Chapter 352: Fate

The issue he had always tried to avoid ultimately could not be avoided.

But after certain events occurred, Li En could no longer ignore Talia S Daer and the Kingdom—the truth was, from that day onward, Li En unconsciously became much kinder to Talia S Daer .

That subtle sense of distance—the faint thought of “if things get really bad, I’ll just run away”—vanished after that day.

“The Kingdom needs an heir.”

On that night, the Queen did not conceal her goal.

Some desire, some pragmatism, even a touch of self-destruction—but these things were never truly separable.

Perhaps this was also why she changed her plans the next day and left early; she could not face Li En “after waking up.”

Give it time, and even the hardest things become bearable.

Long aware of the royal secret technique, Li En had already guessed what would happen—starting the next day, he could no longer ignore Talia S Daer .

Though it seemed Talia S Daer herself had little desire to accept it.

“Whatever. We’ll take it one step at a time.”

The “Prince/Princess” should be born three years later (after the Huicheng Incident)—this was probably Li En’s only good news; if Talia S Daer ’s sibling actually appeared in another Qiba months, Li En was definitely not ready.

This wasn’t about physical preparation, but a shift in mindset—he still hadn’t figured out how to be a father.

“Rest assured, even if that child becomes the heir, neither the Queen nor the Kingdom will recognize you,” Fiestrion said, his voice unusually tinged with emotion.

He had seen many absurd things in his life, but this one was truly unprecedented.

Is this infidelity? But they were clearly a married couple.

Is this a marital treasure? Yet the other half of the child’s genes were pure-blooded Li Ensu, which still differed noticeably from the beast-transformed Lex.

Then is this an illegitimate child? But at the time, the soul was Lex’s—actually, Lex and Li En were the same soul.

According to the standards of high-level cultivators in this world, the soul is the foundation of all—yet can one truly say this child belongs to both Lex and Li En?

No matter how you calculate it, this is bound to be a tangled mess.

“Hahaha, this joke—I could laugh at it for a hundred years! Wait, I’ve got inspiration—I’ll write you a poem right now!”

“No, please, don’t! I beg you, don’t!”

Li En begged outright—rare for him—if the Lord of Drama and Joy composed a song about this and spread it to his followers, every bard across the continent… Li En truly did not want this story carved into history and turned into countless versions.

“Heh, just joking. Among Li Ensu’s bizarre deeds and dark pasts, this one doesn’t even rank. If I were to write songs for every single one, I’d die of exhaustion.”

At this, Li En fell silent—could something this absurd really not even make the list?

He knew that if one lived long enough, absurd things would inevitably happen, but this felt…

“You think this is chaotic? There was once a ‘Li Ensu’ who accumulated too many romantic debts, died in the Demon Tide, and after two Awakening Bodies, was caught by his old lover before he even reincarnated fully—about sixty-some old lovers, ugh, reduced to dust. But in this life, he left over three hundred descendants—quite impressive.”

Li En felt even more numb—he silently thanked that Lex wasn’t the Awakening version of Li Ensu, or things would be even worse; but if Lex truly was Li Ensu… he’d never have pulled off something like this.

“Forget it. Let’s just take it one step at a time.”

Talia S Daer ’s outburst was only this level—actually, Li En breathed a sigh of relief; he truly feared she’d grab a knife and chop him to pieces.

This was a real threat—if Talia S Daer truly flew into a rage, Li En was dead for sure.

“But what you really fear is her actually calling you ‘father.’”

“See it, but don’t say it.”

What Li En said half-jokingly was, in truth, his deepest unease.

If the girl truly called him “father”—a young man in his early twenties (in his own perception, his physical age was nearly the same as Talia S Daer ’s)—he’d suddenly have a daughter barely younger than himself, seemingly without blood ties, yet biologically his own.

“Numbed. Totally numbed.”