Oath with Dania

"Let me... lie here a little longer..."

Lu Guan rested his head on Dania's smooth thigh, a peaceful expression on his face, as if he had been dead for a while.

"I don't get it. I was clearly the one doing more work, so why are you more tired than me?" Dania asked with a smile as she massaged Lu Guan's head.

"Do you really not get it, or are you pretending?" Lu Guan grumbled, patting Dania's flabby calf.

"Mmm..." Dania's face flushed at once, and she pressed her legs together like an innocent little girl. "You're patting my leg again. You're just picking on me because I don't like exercise. You're so mean!"

Faced with her coquettish complaint, Lu Guan, having learned his lesson before, gave a wry smile and paid her no further attention.

He had originally thought Dania didn't know much, but once her Star Desire Points reached the critical threshold, she had turned into a top-tier veteran.

The president had probably taught her some strange things, though she might also have browsed similar things online herself.

In any case... she really knew her stuff!

If he let her stay in charge...

"Brother, I fear we shall both perish at a woman's hands!"

Time flew, and two months passed in the blink of an eye.

Using the information Lu Guan had given her, Lacerta mobilized considerable forces from the Deep Space Union and eliminated several Fractsidus spies who had infiltrated the academy in one fell swoop.

As for whether the operation had completely cleared out the spies in the academy... who could say?

Ever since "Special CG 3" had been unlocked and Dania learned that excessive behavior would upset Lu Guan, she no longer seemed to cling to him all the time as she had before.

Everything seemed to be moving in a good direction, but Lu Guan knew full well that beneath the seemingly calm surface, turbulent undercurrents lurked.

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points +1]

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points +1]

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points -21]

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points -1]

Lu Guan opened his eyes helplessly. "Here we go again..."

As Dania reduced her Star Desire Points on her own more and more often, the amount she could reduce them by each time grew smaller.

This was clearly not a healthy cycle. If she could no longer reduce her Star Desire Points this way, Lu Guan could guess with his ass what would happen if things were left to run their course.

If I don't make an Oath with her... won't the story be headed for a BAD END?

After turning it over in his mind, Lu Guan decided to face it all.

He rolled out of bed, got dressed, and headed for Dania's dorm like a general marching to his death.

"Mmm... mm... mmm..."

Inside her dorm, Dania had just finished relieving her star desire. Her body was still trembling, her mind was blank, and her whole body remained caught in the afterglow.

A short while later, reason regained the upper hand in her mind. Dania was about to tidy up the messy bed when she heard a sliding door move behind her.

"Click!"

Perhaps to set the mood, or perhaps because she was afraid of being seen, Dania always drew the curtains when she adjusted her Star Desire Points herself.

When the dorm door opened, a sliver of light entered the extremely dim room and fell directly on Dania's half-covered body, spilling freely over it like a beam of scorching sunlight.

The moment Dania turned and met Lu Guan's gaze, she had never imagined that the dorm access she had given him would come back like a boomerang and strike her square between the eyes at her most embarrassing moment.

Her eyes widened, and she was about to scream in shame and indignation, but reason told her that if she screamed now, an even more mortifying scene would surely await her.

So, at that critical moment, she covered her mouth with her hand and looked helplessly at Lu Guan, her eyes pleading with him to leave quickly.

But now that Lu Guan had made up his mind, how could he leave so easily?

Since Dania was in her "sage mode" right now, he would seize the initiative in their relationship while she still had her shame and reason!

With that thought, Lu Guan slipped inside and closed her dorm door, under Dania's helpless gaze.

"G-get out... get... out..."

The girl's mortified reproach, delivered in a suppressed voice, did not shake Lu Guan's resolve. Instead, it made him even more determined.

He stepped forward, found Dania's small hand in the dark, and took it. "Dania," he said in a low voice, "I want to... make an Oath with you."

Then he silently turned on the lamp in Dania's room.

In the room, lit once more, the girl's secret lay completely exposed, but Dania clearly had no attention to spare for the utterly embarrassing state she was in.

What had she heard?

An Oath?

"Waaah... This should have been something to be happy about." Dania didn't know whether to laugh or cry as she complained, "So why can't I feel happy..."

"You just had to pick a time like this. You really don't know how to choose your moment..."

Lu Guan smiled inwardly. This was exactly the moment he had chosen.

A sheltered girl was best savored when her innermost secret had been exposed: that flavor of anticipation and shame mingled together, of panic and satisfaction coexisting...

Clearly, Dania met every condition perfectly at this moment. She was like a rose that had just bloomed, radiant and lovely, waiting to be picked by the one she loved.

But this rose seemed a little too passionate.

Dania threw herself at him. "Lu Guan, kiss me!"

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points +5]

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points +5]

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points +5]

"I-is it coming? I... I'm ready!"

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points -40]

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points -30]

"Mmm... are we still going?"

"No... I can't... mmm!"

"What do you mean... you want to get even..."

"What are you talking about... what do you mean... oh, oh, oh!"

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points +10]

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points +10]

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points +10]

"Mmm... it's coming again... I can't take much more..."

"...I was wrong... mmm..."

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points -40]

[Beep! Dania's Star Desire Points -30]

[Beep! An Oath has been made with romanceable character: Dania!]

[At the time of the Oath, this character's Star Desire Points were detected to have surpassed the critical threshold and have therefore been automatically converted to Affection.]

[Beep! Dania's Affection +1]

[Beep! Dania's Affection +1]

The next day, Dania and Lu Guan woke up in each other's arms.

Looking at the new ring on her right hand, Dania, having gotten her wish, wore an increasingly sweet and enchanting smile.

But to Lu Guan, who was utterly exhausted after a whole night of exertion, it was a sign that a ferocious beast had just awakened and was ready to devour someone!

"It's so pretty~ Did you put this ring on me last night?" Dania asked with a smile. "I didn't expect you to be so romantic... You even thought to put a ring on a girl's finger yourself."

This is a deathtrap of a question!

If he said yes, Dania would make her move on the pretext of rewarding Lu Guan for his romantic gesture, and he would inevitably get bombarded.

If he said no, Dania would make her move on the pretext that Lu Guan wasn't being honest and needed to be punished, and he would still inevitably get bombarded.

He would be bombarded either way, so Lu Guan chose to take the initiative.

At least if he took the initiative, he could pick a position he liked and retain some measure of control.

"Mmm... again... you idiot, wasn't one night enough?"

"I really can't do anything with you... mmm..."

And so, today's morning exercise began in Dania's dorm.