Those Girls from Back Then...

Uh...

All right, let's not dwell on that question. Landen didn't have the chance to dwell on it anyway, because the moment she sat down, her two little palms started scratching Landen wildly. He had indeed searched her for weapons and items, but he had forgotten that women came with a natural weapon—their fingernails.

Fortunately, Landen was still a Low-tier Black Iron and had decent reflexes. He managed to raise his hands in time and avoid getting his face scratched, but the little wildcat still left several bloody marks on the back of his hand.

"Hogg, restrain her!" Landen had no time to care about the friction between his waist and abdomen that was enough to set anyone's blood racing. He desperately defended himself against the other party's "attack" while shouting.

Hogg, whom he had stopped earlier, hurried forward and easily grabbed her. With the strength of a High-tier Black Iron, the little wildcat who had been rampaging all over Landen a moment ago instantly became a sick cat in Hogg's hands.

Just then, the door was pushed open, and Avina's somewhat anxious voice rang out. "My lord, I heard some fight...ing..."

Her voice grew quieter and quieter until it stopped completely. Avina's mouth, however, not only failed to close, but opened wider and wider. That was because the fight just now had fallen into her eyes as a completely different scene.

Landen was lying on the floor, both of his hands holding a pair of delicate hands. The owner of those hands was straddling his waist, while Hogg was intimately embracing her from behind, with a pair of little claws still stroking her arms...

Yes, that was exactly what it looked like.

Poor Avina's little face flushed bright red in an instant, from the tips of her ears all the way down below her neck. She was red all over, looking exceptionally... festive.

Then the girl threw out, "My lord is a lecher," and fled the office as if escaping for her life. Fortunately, the girl still had some sense of propriety and closed the door behind her...

"Uh... Why does that sound so familiar?" Landen wore a speechless expression. He let go of the little wildcat's hands and said, "Get her off me first."

Hogg dragged the little wildcat away, while Landen hurriedly climbed to his feet and returned to his swivel chair.

"I won't let an enemy go, but I also don't want to injure anyone by mistake. That's why you can still stand before me and speak." Landen straightened his expression before continuing, "But if you make a scene like that again, I can't guarantee that I or my subordinates won't hurt you."

The little wildcat clearly had no intention of listening to him and tried to lunge forward again, but Hogg's strength from behind held her firmly in place, leaving her able only to bare her teeth at Landen.

Landen shook his head helplessly. "This isn't good for either of us. If we can't establish a proper environment for conversation, I'll have no choice but to lock you up first."

"You're going to lock me up? You... you're actually going to lock me up?" The little wildcat's voice instantly rose an octave. Her expression changed even faster. A moment ago, she had been ferocious beyond measure, but the next moment, her eyes were already brimming with tears, and her expression was unbearably pitiful.

Landen suddenly felt as if he had two heads and could only say through gritted teeth, "I don't want to lock you up either, but with you acting like this, we have no way to talk. We can only let you spend some time alone to calm down."

"You..." The little wildcat froze. After a long silence, she finally asked, "You... really don't recognize me anymore?"

Seeing that she had finally calmed down enough to speak, Landen breathed a sigh of relief and answered honestly, "You feel very familiar to me, but I've searched through all my memories and found nothing about you."

"So you really can't remember me?" the little wildcat asked again for confirmation.

Landen nodded.

"Why don't you just go die!" She changed her expression again in an instant and made as if to lunge. Fortunately, Hogg had been prepared and held her firmly, giving her no chance to break free.

"You bastard, I'm going to kill you, kill you!" The little wildcat went berserk again. Even with Hogg pinning her down, she struggled frantically and shouted, "You bastard! You're a heartless bastard who played with me and then forgot all about me!"

Pfft!

Landen spat out in shock. The excessive surprise made it impossible for him to control himself, and he cried out, "What did you say I did?"

"What, do you dare do it but not admit it? How did I fail to see what a bastard you were back then?" The little wildcat glared viciously at Landen, her small canine teeth bared as if she wanted nothing more than to bite him to death.

"Dare do it... No, what did I do?" Landen struggled to control his emotions and said as seriously as possible, "Miss... I think there may be some misunderstandings between us."

"There's no misunderstanding! It was you, Philip Isis Landon! You, you bastard! Back then, I followed the people from my family to Solenode City to trade. It was you!" the little wildcat raged. "You lured me with all kinds of sweet words, and then you took me away from home for the first time; took me to a brothel for the first time; made me... made me learn about those shameful things for the first time. It was all you!"

"Shameful things? Me and you? Impossible!" Landen denied it flatly. Although he couldn't remember any of those things, there was one thing deeply ingrained in his predecessor's memories: his predecessor had absolutely been a virgin, just like he was now...

So even though Vivian had said something similar before, and this little wildcat before him had said it too, Landen remained utterly convinced that he was still a VIRGIN!

"How could it be impossible?" the little wildcat said through clenched teeth. "Do you think you can hide those things? You can go back and ask your mother, Matriarch Isis. Or ask your three older sisters. Just ask them whether they remember Katarina Cacarot Veronica Xia!"

"So you're from the Vol Family? The legendary little princess of the Vol Family, the heir to the family matriarch?" Landen let out a breath. No matter how the other party sounded, he had at least obtained some information. Their conversation had finally made the tiniest bit of progress despite the predicament.

As he spoke, Landen couldn't help recalling something Vivian had said at the time.

"You weren't even an adult then, were you? Yet you managed to trick the little princess of the Vol Family into getting into your bed. Although she was destined to have countless male consorts in the future, you were still able to take her chastity, you..."

At that thought, Landen fell silent again. After a long while, he waved his hand and said, "Take her away for now. Give her a room of her own. I need to sort through my memories properly. After that, we'll continue today's unfinished conversation."

"It seems my lord really is as amazing as Vivian said." Hogg had clearly thought of Vivian's words too, but had obviously arrived at some strange misunderstanding. After leaving that sentence behind, she escorted the little wildcat away, leaving Landen alone.

"What on earth did I do to deserve this?!"

A scream echoed through the office once again...