Amisius: Let me protect you from now on.

"Ah, Dad!"

Aemeath panicked and let go of Xu Qing.

"Dad, how are you feeling now? How are you feeling?"

Then Aemeath reached out and felt all over Xu Qing's body.

But when she saw his completely naked body, she blushed, then broke into a smile.

"I'm fine, I'm fine."

"Are you really fine? Are you really fine?"

Aemeath kept running her hands all over him.

"No, if you keep touching me all over, I won't be fine." Xu Qing spotted the problem.

"And clothes. Clothes."

"Huh? What clothes?"

Aemeath looked bewildered, then took the opportunity to pinch Xu Qing's thigh again.

Xu Qing simply stared at Aemeath. Looking a little embarrassed, she then took out a dress.

Xu Qing's face was covered in black lines. "What else?"

Aemeath took out several more sets of women's clothing, excitement still written across her face.

"Dad, why don't you just wear these?"

"Hehe..."

"Then I'm leaving. Bye-bye."

Xu Qing waved at Aemeath.

He didn't believe for a second that these people wouldn't have clothes for him. Every last one of them was banking on him being too weak to resist now, huh?

"Ah, Dad, don't!"

Aemeath hurriedly lunged toward Xu Qing, only for a hand to press straight against her face.

Helpless, Aemeath could only take out a set of children's clothes, then watch him.

"Turn around."

"Dad, what are you scared of?"

"Turn around."

"Oh."

Little Ai pouted and could only turn away, stamping her feet and muttering, "What's the big deal?"

As the rustle of clothes sounded, her ears twitched and her eyes rolled before she turned around, only to find Xu Qing already dressed. Disappointment filled her face.

"Tell me, what exactly happened just now?" Aemeath crouched down to look at Xu Qing and pursed her lips.

"Hmph, Dad, why do you still have your memories?"

"I'd already planned it all out. If you'd forgotten, I'd start from scratch and let you get to know me again."

"That way, we could become a real married couple."

"But you said my name the moment you opened your mouth, and I forgot all the lines I'd prepared."

The corners of Xu Qing's mouth twitched violently a few times. He raised a hand and tapped Aemeath's forehead. "Then what lines did you prepare?"

"Something like..." Aemeath cleared her throat and straightened her back, her expression becoming extremely solemn.

"'I'm Aemeath. From today onward, we're family,' and things like that."

At that, Aemeath couldn't help nodding excitedly, her face full of smiles.

Xu Qing stared straight at her. "But the problem is, the very first thing you said was, 'You're finally awake, my husband!'"

Aemeath's expression froze. Then she quickly turned her face away, her ears reddening visibly.

"That was a slip of the tongue. A slip of the tongue. Little Ai got too excited."

"A slip of the tongue can miss the mark by that much?"

"Because, Dad, in my heart, you're..."

Aemeath abruptly stopped halfway through, turned to glare at him, and declared with complete conviction:

"Oh, just stop asking, Dad! Anyway, it was a slip of the tongue."

Xu Qing sighed.

Aemeath was an orphan Rover had brought home and raised for a while.

Later, after growing up, she entered Septimont Academy and became a Lahai-Roi candidate. Her grades were outstanding, she was well-liked, and she even secretly became an idol called "Flying Snowfluff."

She seemed to have grown into the person Rover wanted her to be.

Later, something happened at the Lahai-Roi Gate. The Mingshi was about to devour Lahai-Roi from below, so she forcibly overclocked her resonance to awaken Lahai-Roi and seal the Mingshi back away. Her physical body was also completely torn apart in that overclocking.

From then on, she became an electronic ghost whom no one could see or touch, drifting through Lahai-Roi for over a decade.

For Aemeath, her feelings toward Rover were far weightier.

She had always called Rover "family," an expression of extreme attachment and possessiveness.

Everything she did was less about saving the world than saving Rover, who bore all that loneliness alone.

Her feelings for Rover had long since undergone "filial love gone sour," mingling familial affection, romantic love, and a stubborn insistence of "You save the world, but who will save you?"

Moreover, she had an extremely strong protective instinct and fixation toward Rover.

Anything that might threaten Rover would trigger her most intense reaction.

She was the ultimate emotionally heavy yandere!

But on the private server, Aemeath would never have to live the electronic ghost life she did in the game.

After all, since he'd gone as far as setting up a private server, naturally, every regret would be erased.

Aemeath counted as one of the relatively normal daughters.

Yet Xu Qing kept feeling that something was strange about this Aemeath before him.

Why had her personality deviated this far?

She was practically every bit a match for the Aemeath in "Wuthering Waves." Why was she still such an extremely emotionally heavy yandere?

"Dad, what are you thinking about?"

Aemeath leaned close again, pressing against his face and looking at him with fluttering eyes.

"You're not thinking about some mom again, are you?"

"Hmph!"

At that, Aemeath gave a snort.

"That scent on you is so strong. It's that big fox. And... and, and there's Grandmaster Qingxiao's too. Damn it, there are actually so many around Dad..."

A red light surfaced in Aemeath's eyes.

Seeing that something was off with her, Xu Qing reached out and pinched her cheek.

"O soul, return! O soul, return!"

"Dad, what are you doing?" Aemeath puffed out her cheeks and looked at Xu Qing.

"This isn't how I remember your personality. Rein in all that yandere stuff. Rein it in."

Aemeath turned her face away, her eyes flickering, then leaned in to hug Xu Qing again, resting her chin on his shoulder. "

Dad, from now on, it'll be my turn to protect you. Little Ai is still very strong."

Her eyes were filled with excitement.

Dad was actually this weak now. Hehe, here came the plan.

Aemeath couldn't help recalling the past.

Her tiny self had stood with both hands on her hips, telling her dad:

Then... let me protect you from now on.

Now it had come true.

Dad used to protect me. Now it was my turn to protect Dad.

"Yes, yes, yes. Little Ai is very, very strong."

Xu Qing patted Aemeath's shoulder.

After all, he was just a noob right now.

"All right, let's get the process started." After pushing Aemeath away, Xu Qing held out his hand.

"What process?" Aemeath blinked at Xu Qing.

"Didn't you come to the pure-white space and pull me in here to form a contract with me? Only then can I take you over there."

"Hehe, Dad." Aemeath planted a kiss right on Xu Qing's face.

"..."

"Dad, what's wrong?"

"It's perfectly normal for a daughter to give her dad a kiss."

Xu Qing rolled his eyes.

He felt that he was in more and more danger.

He clearly wanted to become stronger now and protect and safeguard the people he cared about, so why did it feel as though he ought to protect himself properly first?

[This flop of an author is a little noob who's just gotten into Wuthering Waves. This will mainly focus on "Douluo World," using the female characters' personalities and emotional interactions. I won't write much of the "Wuthering Waves" plot. If anything is wrong, you veterans can point it out. Many thanks.]

[You can suggest which female characters should appear later.]

[Hmm, Xinyue Fox gives me boundless charm. That big fox, that big fox!]