44 Chapter 43. (2/2)

”Tch. Master's no fun. Just when it was getting good too. How was it? Did it get your heart fluttering?”

This girl… her devious side is definitely still there. If I don't keep my eyes on her and educate her properly, I might get stabbed in the back one day.

”So it was an act from the beginning, right?”

”Halfway. The act only started when I pulled you over to the bench.”

”Little girl, your master is no fool. My wife's level of teasing far surpasses that of yours.”

”I'll surpass her one day, don't worry. Look forward to it.”

No, please don't. I don't need two wives or an extra mistress. One wife is enough for my little glass heart to handle.

”Can't you just marry little Han?”

”Why would I marry him? He already found someone else he liked, didn't he?”

”Who? What? He did? When? Where? How did that happen?”

”I don't know, it's some married beauty whose name I don't know.”

That little brat! I went through all this effort to try and help you hook up with Chu Yue and you go and betray my expectations the moment you come to this realm?!

Little boy I'm going to beat your ass when I find you! This isn't over, you hear me! I will wrap this leash Chu Yue around your neck and make you beg for mercy. As the main character you've naturally got to make the growth type hidden antagonist yours. Stop being so useless and get your act together.

After venting out the grievances in my heart, I said to Chu Yue, ”maybe you're wrong.”

”Who cares about little Han. Master when do you plan on making me a woman? How many children do you want? What should we name them?”

”Ouch!”

I hit her on the head. Child abuse? Bah, some children won't learn unless you give them a good whack on the head.

”Hehehe, day 7, hour 18, minute 45 after meeting master for the first time. Master hit me on the head for the first time. It was the first time anyone scolded me like that. I was quite surprised. It left my heart fluttering.”

What was that? She muttered so quietly I think I misheard. Why did you need to emphasize first time so much anyways? Scary!

”Uhmm little disciple what are you writing down right now?”

”Nothing master.”

Very scary!

This disciple is scary as hell! Is being hit on the head for the first time by somebody something you take pride in?

What do I do? What do I do? How do I educate this child properly? Is a personality something that can even be changed? I'm starting to have my doubts. Little Han! Get your ass over here and take her heart away quickly! This master is going to be stabbed one day! I don't want to be stabbed. Getting stabbed hurts! Getting stabbed means losing my poor little life!

Well, I've done what I came here to do. It's time for me to leave. Yep, let's just ignore this scary little disciple for a while. Child neglect? You think? Escapism? Maybe? But the future me can deal with this landmine. Let's skedaddle my way out of here as soon as possible. I saw nothing, I know nothing, I hear nothing. I see no evil here, just my cute little disciple as I passed by for a moment.

”Chu'er this realm is meant to test you. Your master cannot always hold your hand through everything. You must face this trial on your own. Now that you can communicate with the people in this world, you must find the inheritance hidden within. You cannot lose to those people from the empire. As my disciple you must become number one.”

I stood up from the bench and faced away from her so she couldn't see the awkward situation hidden down below beneath my robe.

I walked forward to put distance between the two of us. I was hoping to quickly get to somewhere I could lose her line of sight and sprint off to change out of these scary robes. Should I just dump it somewhere and forget about this whole master disciple act? Before I could get far, that little lass quickly caught up to me and embraced me tightly from behind.

”Chu'er what is the meaning of this?”

”I just want to stay like this for a moment, it's not that I'm trying to make you stay.”

”That's not what I was asking.”

”What? Then whatever could be the matter, master?”

”That hand. What is the meaning of it?”

”I just wanted to embrace master once before he left so I unconsciously tightly wrapped my arm around you.”

”No. I don't mean your left hand. I mean your right hand.”

”Oh! That's what you meant?”

”I thought master might find it difficult to walk around like that so I thought I'd give you a helping hand.”

”Aren't you going to praise your disciple for her thoughtfulness?”

”Can you please stop stalling with your words that you are obviously using to give you more time to keep stroking that thing in your right hand?”

”I just wanted to make master happy before he left. He gave me a valuable talisman as a token of his love. This disciple just wanted to return that love to him in form of a gift as well.”

”Master's do not need gifts in return. Please move your hand.”

”I didn't mean your left hand in case you were trying to play smart by only moving that one away.”

”...” she kept moving her right hand as she pleased. Was I not specific enough still?

”Are you still not moving it? Do I need to specifically say to move your right hand?”

”Haaaah, fine. Master is a heartless man who won't take a return gift filled with his disciples heartfelt love.”

”Oh well, I guess that's fine too.”

”Hmm? Tastes pretty good.”

That statement left me curious and I looked over to see her licking her index finger.

Ugh. Naturally it was what came before one reached the peak of an explosion.

”I wonder what that stuff that comes afterwards tastes like.”

I walked away without taking another look back.

Being a master is probably the dumbest decision of my life. I regret that idiotic me back then. If I knew things would turn out like this, I would have ran away without saying a single word to this little fox like disciple.

Wouldn't you know it? She was right on cue.

”Ball three.”