Faced with Sparkle, who was showing a slightly tsundere side at the moment, our Mr. Yun Fan was at a loss for words. Sparkle hadn't originally been this kind of character.
Black-bellied, sharp-tongued, unforgiving when she had the upper hand, and arrogant — that was what the girl's original personality should have been. Yet now she had turned into this… It seemed like this was all his own fault.
He remembered that back on Jarilo-VI, Sparkle had still been that insidious and cunning Masked Fool with occasional wicked tastes.
But now, this girl looked more like a little girl who had fallen in love. Even her proud intelligence seemed to have dropped to negative numbers at this moment… This was all the fault of love. He really was a person with heavy sins.
After silently complaining in his heart, our Mr. Yun Fan shook his head. He simply stopped thinking about it. To be honest, he wasn't very good at coaxing girls, but… he had his own methods!
'Slap—!'
Another crisp slap rang out. This time, not only Sparkle's true self, but even Aha who had transformed into Sparkle's appearance was stunned.
Aha, who had been watching the show on the side, had wanted to see how Yun Fan would coax the girl. Instead, this guy completely ignored common sense. Just like how he had dealt with Aha earlier, he slapped Sparkle — or more accurately, smacked her right on the forehead.
Sparkle: '???!!!'
After a brief moment of shock at the young man's steel-straight-male behavior, the girl became furious.
"You… Who coaxes someone like this?!"
Sparkle clenched her fists, gritted her silver teeth, and a "fierce" look flashed in her eyes. The girl suddenly pounced like a fierce tiger going for its prey. In an instant, her pink dress fluttered in the wind.
"Ow! It hurts, it hurts! Are you a puppy or something?!"
Sparkle's action caught Yun Fan somewhat off guard. Facing the girl who was fiercely biting toward him, Yun Fan quickly extended one arm to block. In no time, a pink tooth mark was imprinted on his arm.
Feeling the stinging pain from the wound, the young man's mouth twitched slightly. He could tell that Sparkle had bitten down with real force this time. She had not held back at all. If this body were not an energy avatar, bright red blood would have already flowed from the wound.
"Hahaha! Fight! Fight! Aha wants to see rivers of blood! Aha wants to see rivers of blood…!"
'Bang—!'
Before our Lord [Elation] Aeon could finish speaking, a loud bang sounded. Yun Fan casually grabbed a book from the sofa and slammed it heavily onto 'Sparkle's' face, directly knocking Aha's illusory form back to its original appearance — the red clown mask.
"Get lost!"
Before Aha could react, the black-faced young man tore open a spatial rift and ruthlessly threw the clown mask inside, exiling it into the Imaginary Tree's void space.
Of course, at the very end, Yun Fan did not forget to attach a mark of [Causality] authority. As an Aeon who had once ascended the 'Tree of Existence,' even if this was only an energy avatar, Yun Fan did not think the other party would get lost in the Imaginary Space.
The imprint he had just added was merely meant to slow down Aha's return speed.
"You… Where did you just throw Aha?"
Watching the young man's smooth series of actions, Miss Sparkle — who had still been sulking — suddenly became interested. The girl lightly poked Yun Fan's arm with her slender jade-like finger, a curious look flashing in her plum-colored pupils.
"Oh, it's nothing much. I just temporarily exiled Him into the Imaginary Space. He should be back soon."
In response to Sparkle's words, our Mr. Yun Fan simply shrugged, as if exiling Aha into the Imaginary Space had been nothing more than a trivial matter.
"Imaginary Space? You… You're pretty ruthless, huh. You know, the God of Elation was wearing my appearance just now…"
Upon hearing "Imaginary Space," Sparkle was slightly surprised, then deliberately put on a pitiful expression.
Listening to Sparkle, the young man let his gaze fall on this sweet and lovely girl. It was obvious that the little assassin Sparkle was practically writing the words "comfort me" in big letters on her face.
How could our Mr. Yun Fan miss such an opportunity?
"Hahaha, don't worry. I'll only do that to Aha. Sparkle, you are still my little…"
...
At the same time, within the Imaginary Space…
"Hahaha! Oh~ Aha really lost face. That [Causality] guy doesn't play fair, hahaha…!"
In this seemingly boundless Imaginary Space, Aha laughed wildly. The vast power of the [Elation] Path rose and fell with his playful laughter, like surging tides, impacting everything in the Imaginary Space.
However, because the current Aha was only an energy avatar, the range this Path power could affect was actually quite narrow. It was like a fish splashing on the water's surface, flapping its small tail against the waves.
"Oh~ It looks like Aha has to find his own way back. That [Causality] guy is really, really bad…"
The Imaginary Space was vast. Even Aha's true body could not move freely here, and locating a coordinate point would require time to search, let alone an avatar.
However, by coincidence, after wandering aimlessly in the Imaginary Space for a while, our Mr. Aha unexpectedly spotted the figure of a fellow Aeon.
"Oh oh, hahaha! Let me see who this is? [Finality], [Finality]…!"
"Hm?"
Hearing someone calling his name from the void, the 'Ruler of the End' soaring through the Imaginary Space and preparing to head toward the River of Time paused slightly, then subconsciously lowered his head.
"Hahaha! [Finality], [Finality]… hahaha!"
A red clown mask suddenly appeared before the Ruler of the End. Compared to his body that seemed capable of covering the sky, the current Aha — only the size of a normal human face — appeared utterly insignificant.
"[Elation]?"
Gazing at the laughing clown mask before him, the 'Ruler of the End' of [Finality] recognized the other party's identity. However… this seemed to be only an avatar of [Elation] and did not possess much power.
After a brief hesitation, the 'Ruler of the End' finally spoke.
"What is it?"
Hearing the 'Ruler of the End,' Aha once again let out his signature laughter. The ear-piercing laughter echoed.
"Hahaha!! Aha was tricked by [Causality]. He threw Aha into the Imaginary Space. Can 'Finality' take Aha out?"
"[Causality]?"
Upon hearing the words [Causality], [Finality]'s figure suddenly seemed to freeze for a moment. A trace of color was added to what had originally seemed to be an emotionless voice.
"[Causality], [Causality]…"
Repeatedly murmuring the words [Causality], the Ruler of the End at this moment seemed to have fallen into some kind of obsession. The Aeon-level power of the [Finality] Path surged out wildly, directly flipping over the clown mask that currently only possessed Emanator-level strength.
If this mask had not essentially been separated from Aha's true body, it would probably have been torn into pieces by the mere aftershock of the Aeon-level power.