Moon World Girlfriend Comes Knocking

As his lips brushed against that cool skin, a pop-up window appeared before Lan Ze.

[Mission Complete]

Lan Ze let out a quiet sigh of relief in his heart.

He closed the window and was just about to quietly back away, but in the next moment, Lan Ze didn't dare to move a muscle.

The woman who should have been fast asleep had opened her eyes at some point.

Those red, star-like pupils were fixed directly upon his gaze.

"Damn it, where on earth did that guy run off to?!"

Ishtar was flying through the air on her Heavenly Ark, searching the high skies for a glimpse of Lan Ze.

He was her Divine Messenger, after all, and since she was the one who had taken him to the treasury, she naturally felt a sense of responsibility to look after him.

...Well, in truth, it wasn't really out of any sense of responsibility. This goddess, doted upon by all the gods, simply felt that since she had finally managed to snatch someone away from the Goddess of the Underworld, she hadn't even had the chance to gloat yet—how could she have lost him?

At the very least, she had to wait until she had a chance to see Ereshkigal, wrap an arm around her Divine Messenger, and say with great majesty: "Your Divine Messenger has already been molded into my shape..." She at least had to make the Goddess of the Underworld die of anger first!

Yet, she hadn't found a trace of Lan Ze anywhere. She had already scoured most of Uruk and even tracked the direction he had left in, but now, he was nowhere to be found.

"Where could he have gone?" Ishtar looked down at the ground, murmuring to herself.

Tiamat's eyes were exceptionally clear and limpid; Lan Ze could even see his own face reflected within them.

She gazed at Lan Ze calmly, seemingly unable to comprehend what this child had just done.

"That was just an accident... would you believe me if I said that?" Lan Ze tried to defend himself.

He had expected Tiamat to be furious, but her current reaction was not at all what he had imagined.

Tiamat remained silent. Even though she had been kissed while asleep, she didn't seem angry in the slightest. Her expression was perfectly natural; at least on the surface, there wasn't a single sign of irritation.

But Lan Ze didn't feel that way. With a guilty conscience, he hurriedly added under Tiamat's innocent, natural gaze: "I'm sorry, I know what I did was wrong, but it was all due to force majeure—"

Silence reigned.

Tiamat still didn't make a sound, with only the crashing of the waves echoing in his ears. This stillness, like the calm before a storm, made Lan Ze feel deeply uneasy. Although Tiamat's eyes still seemed gentle, no one knew if she might suddenly flare up in the next moment.

After all, no matter what, he was facing the Creation Mother Goddess. That aura alone was enough to increase the pressure tenfold.

Tiamat suddenly moved. She slowly raised her right hand and reached out toward Lan Ze with great caution.

Rather than anger, it felt more like a probe—she was testing to see if Lan Ze would try to escape from her embrace.

But Lan Ze didn't know this. He only felt that he was about to kick the bucket, so he simply closed his eyes and waited for death.

He didn't think he could escape from a terrifying Beast, so he decided it was better to die with some dignity.

Logically, he should have raised his head proudly and shouted, "Do with me as you please," but the problem was that he had just kissed her a moment ago. Under these circumstances, saying such a thing would be truly unreasonable.

So, Lan Ze simply played the mute and let Tiamat deal with him however she saw fit.

There was nothing left to say; he had indeed kissed Tiamat, so he could consider his death well-earned.

In any case, he didn't feel like he had lost out.

But at this moment, Lan Ze suddenly felt a moist sensation on his cheek, and a faint, delicate fragrance drifted into his nostrils.

That subtle scent caused Lan Ze's brain, which had already given up on thinking, to start whirring again.

With the moist, ticklish, and pleasant sensation on his cheek, Lan Ze's heart fluttered slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes.

At this very moment, within his field of vision, Tiamat was gently stroking his head with one hand. At the same time, she leaned down slightly, her smooth forehead almost touching his, and she licked his cheek with her soft, small tongue like a cat.

Lan Ze was stunned for a long while, staring blankly at the woman's face just inches away.

Cyan hair brushed across his face, tickling him, accompanied by the unique fragrance that belonged to Tiamat.

Lan Ze suddenly realized a very serious problem.

—Tiamat really seemed to be treating him like a child.

No, rather than saying Tiamat treated him like a child, it was more like he had just picked up a gentle little kitten while out for a walk.

Because the actions Tiamat was displaying right now were exactly like those of a helpless little cat.

Although he hadn't fed this cat any food, for this Creation Mother Goddess, having someone to talk to and confide in seemed to be enough to satisfy her.

To the point that... Tiamat didn't even care about the kiss Lan Ze had just given her.

He didn't know if Tiamat lacked the concept of a kiss, or if she simply didn't care about such trivial matters.

But regardless, the current outcome was enough to make Lan Ze very satisfied.

He had originally prepared himself to be killed on the spot by Tiamat.

"That's enough, don't do that anymore, Mother..." Lan Ze tried his best to push Tiamat's face away.

If this continued, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to keep his composure, and if Mother of All found out, it would be incredibly embarrassing.

Having finally pacified Tiamat, he watched as she lifted her head again to gaze at the sea. Lan Ze let out a quiet sigh of relief and wiped the moisture from his face.

"Go back to sleep, Mother," he said.

Tiamat looked down at him, nodded her head, and then let out a melodic "Aaa" sound. She covered his eyes with her hand, as if she were coaxing a child to sleep.

Lan Ze calmly opened the menu, intending to log out of the game.

But the next moment, Tiamat suddenly grabbed his wrist.

It was as if she knew exactly what he was planning; those bright Red Star Pupils suddenly grew a bit moist, making her look pitiful and endearing.

Lan Ze couldn't help but be stunned.

Well... this little kitten seemed to view herself as the master, and now she didn't want her child to leave.

"Aaaa (Don't leave me)," Tiamat said in a gentle voice.

"...I understand," Lan Ze had no choice but to say.

He didn't know how Tiamat could even sense his intention to leave temporarily... was it intuition?

"Aaaa (And don't love me anymore)," she suddenly whispered, her voice gentle and calm, as if she had seen through everything.

Lan Ze's heart trembled violently. For some reason, looking into those gentle eyes, he felt an inexplicable sorrow in his heart.

She had once been the Creation Mother Goddess loved by all living things, yet her children had used her as a stepping stone and abandoned her, after which she was even banished to the void of the Imaginary Number World, until one day she appeared in Uruk under the schemes of Goetia.

She had bestowed everything upon the people, only to be feared by them in the end.

And by this time, Tiamat no longer had anything useful to give to her children.

So, in the very end, she would let herself, as an obstacle to Humanity's Order, completely vanish from this world.

This was the final gift she, as the Creation Mother Goddess, could leave for her children.

Lan Ze gently raised his other hand, closed the menu, and then softly grasped Tiamat's slender, tender palm.

"I won't leave. I'll stay right here with you."

Lan Ze slowly opened his eyes.

The first thing that came into view was still a pair of massive breasts, and because of this, he could only vaguely make out the general shape of Tiamat's face.

There was no helping it; they were simply too large, and combined with the angle, it really did obstruct his normal field of vision.

But that was fine; he didn't necessarily need to see Tiamat's face.

Looking at the other scenery was actually quite nice as well.

A cool sea breeze brushed against his cheek, making Lan Ze shiver.

He gently rubbed his arms, trying to dispel the chill.

Honestly, he was starting to lose track of the boundary between reality and the game. After sleeping in this world, he clearly felt much more refreshed, as if the fatigue from staying up late over the past few days had been recovered all at once.

He didn't know if it was because the sleep duration was sufficient to restore his body's energy, or if there was a buff for sleeping in the arms of the Mother of All.

But he couldn't keep dragging this out... he seemed to have been in the game for a long time now, and by this point, Sajyou Manaka had probably already stormed into his room.

Lan Ze thought to himself.

Although Sajyou Manaka didn't live with Lan Ze, she was responsible for almost all of his lunches and dinners. If Lan Ze lay in his room for half the day, that girl might force him to log off.

He had to go out and eat something before that happened.

Mainly because he was actually a bit hungry now.

Sleeping here could keep his real-world self from feeling sleepy, but it couldn't solve the problem of hunger.

After all, there was no food to be found in the environment where Tiamat resided.

Unless...

Lan Ze glanced at those magnificent breasts a couple more times, then hurriedly shook his head, banishing those messy thoughts from his mind.

He quietly shifted his body, looking at the woman who was fast asleep.

For some reason, Tiamat seemed like she could never get enough sleep; despite having slumbered for a very, very long time, she was still sleeping even now.

Was she able to recuperate through sleep?

But what was the point of recuperating if she would eventually appear in Uruk in a self-sealed state anyway?

Lan Ze's heart suddenly stirred.

He suddenly thought, perhaps his appearance here wasn't an accident, but the work of the system?

Thinking about it made him feel a bit terrified. First, the system would have to guess that the Dark Night Sun Ship he was riding would run into trouble, and only then could it meddle.

And what was it trying to do by sending him to this Beast?

Did it think he would defect?

Looking at Tiamat's elegant figure and her serene, gentle sleeping face, Lan Ze sneered in his heart.

He actually might just defect.

"Why are you so late today?"

Sajyou Manaka sat opposite Lan Ze, staring at him with a face full of resentment.

Lan Ze had just taken his seat, and his gaze was immediately drawn to the sumptuous food on the table.

Just as he picked up his chopsticks, Sajyou Manaka gently kicked Lan Ze's calf: "Did you slack off and sleep in again?"

"Studying makes me lose track of time." Lan Ze said in a deep voice, then picked up his chopsticks and began to shovel rice into his mouth quickly.

"Heh, I'm afraid you've been bewitched by some vixen." Sajyou Manaka narrowed her beautiful eyes; the girl's gaze, usually appearing gentle, now seemed somewhat dangerous.

Even now, she could still faintly catch that scent on Lan Ze.

It was the scent of a Beast, carrying a sweet fragrance, and nine times out of ten, it meant he had encountered some strange woman outside today.

"Did you go anywhere today?" Sajyou Manaka rested her chin on one hand, lazily sizing him up, while her white-stockinged foot pressed down on his instep under the table; if Lan Ze dared to lie, she would immediately increase the pressure.

In reality, as the Princess of the Root who possessed Omniscience and Omnipotence, Sajyou Manaka could foresee her own future, but such a life was far too boring, so she had restricted her own power.

The girl currently did not know her own future, but she had immense confidence in her own strength, and therefore, she would not fear even the strongest of enemies.

Even if she couldn't repel the enemy, she was certain there would be no problem in retreating unscathed.

This same confidence also applied to her feelings.

Lan Ze was already hers... Sajyou Manaka still believed this to be true even now.

But for some reason, ever since she caught that faint fragrance on Lan Ze today, she felt a vague sense that something was wrong.

The mage who intended to sneak into Lan Ze's home last night, and the strange scent on him today—could these two things be connected?

Looking at Lan Ze's innocent eyes, Sajyou Manaka's thoughts had already drifted far away.

"I didn't go anywhere, why would you ask that?" Lan Ze's voice pulled her back to reality.