. Let’s hurry and go see Li-dage seduce the Prince. If they were judged purely on appearance, they would be like a beautiful Princess and a Prince!”


    “Okay!” Daylight smiled, but then said awkwardly, “But… in a bit, you have to dance with me.”


    “Okay.”


    Purityughed. Her pure, unadulterated smile almost made Daylight stare.


    * * *


    Li had just entered the dance, but the situation turned out to be the same as outside. The ce was originally filled with people chattering, but starting from the entrance, the ce where Li and Kaiser stood, silence began to fan out until finally, the whole ce began to be eerily quiet.


    “Where?” Li asked calmly as always.


    Kaiser had already been looking around to find their target, but he hadn’t been able to find traces of Cappino. Kaiser knitted his brows, thinking if he stood up the girl of his dreams.


    “Let’s look around.” Kaiser said lightly, then led Li into the dance.


    Since the dance took ce at the practice fields of the School of Knights, it spanned over quite arge area. There were also many champagne pyramids and bouquets of flowers, obstructing their views, not to mention the sheer amount of people present. Perhaps Cappino was in the crowd, and therefore Kaiser couldn’t find him.


    At first, Kaiser could easily take Li through a pile of frozen male statues, but as more and more of them woke up, the path became harder to traverse. Had it not been Li using his cold eyes and freeze rays, they would have already been surrounded.


    Seeing they could barely move, Kaiser became more anxious. If this weren’t elegant dance, Kaiser would have screamed Cappino’s name… but if he did so, would the waiters think he’s ordering coffee?


    While Kaiser and Li were walking in circles, the music started to y.


    A few men unwillingly grabbed their dates’ hands and walked into the dance floor, but they still asionally nced at Li from the corners of their eyes. Some men even ignored their datesints and hammerings, and stared at Li nkly. A few men even walked up to them, even Li’s freeze rays couldn’t stop the passion in these men’s eyes.


    “Beautiful miss, may I have the honor of this dance?”


    A few men said at once. People surely needed some pioneers before they would do the same. As soon as these few men spoke, others immediately followed. In an instant, the dance floors were filled with sounds of invitation. They all seemed to fear Li was deaf, and each yelled louder than the previous.


    Li’s face got colder and colder as the invitations piled up. Kaiser, however, was almost pierced by the gazes of disdain and jealousy.


    Kaiser… started tough sinisterly. Did these rich people really think they could scare him with their eyes?


    ‘Hmmph! I will make you all die of jealousy!”


    Kaiser, without a single bit of concern, grabbed the Goddess in everyone’s eyes and headed straight to the dance floor.


    Although Kaiser didn’t know how to dance, and Li didn’t even know what dance even was, Kaiser looked at the couples near them and imitated them by putting his hand on Li’s waist, and said yfully,


    “Hey, put your hand on my shoulder.”


    “What for?”


    Li did as Kaiser asked, but judging from the dancers next to them, Li didn’t understand why he should do so, especially since the taller person ced their hands on the shorter person. Logically speaking, shouldn’t he have put his hands on Kaiser’s waist?


    “Trying to lose the crowd, discuss what we’re going to do, and dance with you so those who dared to re at me can die in jealousy.” Kaiser said, and then looked proudly at those jealous, disappointed, and depressed emn.


    Seeing Kaiser’s gloating expression as he danced with him, Li had a feeling the order Kaiser stated seemed to be incorrect.


    Though Li felt helpless, he had no choice because he couldn’t find Cappino, and if he were to leave the dance floor, there probably would be another pile of men trying to invite him to dance.


    “Excuse me, may I exchange dance partners with you?”


    As soon as he heard, Kaiser immediately turned his head and said in the most condescending tone, “Sorry! Not in a million years… uh! Your Majesty?”


    When his head fully turned around, Kaiser’s eyes almost popped out. The delicate man in front of him was definitely the Dragon Emperor! The partner he wanted to exchange was Lanski in a ck formal dress.


    Lanski was trying to use her eyes to hint at Kaiser. But after seeing Kaiser still confused, Lanski decided to walk up and grabbed Kaiser.


    Before she left, she threw a smile at Li and said, “Let me borrow your date, and please have a dance with my father.”


    No, he can’t leave Li with the Dragon Emperor! Though Kaiser desperately struggled, but how could a weak Sorcerer break away from a Knight’s grasp? Tears rolled down Kaiser’s face as he was dragged away by Lanski.


    Was Kaiser’s face trying to tell him not to get into trouble or not to dance with the Dragon Emperor? Li contemted. It was far too difficult for anyone to guess Kaiser’s meaning from tears, rolling eyes, and a frown.


    “Hello.”


    As if he were afraid of scaring the girl before him, the Dragon Emperor did not carry his usual solemnness, but instead with a faint smile, which made him look even more like a handsome young man. Li didn’t know what he should do, so he frowned as he looked back.


    “Please don’t misunderstand. I’m actually very old.” The Dragon Emperor smiled lightly,


    “And I have no fetish with younger ones. The reason I’m here is because you look very simr to my wife who had passed away, so I presumptuously asked you to dance with me.”


    ‘The Emperor wanted to dance simply because I looked like the Queen.’ Li thought and rxed.


    ‘This shouldn’t cause any trouble, right?’ Li nodded lightly at the Emperor, whom elegantly bowed to Li, gesturing an invitation to dance.


    Li confoundedly look at the Emperor as he bowed and then put his right hand in front of Li, but he didn’t know how to respond. Kaiser didn’t seem to do something like this a moment ago?


    Right as Li was at his wit’s end, Kaiser ran back with Lanski. Lanski was no longer trying to pull Kaiser away, and all she did was curiously look at her father and the woman who looked extremely simr to her mother. It looked like these two hade to some sort of agreement…


    In reality, however, it was because Kaiser understood the reason and promised Lanski not to disturb her father. Lanski herself really wanted to watch his father dancing, so she came back with Kaiser.


    Seeing the Emperor had already bowed with his right hand reaching out for more than ten seconds, Kaiser hurried Li with his eyes, but the Assassin had no idea of the rules to a dance, and his eyes were still filled with confusion.


    After Kaiser scratched his head, Kaiser bowed towards Lanski and reached out his right hand. Lanski, who knew the formalities well, naturally ced her hand into Kaiser’s, and Li finally understood what he should do.


    Li imitatively ced his hand on the Emperor’s hand. The Dragon Emperor, who had waited for quite a while, didn’t seem impatient at all, but instead naturally put his hand on Li’s waist.


    “I’m sorry. I’m not familiar with dancing.” Li said calmly. Compared to letting the Dragon Emperor find out the hard way, he’d rather admit it first.


    “So that’s why. Then try following my lead. When I back up, you take a step forward.”


    The Dragon Emperor took a step back with his right leg, and Li followed a step forward with his left.


    The Dragon Emperor smiled and said, “Great, now take one step to your right, and then one step back. Follow these steps along, and I will lead on you everything else.”


    Li did as the Dragon Emperor said. At first, they were just dancing at one spot, but then the Dragon Emperor started to speed up, and at the same time led Li to dance in circles. Li’s purple dress and the Dragon Emperor’s purple robe seemed to be intertwined into two beautiful, purple circles.


    * * *


    “Kaiser, who is that beautiful woman?”


    Lanski couldn’t refrain from asking. As soon as this woman entered, Lanski noticed her father, whose heart was like calm water, was actually staring at the woman.


    At first, Lanski thought her father was captivated under the mour of her beauty as well, but his eyes didn’t seem like he was fascinated. Instead, his face was filled with surprise and nostalgia.


    Lanski carefully examined the beautiful woman in purple, she realized the beauty looked practically identical to her mother’s portrait in her father’s room!


    “Her… She’s Li’s sister.” Kaiser answered timidly. Fearing Lanski would notice ‘she’ looked like Li, so he decided to tell her she’s Li’s sister.


    Siblings looking alike, no one would be suspicious of that, right?


    Hearing she’s the sister of someone Lanski was familiar with, she was quite surprised, and at the same time realized the woman’s facial features were indeed simr to Li’s.


    “So it turns out she’s Li’s sister, then I can finally rx. It’s good that she’s not someone of an unknown origin.”


    Lanski took a deep breath, and lowered her guard down towards the woman. She happily looked at the two purple circles on the dance floor with some unspeakable anticipation.


    “Rx? What do you mean?” Seeing Lanski’s indescribable expression and hearing her strange words, Kaiser had a very bad feeling about all this.


    “Don’t you think she’s quite a match with my father?”


    Lanski smiled as she pointed at the couple everyone admired. She was agreeable to the idea of her father finding another woman, and even encouraged it. After all, her mother had been dead for more than twenty years, and her brother had just passed away yesterday in such a tragic manner.


    Thinking about this, Lanski’s mood sank a bit. Though she hadn’t been on good terms with her brother, and they weren’t even born from the same mother, but knowing her brother was electrocuted to death, Lanski still felt uneasy in her heart, and she could only imagine how her father could possibly feel.


    Lanski remembered ever since yesterday, her father hadn’t shown even a sign of a smile. If it weren’t for the fact he had to discuss the possibility of an alliance with An Republic and the Commerce Alliance to fight against Miluo, her father probably would have already left this sad ce…


    “A match?!” Kaiser finally understood what his bad feeling was!


    What the hell! They were here to seduce Cappino, but why the heck did they end up seducing Cappino’s father instead?!


    This felt just like going to the kitchen to grab food to eat during the middle of the night and getting caught by Auntie, and then she jammed the entire pail of food down his throat.


    Seeing Kaiser’s mouth open so wide a chicken could fit inside, Lanski immediately started to exin on behalf of his father,


    “Don’t dislike my father because you think he’s old. My father has already reached the stage where he could maintain his age. Although he’s already several hundred years old, but he could probably live a few hundred years more.”


    ‘Not only is he homosexual, but he’s a really old guy hitting on a young person?’ Kaiser’s expression became stranger.


    * * *


    “We’ve been dancing for quite a while, but I still haven’t caught your name?”


    The Emperor didn’t know his daughter was trying to find him another wife, but he did feel a strange connection to the girl in front of him. Considering she looked so much like his wife who passed away, she should have some rtion to her, right?


    ‘Name?’ Li remembered the abbreviated name Kaiser called him, and answered, “L.”


    “L?” The Dragon Emperor repeated this name, and his eyes shed strangely.


    “Do you know where Cappino is?”


    Li suddenly asked, and the Dragon Emperor paused briefly before asking, “You know my third son?”


    Li nodded and exined, “I have a date with him.”


    “A date with my third son, is it? Unfortunately, he had been depressed due to the death of my second son, and therefore did not attend this dance.”


    Though the Emperor talked in a gentle voice, but for some reason, Li felt coldness shing by. When he looked curiously at the Emperor, he still maintained a light smile, making it impossible for Li to guess what he was thinking.


    “You learn quite quickly, and you can still follow me even though I’m dancing quickly.” The Emperorplimented.


    It wasn’t until then that Li noticed the speed at which they were dancing had already far surpassed the limit of an ordinary person. Li was shocked. As the best Assassin, how could he have easily been lead to expose his secrets?


    Li raised his head again, and the Dragon Emperor still had a smile on his face, as if he had a smiling mask on at all times.


    Li suddenly stopped and pushed the Emperor away. Although Li knew this would raise his suspicions even more, but the Assassin, who had never feared his opponents before, feared this unfathomable man.


    “Are you tired?” The Dragon Emperor was not angry for being pushed away, but instead asked in a caring manner.


    “Mhm.” Being a bit away from the Dragon Emperor, Li could finally maintain his calmness. Even if the Emperor realized his true identity, Li thought, getting away shouldn’t be a problem with his current strength.


    The Dragon Emperor nodded and said, “Then, L, rest for a while, and I should be leaving. There will be a meeting tomorrow morning. It was a pleasure meeting you, L, and if you want to see Cappino, pleasee the ce where we’re currently staying. It will be our honor to have you as our guest.”


    Li did not understand what the Dragon Emperor had nned. He obviously lead Li into showing his strength, but now he was pretending he didn’t know anything and even invited him to be his guest. He was confused… he was definitely not suitable, he thought, so he’d rather discuss it with Kaiserter.


    “Understood. Thank you for your invitation.” Li could only reply in such manner.


    After the Emperor elegantly bowed to Li, he slowly walked out of the dance floor. When he passed Lanski, he even nagged a few things, such as “Don’t stay toote”, “Rest early”, etc.


    After the Emperor left, Lanski impatiently and anxiously grabbed Kaiser and ran up to Li. Even the perverts around her couldn’t rush as fast as she could.


    Lanski’s face was filled with jubnce, and said happily to Li, “Hello, L-jiejie. I am Lanski, the Dragon Emperor’s fourth child, and I’m friends with your brother!”


    “My brother.” Though Li was confused, but he kept calm and used a derative sentence to hint at Kaiser so Lanski wouldn’t be suspicious.


    “Right, L-jiejie, Lanski is good friends with your brother, Li.” Kaiser blinked, and quietly informed Li he had be his own brother.


    “Oh, nice to meet you, Lanski.” After receiving Kaiser’s hint, Li calmly answered.


    “L-jiejie, isn’t my father a great guy?” Lanski asked happily while shaking Li’s hands.


    ‘I think he’s terrifying…’ Li didn’t say his thoughts. Though he wasn’t good with interpersonal rtionships, but at least he knew not to say something bad of a girl’s father in front of her.


    Although Li didn’t say anything about the Emperor, Lanski saw her best candidate as her father’s new wife didn’t seem to like her father much, and she began to feel anxious. She grabbed L’s hands, trying to convince her of all the good qualities of her father.


    However, Li had no time to listen to Lanski.


    Standing in the center of the dance floor were two of the most beautiful women at the dance, and the surrounding floor showed signs of corrosion from saliva.


    Not to mention the dishonorable Kaiser had already ran off, and he was standing outside of the blockade of people and waving at Li. He tried to put on somepassion on his face to pity Li’s circumstances, but the exaggerated way he went about it showed he was actually rejoicing in Li’s misfortune.


    Seeing the situation was getting out of control and Lanski was still endlessly talking about how good her father was, Li interrupted Lanski and said awkwardly, “Lanski, this isn’t the best ce to talk.”


    Lanski suddenly stopped, and she realized the circle of perverts was closing in on them, to the point where they were only a few steps away.


    Lanski obviously had a better handle on this than Li, who had little experience being a beautiful woman. Lanski acted with the imposing manner of a royalty and waved her right arm, “Back off!”


    Everyone around seemed to have woken up, and suddenly realized this may be the only Princess of the Dragon Empire, but with the Dragon Emperor being in An Academy at this very moment, had they so much as touched her hair, they wouldn’t have enough lives to answer to the Emperor.


    No matter how much they want to hit on the hot girls, their lives were at stake! The crowd parted like the Red Sea.


    “Let’s go, L-jiejie.” Lanski smiled and dragged Li out of the dance.


    Li had no choice but follow Lanski. Lanski didn’t forget to ask Kaiser toe along because she had something to say to Kaiser.


    Lanski walked with Li into the forest near the academy, and stopped next to a littleke.


    Li was very familiar with this ce, since it was where he and Jasmine first met. He didn’t expect Lanski would also know of this ce, and he guessed it must’ve been Jasmine who brought her here.


    “Kaiser, I have a message I want you to tell Silver Mask.” Lanski suddenly turned around and said to Kaiser.


    “Uh? What is it?” Kaiser was surprised.


    Lanski said carefully,


    “Please tell Silver Mask, because of my brother’s sudden death, I was with my fatherst night and all of today, and so I couldn’t wait for him in the School of Knights. Please clear this up with him for me, otherwise… I forced him to agree to go to the dance with me then I stood him up, he might hate me for it.”


    As she exined, Lanski’s face seemed more and more depressed.


    “Oh, don’t worry, Silver Mask wouldn’t get angry over something so small.” Kaiser said carelessly, considering Silver Mask himself didn’t make it, why would he be mad? Kaiser nced at Li and hinted with his eyes.


    After that, Lanski said to Kaiser with embarrassment, “Kaiser, I have something to say to L-jiejie. Uh… could you give us a minute?”


    Kaiser scratched his face, and threw an inquiring look at ‘L-jiejie’ whom, after a moment of thought, slightly nodded.


    Kaiser shrugged at Lanski, indicating he didn’t care, and then turned around in preparation to go back to the dorm to have a long-term intimacy with his pillow and sheets.


    After Kaiser left, Lanski had an apologetic face towards L, “L-jiejie, I’m really sorry, asking you to stay like this.”


    “It’s okay.” Li really didn’t mind. Although he knew the person in front of him wasn’t the person he had been missing, Li did enjoy looking at Lanski’s face and thinking about his past.


    Lanski sat down, and Li followed. Lanski began saying what she wanted to say to L,


    “L-jiejie, please don’t think my father is happy because he’s alwaysughing. In reality, my father has rarely been truly happy ever since mother passed away.”


    Lanskiughed awkwardly, “Of course, this is what my third brother told me. After all, I hadn’t seen my mother, but he had always told me when mother was still alive, father would oftenugh heartedly, unlike how he is now.”


    Li found it hard to imagine the Dragon Emperor with a heartyugh. His mysterious nature had already been imprinted in Li’s mind.


    “Hard to imagine, right?” Even Lanski herself couldn’t fathom it,


    “So I really want to see how he looks like with a heartyugh. But father really loved mother, and he hasn’t looked for a new wife in twenty years.”


    “Do you know? You are the first woman my father stared at in twenty years.” Lanski said with excitement, but then she seemed a bit embarrassed as she added,


    “Of course, not including me.”


    ‘Unfortunately I’m a man, so your father still hadn’t stared at a ‘woman’…’ Li thought in response to Lanski.


    “So, L-jiejie, if possible, please consider my father. He is truly a good man.” Lanski held Li’s hands tightly.


    ‘Consider… what exactly?’ Though Li didn’t understand, but he understood there were leeways involved with ‘consider’. Nothing could go terribly wrong if he agrees, right? Li nodded lightly.


    “This is great!”


    Lanski smiled brilliantly. It was unlike the Lanski Li remembered, but rather more like Anise’s smile. This made Li smile without noticing.


    ‘This is not great at all! What good cane from deceiving the Emperor’s feelings?’


    The four people eavesdropping behind a nearby tree — Kaiser, Meinan, Daylight, and Purity — had a feeling it would be better off if they start running now.