New Century Warriors

Chapter 35. The Wedding

Lei Ye doesn't know how he got through that night.

It felt no different from having a fever; he was dizzy and his whole body was burning up. He had once insisted on having sex while running a high fever in order to achieve something in life, but tonight he didn't even have the strength to move his hands.

My mind is filled with bizarre and fantastical dreams, all set against a completely dark background.

When he opened his eyes again, all the discomfort and strangeness disappeared like the receding tide. The world felt incredibly fresh to Lei Ye. He lifted the covers and looked at himself. His body didn't seem to have changed much, but he could feel that the 'material' of his body had been completely modified. Excessive life force was flowing in his veins, giving him a desire to release it. Naturally, Lei Ye took out a knife from his storage bag, casually cut his wrist, and watched as his skin healed rapidly before the blood could even spurt out.

Watching this scene, he felt a strange and inexplicable sense of calm joy.

Lei Ye casually picked up the watch next to his pillow and glanced at it. He was slightly taken aback; it was already noon.

He hurriedly sat up, only to see Ye Lei sitting at his desk, dressed in a beautiful dress, doing her makeup at a leisurely pace.

Cosmetics from another world aren't very good; there are few types and the quality is poor. But Ye Lei has already used these things to make herself look beautiful in a way that Lei Ye can't understand. He really doesn't know where she learned her makeup skills. He breathed a slight sigh of relief, thinking that there was still some time, so he didn't interrupt Ye Lei and silently watched her make herself more and more radiant.

It wasn't just because he didn't want to interrupt that he remained silent. Lei Ye had been struggling with this for a long time, but he couldn't figure out how to bring up what happened last night with Ye Lei.

Because Ye Lei's silhouette conveyed a sense of satisfaction, as if she had already accomplished everything she wanted to do; the die was cast.

marry...

Ye Lei finally managed to complete the final step of that date.

Lei Ye finished getting dressed, and Ye Lei finished her makeup. Suddenly, she slammed her hand on the table, stood up, walked over, and pulled Lei Ye up, leading him outside.

"Let's go, it's time to set off."

At first, Lei Ye thought she was going to take him to get his hair done and makeup done, so he obediently followed behind her. At the same time, he silently rehearsed his conversation with Ye Lei, hoping to use this conversation to remove all the little flags that had been planted on Ye Lei yesterday.

But once the door is opened...

Bang Bang —

It was when the flower ribbons fired by the Thunderbolt Cannon hit him in the face. Lei Ye pulled the flower ribbons off his face. The small shop was full of familiar faces, clapping enthusiastically. The air was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

However, when these people saw Lei Ye, they all showed surprised expressions, as if they were saying things like, "Why are you dressed like this on such an important day?" or "What an outrageous man!" and their clapping froze.

Lei Yexin said, "I'm even more surprised than you guys. You just think I haven't changed my clothes because I look like this, but actually I just got up less than five minutes ago and haven't even had time to brush my teeth."

It was as if... Ye Lei had deliberately arranged it this way; she had already made a plan and was putting it into action, intending to launch a surprise attack on him.

This feeling is very bad. Last time, Ye Lei also had some plans, and then suddenly changed her mind. With one tentacle, she slapped Luo Ya, leaving her with only one hand.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner? Give me some time to get ready."

Lei Ye turned and darted into the house. "Venus! Where is she? Come help me!"

"No need to tidy up, this is exactly how I want you to be. You'll find out why later."

The door had barely been opened a crack when Ye Lei kicked it shut with a bang, then she leaned against the door to prevent Lei Ye from retreating.

"As for Venus..."

She paused.

"I didn't allow her to attend our wedding, so she's in her room crying and sulking."

"Our lovely little girl may not have been very noticeable in your eyes, just a diligent little maid. But you may not know that when she gets angry, she can be even more formidable than Miss Ais. That's why I agreed to lend you the money to buy her, hoping she could protect you when I'm not around. But I've changed my mind now."

"Please treat this child as your daughter and take good care of her."

Through the glass wall, Lei Ye saw more people waiting on both sides of the aisle, holding bouquets in their hands. Ye Lei took the bouquets with one hand and pulled Lei Ye forward with the other. As soon as they pushed open the door, they saw a long red carpet stretching all the way to the guild. However, since Lei Ye's house was very close to the guild, it wasn't very long.

As she stepped onto the red carpet, Ye Lei said, "I promised you I would answer all your questions, so now you can start asking whatever questions you have."

"Can you please not die? I feel like you're an old general on a stage, covered in little flags that say 'This person is about to become a spicier.'" Lei Ye immediately said.

"Don't worry, we have different concepts of death. In the human concept, I may die, but in the concept of evil, I will not die. I will always be by your side watching over you, forever."

Ye Lei spotted Luo Ya in the crowd, being held captive by Antoura. The little rainbow cannon in Luo Ya's hand fell to the ground, and the smell of pepper wafted from it.

For a moment, Ye Lei showed a slightly unhappy expression, but she quickly smiled with relief.

"You must think I'm a strange person with unpredictable temper. The day we went on our date, the atmosphere was pretty good, but I suddenly killed your elf friend. If it weren't for that accident, maybe we would have had a chance to get to know each other better on Line 1."

"Hmm..." Raino nodded bitterly.

"My ruthlessness may seem sudden to you, but it wasn't to me. I've been spying on you for five whole years. You have no idea what I was thinking when I came to find you. And then, of all times, she appeared and read almost all of my lines to me right in front of me. Everything she said was what I wanted to tell you!"

To be honest, Raino didn't remember what Loya said back then.

But he roughly understood what Ye Lei meant.

In other words... Ye Lei had something she had been holding back for five years that she wanted to tell him. She finally mustered up the courage to find him, but before she could say anything, Luo Ya, who appeared out of nowhere, stole all her lines, so she broke down.

...No wonder Ye Lei is so hostile to Luo Ya. Lei Ye imagined that he had a beautiful girl he had a crush on for five years. One day, he finally mustered up the courage to confess to her, so he asked her out to play. But in the middle of the date, someone suddenly ran out and stole his confession that he had been holding back for five years. He would definitely be furious.

Fortunately, he didn't have a girl he secretly loved for five years. Back in school, once a girl discovered Lei Ye's crush, she would cut ties with him at lightning speed.

"You said you've been spying on me, but I really didn't feel it. I remember you said you really wanted to talk to me but your approach was clumsy, so you just watched from afar. But even if you were just watching from afar, I should have noticed it once or twice in five years."

"How about this?"

Ye Lei answered this question directly with her actions.

Lei Ye suddenly felt an itch on the back of his hand. He looked down and saw small tentacles crawling on his arm, wriggling and patting the back of his hand with their tentacles.

When Raino first saw these tentacles, he felt so disgusted he almost lost his mind, but now he actually finds them kind of cute.

Perhaps it's because the same power flows through his body, or perhaps it's because the warmth of his lover emanates from his tentacles.

"So when did you realize that I had become a different version of myself?"

Ye Lei smiled. "Didn't I tell you? I've been watching you all along, even when I'm away on business."

"That day, without any warning, you suddenly collapsed. No matter how I tried to wake you, you didn't respond. I could only watch from the sidelines."

"I started rushing back, and at the same time used my family members to move you to bed, but I didn't expect you to wake up so quickly."

"I was relieved at first, but then I noticed your behavior became very strange, like you had become a different person. I observed you for a while and realized that you hadn't become a different person, but rather you had become another version of yourself that I was just as familiar with... It's a bit convoluted, but you can understand, right?"

Lei Ye nodded.

She knew it back then.

So while Lei Ye was disguising himself as Lei Ye from Line 2, Ye Lei was also disguising herself as Ye Lei who hadn't noticed that Lei Ye from Line 2 had been replaced.

She might have even wanted to observe for a while longer, but as soon as Lei Ye arrived, he went on an adventure to the Goblin Cave with the all-female explorer team, so she couldn't hold back and jumped out.

Ah... goblins.

Why do I feel like I've let you down...? I've taken over your lover's body, will you be sad?

"No, because there's no such thing as possession. Actually, before... when you and I were discussing the dump truck incident, he mentioned that you might come. I didn't believe it then, but you really did come. So, according to your theory, one day you'll remember all of this. So I'm not sad, but you..."

She didn't continue speaking, but began to look at Lei Ye with a loving, almost pitying gaze.

Lei Ye vaguely sensed the meaning of this pity, and for some reason, he even felt a feeling called fear. He didn't ask any further questions and abruptly switched to the next question.

"Then...why did you kill him?"

"You've finally asked the core question, but there's not much I can tell you about it. After all, I'm just a newborn. All I know is that I came to this city with a specific mission. I have about five years to kill everyone in the Hillius, but she repeatedly emphasized that you must not be harmed. It's best to wait until you defeat the Demon King before making a move. So, even before I came to this city, I was curious about you. The first thing I did upon arriving was to start spying on you..."

"Who is she? Why am I so special?"

"She must be one of my kind. She was very tall and beautiful, wearing revealing and flowing clothes, and her hair was bright blonde. I didn't know her name, but I intuitively felt that she was my senior, so I should listen to her. As for why you are so special, she didn't say. I could only sense that she didn't want to hurt you."

This description sounds exactly like that blonde goddess.

No wonder the skills I copied from her were so overpowered; it turns out she was Ye Lei's senior, so it's not surprising.

The three skills he has already copied and the three skills he most wants to copy—Mommy's Coin, Hardening, and Immortality—are all from the Evil.

"But you... and your kind, what exactly is filth?"

"All I know is that I am vile. More specifically, I was planning to find an opportunity to ask Cepolis, but you killed her."

"ah...?"

The red carpet wasn't very long. By the time we got there, we had arrived at the guild, which had indeed been decorated as a beautiful wedding venue.

In Lei Ye's memory, explorers rarely got married because they could die at any time, so they were unwilling to form too close a relationship. Even if they did get married, they wouldn't have a grand wedding. They would just invite a few friends to their room to have something to eat and celebrate.

This is quite luxurious, isn't it? Antoura even invited a nun who looked familiar to Raino to preside over the ceremony. Perhaps she originally wanted to invite a priest, but the priest had died.

The guild was packed with people. As expected of Antoura's arrangement, Lei Ye had never seen the guild so lively before. He and Ye Lei stood on either side of the cleared space. In front of them was a magical artifact that looked like a megaphone. Christine was standing there speaking.

"Greetings, explorers of Hillius! On this joyous day when this city is liberated from years of scourge, we..."

After Cui Siting, several other people came up one after another and said a lot of similar meaningless things. Lei Ye had no interest in listening at all. His mind was in a mess. Ye Lei, on the other hand, was very happy and listened to these compliments with a smile.

We've finally arrived at the most crucial step.

"Miss Ye Lei, are you willing to marry this man?"

Lei Ye was even taken aback when he heard this. After saying so much boring stuff, the most important part was extremely simple, without a single sentimental line.

This is very different from what Lei Ye had imagined.

"I do," Ye Lei replied without hesitation, unsurprised.

Then Christine turned to look at Raino.

"Mr. Raiye, will you take this woman to be your wife?"

"I do," Raino replied without hesitation.

A burst of colorful fireworks erupted, and the witnesses applauded enthusiastically.

Ye Lei squinted her eyes as she looked at the flower ribbon, her face beaming with happiness.

"I've heard so many sweet words, received vows of love, and experienced the wedding of my dreams. As a human being, I have no regrets."

When she opened her eyes, she looked around, her vision a little blurry. "This place is so beautiful, I don't want to leave. Let's find another place and continue our conversation."

It was supposed to be a crucial moment for exchanging kisses, but the bride walked away with her bouquet. Amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd, she swayed as she left the guild. Suddenly, her body began to shimmer with an eerie, dark light, which was quite beautiful.

Around her tailbone, a long, shiny line, like a tail, appeared. This line spread out from the guild to every corner of the city, like the fuse of a pre-laid explosive.