"Although I feel that secretly taking pictures of a child's sleeping face is inappropriate, and even a little perverted, I love it so much~"
*Click—*
Ryn looked at the photo in his camera and let out a perverted chuckle.
Young Mei was sleeping peacefully in bed, her skin fair with a rosy blush, as white as suet fat. Her jade-like face seemed to glow with a captivating radiance. Her jet-black, lustrous hair cascaded over her shoulders like a waterfall, gently brushing against her fair skin, as soft and smooth as silk. Her eyebrows were curved like a crescent moon, playful and cute, adding a touch of liveliness to her face.
Her small mouth was slightly agape, and with each breath, she exhaled a gentle wisp of air. The breeze caressed her face, as if bringing a flush of shyness.
That mouth was pink and tender, as vibrant and alluring as a blooming flower. A string of crystalline drool escaped from the corner of her mouth as she breathed, making Ryn want to kiss her there, to wipe it away, unable to bear the thought of it marring Mei's beautiful sleeping face.
There was no picture of Mei, so a picture of Seele sleeping would have to do.
"Hehehe, so cute... so damn cute, it's killing me~"
Ryn took several more pictures in a row, then sat on the floor by Mei's bed, looking through the beautiful photos he had taken of her sleeping face one by one.
But while Ryn was engrossed in his album, Mei was woken up by his incessant, perverted laughter.
Startled awake, Mei rubbed her eyes. Feeling a bit grumpy from being woken up, she slapped the quilt with both hands in frustration.
Mei lay in bed for a moment, intending to go back to sleep, but then she heard Ryn's continued wicked chuckling and was instantly wide awake.
"Mei is really so cute~ This girl is clearly a super-duper cute little loli herself, yet she's always after other little lolis~"
As Ryn spoke, he thought back to the Mei from his own world. Every time Mei would seriously scold Kiana for getting into trouble, she would then, behind Kiana's back where no one could see, giggle foolishly just like him, savoring the memory of Kiana's cute, wronged expression.
But judging by how this world's Mei was infatuated with a Bronya who didn't know who she was, the Mei of this world had probably long since dropped the act and started making moves on cute little lolis.
Pity for this world's Seele, who was infatuated with Bronya but could only have her body, not her heart.
So, to save a heart from sorrow, Ryn decided to go back and spend some quality time with Seele, to prevent a love triangle drama before it could even start. Or maybe he'd just pull a Janna and say, "Isn't this fine, too?"
*Crackle—*
A strong electric current flashed through the air, slightly disturbing the magnetic field.
"Huh? What's going on, why did the screen suddenly go blurry?" Ryn swiped at his phone screen, wondering why it had suddenly glitched and displayed a mess of garbled text.
"This Schicksal tech is really not up to par... I should go back and build a custom phone like Fu Hua's!"
Ryn clicked his tongue, scornfully looking down on the unscrupulous manufacturer at Schicksal HQ that had sold him this phone.
He turned off the phone. In the reflection of the dark screen, Ryn saw his own handsome face.
Purple hair with a long, red-and-purple ahoge in the front. Above his right shoulder, there were two dots glowing with red light.
"Huh... why are there two red dots on my hair..."
Ryn was a little confused, but he froze the moment he finished speaking.
Immediately after, Mei's soft chin rested on Ryn's right shoulder…
Smelling the fragrance of Mei's hair and the delightful scent of her body, Ryn tensed up, sitting bolt upright.
Mei slowly turned her head, looking at Ryn's profile with a playful expression. She reached out a delicate hand and gently poked Ryn.
Then, with her finger, she flicked away a drop of cold sweat that Ryn had broken out in after being caught red-handed.
With a tone that was weary, helpless, and somewhat amused, she said to Ryn, torn between laughter and tears:
"I never expected that our great hero and Savior, Ryn, would also be the type of guy who likes to secretly photograph a girl's sleeping face…"
"Uh... uh…"
Ryn was too embarrassed to know how to explain himself. Cold sweat poured from his body. For the first time in his life, he had the urge to flee the planet and hide somewhere no one would ever know him.
There was no need for an explanation anyway. The scene of the crime was here, the person involved was here, caught red-handed... Under normal circumstances, Ryn could already be locked up.
"Let me think... considering my current physical age, it seems I could be sentenced in any world... right? You piece of social refuse that gets thrown in a corner, that not even the janitor would bother to clean up! You damn pervert!"
"The prison food may be bad, but Mei is really cute, so it's totally worth it," Ryn said with a gulp and a completely serious expression.
Mei's eyes curved into a beautiful crescent shape along with her benign smile. Her arm went under Ryn's and wrapped around him, and she leaned her head and body against his shoulder.
Her right hand, which was now in front of him, tapped on his left chest again and again. A faint electric current flashed from her fingertips, each tap striking Ryn's heart.
Ryn could clearly feel Mei's actions on his chest, right in front of his heart. He could even feel Mei's heartbeat through the soft skin of her arm pressing against his right shoulder.
Ryn's mind was a complete blank; he had no idea what Mei was trying to do. In his scenarios, shouldn't Mei be furious, flying into a rage and trying to kill him as she usually did?
What was the meaning of this? My dear Big Sis Mei! Do you have any idea how tempting you are right now?! With this intimate gesture, I feel like I'm about to betray the Mei from back home!!!
Mei tilted her head, blinking at the wildly-thinking Ryn, her lively eyes filled with immense confusion and shock.
She yelled at Ryn in disbelief, "The Mei from back home? What does that mean?! You bastard, you made a move on the 'me' from another world?"
"What?! How did you know that?" Ryn whipped his head around, looking at her with even greater shock than she had.
How did Mei know what he was thinking in his heart?!
No, that's not it. Ryn looked down at the small hand Mei had pressed to his chest, then looked at Mei on the verge of tears.
"Sis... since when did you learn to read minds..."
"A person's thoughts are fundamentally nerve impulses sent by the body's nerves to the brain to process external information, which the brain then processes and feeds back as images that the person can understand…"
"??? Wait a second, nerve impulses... is that something the Herrscher of Thunder can control too???"
"Are nerve impulses electricity? I don't know. But since they're called electric currents, then there's no reason I can't control them."
Mei shrugged. She didn't really know the specific principle either. But whatever, if she wanted to, she could.
"You trashy, useless pervert. It seems you have some misconceptions about the use of your own Authority. Never limit your thinking to unchanging physical laws.
It's like The Flash on TV. His speed is faster than light, yet he can only run at superluminal speeds with his own two feet. How absurd is that? Especially when he reverts to a normal person after his leg is broken…
Are you like that fictional character? Does your ability disappear just because you're restrained? Ryn, if your mouth is covered, can you no longer use your Authority?"
"The development of Authority cannot be judged by common sense, because we are the embodiment of rules, the creators of rules. Why should we have to obey the rules?"
"I am the rule. What I think, what I desire, is where the rule extends."