VIP Chapter 338: “Their expressions should be interesting, right?”
“Alright, I understand. As you said, I can confirm whether I can get what I want in the first dungeon before deciding whether to help you…”
“Don’t worry about your damn father, Ms. Li Wei’qi and I will handle him.”
“Will I have a chance to meet Li Wei’qi?”
“After we leave here, she’ll be waiting for you outside. Of course, if you’re worried I’ll do something, you can have Ms. Shuna come with us.”
“…Why are you doing this…? Never mind, I think you don’t know either. It’s better to ask her in person.”
…
Standing under the dazzling sunlight of the desert, Shuna held up her black umbrella, which had transformed from her “dagger.” She looked as if she were attending a funeral—though the current scene was indeed very much like one.
Shuna watched the two people conversing.
After being by Will’s side for so long and hearing his words, she had a general understanding. If the world they were in was considered a story, the current world was different from the story he saw.
Specifically, the original male and female protagonists had completely disappeared—whether it was Xiu, the man she had seen in his memory, or Empress Li Wei’qi who ran “Apex of the Galaxy.”
However, the world’s “plot” was proceeding smoothly. So smoothly that major events were still happening, and even she, who didn’t conform to gender settings, was following the plot.
Now, the missing Li Wei’qi had appeared as the mastermind they had been investigating…
Alright.
Shuna scratched her head.
She could understand these things, but she didn’t care about them. She was only slightly—just a tiny bit—unhappy about Will getting so excited when he heard that name.
“Shuna, so, will you come with me later?”
Suddenly, Will lifted the brim of her umbrella, and Shuna realized that while waiting here, she had unknowingly lowered the umbrella until it almost completely covered her.
Will, wearing a monocle, stood outside the umbrella, his smile “brilliantly” illuminated by the sunlight.
“You’re smiling so happily. As expected of someone reborn, huh?”
“I’m sorry for making you wait here so long. So, about what’s next, do you want to go together? After all, as teammates, I think our cooperation has always been excellent.”
Shuna raised her head from under the umbrella and looked at his expression.
So easy to read.
He looked very excited, his eyes shining.
He must be hoping she would join him for another “great adventure” or something similar.
It seemed that ever since she had brought him back, he had been gradually developing towards being “honest,” “unpretentious,” and “more proactive emotionally.” Now that he was sure he could live, he had become so cheerful that he was almost overly sociable.
But–
“I refuse.”
“Huh? Wait, what’s going on? Aren’t you interested? You’ll definitely like Li Wei’qi, after all… in the original work, she was an Empress who was very interested in the depths of dungeons…”
“Stop saying that person’s name!”
“Oh, I see. You’re jealous. It’s fine, I promise you. Although she is indeed beautiful and mature, probably my type, you know I value our shared experiences very much now, so I promise I’ll only think of the four of you– Huh?!”
The gaze Will felt suddenly turned into a shadow, and then… the warmth of Shuna’s lips touched his. Perhaps it was because the desert was too dry; after only a few hours here, he felt her lips were a bit dry.
“Being outspoken can be annoying sometimes. Say less– I admit I’m a little jealous.”
“However, Shuna, your refusal isn’t because you’re jealous, is it? Did you discover something else more interesting…”
“The aura of Death Hall…”
“Huh? What?”
“The bug you killed had the mark of Death Hall on it, right?”
“Yes, the withered red spider lily…”
“…The dungeon I was born in, the Emperor I killed…”
Shuna looked at her palm.
As her first memory of being “human” in this world, she could recall it clearly, anytime and anywhere.
“The blood that flowed at my feet, seeped into the dungeon’s crevices, was also… that shape.”
“Huh?!”
Will was surprised.
“In the original work, the Emperor of the dungeon you killed was the entire story’s… most important foreshadowing…”
“Even if it’s not the story, it’s the key for me to find out… who ‘gave birth to me,’ who ‘wanted me to kill myself,’ and… ‘what my purpose is here.'”
“So you…”
Shuna smiled.
“Will, don’t you often talk about fate, destiny, and such? I was thinking, since in the story you mentioned, that man, because of his friend’s death, was kicked out of the team and defected to the dungeon side…”
“Wait, you’re not suggesting…”
“I will find a way to join Death Hall and meet that Empress.”
After Shuna finished speaking, she seemed to see a hint of “relief” on Will’s face.
“Why that expression? What? You think I’m cool for doing this?”
“It’s just… I feel… ‘So the girl who once held a knife to her neck and threatened to die with me is now stubbornly living her own life in a carefree manner.’ I can relax, not having to bear one more person’s life.”
“No, if you die, I’ll still commit suicide with you, you know?”
“Wh– What?!”
Shuna placed her finger on his lips.
“However, precisely because of that, I want to get revenge on the scoundrel who tied our fates together and gave birth to me.”
“I see, that’s a very fitting reason for Shuna.”
After saying this, which temporarily concluded their conversation, Will’s gaze shifted away from her and looked into the distance, as if contemplating something.
Shuna noticed that his gaze indicated he was “thinking,” and moreover, he had just had a nascent idea and was following it down to elaborate!
And furthermore…
It was not good.
His expression was somewhat strange, especially his eyes. He only had this kind of expression when he was thinking of some “bad idea.”
No… even more so, he only displayed this expression when he had even a trace of “desire to see more interesting and bigger fun.”
In other words, a “blackening” expression?
“Shuna, I have a favor to ask of you.”
“What?”
Shuna was taken aback, and saw him first remove his storage witch ring, then take off his magnetic white earrings, and finally remove the collar around his neck.
Although with his current strength, he should be able to reach the entry-level of S Rank even without these accessories.
But…
“Are you going to die again?!”
“No, no, I just need to fake my death. There are some things that make it inconvenient for me to enter and leave the Adventurer’s Guild for a while. Most of the time… I’ll probably be inside dungeons.”
“You want me…” Shuna’s palm accepted these three items that clearly belonged to her love rival, “…to do what with these?”
“Help me go to the Adventurer’s Guild, mail these to Nov, and have the Adventurer’s Guild notify the rest of her at Shining Star.”
Shuna didn’t quite understand Will’s intentions for a moment.
But…
She had a feeling that Will’s expression was very, very, very wrong.
His expression seemed to be “anticipating” something interesting to happen, but… his actions in putting down these items and his words were exceptionally “gentle.”
“Do you want to ‘punish’ them? Or is this a step for you to whitewash them?”
“Hmm… perhaps it should be considered… a step to let them feel my love?”
Will’s smile made Shuna truly shiver.
“After all, sometimes, only by losing intense emotions a little can one feel the other’s love, right?”
“It’s fine. I believe they will feel it.”
“Just, if you accidentally bump into them—since it seems possible… just help me act a bit.”
“At that time, their expressions should be… interesting, right?”
