“Lover?”
Livia tilted her head, and the usually energetic light in her eyes couldn’t help but lose its luster.
“A lover from a long, long time ago?”
Livia let out a cold laugh.
“Hey, Lynn…” Livia wrapped her arms around Lynn’s neck, her warm whisper carrying a distinct chill.
“A long, long time ago… exactly how long was it?”
“Was it… longer than you’ve known Livia?”
Lynn’s right eyelid twitched.
He felt that something very bad was about to happen.
“Well… that’s not the case…” Lynn scratched his head awkwardly.
He was telling the truth.
The day Lynn obtained the Dragon’s Heart and signed the contract with Ah’Yan in the Chess Space for the first time was indeed much later than when he met Livia.
Livia stared intently into Lynn’s eyes until she saw the clarity in their depths.
Certain that Lynn wasn’t lying, she finally climbed down from him with a look of satisfaction, glancing at Ah ’Yan like a victor.
The look clearly said:
‘You little hussy, lie to yourself all you want, but don’t think you can fool me!’
“…”
Ah ’Yan slowly lowered her head, deep in thought.
“I see…” Ah ’Yan murmured to herself as if she had realized something.
“It seems… I have a rival.”
A hint of coldness entered Ah ’Yan’s voice, though it vanished in an instant.
She let out a long breath and then looked at Livia with a provocative gaze.
“Big sister, I’m so sorry, but Ah ’Yan wasn’t lying.”
Ah ’Yan put on an innocent act, her large eyes blinking repeatedly.
“In terms of who came first, you’re the third wheel.”
“And…”
A seductive smile curled on Ah ’Yan’s lips.
She pressed a snowy-white finger against her cherry-red lips and let her pink, nimble tongue trace a circle around them.
“Lynn’s first kiss… I claimed it a long time ago.”
Ah Yan put her hands behind her back and slowly walked behind Lynn.
“Oh, that’s right, it wasn’t just a first kiss.”
“The most important things between a husband and wife, Lynn and I have already…”
“DONE THEM~”
Perhaps to play the part of a fragile white lotus, Ah ’Yan intentionally lowered her voice, keeping it at a volume only the three of them could hear.
Lynn: …
The moment he heard those words, Lynn felt like he’d been struck by lightning.
Only then did he remember that Ah ’Yan was an Outworld Dragon.
According to the ancient traditions of the Outworld Dragons, the most important thing for a newlywed couple wasn’t flirting, hugging, or intimate physical exchange.
It was to drip their dragon blood into a wine cup and drink it together.
The Outworld Dragons had a unique view on marriage and love.
The females, in particular, were fiercely loyal.
They would only ever recognize one partner in their entire lives, staying faithful until death.
As long as one drank the other’s dragon blood, the other’s scent would remain in their body forever, never fading for the rest of their lives.
In other words, it was a mark.
The fact that Lynn had drunk Ah ’Yan’s Dragon King blood meant that Ah ’Yan would only ever recognize Lynn as her husband.
Although Ah ’Yan had fed Lynn the Dragon King blood at the time to save his life…
Factually speaking, Ah ’Yan had indeed done what the Outworld Dragons considered the most important thing between husband and wife.
Livia slowly lowered her head, her expression colder and more sinister than ever before.
From the very first sentence this woman spoke, Livia had been using Mind Reading on her.
Livia could feel that every single word out of this woman’s mouth was the absolute truth.
An unprecedented surge of rage rushed to the crown of her head!
“Kill her…”
The terrifying words slipped from Livia’s mouth without her even realizing it.
“A woman like this… cannot be allowed to stay… I must, kill her.”
Livia’s thoughts were almost entirely consumed by anger.
Just imagining the horrific scene in her mind made Livia feel like she couldn’t breathe; her heart felt numb.
She felt that as a wife, she was truly incompetent.
Anyone could get close to Master Lynn, hug him, and behave intimately with him.
Anyone except her.
‘Even though… even though I am Master Lynn’s wife…’
‘You pack of late-coming, green-tea vixens…’
‘How dare you take things further than me!’
At that thought, Livia’s killing intent began to solidify, causing the temperature inside the cave to drop several degrees.
A pitch-black magic circle gradually appeared in Livia’s hand.
It was the Super-tier magic, WITCH’S NIGHT OF REINCARNATION.
A fierce wind began to swirl around Livia.
Even her body began to slowly fracture and break apart.
With Livia’s current strength, she couldn’t possibly withstand the price of using Super-tier magic.
If she used it, she would be trading her life for her opponent’s.
However, she could no longer care about that.
She had to give this little tramp a painful lesson!
Lynn’s pupils constricted as he watched Livia’s body on the verge of total disintegration.
‘This is bad! At this rate, Livia’s body won’t hold out — she’ll be decomposed first!’
Discarding all other thoughts, Lynn didn’t hesitate to lunge forward, tightly pulling her fragile, fracturing body into his protective embrace.
Feeling the warmth against her chest, Livia’s sanity instantly returned to her mind, and the magic circle in her hand vanished.
‘Wait, what was I… just doing?’
After a brief moment of daze, she realized that her temporary lapse of composure had almost put Master Lynn’s life in danger!
‘No, this isn’t what a virtuous wife should do.’
‘To repeatedly put Master Lynn in harm’s way… I really am…’
‘A total failure.’
At this thought, Livia immediately dispersed the magic circle in her hand, and her fractured body gradually returned to normal.
“I… I’m sorry, Master Lynn. Livia failed to protect you, putting you in danger over and over again…”
Livia took the opportunity to hug Lynn back.
Her voice was very soft, filled with guilt.
Once she calmed down and thought about it, she realized there were many things that didn’t add up.
After all, Livia had been stuck to Lynn’s side this whole time.
If this damned dragon had actually gotten close to Lynn, how could she not have sensed it!
Thus, the answer was obvious.
Because of her emotional instability, the effect of Mind Reading had been greatly diminished, leading to a mistake.
In other words, she was just talking big and didn’t pose any real threat to her position!
Thinking this, Livia’s agitated heart finally found peace.
“Phew…”
She let out a long breath, and then a faint blush crept across her pale, pretty face.
“Um, that, Master Lynn… I know it might be selfish to say this…”
“But, from now on, could you please stay by Livia’s side a little longer?”
Livia looked up, her shimmering eyes as clear as autumn water gazing at Lynn.
Her pitiful appearance was enough to make anyone feel protective.
Watching Livia being held in his arms, Ah ’Yan couldn’t help but clench her small fists tightly.
A trace of frustration welled up in her heart, but she really couldn’t maintain her physical form outside any longer.
“Tsk.”
Ah ’Yan watched them, clicking her tongue darkly.
‘It seems this witch is even more troublesome than I imagined.’
Although Ah ’Yan could obtain the ability to act outside and maintain a human form by consuming the Dragon King’s blood…
Ultimately, there was a limit.
She had to return there first to recuperate a bit.
“Humph, just you wait!”
With those final words, Ah ’Yan’s figure gradually faded away.
Seeing this, Lynn breathed a sigh of relief.
‘It seems I’ve survived for now…’
Regardless, he had to soothe this little ancestor first.
With that in mind, Lynn slowly began to speak.
“Of course…”
“Of course not!”
Before Lynn could finish his sentence, Felica’s voice suddenly rang out from the cave entrance.
She stood at the entrance, her small face flushed red and her chest heaving as she panted for breath.
Felica was angry.
VERY!
ANGRY!
She was seeing red.
When she saw Livia being held in Lynn’s arms, her face turned even redder.
No wonder it had gone quiet while she was listening.
It turns out Livia had already progressed this far!
What would have happened if she had come in any later?
Thinking of this, a chill ran through Felica’s heart.
‘This wasn’t part of the plan!’
‘The plan was supposed to be: Livia handles the crisis, and then I teleport that nuisance away and claim the fruits of her labor, naturally letting something happen between me and Lynn!’
‘Wasn’t it just a tiny accident during the spatial jump that caused me to arrive a little later than planned?’
‘How could Livia have stolen my home in the short time I was busy finding the path?’
‘This wasn’t the plan at all!’
‘What do you mean, “A lover who promised to grow old together from a long, long time ago”?’
‘Livia, you wench, what on earth did you do to my Lynn!!!’
It was a mess, a total mess.
In that case… she would have to take matters into her own hands and correct this plan that was gradually veering off course!