13 A 'Fake' Proposal (2)
"Oh~? Who is this handsome fellow?" Nanhua Caiyi's eyes sparkled as she looked Long Yu up and down.
She moved swiftly, passing through the old man with a shadow trailing behind her. Circling Long Yu, she examined him thoroughly before nodding in approval.
"Old man, you've really outdone yourself this time. I'll accept this proposal." She announced, a faint smile playing on her lips.
"Hahah! I knew that you would accept this young man! My eyes would never be wrong!!!" The old man beamed proudly, puffing out his chest with satisfaction.
Long Yu sighed at their actions.
"Old man... Sorry, but I'm not interested in marriage." He patted the old man's shoulder.
"HEEH!?"
The old man and Nanhua Caiyi both reacted with shock, their expressions mirroring each other perfectly.
'Yup... they are indeed blood related.'
"I only came because you were leading me, and I didn't want to hurt you by pulling away suddenly."
"Although I appreciate the gesture, I will decline it." Long Yu cupped his hands and immediately walked towards the exit.
BAAM!
"Wait just a moment!" Nanhua Caiyi's voice stopped him in his tracks, and the doors to her room shut firmly.
"Tell me... why won't you accept this marriage?" Appearing right before him, Nanhua Caiyi asked.
Long Yu simply looked into her eyes for a moment, and they silently stared at each other for a few moments.
Sigh~
With a resigned sigh, he raised his hand, drawing their attention to his ring finger, where a gleaming ring adorned his hand.
"I'm already married." he stated simply, and both Nanhua Caiyi and the old man's eyes widened in surprise as they took in the sight of the ring.
"That..." The old man scratched his head, trying to think of a solution for this problem.
"Well... your wife wouldn't mind, right? After all, it's Caiyi we're talking about! Besides, a great man should have three wives and four concubines!" The old man spoke aloud.
Long Yu furrowed his eyebrows at his words.
'If they knew who my partner is... they would simply shut off this mouth. Besides, Shen Huiying also has a deep grudge with this devil over here.' He sighed inwardly.
'System... Can I check my "Protagonist Halo" details?' Long Yu asked inwardly.
He needed to check what kind of properties it really had, because this peach blossom fortune... is a bit too strong.
[Protagonist Halo]
Level: 1 (89%)
Luck Points: 921/1000
Additional Fortunes:
— Peach Blossom [✯✯✯✯]: This fortune is associated with having encounters with highly-fated women.
— Currently manifesting...
▶ Special Tendency: The host is likely to be loved by highly dangerous individuals. As a result, all of the fortunes you will receive are associated with dangerous individuals.
[End]
'.....'
'Now everything makes sense.'
The reason for all these encounters with women who are much stronger than him is directly related to his protagonist Halo.
'What's the highest grade for fortunes?'
[✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯]
'You mean nine stars...?'
[Exactly. Also, ✩ means half star.]
'Oh...'
"Old man, I am not sure why you are so obsessed with me being your granddaughter's partner, but I must say that I have no desire to get a second wife." Long Yu spoke as he shook his head.
'Well, there is a special situation that does not allow me...'
'Besides, I'm not even married anyway... ahem.'
"In addition, given your granddaughter's strength and beauty, there are undoubtedly a lot of men much stronger than me who would love to marry her and devote their entire lives to her."
"........."
At the sound of his words, Nanhua Caiyi and the elderly man both fell silent.
"Are they as attractive as you, though?" The old man asked another question, stroking his white beard.
"........."
This time it was Long Yu's turn to remain silent.
Sigh~
To be really honest, I do not want to marry her. Thus, I will now take my leave." Long Yu attempted to leave once more.
However, this time, he was actually able to leave!
'Huff... I honestly thought that I wouldn't be able to escape them. The old man was quite persistent.' He sighed deeply
He strolled down the streets with a slight smile on his face, but all of a sudden, his senses became acute as an odd sensation ran through his body.
'Ah, fuck...'
"What do you want now!? Didn't I make myself clear?" Long Yu spoke aloud.
Giggle~~
As he said those words, a seductive giggle came from behind him, and the streets he was walking through turned completely black, leaving only him and Nanhua Caiyi.
"Nothing, I'm just here to ask you something." She smiled lightly.
"Will you marry me?"
"........."
"Hell no."
"A shame~, though I anticipated as much. I'm here to propose a deal."
"Go on."
"Basically, you'll have a fake marriage with me with only my father as a witness. You really are my type, and my father has been hoping for me to find a husband for over a century."
"...What do I get in return?"
"My protection plus a special membership card to the Golden Lotus Chamber that gives you a 70% discount on everything."
When Long Yu heard her words, he began to consider her offer.
"All right, but nobody should know about our relationship! Furthermore, we'll never engage in couple-related activities." Long Yu stated.
In all honesty, he realized that he sounded a lot like the girls in the novels who wanted to have a fake marriage to escape someone, but he had to protect himself.
His own system is dedicated to his own survival!
"Deal." Caiyi clapped her hands.
"Firstly, we will not 'actually' marry each other; as I said, it's a fake marriage. We just need to make the old man believe that we're married."
"Our story is going to be basically this... A few hours later, on the day we met, you were struck by an aphrosodiac, and I happened to meet you at that time. You attacked me, and since I already liked you, I gave in to your demands. Later, when we awoke together, I proposed to you, reasoning that you ought to bear the consequences of assuming my virginity, and you eventually agreed to marry me."
"Have you gotten that...?" Her question was accompanied by a small smile.
After she finished speaking, Long Yu just nodded his head.
'Why am I getting a Deja Vu? And why does the story contain an aphrosodiac?'
"Now... take this." She threw at him a small item.
Long Yu caught and saw a small golden lotus earring.
"This is the marriage 'item', normally it would be a ring, but you're already married, so it's going to be an earring." She explained.
"Finally, take this. It's an invitation for one of the biggest auctions that will happen in just a few months. I'll be the one hosting it~"
Without saying anything more, the world around Long Yu returned to normal, and Nanhua Caiyi had completely disappeared.
Seeing this, Long Yu simply put the earring in his left ear and left the city.
After a few hours, he arrived back at the Divine Sword Sect, and the first thing he saw was a huge crowd standing in the main hall.
"Fight! Fight! Fight!"
The crowd cheered as a small amount of explosions and swords clashing could be heard.
Long Yu took a look and saw Gu Ling fighting against some disciple, and from the looks at it, she was winning pretty easily.
'7th Layer of Foundation!? What kind of drug did she take!?' Long Yu exclaimed inwardly as he saw her cultivation level.
She went up five small realms in a month!
Boom!
"The winner is Disciple Gu Ling! Gu Ling has officially become the 102nd-ranked Inner Disciple!" An elder announced.
"OOOHHH! Our Goddess!!!"
"Long live the seventh princess!!!"
'...Excuse me? Wasn't her identity supposed to be hidden?'
"Regarding the seventh princess, is she possibly in a relationship with our Holy Son? Late at night, I caught her strolling around him!"
'......'
'Ah~, I guess his spree on trying to absorb my luck started. Mhm... I thought that Luo Shengxue would do something to him...'
'Well, whatever...'
'System... if he conquers Gu Ling, will he receive a part from my luck?'
[Host, I have previously mentioned that you're the "singularity", "probability" of the entire Nine Heavens!]
[Do you really think that he can take your luck just like that!?]
'Mhm... then why is my Halo only at level 1?'
[Ah... about that. Ahh... mmh...]
'......'
[I might have made a mistake and accidentally "sealed" your protagonist Halo.]
'Accidentally...?'
[Well... It was not really an accident, it's just that... I couldn't control the benefits that the Heavenly Dao gave me to take care of you...]
[And because of that, I ended up sealing about 99% of your special perks, including your "entire" protagonist halo.]
[Those special perks ended up strengthening the system itself, and that's why I can upgrade myself.]
'Then... that whole "sealed" talent nonsense, was just you lying to me?'
[...Ahem... Well, I was not really lying, because it is indeed sealed. But, to unseal it, you simply need to reach a certain number of days.]
'....And what might that number be?'
[If you reach 100 days, you get 1%. 1000 days, you get 10%. 10000 days, you'll get 25%. 100000 days, you'll get 50%. And when you reach 1000000 days, you'll get the remaining.]
[And getting luck points will speed up the process of unsealing your given perks. That's why your "Protagonist Halo" can level up after a certain amount of luck points.]
'Basically, you want me to wait around 2777 years to unlock the seal that you 'accidentally' put on me?'
[... Well, you can speed up the process my earning luck points, besides, that's quite little for a cultiv—]
'—SHUSH! I don't want to hear you.'
[....]
'Can't I just take turns like... getting 1000 days done, and then another 1000 days?'
[No.]
'Useless.'
[...]
