Hugging Lilith, who had rushed into his arms and buried her little head in his chest, Shane seemed completely oblivious, with a dazed expression on his face.
He looked just like a man who had just walked out of a pleasure establishment, his face full of bliss.
Recalling all the unforgettable beautiful memories from earlier, the expression on Shane's face gradually became reckless.
"Hehe...hehehe..."
In the next second, Shane started to giggle foolishly.
"..."
Hette Yada watched this scene with an expression that said she couldn't find the words to speak.
"...What exactly did he do last night?"
Sera held her forehead and smiled bitterly.
Ai Yi said nothing, just approached the foolishly giggling Shane with a stern face.
And Shane was completely unaware, still giggling foolishly.
Seeing this, Ai Yi's anger rose within her.
"Boom!"
Without any hesitation, the Dragon Demon Lord's little fist shot out like a bullet, pounding heavily into Shane's abdomen.
"Ugh...!"
In his daze, Shane only felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, causing him to jolt all over, finally bowing to reality.
"Awake now?"
Ai Yi stood in front of Shane, staring coldly at him, her gaze akin to looking at a lustful monkey.
"Ai...Ai Yi?"
Shane finally reacted, clutching his abdomen while holding Lilith, his face twitching from the pain in his stomach.
"Speak." Ai Yi showed not a hint of mercy, still saying coldly: "Where did you go last night?"
Her words were no different from a wife interrogating her husband who didn't return all night.
Shane finally understood the situation and realized that things were getting bad.
"I...I didn't go anywhere."
Shane could only dryly laugh, weakly saying such words.
"Really?" Ai Yi sneered: "Do you think you look convincing like this?"
"How am I not convincing?" Shane quickly braced his expression, straightening his back, and said quite seriously: "I really didn't go anywhere, believe me."
That serious claim, deliberate composure, surprisingly had a bit of persuasiveness.
Unfortunately...
"Ahem."
From the side, Sera coughed lightly and gave Hette Yada a knowing look.
Hette Yada got the message, extended her fair hands, gathering cold air into them, which turned into a mirror.
Then, Hette Yada manipulated the mirror, letting it fly in front of Shane, where it hovered.
Shane glanced down at it, and the sight almost stopped his heartbeat.
The reason was simple.
In the mirror, Shane's face was marked with one clear imprint after another.
These imprints were red, some purple, some black, some pink, truly a full range.
But they all shared the same design — "lip marks."
Yes.
Shane had returned home with his face covered in lip marks.
"Go ahead, say it again, make me believe you."
Ai Yi looked at Shane expressionlessly, her eyes filled with icy killing intent.
(I'm so doomed, so doomed...!)
The sense of crisis in Shane's heart erupted, almost making him flee on the spot.
Even worse, Lilith, who had lifted her head from Shane's arms, also saw Shane's face, blinked innocently after calming down, then suddenly realized the situation, leaned over, and gave Shane's cheek a heavy kiss, leaving a lip-shaped saliva mark.
At that moment, an explosive killing intent swept out from Ai Yi.
"L-Lord Ai Yi?"
Shane watched Ai Yi in fear and trepidation.
Ai Yi turned even more expressionless, eventually turned her head, and silently left.
Shane instinctively wanted to follow, but Sera on the side uttered a faint word.
"I advise you not to provoke Little Aiyi's temper." Sera said faintly: "When that girl is angry, she's not so easy to placate. One wrong move, and you might miss a piece or two of your body."
Saying this, Sera glanced at Shane's lower half, full of suggestive meaning.
Shane's step to move forward stalled, not daring to pursue any further.
"Scared?" Sera sneered at once: "Since you know fear, how dare you stay out all night doing shameless things with some woman from who knows where?"
Hearing these words, Shane showed a face worse than crying.
"If I say I didn't do what you're imagining, would you believe me?"
Shane said this as if struggling for his life.
"What do you think?"
Sera didn't respond, instead asked back, her gaze filled with disdain.
"I..."
Shane opened his mouth, but had nothing to say, tears streaming down his face.
He knew that the thoughts of these women had already sped off to outer space, and there was no way to reel them back in.
But he really didn't do anything that sensational!
Although... although there were indeed some pleasant occurrences, the somewhat twisted Goddess also seemed to have been holding back for a long time and almost lost control yesterday, but Shane wasn't shameless enough to push that Goddess to that extent overnight.
Therefore, Shane was shouting in his heart — "I really didn't go all the way!"
Of course, aside from that last step, quite a few things happened...
Thinking of this, Shane couldn't help but recall the events of last night, and his heart immediately became filled with warmth again.
He truly didn't expect that the Goddess would play such a trick, a trick that hit his weak spot right on, almost making him truly lose control last night.
If it weren't for the Goddess being even less able to control herself, and her suddenly pouncing on him, kissing him wildly on the face, which startled him, Shane might have already committed the mistake that all men in the world are prone to make.
Honestly speaking, that was really hard to handle. (个_个)
Shane's grievances were naturally incomprehensible to Sera, nor did she want to understand.
"If you want to explain, you'd better go talk to your fiancée yourself," Sera said directly, paying no heed to Shane's tearful face, "Instead of that, I'm more interested in where you went last night and whom you met."
Upon hearing Sera's words, Shane couldn't help but secretly say, "I knew it."
Before letting Shane return, Nien had already told him this.
"After this exposure, that Moon Demon will definitely not let go of me and will investigate me. When you return, if she asks about me, do this."
At that time, Nien had asked Shane for a favor.
Recalling that matter, Shane looked at Sera.
"Are you really interested in this matter?"
Shane checked with Sera just to be sure.
"Of course," Sera said with a meaningful smile, "If you don't want to talk, that's fine too, as I already have some leads. Even if it takes a bit more time, I'll definitely find something."
Sera spoke with utter confidence.
Shane wasn't surprised.
"She said you would definitely say that," Shane shrugged.
"She?" Sera immediately fixed her gaze on Shane, asking with curiosity, "So, who might she be?"
Clearly, Sera was paying full attention to Nien's existence.
In this situation, Shane carried out the task Nien entrusted to him.
"She asked me to pass a message to you."
Shane spoke.
"If you want to meet her, bring the 'Magic Marrow Drill' to the 'Divine's Canyon'.
Upon hearing this, Sera's gaze intensified abruptly.
"Magic Marrow Drill? Divine's Canyon?"
Hette Yada was also astonished, seeming to know what these were and where they were located.
But as for Shane, he almost immediately asked.
"What exactly is this so-called Magic Marrow Drill? And where is Divine's Canyon?"
Shane expressed his doubts.
He had asked Nien the same question, but she only returned him a mysterious smile, saying nothing.
Sera, too, said nothing, merely pondering for a moment and exhaling.
"I will give it a try."
Sera replied in this manner.
Looking at her, this task seemed not to be easy to accomplish.
However, Sera seemed genuinely intent on meeting Nien.
Shane still wanted to ask something more, but after a while, he gave up.
He had already realized that those at the top of Omni Potanssen and those closely related to them were all enigmatic characters.
When it came to necessities, they would rush to provide detailed explanations to Shane, fearing that he wouldn't grasp the severity of the situation.
But regarding matters they deemed unimportant or those they didn't wish to disclose, no matter how Shane pleaded, they wouldn't say a word.
All of them were either hiding something or playing coy, just like riddlers, which was truly annoying.
Do they really think acting mysterious makes them smart, outstanding, and impressive?
Believe me, if I swing my leg, you all, the beautiful women, would be lying on the ground eating dirt?
By then, all that mysterious and impressive image would drop to negative! Humph! (`へ´*)ノ
Without paying attention to Shane, who was inwardly venting his frustration, Sera was also ready to leave after receiving a satisfactory answer.
However, looking at Shane's face covered in lip marks, she couldn't help but harshly criticize him one last time.
"Luckily, we dismissed everyone first, or else, looking like this, you'd throw the Hero's dignity completely out the window!"
"If you don't want to be laughed at by all of the Demon Clan tomorrow or have your engagement with Ai Yi be seen as a joke, you'd better go wash your face right away!"
"Embarrassing!"
After tossing out those remarks, Sera left angrily.
Hette Yada also hesitated to speak as she watched Shane, wanting to say something but not knowing what, eventually only sighing and following in Sera's footsteps to leave.
"I..."
Shane was a bit dazed, only reacting after a while and then begrudgingly started to wipe his face.
"That Goddess definitely left these marks intentionally to watch me make a fool of myself."
Shane could only mutter as he carried Lilith, who was tilting her head in confusion, and walked into the Supreme Castle.
Next, he still had to think carefully about how to win the favor of his Dragon Girl.