Hearing this, Gid took a deep breath.
He looked at Lin and said in a deep voice, "You kid are really bold. You have Lala, yet you still dare to philander with other women."
"What do you know."
Lin smiled with a composed expression. "This is called universal love; I simply want to give every girl I like a home."
"??!!"
Hearing this, Gid's eyelids twitched violently.
"You abducted my daughter, and you actually dare to say such things to my face? Believe it or not, I'll kill you right now?"
As he spoke, he put on an act as if he were ready to kill someone at any moment.
Lin curled the corners of his mouth, smiling disdainfully.
"I don't believe it. Besides, you aren't my match right now."
As his voice fell, he glanced at Gid's panda-like right eye.
Noticing Lin's gaze, Gid's face instantly turned dark.
He clenched his hands directly into fists.
This damnable brat.
He really looks just as punchable as he did twenty-eight years ago.
If it weren't for the fact that it would still take some time to recover to his peak state, he would definitely let Lin know not to underestimate a poor youth.
Having successfully broken through his racial limits, his strength far exceeded what it was when he first met Lin—the difference was like heaven and earth.
According to Lin's terminology, he had risen from Planetary-level to Stellar-level.
It was just that he had consumed too much energy in the war to unify the galaxy previously, leading to a state where he still hadn't fully recovered even now.
Otherwise, in today's battle, he felt he could have completely and easily thrashed Lin, wiping away his past shame.
At this moment, Lin smiled and said, "Alright, enough with the nonsense. Hurry up and take me to Planet Deviluke."
"Sephie has already waited long enough."
Gid looked at Lin with a bit of annoyance. "Hey, I'm your father-in-law, at any rate. Can't you show a little respect?"
"Hey, who are we to stand on ceremony?"
Lin smiled very casually and said, "We are, at the very least, comrades-in-arms who fought together for seven days."
"Let's just treat each relationship separately; it's more relaxed that way."
Gid: "???"
Hearing Lin's words, his face couldn't help but darken as he clenched his fists.
What bullshit comrades-in-arms relationship.
Clearly, for those seven days, I was the one getting beaten up the whole time, okay? Not a single one of my attacks successfully injured Lin.
Let alone getting beaten, Lin didn't even get the corner of his clothes dirty.
On the contrary, every time they finished fighting, Gid was black and blue, swollen to the point where even his own mother wouldn't recognize him.
There was no doubt this kid Lin did it on purpose—actually taking advantage of the time when Gid's strength was weak to deliberately beat up his future father-in-law.
Although he did teach him some things.
But that still couldn't cover up the fact that he deliberately beat up his future father-in-law.
Thinking of this, Gid suddenly felt that the more he thought about it, the angrier he got.
He squeezed his fists and said with a cold face:
"Open the gate. To the spaceship."
Although he got angrier the more he thought about it, he ultimately decided to endure it for now.
It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
Once his condition recovered, he would settle the score with Lin properly then.
Lin smiled upon hearing this.
He opened the spatial gate leading to the outside world.
After returning to space, under Gid's lead, Lin followed him into his exclusive cosmic spaceship.
The spaceship was named Deviluke.
To be crowned with this name, obviously, only the monarch of Deviluke was qualified to be the master of this ship.
The ship wasn't particularly large. It was about the size of a large aircraft carrier.
It wasn't the same spaceship Lin had seen in the past.
The spaceship initiated a spatial jump toward the coordinates of Planet Deviluke at a speed of three million light-years per hour.
During the journey, they communicated with Zastin.
Lin had him contact Lala to tell the others that he was going on a trip to Planet Deviluke and would be back a bit later.
They didn't need to worry about his safety, and he would return to Earth as soon as possible.
Time passed slowly.
Approximately ten hours later.
They crossed a distance of about thirty million light-years and arrived at Planet Deviluke.
The 'Galaxy' in this comprehensive manga world did not refer merely to the Milky Way Galaxy.
Instead, it referred to a massive cosmic region including the Milky Way.
Divided by direction, it was split into four great Galactic Regions.
Planet Deviluke was located in the North Galaxy region, while Earth was in the West Galaxy.
This information was something Lin learned while chatting with Gid.
North Galaxy, Planet Deviluke.
The spaceship hadn't even landed yet, but Lin had already confirmed Sephie's location through the positioning of the King's Clansman contract.
"I'm going ahead."
The voice had only just sounded.
Lin's figure had already disappeared from Gid's field of view.
Gid: "..."
Meanwhile, somewhere on the planet.
A two-story wooden house with a style somewhat out of place stood by a lake. A large area surrounding it was devoid of residents.
Sephie stood by the window, gazing out at the lake surface.
The clear lake surface reflected the myriad stars of the night sky like a mirror.
"Lin..."
Sephie looked at the starry sky in the lake, her gaze flickering, ripples appearing in her eyes.
With a whisper, she gently stroked her lower abdomen with her right hand.
There lay the clansman mark that had appeared after she became Lin's clansman.
Every time she stroked the mark, a warm sensation would transmit through, giving her the feeling that Lin was right by her side.
Just as she was thinking about Lin.
A pair of hands suddenly covered her vision from behind, and a voice followed: "Guess who I am?"
Sensing the hands covering her vision, Sephie instantly snapped back to reality. With a thought, she was about to use her ability to eliminate the intruder.
However, when she heard that voice—familiar yet seemingly a little strange—her entire being froze, and her heart began to beat rapidly.
That's right, it's his voice!
The clansman contract also transmitted feedback.
"I guess it's the little idiot."
Sephie gave her answer with a trembling voice.
Twenty-eight years. She had waited for twenty-eight years, and she had finally waited until this moment.
Lin raised the corners of his mouth slightly. "You are the little idiot. Say it again."
Sephie: "If not the little idiot, then you are the big idiot."
Lin: "You are the big idiot."
At this moment, the events of twenty-eight years ago seemed to be replaying.
Only the roles were swapped.
As his voice fell, Lin withdrew his hands.
Sephie slowly turned around to look.
When she saw Lin, who looked no different from her memories, her eyes widened little by little, and the corners of her eyes couldn't help but become moist.
She just looked at Lin in a daze like that.
Tears overflowed uncontrollably from her eye sockets, sliding down her fair cheeks to her chin, and then dripping onto her chest.
Lin reached out his right hand to gently wipe away her tears, smiling as he said:
"Why are you crying? At a time like this, you should be laughing instead."
"I'm just happy..."
Sephie heard this, and a brilliant smile bloomed on her face, but the tears of joy simply couldn't be stopped.
Her voice had only just sounded.
She threw herself into Lin's arms.
Her hands hugged him tightly, as if afraid he would vanish in the next moment.
She pressed her face against Lin's chest.
"I'm sorry for making you wait alone for so many years."
Lin reached out to embrace Sephie, his right hand gently stroking her back as he spoke in a soft tone filled with apology.
"No need to apologize."
Sephie pressed her right cheek against Lin's heart, listening to his heartbeat. Hearing his words, she gently shook her head and said:
"This was my own decision. Moreover, you kept your promise and found me as soon as possible after returning to the present."
"I feel now that the waiting of these years was worth it."
"Sephie..."
Lin's gaze flickered slightly upon hearing this. He called out her name softly, then gently pushed Sephie out of his embrace with both hands.
"What's wrong?"
Sephie grabbed Lin's jacket with both hands. Her eyes were slightly red, and a trace of confusion emerged in them as she looked at Lin.
Lin did not speak.
He simply hooked her chin with his right hand, and then lowered his head.
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