The Moment History Was Made!

Vivian had never slept so comfortably.

Not only was her body warm, as if she were lying beside a blazing furnace, but her face felt as though it were resting on the kind of luxurious fur only people in the big cities could afford. It was soft and fluffy—simply wonderful!

Still lost in her dreams, the girl unconsciously rubbed her face against the "pillow" in her arms. The moment she did, Vivian suddenly felt her "pillow" tremble along with her.

She opened her eyes groggily. The first thing the girl saw upon waking was Liao Zixuan's little wolf face, which she had been hugging tightly against her chest, wearing an expression of utter despair.

And so, time seemed to freeze at that moment.

Liao Zixuan watched helplessly as the girl's expression changed from confusion to blank astonishment, then from astonishment back to confusion.

Finally, when it looked as though Vivian was about to faint from fright again, he hurriedly activated the emergency plan he had thought up long ago.

Slurp!

Liao Zixuan resolutely stuck out his little wolf tongue. While he was still being held in the girl's arms, he immediately gave Vivian's tiny nose a gentle lick.

Shameful!

This was far too shameful!

Liao Zixuan had never imagined that he would have a day like this. He was a grown man, a dignified world-class BOSS's cub, the Dark Flame Wolf, a lifeform regarded as taboo. Yet at this moment, he was licking someone else's face like a puppy!

Disgraceful!

Absolutely disgraceful!

This part had to be cut! It couldn't be broadcast!

But then again...

It seemed...

It really was kind of addictive! So this was what a girl's nose felt like? What about here? And here? And here.

Slurp!

Smack, smack, smack.

It took a full three or four seconds before poor Vivian finally seemed to come back to her senses.

The girl finally mustered up the courage to use her trembling little hand to dazedly wipe the saliva off her face. Then, quivering, she pulled the little wolf cub that was still trying to lick her face away from her.

Ahem. Cough, cough.

Anyway, this part wasn't supposed to be written down. As long as I'm not embarrassed, the embarrassed one is someone else!

Liao Zixuan shamelessly consoled himself, insisting that everything just now had merely been to win the foolish girl's trust. It had been purely an act of helplessness—an act of helplessness, that was all! There was absolutely no element of him discovering that he enjoyed licking her!

Unfortunately, he had only just been thinking this with complete confidence when the girl's first words nearly made Liao Zixuan trip over himself.

"I—I don't have much meat. I—sob—I'm really not tasty." Vivian's voice began with a sob, but by the end, it sounded as though she was forcing herself not to break down.

The corners of the girl's eyes were wet. Liao Zixuan couldn't tell whether it was morning dew, tears, or saliva that hadn't been wiped clean.

In any case, the little girl suddenly spread her legs and sat in front of Liao Zixuan with her knees apart. She looked as miserable as could be.

Good grief. So all that licking had been for nothing? This silly girl still thought he wanted to eat her?

Liao Zixuan angrily stomped his wolf paws with surprising humanity.

First, he tugged hard at the girl's clothes with his mouth, telling her to stop crying. Then he shook his head vigorously at her.

There was nothing he could do. Vivian's rank as a "Summoner" was simply too low at present. They still couldn't communicate through "Telepathy," so they could only use this most primitive method.

"Y-you mean you don't want to eat me?" This was the first time Vivian had encountered a monster capable of communicating with humans—or at least, it was the first time for a girl from such a remote rural place.

"Aw!" Liao Zixuan hurriedly nodded with all his might.

Seeing that the little wolf on the ground really seemed to be responding to her, Vivian was completely stunned for a moment. Then, her curiosity temporarily overwhelmed her fear, and she hurriedly asked in an incredulous voice:

"Y-you can understand what I'm saying!?"

"Aw, aw!"

Damn! This silly girl had finally figured it out! Liao Zixuan was so relieved that he nearly cried. It had been far too difficult!

He even nodded while spinning around in a circle on the ground, wagging his tail excitedly.

Crap! Wait, this is bad. Why did he feel like he was becoming more and more like some kind of husky?

Where was his dignity?

Where had his dignity gone?

He was the Dark Flame Wolf, and his soul belonged to a top-tier veteran player of Fall of the Gods. His identity—he had to maintain his identity!

Just as he was about to restrain himself and preserve his image, the girl's next sentence instantly shattered him again.

"Then... can you let me go?"

Vivian was like a helpless little lamb that had wandered into a wolf's den. After carefully asking her question, she gazed at Liao Zixuan with her large, pitiful eyes full of pleading.

"Aw! Aw!" Liao Zixuan finally couldn't take it anymore.

He barked fiercely at the girl twice, then lifted his little wolf head high and shook it firmly.

Whether as a human—no, as a wolf—he still had to be a little fiercer!

A little more forceful!

First, he pointed at the girl with one little paw, then at himself, and finally toward the forest's exit. His meaning was clear: you had to stay with him at all times. They would leave the forest together and go home.

After Liao Zixuan's efforts,

Vivian finally accepted that this tiny but terrifyingly powerful wolf monster didn't seem to harbor any ill will toward her. More than that, he appeared determined to remain by her side.

And so, no one knew where the girl suddenly found the courage. Perhaps it was the occupational instinct that came with becoming a "Summoner."

After hesitating for a moment, Vivian's eyes actually began to shine with a trace of inexplicable excitement. She slowly extended her little hand and cautiously reached toward Liao Zixuan's head.

Liao Zixuan didn't refuse. Afraid that the girl might lose her nerve halfway, he even leaned forward and moved closer on his own.

At last!

A moment that could absolutely be called historic was born in Claw Forest, an inconspicuous little corner within the Flame Domain, on the fringes of the world of Fall of the Gods.

From that moment onward, the relationship of trust between the two of them—no, between one human and one wolf—was officially established.

In later generations, countless historians and fanatical players, secretly prompted by a certain ill-natured Wolf God, would name this event "The Witch's Beginning" and "Birth of the Queen."

It was said that the legendary Witch Vivian, who by then had already stood at the very peak of the pyramid and defeated every opponent under the heavens, suffered several months of social death after learning about this.

But of course,

at this moment, our silly girl, Vivian the village girl, was still grinning foolishly in excitement.

Seeing that the wolf cub Liao Zixuan didn't resist or show the slightest displeasure at being petted, the girl immediately grew bolder.

Vivian's little hand began rubbing here and there—left, right, everywhere. Good grief, it seemed that people really did take after their kind. The girl had clearly become addicted to petting him!

At first, Liao Zixuan tolerated it.

After all, it was understandable. His Dark Flame Wolf bloodline was noble, and every strand of his fur was of the finest quality. If he sold it, each pelt would start at tens of thousands of gold coins—bah, bah, bah! Could something like this be measured with money? How vulgar!

And, to be honest, being petted by the girl really was quite comfortable.

But later,

when Vivian's little hand gradually became more and more unrestrained, unconsciously creeping closer and closer to certain places she really shouldn't touch, Liao Zixuan suddenly shuddered and hurriedly escaped the girl's clutches.

Perhaps she realized that she had gone too far as well. The girl's little face immediately flushed with embarrassment, though a trace of lingering reluctance could still be seen in her expression.

Soon, however, after their playful antics, Vivian finally seemed to remember that she still had important business to attend to.

The girl quickly reached into her clothes. Under Liao Zixuan's curious gaze, she carefully took out a small cloth bundle.

When she spread it out on the ground, it turned out to contain several medicinal herbs.