Huh?
What's this? It's like playing a game? And a suggestive one at that.
Could it be that the world he transmigrated to is actually a dating game?
Alex was stunned for a moment, hesitated for two seconds, and still chose 'Yes.' A 'Battle Royale' start sounded quite This is bad..
At this point, he roughly guessed this was probably his golden finger.
[You have forgiven Freya. Please note: work on warming up your relationship from now on, building a warm little home that belongs only to the two of you.]
[Reward has been sent. Please check.]
Watching the words slowly fade away, Alex was completely baffled. Where was the reward? And wasn't the phrase 'warm little home' a bit suggestive? After all, Freya was nominally his guardian.
He was just about to look around when Freya, overjoyed before him, suddenly pounced and hugged him tightly. Freya even pressed his face against her chest, affectionately stroking his head, her face full of tenderness.
"Alex has finally forgiven me. I'm so happy. I've wanted to hug Alex like this since long ago. Now I've finally done it. I'm so excited!"
She held Alex tightly, saying these touching words with a flushed face.
Alex only felt a fragrant scent assailing his nose and that he was a bit breathless.
He thought, isn't this development a bit off?
Freya had wanted to hug Alex like this for a very long time. This was also the reason she chose Alex among all the children back then. Because she was a looks-obsessed person, hoping the child she adopted would grow up to be a handsome boy. At the same time, raising such a boy, watching him grow up bit by bit, filled her heart with immense satisfaction.
Essentially, she was also a raising-sim enthusiast.
But after adopting Alex for so many years, Freya had never hugged him like this. This was, without a doubt, a regret.
There had been opportunities during the initial period after adoption, but Freya wasn't interested in young children. Both parties were also relatively unfamiliar at the time, and she hadn't personally raised Alex yet, so it wasn't enough to move her heart.
Later, Alex slowly grew up, becoming more and more outstanding. The pretty boys on TV couldn't compare to him. But by then, when Freya wanted to get close to him, she was already met with hostility.
Alex never gave her a chance to get close, not even wanting to talk to her. This made Freya very sad. She decided to salvage Alex's impression of her, so she took care of him and was good to him day after day, year after year.
After putting in such effort for several years, she had even started to grow a bit impatient, developing some negative emotions. But she never expected that tonight, when she routinely came to call Alex for dinner, she actually received a response from him!
Alex not only opened the door for her but also seemed to have forgiven her!
Was this a dream? If it was a dream, please never let me wake up.
Overjoyed, Freya prayed in her heart. The more she looked at Alex, the more she felt he pleased her. She even couldn't control herself and risked being disliked by him again by hugging him in her arms. But luckily, although Alex reacted a bit, his reaction wasn't strong, and he even seemed to like it a little?
Freya seemed thoughtful, pondering in her heart how to get closer to Alex in the future.
Caught off guard by Freya's hug, Alex was somewhat unable to react. He felt Freya was very strange. Was this the right way to treat a child? Freya clearly didn't see herself as an elder.
Alex then wondered if Freya might be a natural airhead. After all, someone who would adopt a child at eighteen and remain unmarried and never dated by twenty-eight—apart from having very low emotional intelligence, he couldn't think of any other reason.
Thinking this way, Freya's odd behavior might make sense.
Immediately, Alex broke free. Seeing Freya pout her lips as if unsatisfied, he quickly said, "Weren't you calling me to eat? Let's go eat. It won't taste good if it gets cold."
"Alright, let's eat..."
Freya smacked her lips, then a faint smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. She held his hand, not letting go, and walked towards the dining table, as if wanting to make up for all the years of intimacy with him in one go.
Finally, at the dining table, Alex freed his hand from hers and sat opposite her.
At this point, Freya didn't pester him anymore. Having finally gotten this chance to ease their relationship, she didn't want to scare Alex off. Moreover, she had prepared tonight's dinner very carefully, hoping to please Alex with it. Once she became familiar with Alex, then she could hold his hand whenever she wanted and hug him whenever she pleased.
"Hehe."
Thinking of such wonderful prospects, Freya revealed a hehe smile.
Alex glanced at her worriedly, thinking she really was a strange woman.
He maintained a bit of wariness towards this woman, ignored her, and began eating quietly.
Freya rested her hands on the table, propping her chin with one hand, her gaze full of doting as she watched him eat.
Alex found this meal somewhat tasteless.
"I'm full."
Having eaten only half-full, he put down his chopsticks, intending to return to his room. He still wasn't quite used to the sudden transmigration and needed to calm down.
Also, he hadn't seen the reward mentioned earlier and wondered if it was in his room.
Freya opposite him said, "Wait a moment."
Alex's movement to stand up subconsciously paused. Immediately, Freya leaned her upper body over. Her ample chest pressed against the edge of the table, its breathtaking scale making Alex freeze for a second.
Before he could react, Freya reached out and wiped the corner of his mouth, removing some food that had accidentally stuck there.
"Really now, Alex is such a big boy already, yet still so careless."
Freya complained, but happily smiled, putting her finger into her mouth. Her tongue curled, eating the food residue she had wiped from the corner of Alex's mouth.
Alex's expression turned odd. He wanted to say something to her but shook his head and swallowed his words.
Without another word, Alex left the dining table and returned to his room.
And Freya remained sitting there, smiling as she held her finger in her mouth.
In his room, Alex kept thinking about what had just happened, always feeling something was strange.
Could Freya be that kind of Slut? But even if she was a Slut, targeting a junior was really too Zombies. Although Alex never saw her as an elder, and they had no blood relation—Freya gave him the feeling more of an older sister—he was, after all, raised by Freya since she adopted him.
Temporarily setting this question aside in his heart, Alex was then attracted by a box before his eyes. The box floated in mid-air in the room, its entire body dark red, tied with a ribbon, slowly rotating and emitting a faint, magnificent light.
Could this be the reward mentioned earlier?
Alex, with great interest, reached out his hand, his fingertips lightly touching the treasure chest.
After his touch, the space around the treasure chest rippled slightly. The chest suddenly sank and fell downward.
Alex caught the box and sat on the edge of the bed, examining it curiously. What was inside?
Martial arts manual?
Or a magical item?
After examining the box thoroughly, Alex felt it wasn't dangerous, so he opened the treasure chest.
Four items lay inside the chest: a bag of grayish-black powder, a book, a cassette tape, and a Movie Ticket.
Alex first picked up the bag of powder because he felt it was familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
As soon as he picked it up, a notification appeared before Alex's eyes.
[One jin of cement. cement with magical effects. Its effects are amplified under special BGM.]
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