Xyrin Empire-Chapter 279 - Lin Fengs Request

Chapter 279: Chapter 279: Lin Feng’s Request

Chapter 279: Chapter 279: Lin Feng’s Request

“Long time no see.”

In a small coffee shop on the street, Lin Feng and I chose a corner table. He obviously didn’t know how to break the ice, so I had to start the conversation—of course, I admit my way of greeting wasn’t particularly inspiring.

Beside me, Pandora and Visca sat quietly, one to my left and one to my right. Each had a glass of fresh orange juice in front of them. The two identical little girls sipped their drinks with nearly synchronized movements, even the unconscious lip-licking after setting their glasses down was flawlessly identical, as if they were images from two TVs playing in sync.

No matter how much Visca herself refused to admit it, she and Pandora were a pair of twins with an understanding so miraculous it was almost telepathic.

It seemed that Visca finally grew a bit tired of her orange juice and curiously picked up my cup of coffee, then tentatively took a small sip.

“Yuck…”

The little girl didn’t bother to be polite and murmured a complaint before going back to gulping down her own drink.

“It hasn’t really been that long,” Lin Feng said with an unnatural smile, as if the expression were merely a facade to match the emotion he was theoretically supposed to be feeling right now, “Who is this girl…?”

That’s when I first felt the disconnect of time since returning from the Otherworld. After spending so much time in Azeroth, even enduring events like the world defense war that could fill huge chapters in the annals of history and leave future middle school, high school, and college students scratching their heads over their politics and history exams, it felt like I’d been in the Otherworld for ages. But in fact, we discovered upon returning to Earth that barely a week had passed since our departure. This temporal illusion wasn’t noticeable when we stayed indoors, but greeting Lin Feng made it painfully obvious.

I ruffled the hair of Visca, who was randomly looking around out of boredom after finishing her drink, and introduced, “This is Visca, um, a twin to Pandora, she’s the younger sister.”

“I am not any kind of twin with that annoying creature!”

The little girl immediately reflexively protested.

I was used to Visca’s reactions and knew that in such moments I could completely ignore them, so I went on to point at the young man across from us, “This is Lin Feng, Lin Xue’s brother. Meet each other.”

“Hello, I’m glad…” Lin Feng immediately showed a friendly smile. Despite suspecting that the girl’s identity might also be very complex, her cute appearance instinctively made him feel an affinity. However, it was clear that the girl had little interest in his friendliness.

“I’m fine, but I’m not happy to see you!” Visca candidly expressed her impatience and then, in an instant, opened her eyes wide, glaring intensely at the man across from her, “You are not worthy to be a friend of my brother!”

“Ah—”

Visca’s impolite words weren’t the cause of Lin Feng’s exclamation; it was the sudden sight of her eyes: a pair of blood-red, cat-like vertical pupils.

Indeed, this girl was not human!

Visca’s utter lack of tact in expressing herself made me feel a bit embarrassed, and I had to gently knock on the head of this quirky sister before apologizing to Lin Feng, “Uh, sorry, Visca doesn’t really like strangers.”

“…It’s nothing…” The expression on Lin Feng’s face also carried a touch of embarrassment, partly because of the little girl’s openly disdainful comments, and partly because he felt he had lost his composure. He knew already that the others were no ordinary people, but he had still let out an exclamation over a pair of altered eyes, which was a bit shameful.

“You haven’t forgotten how to talk to people, have you?” Seeing the unnatural smile on Lin Feng’s face, I couldn’t help finding it a bit funny, “Theoretically, you’re not the kind of guy who averages less than two social interactions a year, right?”

It seemed that my joke somewhat eased his tension, and Lin Feng showed a more normal smile, “Brother Chen is joking. I know how to talk to people, but I don’t have the experience of chatting with immortals.”

“That’s why I find revealing my identity troublesome. Let it go, I can finally rest for a couple of days, so don’t put more pressure on me… By the way, what made you think to come to this place? It’s basically a street that girls like, right?”

“Pandora, as well as Sally…” As he touched on this topic, Lin Feng’s face subtly changed, indicating that I was not the only one who had suffered a tragedy today, “I’ve been tortured since this morning and only just managed to slip away…”

Seeing the frustration on Lin Feng’s face, all I could do was join him with a forced laugh, “Er… haha…”

Do you want to experience what it’s like to go shopping with three girls and three lolis at the same time?

At this thought, Lin Feng immediately shuddered, “Why did I just feel like I had a near-death experience?”

Poor guy, that was no illusion!

Our shared misfortunes seemed to dissipate the initial awkward atmosphere, and Lin Feng finally began to regain his usual cheerful and talkative demeanor. He started pouring out the misery of shopping with his sister and girlfriend, while I began recounting the tearful history of accompanying six beauties on a shopping trip…

Of course, we both tacitly avoided certain problematic topics, such as my identity, my identity, and again, my identity…

Both of us pretended to be unaware of anything.

Honestly, I was quite surprised to find that Lin Xue also had a fondness for shopping. Moreover, according to Lin Feng’s description, the things she usually liked to do were completely different from what I had anticipated: shopping, dressing up, buying pretty clothes, watching cartoons alone at home on weekends, and chatting on the phone with friends…

Is this Lin Xue? Is this the same Ancient Spirit known for causing trouble as her main goal in life and making sarcastic remarks as her lifelong career? How could she possibly enjoy such everyday hobbies? Such normal personal hobbies can’t possibly be associated with Lin Xue, can they? My logic must be completely sound, right?

Shouldn’t her usual hobbies be hiding in some secret, spooky chamber with walls covered in half-burnt candle sconces, the walls etched with twisted text written in suspicious dark red paint, animal bones and “bleeped” bones piled on the floor, a table in front bearing a smoldering crucible and a purple Crystal Ball on a black velvet tablecloth? And in her hands, holding an even more “bleeped” sinister skull, trembling as she tosses dangerously looking powders into the crucible while chuckling malevolently—that’s more like it, right? Surely, only such abnormal hobbies would seem normal for Lin Xue, correct?

“What exactly is my sister in your mind…”

Watching the rapidly changing expressions on my face, although unaware of the bizarre scenarios I was imagining, Lin Feng could still somewhat guess, and he sighed helplessly.

A terrifying image, truly a terrifying one…

“Actually, my sister…” Lin Feng seemed to want to defend his sister, “Her personality, how should I put it…”

See, you can’t articulate it, can you? Even you can’t describe it, which means that attempting to defend the Female Devil was something you shouldn’t have even let blossom in your mind!

“Actually, my sister is only like that towards people she cares about…”

…Illusion… auditory hallucinations… phantoms…

For a moment, I felt like my auditory system had automatically filtered out something, but what was it?

Never mind, it’s probably nothing important. Best to forget it…

“By the way, Brother Chen, actually, there’s something I need your help with…” Lin Feng suddenly seemed to remember something, then hesitantly spoke, “I think with your abilities you should be able to handle it. In fact, it was my sister who suggested it, and I think there’s a reason behind her words…”

Lin Feng picked up his cup, taking a sip of his now nearly cold coffee, as if organizing his thoughts, then slowly continued, “It’s about a smuggling ring that has recently appeared, a strange organization that even we find troublesome. They…”

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