Little Rabbit, Only I Can Change the Fate Already Written for You!

"Hmph. What a coward."

"I hadn't even made a move, and you were already scared stiff!"

Ning Wen caught every little movement he made and sneered. "And you call yourself Grandmaster? What a joke!"

Exposed in front of everyone, Yu Xiaogang flushed crimson. His blood surged, his chest heaved, and he trembled with rage. He pointed a shaking finger at Ning Wen but couldn't force out a complete sentence. "You... you..."

"What about me?"

Ning Wen stepped forward, his gaze razor-sharp. He unleashed the Killing Aura contained within his Martial Soul, the Asura Armor. "Keep running your mouth, and I'll kill you. Want to find out?"

Yu Xiaogang's breath caught under that bone-chilling Killing Aura. His body went rigid, and he instinctively shrank back.

The sight was as ridiculous as it was ironic.

The gatekeeper, who had only just struggled to his feet after being overwhelmed by Divine Might, stared in disbelief. His expression shifted through a dozen shades.

Who would have thought?

Grandmaster, who usually carried himself so loftily at Notting Academy and commanded such respect, had been reduced to this by a child!

Even the gatekeeper had put up a better showing!

Just then, a bright, lively girl's voice came from inside the academy.

"What's happening at the gate?"

Her long braid swinging behind her, Xiao Wu bounded out in her student uniform. A slightly thin boy in a coarse short tunic followed close behind.

It was Tang San.

"Xiao Wu, do you know him?"

Yu Xiaogang's heart sank when he saw Xiao Wu, but he forced himself to pull together.

Xiao Wu blinked and looked Ning Wen up and down before gently shaking her head. "I don't know him."

"Xiao Wu, you don't even recognize your own fiancé? How heartless."

Ning Wen put on a wounded look.

Xiao Wu's eyes widened. She froze where she stood, and a blush quickly spread across her cheeks.

"Wh-what are you talking about?"

A moment later, Xiao Wu spoke, sounding both embarrassed and annoyed.

She pointed a slender finger at Ning Wen, her voice trembling slightly. "I don't even know you! What fiancé?"

Ning Wen's sudden claim had caught Xiao Wu completely off guard.

She had come from the Great Star Dou Forest, and her mother had died at Spirit Hall's hands long ago. Da Ming and Er Ming were the only family she had left.

Where could a fiancé have come from?

Tang San stood beside Xiao Wu, brow furrowed and face full of suspicion.

Even from the other side of the academy wall, he had vaguely sensed an oppressive presence. Now that he stood closer, the pressure weighing on his very soul grew clearer.

How could he describe it?

It felt like coming face-to-face with a natural predator!

And the instant he heard the word "fiancé," an inexplicable irritation rose in his chest.

He and Xiao Wu had spent so long together, eating, living, attending classes, and playing side by side. He had grown used to having the lively girl around.

They had even sworn to be brother and sister, but deep down, he had long since come to see Xiao Wu as someone he needed to protect.

Now a fiancé had appeared out of nowhere.

As her older brother, Tang San should have been happy for Xiao Wu. Yet he couldn't bring himself to feel happy at all.

Instead, he hoped this fiancé was a fraud.

Little rabbit, only I can change the fate already written for you!

Xiao Wu was about to ask something when her expression suddenly changed.

Had I just heard a voice?

How strange. It had sounded inside my head.

Like that Blue Silver Emperor, you were caught in someone's schemes from the moment you met Tang San.

There it was again!

That voice seemed to have something to do with the person in front of me—the one claiming to be my fiancé.

Could I be hearing his thoughts?

But how was that possible?

Was I imagining things?

Then why did it feel so real?

Why had Third Brother and I been caught in someone's schemes from the moment we met?

And he called me "little rabbit." Had he discovered what I really was?

At the thought, Xiao Wu went rigid. Her blood seemed to turn to ice.

"Xiao Wu, you're like your mother, aren't you? A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, a Soft Bone Rabbit who took human form?"

Ning Wen darted to Xiao Wu's side like a ghost and whispered into her ear, too softly for anyone else to hear.

The original novel had never given Xiao Wu's mother a name.

It had only said that she, too, was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit who had taken human form, and that Bibi Dong had hunted her down when Xiao Wu was young.

The name Ah Rou came entirely from fan works.

To be safe, he naturally avoided using it.

"Mm."

Xiao Wu had yet to recover from her shock and nodded without thinking.

"Years ago, after your mother took human form and began traveling the human world, my mother happened to save her life."

"To repay my mother for saving her, your mother promised you to me in marriage."

Ning Wen smiled faintly. "You wouldn't deny it, would you, Xiao Wu?"

Using Xiao Wu's mother to fool her had a good chance of working.

Besides, among the Critical Hit Rewards he had received over the past two months was something that had seemed useless. Now it could serve a purpose.

With that item, his odds rose to ninety-nine percent.

The only uncertainty in the remaining one percent was whether Xiao Wu herself would refuse to accept it.

Later in the original story, that might have been possible. But now, the chance was vanishingly small.

Xiao Wu grew even more confused.

Her mother really had visited the human world. That much was true.

But whether her mother had arranged a marriage, Xiao Wu honestly didn't know...

After all, her mother had died at Spirit Hall's hands when Xiao Wu was still very young.

Could this person really be my fiancé?

No. Humans were cunning creatures.

He might only be a human child, but I couldn't underestimate him.

"Your word isn't proof. How can you show me you're telling the truth?"

Her thoughts raced. Xiao Wu forced down her shock and panic, narrowed her eyes, and fixed Ning Wen with a wary stare.

"I know you have two younger brothers. One is Da Ming, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sky Azure Bull Python. The other is Er Ming, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape."

The corners of Ning Wen's mouth lifted as he continued whispering.

Boom!

The words struck Xiao Wu like lightning. She stood utterly stunned!

She had given Da Ming and Er Ming their names.

Apart from her mother, who had long since passed away, and the three of them, no one else in the world knew those names!

Yet this human knew them both!

In that instant, most of Xiao Wu's doubts vanished.

"And I have this as a keepsake."

As he spoke, Ning Wen took out a Pink Scarf.

That was... my mother's scent!

It was unmistakable. There could be no mistake!

Xiao Wu's expression changed again. With trembling hands, she took the Pink Scarf.