Soon, he followed Hana Ye all the way to the Upper District.
Even now, Hana Ye was still dazed and found it hard to believe. Only after carefully comparing the photograph with Lin En's face did she dare confirm that he was actually a student at her academy too.
But whenever she remembered the terrifying monster he had transformed into last night, she couldn't help shuddering.
"S-so you actually descended by taking over the body of a student from our academy?"
Hana Ye asked fearfully.
Lin En looked at his student ID and mused:
"Of course. But he was already dead when I descended into his body... Still, since he went to your school, maybe I can start there and fill in more of my personal information."
Exactly. First, he would gradually familiarize himself with the body's relationships.
Then build his own social network.
Get a wife.
Visit prostitutes.
And use all that to slowly blend into normal human society.
Just thinking about being human again made every tentacle in his body twitch with anticipation.
Hehehehe-
[Ding! Your happiness +1]
An adorable little tentacle instantly burst out of his wrist.
Hana Ye: "Waaaaah (ΩДΩ)?!"
Hana Ye grabbed it as if she were grabbing a stick.
"Don't go berserk right out in the street! Aren't you trying to be human?! This is really dangerous! Really dangerous!"
"Sorry, couldn't help myself."
"..."
Hana Ye shakily patted her nonexistent chest and gulped.
I'm doomed.
The first thing she felt when she saw that tentacle wasn't actually fear.
Instead, she was worried he might expose himself.
Had just one night together already prepared Hana Ye to fall apart and descend into depravity?
Had she already started thinking of herself as a monster's little wife?
Boohoo, no!
That's so freaky! o(╥﹏╥)o
"A-are you sure you want to go over there?"
Hana Ye instinctively tightened her grip on Lin En's wrist and said, (ó﹏ò｡):
"But what will happen to Hana Ye if you leave?! If something scary suddenly shows up again, there won't be anyone to protect Hana Ye! That Bounty Writ is still out there!"
Lin En glanced at her and said:
"We go to the same school. What are you so scared of?"
Hana Ye immediately went o(≧口≦)o. "W-we don't! Hana Ye is in the noble section! You're in the commoner section! There's a really, really long distance between them!! And... and... Hana Ye has already been sold to you as your little wife! You can't just abandon me!!"
The moment she said that-
The pedestrians around them all turned to stare in shock.
Hana Ye's eyes widened. Her entire face instantly flushed red, and a puff of steam rose from her head.
"Um... well... um..."
Soon, a burly-looking man walked over. Looking down at Hana Ye and Lin En, he flexed his pecs and said righteously:
"Little girl, are you being held hostage by a lolicon? Do you need me to draw my sword?"
"N-no, thank you. I was just talking nonsense..."
"Really?"
"Really! It was nonsense!"
The righteous brute walked away, faintly muttering.
"...I thought there was a lolicon..."
Lin En: "..."
Hana Ye: "..."
Damn, people here are way too harsh about this! This clearly isn't a world a lolicon should transmigrate into. They draw their swords at the drop of a hat! Going out and about in the future is going to leave me at a serious disadvantage!
This won't do!
If that's how it is...
"Hana Ye!"
"W-what?"
"Let's get divorced!"
"Huh?!!"
"I'll marry you again when I need you. If we divorce first, I won't have to worry about being executed as an evil lolicon anymore (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧!"
Lin En carefully weighed the pros and cons and snapped his fingers. It seemed like an excellent idea.
Exactly!
They would only be husband and wife at night!
He thought this was a great idea!
Very reassuring!
"No!!"
Hana Ye instantly went o(≧口≦)o. She leaped up, grabbed Lin En's neck with all her might, and shook him hard.
"How can you just get divorced whenever you feel like it?! And you didn't divorce me last night, but now you want to during the day! Who does that?! I refuse!"
"But aren't you really bothered by being a monster's wife?!"
"Um, I guess I am... Then if we get divorced, will you still protect Hana Ye?"
"No."
"..."
"You idiot! We'll just pretend we don't know each other during the day, and you can be my wife again at night!"
"Wouldn't that just make it prostitution?!"
"Quit arguing! Are we divorcing or not?! I'll eat you if we don't!!"
"Then eat me!! Hana Ye will get eaten soon anyway! (〃＞皿＜)! Hana Ye is already heartbroken! If you don't eat me now, Hana Ye will eat you first! We're finished!"
Chomp-
One bite.
"You actually bit me?"
"Mhm..."
This little bitch of a loli!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh-
Lin En tried hard to shake off Hana Ye, who refused to let go with her teeth, but she had bitten down too tightly for him to dislodge her.
"Fine! Fine! No divorce! Happy now?! We'll wait until you've saved up the ransom!"
"Really?"
"Really! You idiot!"
Hana Ye immediately released her bite and clutched the hem of Lin En's clothes, her wide eyes innocent.
"Um, then it's a promise. No divorcing until the ransom is paid in full. Hana Ye will serve you, and you have to protect Hana Ye. And since you already have a wife, of course you can't ch-"
But before she could finish saying "cheat"-
Suddenly-
In the distance-
"Lin Ke!! Is that you?!"
A girl's pleasantly surprised voice rang out from afar.
Lin En and Hana Ye froze and instinctively looked toward the voice. A girl wearing a red dress, her long hair reaching her waist, stood in the distance. She looked like an exquisite painting.
Lin Ke? Lin En immediately realized she must be calling out to this body's original owner.
"Who are you?"
Lin En was puzzled.
But at that very moment, the girl in the red dress rushed over and crashed straight into Lin En's arms. With an excited cry, she threw her arms around his neck, pressing her ample breasts firmly against his chest.
"I haven't seen you for two days! Where have you been, Lin Ke?! I was worried sick!! I thought you'd gone missing!"
A rich, girlish fragrance washed over him, along with the solid impact of her charging into him breasts-first.
Lin En: "!!!"
Hana Ye: "(ΩДΩ)?!!"
He only glanced slightly downward.
Damn, no. I can't.
Those things make me dizzy.
Dizzy, Lin En said:
"Uh, miss, let's talk this through. Do we know each other?"
The girl holding his neck blinked, looked at him up close, and pouted.
"Seriously, are you still half asleep? I'm Shakira! We just celebrated our third anniversary. What, have you even forgotten your own girlfriend?"
Smack-
She kissed Lin En on the lips.
Lin En: "!!!"
Hana Ye: "(ΩДΩ)!!"
Hana Ye said stiffly, "Th-third anniversary? You're a couple?"
The girl named Shakira paused, then seemed to notice Hana Ye beside them. She shifted slightly, setting her ample breasts swaying.
"That's right, little girl. What's wrong? You're..."
Lin En's mind raced. "Uh... well, she's..."
Blank-eyed, Hana Ye turned with a mechanical creak. She seemed to have turned entirely gray, as though her soul had left her body.
"Sorry... we don't know each other... I should go to the academy. G-goodbye."
[Ding! Hana Ye's sadness +50!] [Ding! Hana Ye's sadness +40! Divorced!]
"Hey, hey! Hana Ye! You idiot!!"
Exasperated, Lin En tried to reach out, but the girl named Shakira grabbed his hand and drew it toward her, practically plastering herself against him in bliss.
"Where did you go yesterday, Lin Ke? I thought you were sick, so I went looking for you! Seriously! You really don't consider other people's feelings at all!"
Boing.
Boing.
She took Lin En's hand and turned around.
"Come on! Hurry up! Let's get to the academy! We're going to be late!"
"Wait a second!"
A little over ten minutes later.
The noble academy.
Hana Ye returned to her seat like a machine and sat down with stiff, creaking movements. Her expression was blank, and she didn't even hear her classmates greeting her.
Everyone around her was a young noble lady or lord, just like her.
"Hana Ye, what's wrong? Why do you look so distracted?"
A noble girl her age leaned over curiously.
Hana Ye sniffled with her little nose and said hollowly:
"Got divorced."
"Huh (shocked)??!!"
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