Swish, swish, swish—
In an instant, Nanako darted into the blankets at an unimaginable speed, wrapping herself up tightly.
"Stupid disciple!!!" Nanako blushed and shouted.
She immediately reached out her hand.
Grabbing Lynn's cheek, she gritted her teeth and pulled hard.
"Wake up! Wake up!! Wake up!!!"
Lynn "finally" opened his drowsy eyes, looking at Nanako in confusion, yawning as he said:
"Master, good morning. What's wrong?"
Nanako swiftly retracted her hands, wrapping herself in the blanket, glaring at him with wide eyes, and said angrily:
"Why are you sleeping on the same bed as Nanako?!"
Lynn was momentarily stunned, looking around as if he had just realized the situation.
Lynn: "!!!"
Lynn exclaimed in shock: "What’s going on? I don’t know why I fell asleep so suddenly last night. What exactly happened? I have no idea!"
Nanako stared at him, shrinking further into the blanket.
"Is that so?"
"I can’t remember," Lynn said, rubbing his temples with a headache. "I can’t recall anything from last night."
[→_→ Oh no, I remember everything.]
[It’s all because Master’s sleeping posture was too violent. When I came back, I found that she had pushed all seven of those girls off the bed.]
[So I moved you to another room and even changed your pajamas for you. Aren’t I thoughtful?]
Nanako: "???!
Nanako’s eyes widened, her face instantly turning red down to her neck.
She shrank further into the blanket, only revealing a pair of aggrieved blue eyes.
Damn it!
It really was this scoundrel disciple!
How could he do such a thing to his master?
Changing… changing clothes…
Doesn’t that mean he saw everything?!
"You really can’t remember anything?" Nanako muttered:
"Weren’t we in a different room last night? Did we just float here magically?"
Lynn pondered, and suddenly, as if remembering something, he looked up and said:
"I vaguely recall something…"
Nanako tilted her head, asking: "Really?"
Lynn frowned, rubbing his temples as he said: "While I was asleep, I faintly felt someone dragging me. They weren’t tall, wore blue clothes, had two ponytails, and their eyes were closed, as if sleepwalking…"
Nanako was stunned.
Not tall.
Blue clothes?
Two ponytails…
Who?
Nanako looked around in confusion.
Then her gaze instantly fell on the mirror across the room.
Nanako froze.
"Disciple, are you saying that I sleepwalked, dragged you over, and then slept with you in the same bed?"
Nanako gritted her teeth, a "╬" popping up on her small clenched fist.
Lynn thought for a moment and said: "That’s very possible."
[It’s absolutely correct to blame Master for this, since she often sleepwalks →_→]
[I remember a few years ago, I was sleeping soundly when suddenly I saw a little girl standing by my bed with a kitchen knife, asking if I was hungry.]
[I was so shocked, I remember…]
As Lynn began narrating her dark history in his mind, Nanako shouted, shaking her head rapidly, her long ponytails slapping Lynn’s head repeatedly.
"That’s impossible!! Nanako never sleepwalks! Stupid disciple, don’t say such strange things!"
...
A few minutes later.
Nanako had neatly put on her robe, pulling the large hood over her head, revealing her big blue eyes from under the brim, and said:
"Disciple, I’ll forgive you for what happened earlier, since we both fell asleep last night. But don’t let it happen again, okay?"
[Wait, something’s off… why does Master sound like she knows it was me?]
[Did she not fall asleep last night? That’s impossible! I checked!]
[Then why does she sound so forgiving?]
Lynn’s probing gaze instantly shot over.
Nanako’s eyes widened immediately.
Her heart pounded rapidly.
Her small hands instinctively covered her mouth.
Fortunately, she was facing away from Lynn, so he didn’t notice.
Phew, that was close! I almost gave it away!
I really need to be more careful with my words from now on. If my disciple finds out I can hear his thoughts, he’ll definitely leave me.
Stay calm, stay calm!
You can do it!
Don’t give it away!
Nanako coughed and said: "Well… disciple, it seems we were both affected by that mysterious force last night. I was planning to go out and investigate, but I ended up falling asleep so quickly."
Lynn exhaled, pondering: "Yeah, it seems Elina was right. Every night, this place is influenced by some strange power…"
Nanako glanced at him subtly out of the corner of her eye.
[→_→ But that won’t happen anymore starting tonight, because I’ve already solved the problem brilliantly.]
Hearing Lynn’s thoughts, Nanako’s heart skipped a beat, her eyes widening.
Sol… solved?
By my disciple alone?
[If I hadn’t come here, if the volcano hadn’t erupted and loosened the seal, I wouldn’t have known that the King of Secret Source was trapped in this godforsaken place.]
[But luckily, I broke the seal, transformed his essence, and drove him away last night. Staying here wouldn’t do him any good anyway.]
After hearing Lynn’s thoughts, Nanako felt her breathing quicken.
She clearly caught a few key phrases.
King of Secret Source?
Seal?
Transformed his essence?
So… while I was asleep last night, my disciple did a lot of things here.
He broke the seal for the King of Secret Source?
Indeed, there must be some connection between my disciple and the King of Secret Source.
Both of them lost in their own thoughts, they walked down the stairs to the inn’s first floor.
"Master Nanako, Mr. Lynn, you’re here?!"
On the first floor, Elina and her six mage companions stood up excitedly upon seeing them, waving and quickly approaching.
While Lynn and Nanako were dawdling, they had also woken up.
Lynn was about to smile and greet them.
But the next moment.
His smile froze on his face.
Sitting across the long table from the seven girls was an elf wearing a light yellow robe, holding a harp, with long golden hair and long ears.
The elf, upon seeing Lynn and Nanako, smiled slightly, nodded gracefully, and performed an elegant bow.
Lynn: "What the hell, I…"
Nanako instantly turned her head sharply, sternly saying: "Disciple, you shouldn’t use such language!"
Lynn swallowed his words and said: "Sorry, Master."
[King of Secret Source!! That bastard! (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻]
[I told him so many times last night not to come looking for me, not to come looking for me, and it hasn’t even been half a night yet!]
[No, I have to find a chance to beat him up again later!!]
Hearing Lynn’s thoughts, Nanako was shocked.
Ki… King of Secret Source?!!
Nanako instantly turned her head, her gaze falling on the elf, her expression freezing.
My disciple said that elf is the King of Secret Source?
This… this is ridiculous!!
She clearly remembered that the King of Secret Source was an ancient being, existing since primordial times, even older than the Great Lord of Violet.
In her mind, such an ancient being should be thousands of meters tall, with eight ears and sixteen eyes!
This… this…
"Oh! Master Nanako!" Elina, her face slightly red with excitement, walked over to the elf and said:
"Let me introduce you. This is Rein, a wandering bard from the southern elven kingdom."
The King of Secret Source glanced mockingly at Lynn’s gloomy expression.
Then he smiled slightly, turned gracefully, and looked at Nanako, about to bow.
"Greetings, fair lady, I am…"
But at that moment, when he clearly saw Nanako’s face, his entire body shuddered, and a flash of surprise crossed his eyes.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
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...
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
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?"
