"Ana, I really deserve to die!" The moment he got home, Shun pounced and hugged Ana tightly in his arms. Thinking about what he had done today, he felt like crying without tears.
"Alright, alright. Stop saying you deserve to die. You're my future husband, after all…" Ana patted Shun's head and said gently.
It was over. Hearing Ana say this made Shun feel even more like he deserved to die. But he couldn't tell her about this matter for the time being and could only keep it bottled up inside.
"Alright, I'm fine now." Even so, Shun was still unwilling to let go of Ana in his arms. Just rubbing against her a little more made him feel happy.
"Hm? What's this smell?" Shun's nose, which was more sensitive than a dog's, sniffed at Ana and detected a floral scent on her that hadn't been there yesterday.
Ana looked at Shun in slight surprise. She had originally thought that a rough guy like Shun would need her to remind him before noticing, but he had actually picked it up right away?
"Mm-hmm. I'll give you a hint. It's the fragrance of a flower. If you guess correctly, I'll give you a reward." Ana had originally planned to tell him directly, but then she thought it would be nice to test him and let him guess.
She wasn't sure if Shun, this insensitive guy, could figure it out. But even if he couldn't, it didn't matter. After all, which boy really understood flowers? Most people who gave flowers would probably only give the most cliché red roses.
"It's bellflowers, right!" Shun said without thinking. When it came to Ana, that was probably the only answer…
"Eh? How did you know…" Ana looked at Shun in astonishment. She had imagined Shun gradually approaching the answer with her hints, but she really hadn't expected him to guess it correctly in one casual sentence.
"How did you do it?" She knocked on Shun's head without holding back, wanting to hear the answer from his mouth.
"Ehehe!" Shun, who had already been infected by the cross-worldly Barbatos virus, naturally wouldn't reveal the answer so easily.
After all, this could be considered cheating on his part. Shun thought for a moment about how to explain it and said,
"Maybe it's because in my eyes, Ana is just like a bellflower. So I thought of it right away — honest, gentle, elegant, and serene."
This was indeed Shun's impression of Ana, and it coincidentally matched the language of bellflowers. Speaking of which, he had looked up the flower language of bellflowers back then specifically to understand Ana better.
"Oh right, and eternal love…" As well as hopeless love, but that part definitely wasn't suitable right now. And that kind of ending — Shun would never allow the fate of the Herrscher of Ice, Ana Schariac, to repeat on Ana.
Mm, although using this description might not be great, Shun truly wanted to become Ana's unbreakable line of defense. As long as he was still alive and could influence this world for even one more day, he would never allow anyone to hurt Ana.
"I didn't expect you to actually understand quite a bit…" Ana admitted that Shun had really surprised her.
"Hmph, who do you think I am?" Shun proudly raised his head.
"Alright, alright. We know you're amazing. Happy now?" Being held for so long, Ana's face unconsciously gained a bit more blush.
"Then, don't I get a reward?" Shun's head kept moving closer until their breaths were directly brushing against each other's faces.
"Mm…" Ana hummed softly, seemingly accepting what Shun had said.
…The night passed without words. When he woke up again, Shun found that Ana beside his pillow had already left. After all, it was still a workday, and Ana had to go to work.
As for what stage they had reached last night? Well, only the final step was left. It wasn't that Shun was some upright gentleman who could remain unmoved, but their wedding day was right around the corner.
Since there was such a good opportunity to leave the most beautiful memories for their wedding day itself, why rush it on some random day?
However, Shun still believed in what that congee forum bro had said — if you can't eat meat, eating some vegetables to satisfy the hunger wasn't bad either.
Although last night, after hearing Shun's request, Ana had indeed given him a look that was hard to describe. Although there was some disdain, she had still worked very hard to help him resolve it.
Was this the benefit of having a wife? Shun felt that this morning his mood was like putting on new underwear for the New Year.
Takeoff — never had there been such a wonderful start. Cheer for me! Applaud for me…! Shun almost felt like popping champagne like some kind of burning bottle.
But his current mood couldn't even be described with just "takeoff." Mm, since he was in a good mood today, he might as well deal with some other matters. Although Shun was basically just an idle person in society right now, he could still find things to do.
First… Shun activated the Cosmic Juggernaut, used a Flying Thunder God technique to appear in Bronya's room, grabbed the Duck in one go, and instantly… whisked her away.
He brought along the suitcase Bronya had packed last night… Shun directly opened the train — global flight available!
"Cosmic Juggernaut! Depart!" Shun didn't even bother pretending anymore and directly flew the train through the sky!
St. Freya were his people, World Serpent were his people, Anti-Entropy was just a bunch of clowns jumping around. Even their leader was working under Theresa at his place. Otto somehow had some connection with him too. Now he also had two major Divine Keys plus Stigmata abilities with full survival capability.
Hahaha, I am Shun. Who in the world dares to kill me? Who can kill me!
If he didn't feel it was a bit cringy, Shun probably would have already shouted "I am the king of the world!" in the sky.
It was no wonder he was so inflated right now. Mainly because the current world had truly entered a peaceful period. With the Third Honkai Impact just having ended, although there were still small troubles, none of them were worth Shun's attention.
The Cosmic Juggernaut was very fast. Although its original design wasn't meant for being driven like this outside, the perfectionist Velvet had still made it so that even when used within the atmosphere, its normal driving speed was no weaker than a civilian airliner.
Keep in mind, this was a train that could run in the sky. It was truly too awesome. If a certain fun-loving person who would soon come to cause trouble in the solar system saw it,
they would probably point at the sky and say, "In the name of the Aeon of Elation, look — it's the Astral Express!" But of course, that situation wouldn't happen right now.
After nearly five hours, Shun finally arrived at the place where Misteln lived in seclusion. The cold here reminded Bronya of the feeling back at Cocolia's orphanage.
However, it had been a long time since she had gone back. She wondered how those little girls were doing lately.
Bronya glanced at Shun. To be honest, she really wanted to ask Shun to help bring those little girls out, but the problem was she already owed Shun so much. If she asked again…
Never mind. She should focus on the current matter first. Bronya looked at the wooden cabin in front of her. Was this where Aunt Misteln lived?
It felt somewhat familiar…
"Eh? What happened?" A flash of white light passed by. The blinding white light made her unable to open her eyes. When Bronya opened her eyes again, she found herself in a place she had never been before.
Where was this? Where was Shun?
Bronya wanted to ask, but clearly, no one was going to give her the chance.