3.15

As the darkness of the night invaded the sky, with a hallow breeze seeping through the outlets of the blinking window. Faint lightness that illuminated in the figure of the shadow, gradually revealing his entire face.

Wicked, crazy and dangerous. That's what was Qiao Chen's impression of the protagonist. Without his skills, 'Fixed Expression' he wouldn't remain the serenity on his face right now.

Too strong...

Too powerful...

Very different to the male protagonist on the last world he encountered. A big difference which divided indeed the lower and higher realm.

Just as he was lost in his thought, a deep chuckled emerge in his ears, "Like I expected, young master Qiao was very wise." The second prince face were very handsome and gentle, but with his wildness countenance in present, thus created a terrifying goosebump. He lean his face next to the sparrow's ears and whispered, "Did young master Qiao really wanted to cooperate with us?"

Qiao Chen retreated subconsciously. His green, translucent eyes deeply examine the man in front of him. His lips were pursed and the tension between them was very severe.

Only one conclusion dominated all of Qiao Chen's idea.

The prince was not... on his disguised mask that Qiao Chen always know. What actions does he did that trigger to reveal the real face of the male protagonist?

Perceiving the silence of the sparrow, Yong An let out a scary laugh. His black cloak covered almost his body that flutters in the faint air, visualizing a very demonic aura. He then once again shifted his eyes to the wary youth.

His lips curved dangerously, "Why must young master be doubtful? Does young master see this prince as a wicked man?" his tone soft but carried the playfulness in it, afterwards his kind eyes turned violent as it landed on the sparrow, "Cut off the act, the servants has been already take care of, no need for the young master to worry about."

Thus, Qiao Chen relaxed his expression and deeply peek at the protagonist, "Why is the second prince here? His highness already know that his majesty was suspicious of me. With this prince, visiting this young master at night, this will put us into a difficult—"

"There is no need to worry about that, young master." Yong An interrupted while giving a cunning smile, then continued, "Wen Yang said that the young master was willing to cooperate with us, in order to claim your freedom. With the young master's assistance, we can perform our plan effortless. However... there seems to have a big problem."

Qiao Chen raised his brow, "How so?"

Instantly, a huge pushed startled Qiao Chen making his back landed on the soft mattress, with strong hands restricting his arms on the top of his head, giving no sense of escape and only glared at the man on top of him.

"Young master... don't need to put an act." Yong An devilishly smirked, with his tone sexy and slow as his extra hand caresses the flawless chin of the sparrow, "You really don't want to help us, don't you? Instead, you were targeting me. Why must young master target this prince when we only met a couple of times?"

"I don't know what his highness were saying."

Yong An chuckled deeply, dark eyes seems darker than the night, with his gentle face turning wicked, "The young master real plan, were to mislead the Emperor about our relationship, right? I only had one conclusion on my mind. Perhaps... the young master already know my plans to begin with? That's why you started plotting against me. Wen Yang... Qiao Chen... truly remarkable sparrows. Each with different goals."

"So you already know my plans, are you going to kill me?"

"What a wild tongue, not suited for a beautiful face." Yong An grinned foolishly, "That's what I really want to do in the beginning. But young master was very wise, not only that he deliberately manipulated the Emperor, but also become his obsession so that I cannot instantly dispose the young master, because if I do that... I will be the prime suspect, am I correct?"

Qiao Chen suddenly laughed faintly, with his eyes blazing in fury, "What made you think of that? If his highness kills me, you will not be suspected by the Emperor as his majesty thinks that we shared an ambiguous relationship, how can his highness kill his beloved?"

"That maybe true, but how can young master with an astute mind, plan something unguarded? If I certainly kill you, there will be someone... that witness the traces of our clandestine encounters, right? And that someone will clarify the mysterious death of yours... Let see... Is it Qi Lan? Or is it Qi Ran?" Yong An found pleasure by seeing the sparrow gritted his teeth, eagerly wanted to escape in his restriction, with a visible killing intent displayed on his eyes. It wants him to play more, his lips landed on the pale ear of the sparrow. "Or is it... the fourth prince?"

Fortunately, the calm face of Qiao Chen was still functioning, allowing him to swallow his anger and frustration. He really underestimated the wits of the protagonist.

Because the second prince were caging him on the bed, the thin fabric covering his body was loose and split in two sides revealing a soft and tender clavicle, with miniscule crimson red seeping through, embellishing the white skin due to the restriction of the prince. His hair was scattered all over the bed, like a lily in mess, with his face flushed in anger trampled with his purse lips and heavy panting.

Suddenly, the eyes of the second prince darkened in both amusement and pleasure.

Qiao Chen grinned, "His highness already unveil my plans. What are you going to do now?"

Yong An's smile turned dangerous once again. "At young, I always wanted everything under my control. But slowly, ... I found controlling things were dull... and passionless. But inwardly... I found something more pleasurable. What if I become the gentle and kind prince in their eyes? With amiable and nice countenance? But, in real, the nice and kind prince that they know was the one, controlling all the catastrophe in the country? How pleasurable will it be? How nice will it be seeing those admiring gazes turn scare and shock? I plan to ascend the throne because I want those scenarios to happen, and all the things blocking my way, should be disposed without hesitation." Yong An's voice were calm and gentle, with his face turning soft and serene contrasting all his overall personality, "Death should be your retribution and I have a hundred methods to escape in my doings. But right now, I discover something more interesting..."

"Why don't I consider you as nemesis? With your astute mind and critical thinking, I know that you possessed countless ways to perform your plan. With that, ascending the throne will be more interesting and pleasurable."

Unexpectedly, he lowered his lips and suck the purse lips of the sparrow. He can feel the struggles of the latter, but instead of stopping, it even give him more sense of pleasure, lingering thoughts of dominating this man. He can imagine himself sitting in the dragon's throne with the sparrow on his side, tame and caged.

He finally let go of his lips and amusingly stared at the fierce eyes of the latter. Furthermore, he once again devilishly smirked, "I'm expecting more surprises from you, little sparrow..." with that, he completely disappeared, leaving the sparrow in the cold night.

Qiao Chen angrily rubbed his lips repeatedly. His eyes emitted a huge pressure, like an active volcano, on the verge of explosion, that trigger his mania and almost fly out of control.

But even so, he was in conflict. This was he already expected, but this outcome was far worse than he predicted. Thinking about the condensing truth and stolen kiss, his mood can't help but to turned violent, like a pool of magma, emerging hot and fierce smoke.

He once again lay down on the mattress, covering his eyes with his arms, letting a crazy laugh.

What can he expect from the male protagonist of the higher realm?

He closed his eyes and entered the white space.

[Welcome back, Host! I miss you, Wu~wu.]

He was greeted by a flying kitten. Lie Yuan smiled gently and embraced the system with care.

"What is the current rate?"

[Ding. Darling Of Fate Hate Value: 20%]

[Ding. Completion Rate: 10%]

Lie Yuan already expected the result, but even so, his face can't help but to turned sour.

The system noticing the emotion of the host, trembled in fear. 'Wu~wu... why does his host look so scary?'

Lie Yuan sighed and regained his calmness, "What is your observation about the current world?"

[The spirit power of the higher realm is twice more than the lower realm. Not only that, if the host succeeded in completing the task or mission, the system can get upgrade and unlock the shop function. The host can buy materials and different kind of pills and weapons from the shop function. This will be a great use for the host!] The system explained proudly while wagging his soft tail to his host.

Lie Yuan: "..." Why does his system seems like a dog more than a cat?

Lie Yuan: "Anyway, I want to ask something about the protagonist and darling of fate. Why don't they act according to the description of the plot?"

[The lord god only written the plot in the third person's perspective. It doesn't really mean that everything in the plot, was the same in the dimension. The plot describes the male protagonist as nice and kind, but it was only on the third person's perspective. It doesn't embody the overall character of the protagonist, just like the darling of fate.]

Lie Yuan nodded, finally understood the peculiarity in each character.

So that's explain why Yong An, the protagonist was acting like that, because he was faking his character as a nice prince. The plot describe him as kind and gentle, because that was has seen in their perspective.

That's the reason... Qiao Chen wish was to stop Yong An from ascending the throne, because after the plot was done, it doesn't elucidate the afterlife of each person

That means... Yong An destroyed the country?

[But host, why are you asking this question? You already notice this at the beginning, ba.]

Lie Yuan smirked, "It's my instinct."

In fact, he already notice that they were several plot holes in the entire plot. All the scenes were confusing and not accurate. He remembered the tragedy of the original body. Does that mean, Qiao Chen did not die because of the Emperor? Does his death was connected to the protagonist and darling of fate?

He shifted his gaze to the system, "Why do you know that I already notice the peculiarity of the protagonist?"

[Does host forget? I was installed in the brain of the host. All the invisible chords of the system were connected to the host's body. . What host see, I can also see it in the screen here, at the white space. Of course, some scenes were censored, hehe.]

Rolling his eyes, Qiao Chen flicked the head of the system, "Anyway, is it possible that, Wang Wei, Hee-Ryang and Yong Guan are the same person?"

[Impossible! A normal soul will be destroyed once the plot itself collapse, now that host devoured the soul power of the two worlds, mostly, Wang Wei and Hee-Ryang have entirely disappeared.]

A wave of sadness floated on the surface of Lie Yuan's eyes, just for a short moment, before his gaze turned fierce, "Then why does those persons had the same traits and aura?"

[Replying to the host. Each dimension created by the lord god can have a possibility that each character in different world will have the same aura. But, they were possessed by different souls. They were no report in the main system that what you assume really happen.]

"So... they were really different." whispered by Lie Yuan in a detected voice, he sighed and ignored the discomfort on his heart. "I will be going back now."

[Goodbye, Host! The system will miss you!]