Moon World Girlfriend Comes Knocking

Simply put, it was replacing the scent Sajyou Manaka had left on Lan Ze.

"A very fragrant scent?" Lan Ze lowered his head and sniffed his arm, suddenly recalling what Aika had said earlier that day.

Why did Mother of All think I smelled nice, while Aika thought I smelled awful?

You really couldn't lump people together, could you?

"Aaaa." Tiamat's voice pulled Lan Ze back to reality. He looked up and discovered that Tiamat had randomly molded another lifeform.

However, this lifeform still looked extremely strange. Its entire body was pitch-black, with only one eye. Its bloody maw hung open, four legs stood on the ground, and its two arms flailed about as though it were immersed in the joy of its own birth.

Tiamat poked Lan Ze's cheek, her expectant little eyes seeming to say: Child, what do you think of the baby Mommy made?

Seeing Lan Ze slowly shake his head, Tiamat looked a little disappointed. With a snap of her fingers, the life she had created vanished into the air.

"Aaaa!" She released Lan Ze and pointed at the sand ahead, asking him to make a child for her.

She wanted to see what kind of child Lan Ze, who had constantly criticized the children she made as ugly, could create.

Who would have thought that under Tiamat's gaze, Lan Ze would slowly shake his head. "Mother, I can't make a child more beautiful than yours."

Tiamat tilted her head and let out an "AaaAaa."

He had clearly disliked the children she made for being ugly, yet now he said he couldn't make children better than hers?

"You're my mother alone. I don't want to share you with anyone else," Lan Ze said, forcing himself to say it.

At that moment, the system options silently disappeared.

Even the sound of the waves vanished from his ears.

It was as though time itself had frozen.

Lan Ze's heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably. He slightly raised his head and cautiously peeked at Tiamat's expression.

The woman's pretty face was utterly calm, her gentle eyes quietly gazing at Lan Ze.

That simple gaze alone made Lan Ze feel immense pressure.

"Aaa?"

After a long while, Tiamat softly called out. Confusion showed in those Red Star Pupils.

At that moment, even without the so-called Tiamat Language, Lan Ze knew what she was saying.

Without a doubt, she was asking, "Why?"

"Because I like you." Lan Ze went all in, raising his head to stare into Tiamat's eyes.

He had already said it. There was no turning back now.

"Like... me...?" Tiamat repeated, still looking lost—or perhaps timid.

For the Creation Mother Goddess who had been abandoned, Tiamat had not heard anyone say "I like you" to her in a very long time.

She feared disappearing and wanted the company of her children, yet she was also afraid of their love. After returning to the world, Tiamat had felt joy as well as rage. She had wanted revenge against everyone on this land.

But after seeing the earnestness in Lan Ze's eyes, she seemed to have cast everything aside.

"You... like... me?" she softly confirmed once again. Her gentle eyes suddenly became wary.

That cautious look was just like a stray cat that had been hurt and no longer wished to trust humans. Even if someone fed it every day, and the kitten developed a favorable impression of that person, it still would not let them easily approach.

Because it did not trust humans. It could not be sure what purpose that human had in feeding it every day and approaching it.

"Yes, I like you." Lan Ze gently nodded.

If he had to choose between "dislike" and "like," Lan Ze would choose the latter without hesitation.

Tiamat leaned forward slightly and stared into Lan Ze's eyes.

Looking directly at the Creation Mother Goddess took immense courage, but Lan Ze met her gaze openly.

The people of Mesopotamia might fear this Creation Mother Goddess when they saw her, but he would not.

He was an LSP.

An LSP would never fear such a cute woman.

Tiamat cautiously reached a hand toward Lan Ze, her gaze peering into his eyes. Even now, she was worried that Lan Ze would reject her and flee the instant she reached out.

Yet Lan Ze did not move from beginning to end, simply looking at her openly.

The distance between them was clearly short, yet Tiamat hesitated for a long time. In the end, her fingers stopped just before touching Lan Ze.

Gathering his courage, Lan Ze raised his hand and took Tiamat's slender, fair, soft hand.

At that moment, she seemed to finally relax completely and tightly embraced Lan Ze.

As Lan Ze felt the woman's warm, soft embrace, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, he suddenly saw Tiamat let go and slowly lower her head, bringing her face closer to his.

Lan Ze froze. He realized what Tiamat wanted to do and instinctively wanted to push her face away. But seeing the gentle beauty in her eyes, tinged with a trace of shyness, he ultimately could not bring himself to do it.

Just as Lan Ze had expected, when Tiamat's face came close, she pressed her soft lips against his.

Lan Ze's body stiffened slightly.

He finally realized something was wrong... Mother of All's intimate behavior now seemed less like familial affection and more like something between lovers, didn't it?

While Lan Ze was still briefly stunned, savoring Tiamat's sweet, soft kiss, the Creation Mother Goddess had already moved her lips away.

She gently gave Lan Ze a head pat, a satisfied smile on her face.

"Mother..." Lan Ze looked up at Tiamat blankly.

Tiamat blinked, tilted her head, and looked adorably clueless. "Aaa?"

She was trying to play dumb and get away with it.

Her eyes were clear and pure, making it seem as though she had no idea she had done anything inappropriate.

As though kissing were the most ordinary thing in the world.

Lan Ze looked at the woman's gentle eyes and fell silent.

Fine. It seemed he had overthought things just now.

Tiamat probably did not even have a concept of lovers. She was merely expressing her fondness in her own way.

Because he had kissed Tiamat, Tiamat had kissed him in the same way.

This woman probably did not understand what love was at all.

At that thought, Lan Ze unconsciously touched his lips. Seeing Tiamat's calm expression, he could not help feeling a little disappointed.

He had thought that after only two or three days, his relationship with Tiamat had advanced to that of lovers. Yet she seemingly only regarded him as a child.

Well... thinking about it that way, he really was being rather perverse.

Mother of All saw him as a child, but he wanted to...

While Lan Ze sighed inwardly in slight disappointment, a faint shy glimmer flickered in Tiamat's clear eyes.

Lan Ze did not notice that small detail, because a panel appeared before him at that moment.

[Achievement obtained: Blessing of the Creation Mother Goddess.]

...What was this now?

"Aaaa?" Without giving Lan Ze a chance to think, Tiamat lightly pinched his cheek, seemingly dissatisfied with his daze.

Lan Ze barely gathered his thoughts and smiled. "Sorry, I was thinking about something."

Tiamat gently nodded, then pointed at the sand ahead. "I want to continue making children."

It seemed impossible to persuade Mother of All to stop creating life anytime soon... Lan Ze hesitated before saying, "Could you temporarily stop making life?"

Since he could not convince her in the short term, he could only find a way to stall for now.

"Aaa?" Tiamat asked in confusion.

"I want to go out for a while. We can continue making children after I come back," Lan Ze explained.

He had already been here for three days. Including the day he entered the Dreamscape, nearly four days had passed.

Staying here with Mother of All was certainly nice, but if he did not confirm the current progress of the story, he would not be able to find a way to save her.

Lan Ze wanted to find an ending where Mother of All could survive.

"Don't leave me!" Tiamat reacted far more intensely than Lan Ze had expected. She could not bear to part with her child, and the moment she heard that Lan Ze wanted to leave, she was immediately unhappy.

"Stay here!"

"Don't go!"

By the end, her beautiful eyes had dimmed considerably, her face filled with reluctance.

"I'm only going for a little while. I'll be back soon," Lan Ze comforted her. "And you want to know what's happening in the outside world too, right? When I return, I can tell you everything."

Tiamat lowered her head, seemingly weighing her choices.

In the end, she raised her head and looked into Lan Ze's eyes. A faint shy glimmer flickered in those calm, gentle eyes as she softly said, "Come back early."

"Aaa," Lan Ze called out.

Tiamat was slightly startled, then a gentle smile quickly appeared on her face. She softly nodded. "Aaa."

She slowly raised her hand and looked at Lan Ze hesitantly once more. In the end, she lifted her index finger and gently tapped his forehead.

A pale white glow enveloped Lan Ze. His vision quickly became hazy, and everything around him was covered in gentle light.

When Lan Ze opened his eyes again, all he could see was the pitch-black night.

"You're awake?!"

At that moment, a crisp voice faintly reached his ears. Lan Ze dazedly looked in the direction of the voice, his gaze sweeping over the woman's chest before he came to a realization.

It was Ishtar.

"Goddess, why are you here?" Lan Ze asked.

Ishtar held her forehead and sighed sincerely. "You actually fainted in a place like this for so long. You really are careless. If it hadn't been for me, you might have already been taken back to Golden Flash's prison, you know?"

"...Didn't you leave on your own first back then?" Lan Ze asked.

He still remembered that Ishtar had said she would take him to steal from the treasury, yet after they were ambushed, she had ridden away on the Heavenly Ark by herself.

"I came back to find you afterward! Don't make it sound like I'd abandon my own Divine Messenger!" Ishtar said unhappily. "I searched for you for three whole days! As my Divine Messenger, you should be happy about that and devoutly thank me."

"Thank you."

"Ah... mm, you're... welcome." Ishtar was caught off guard, and for a moment, she could barely speak properly.

What a tsundere goddess feared most was a straightforward response like that.

"By the way, what did you mean when you said I might have been taken back to prison?" Lan Ze suddenly asked.

"When I came to this sea, I saw one of the Heroic Spirits Golden Flash summoned surrounding you and apparently trying to do something bad. Luckily, I drove him away."

"A Heroic Spirit summoned by Golden Flash...?" Lan Ze froze.

"Yep. He was a strange white-haired guy, waving a staff around beside you. But I scared him off already."

"A strange white-haired guy..." Lan Ze murmured, suddenly recalling something. "Could it have been Merlin?!"

"I don't know his name. Anyway, he was a strange fellow in a mage's robe." As Ishtar spoke, her brows suddenly furrowed and she stared closely at Lan Ze.

"Strange..." She seemed to have noticed something odd. Pressing both hands against Lan Ze's shoulders, she directly pinned him to the ground.

Then she placed a knee against Lan Ze's body, lowered her head, brought her face close, and sniffed at his chest.

"Goddess...?" Lan Ze was stunned by this move.

Why had this goddess suddenly become so wild out of nowhere?

But Ishtar did not answer. She merely stared uncertainly at Lan Ze's body.

"Why do I feel like your scent is a little off...?"

She remembered that Lan Ze had not smelled like this a few days ago, but today his scent was clearly different from before.

And...