"..."
"Tch, boring."
The girl stared into his eyes for a dozen seconds, finally confirming with some disappointment that he truly wasn't lying—his convincing appearance contributed to this.
Though she saw herself as a bloodthirsty mercenary licking knives, not as a female.
But that didn't mean the girl was unaware of her charm as a woman. If she really wanted it, even flaunting Sakaz's horns and tail, many would be willing to accompany her.
Facing someone who couldn't be tempted, the girl felt a strange sense of defeat welling up inside her. Her anger dissipated by half, and she no longer maintained her expression, rising from him.
Lin Guang thought for a moment, stood up from his chair too, and faced W, who seemed slightly surprised: "Hmm… I'm not saying I'm rejecting or afraid of you. Telling you this isn't to prove how resolute I am."
"After all, even if I didn't understand before, I understand now."
Lin Guang said earnestly, "What I mean is, don't give up on yourself easily."
"Give up on myself?"
W pondered over the meaning of these words, and suddenly felt a wave of anger—she extremely disliked such condescending pity from someone living a comfortable life.
She coldly said, "What are you getting emotional about? I could do whatever it takes to survive. You're the kind of people who could never imagine the kind of hell I've lived in. I don't need your sympathy."
"I might indeed be a bit arrogant, but that doesn't mean I don't understand."
Lin Guang opened his mouth, speaking seriously: "Your fight to survive, isn't it just to escape your past life? Or have you never imagined a scene where you've left hell?"
"I—"
He looked at the silver-haired girl organizing her words, placing his hand gently on her bare shoulder, his voice unconsciously rising, "You're already in a new world, you've made it, you've won, you're no longer in hell!"
Lin Guang paused for a few seconds, looked into her pupils, and suddenly his tone softened, speaking softly: "But if you continue to survive in the way you hated before, then are you really escaping, or are you still trapped in the hell you speak of?"
This sentence, not knowing whether he spoke it for W or for himself: "At least I refuse to live like that."
"I..."
The silver-haired girl opened her mouth.
She genuinely wanted to refute the boy in front of her.
Until now, no one had ever spoken to her like this, nor had anyone reminded her of this fact. To her, regardless of where she was, it always seemed like living in hell.
Yet, for some reason, her instinctively strong intuition didn't let the words escape.
Because the girl could feel Lin Guang's words weren't hollow.
He... seemed truly experienced.
"Vishdair."
The girl froze, looking at Lin Guang, and instinctively asked, "What are you calling?"
"Vishdair."
Lin Guang gazed into her eyes, his black pupils clear and bright, watching her closely, suddenly breaking into a smile: "I've decided to give you the name Vishdair."
"... Why?"
Her mouth opened and closed for a while before she lightly uttered these three words.
A Sakaz, whether they had a name or not, was irrelevant.
In the end, they were merely the expendables of war.
Numerous as wildgrass, as lowly as wildgrass.
"Because I feel that this kind of codename, like an object, doesn't suit you."
"If you're willing to start a new life in this world, then why not start anew, with a new name as the beginning."
"I welcome you to this world…" Lin Guang suddenly seemed to think of something, laughed self-mockingly, as if implying, "Perhaps I'm unqualified to say this."
"However."
"Welcome to this world, Vishdair."
"..."
The girl stared into Lin Guang's eyes, showing no expression on her face. Her slender, delicate left arm inexplicably touched her right forearm, falling into silence.
After a long silence, she turned and left the room, leaving only an almost inaudible nasal sound.
"Hmm."
...
Monday, Zhen Sheng Experimental School.
Compared to the usual hustle and bustle, today's Spirit Class One was practically silent, like a heavy low pressure swirling through the classroom.
"What's wrong? Why does everyone look like this, has someone died at home?"
Wang Dawei, wearing sneakers signed by Federation Country's legendary Spirit Master Kaobi Bray, strode into the class, surprised and asked.
The low pressure instantly dissipated, and in a moment, dozens of middle fingers pointed at Wang Dawei, the atmosphere among everyone suddenly became lively, extremely friendly.
"I crab-fished last night and ended up in your mother's crab hole."
"Wang Dawei, your whole family must have a dark life, huh."
"I don't know if someone died at my home; all I know is your curry people must be wiped out."
"If one dies in my family, then there'd be a truckload dead in yours."
"Can you have some manners and stop talking about family? Damn you!"
Wang Dawei laughed out loud, enjoying the long-lost greetings from classmates, moved with tears in his eyes, heart surging, finally hearing a serious answer after a while.
"Stop it already, having fun at your own home; today is the deadline, damn it!"
Long used to the scene where everyone loses their manners when led by Wang Dawei, the chubby Deng Yifeng roared out angrily, then said with a worried expression, "Is Lin Guang gonna make it? If he doesn't contract soon, he can't stay in our class."
"He'll win."
Wang Dawei, however, laughed heartily, "Didn't I say in the group last night? Lin Guang has already contracted a Spirit Beast, becoming a Spirit Master!"
"Whoa, really?"
"Oh wow, is that true? Played it really extreme."
"Wang Dawei, if you spread rumors again, this afternoon's battle, I'm gonna bust your bird!"
Faced with the excitement of classmates, Wang Dawei arrogantly raised his head, flicked his bangs, "How could my intelligence be wrong? Please call me Intelligence Wang Dawei!"
"I wish you'd get wiped out like those Humanoid Spirit Beasts controlled by some Seven-Star Spirit Master like in anime."
"Indeed, I said there's no way a damn top student like Lin Guang wouldn't be able to contract a Spirit Beast, right?"
"Looks like Lin Guang indeed will win."
"Wonder what type of Spirit Beast he contracted? So rushed, who knows about the compatibility."
"Then this afternoon, go challenge Lin Guang."
"Me challenge Lin Guang? Really…"
As Class One became excited, He Shenghuang slightly furrowed his brow but seemed to think of something, his expression gradually calming down.
Shortly after, Lin Guang, wearing the blue and white school uniform, walked in from the doorway. Seeing the excited classmates, he paused slightly, then lifted his right hand with a smile and waved it, where there was a blue mark resembling a Demon's tail.