Why are all the people in my chat group rumored to be from the outside world?

"Was the money sent to you by Lu Mingfei's parents?" Yu Jin interrupted her.

Lu Mingze's mother froze on the spot.

"Lu...Lu Mingfei? What...what do you mean?"

"Alright, I'm not here to rob you. I just came to see how your work is going." Yu Jin removed his hand from Lu Mingze's head, stood up, and slowly walked towards Lu Mingze's mother.

"What...what does 'work' mean?" Clearly, the woman did not understand.

"Are you pretending not to understand, or are you really pretending not to understand?" Yu Jin came up to her and looked directly into her eyes.

"Is this how you complete your mission after receiving this money? You don't naively think you can continue to use this money recklessly, do you?"

"You're an adult, you shouldn't think that way, right?"

A terrifying sense of oppression rose from the embers, the imposing aura of a dragon about to hunt.

The woman felt as if she were being watched intently by some raging flood or ferocious beast; her body went limp, and she collapsed to the ground.

"Wait...wait! Lu Lincheng sent you here."

"What do you think?" Yu Jin tilted his head and stared at the frightened person.

"It must be him who sent you! You... why did you do this? Let me tell you, what you did is illegal! You'll go to jail!"

"Do you think it's appropriate to say this now?" Yu Jin shifted his body to show Lu Mingze on the sofa.

"I even managed to bring your son back from school, do you think I'd be afraid of this?"

The woman was on the verge of collapse; she had never encountered such a scene before.

"What on earth do you want!"

"Shouldn't you ask yourself that question?" Yu Jin headed back to the chubby boy on the sofa and hugged his legs tightly with both hands.

"Wait, what do you want? My son didn't do anything, come at me if you have a problem!" The woman was terrified, but she still held onto Yu Jin's foot tightly, as if she was afraid that he would get close to her son.

Looking at the woman at his feet, her face filled with fear, Yu Jin calmly reached out and pried open her fingers, making her watch him as he walked towards Lu Mingze.

Under the woman's desperate gaze, Yu Jin came to Lu Mingze's side, but he did nothing. He simply sat back down on the sofa, just like the woman had done when she first saw him.

"Don't be afraid. I'm not a demon, nor am I here to take your life. But someone has made a mistake, and someone should pay for it. Otherwise, I'll have a hard time explaining myself." Yu Jin shook his head, seemingly very helpless.

"Tell me what you want me to do, and I will do it. Please, please don't hurt my son." The woman trembled as she got up.

"Even if you say that, there's nothing I can do!" Yu Jin spread his hands.

"You've made me wonder how I'm going to explain this to everyone back home. Am I supposed to report that Lu Mingfei is constantly being belittled and insulted in this house, and that he barely has any new clothes?"

The woman was at a loss for words.

Yu Jin smiled and said, "It seems you also know that you can't say such things out loud."

"I...I promise I won't do it again. I will treat Lu Mingfei well and treat her like my own son. I swear! I swear!"

“Even if you swear it, I can’t believe you.” Yu Jin turned his gaze to Lu Mingze.

"I think I can take your son away for a while. Once you're truly scared, you'll know what you should do, what..."

"It shouldn't have been done."

Ember's icy gaze pierced the woman.

"I can pretend I didn't see this inspection; after all, I don't want to get my hands dirty."

The woman shuddered.

“I’ve got it.” Yu Jin pointed two fingers to his eyes.

“I will be watching you. You can try calling the police, try asking others for help, or you can ignore what I said. As long as you think you can bear the consequences, it's up to you. Do you understand?”

"I've got it, I've got it," the woman nodded quickly.

"Just take care of yourself."

After leaving those words, Ember, amidst the woman's terrified gaze, passed through the wall and left the house.

Looking at her sleeping son and the disappearing figure, the woman was overwhelmed with tension and fear, and collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

However, the words in her memory were deeply ingrained in her mind, and she could not ask for help from others, otherwise she would have to bear the consequences herself.

When Lu Mingfei's uncle returned home, he saw his wife, who had returned to normal and was cooking in the kitchen. The two exchanged pleasantries, and everything seemed to have returned to normal. After Lu Mingfei returned home, dinner began, and Lu Mingfei's aunt smiled and kept adding food to Lu Mingfei's bowl.

Outside the window, Ember watched the silent boy, a slow smile playing on his lips.

"That's all I can do. If you're still this pathetic, then you're hopeless."

"Lu Mingfei, change those things that you believe shouldn't happen."

Ember wanted to help this brat, but it wasn't just about helping the brat. They would leave this world, and the world wouldn't change because of their departure. The story would continue as usual, and the protagonist would still encounter the characters from the story. Then, it would be time for the protagonist to make a choice.

At the dinner table, Lu Mingfei seemed to sense something and looked towards the window, but there was nothing there anymore.

"Just now... someone was there."

Yu Jin walked along the road at dusk.

"The food should be ready by now, right? If so, the timing is perfect."

Just as Yu Jin was thinking this, a familiar figure came into his line of sight.

The girl stood in front, gazing at the embers with a bright, sunny smile.

"Hey, heroine." Yu Jin raised his hand in greeting.

However, the girl did not respond to Ember's greeting, but tilted her head.

"I'm very curious, as a second-generation species, how do you manage to blend into the crowd so perfectly?"

The sound of the wind blowing through the leaves became the only background music. At dusk, the girl tilted her head and looked at the boy, which should have been a very beautiful scene.

At this moment, Yu Jin finally understood.

"So you were the one who created that Deadpool back then?"

The girl nodded and was about to speak...

A fist suddenly appeared right in front of her!

Ember unleashed a powerful punch!

Chapter 23: Does the Dragon King still have the sorrow of blood?

Yu Jin didn't consider himself the kind of person who would cause trouble, and he had a pretty good temper.

But that doesn't mean he'll tolerate everything!

The fist, carrying a gust of wind, struck without reservation, aiming for the girl's beautiful face.

"Why are you so angry?" The girl seemed not to understand why Yu Jin was angry, and asked in confusion while dodging the attacks.

"Why am I angry? You dare ask me why I'm angry?" Yu Jin felt like he was about to burst into flames of rage.

Fists collided, and the force of the impact sent both men staggering backward.

"If you're angry because I tested you earlier..." The girl's eyes shone with a brilliant golden light. At this moment, her identity was clear—the Dragon King!

At this moment, the Dragon King stared at the embers: "I can apologize."

The bloodline of the dragon race represents power, status, and identity. Those in lower positions must submit to those in higher positions; this is the ironclad rule of the dragon race.

The young girl was a noble dragon king, while Ember was merely a second-generation creature in her eyes. She believed that once she revealed her true identity, his previous anger would vanish. However...

"Sorry? If apologies were useful, what would be the point of fists?" Ember showed no sign of stopping, closing in at his fastest speed with a Knight Kick.

The girl raised her hand and blocked the embers' attack.

The ground beneath my feet cracked open in large areas because of this impact.

"You really are different," the Dragon King girl said softly.

Yu Jin tried to pull his foot away, but the girl held it firmly.

“Even when I revealed my identity, you still maintained a great deal of hostility towards me, which is rare among dragons.”

"Does this mean that after you reveal your identity, I should kneel down and offer my loyalty?" The golden pupils in Yu Jin's eyes gradually began to rise.

"Don't think too highly of yourself, King of the Earth and Mountains!"

Ember had already recognized the girl's true identity. The dragon clan's most stubborn person, Teacher Xia Mi, so what? She was the one who started the trouble first. He had said before that she shouldn't let him catch her, or she would suffer the consequences.

Staring at those golden eyes that seemed to burn with flames, the young dragon king frowned deeply. This was unlike any golden eyes she knew. As a second-generation species, the other party's bloodline should be pure enough. There was no reason for such impurities to appear.

"You are indeed very different. What exactly are you?"

However, the response from the young dragon king was a spiral-shaped sword.

The young dragon king reacted quickly, grabbing Yu Jin's arm and swinging him away into the distance.

"Where did this sword come from? I clearly didn't see it." As she thought this, she saw a figure slowly stand up in the misty forest.

Holding the spiral sword he had taken from his spatial backpack, which he had purchased for 300 points, Ember pointed the sword at the Dragon King.

"Let's continue, round two."

"...I don't think we need to fight, and I can apologize for that."

Ember had no intention of wasting any more words with her. The other party was a dragon, a dragon for a day, and a dragon for a lifetime. She was not worthy of listening to reason!

With a single step, Yu Jin pushed his speed to its limit once again, his sword showing no mercy as it pierced straight into the girl's chest!

The young dragon king stood there, seemingly with complete confidence.

"Words of power? Or should I just block it with my physical body?" Yu Jin began to ponder how to launch an attack if it was blocked...

Blood splattered!

The sword pierced through the young dragon king's chest without any resistance.

Holding the sword, Ember looked at the Dragon King girl whose body he had pierced with a puzzled expression, as if he did not understand why she did not dodge.

"......what the hell?"

"If language is useless, then let's make an equivalent exchange." Despite being pierced through the body, the girl's expression remained calm.

"Back then, you were pierced through the body by the Death Servants I sent. Now, I'm being pierced through the body by your sword. I think this can represent my apology, right?"

"Crazy." Yu Jin said, pulling out his sword, while the girl's blood almost sprayed onto him.

"If you're going to fight, then fight. Why bother with all this nonsense?"

The girl clutched her pierced body, her face pale: "I never intended to be your enemy."

"You never intended to be my enemy, so what about sending that damned thing?"

"It is not enough to threaten you. Even if you were the lowest dragon, it could not threaten you. Its existence only makes me more certain of your identity."

"What's the point of saying all this now?" Yu Jin retorted directly.

"Even if you know I'm a dragon, so what? You wouldn't be thinking of taking me in as a dog or anything like that, would you?"

He was dismissive of the embers.

The girl shook her head.

"You haven't laid a hand on me again, does that mean you've forgiven me?"

"That's wrong. I don't fight mentally ill people because it's illegal." After putting the Firelink Greatsword back into his spatial backpack, Ember turned to leave, but was tightly gripped by a hand.

"What?" Yu Jin really thought the Dragon King was crazy. He started the war, and now he wants to apologize. What kind of logic is this?

“I think we can be friends,” the Dragon King girl said earnestly.

"nerve."

"I'm serious." The girl's chest, which had been pierced, had healed completely.

"You are a dragon, and I am a dragon. We live in this human city, shouldn't we get to know each other?"

“You weren’t like this just now,” Yu Jin mocked.

"I apologize for my behavior, but I really want to be your friend."

Yu Jin looked at the girl in front of him. Of course, he wouldn't have any of the three great illusions of life. So what made the girl in front of him want to be friends with him?

Yu Jin came up with an answer.