What a joke! I, the mighty God of Fun, am going to be restricted to only bringing fun to bad people from now on? That cuts the fun in half right away!
"Hmm, if you don't want it, I won't force you." Chen Li nodded, being exceptionally reasonable.
Aha had just breathed a sigh of relief...
"But, Aha... have you ever heard a saying?"
"What saying?" Aha looked at Chen Li warily.
"When accepting an award... it's best to wear a helmet." As Chen Li spoke, he placed the heavy trophy base into his other palm and rhythmically smacked it.
Bang. Bang. Bang.
"..." Aha's gaze fell upon the trophy's solid base.
There still seemed to be traces of golden blood upon it, radiating an aura of Destruction. They were Nanook's "signature," silently proving the glorious deeds this Curio had accomplished.
"Fine. Though I think Joy constrained by rules is rather boring... the Joy of today really isn't funny at all." Aha sighed helplessly.
"That's true." Sparkle, standing nearby, nodded in deep agreement.
As the collective entity of the Sparkle masks, Sparkle possessed Sparkle's memories.
Although Sparkle had not discarded any masks for some time, meaning the information had not been updated with the latest developments, Sparkle had once seen, through Sparkle's eyes, the place called the Tavern—and the increasingly depraved, dull, and tedious atmosphere there.
Simple mockery and ridicule, seeking amusement purely for the sake of amusement, even taking pleasure in the withering lives and suffering of mortals...
While the Masked Fools of the new era had pulled off the fairly entertaining stunt of expelling Aha from the Tavern, apart from that, Joy nowadays was utterly worthless and boring beyond measure.
"Take it." Chen Li held the trophy out to Aha.
"Thank you for Your Majesty's grace~" Aha spread