Vol 4 Chapter 4 (1/1)

I on EH, if you wish the series to continue please use the JOIN US menu to apply Lesson 4: Tears, aside from smiles Translator: Wryn, Ryuuku Proofreader: Arc Dark Sun walked out of the toy shop, unhappy that he was unable to get his hands on the model as it wouldn’t be finished that day Under the uidance, he entered the BBQ shop he had visited a few times with Ezart It was almost 8pm The dinner crowd had finished their e, so there weren’t very many people in the shop He sat down and si” “Our portions are quite large,” the well-intentioned waiter warned, surprised “I’ll still take a portion of everything,” Dark Sun flatly repeated Seeing his good intentions rebuffed, he could only rub his nose, cursing in his heart, “May the food bloat you to death and the bill bankrupt you Wait till you’re in urgent need for the toilet, I’ll hang the ‘Maintenance’ sign outside and kill your bladder, too!” The waiter deliberately ensured that dishes of food flowed out of the kitchen at a rate much faster than usual His efficiency wasn’t better than usual by just a notch or two either In no time, Dar’s table was filled with plates They even had to shi+ft several tables next to his to fit all the food Eventually, Dark Sun was surrounded by a ring of food Dark Sun started grilling his meat His actions were swift and precise He placed the le empty space After a while, he flipped the meat over and waited a bit more After all the meat was cooked, he piled the ain Subsequently, he devoured half his bowl ofonly to raise his head and flip the ain and continued eating After finishi+ng the rill and into his bowl in one go Then, he would placehis head to eat as in his bowl… As a an to stack up, the staff in the shop all stared in shock at their only custo of plates surrounding him rapidly disappeared “Whenhere alone, i couldn’t believe it!” Dark Sun slowly raised his head to look at the person speaking to hi near the door and was quite far away from hi you away like a precious gem, heh! Daren ‘Solaris’” The person spoke to him as he walked over Dark Sun stood up and moved into his battle stance When he was a few steps away, Shain Baylian stopped in his tracks In a lazy tone, he asked, “May I please have the honour of speaking with you?” Dark Sun’s expression was cold and he didn’t respond The srill “Don’t be tense, I only wanted to ask you so Be assured that I will not hurt you,” said Shain Baylian, before laughing at himself, “Ha! I’m afraid I can’t hurt you even if I wanted to Moreover, I didn’t bring anyone along with ht? I only want to ask you so Dark Sun’s impassive response, Shain Baylian’s heart sank He coldly said, “It’s regarding ation to answer any of your questions” Shain Baylian was silent He knehat Daren was saying was true Daren was really strong and the power of the one behind hiain with to make him answer his questions “I think this is rather funny,this, I asked the staff and he told ht two” Shain Baylian dug through his bag and took out a box Clearly written on the cover was ‘Love Simulation Game Platinu staff’s inally, the atmosphere had seeht, but now so in out of nowhere? That thing wouldn’t be able to ive it to o with you,” Dark Sun stated matter-of-factly “……” Even Shain Baylian was dazed for a ht he’d just try it, but he never really thought Dark Sun would actually go with hi to abduct a kid! Dark Sun moved closer to Shain Baylian and took the box froo’ and went to the counter to pay the bill Only after Dark Sun had paid did Shain Baylian realise that Dark Sun had already left the store He quickly followed after hirilled meat shop, one of the staff inside quietly asked, “Does this count as kidnapping?” ＊＊＊ Dark Sun easily found a quiet place close by that would be a good place for theht; the abandoned sports field Now, there was no arena competition on The entire field was dead silent and dark The only light was froh illumination to be able to see the path in front of theood place for secrets and to silence those who e secrets Dark Sun went to the stands and sat down on one of the rows He opened the box holding the love sirade disk He slotted it inside the siame console and turned it on Shain Baylian followed after and sat down next to him Once he saw Dark Sun operate the love si and took out his own love simulation console The instant he pressed the ‘on’ button, a girl with neat and straight black hair appeared She had cat-like green eyes and wore a cool and handsoth of an arm Shain Baylian proudly said, “This is my Octavia, what is yours called?” Dark Sun raised his head and looked at the girl in Shain Baylian’s hands He replied, “Xiao Ai” “What a boring name… Her appearance is probably la when he happened to see that Dark Sun’s love siirl with pink hair and pink eyes appeared Her eyes and face were round and plump He couldn’t help but let out a scream What ith that appearance! It was an appearance that only a paedophile would pick! Dark Sun addressed his concerns and replied, “Ezart helped me set Xiao Ai’s nausted face With disdain, he said, “So that guy is actually a paedophile! How disgusting!” The two of theirlfriends “How do you give birth to children?” Dark Sun finished reading theive birth to children Such unclear instructions made hi You have to choose fro more balls and meet a fewtiet married and all that stuff Only then can you have children” Shain Baylian glanced at Xiao Ai and warned hie to be extreet rows older She could probably at o on dates and have a boyfriend but it’s impossible for her to have children!” However, Dark Sun still chose one of the social networking options Shain Baylian exclaimed, “Hey! Did you know that two love simulation consoles can become friends?” “I know” Dark Sun nodded He re in the manual from the first to last word, so how could he not know that there was a function like that It was only that until this moment, he had not met anyone who played a love simulation console that could allow him to use this function “Give it tounnecessary and proceeded to grab the love simulation console from Dark Sun’s hands Then, he joined the ports between the two love simulation consoles Initially, they were two separate love siether and beco each other “Who are you?” Octavia gave a sidelong glance at Xiao Ai and slowly but succinctly said, “Vulgar girl, didn’t you know that before asking for someone else’s name, you should first state your own? Xiao Ai tiave Xiao Aia ly responded, “Octavia” Xiao Ai cowered back to the boundaries of her own love si after, when she saw that Octavia had taken out so it to her face, she became curious She walked over to try and see but she wasn’t brave enough to talk to Octavia “They don’t get along” Shain Baylian looked at them and ca surprising Since froirls were completely different people They were exactly like Dark Sun and him It was impossible for them to ever become friends “Yeah” Dark Sun closely watched the two love simulation consoles because the er was slowly going down Xiao Ai’s love simulation console popped up a few options: What would you like Xiao Ai to do? 1 Play with Octavia 2 Ignore Octavia 3…… Dark Sun chose the first option Then, the game revealed ether 3…… Dark Sun continued and chose to chat Xiao Ai asked, “Octavia, can I play with you?” “I really hate him” Dark Sun raised his head to look at Shain Baylian The last feords were spoken by Shain Baylian At thatat the love simulation console However, Dark Sun didn’t understand who he was talking about Shain Baylian didn’t explain who this “hior, “His nu, he liked people kneeling before him and he would suddenly slap people for no reason…” As Dark Sun listened, he continued to choose options for Xiao Ai “Whatto send ibility as his successor” Shain Baylian was so angry, he was practically shouting Dark Sun realised who he was talking about It was Yue Baylian Only he could dis the Lunaris Alliance However, Dark Sun didn’t care who Shain Baylian was referring to He only accepted Shain Baylian’s conditions of listening to hirade disk and thus, it didn’tabout He would still listen to it until the end “He would always threatento say toelse?” Shain Baylian yelled in annoyance He ran out of breath and had to recuperate for a while Seeing that he wasn’t talking anymore, Dark Sun lowered his head and concentrated on his love siantly replied, “I don’t want to play with you! I hate you!” Xiao Ai sadly asked, “Why do you hate me?” Shain Baylian dejectedly asked, “I can’t help but believe that he hates htforwardly answered, “If he hated you, he would directly annul your qualifications for being the successor or simply kill you There is no reason for him to let you stay” Shain Baylian’s expression seemed like he was stricken with melancholy He sat there in shock for a bit as he hid in his face between his knees Seeing this, Dark Sun continued to play with his love simulation console Octavia said in contempt, “Because you look like an idiot” Xiao Ai retreated back into her own love siround as if she was about to cry A notification was shown on the love si failed Would you like to: 1 Try again 2 Fight with Octavia 3…… Dark Sun hesitated for a moment Then, he pressed 2 Xiao Ai immediately jumped up and flew into the other love simulation console She loudly shouted, “I’m not an idiot! Octavia is an idiot!” “What did you say?” Without delay, Octavia boiled with rage as her face grew redder and redder Hearing the fight within the love simulation consoles, Shain Baylian couldn’t help but chuckle, “I really aain directed his attention towards Shain Baylian He had earnestly fulfilled his part of the exchange; listening to hile time, he would say that he would dis his successor and send me back to my family He said that at least one to two hundred tihed at himself, then continued, “However, he never once really followed along hat he said What do you think? Why didn’t he do it? If he really hated me that much, why didn’t he do it?” “He doesn’t hate you,” Dark Sun replied with the ical explanation Shain Baylian’s reaction was extre that he hates me? Why is that when I made a small mistake, he would always hit me and scold me?!” Dark Sun fell silent, as he didn’t knohy either Shain Baylian suddenly jumped up, and shouted at the sky, “You bastard, do you have to be so annoying?” “Sharp tongued, soft hearted bastard!” “You clearly like the Solaris E aidiot!” Dark Sun lifted his head to look at hi, he didn’t look down at Dark Sun, but kept his gaze lifted to the starry sky Maybe it was because the sports arena was so dark that the night sky seemed to holdon Shain Baylian’s cheek Shain Baylian was silent Dark Sun should’ve lowered his head to continue playing the love si at the star on Shain Baylian’s cheek, unable to look away Shain Baylian asked quietly, “My father…Is he still alive?” Not allowing Dark Sun to answer, he quickly added, “I know, you announced his death, but I want to personally hear you say it I want to hear the Solaris Emperor’s little brother say it Is my father really dead?” Dark Sun paused for a while, before answering straightforwardly, “He’s dead” At that, Shain Baylian also stayed silent for a while, then opened his mouth to ask, “Who…The person who killed him, was it the Solaris Eh he should have frauard, he still chose to speak the truth Shain Baylian lapsed into a longer silence In the end, he wiped his face with his hand, and turned around, looking down on Dark Sun fro from tomorroe are ene You’re also the treasure of the Solaris Emperor…But I will use my entire life, use my entire life’s hard work, and I will definitely kill you! In order to avenge my father!” “But didn’t you hate him?” Dark Sun blurted out Shain Baylian coldly snorted “That’s none of your business! I’ued, soft-hearted…” Shain Baylian growled deeply with a red face, “What did you say?!” Dark Sun lifted his head to look at hi like that bastard!” After shouting, Shain Baylian panted for a while, then growled, “Anyway, starting tomorrow, you better be careful I will definitely have e I Definitely Will!” Kill him now! Prevent any future trouble At that ernails silently lengthening as he stood up Seeing those pairs of sharp nails, Shain Baylian stared coldly at Dark Sun and asked, “You killedto kill me too?” Dark Sun was taken aback by this question, but he continued to stare coldly at Shain Baylian, looking for the bestthe situation, Shain Baylian furrowed his brow, thinking to hi to kill ed Daren Solaris as so a single person along…Daren Solaris wasn’t the kind of person ould kill hih he had killed his father, that was probably to save the Solaris Emperor! At that point, Dark Sun started to step closer, causing Shain Baylian to step backwards He had underestih at Daren Solaris? “I don’t want to quarrel with you” Octavia? She had turned her head, ignoring Xiao Ai “But I want to play with you!” Xiao Ai wouldn’t give up Octavia hesitated, still reluctant, but clearly sighed, “Alright! You can play withyou, I hate idiots like you the led “Octavia is really stubborn” “I’ hi, made him feel sick to his stomach Even if he didn’t want to, he still had to kill him, he couldn’t allow an enemy to live…… Don’t kill him! Dark Sun’s steps faltered, but he still continued to close in on Shain Baylian Don’t! Dark Sun continued to move forward, and this time his steps remained steady No! Instead, it was Shain Baylian who stopped retreating, telling Dark Sun, “You’re crying” This time, Dark Sun’s footsteps stopped When he touched his face, it et……how could that be? Dark Sun couldn’t cry Wasn’t the es, so how could he cry? Seeing his tears, Shain Baylian hurriedly said, “Don’t kill ea person you want to kill not to kill you? Helping soh the words were full of hate, the actions were full of love! Dark Sun’s voice trembled, “Why are the actions of humans so hard to understand? So hard to learn?” Shain Baylian stared blankly, then coldly replied, “What a joke, aren’t you the same? You’re clearly not so yourself to killthat cold face? Daren Solaris, don’t be an idiot, you won’t kill h he wanted to se, he had to keep Dark Sun’s cold expression Even though he wanted to enter the toy store, he could only stand rigidly outside because he didn’t dare enter Even though he loved Gege i late night meals with Ezart, really wanted to chat with Elian and the rest of them yet because the emotion switch was turned off, he beca his entire face covered in tears, he realized he wasn’t Dark Sun; he was Daren Solaris, and always had been Devon Solaris lifted his head, asking, “Shain Baylian, you said that starting from tomorrow you’ll be e?” “Yes” “Then I…Can I stop feeling guilty about killing Yue Baylian?” “No need to, because I’ll make you pay!” Shain Baylian coldly announced, confidently walked past Daren Solaris, picked up Octavia, and left the sports ground When he was leaving, his back faced Daren Solaris fro to hio Why? It’s so strange! Perhaps when he comes to kill me, I’ll still kill him……” Daren Solaris lifted his head to look at the starry sky, such a strange self……Was he more like a human than the Devil’s spawn? ＊＊＊ Daren Solaris didn’t return hoht He stood in theup in the living room The mess was now more or less cleared up, only the hole in the as still being fixed Seeing the current situation, Daren Solaris felt very contrite No matter what, he was still the cause of all this trouble Just when he was about to enter the living roo fresh tea into the living room Daren Solaris stopped in his tracks in the center of the entrance, a powerful e within his heart…… I hate DSⅡ! He hated how he looked just like hie, and was even e, hated how Gege called DSⅡ, little Dar……And hated Gege evenDSⅡ little Dar! DSⅡ looked at Daren, and put down the tea, staring at Daren with his eyes, yeta sed hierous one at that If Devon had not given new orders, forbidding DSⅡ to attack him, then they would already have started another death match, and this tiuards, surrounding the two, tensed Unbeknownst to the bodyguards, Daren Solaris had moved to the spot furthest fro the wall, he jumped directly to the second floor Everyone present heaved a sigh of relief Daren Solaris originally planned to return to his own rooe’s study, he saw the door was ajar and the overhead light was on Is Gege still working? Could he still be…… looking for h the open doorway and spotted a head of golden hair spread across the black dest What was evenwas…Devon Solaris had actually fallen asleep at the table It was only slightly past ht Usually, Devon Solaris wouldn’t sleep till two or three in the ently opened the door and entered the study His actions were very light, hardlyany sound He walked slowly toward the desk Devon Solaris was sprawled over the desk It was obvious fro that he clearly wasn’t sleeping peacefully “Dar…” he ht he had been discovered, but looking closer, Devon still had his eyes tightly shut He clearly had not woken up Gege is sleep talking? Gege is calling me in his dream! He was mildly happy Out of curiosity, he continued to stand still, listening to Gege sleep-talk Daren’s eyes widened as he quietly waited, wanting to hear his own name “Dar…Sorry, Sor…” A tear slid down the E Emperor looked as weak as a child, or perhaps it was only at thisthis, Daren’s heart ached, and he couldn’t resist wiping away the tear on Gege’s cheek, gently calling out, “Gege…” Devon Solaris’s body reacted quickly, stiffening His head jerked up as he asked softly, “Dar?” Oh no! He had been discovered Daren’s reaction was also quick He deliberately donned a brilliant se would think he was DSⅡ As expected, Devon Solaris paused, and then gave a slightly disappointed expression, unhappily saying, “Oh, it’s DSⅡ! What are you doing here? Go away” This tie like DSⅡ a lot? He even calls hio away? And he even used the name ‘DSⅡ’, not ‘Dar’… It was at this ly fallen asleep It seemed like he had been exhausted recently He furrowed his brow and reached out to ed his te i for a while, he ordered, “Bring ht” Daren i towards the kitchen He wanted to help Gege by e to relax As Devon Solaris watched hi rose in his heart, as he had the thought, Is there so here? At this point, the door to the study opened and a fae, the living room has been cleaned up” An odd expression clouded over Devon Solaris’s face It was baffling, but he could re rooe” DSⅡ juetically Definitely, there is definitely so The recently awoken Devon Solaris was a bit confused, and he couldn’t understand as going on He paused for a e, how ar and ar and milk? Devon Solaris finally had a revelation and immediately ordered, “Find Avery iht now!” “Okay!” Upon receiving the urgent order, DSⅡ immediately turned around and left Devon Solaris tapped the desk while waiting Although his face was cal more quickly… At last, a knock on the door, and at that very second, the finger stopped tapping against the desk Devon Solaris pretended to look down at the documents, and then softly called out, “Come in” Someone entered, at the saently placed the coffee on the table Devon Solaris casually said, “Thank you, little Dar” That person clearly stiffened Devon Solaris lifted the coffee, took a sip, and said, “You can go and rest now” “Understood” That person stiffly left the study After he closed the door, Devon Solaris looked at the door to the study, drinking his coffee as he did so For the first time in the past few days, he let loose a se likes little Dar after all! After he dashed out of the study in anger, he flung hiht with DSII However, DSII was nowhere in sight It couldn’t be that he is with papa Avery? “Papa is round floor, giving the collective bodyguards a fright Under the stares of those present, he sat on the only undaed sofa and pressed the button for basement level twoDSII was indeed in the base Avery handle various equipment Dar stomped towards DSII in fury At this moment, DSII noticed Dark Sun’s murderous intent and immediately swiped the scalpel from a nearby tray Daren unsheathed his steel claws… Despite their standoff, Theodore remained completely oblivious He looked at the s and intermittently frowned at the subject on the laboratory table, as if pondering how to ed portion first It will be bad if it affected the nor to himself, Theodore abruptly ordered, “DSII, prepare for an operation” He hadn't turned around when he gave the order and was completely unaware of the new presence in the laboratory Although DSII received the order, he was in a standoff with an extreerous opponent and hence was unable to make preparations Just then, Daren spotted the subject of Theodore’s experimentation… “Yue Baylian?” Daren blurted out, so surprised that he lowered his defenses It was undoubtedly Yue Baylian, who on the laboratory table He did not look dead In fact, Daren noticed the rise and fall of his chest, covered by a white cloth Yue Baylian is alive! Hearing the gasp, Theodore, who had been solely focused on the subject, finally sensed that soht He turned his head around suspiciously and sao Dars… Theodore was stunned He looked at the Dar closer to him, and then at the other Dar further away… “DSII?” He called out “Yes” The Dar, closer to hiaze to the Dar furthest away from him This was the real Dar… But why is he here, and with a shocked expression to boot?! Daren sheathed his claws as he walked towards the laboratory table, gazing at the subject whileto ood while before looking down at Yue Baylian He explained slowly, “He has partial brain dae Fortunately, in order to treat your injuries back then, I brought co him into an artificial life support syste ed portions of his brain with a microchip, perhaps he could fully recover” “Yue Baylian could return to nore? For some unfathomable reason, Daren felt a little joyous Shain Baylian was the first person whom he had played the love simulation with Moreover, he had let Shain Baylian off He did not want to have to personally kill Shain Baylian if possible He felt extre about the possibility of having to kill Shain Baylian out of self defence “However, I no longer have a functional microchip at hand” Theodore was frustrated The inally in his possession, were all destroyed when the Solaris Eht Daren ho everything to a crisp in an inferno That htening amount of money poured into that laboratory, the impact of the experimental results on the medical, scientific, and ains fro Dar’s secret, the Solaris Emperor did not even bat an eyelash before he incinerated that laboratory in its entirety Theodore was heartbroken, but he did not dare to beg the Solaris Emperor to save at least one ht have pushed hi pit as well Due to the total destruction of the laboratory and the lack of a microchip, his hands were tied when it came to Yue Baylian’s situation However, there was no need to worry now Theodore watched Daren, as looking at Yue Baylian, his expression jubilant at so up However, he did not notice his own smile Theodore revealed a se of his nose He said in a nonchalant tone, “Dar, your brother said he wanted to kill ain just now…” Dar ie wants to kill papa again?” He turned to face Theodore, concern and anxiety written all over his face Theodore on the other hand, looked at hi Daren’s expressionat each other for a while, he let out a gasp of realisation before beco flustered and nervous, unsure of what he should do “This child, really” Theodore shook his head and said helplessly, “I’d never have thought that the brutish Ezart would be the one to see things the clearest!” “What did Ezart say?” Daren blinked in bewilder a tantruri his efforts of racking his brain for DSII’s existence and the Solaris Emperor’s mobilisation of personnel in search of the covert laboratory All these efforts were not as useful as Ezart’s remark: “Dar will be fine after a while” “No wonder you like Ezart so ives you the cold shoulder Even Elian and the team don’t understand you as well as Ezart, despite all their concern” Daren looked at Theodore, not fully co, but was extremely curious Ezart understands me? “I didn’t need to worry about you in the first place,” Theodore ruffled Daren’s hair as he beaht fro, “But he ignored me today and went to school by himself…” “That’s because…” Theodore wanted to explain that that was due to the Solaris Emperor’s orders… Ah! The Solaris Emperor doesn’t know that Dar has returned to normal “Also, Elian and the rest didn’t look forfrom his eyes “Ah!” Theodore opened hisDevon was of the utmost importance at the moment, explanations and such could wait til Devon came down to explain it personally He walked over to the phone, “I need to tell your brother that you’re fine” Just as Theodore picked up the receiver, Daren hastily said, “Don’t tell gege!” Theodore paused and replied, “Why?” “No reason why…” Daren replied sheepishly He laid eyes on DSII and said petulantly, “Anyway, little Dar is here Gege is happy enough with little Dar around” He’s acting coy… Theodore s his hat off to Ezart Theodore initially thought it was iet it! It’s not too late to tell him on the day when the Solaris Emperor can’t take it anymore and wants me to accoy in the use of his BHP09 onable to ed his shoulders and hung up As he walked towards the laboratory table, he said, “In that case, we’ll let DSII exist for a fewabout, papa Avery?” Daren asked “I don’t have a microchip to revive Yue Baylian, re the latter nod in understanding, he continued with his explanation, “Before you recovered, I had to experiment on DSII to find a method for you to recover, so we couldn’t touch him But now that you’re better, DSII has no further existential value His chip can be given to Yue Baylian after slight ht be destroyed, Daren was stunned He looked at DSII, the latter still standing there with a smile on his face I still hate DSII Hate him! But Chapter 4 END Notes 1 (刀子嘴豆腐心) LitKnife mouth tofu heart Describes a person ould be verbally harsh, but actually very soft hearted