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Chapter 784: The Abstract Sea King's Route?
Chapter 784: The Abstract Sea King's Route?
If you don't drink the toast, you'll drink the penalty!
After successfully recorking the Snow Elderberry Wine bottle, Lyon hummed and took the last leaf from the Red-Haired Director's hand, who was filled with resentment.
"Zzzz..."
【Name: Memory Remnant Leaf (Memory, Destruction)】
[...]
Along with the familiar faint noise, another distinct memory entered Lyon's mind through the leaf's veins.
In this hazy memory, the first scene was of the Director, now in a fiery red gown, tucking her vibrant red hair to the side of her neck, unconsciously biting her lip, and shyly calling out:
"Lyon..."
Huh?
Before Lyon could process the shocking fact that the "female lead" of the seventh leaf was the Red-Haired Director, the scene showed her tightening her collar, blocking the unspeakably beautiful view, and hesitantly pushing him away.
"Isn't this a bit unfair to Emma?"
Huh??
As Lyon's mind reeled from this hidden route, his own voice suddenly echoed within the scene, accompanied by a line that transcended time and space.
"If we're seeking thrills, let's go all the way~"
With Lyon's response, the scene darkened, and a pair of tightly embracing silhouettes were illuminated by the moonlight streaming through the window, casting their shadows on the floor of Emma's office.
Huh???
This route... Am I that abstract?
As the memory, with its cinematic flair, continued to flash before him, Lyon's rationality seemed to be pummeled by eighty hundred-ton Kings rolling downhill, shattered by the outrageous memory from the seventh leaf.
"Lyon, isn't this a bit unfair to Felicia?"
"Lyon, isn't this a bit unfair to Nicole?"
"Lyon, isn't this a bit unfair to Mel?"
"Lyon, I..."
Am I a lecherous ghost?!?!
Lyon, who considered himself a decent man, was shocked as he watched this memory that skipped all the 'storyline' and was filled with chaos from start to finish.
No wonder the Director was reluctant to give up the leaf. In this memory, he had surpassed the level of a Sea King; he was a damn ultimate seafood restaurant! He cast a wide net, fishing from the depths of the sea, even pocketing the little fish fry!
Knowing this outrageous possibility, how could he face the Director and Emma in the future? This 'Sea King' route is too... Wait, Sea King?
Lyon quickly opened his badge panel and found a black iron badge he had forgotten about.
【Heartbreaker: Lacks loyalty in relationships, forms intimate relationships with multiple women, and has questionable conduct...】
【Effect: Your charm will be slightly enhanced... However, for some women with special preferences, your attractiveness will significantly increase.】
【Advancement: Continuously extort money from ambiguously close women 10 times or more, and this badge will automatically advance to the Bronze Badge 'Deadbeat'. Current progress: 5/10.
Or, use your exceptional charm to establish intimate relationships with 10 women, and this badge will skip the Bronze stage, directly advancing to the Silver Badge 'Sea King'. Current progress: 9/10.】
【Hidden Trait (No Badge Required): The mental damage you inflict on women will be increased.】
Sea King... Could it really be the Sea King?
Lyon stared at the '9/10' behind 'Sea King' for a while, then shivered.
Could it be that on this route, he needed to rapidly increase his combat power for some reason, so he tried to level up this 【Sea King】 badge?
The badge, and then... it was a slippery slope?
This... this...
...
"Is there something wrong with this leaf?"
"Huh?"
As he realized that the red-haired director had approached at some point, her eyes filled with gossip, Lyon's breath hitched slightly. He then asked with a hint of suspicion:
"You didn't see it?"
"I want to see it, but I can't."
The red-haired director's words carried a hint of regret:
"The memory within it is just one of countless possibilities, and it may not necessarily come true, but it still involves a part of the future. The price of revealing the future is enormous."
For beings like you, below the level of a true god, the cost of glimpsing your own future isn't too high. But if it's someone like me, who is infinitely close to the Pillar God, revealing specific details about my future would be enough to exhaust the Great Sorceress and that woman from the Pisces Division to the brink of death."
"..."
So... you only know that the "heroine" is you, but you don't know what we actually did?
Upon hearing the red-haired director's words, Lyon felt an overwhelming sense of relief, as if his character, who had already fallen to the edge of a cliff, now had a chance to be salvaged.
As Lyon exhaled in relief, the red-haired director on the other side seemed to become suspicious. Her eyes, once filled with gossip, suddenly turned sharp. She narrowed her eyes and asked:
"Lyon, did you see something strange?"
"I... I did see some strange things..."
After steadying himself and relying on his strong mental fortitude and excellent facial control, Lyon's stiff face softened. He then began to make up a story, expressing his amazement:
"Director, did you know that in the future I saw, you actually quit drinking because of me! Haha, isn't that something... Director?"
The red-haired director's pupils constricted slightly, visibly startled. Lyon raised his eyebrows in confusion.
As Lyon stood there, slightly puzzled, the red-haired director's left arm, hidden behind her back, trembled slightly. She quickly regained her composure and said disdainfully:
"Living like that would be so boring. Men are nothing compared to alcohol, and I'm lucky I didn't really get involved with you!"
"Hehe, I think so too."
After exchanging a few words, Lyon looked up at the sky and then hurriedly found an excuse, laughing as he bid farewell.
After he left, looking a bit flustered, the red-haired director's body relaxed. She slowly walked back to her desk and placed the crystal she was holding in her left hand on the table, feeling a bit drained.
He startled me... When he suddenly mentioned quitting drinking, I thought the Memory Overwrite Crystal had failed...
She caressed the crystal, its colors in disarray, and extracted the true memory she had replaced when Lyon received the memory through the Memory Remnant Leaf. Looking at the blurry flickering in her palm, the red-haired director sighed softly.
When the winter pine bloomed on the streets, filling the city with pollen, Nicole noticed Lyon's abnormality. She specifically sought out the red-haired director to talk about Lyon's background, guessing that he might be from across the sea, from the Eastern Three Kingdoms.
However, Nicole's guess was only half-correct. While Lyon did come from across the sea, he wasn't from the Eastern Three Kingdoms; he was from the Eastern "Four" Kingdoms.
Before being captured by that photograph and brought to the capital from across the sea, his identity was likely that of a survivor from the destroyed Kingdom of East Carlevin, and given his extraordinary courage, he might even be of royal blood.
And I... I was the one who destroyed everything he had!
(End of Chapter)
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