An Inexplicable Bond Between Qianjie and the Thousandth Herrscher: A Misunderstanding

"What? Brother Su and Jie Ge are here too?"

Pardo, who had just come downstairs and was still yawning, stared wide-eyed at Zhu Yufeng and said incredulously, "I can understand Brother Su... but as for Jie Ge... it's really hard to imagine Jie Ge on vacation."

"You can't say that, Phyllis. We can't always look at someone with the same old perspective," Elysia said with a smile. "Although Qianjie can be a little impolite at times, he's still a good boy."

"I think the premise for you to make that assessment of him is that he can't beat you." Zhu Yufeng looked at the breakfast laid out on the table, thought for a moment, and then said, "Did Ying also participate in making the breakfast?"

"Huh? Maple, how did you figure that out?" Elysia, somewhat surprised.

Isn't it obvious at a glance...? Zhu Yufeng stared at the typical Far East rice balls on the table and fell silent.

Lilith's cooking is so fancy, while Elysia's cooking, although this is probably the first time he's seen it, given Elysia's personality, she could probably even make dumplings into the shape of a flower. Compared to that, this rice ball is really quite simple and unadorned. Also, in his previous life, Rin said that Sakura's rice ball making skills were quite good.

Perhaps it's because it's simple to make and easy to carry...

In short, it's something you can tell at a glance.

"This must be thanks to a certain younger sister who sold her older sister out of the house, right?" Lilith said with a smirk. "You all probably know that when Sakura wasn't around in the previous life, it was often Kaede who took care of Rin. In some ways, he's really no less capable than Kosma when it comes to taking care of children."

Sakura sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation. She had no idea what her younger sister had said to Kaede in their previous life, but judging from Lilith's statement that she had "sold everything out," perhaps... Kaede really did know everything...

Was he really too lenient with Rin in his past life? His bias towards her is so obvious...

"I think she's probably mostly worried that her older sister won't get married," Lilith continued to tease. "After all, back then, Sakura, you were spending all your time either on her or on missions, and sometimes Rin had to accommodate you, so I think it's not impossible~"

Cherry. "..."

So... why did Lilith's target for teasing change from Elysia to herself?

Xila quietly began eating. She couldn't understand what these people were saying, nor was she very interested. She only remembered that Zhu Yufeng had told her that she met him in a non-existent time and space. Although she still couldn't understand, she roughly knew that there was such a story. She didn't care about anything else.

"However, I still find it hard to imagine that Jie Ge would come here for vacation." Pardo scratched her head, picked up a sandwich and ate it as she spoke.

"It shouldn't be that Qianjie came alone," Elysia said after thinking for a moment. "After all, Qianjie is a rather shy boy. No, I should say that all the boys in the Fourteen Schicksal are quite shy... Raphael must have brought him here."

As Elysia spoke, her gaze fell on Zhu Yufeng's hand, on the sandwich he was currently holding...

"That's the name. Su told me on the phone. I think he's Qianjie's current deputy." Zhu Yufeng casually picked up a sandwich and took a bite. Seeing Elysia looking at him expectantly, he realized that the sandwich he was holding was made by Elysia, so he said, "It's delicious."

"After all, beautiful girls can do anything~" Elysia, hands on her hips.

"Raphael's words... I remember them." Hua glanced at Xila, thinking that everyone seemed to be okay with Xila knowing these things, so it shouldn't be a problem for her to say a few more, right?

Then she continued, "He seems to be an individual of the Tenth Herrscher as well..."

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

What? In the previous life Qianjie's deputy named Immer was the Tenth Herrscher, right? Qianjie even caused a Fire Moth because of this, and in the end, Immel knew in advance that Qianjie would go berserk and destroy things, so he subdued Qianjie in time and also helped him find the Divine Key made from Immer's Herrscher Core. Otherwise, according to the original setting, Qian Jie would have destroyed a Qianjie Xuanyuan Sword in several weeks...

He originally thought he could have a chance of winning against the Herrscher later on, but the Xuanyuan Sword was basically destroyed after entering the Divine Blessing Barrier. In the Finality battle, he alone destroyed more than a week's worth of all the Xuanyuan Sword that remained...

Is this Raphael also one of the Thousandth Herrscher? Qianjie... you can't stand being associated with the Thousandth Herrscher, can you?

Although Qianjie has a bad temper, judging from the fact that he was able to be persuaded by Raphael to attend the banquet last time, he at least respects Raphael in his heart. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have come to Australia this time.

Because he and Eden didn't get along very well, he always thought Eden's music was just noise... so Qianjie probably wouldn't stay at Eden's villa this time.

So, only Kevin and Vill-V remain among the Fire Moth?

"Hua, you actually remember?" Pardo said in surprise. "Although I joined the Fire Moth after becoming the Tenth Herrscher, I still know that there are over a thousand of those divine keys. How did you remember the Herrscher's name?"

"I wouldn't say I remember them all, but Raphael actually knows quite a few people within the Fire Moth," Hua said. "I've also received help from him, so I have a slight impression of him."

"That guy is just a nice guy, good-tempered and capable, except he's a bit of a nag," Lilith said. "But the reason he eventually became Herrscher is probably because he liked Yao Xin's personality."

Of the Thousandth Herrscher, Zhu Yufeng only remembered two: Klein and Immer.

Just as Zhu Yufeng was thinking about these things, he noticed that Kosma was coming downstairs.

"Good morning." Kosma and the others nodded.

"Has Disaster not gotten up yet?" Zhu Yufeng asked casually.

"... I knocked on her door before coming down, she's already awake and will be down in a bit," Kosma replied. "Maple, how did you sleep last night? Griseo, she..."

"She's very quiet. I looked at her sketchbook for a while and then she fell asleep. Now... let her sleep a little longer. I'll wake her up in the bathroom later." Zhu Yufeng said, glancing at his watch. "Speaking of which, is Mobius still not awake? Even though we're on vacation, getting up too late is still not good..."

"Eden got drunk again last night, so she probably won't be able to get up this early," Elysia said. "But she also told me yesterday that she doesn't have any plans for today."

"After all, the opening ceremony of the arts festival has already passed, and the selection of some films and other events is not yet due," Zhu Yufeng said.

After Disaster came downstairs, Zhu Yufeng went upstairs to wake Griseo. After everyone finished breakfast, the villa's doorbell rang at just the right moment.

"Su and the others should have arrived by now," Zhu Yufeng said, then got up to open the door. He found only Su standing outside, so he reached out to take Su's luggage and asked, "Didn't Qianjie come with you?"

"He..." Su smiled helplessly, "Feng, you know that Yu's relationship with Eden isn't exactly harmonious, so he didn't choose to come. However, at least his deputy named Raphael seems quite reliable. Although Qianjie seems to find Raphael's words annoying, since he came on Raphael's advice, there probably won't be any problems."

"Are only Qianjie and Raphael here?" Zhu Yufeng led Su into the living room.

"I should say, Qianjie's entire team is here." Su looked at everyone in the living room and said with some doubt, "Kevin... didn't he come?"

"He still needs to stay with Mei. This time, Mei actually asked Kevin to stay with her, but Kevin didn't refuse," Zhu Yufeng said. "By the way, why did you suddenly come to Australia? I don't remember you being the kind of person who just comes and then decides what to do."

"Sigh..." Su sighed, a speechless expression on his face, and said, "Xu has been too engrossed in his experiments lately, and Professor Spasi ... used some extreme methods to send him on a plane to Australia."

He thought to himself, "I didn't expect Mei to actually ask Kevin to stay with her... This seems a little different from the Mei I know? No, Mei has always been close to Kevin... Perhaps, this is the subtle change that our existence has brought to this world? Hmm, as long as these subtle changes accumulate, they will eventually become a qualitative change that affects the trajectory of fate in the previous life."

Zhu Yufeng glanced at Su and casually said, "Did he hit you in the back or something?"

Su looked up at the ceiling. He hadn't expected it either. There wasn't even a stun gun or any tranquilizer. They simply slapped him on the back of the head, making him black out, and then packed him up and put him on the plane. The whole process was so smooth that he couldn't help but wonder if Professor Spasi had prepared this all along.

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

It's true... I never expected that Director Spasi would be such a sentimental person.

After chatting for a while about their experiences, Ling, Mobius, and Eden came downstairs one after another. They were a little surprised to see Su here, but Eden immediately arranged a room for Su.

After everyone was settled, it was almost noon. Eden wanted to arrange for everyone to have lunch at a famous restaurant in Australia, but Lilith said she could prepare it herself, and Elysia also offered to help her take care of everyone's lunch.

"However, for dinner, how about you show everyone your cooking skills, Feng?" Lilith asked Zhu Yufeng with a smile. "What I taught you should come in handy, right? Anyway, when we went out on missions or went on vacation before, it was basically just you and me who were in charge of cooking."

Elysia looked at Zhu Yufeng. She had never tried Feng's cooking, but seeing how much Mobius enjoyed the instant noodles Feng made, it must be pretty good. Besides, Feng had eaten the food she made, so in exchange, Feng should cook for her too. It made perfect sense, didn't it?

However, this is on the premise that both parties can cook, like Kevin and May... It's already a blessing that Kevin wasn't sent to the emergency room.

Zhu Yufeng certainly wouldn't refuse. It's not like he can't cook; besides Lilith, he's also asked Hundred Flavors for cooking tips.

After the arrangements were finalized, everyone went out to enjoy the art festival.

"I never expected that Lilith and Elysia could get along so peacefully." Su said with some emotion. He had worried that after Lilith returned to the Fire Moth, there would be chaos within the Fire Moth. Given the rivalry between Elysia and Lilith, it was still surprising that they could get along peacefully. Although it was not impossible, it was still a bit of a surprise.

"As long as it doesn't involve me, they do have a pretty good relationship," Zhu Yufeng said with a helpless expression while hugging Griseo.

"Is that so..." Su nodded thoughtfully. "Then... although my question might be a little inappropriate for the Present, what are your final thoughts...?"

As far as he knew, besides Elysia and Lilith, there were also Mobius, Pardo, and Vill-V, among others. Although he didn't want to stubbornly stand with Kevin against Zhu Yufeng, he still wanted to know Zhu Yufeng's true opinion on the matter.

There's no way around it, it's all about gossip; even enlightened people can't escape this kind of thing.

"I've answered Kevin's question before, and my answer..." Zhu Yufeng hesitated for a moment, "At least personally, I feel that I might be on the road to becoming a scumbag and never turn back."

Su was taken aback. He quickly understood what Zhu Yufeng meant. He looked at Zhu Yufeng with some helplessness, but he also knew that Zhu Yufeng was probably just unable to solve the Present problem, so he simply gave up and accepted it. As for Elysia and Lilith, Mobius and Vill-V didn't seem like the type to give up or follow the normal path. As for Pardo... she was also quite good at accepting the status quo and giving up.

"Brother Yu Feng, what does 'scumbag' mean?" Griseo asked, looking up.

"It means a very bad person, a really, really bad person. Little Griseo, remember to stay away from this kind of person in the future," Zhu Yufeng said, looking down.

"But... nobody thinks Brother Yu Feng is a bad person," Griseo asked, somewhat puzzled.

"You'll understand when you grow up." Zhu Yufeng didn't know how to explain this to Griseo, so she could only use the universal answer, "You'll understand when you grow up."

Mobius glanced at Zhu Yufeng. This answer... was indeed normal for Zhu Yufeng, because she also felt that she could never give up. At most, she was just unwilling.

Suddenly, a loud and familiar voice rang out.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my performance. I can assure you that what you are about to see is the magic show of the greatest Magician of this century!"

Zhu Yufeng: "?!"

Vill-V? She came too?

Everyone looked in the direction from which the voice came, and then Vill-V's voice rang out. "Next, I will randomly select an audience member to be my magic partner and perform with me."

Zhu Yufeng immediately noticed that Vill-V was looking at him with a half-smile, and then as Vill-V tossed the magic hat in her hand, he watched as the magic hat floated onto his head.

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

Could your "randomness" be any more fake?