She hadn't seen her disciple in days. Ever since she discovered her disciple inexplicably with Tiamat that one time, she had stayed away to give them some space.
After waiting all these days, the other party was still with the Creation Mother Goddess...
"Master." Lan Ze spoke.
He had missed his Master quite a bit after not seeing her for several days.
Of course, it wasn't her devilish training he missed, but Master herself.
Scathach nodded lightly. "Have you been practicing Rune Magic these past few days?"
Lan Ze guiltily glanced at Scathach and nodded slightly. "Mm... a little bit."
He had been engrossed with Mother of All these past few days, and even left the dreamscape to shuttle back and forth. He simply had no time to practice Rune Magic.
Scathach's brow twitched, and she saw through Lan Ze's lie in an instant.
Her lips parted, about to scold him.
Just then, Scathach suddenly sensed someone observing her from the shadows not far away.
She turned her head in the direction of the gaze and found Tiamat crouching by a tree.
Stare--
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Scathach sensed the woman's lingering, hidden gaze and the words she was about to utter got stuck in her throat.
"Master?" Lan Ze hesitated for a moment. He had been looking down like a good student, ready to accept his scolding, but now he noticed the woman in front of him hadn't spoken for a long time. He couldn't help but look up at Scathach.
--Stare.
Tiamat rested her small hands on the side of the tree, her body mostly hidden behind it. She raised a small hand hidden in her sleeve. Although she made no sound, her lingering gaze was constantly watching everything from the shadows.
Scathach hesitated for a moment, then silently put a hand to her forehead and sighed, "It's nothing... you keep practicing, don't get too complacent."
Mother of All was not part of Scathach's pantheon, but she knew a little about this Mother of Creation.
Although Scathach could be considered an existence who had lived for a very, very long time, in front of Tiamat, her age was still too young.
After all, this was a deity born before creation itself. Even calling her "Mother" wouldn't be excessive for Scathach.
How did this child end up in "Mother's" dreamscape?
And... the scent emanating from him now was entirely Tiamat's.
Originally, Scathach had planned to continue honing Lan Ze with her brutal and violent training methods. However, she glanced at Tiamat, who was observing from the shadows... it seemed she wouldn't have the opportunity for a private lesson.
Scathach inadvertently glanced at the woman still half-crouching by the large tree. Despite her efforts to conceal herself, the pair of horns on her head were too conspicuous to hide.
"You finish up here first. I'll come find you again later."
After saying that, she left without looking back.
Leaving behind a bewildered Lan Ze.
He had no idea why his usually devilish Master had suddenly done a complete 180-degree turn.
However, for Lan Ze, this was a tremendous stroke of luck.
If Scathach had trained him again with methods that were no less than "torture" like last time, he might have nightmares even when sleeping.
He turned and returned to Tiamat's side. He saw the Mother of Creation sitting on the beach with her knees hugged to her chest, watching an anime. As if finding the student uniform troublesome to wear, she had tossed it aside at some point.
Her sitting posture looked obedient and cute, giving no indication that she had just been secretly following her cub out of worry and peeking.
"Why have you only watched this much?"
However, Lan Ze glanced at the progress bar and realized something was wrong.
At least ten minutes had passed since he left. By all rights, an episode should be almost finished, but the progress bar of the anime Tiamat was watching had only advanced a little.
"Aaa?" Tiamat tilted her head, looking as if, "Ah, what happened? I don't know anything."
Lan Ze blinked. Recalling Master's subtle reaction just now, he suddenly understood something.
But he didn't expose her, merely shook his head and smiled, "It's fine, you keep watching."
At the same time, Lan Ze sat beside Tiamat, who was engrossed in watching the anime. He raised a finger and drew a complex symbol.
A beam of fire instantly lit up from his finger. He flicked his finger, and the fire turned into ice crystals.
This was Rune Magic. The rune was very complex, involving various elements and abilities. Although Lan Ze could use it, it would take some time to master it.
"Mother, what do you think?" Lan Ze tugged at Tiamat, who was intently watching the anime, and asked.
Tiamat looked back at the ice crystals on Lan Ze's finger, then at his "praise me" expression, and nodded lightly.
"Very impressive." She praised.
It feels so perfunctory...
But then again, she is Mother of All. This level of magic is probably quite ordinary to her.
Just then, the notebook beside them erupted with lively chatter. Tiamat's gaze returned to the screen.
The screen showed a bustling crowd. The male and female protagonists were holding hands on a date in the street. Tall glass curtain walls towered everywhere in the city, slightly dazzling in the sunlight.
Tiamat's gaze was quickly drawn in, her eyes filled with confusion, as if pondering the meaning of the plot unfolding before her.
Lan Ze thought for a moment, then pulled out a bag of potato chips and handed it to Mother of All.
"What is this?" Tiamat asked.
"It's something to eat. When watching shows, cola and potato chips go best together," Lan Ze explained, then helped her open the bag.
Tiamat took the chips, her eyes still fixed on the screen. At the same time, she reached into the bag and began munching on chips while intently watching the show.
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Perhaps it was due to her intense focus, but she didn't notice the chip crumbs falling onto her chest and legs, her eyes reflecting the images on the screen.
Even after the episode ended, Tiamat still felt a sense of lingering satisfaction.
"You've got food everywhere, Mother. You should pay attention to your image."
Lan Ze helplessly reached out and cleaned the chip crumbs from the corner of her mouth. Meanwhile, Tiamat was looking down, picking up the crumbs from her clothes and eating them in small bites.
Lan Ze's gaze froze for a moment, then he silently looked away.
At this moment, Tiamat, having tidied up the chip crumbs, extended her palm towards Lan Ze. "Aaaa."
"Thank you, but I'm fine without eating," Lan Ze shook his head.
But Tiamat was stubborn, her hand remaining in front of Lan Ze, as if she wouldn't retract it until he ate.
In the end, Lan Ze had no choice but to lower his head and eat all the chip crumbs in her palm, even licking away the remaining crumbs on her fingertips.
"How was it?" Tiamat asked.
"Mmm... very delicious," Lan Ze nodded seriously.
These were enhanced potato chips, completely different from what he usually ate.
Tiamat smiled silently. She looked at Lan Ze's face and suddenly said softly, "What did that just mean?"
"What?" Lan Ze didn't understand.
Tiamat pointed to the computer beside them.
Lan Ze paused for a moment before realizing, "Are you talking about the plot just now?"
"Simply put, the male and female leads went on a date, but the second female lead beat them to it, and in the end, the second female lead won," Lan Ze added, spoiling the plot.
But Tiamat remained unfazed and continued to ask, "What is a date?"
"It's going out to eat, going out to play, and if things go well, you might even get to kiss... If things go even better, you might even hit a home run," Lan Ze explained.
"Home run?" Tiamat tilted her head, a strand of blue hair falling over her forehead.
"Simply put, it's... an intimate relationship that goes beyond kissing."
"Intimacy beyond kissing?"
Tiamat blinked, her clear, beautiful eyes reflecting Lan Ze's face.
"Mmm..." Lan Ze nodded gently. "Simply put, it's like that very intimate video you just watched."
Tiamat pondered for a moment, recalling the scene from the video she had just seen.
Slowly, a cute blush appeared on her cheeks.
"Naughty child," she said in a very, very soft voice.
"I was just answering your question... I didn't think that much about it," Lan Ze immediately explained.
This was the "Mother of All," after all. No matter how depraved he was, he wouldn't dare lay a hand on Mother of All.
Thinking this, Lan Ze subconsciously glanced at Tiamat a couple more times.
Well, okay... maybe he was a little depraved.
But in the end, how could anyone not be moved by such a lovely woman?
No one could possibly not be moved by Mother of All, right? No way, right?
Tiamat reached out and gently touched the laptop, continuing to watch the episode they had just seen.
She seemed to really like this part of the plot. After rewatching it several times, she suddenly said softly, "I want to go on a date."
Lan Ze was stunned, clearly not expecting Tiamat to make such a request.
As if sensing Lan Ze's gaze, Tiamat lowered her head, a cute blush appearing on her cheeks. "...Bad things are not allowed."
"Then why is kissing okay?"
"That, wasn't kissing," Tiamat said.
She had merely licked away the scent of other gods and all the magic from Lan Ze's body; it wasn't simply kissing.
"Then what about the mouth-to-mouth thing later...?"
"That... is liking," Tiamat said softly.
Lan Ze finally understood. Previously, due to a System-issued quest, he had been forced to kiss Mother of All, and she seemed to have mistaken it as an expression of affection towards others, so she had kissed him back afterward.
If the System's quest back then hadn't been kissing, but... Lan Ze didn't know what would have happened.
Is it to express affection, to come over every few days?
He wondered if expending stamina in this world would affect reality… Unbidden, unrealistic images began to surface in his mind.
"I want to go on a date, but outside… there are so many humans," Tiamat suddenly whispered.
Lan Ze snapped back from his endless daydreams. He followed Tiamat's gaze to the computer screen, where the male and female protagonists were going on a date in the city. Many pedestrians passed by on the street. She looked at them, her eyes reflecting the fear of a stray cat.
"Humans aren't scary. Even though Mother always says I'm not human, aren't I like a human now? And you are too," Lan Ze tried to change Tiamat's mind.
"Humans all want to kill me," Tiamat whispered, as if afraid of being overheard.
Hearing this, Lan Ze couldn't help but let out a quiet sigh.
Who was afraid of whom, really?
If Tiamat had appeared in her colossal form, most humans would likely have been terrified.
But they wouldn't have realized that while they feared Tiamat, Tiamat also feared them.
Lan Ze reached out and gently embraced Tiamat. He could clearly feel her soft, yielding body tremble slightly.
She wasn't lying; she was genuinely afraid of humans.
"Humans don't want to kill you," Lan Ze soothed softly.
As long as the outside world could successfully sever the connection between Tiamat and Gorgon, she wouldn't awaken. She wouldn't uncontrollably seek revenge on this land, nor would she destroy Humanity's Order.
"I want to see the world outside," Tiamat suddenly said softly.
"I want to go on a date."
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