Juejuezi was stunned.
This… this is too terrifying!
If what the elemental spirits said was true, then that means the previous ruler of their elemental spirits was hidden inside the mage tower just now!
But… but is this really not a joke?!
Wasn’t that supposed to be Nanaiko’s mage tower?
Why would such a terrifying existence be hidden there?!
“No matter what!” the elemental spirits cried in despair. “Run! Later, we’ll find a quiet place and create a teleportation magic circle for you. Just get out of here as soon as possible!”
Juejuezi nodded repeatedly, gritting her teeth with determination. One hand pressed down on her oversized wizard hat as she sprinted away at full speed.
But just as she dashed past a bush—
Boom!
A loud crash.
Caught off guard, Juejuezi felt as if she had slammed into a massive wall, rebounding and landing on her butt with a thud.
“Ouch!!”
Juejuezi pressed her hat down, grimacing in pain, and instinctively looked up.
Buzz—
Juejuezi’s mind exploded with a deafening noise.
What stood in front of her wasn’t a wall at all, but a tall young man wearing an apron.
In one hand, he held a plate of steaming hot dumplings, and in the other, a fork. He chewed leisurely, looking down at her with interest.
“…”
“…”
A brief silence.
The next moment.
Piercing, terrified screams erupted.
The elemental spirits around Juejuezi let out panicked shrieks, frantically stirring. All of them were so frightened that they transformed and hid under Juejuezi’s skirt in terror.
“A devil! The great and terrible devil!!”
Juejuezi instinctively clutched her skirt, looking up and screaming,
“Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! Juejuezi doesn’t want to die yet! I haven’t gotten married, I don’t have a boyfriend, I haven’t even grown up yet!!”
In Juejuezi and the elemental spirits’ eyes,
What Lynn held in his right hand was no longer a plate of steaming dumplings, but a boiling pot of oil with screaming heads inside. The fork in his left hand wasn’t a utensil, but a sharp, blood-stained demonic trident. The apron around his waist was no longer an apron, but a collection of blood-soaked human skins!!
“Juejue… Juejuezi?” Lynn was momentarily stunned.
[Isn’t this the rival my loli master mentioned? Why does she seem different from how she was described?]
Then, Lynn looked her up and down.
[Something’s off. If she really is Juejuezi, and over a hundred years old, even with the best youth-preserving techniques, she shouldn’t still have this kind of physique, right?]
[Is she another oddity like my loli master? Some kind of loli who doesn’t grow up even after a hundred years?]
Achoo—
Somewhere, a certain loli sneezed in confusion, scratching her head.
Looking at the girl in front of him, whose eyes were wide with fear and tears streaming down her face, Lynn’s gaze turned suspicious. He popped a dumpling into his mouth and interrogated her:
“What are you doing here?”
Juejuezi trembled. “Vis… visiting family…”
Lynn chewed. “Why did you run when you saw me?”
Juejuezi clutched her chest, shivering. “To be honest, I didn’t see you. The spirits told me to run, so I ran…”
Lynn’s gaze then fell on Juejuezi’s skirt.
Faintly, he could see something trembling under her skirt—clearly, the elemental spirits.
Lynn’s expression turned playful. He crouched down and lifted Juejuezi’s skirt.
Juejuezi screamed, “Pe… pervert!!”
Slap—
A small red handprint instantly appeared on Lynn’s face.
“…”
“…”
A gust of wind blew past.
“Oh heavens!!” the elemental spirits shrieked in terror.
Juejuezi’s eyes widened, and she immediately realized she was in deep trouble. She grabbed her hat brim and let out a series of panicked cries.
If her chances of survival were still somewhat high before, this slap had undoubtedly reduced them to almost zero.
Lynn: “…”
[Dammit, forgot to activate my defenses…]
Lynn’s dead fish eyes stared at her. Without wasting time, he reached out, grabbed the girl, and shook her vigorously up and down.
Plop plop plop—
One by one, the transformed elemental spirits fell out from Juejuezi’s body.
The elemental spirits immediately huddled together, trembling and looking at Lynn in terror.
“Sp… spare us…”
Lynn, with his dead fish eyes, stroked his chin. “Do you know me?”
The elemental spirits shivered in fear. “Ye… yes, the great and terrible Father of Elements, the father of all elemental spirits, Fire Elemental Spirits No. 9527—9531 greet the great father!”
[As I suspected, these are the elemental spirits I once banished from this world.]
[I was a bit careless. I didn’t block their perception of me, but I never expected any of them would dare to return to this world without my permission.]
[There must be something fishy going on here…]
Lynn looked at them strangely, then turned his gaze to the girl he was holding.
“And her?”
Juejuezi’s limbs dangled in the air as she muttered, “The great fire mage, Lady Juejuezi of the Sea King’s Palace, the symbiotic partner of the elemental spirits…”
…
A few minutes later.
Inside the mage tower.
Clink—
A steaming cup of milk and eight tiny steaming cups of milk were placed on the coffee table.
“Drink.”
Lynn sat across the table, his expression playful as he observed the trembling girl and the equally nervous little spirits.
“Th… thank you, sir!”
Juejuezi picked up the milk with both hands, her legs pressed together as she sat there, shivering.
She glanced furtively at the playful young man across from her, unable to reconcile him with the fearsome devil the elemental spirits had described.
Something’s wrong, something’s wrong!
According to the spirits, shouldn’t he be a powerful, unreasonable, and horrifyingly cruel demon beyond description?
But why does he look like nothing more than a handsome, easygoing young man?!
“So…” Lynn narrowed his eyes, smiling faintly as he looked down at the elemental spirits.
“The reason you came to this world is that you’ve chosen a new king, and many elemental spirits are here to search for the Elemental Heart within me. Is that correct?”
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
and couldn't return to the real world. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow, only to discover that writing a diary could make me stronger. Since no one could read it, Su Luo wrote freely, daring to pen anything and everything. Female Lead #1: "Not bad. This diary helped me steal all the protagonist's opportunities. I just want to get stronger." Female Lead #2: "I don’t care about reaching the peak of the cultivation world. Right now, I just want to enjoy the chaos." Female Lead #3: "What? Everyone around me is a spy? I’m the Joker Demon Lord?" ... It’s so strange. Why is the plot completely off track, yet the ending remains the same? Are you all just messing with me?!
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
