Chapter 181: 180 Are wild imaginations the most deadly? Chapter 181: 180 Are wild imaginations the most deadly? “Afterwards, Shane and Luoqi stopped discussing topics about Heroes, Goddesses, and Demon Kings.
There were still too many mysteries, and continuing the conversation wouldn’t lead to any results.
Since that was the case, the actions the two of them needed to take next remained unchanged.
“I will continue to help you gather information in the Divine World. If there’s any news, I will notify you immediately,”
Luoqi was prepared to take this action.
And Shane’s approach was even simpler.
“No matter what, it’s never wrong to continue improving one’s strength.”
The same belief held true; without strength, even if the mysteries were eventually unraveled, one wouldn’t have the power to solve problems.
Therefore, to better protect oneself and those he wanted to protect in the likely event of “something happening” in the future, Shane had to improve his strength.
The prerequisite for doing as one wishes is to be strong enough.
And Shane wanted to do as he wished.
So, becoming stronger became an essential task.
Fortunately, while Shane might not have had any cheats in life, he certainly had several when it came to growth.
Thus, for Shane, wanting to become stronger was not such a difficult task.
Having decided this, Shane stopped talking about the matter. He simply accepted the books Luoqi brought him and then changed the subject, starting to talk about some trivial things.
Luoqi seemed to realize what Shane was thinking. Knowing that he had no intention of pondering further, she too emptied her mind, relaxed herself, and began to shoot the breeze with Shane.
Of course, though they said they were shooting the breeze, in reality, it was Shane who did the talking, while Luoqi listened.
It all started when Luoqi said,
“What is the Otherworld really like?”
Her Highness the Princess thus exhibited her ample curiosity.
And so, Shane spoke endlessly.
“What? There are princesses in the Otherworld too? And the princesses there like to bathe in rivers or lakes so that someone will come and take their clothes? That person is deemed suitable for the princess? Why is that?”
“Huh? There’s a princess called Bai Xue who’s lazy and gluttonous, eating nothing but apples all day and then going to sleep? She won’t wake up unless kissed by a man? How shameless is that princess?”
“You… you’re saying that the princess ended up marrying seven Dwarfs instead of the Prince who rides the Seven-colored Auspicious Cloud? What is the Seven-colored Auspicious Cloud, some kind of Magic Tool? And how can the princess marry seven people? I’ve never heard of such a thing!”
“In the end, the Prince, in profound grief, threw himself into the river to commit suicide. But the Goddess took pity on him, not wanting to see him perish like that, so she turned the Prince into a frog, allowing him to live freely in the water? You… don’t you think that prince is a bit pitiable?”
Luoqi listened to Shane’s ceaseless tales of so-called stories from the Otherworld and was almost stupefied.
Each and every story could shatter Luoqi’s worldview, leaving her utterly bemused.
Luoqi wasn’t without her suspicions that Shane might be fooling her, after all, as mentioned earlier, the Otherworld lacks any mysteries, is not accepted by the mysterious, does not embrace them, and exists separately from all mysteries. Logically speaking, there shouldn’t be any Seven-colored Auspicious Cloud Magic Tools or Goddesses who can turn Princes into frogs. Yet, Shane’s expression was unusually serious and earnest, as if such things truly existed, confusing Luoqi to a point where she could no longer distinguish between truth and fabrication.
As a result, Luoqi could only listen to Shane’s bluffs, eventually finding herself enjoying the stories more and more.
There was no helping it; although the stories were strange, they indeed were unlike anything Luoqi had ever heard before.
In the words of the netizens, these stories were ‘actually quite interesting if you don’t bring your brain into it’. They were fine for a laugh but expecting them to be logical or reasonable would probably lead to a life of frustration.
Having realized this, Luoqi abandoned logic and simply enjoyed Shane’s stories as interesting narratives, finding them quite savory.
Shane didn’t hold back either.
“Actually, apart from being a Zu’an Inheritor, I’m also quite the bluffer.””
Shane simply stated that he was a person of status.
And so, not completely deceiving the Princess would be an insult to his title of “White Dragon in the Waves,” wouldn’t it?
In conclusion, Shane and Luoqi were both willing participants, and in the end, they were both satisfied.
By the time the sun was almost down, Shane still hadn’t come out of Luoqi’s room, driving the group of young Nobles who had been waiting outside to nearly tears.
“How… How could it take so long?”
“Why is that Adventurer staying in Princess Luosilusti’s room for so long!?”
“In… In such a long period of time, what… what are they both doing inside?”
“I don’t know, no one has ever stayed in the Princess’s room for so long before, not even Riley from the Lazahad family.”
“Hurry up and come out!”
The young Noble lords had no idea what was going on in their imaginations and were close to collectively breaking down.
At this point, even a fool could tell that all talk of commissions and tasks was fake.
Did those things really need to be discussed for so long?
In such a long time, one could even have a baby, right?
This made quite a few young Nobles unable to hold back, each one wanting to go knock on the door, but they were stopped by the Female Knights guarding the door.
“Her Highness said she would not receive anyone other than Mr. Xi’en today.”
“Gentlemen, you should go back.”
“Don’t disturb Her Highness.”
The upright words of the Female Knights finally became the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
“We’ll just wait and see!”
A bunch of young Nobles left, cursing and mumbling.
It wasn’t until the sun had set, dusk had descended, and the sky was tinged with red by the setting sun that Luoqi, with a reluctant face, finally sent Shane out of her room.
“You’re not allowed to take so long to come see me next time, got it?”
As he was leaving, Luoqi gave Shane such a warning.
“Alright, next time I’ll tell you a story about an uncle called Big Gray Wolf who wanted to eat a cute little girl called Little Red Riding Hood, but instead he found out that Little Red Riding Hood was actually her grandmother in disguise, and Big Gray Wolf ended up being eaten by Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother.”
Shane agreed cheerfully this time, as if he had found some joy in his life.
The two then reluctantly said goodbye, and anyone who didn’t know any better would think their relationship was very close.
Then, Shane left the Royal Palace and headed towards the Noble District of the West District.
“The sun is about to set, I wonder if Ai Yi is still waiting here.”
Shane glanced at the sky and finally remembered there was another truly cute little girl waiting for him. Holding the Divine World books he received from Luoqi, he quickened his pace towards Lilith’s Dessert Shop.
However, when Shane arrived, the scene that unfolded before his eyes left him stunned.