Jilin, who was by the side, felt quite bad for Nina. He was the one who said that she should be direct and take action. Could Nina be even more direct than this? He doubted that. He looked at Nina, expecting her to be tearful, but was taken aback right after.
She didn't look sad at all. She looked... angry? He couldn't remember seeing Nina angry.
Nina then stopped right in front of Krune and said.
"Master, stay still for a moment!"
Krune looked at her, puzzled. Still, she was his disciple. She must have a reason for asking that, right?
"Sure."
As fast as lightning, Nina held Krune's head and acted! Everyone was taken aback. Nina was trying to steal a kiss from Krune!
'That's it! Nothing can be more direct than this! If the idiot doesn't understand it now, then Nina will really be helpless! Go, Nina!'
That's the thoughts in everyone's hearts.
However, just as Nina's mouth touched Krune's, her head passed right through it...
Everyone was taken aback once again.
"What happened?!"
A second later, Krune's body became transparent and disappeared. In its place, a rainbow-colored wisp appeared as Krune's clothes fell to the ground.
"Ahh!"
Nina was frightened by that and immediately jumped back!
"M-Master! I-is that your true form?!"
Everyone knew that Krune wasn't a human. After all, nonhumans' auras were very easy to identify. It's just that Krune had never talked or shown his real form to anyone in the restaurant.
Krune confirmed.
"Indeed. I'm part of the True Spirit Race. Still, you really frightened me just now. If I had been just a half a second late, we would have kissed, you know? What were you trying to do here?"
Nina quickly recovered as she looked at Krune's form. Obviously, it was impossible to kiss a floating energy core in the mouth since there was no mouth to start with. Of course, Nina had long since accepted the fact that she wouldn't mind which race Krune was from. She was just scared because of Krune's sudden change in front of herself.
"I was really trying to kiss you."
Krune was taken aback.
"Is this some kind of human habits in this place? I thought only those who had feelings for each other liked to do it. It seems like I need to do more research once again."
'Human habits your head! This isn't a lack of EQ anymore. This is just denying reality already.'
Or so must the spectators have thought. Unfortunately for them, Krune really thought he was right.
Nina shook her head as she came back and stopped in front of Krune.
"Master, you are extremely intelligent. But when it comes to people's feelings, you are worse than a kid. I did try to kiss you because I do really love you. Not as a friend nor as a master. I love you as someone I want to get married to. I love you as someone I want to have kids with. But alas, you've never noticed my real feelings. That's why I tried to be direct. Why can't you understand?"
Krune didn't know what to say.
"This... errr... are you sure?"
Nina almost vomited blood.
"I'm sure. I couldn't be more sure! I'm so sure that I couldn't hold anymore and tried to take you for myself. That's how sure I am at the moment!"
*Wow!*
Everyone watched the show in the kitchen. At some point, the customers in the restaurant also noticed the commotion. They stopped in front of the kitchen's door while they heard everything.
"Go, go, Nina!"
"We are rooting for you!"
"You can do it!"
"You finally got into the action!"
"I was wondering how long it would take. Well done!"
Finally, Nina noticed the whole audience watching on the sides. Immediately, her face became red. How come it looked like the entire city knew about her feelings except for Krune himself?
It was then that she received a Spiritual Sense message from her brother.
'Since it has already reached this point, you might as well go all in. There is no turning back now. Don't worry. Whatever the outcome is, I doubt Chef Krune will cast you aside. Just put your feelings on the line and get over with it. It's better to make things clear than living in an illusion.'
Nina nodded while trying to keep her composure.
Krune didn't know what to do with all of that. In the end, he used his Godly Energy to lift his clothes once more, got inside them, and started to change into his human form. This was a trick Krune learned a long time ago to not appear naked as soon as he finished transforming. Not that he cared, but he had long since understood that humans became very annoying when it came to naked bodies.
"Alright. I understand what you mean. I'm also happy that you considered someone like me in that way. However, I can't do it. I already have Feifei. Not only that, but we even have a daughter. Besides, I do really love them."
Nina didn't give up, though.
"I don't believe it! This wife of yours has never appeared even once, nor did your so-called daughter. I have never heard even a single word from them either. Isn't Master doing that just to keep me away?"
Krune shook his head.
"I told you before. I can't go to them at the moment, nor can they come to where I am. The thing that separates us can't be overcome with simple teleport formations. Still, I also told you that I found a way to go back. I'll be leaving in one year, and they are the reason I'm going back."
Nina gritted her teeth after hearing that.
"Then, don't go back! I can be your wife instead!"
Krune felt a chill on his back after hearing that. Feifei would definitely break his core into a thousand pieces if he did as much as bring up such a possibility.
"Stop it! I don't wanna die yet. I do love you, but not the same way as I love Feifei. It doesn't matter what you say. I will never take another wife in my life. That's something I can guarantee you."
Everyone sighed after that. They all could hear the determination behind Krune's voice. It looked like this Feifei that none of them had ever seen was far more important to Krune than they thought. Some of the female customers and the waitresses even felt a little jealous of Feifei. It's very hard to find someone that determined to stay with them for life.
If the spectators could tell that much, then let alone Nina. She dropped her head as tears finally began to appear in her eyes.
"Then... then... give me something to remember you!"
Krune and everyone else became puzzled. Something to remember him, why would she want that? Still, Krune answered anyway.
"I gave you something already, no? Your chef skills. They should be something for you to remember as much as you want. Still, I don't think it is a good thing for you to dwell on it. You should find someone else who also loves you as much as I love Feifei. I'm not good at reading others' feelings, but I can at least tell this much."
Nina stomped her feet on the ground after hearing that.
"I want something more concrete!"
"More concrete?"
Krune pondered a bit, and an idea appeared on his mind. He then reached inside his Spatial Ring before bringing a wok out.
"This is my baby. I love it very much and have been using it for many years. But since you are my disciple, I don't mind leaving it with you. I know you will take good care of it."
Nina and everyone else felt like crying. Who would give a used wok in this situation? Come on!
"That's not it! I want... I want... I want your child!"
*Boom!*
The entire place went into an uproar once again.
"What?!"
"Is she for real?!"
"She's crazy! She must be!"
"She's not! She's fighting for her happiness! Why can't you understand that?"
"By stealing someone else's husband?"
"So what? In love and war, everything is valid!"
Krune immediately took tens of steps back.
"You're crazy! Even if you kill me, I won't do 'that' with you! You hear me? Leave that for when you find a husband, not me. Let alone the fact that I would never leave a child behind. Even if I decided to do so, there is a massive issue with what you just asked! Just give up already!"
Krune wasn't lying. He seriously didn't have that kind of feeling for Nina. He was more perplexed about how it turned out like this. Weren't they supposed to be just Master and Disciple? What is happening with all these crazy requests?
Nina had already thrown any dignity she had to the wind, so she really was going all out here.
"I don't have any issues. I promise I will raise it well. Since I can't have Master's unconditional love, I can at least have your child. Master is going to a really far away place, right? Chances are that you might never come back too! Don't worry, you don't need to tell your wife about it. As for that 'massive issue,' I can overcome whatever it is!"
Krune felt like crying already.
"Out of the question. First, I would not try to do it for whatever reason you might bring up. But leaving that aside, I might as well tell you what this massive issue is."
"My race has a huge problem with reproduction! If we try to reproduce between ourselves, then that is fine. However, a hybrid of us and some other race is nearly impossible! That means we would have to have sex tens, if not hundreds of thousands of times, for us to have just a small chance of getting one. Can you imagine that?"
Everyone didn't know what to say about this situation anymore. Still, Nina proved to be more obstinate than they thought.
"I... I... I don't mind!"
*Wow!*
'Such resolve!'
Thought all the women present.
Krune just wanted to die already.
"I do mind! I do mind a lot! Even if I put all the days of my life until now on the table, I wouldn't even get close to those numbers."
Nina continued.
"I might be lucky!"
"Give up already!"
"I won't give up!"
"Neither will I. If one doesn't want it, two can do that."
"I just need to change Master's opinion."
"Not gonna happen!"
"How can you be sure?!"
"Because I am!"
"That's not an answer!"
It wouldn't be before an entire hour later that they finally finished that argument...
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