Familiar Faces Meet

Back home, Qin Luming fetched the keys to the other apartment and took Fairy Jiang over. There were only two apartments on the top floor of the building. When buying the place, Qin Luming had felt that splitting the rooftop infinity pool in two with a divider in the middle ruined the best viewing spot, so he bought both apartments.

The rooftop pool and the divider between them had been modified, but since only Qin Luming, Zuozuo, and Caicai actually lived here, and he had no plans to hire housekeeping, they only used one apartment for daily life. The other was completely empty.

"This is the master key. It activates the elevator and grants access to the door locks and smart system. I'll adjust the settings in the main control app later, so it'll be easier for you to come and go in the future. I bought this place years ago, and a lot of things need upgrading. If there's anything you aren't satisfied with, just tell me." Qin Luming remained very polite toward Fairy Jiang. After all, she was a God King. After all, she was a guest from afar. After all... she had a black hole in her hand.

Fairy Jiang listened impassively as Qin Luming explained the home's central control system, as well as the usage and precautions for the lighting, audiovisual entertainment, laundry, kitchen, bathroom, and other subsystems. Then she walked over to a transparent glass door.

"Past here and upstairs is my bedroom. My study is nearby too. When I'm home, I spend most of my time in the bedroom, study, kitchen, or gym... Anyway, the place isn't that big. If you can't find me, just call out." Qin Luming pointed toward his living area across the way. "I'll introduce Zuozuo and Caicai to you in a bit. They're my... left hand and right hand."

Qin Luming spent a long time introducing all sorts of things to Fairy Jiang. He was a rather attentive person and considered matters thoroughly, but after explaining everything and drinking two bottles of water along the way, he realized for the first time—after introducing it to an outsider—that this home was actually so complicated... It made him want to return to simplicity. Did modern homes have far too many functions beyond the basic purpose of "living"?

After finishing the tour, Qin Luming handed Fairy Jiang the home's instruction manual so she could look over the details herself. Since she could communicate directly with him in Chinese, she clearly had no problem understanding the writing.

"Oh, right. Does the Divine Kingdom teach Chinese too?" Qin Luming asked casually. The Kingdom of Zhou was easier to understand. After all, Ma Shilong's novel setting made it clear that the Kingdom of Zhou's cultural classics closely resembled the traditional texts of Chinese culture. For example, both places had the Book of Changes, the Classic of Poetry, and Records of the Grand Historian, all works of extremely high status in their respective lands.

"We signed a Summoning Contract. It is a very... interesting relationship. Whatever you know, I know." Fairy Jiang thought for a moment. "For instance, if you hear an insect chirping, you can easily learn to do it too... chirp, chirp... like that."

Qin Luming had decent talent for languages, but it had still taken him quite a while to learn them. He greatly envied Fairy Jiang's ability.

"All right, let me introduce Zuozuo and Caicai to you. They are my left hand and right hand. My hands were once injured and difficult to heal. Later, I found out it was because they had traveled to another world. Once they returned, my hands recovered completely, and the two of them became girls." Qin Luming clenched his fists, and the gloves made of that incredibly mysterious metal appeared over his arms.

Two blazing beams of light descended onto the ground before them, and Zuozuo and Caicai emerged.

"I'm so hungry! I feel like my little tummy has eaten all the meat off my body!"

"I'm so skinny I'm about to turn into a piece of spinach, but you still look like a fat pig trotter."

Zuozuo and Caicai stood before Qin Luming, each rubbing her own little belly.

"I haven't had cola in so long. I don't want to argue with you right now. Let me have some soda first..."

"Didn't you say you wanted to bathe in cola? Let's go take a bath together first."

"Sure! Brother Qin, are you coming too?"

"Wait, let me introduce you to someone." Qin Luming finally got a chance to speak to the two chattering little girls.

Only then did Zuozuo and Caicai turn around and notice Fairy Jiang.

Zuozuo and Caicai immediately hid behind Qin Luming and dragged him far away.

Fairy Jiang simply stood there expressionlessly, coldly studying Zuozuo and Caicai... Qin Luming was confused. He hurriedly hugged the two little girls and asked, "What's wrong?"

"This woman... we know her. Her name is Fairy Jiang, and she's a terrifying person." Zuozuo clung tightly to Qin Luming as she spoke.

Caicai hugged Qin Luming from the other side and nodded vigorously. "When she was fighting the Abyssal Evil Dragon, we found your presence through the rift she tore open in space. That was how we managed to escape back."

"You still have the nerve to bring that up before me." Fairy Jiang revealed a faint sneer. "How wonderful it would have been if you had used that courage in battle. When the enemy army invaded the abyss, I led the tribes in resisting them. Countless died or were wounded, and the corpses of the fallen stretched for a million li. Yet you, the strongest fighting force beneath God King-level experts, led your tribespeople in taking advantage of the chaos. Waving flags and shouting was one thing, but at the crucial moment, you took the chance to run?"

"Of course we had to run! We always want to be with Brother Qin! We aren't people of your Divine Kingdom, so why should we help you fight?" Although Zuozuo felt somewhat guilty, she still sounded perfectly justified as she clung to Qin Luming. Compared with the panic and unease she had felt in that other world, only returning to Qin Luming's side made her feel safe.

"That's right! Aren't you so powerful? Go fight by yourself! Go kill by yourself! When you overturned the border mountains, didn't you kill more of your own subordinates than the enemy did? The enemies definitely didn't kill as many people as you did. If we hadn't run quickly, maybe you would've killed us too!" Caicai did not feel guilty at all. She was more skilled in spiritual sensing, and the Fairy Jiang before her did not possess the overwhelming battlefield aura she had back then.

"If I hadn't used the mountains to suppress the enemy, their breakthrough of the barrier would have caused even greater losses... Besides, before casting the spell, I used teleportation arrays to withdraw our fighting forces on a massive scale. Those who remained were all warriors willing to stay behind for one final resistance." Fairy Jiang glared at Zuozuo and Caicai. "You two deserters, what else do you have to say? After you ran, every member of your Baishou Tribe ran even faster, shouting that the tribe's divine maidens had delivered a divine oracle telling everyone to save themselves, so they no longer needed to obey the God King's command."

As Fairy Jiang looked at the two deserters, the anger in her eyes did not go beyond her gaze. She had not lost control. She simply had never expected to encounter them here... If she had not personally unleashed the God King Domain during that war, steadying morale and suppressing the urge to defect, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Fleeing from the battlefield was an unforgivable capital crime in any world, especially for the leaders of a commander's own army?