Chapter 34: Rolanviette

Chapter 34: Rolanviette

Before leaving Lu Lin'an, Yun Huai hadn't expected they would reunite in such a manner.

In his world of psychic power, from his last life to this one, only he existed. This place was Yun Huai’s ultimate secret, unknown to others, and his most trusted psychic ally.

But now, a strangely large figure was awkwardly squatting on his beautiful white sandy beach. He still had the familiar appearance Yun Huai knew, but it seemed to have changed.

Lu Lin'an's eyes seemed not as clear as before.

More precisely, Yun Huai realized that what used to be pure eyes now held something unfathomably deep. It was like a simple guy, madly in love, suddenly got dumped and turned dark. Now, he seemed like a version 2.0 who had understood the pains of love.

And, it seemed, perhaps, Lu Lin'an thought this was his own dream.

Yun Huai watched as Lu Lin'an stood up and then looked around, saying, "How can there be snowy mountains over the sea? My brain is really getting more and more absurd."

Yun Huai: "..." You might as well just say I'm absurd.

"Why not a volcano? Volcanoes are impressive, occasionally erupting with fire and excitement."

".........." Yun Huai took a deep breath, familiar feelings of frustration due to the monster's difficulty to handle flooding him.

What's wrong with snowy mountains! He liked the icy, cool scenery!

"And the sand, it's a bit too soft."

After his critical assessment, Lu Lin'an finally looked down at Yun Huai.

Still those familiar gilded pupils. After a brief emotional fluctuation, Yun Huai suddenly noticed Lu Lin'an's gaze on him was unusually focused.

Focused to an unsettling degree.

Yun Huai braced himself on his arms and slowly retreated a couple of steps.

Lu Lin'an suddenly said, "This is the first time I’ve dreamed of you since you left me one month and seven and a half days ago. I thought I would never see you again."

Yun Huai's expression froze.

The man leaned forward slightly as he spoke, and Yun Huai suddenly realized that apart from Lu Lin'an's eyes no longer being clear due to the bitterness of love, there was also an unfamiliar sense of towering oppression.

As if he had rushed back to inherit a throne, while the disintegrating Lu Lin'an had also returned to become a boss.

No, he had always been the boss.

Lu Rin'an had long mentioned he had his own planet and subordinates.

"You left without even saying goodbye to me, I was so upset I almost activated K420," Lu Rin'an spoke, narrowing his eyes with a cold-blooded ferocity, "But I held back because you didn't completely ignore me. You left me the psychic silk threads I like, showing you still care about me."

Yun Huai was momentarily speechless.

But he had to admit, Lu Rin'an was right. To a normal person, these would be obscure thoughts, yet he spoke them outright, leaving no room for misunderstanding.

Just when Lu Rin'an thought the Yun Huai in his dream wouldn't respond to him, the young man sitting on the beach looked up and asked, "…How did you get in here?"

The air stilled for a moment, Lu Rin'an seemed surprised, "Such a realistic dream, you're actually talking to me. Back in K420, you hardly ever paid attention to me."

Yun Huai: "…"

He spoke deliberately, "How, did, you, get in."

From the beginning of their conversation, Yun Huai recognized the uncontrollable excitement in Lu Rin'an's eyes. He was familiar with this emotion, similar to when Lu Rin'an had asked him which nest was prettier, gold, silver, or emerald.

Even though he felt like he was in a dream, the Nilia dragon couldn't muster much resistance against the person fated by his genes. When Lu Rin'an spoke again, his tone was much more serious than his earlier casual demeanor.

He slowly said, "I was walking, felt sleepy, took a nap, and when I woke up, I found myself here."

Yun Huai looked at him incredulously, "You can fall asleep while walking?"

Lu Rin'an replied, "Why not sleep? The journey was too boring, and if I eat well, sleep well, and don't lose my temper, others have it a bit easier."

Yun Huai took a deep breath.

Alright, initial assessment: Lu Rin'an was also asleep. For some reason, this creature had established a long-distance psychic link with him. Maybe when he activated the full star domain link, Lu Rin'an had sneakily joined in.

And his connection was more solid than others; while others were mere flickers, he was vividly alive in his psychic world.

"…But isn't it said that Ita kings only link with Ita citizens? How come such a huge alien monster is involved! Could it really be because I ate too much and now there's a problem?!"

Yun Huai began to experience a collapse of his worldview.

……

The youth before him was not just a silent, false image; he even conversed with Yun Huai. Lu Lin'an's mood improved, and he no longer felt annoyed about the chaos in the Creation Starfield.

The alien race could survive without a leader, but Nilieo Dragon couldn't live without his love interest. Weighing his options for half a second, Lu Lin'an decisively chose to temporarily abandon his duties and pursue love first.

He really didn't want to end up a short-lived cosmic failure and had prepared himself to tirelessly build nests for the cold-hearted Ita king for eighty years.

What you understand depends on where you've been. Lu Lin'an no longer found the dragon who spent eighteen years building nests embarrassing.

A dragon who can't win his wife's love is the most embarrassing.

Determined to leave home in pursuit of love, Lu Lin'an had already planned his departure when Theodore, the steward, discovered in horror that his lord had transformed from a dragon to a dragon-fish.

The usually composed Theodore's expression twisted briefly, "When do you plan to return?"

Lu Lin'an pondered for a moment: "I don't know, but when I do return, I must bring the Ita king with me."

Theodore: "……"

The capable steward smiled slightly: "I hope you achieve your wish."

Theodore had considered the powerful lord reuniting with the Ita king, but he hadn't expected Lu Lin'an to use such an aggressive method of reunion, infiltrating the Ita Empire to make direct contact with the heavily guarded Ita king.

Fortunately, there was a reliable Tang Curse official in the alien race, who communicated with Theodore and expressed readiness for a potential interstellar war, suspecting the high-profile lord might not even enter the C-level planet under the pure white main star without being detected by the formidable executor.

Meanwhile, Lu Lin'an, who left home to pursue love, had reached a transit station in a subsidiary starfield of the Ita Empire.

After reminiscing about the chaotic Creation Starfield, Lu Lin'an refocused his attention on Yun Huai.

The youth had grown a bit taller than a month ago, but not as much as when Lu Lin'an was by his side. Lu Lin'an had precise knowledge of Yun Huai's physical data and suspected that nurturing the king on the main star was less efficient than if he did it himself. Hence, Lu Lin'an said, “Don’t worry, you won’t be hungry for much longer.”

Although aware that this was a “dream,” Lu Lin'an still chose to comfort a “fictitious” Yun Huai.

“I’ll help you grow, even though I know that one day you might defeat me.”

Yun Huai slowly stood up, his round, pinkish-white toes sprinkled with golden-red sand grains, looking even more adorable and soft.

He tried to keep his breathing calm, while Lu Lin'an was completely unaware that everything happening was not a dream, but a real psychic link between them.

For the first time in his two lifetimes, someone had invaded the link in his psychic world!

And upon entering, he even mocked Yun Huai's world for being too absurd. Even though Yun Huai was usually calm, his expression twisted and stiffened for a moment.

He wanted to kick Lu Lin'an out, an easy task for the master of this world, but for some reason, upon seeing the look in the other's eyes, Yun Huai halted his action.

Lu Lin'an looked very happy.

Happy to see himself in this “dream.”

Far from the cold numbness of their farewell at the starport, his expression was vividly and naturally joyful, a familiar look Yun Huai had occasionally remembered over the past month.

Not only was Lu Lin'an smiling with joy, but he also walked over and gently patted Yun Huai's head, “So real, I really wanted to see you again.”

Then, his fingers slid down, tugging gently at Yun Huai's soft, delicate cheek, pulling the flesh slightly outward.

“Even the Ita king needs to fall in love, right? Your citizens surely wouldn’t want to see you lonely on your throne.”

Yun Huai: “So you want to sit with me?”

But Lu Lin'an replied, “I’ll stand behind you.”

Yun Huai was taken aback.

The waves lapped over Lu Lin'an's skin, bringing a hint of warmth to Yun Huai's cold ankles.

"I'll stand behind you. Your subjects all believe in you, but I hope there's someone for you to turn to. That would certainly give you more peace of mind."

Lu Lin'an's eyebrows remained as sharp as blades, exuding a fiery flamboyance, unlike the cold indifference typical of the Ita people.

"This is a promise I made when I took you back to my nest. No matter who you are, I can save and help you, even though I know you have the power to kill me."

Yun Huai, after slapping away his mischievous hand, remained silent for a long time: "Aren't you afraid that I might actually kill you one day?"

Lu Lin'an pondered, "I always feel you're not that kind of person. I trust your nature. Even if you don't love me, you definitely won't kill me."

……

Lu Lin'an indeed had a knack for grasping people's hearts. Yun Huai really had no intention of conflicting with him, not out of fear, but because he saw no need.

Perhaps on a deeper level, he didn’t want to be enemies with Lu Lin'an. Maybe it’s because Lu Lin'an was the first person in both worlds to confess to him at first sight.

Yun Huai wasn’t entirely indifferent; he still found his passionate words bewildering whenever he remembered them.

Even now, he indulged the one who should have been kicked out long ago, allowing him to roam around the island.

Sometimes, Lu Lin'an’s words were too blunt, piercing directly into one's softest spots.

At times, Yun Huai found it embarrassingly too much, yet at other times, he wished Lu Lin'an would say more pleasant things.

Yun Huai took a deep breath, his emotions complex as he glanced at Lu Lin'an's face before turning to walk deeper into the island.

Let it be.

It was too sensitive in the psychic world; he just hoped Lu Lin'an wouldn’t touch everything carelessly.

There was no sound of following footsteps. Turning back after a while, Yun Huai saw Lu Lin'an bent over at the beach, picking something up and comparing it in his hands.

Yun Huai: "..."

He felt an itch all over, incredulously asking, "What are you doing with my little shells??"

Lu Lin'an lifted his hands, his artistic impulses stirring upon seeing Yun Huai's: "Do they look good? Pink, matching the white beach. Dreams really have everything. I'll collect more and build a beautiful pink nest for you here."

Yun Huai: "——————"

Closing his eyes, his face alternated between endurance and calmness. After three seconds of fluctuation, Yun Huai abruptly swung his arm, and the man collecting shells on his beach instantly vanished.

Kicked out.

The world finally became quiet.

Yun Huai let out a long breath, his ears betraying a vexing sense of embarrassment. If Xiye Na knew that the monstrous being he met outside was again attempting to nest with him...

As he pondered, a familiar voice penetrated his eardrum. Lu Lin'an, with a dissatisfied expression, said, "Why did you suddenly wake up? I wasn’t done with this dream."

As he spoke, he bent down diligently picking up shells and stones, muttering, "As long as I fall asleep quickly, the dream continues. I finally dreamt of you, and I'm not ready to wake up just yet."

Gesturing towards Yun Huai, he unabashedly indulged himself, "Feels so good, come here, let me touch you again."