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He could still feel a small, soft body resting on his chest, her gentle, even breaths tapping lightly against his heart.
The sensation filled him with a profound sense of satisfaction.
Even without pulling back the covers, he could imagine his girl lying naked against him, curled up like a little cat.
"It seems I played a little too rough."
Li Zihan mumbled to himself.
As if startled by his movement, the girl sharing his bed opened her eyes.
She poked her head out from under the blanket.
"Not going to sleep a little longer?"
The young man, whose constitution was clearly extraordinary, smiled as he lowered his head and pressed a kiss onto his lover's tender lips.
"Boss, you really are a super pervert."
The girl, who had engaged in another round of intimacy with her lover after breakfast, snuggled into his embrace and pounded her small, pink fist against the bastard's chest.
It was an entirely understandable development.
Li Zihan was a lecher, and Bronya was a beautiful girl.
After feeding each other and flirting while naked, it would have been stranger if nothing had happened.
"So, do you hate this pervert?"
Completely unbothered by the label, the young man stroked the long hair of the girl in his arms, asking with a playful smile.
"I hate you very much."
The girl lifted her head, looking at the handsome bastard's face with a defiant pout, emphasizing every single word.
"Really? Lying to your lover will cause your affection rating to drop, you know."
Seeing the pout on the girl's face, a teasing smile spread across the young man's lips.
As if feeling a pang of guilt, the girl's gaze flickered away.
But she quickly found a counterattack.
"Boss, constantly forcing a girl to give you an answer will also cause your affection rating to drop."
"Ehhh—"
The young man's handsome face instantly fell as if he'd just heard something horrifying. He grumbled, "Any punishment is fine, but please, spare me a drop in affection."
To see this great figure—the one orchestrating the mass production of God-Slayers, the Artificial Herrscher Project, and the Teyvat (Ark) Project—suddenly make such a comical face was a truly amusing contrast.
Bronya looked at the young man, who seemed to have deflated entirely, and her beautiful gray eyes curved into crescent moons.
There was something undeniably fun about seeing this man, so fierce and commanding to the outside world, act so pathetic in front of her, wasn't there?
She was starting to look forward to the life they would have together.
The girl, who was suddenly picturing herself in a wedding dress, mused to herself.
At the wedding ceremony, there should be lots of bridesmaids.
Exchanging rings under gazes of either blessing or resentment, then being kissed by the princess...
Just the thought of such a scene was enough to make her heart soar.
"Boss, when are you planning to marry Seele?"
As if showing concern for her most beloved sister's relationship, the girl who had once sworn to remain by her Boss's side as his lover for life, asked the question.
"Probably... after we go back."
The young man replied, his mind already formulating a plan to resolve the Incineration of the Human Order with a shortcut, then use a Brahma-style "kill them but don't bury them" method of salvation to kick the instigator of the Human Order's Freezing—the Foreign God—out of their hair.
Perhaps his plan might have a tiny, lingering flaw, but as long as he could patch it up later, it could be considered flawless.
Grab the reward and run.
After repeatedly grilling the system, he had learned that the "Emergency Mission: Human Order Sustainer" reward, denoted by '???', referred to an on-the-spot reward of a combat system deemed most suitable for the host.
The system itself didn't know what it would be until it matched and issued the reward, hence the three question marks.
What kind of system would be most suitable for me? Li Zihan wondered idly.
The dual cultivation system from those cultivation novels?
That sounds pretty good.
In any case, after temporarily curbing the crisis of the Human Order, he had to return to the Honkai world to deal with the lingering issues from the Second Eruption.
And, of course, the wedding.
Before he could marry Seele, he still had to find a way to get Mei to forgive him.
At that thought, Li Zihan's expression grew serious.
Miss Mei was a very gentle person.
And when gentle people get angry, they become absolutely terrifying.
"Boss, when you get married, is it okay if I don't attend?"
The girl, who had no intention of stealing Seele's betrothal but inexplicably wanted to experience what a wedding felt like, wrapped her arms around her lover's neck and whispered.
Her voice undoubtedly broke the man out of his thoughts.
"Why?"
The young man, who had just been contemplating how to earn Raiden Mei's forgiveness, looked genuinely surprised.
He couldn't help but wonder if there was some hidden meaning behind her words.
"No reason."
The Herrscher of Reason's successor, who vaguely recalled how Welt Yang would often simulate Welt Joyce, narrowed her eyes slightly at her lover, who seemed to be searching for an ulterior motive.
Then, she nonchalantly pressed her naked body against his and began to lick his neck.
The neck is a vulnerable point for many sensitive creatures, and humans are no exception.
Bronya knew this well.
As if toying with him, the girl's fingertips traced the edge of his hairline with a feather-light touch. She blew long, slow breaths onto the spot where his neck met his ear, then began teasing him with circular motions of her tongue.
"Although I really want to see Seele and you live happily ever after, to directly watch the man I love most walk down the aisle with my own sister..."
"Bronya would be a little unhappy, too."
Is she jealous?
Of Seele?
That's just bizarre.
Li Zihan felt that if he dug deeper, he would surely uncover something unusual.
And then—
A small, slightly cool, small hand seemed to touch his sworn brother.
Under these circumstances, Li Zihan's attention...
Began to shift.
"So, just let me spend a little more time with Boss before that happens."
The girl, whose thoughts were becoming difficult to grasp, chuckled softly.
"Can your body handle it?"
Feeling the warmth of his lover, the young man—who had nearly fucked Bronya to tears last night and had been flirting with her all morning—was, for once, being gentle.
"It's fine."
The girl, who was herself the Herrscher of Reason and had analyzed the knowledge of numerous Divine Keys, smiled faintly.
"After simulating Seele's power, my body recovers very quickly."