Chapter 164

You lecherous scoundrel... you wouldn't actually want to raise me from a baby all over again, would you?

That night, of course, she was unwilling.

After all, if Chen Ran really took her in, what would she call Chen Ran? Dad?

You scoundrel, not only do you want to do those lewd things to me, but you also want to take advantage of me?

"There's nothing we can do. Little Watermelon, you're currently in a state where your soul has been swallowed whole by the Year Beast. You're bound by the Sui Year Beast. If the Little Watermelon suddenly dies one day, you'll probably perish along with it."

But Chen Ran muttered, "So it would be better to give Little Watermelon a new body and free your soul."

"All you're good for are saying nice things." But Xi stubbornly insisted, "So what if I'm dead..."

"But if you really die, Little Watermelon, your older brothers and sisters will definitely not be happy. What if they come to me and beg me to Little Watermelon you back to life?"

Chen Ran added, "If that's the case, then after I revive you, Little Watermelon, all ownership of you will belong to me, okay?"

"Wait!" Xi hurriedly called out, "What do you mean by 'ownership'...?"

"Contracts, spirit contracts, summoning beasts, and all that stuff, Little Watermelon, you should know about them, right? I'm the one who resurrected you, so of course I've become your master, Little Watermelon, right?"

Chen Ran said, "Since I am your master, then when the time comes, Little Watermelon, won't your body and soul all belong to me?"

Evening. "..."

Chen Ran spoke nonsensical words with a straight face, and his matter-of-fact tone actually fooled Xi.

Ke Xi wasn't stupid; she found a loophole. "Even if you own everything I have, what can you do with it?"

"Sure, let's do it."

Chen Ran said, "You Little Watermelon, you've been calling me a lecher, so if I don't do some lecherous things, wouldn't I be letting you down?"

Evening. "..."

If things had proceeded as planned, after the matter of the Year Beast was resolved, the remaining fragments should have been thoroughly eradicated by the Higashi, if not strictly guarded, to prevent future troubles.

However, given that the question of whether 'humans are domesticated livestock' is a false proposition when the gods appear in the world,

The Higashi truly didn't have the time to deal with these fragments.

So those fragments were happy to have some free time, and several of the older sisters even went so far as to discuss how to raise that Ayao.

In this situation, however, there were two people who seemed to be detached from the matter—

Centaurea and Zofia.

"Although Centaurea and I came down with a mission from a god... has that god forgotten about us?"

Zofia looked slightly anxious.

After the Year Beast was captured, the World within a painting naturally vanished along with it.

Meanwhile, Zofia and Centaurea, who were busy using the fake mail to slap people in the World within a painting, obediently stayed where they were when they found out that their work had ended early, waiting for Chen Ran to come and pick them up.

There's nothing we can do... Neither Zofia nor Centaurea can fly.

Chen Ran doesn't answer, the two of them really can't go back.

It's impossible to go to Columbia and find Kristen's golden retriever to have her perform the Dog Bowl Theory again, right?

As a result, they waited for a whole day and night.

Realizing that Chen Ran seemed to have truly forgotten about them, Centaurea suggested that it would be better for them to leave Higashi first.

After all, they are foreigners, and if they are caught by the authorities, they should be convicted of illegal entry.

But where can they go after leaving the Higashi?

Of course, we should go to Kazimierz.

As long as it's not like the Higashi, where some legendary story of the 'The Last Knight's' return occurs.

Regardless of which Worldline Kazimierz is on, the plot development trajectory should be roughly the same.

Since they didn't know when Chen Ran would come to pick them up, it was better to wait in a place they were more familiar with.

Even if something really happened, Kazimierz is still their territory.

Zofia thought it made sense, so she ran with Centaurea to Kazimierz in this Worldline.

After entering the city, they waited for a while...

Zofia, who possessed the qualities of a virtuous wife and loving mother, suddenly remembered...

When Chen Ran was building the miniature model of the 'Seaside Resort Town' on the table, he seemed to have said something like 'the shops have no goods and the streets have no pedestrians'?

As for the fact that there were no pedestrians on the road... Zofia really couldn't help much.

But what if the store has no goods? There are solutions.

So Zofia went to the store and went on a shopping spree.

It doesn't matter if she doesn't have money, these shops are all her family's property... even though they belong to her family in another Worldline.

But they look the same, have the same identity, and all their documents are identical. Even if they were to have their DNA tested, she and Zofia from this Worldline would be 100% the same person.

So, the staff naturally complied with Zofia's request. "Take care of everything at this store for me. Go directly to the warehouse, get all the goods, and pack them into a container."

Whether or not Chen Ran can bring all these goods back is something he should worry about.

But speaking of Chen Ran ...

"Could that god have really forgotten about us...? Is there any way to remind that god?"

"Wait, I remember that the rotation time of the places where the gods live seems to be different from that of these planets? How long have we been here? How much time has passed for the gods?"

"You should Centaurea better than I do, you know that?"

"Centaurea?"

"Wait, where is everyone?"

Zofia doesn't usually talk to herself; what she just said was meant for Centaurea.

After receiving no response for a while, Zofia turned her head and found that Centaurea, who was supposed to be with her, had disappeared without a trace.

This startled Zofia, who then instinctively tightened her grip on the 'Gungnir' spear.

But then I thought about it again and realized that something was wrong. Centaurea such a bug-like ability as Time Stop, what danger could she possibly encounter?

"Maybe Centaurea went off somewhere to slack off."

Thinking this, Zofia walked out of the shop and looked around at the street a few times. "Centaurea...? Centaurea, where are you! If you don't come out soon, I'm going to dock your pay!"

"Miss, can you come up with a different way to threaten me? I'm getting tired of just asking you to dock my pay."

"Isn't it enough that it works?"

Hearing the familiar female voice coming from beside her, Zofia hummed a few times before turning her head to look.

However, it turned out that although Centaurea did appear, her facial expression clearly showed... the fatigue of someone who had worked all day.

"What's wrong?" Zofia asked with concern.

"I just went to experience life," Centaurea said. "I experienced the life of an ox or horse in another Worldline, the life of another me."

Chapter 251 Centaurea extended a massage invitation to you

Chen Ran had previously complained or teased about how miserable and overworked she was in the other Worldline, right in front of Centaurea.

And it was mentioned more than once.

However, Centaurea had no real sense of it.

Even Centaurea, a popular idol, is still a struggling working-class girl; she's miserable enough on her own.

So now that she's finally arrived at another Worldline, Centaurea naturally wants to see and verify whether the other "her" Chen Ran mentioned is really that miserable.

Then Centaurea found out, and it really was a disaster.

In this Worldline, Centaurea continues the same path: graduating from university, participating in the knight selection, being blocked from receiving a knight title by the Commercial Federation, forced to throw matches, and nearly dying in the arena.

The turning point in her life was when Centaurea in this Worldline accepted the invitation from the Unarmored Alliance, became Platinum Seat, and began her life as a Hinterleaver.

She had no divine help, no awakened Time Stop abilities, and no encounter with her mistress Zofia.

As a result, she did all the dirty and hard work, took the blame and was always the one being shifted onto; she received no pay, and workplace bullying happened every day.

This is terrible...

This was so outrageous that Centaurea couldn't stand it anymore. She used Time Stop to rush forward and beat up the two Lapis Lazuli Seat. She then killed several directors of the Commercial Federation and left a note, explicitly and implicitly suggesting that she, in this Worldline, should seek help from Zofia in this Worldline.

After finishing all that, Centaurea returned to find her Former Young Lady, Zofia, yelling that she was going to deduct her wages again.

"Are you really alright?" Zofia was no longer in the mood for jokes and asked again.

"Of course something's wrong," Centaurea said. "Who would be happy to come back only to hear they're getting their pay docked?"

"I'm telling you... put your hand on your heart and tell me, when have I ever actually deducted your salary? It's always just talk, isn't it? Really..." Zofia couldn't help but sigh.

But Centaurea remained expressionless and said, "I have a conscience, but I can't touch it. Former Young Lady, you have such a big conscience, why don't you touch it yourself?"

"What do you mean by having a big conscience? What are you talking about?"

Zofia clearly didn't understand Centaurea's lame joke, and she instinctively asked,

As soon as she finished asking the question, she saw Centaurea look down at her flat chest, then look up at her slender branches laden with fruit, and even smack her lips in a "tsk" sound.

Zofia: "?"

Zofia was taken aback at first, then blushed.

Is that what you call conscience? What you're talking about is clearly milk... cough.

Zofia was so angry she wanted to reach out and pinch Centaurea's ear, but then she realized something was wrong with Centaurea's mood, so she held back and said, "What I mean is, Centaurea, you look... like you've discovered that others are having a harder time than you, and that's why you realize how happy you are, and then you start to feel insecure..."

"Miss, can you stop talking like a house cat that's used to being pampered and rich, started to yearn for freedom, ran away to wander for a few days, suffered a lot, and then was found and brought home by its owner. Now it's showing off its food like crazy, not being picky about food anymore, and starting to cling to its owner?"

"... When did I make it sound so serious..."

Zofia was a little embarrassed by what she said, "But hearing you say that... does this mean that you in this Worldline are really having a hard time?"

"Indeed, but they should be living a life of luxury and wealth soon, right?"

After all, if she's not stupid in this Worldline, she should know to cling to Zofia in this Worldline.

However, Zofia's criticism wasn't entirely wrong.

The reason Centaurea didn't meet with her counterpart in this Worldline was because she was worried that her counterpart in this Worldline wouldn't be able to handle the blow.

This can lead to thoughts such as, "You're enjoying yourself while I'm being treated like a beast of burden," "What's the point of living like this?" or "I might as well just die."

After all, you know yourself best.

Thinking of this, Centaurea silently changed the subject. "So what about that Lecherous Evil God? He's not planning to come and pick us up yet?"

"Huh? Ah..." Zofia was stunned for a moment before saying, "I don't know. I always feel like that god has forgotten about us."

"Forgot? That's easy."

After saying that, Centaurea immediately activated Time Stop.

Centaurea does indeed not fly, nor does it have any means of being highlighted.

But--

Centaurea reached out and ripped open the top of her breasts, then pulled down her sports bra underneath.

Then, facing the sun, Centaurea expressionlessly emitted a soft, unintelligible hum through her nose.

So it was almost at the same time.

Chen Ran, who was still arguing with Little Watermelon, suddenly saw the semi-transparent pop-up window flashing in front of him:

"Centaurea is engaging in exhibitionism"

Chen Ran: "?"

What is that?

What do you think that Little Platinum is doing?

Such explosive news naturally drew Chen Ran's attention to the planet model.

Reach out, zoom in, zoom out.