Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2636: Chapter 1247: A Common Beautiful Girl/Bard

The two of them walked on quietly for a while again, but since Double Leaf had already "cooled off," this time they were walking side by side, instead of like before, one in front and one behind, each with their own little schemes.

Then, just as they were about to leave the inner ring, Motan suddenly broke the silence. "Double Leaf."

"Speak."

The girl lazily replied, still walking forward on her own. Her pace wasn’t exactly slow, but considering her legs, which looked long only in terms of proportion and weren’t actually that long, Motan had no trouble keeping up with her.

"You asked me before, ’Since I’m going to die sooner or later, why don’t I ask a few more things before I die,’ remember?"

Frank Hughes scratched his cheek and said softly, "And you also questioned the answer I gave you."

Double Leaf raised her beautiful brows, her tone still lazy and indifferent. "Mm, that did happen. So what?"

"Another part of the reason wasn’t really appropriate to say back then."

Frank rubbed the tip of his nose and said a little awkwardly, "But telling you now should be fine..."

Double Leaf turned to look at him, then after a good long while, suddenly snorted with laughter and waved a hand. "Honestly, I’ve already lost interest in that matter, but since you’re so sincere about telling me, I’ll be benevolent and listen."

"I’m a bit worried."

Frank nervously pinched the hem of his robe and took a deep breath on the spot. "I’m worried about you being alone with that Book Spirit gentleman."

"Huh?"

Faced with this unexpected answer, Double Leaf clearly froze for a moment, then after a brief silence glared at him angrily. "You think that fat bastard might hurt me? And if the wise and mighty Mr. Frank Hughes, whose very body surges with Kingly Aura, is there, it just wouldn’t dare make a move?"

Anyone could hear the irritation in the girl’s voice.

"Uh, I’m well aware that I’m not of much use. Whether it’s the Book Spirit or you, Double Leaf, I’m afraid it wouldn’t be hard at all to get rid of me. But... even so, after seeing Mei Fu erased by Divine Punishment, I can’t help worrying."

Motan hurriedly waved his hands and explained a whole lot, then said with an embarrassed expression, "At the end of the day, Double Leaf, you’re still an Otherworlder, and probably the first Otherworlder to have close contact with that Book Spirit. And the Book Spirit also said that its very nature is an obsession with the concept of ’knowledge,’ so... uh..."

"So you’re worried that guy might suddenly lose it one day and crack my skull open to see what’s inside?"

Double Leaf was caught between laughter and tears and shook her head with a sigh. "Are you an idiot?"

"No, I consider myself at least a reasonably smart person. Even if I’m far inferior to you, Double Leaf, I still wouldn’t count as an idiot."

Motan curled his index finger to push up his glasses and said gently, "It’s just that there are many ’stupid things’ that don’t necessarily require ’stupid people’ to do them."

Double Leaf gave a light snort and glanced at Frank Hughes, who was wearing a mild smile. "I get it. Roughly, you mean that even though you’re useless, and in fact really not very useful, you’re genuinely worried I might run into danger, so when you think I might be alone with the Book Spirit, you get nervous and try to use that as an excuse to make me owe you a favor?"

"I just want you to be careful, Double Leaf. Like I said just now, I think that Book Spirit would do absolutely anything to collect ’knowledge.’ Of course, this is very likely a mean, unnecessary concern. But Double Leaf... you’re different from me and Diana. I can guarantee that, as far as the Domain of the ’unknown’ is concerned, even if you add me and Diana together, we still don’t carry as much as you do."

Motan’s expression grew more and more serious. By the end he even stopped walking, and said to Double Leaf solemnly, "I know I can’t stop you. I can’t even be of any help if I join in on this ’deal.’ So... please, you must stay alert."

"I-I, this young lady, from childhood to now has never..."

Double Leaf glared at Motan in anger, but halfway through, her cheeks very uncooperatively flushed red. The volume of the latter half of her sentence dropped to about the level of ’Yu Chen when a stranger talks to her.’ "Never... been worried about like this by anyone..."

Frank Hughes put on a perfectly proper smile.

"Don’t think I’ll thank you... mm..."

The girl lowered her eyes, twisting her fingers, lips lightly pursed as she said softly, "But... uh... I don’t hate it..."

Frank Hughes maintained his perfectly proper smile.

"D-do you want to grab something to eat together?"

Double Leaf turned her little face away, her cheeks tinted pink and looking tender and alluring under the moonlight. "My treat... this is a once-in-a-lifetime blessing for you, you know."

Frank Hughes kept up his perfectly proper smile.

"You’ve got to be shitting me!"

The girl, completely exasperated, grabbed Motan’s collar in one go, the blush on her face fading like an illusion. "Most guys would be moved in this kind of situation, right? They’d definitely be moved, right? They should be dying to swallow a tsundere, pure, beautiful girl like me whole, right? How come you’re not reacting at all?! Do you think I don’t care about my pride?!"