Chapter 204: Night's Black Bird

"Vitoria, what do you think of me?"

"Uh, you are a good person."

"I mean from the perspective of a partner."

"You are a very good person! Will you marry me? How much bride price do you want?"

Some things, some people, before you contact them, you never know what good show they will put on.

Li En, being asked how much "betrothal gift" he wanted, completely lost his composure.

When Li En tried to choose the object of his confession, he subconsciously stepped on the brakes again.

As one of the most dangerous fraudsters, the Snake being able to express support so friendly is already because of someone's face. Li En dying and entering reincarnation again actually doesn't matter to him, but this means the high probability of this country's destruction, the Dragonborn of the Thousand-Faced Dragon all dying out, which makes the Snake quite unhappy.

But the Snake being willing to interfere is one thing; you delay his agreement. His authority includes contract, fraud, and breach of contract, but you fraud him, breach contract with him, see? It would be strange if he didn't give you a hundred percent total disaster great fun.

"... You are also a good person, but we are probably not suitable. I was just asking; I am a bit curious about Dark Elf aesthetics."

Looking at the expectant Vitoria, Li En sighed and made up a reason at random. The other party's attitude toward him was as if seeing a "beauty," and he really couldn't bring himself to take a bite.

There are only a few days left; Li En must find a way to fulfill his agreement with the Snake.

But when really starting to execute, this "confession" is really too difficult to hand over.

Miss Shaliman? Although Li En felt she might really not refuse, once he thought of the Purple Miss Zi Qiangwei...

"I feel that after confessing, I will be instantly kidnapped into marriage, and once the matter of the Purple Miss Zi Qiangwei is exposed, I might not be able to go out for the rest of my life." On the other hand, Li En also felt he still had a slight moral squeamishness.

Replacing the "fiancé" identity is already absurd enough; finally getting both the person and the wealth would really break the moral bottom line, and the current him cannot get over this hurdle.

Although Li En himself felt very pretentious, this "face-swapped identity" and "fiancé couple" identity indeed became a knot in Li En's heart that he could not step over, plus the Purple Miss Zi Qiangwei...

"Find a girlfriend, break up after a while, that's best." This was the method Li En came up with to fulfill the agreement with the least cost.

Shi Difen, Gu Gu, these safe choices, Li En was not very daring to choose, mainly because of the Snake's previous threat. He worried the Snake, just to see fun, would directly twist their sexual orientation.

Li En himself would rather be regarded as a scumbag than be regarded as a pervert.

The rest, it seems there are only two Dark Elves, Miss Shaliman, and Bai.

And Bai is not only not here but also too young; it seems there are only the two Dark Elves left.

"By the way, there is also Ophelia... uh, the robot."

Li En felt a bit numb; it felt like none of them were suitable for dating.

The Dark Elves seem to be the only option, but Li En always felt very uncomfortable. Although now the two Dark Elf ladies seem to have no experience, who knows if they will follow the old path of many Dark Elf Matriarchs, various team entertainment activities, male pets on the go.

Li En originally gritted his teeth to try Vitoria; Dark Elf emotions are mostly a mess in most cases, the other party also seemed completely willing to accept, but this sentence "When will you marry me, how much bride price do you want" was really a bit unbearable.

"What a pity, actually in Dark Elf aesthetics, you are quite cute." Vitoria shook her head and sighed.

She has also reached the age; indeed she wants to find a "woman" to satisfy herself. Dark Elves are considered the most chaotic race among all intelligent races; don't expect her to have a normal person's family view.

If Li En really confessed to her, she would definitely accept, just like a playboy would not refuse a girl throwing herself into his arms.

Especially since the playboy is developing in this girl's city, he can use her family's resources to build his own foundation.

It is also because seeing through all this that Li En feels even more uncomfortable.

Facing the looks Vitoria and Verna gave him, he always felt he was the one being prostituted!

Yes, the Goddess Verna is the same; when they first met, she invited Li En to become her family knight. A family's martial arts master and knight commander are often the Matriarch's servant father, and may even be "publicly used."

The cultural shock of other races, trying it occasionally is okay, but if it comes to forming a family and life partner, Li En, who is actually quite conservative inside, really cannot accept it.

"Damn Snake..." Li En sighed. This "cost" seems light, but if really fulfilled, carelessly one might lose the next life.

"If it really doesn't work... then it's only the Dark Elves, right? Just treat it as acting on the stage; keep the bottom line and nothing happens."

Li En really couldn't bring himself to take a bite, deciding to grit his teeth and drag it until the last day.

If there are no accidents, then just make do with the Dark Elves. It's mostly the Vitoria in front of him, after all, Li En doesn't want to cause a political incident.

"I really didn't expect my first love to be... forget it, my bottom line is already low enough. After all, I am the one deceiving feelings, although deceiving Dark Elves is really hard to collapse."

Li En chose to deceive himself; drag one day at a time. Who knows when there might be a change of events.

Who knows when the Snake will have new fun? At that time, trade, change the condition, maybe pass this hurdle.

Li En would rather fight another Beast Prince to the death than have his emotional life become a mess. Although it is already messy enough now.

"Let's do the proper business first."

The most important thing currently should still be dealing with the threat hinted by the Snake. Li En pondered for a moment; actually, there is no good solution.

His bloodline just completed the upgrade; the several courses of magic potions left by Ku Ku are not even finished drinking. Moving the bloodline again now is not realistic.

"Still short 20%. What exactly happened back then..."

Li En naturally thought of his "cheat," borrowing the power of the Heroic Souls should be able to solve many problems.

Since the Kingdom did not destroy back then, then Lex must have settled everything; he should have the ability to deal with the other Beast.

"The other Beast... uh, are you saying the 'Elephant'? Pity, back then I did not have the qualification to follow Lord Lex onto the battlefield."

Li En specifically went to find Knight Kahn, but the result was very subtle.

No one knew the news of the other Beast. Li En only asked the high ranks of the Knight Order, but got no valuable return.

He even hesitated and found Dai Niya, mentioning keywords like "Fierce Bird," "Black Bird," "Griffin replaced by Lion," but the other party had a confused face.

Finally, she impatiently drove Li En away to avoid disturbing her overtime work.

Li En didn't think Dai Niya could hide these, so she should really not know.

This undoubtedly made Li En feel a bit incredible. When they fought the Deer before, they were clearly well-prepared, even the "pine resin wood" kind of counter-weapon was already stocked.

"Completely don't know...?" But if you consider it, this is mostly a royal scandal; it seems this information blockade is also natural.

However, even Dai Niya completely didn't know, which made Li En a bit surprised. Logically, she should have been told, at least she shouldn't bear this kind of mental burden.

"Wait, could it be that even the Royal Family doesn't know?"

The disaster back then had too much loss; the entire old capital was destroyed. Now over there there are only various ruins.

"... Only wait until the Queen arrives, don't let her not know either. Uh, it really is possible."

Li En suspected this was possible; after all, if the Second Princess was truly the illegitimate child of the previous king, then the biggest blame naturally fell on the previous king! It was also very possible that the Queen had been kept in the dark the entire time.

If truly only the king knew this secret passed down through generations, and the king was already dead, leaving a beast completely unaware of its abilities and characteristics lurking in the shadows, ready to cause trouble, what kind of hellish difficulty was this?!

"Really." Li En sighed, staring at the Heroic Soul Card of Lex for a long time. This is clearly your fault; why drag me into it?

"... Wasted another day." Running back and forth to check data, asking people, and ultimately it seemed no answer was obtained.

Li En counted the days, only hoping the snake would stay a few more days.

But as soon as he lay down on the bed, he fell directly into a dream.

"Yo, you're here?"

But this time, when Li En fell into the dream, he was once again pulled into the Hall of Heroic Souls.

A giant black snake lay upon the hall, occupying at least half the space.

Li En instantly recognized him. Wasn't this the enlarged version of the snake? How did it get so big?

"Li En!!"

Before Li En could even react, a fragrant breeze rushed toward him.

The familiar soft, sweet sensation made Li En startle; then his words of inquiry were directly sealed, his mouth full of sweet fragrance.

When the girl who had stood on her tiptoes stopped, their eyes met.

That foolish smile, that sweet smile, that infatuated smile made Li En feel inexplicably guilty; it was as if he had been thinking about a "new girlfriend" during the day.

"Long time no see, Vivian (Purple Miss Zi Qiangwei)."

"Mm, mm, mm." The girl rushed straight into the man's arms, constantly nuzzling and rubbing.

"Ahem." Only when the "snake" let out a light cough did it stop the Purple Miss Zi Qiangwei from quietly stealing Li En's clothes.

If not for the time and place being truly inappropriate, Li En would have already been dragged into a room.

"Snake, you..." Li En's words of accusation stopped halfway; a gaze like a blade made him feel a life-threatening crisis.

He looked left and right, only then noticing that in the hall there was not only the snake and the Purple Miss Zi Qiangwei, but also four women who appeared to be magical girls as well.

The eldest among them wore a veil; she was also looking at Li En with snake eyes, yet revealed a friendly smile.

"Chinese Miss Zi Qiangwei, one of my favorite flowers, and also the current clan leader of the Snake clan."

Alright, this was indeed a big shot.

Another one Li En was very familiar with was "Bai"; she also smiled and nodded at Li En.

Li En happily returned the greeting; it seemed her state was very stable.

The next one was very unfamiliar; she wore a strange red and white feathered robe, with blue and white feathers on her long sleeves, and possessed a pair of eyes like blades—that bone-chilling killing intent came from her!

This was obviously not a woman of the Snake clan; she looked very respectfully at the snake's two offspring, yet seemed to completely ignore him.

One was snuggling in Li En's arms, while the other looked at the "pair" before her with an amused gaze and said with great interest.

"Little one, when will you come to us? Let big sister arrange a blind date for you; there are many pretty young ladies suitable for you! Let's arrange a hundred first! It's been so long since we held a collective wedding."

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!" For the first time, Li En saw the Purple Miss Zi Qiangwei extend her snake tongue, displaying a threatening posture with her snake eyes.

But the woman opposite merely continued to smile, then revealed her snake eyes and glared back.

"Ah." The poor Purple Miss Zi Qiangwei cried out in pain, seemingly having taken a loss in the invisible clash.

But this woman, who seemed to be the clan leader, was really too childish.

Not only did she argue with her juniors, but after winning, she proudly wagged her tail.

Li En confirmed that these two were indeed pure-blooded descendants of the snake.

They seemed to not care much about their ancestor; the snake itself was quite indifferent.

Li En realized that the descendants of the Beast, especially the magical girls, each branch seemed to have very different personalities.

For instance, the one who had been staring at him with the gaze of a hunter must be a bird of prey.

"Wait, bird of prey?" Li En instantly thought of the target he had been searching for during the day.

"Yes, she is 'Red Feather Arrow', a magical girl of the eagle, and also the helper you sought. She is traveling during the day and should arrive at Radiant City very soon. Without her help, it is unlikely you will survive this crisis."

The snake yawned; he had sifted through the threads of causality for a long time and finally found some places where he could interfere.

Ultimately, this was all the trouble left by Lex; but as the Thousand-Faced Dragon, he also left behind some gaps in the threads of causality where limited interference was possible.

"I am on the way; I am also a subject of the Kingdom." The cold words, and the even colder gaze, made Li En wonder if he had accidentally offended her?

"She is from the Old Capital." Alright, that was enough to explain everything.

Her survival, in a sense, was due to Lex, but from another angle, it was Lex who caused all of this to happen.

"Bai and Red Feather Arrow are on the way; their abilities should be able to help you deal with that opponent." These two were both objects saved by the "Thousand-Faced Dragon" and were also people of Li En's causality.

Li En glanced over and nodded slightly to the ladies to express his gratitude.

Truly worthy of being "one of us"; with their help, he could feel a bit more at ease.

"Then what about this lady?" Li En's gaze turned to the last one in the hall.

"Uh, didn't you bring her in?"

Li En and the others turned their heads sharply, only then seeing this last "girl" dressed in black.

She seemed beautiful, but when one looked closely, nothing could be seen clearly.

She smiled.

She smiled sweetly, the more she smiled the happier she became, but Li En felt as if she was wailing and crying; her smile seemed to bring forth tears.

"Found it, found it, finally found it..."

The small figure began to spread and derive infinitely; the night began to cover and erode everything around, and the Hall of Heroic Souls was about to be covered by black shadows.

The ruler of the dream arrived in her domain; Li En's dream gradually began to be eroded and controlled by her.

The snake sighed and lightly flicked his tail; the hall of the dream directly shattered.

Under the existing conditions, he could not target the authority of the "Beast," but ending Li En's dream was indeed possible.

Before the dream shattered completely, Li En saw only the massive shadow of the great owl and heard a cheerful laugh.

"Found it, found it."

That chuckling laughter, brimming with joy and resentment, resembled a blood-crying omen bird, or a widowed woman in mourning.

(End of this chapter)