He Tian hatefully glared at the intruder. Although he knew that this man had a high position, he still couldn't bring himself to act friendly.
To be honest, He Tian actually couldn't remember his past.
So how come he knew that his name was He Tian?
Because this person before him said so.
As far as he remembered, this man was the first person that he saw upon opening his eyes.
At that time, he felt like he has been sleeping for a long time but for how long it was he didn’t know, it was only a feeling.
Everything was strange to him but strangely enough, he could feel the familiarity from this unknown person.
However, when he asked the other party, the latter just smiled and said that they have never known each other before. The man only came here to give him a job to do.
That's right, he became a supervisor due to him and he was also the person who assigned him to Shi Shen's world.
To make things easier, the place He Tian was currently working was called an organization and the headquarters was somewhere inside an interdimensional space that was created by the Lord. Therefore, except for them, no one knew about their existence or their whereabouts.
The staff who could come here were the dead and only if they met a certain requirement could they be here. He Tian did some work and found that it was likely that those who couldn’t or didn’t wish to reincarnate came here. Therefore, he was wondering whether he, himself was the same as them.
To find more information He Tian wanted to quickly upgrade his rank so that he could investigate his past but due to this assignment, he had never gotten any promotion.
In this place, if you have no power, you literally have no authority to do whatsoever. People like him who held insignificant rank could only sit still and stuck with monitoring those worlds all day long without knowing a piece of single classified information inside the organization.
As for the reason why he hated this guy was only because he found out that he was the one who kept on rejecting his proposal to transfer or investigating Shi Shen's world.
He faintly felt that this guy knew everything but pretend to be clueless which was seriously infuriating.
Now he even said that he wanted to talk about Shi Shen? Did he actually know why the latter act out of his character?
He Tian slightly narrowed his eyes,"Actually, you know that man who has been following Shi Shen right?"
Han Ziqi merely smiled then instead asked,"Did you two get along well?"
Hearing no reply, Han Ziqi straightened his back then walked closer to the other person,"No, should I say that you get along too well that you actually sold us out?"
He Tian became slightly tensed upon hearing this but he soon snapped back to his senses due to the other person's laugh.
"Don't worry, I didn't come here to find fault with you. I just want to have a short talk with your host."
"What talk?"
Han Ziqi just lightly patted his right shoulder in return before mildly saying,"Just some introduction. I will be waiting in the Great Library."
Done saying this, he turned around and finally walked out of the room under He Tian’s scrutinized stare.
The moment the door closed, Han Ziqi tirelessly leaned back against the door as his eyes slightly lowered to hide the emotions that were twirling in his eyes.
Are you sure that this is the right thing to do? I believe that sometimes ignorance is bliss.
Back to Shi Shen’s side.
With a high-level mage blatantly challenged him out in the open just like this Shi Shen gladly accepted his duel.
Therefore, after accepting the duel, Crist immediately activated the battleground mode or a spell to protect their training room. He had been overseeing Shi Shen for a while already so he had complete confidence in him that he would not lose and know when to stop.
Since this time, a mage has stepped into the fight, everyone retreated to quite a distance away from the two in order not to get caught in their fight.
Kelvin also knew of his reputation so he was not foolish enough to let his opponent had the time to prepare himself and instantly attacked right away. Kelvin was specialized in water, therefore, he condensed countless needle like water and immediately fired them at Shi Shen.
Shi Shen knew his disadvantage as a melee fighter but he remained calm in the face of his ferocious attack. Just like others said, he could no longer deactivate his mana facing Kelvin so almost immediately that Kelvin threw his attack, others suddenly saw Shi Shen immediately disappeared from his original spot!
So Fast! Was what everyone thought including Kelvin who suddenly found that Shi Shen was actually closed their distance in but a short time!
What more ridiculous was that the other person’s mana actually effortlessly crushed his water causing him to receive no injuries at all!
However, Kelvin had experienced countless training so he quickly recollected his thoughts and spontaneously chanted another spell summoning a huge wave of water towering down toward Shi Shen while he sneakily shot multiple water spike from within that wall of water to catch his opponent off guard.
The others were already rushing out the moment they saw that giant wave of water suddenly coming out in their direction! Although they were cursing Kelvin inside for using such a foul move on a knight, they also admired him for effortlessly pulling out such a high-level spell like that!
At the same time, when they looked at that lone figure running straight toward that tsunami with no other way to escape from its clutch, they helplessly sighed.
It was true that Mage was weak in a physical fight but that was only under the condition that you can actually get close to him/her if not, you would be dead meat facing them!
However, the scene of seeing the infamous Stewart get swept away and drowned in water was proven to be just their imagination as in the next second right before Shi Shen made contact with the water, he suddenly slashed his sword vertically creating a powerful wind blade that actually cut the water in half!
Crist who was quietly watching at the sideline was startled. For knights, their control over mana was far cry than that of Mages as they only knew how to absorb them in order to strengthen their body so for Shi Shen to be able to create that kind of wind blade proved that his ability to absorb mana was simply crazy!
On the other hand, Shi Shen didn’t pause even for a second and immediately dashed through the path that he just created. While doing so, he nimbly avoided all the attacks that Kelvin began to throw frantically at him. If the other were to throw something big, he just cut them. If he were to throw something small, he just crushed them by his mana that was enveloping his whole body and this continued on until Kelvin was depleted of his energy.
However, he didn’t want to give up just yet and wanted to use another advance spell when an unhurried voice suddenly heard from behind him followed by the touch of a wooden sword on his neck.
‘’Admit defeat, won’t you?’’
It seemed that while he was flustered, Shi Shen actually managed to even get behind him!
If this were to be a real fight, he didn’t want to think what would become of him…
‘’I lose.’’Unhappily said Kelvin before strutting out of the room without even looking back at Shi Shen.
‘’Is it only me or what I feel like this fight has no tension at all?’’
One of the students muttered to which even Crist agreed on this matter. Normally, it was true for a Mage to have a protector since they always fought at the backline but he thought that it would be a different story for Kelvin so he didn’t think that it actually didn’t matter for that aberrant Stewart.
Anyway, seeing that the mighty Crown Prince didn’t rush forward to his best friend right away, he teased,’’Aren’t you going to give Sir Stewart water and towel?’’
Artemis lazily raised an eyebrow before mocking him,’’Do you think he actually needs them?’’
Crist,’’……’’Stupid me.
Meanwhile, on the other hand, Shi Shen quietly thought that he should stop training with the monstrous male lead since obviously, he might accidentally kill a normal person with the amount that he has been using with the man.
He has never experienced this magical thing before so he actually wondered how much should he displayed when fighting and since he has been training with the male lead most of the time, his ability only got stronger to be on par with him.
Therefore, he couldn’t adjust his mana to fight with normal people.
If Artemis were to know about this matter, he would resentfully put another debt on Ella’s tap for ruining his date with Shi Shen.
That’s right, pitifully as he was, their sparring time was the only time that he could get close to the other person!
Artemis didn't question what the man felt exactly toward him because he faintly knew what he was going to say so he would rather not ask and hold to that nonexistence hope instead.
Therefore, all he could do for now was to deepen his existence in Shi Shen's life while fending off the bugs.
However, another month passed and no matter how much he tried those two seemed to still find time to meet once he was busied.
He thought Kelvin Frost could reign that woman in but it seemed like after his defeat, he has shut himself to practice like a madman.
‘’Tell me, what type do you like?’’
Shi Shen’s hand that was lifting the spoon paused in mid-air once he heard this question being asked in a flat tone. Shi Shen slightly lifted his eyes to look at that indifferent face,’’Didn’t I already told you?’’
Artemis righteously retorted,’’I want the new answer.’’
Shi Shen didn’t know whether to call the male lead unreasonable or sharp.
It was true that he didn’t give the real answer back then.
He knew that he was being a bit paranoid but he couldn’t help it. It seemed that it was already deeply rooted in his soul.
But if he were to choose…
‘’…..Someone whom I can grow old with?’’
Artemis was momentarily stunned since he didn’t expect to hear this kind of simple answer but he quickly caught the crucial part,’’Regardless of gender?’’
Even though he always showcased that he wouldn’t lose to women but he was actually not that confident. The other party was an outstanding man so obviously he wouldn’t accept becoming another man’s man.
Instead of directly answering, Shi Shen shrugged,’’Who knows?’’
Artemis was overjoyed once he heard that he didn’t outright reject men but his joy soon turned into sorrow when the other dropped this sentence before walking away to his classroom,’’But I have never imagined getting pushed down by a man.’’
Artemis,’’……’’
After experiencing a few worlds together, Shi Shen knew that the man’s ego and pride were even higher than him. Obviously, the man didn’t fit to be a shou and he, himself also couldn’t imagine doing a man who was even bigger than himself either.
Unlike Lin Yue and Gu Rong, Seth Stewart couldn’t be linked to delicate and pretty so he didn’t understand why he still strayed to that path instead of being normal friends.
Or perhaps…..he still remembered his feelings from previous worlds?
The more he thought the more puzzled he became.
If the man was really linked to the higher-ups, why didn’t they just help him to be with him directly?
Can’t they see that the main tasks were what obstructed their objective?
Like in this world, he needed to die meaning he couldn’t be with him in this world either.
While he was lost in his thoughts, another notification suddenly rang out.
‘’Fill in the hidden plot.’’
Shi Shen paused upon hearing this. He only had one month left and now he had to find a hidden plot?
‘’Seth, it is good that you are here. Come with me to the palace.’’
The one who called out to him was the head researcher that Shi Shen has been working with and he was also the person who vouched for his transfer from a knight to a researcher.
Although Shi Shen was skeptical of why he was summoned to the palace, he still nodded his head and went with him. He may be close to the male lead but he has never been to the palace due to his commoner status.
He reckoned that the King was dissatisfied with him but held back due to his display of power.
Shi Shen quickly recalled this character’s data from the plot. From the story, the King only appeared a few times and he couldn't be called a villain. He was the matchmaker between the male and female lead, he was the one who established the treaty peace between other races and he was unfortunate as his three out of four sons died young which was why Artemis didn’t have any rival to the throne.
However, Shi Shen found something strange. If he were to be this good, then why was the relationship between father and son seem so distant?
He was the closest to Artemis so he could figure out his mood with just a single glance. Whenever the King was mentioned Artemis’s eyes turned a few degrees colder. At first, he thought that Artemis resented him for forcing him into marriage but thinking again, maybe there was another reason.
There was also Artemis's illness that has never mentioned before in the story.
There was this treaty peace, Shi Shen would never believe that all the races lived happily in harmony so how could the King manage to get it done in such a short time?
The notification also rang out when he got the summon to the palace.
Did the hidden plot relate to this King after all?
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The author has something to say:
It seemed that a lot of people miss this story so I decided to scrap out a chapter, therefore, the content might or might not alter in the future since it was done in a rush hoping you understand this.
PS. I seem to touch a delicate matter concerning their position in bed but all I can say is that I have never write MC as a gong. But don't worry, you won't ever see the pretty man pushed down a handsome man in this arc ^^.