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Stop Calling Me "Mate"! I Only Defeated You Once, Not Married You! (Web Novel) - Volume 9, Chapter 3: The Real Female Lead Arrives!
Volume 9, Chapter 3: The Real Female Lead Arrives!
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After a few jokes to loosen the choking mood, Safina used the power of time to restore the Red Flame Dragon Sanctuary that had been wrecked in the battle—and to bring back all the soldiers who had fallen.Watching the collapsed structures “rewind” upright like a miracle, and the Red Flame warriors bathed in the glow of time-reversion, everyone couldn’t help marveling at the wonder of time’s power.
But Leon was still a little at a loss.
“Such a large-scale time reversion, changing so many fates—doesn’t that... break the rules?”
He remembered that when Safina first sat on the toi—no, wrong—first seated herself on the Throne of Time, she had also used time reversion to resurrect many of the Silver Dragons’ soldiers. But that was right when she had just ascended; as the old dragon quipped, a new official always lights one last fire—much more so a newly seated goddess.
Pulling a few things that bent the rules could be excused. But after so many years, Safina should already fully understand the time rules set by Chronos, yet she still revived so many of the Red Flame Dragons.
“Is this really... okay?”
Safina folded her hands over her chest and nodded frankly in admission.
“Yeah, it breaks the rules. So... on the way here I simply went ahead and restored your Silver Dragon losses too.”
Leon:...
“...So what you’re saying is, after realizing this approach breaks the rules, you decided to smash the pot completely. Typical you.”
Safina shrugged, unconcerned.
“Haven’t you noticed something interesting, Leon?”
“What?”
“Even if I violate these so-called rules, absolutely no one comes out to punish me.”
Safina said:
“The only one qualified to criticize me, the god of time, for abuse of office has already gone to the Cold Spirit Hall. What do I have to worry about?”
At that, Leon started. He immediately caught who Safina meant—Chronos, the previous god of time. All the rules of the time system had been set by Chronos.
So he was indeed the only one qualified to accuse and criticize Safina.
The issue, however, lay in the unfamiliar term Safina had mentioned.
“‘Cold Spirit Hall’?...What is that?” Leon asked.
Safina arched a brow. “You’ve never been? Then how did you obtain the power of Zeus?”
“Huh? I...”
“Oh~~ no wonder the Zeus-force you inherited is incomplete, and you still need lots of practice afterward to master it bit by bit.”
Without Leon having to explain much, Safina seemed to have grasped what happened. She waved a hand and continued:
“When you fully obtain a god’s power, the inheritors all enter a special space. They call that place the Valhalla. Even I, a pseudo-god who copies power, am no exception, and the reason Constantine didn’t wake up right away just now was that he briefly went to the Valhalla. As for Aurora, she hasn’t gone because the power of time in her hasn’t fully awakened.”
Leon seemed only half to get it. He raked his hair and asked blankly:
“But I still don’t get what this so-called Valhalla actually is. Why does anyone who’s obtained a god’s power have to make a trip there?”
Safina scratched at her temple, a bit at a loss.
“I can’t explain it well. I thought you’d gone too... hmm... tricky.”
She paused, then shook her head.
“Forget it. I really can’t describe it. But Constantine has already been; you can ask him afterward.”
Hearing that, Leon didn’t press further.
What mattered most right now was to enjoy the fullness and happiness brought by a happily-ever-after.
He turned and walked to Rosvisser and their daughters and pulled them into a tight embrace.
Constantine and Hefei sat a little ways off on the grass, sunning themselves.
At his side, Orion chatted and laughed with Hefei.
The three stood together in easy harmony, looking for all the world like a family of three.
Valendna stood with Isha and Kaiser, quietly watching the scene.
Suddenly, Valendna suggested:
“Let’s make a bet.”
Isha blinked, curious.
“On what?”
“On when the Red Flame Dragon King and that blonde little cool-big-sister will confirm they’re dating! I say within a week!”
Isha laughed, reached up, and pinched Valendna’s little nose.
“What’s there to bet on with that? Right, Kaiser?”
Kaiser (Defeated Emperor): “I’ll bet you a month.”
“Kaiser! What are you doing betting on everything!”
“Kaiser!” Yule—done up head-to-toe in women’s clothes—cleared his throat with an exaggerated “ahem.” The Void errand boy snapped his mouth shut and stood at attention the instant “big sister” put on the act.
Valendna looked at the two of them in silence, leaning her small body back a little with an expression that clearly said:
“You two really have something going on, don’t you?”
But before Valendna could start roasting her Isha, she heard Isha remark:
“A rare beautiful ending—everyone’s found their place.”
“Emmm... Isha, not to kill the mood, but not everyone.”
“Hm? What do you mean?”
Valendna said nothing, but raised her hand and pointed to Wu beside them.
The elder brother was standing alone next to Constantine’s “family of three.” He didn’t go over to talk, didn’t go in for a hug. When Constantine called him, he only smiled and shook his head.
Wu just stood there, smiling as he watched his younger brother’s happiness.
“Yeah. Everyone’s found their place—except his Cloti, who left him forever.”
At that, Isha bit her lip helplessly.
“I guess that’s the blemish on the beauty.”
“What blemish? Hm? I heard that~”
Safina somehow popped up behind Isha and Valentina without anyone noticing. Safina stepped forward, slung an arm over each of their shoulders, and kept grinning as she said:
“Before me—the almighty Word-Spirit God—there must be no regrets! So, what do you want? Eternal youth, or fortune-telling and divination? All within my power~”
Isha: “Ah, I want Constantine’s sing—”
Valendna the junior:
“I want to know when Isha is going to date your older brother!”
—Pfft, pfft!
Isha rubbed Valendna’s mouth, then tossed her toward Leon. “I’ll leave her with you for five minutes, brother-in-law.”
Poor Valendna was toyed with in the palms of the Melkvey family.
Having dealt with the junior, Isha clapped her hands, turned, and looked to Safina.
“Wuconstantine’s older brother, Wu—long ago he lost the person he loved, and now it’s hard for him to fit into Constantine’s family. Do you have any way to help Wu?”
Safina lifted her brows and glanced at Kaiser, but said nothing, only asked:
“Why do you care about Wu?”
Isha explained evenly:
“Don’t misunderstand, Safina. I only heard Wu’s past from my sister and felt that he and Cloti were truly a very tragic pair of lovers. Once we dragons set our hearts on someone, it’s hard to get out of that love. Look at him: when everyone else is joyfully reunited, only he’s alone. So I was thinking, since we can see the Time-Web, could we set a path for Wu to walk out of this?”
Safina pressed her lips together and didn’t answer at once. Instead, she angled herself slightly, leaned toward Kaiser’s ear, and lowered her voice.
“Ahem, crisis resolved—your Miss Isha isn’t into Wu.”
Kaiser: ?
The strongest bodyguard said nothing, only blushed—so red it looked like a smear of rouge. Heat puffed from his ears and nostrils.
“Ah—so that’s what this is about~”
Safina turned back to Isha.
“As for Wu’s destination, I’d already thought it through. Since everyone can have a phase-complete happy ending, how could we leave him out?”
Isha’s eyes lit up.
“You... already thought it through?”
“Mhm. I was just fretting that no one had asked. Since you brought it up, let’s unveil the answer.”
With that, Safina clapped and called out,
“All right, everyone, eyes on me—next comes the last surprise of the day~”
Leon, holding Muse and arm-in-arm with Rosvisser, walked over; their daughters followed at their sides.
Absolutely everyone gathered around Safina.
Valendna, who had struggled free of the shadow-bind after a few minutes, trotted back to Isha’s side, looking at Safina with eager anticipation.
“Another surprise, Teacher Safina?” Aurora asked excitedly.
Safina nodded with satisfaction.
“I know—no one wants to leave regrets on a morning like this, with the sun reignited and hope everywhere. So, before coming here, Kaiser and I made a special trip to the Blazing Sun Clan.”
At that, Orion and the City Lord Fuyuan were both taken aback.
“The Blazing Sun Clan?...What did you do there?” Orion asked.
She hadn’t reacted yet, but Wu at her side seemed to realize something.
He stirred slightly, his throat tight, and reflexively took a small step forward.
Catching Wu’s tiny reaction, Safina smiled knowingly. She didn’t intend to keep selling the mystery.
“Of course we went to find the last missing piece to complete this beautiful moment. No need to force down your surprise and excitement. Please watch~”
Safina made a curtain-call gesture from stagecraft and, in the same motion, snapped her fingers.
A band of golden light flashed behind her.
The light gradually gathered into the outline of a woman. When it faded, a tall, elegant, blue-eyed beauty appeared before everyone.
At the instant she manifested, both Wu and Orion froze.
“Te... Teacher...”
“Cloti!”
