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"So, how can this be called stealing? It sounds so uncivilized and impolite."

Laster hit the little ferret's head hard, making Dean Yin feel dejected.

If Laster really exposed the fact that he was following her in the academy, I would probably have my performance bonus deducted by the principal, Old Deng... I don't know how many dried fish I would have to eat less in a month.

"I won't pursue the matter of the head of a department at the prestigious Starry University secretly peeping into the privacy of his own students."

Last's words brightened up Dean Yin's eyes, who looked like he had lost all hope in life.

"However, in exchange for not reporting to the academy..."

Luster paused for a moment and took the little ferret from Akshia's hands: "I want Dean Yin to do me a favor..."

"Don't worry, leave it to me!" Dean Yin agreed readily. Obviously, compared with the withholding of wages, other things were not worth mentioning in his eyes.

But then, after hearing clearly what Rast whispered in its ear, Dean Yin couldn't help but open his eyes wide in surprise.

"Little Tina, what about those matters involving the royal family and the aristocratic faction?" Dean Snow Ferret glanced guiltily at Akshia, who stood beside him expressionless and looked like a snow doll, and repeated in a low voice, "Are you serious? Are you really planning to get involved in that mess?"

Although it is a homebody mink that stays in the dormitory all day long, with Dean Yin's gossipy skills, everything happening on and off campus is under its control.

Therefore, it naturally knew that during the time when Last had cleared the night world and was recuperating in the school hospital, the war between the royal family of the Granville Empire, the nobles, and the secret organization behind them had become increasingly intense and had truly reached a life-and-death struggle.

Originally, these things had nothing to do with Last, and both Hiltina and Dean Yin tacitly kept silent about them.

But at this moment, it was Rast who brought it up.

"Of course I'm serious."

Luster nodded. "It's not just for Hiltina, but also for Senior Ingrid..."

"And behind her, there are the 'gravekeepers' involved."

Rast's words disappeared in the evening breeze.

He has never been the type to wait for danger to come to him.

It would have been fine if he hadn't known about it before, but now that he knew that the "Gravekeepers" had existed since the Sixth Age and were still active in the world, Rast naturally couldn't just sit there and wait for death.

Taking precautions before danger arises and nipping the danger in the bud is the inevitable choice he makes given his character.

"After all, I'm not as magnanimous as Leader Cecil..."

"He is a vindictive person."

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PS: I have been busy with my school paper in recent days, so the update time has been unstable, but it is finished now.

Normal updates will resume tomorrow.

Chapter 182 It’s a pity that I couldn’t ask you to propose to me directly (6k4)

The long time and the long years can bury many things.

The prosperous ancient kingdom, the resurrection of the old gods, the legendary wars... those epics of the Sixth Epoch, so magnificent and glorious, have long been buried in the dust of history after an entire era, leaving no traces behind.

Except for a few night travelers, no one remembers what happened.

As a witness to the glorious epic of the Sixth Epoch, Rast disappeared again after returning to the human world.

He traveled back and forth between the Mystery Tower and the Great Library of Star University all day and night, often staying indoors for days and nights. No one except Dean Yin could discover his whereabouts.

And Last's action made the members of the Star University News Club completely empty-handed.

Originally, they discovered that on the obelisk erected at the entrance of Star University, Last's name suddenly entered the top ten, becoming the second sophomore after Hiltina to enter the twelve seats of the round table... From this unexpected change, the news agency keenly caught the taste of big news.

In the night world, some earth-shattering event must have occurred - so much so that Last, a freshman who had been enrolled for less than a year, had accumulated enough merits and contributions to be eligible for a seat at the round table.

However, no matter how the news agency tried to inquire, they found nothing in the end... and their attempts to interview Last at home also ended in failure. They could only see a ferret lying on the sofa in Last's dormitory playing with his mobile phone.

"You want to get some big news out of that kid Rust? Give up. Don't you know that the extraordinary people who can enter the twelve seats of the Round Table are all reclusive monsters who haven't been seen for ten days or half a month."

"But you can't see that kid Rust, so you can ask me... I've been with him since he started school, and I know all his secrets. I even know how many girls he's dated and how many beautiful girls he's been flirting with."

"V me 50, and I'll tell you all, plus that guy's top-secret romantic history..."

"What? You're saying you've been tricked by me so many times before that you don't trust me anymore? No, I just want to eat the fish cakes that are a Thursday special at the Butternut Bakery. 40 is fine, 30 at most... 20 if that doesn't work..."

In the student dormitory of Laster, Dean Yin’s sincere sales pitch (huyou) was heard.

……

Half a month after meeting Axia again on that cliff in the present world.

Last also saw Hiltina, who had just returned from school and looked a little tired.

"I saw your experience in the Night World through my sister's video. It was truly an amazing battle."

"in addition--"

"Congratulations, Luster."

Just like the usual times when the two of them got together, there was no luxurious banquet, but just a simple meal in the room.

In the dim glow of the night light, Hiltina lifted a strand of chestnut hair from her forehead and looked at the boy in front of her with her beautiful light brown eyes.

After a moment, the corners of her delicate mouth curved into an arc. "According to my estimation, you are now only a little bit away from truly breaking through to the sixth level."

"After breaking through the sixth level, looking at the world of extraordinary people in the entire Western Continent, you are also a powerful person with a certain status..."

"In this era where legends have vanished, and even those who do exist won't act rashly—a sixth-level transcendent is like a mainstay, capable of standing on their own."

A strange light flashed in Hiltina's eyes. "With the heights you've reached now, if someone didn't know about it, who would have thought..."

"Half a year ago, you were just a newbie who had just set foot in the extraordinary world and had only a vague understanding of it."

A look of reminiscence appeared on her pretty face.

Hiltina recalled the scene when she and Last first met in a bar in the night world called "Deep Blue Harbor".

It was also a starless, extremely dark night, also in a bar's private room, with a small wooden table like this one, and the bright light on the table illuminated the eyes of the two people.

At that time, Hiltina would never have thought that the native who was labeled as the Playful Sea King in her mind would be deeply entangled with her in the days to come and become one of the most important people in her life.

"Well, I guess only about half a year has passed in this world."

Luster smiled and said, "But if you include what I've experienced in the Night World, it's probably far more than that."

The flow of time in the night world is not the same as that in the real world. Perhaps a whole year has passed in the echoes of history, but reflected in reality it is only a few days or a dozen days.

This is also the reason why the students of Fanxing University improve their strength much faster than ordinary extraordinary people.

Often, after just a few months of not seeing each other, their ranks and strengths would have changed dramatically... Because although their college life seemed to be just four years, in fact, as night travelers, the time they had experienced might be more than ten years, or even decades.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Night World is a simple and easy-to-use tool for accelerated leveling... After all, any historical echo mission in Night World is bound to be accompanied by great risks.

The death of the night travelers in the night world also means that they will actually die in reality. Otherwise, the obelisk standing at the school gate would not be so bright and brilliant, like the stars in the night sky.

Danger and opportunity coexist. Behind the seemingly rapid growth of strength lies the necessity of walking alongside death. This is the price that the night traveler must bear.

"Moreover, the reason I was able to break through so quickly was mainly due to my previous accumulation in Deep Blue Harbor."

Last said, "The time I spent in that port was too long."

"The foundation accumulated over three hundred years of cycles, although it cannot be directly manifested in my body due to the backtracking, has given me a mental strength far beyond that of ordinary people."

"Compared to you ordinary people who haven't experienced a time loop, I'm essentially born with a cheat. Using it, I've gained a superior status... Actually, there's nothing to be proud of."

As he spoke, he took out two silver goblets and four wine bottles of different colors from the small refrigerator in the dormitory.

The next moment, the wine bottles of different colors began to fly and move rhythmically between his fingers, as if they were given life.

"Compared to me, the one who deserves more praise should be you, Hiltina."

"after all--"

Luster paused for a moment.

"If I'm not mistaken, while I'm still at the final stage, you've truly broken through to the sixth level and stepped into the highest realm below Legend."

His fingers stopped.

pat-

A crisp sound rang out on the table.

Luster pushed a silver goblet in front of Hiltina. "Try it, 'Amber Love,' the version you didn't get a chance to try last time in Deep Blue Harbor."

Hiltina reached out to take the wine glass. The liquid in the silver goblet was dim and heavy, as if twilight was spreading and flowing in the glass.

"If anyone could be thrown into a looping dungeon in the Night World for three hundred years and emerge as someone like you, Last... then the Empire and Starry University would have already begun mass-producing genius transcendents."

"As for my own strength—if you compare the mental strength I cultivated in the time loop to a cheat, then I also possess a cheat, a cheat that is even more superb than yours, and even more unfair to ordinary people."

She shook the wine glass in her hand slightly and whispered softly.

The wine swirling in the glass really took on an amber color.

Hiltina still remembers it clearly. When they first met, Last introduced her to the two most profitable liquors, "Karma Fire Flowing Sand" and "Amber Love". However, in the end, he only mixed "Karma Fire Flowing Sand" for herself, so the other liquor only existed in Last's description. She didn't expect to have the opportunity to see it in person today.

In Rast's words, being a gigolo and bartender in a bar is just a way for him to kill time and entertain himself.

But in fact, as the first person in the world to come into contact with Rast, he may also be the one who knows Rast best in the world.

Shiltina had witnessed Rast's original appearance with her own eyes... and had also briefly glimpsed a corner of the boy's true heart.

Therefore, Hiltina knew better than anyone how broken and desolate Rast's mental image was, and how difficult it was for him to survive the long three hundred years.

The same day repeating endlessly, with no way to move forward, is tantamount to hell for humans... and the only ones who can return from hell are the evil spirits who live for their obsession.

Such a desolate, dilapidated and empty soul is the product of forcibly transforming oneself into an evil ghost in order to survive in hell.

If it were an ordinary person, he would probably collapse within a few decades. Even if his body could still be revived through cycles, his mind would have collapsed and become a vegetable like a walking corpse.

Last compared the three hundred years he spent in Deep Blue Harbor to a plug-in that allowed him to be different from ordinary people.

But in fact, it was Rast himself who was able to maintain his self throughout those three hundred years, and his heart as tough as steel, that was the so-called real plug-in.

Hiltina closed her eyes, raised her glass, and drank the "Amber Love" in it in one gulp.

To Hiltyna's surprise, although it looked like it was made with strong liquor, the Amber Love didn't actually taste as strong as strong liquor. Instead, it was unusually sweet, leaving a lasting aftertaste...

This taste was completely different from the "Infernal Fire Flowing Sand" that Hiltina had tasted in the bar at Deep Blue Harbor.

The flowing sand of karma fire is as hard as iron sand, just like the blazing firewood on a winter night, fierce and brilliant, with the determination to not stop until it burns itself out.

But Amber Love is quite soft and peaceful, reminding Hiltina of the gentle night sky.

The former's style, as hard as iron, unwilling to bend but willing to break, and determined to burn himself out... was undoubtedly more in line with Rast's past image as a bartender.

Mysterious, cold, erratic yet extremely powerful. Once he formulates a plan, he will accomplish it no matter what the cost, setbacks or pain he suffers.

But at this moment, after personally tasting the "Amber Love" brewed by Last, Hiltina had a vague feeling - the boy before her, beneath the steel-like indestructible wall of his heart, built from layers of personas...

That gentleness like the night sky was closer to his true heart.

“It really is a very moving smell.”

Closing her eyes and savoring the "Amber Love", the corners of Hiltina's mouth sometimes curled up and sometimes twitched.

After a long moment, her beautiful eyes finally opened again, glittering and bright like the full moon. "If you, Last, weren't a Transcendent, I believe my father would have invited you to serve in the royal family just based on your bartending skills."

"Is that all?"

Luster shook his head with some regret. "I originally thought that after tasting it, you would say, 'Luster, please make me a drink every day from now on.'"

"It seems that my bartending skills need to be further refined. I haven't reached the point where a girl would be completely captivated and propose to me just by tasting my drinks."

"The stuff you're talking about isn't alcohol at all, it's a drug, right?"

Hiltina laughed silently, but after laughing she couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

This kind of teasing joke would never be uttered by her if it were the person she had previously known as Rast.

"It seems that what Dean Yin said is not wrong... After returning from the Night World this time, Last, you have really changed a lot."

“It has become more like a living, flesh-and-blood person, rather than a cold, mechanical one.”

Hiltina smiled and handed the silver goblet back to Rast: "Well, Mr. Bartender—"

"I'm still a little unsatisfied, could you please have another drink with me?"

……

It was already late at night when the simple dinner ended.