Chapter 292: Ants

"Of course, I do."

Lyca stilled and turned towards him. "You do?"

"Meeting you was akin to magic!" He answered, voice as gentle as his eyes.

"I am serious!" Lyca hissed. "I am really wondering what is inside your brain!"

"Why? I am serious too! When you held my hand back, then, I honestly thought you were a pervert! I mean, that was true, but still, it was quite different. After all, our status was different. But then I started to fall and— "

"Stop talking!" Lyca rolled her eyes, goosebumps all over her body. "Stop talking about it."

This made Shen Qui chuckle. After all this time, Lyca was still so awkward when talking about emotions. However, he found these actions cute. Shen Qui knew that this woman cared a lot, but she doesn't want to admit her genuine emotions to Shen Qui. Of course, her actions already betrayed her denial.

"I was talking about the magic that can make people fly."

"Oh! Technology can do that. Nowadays there are— "

"Can you just answer my question?" Lyca pinched his leg. "I am asking if you believe in the magic that can make people jumped so high, fly and even control elements. I am not talking about technology."

"Oh, like superheroes?"

"Yeah, like that."

"Hmmm, that is hard to believe. However, technology is constantly changing. We don't really know if someday people with superior genes will appear. But then — " Shen Qui suddenly stopped talking before he added. "But yes, I believe they exist."

"Really?"

"The spiritual cultivation that you gave me should be proof that they exist." He said. "My body heals faster and I am stronger and faster. Of course, I can't fly or jump from buildings. Why do you ask?"

"I had a dream," Lyca said.

"About me?"

"Can you stop that?" Lyca glared. In response, Shen Qui chuckled.

"Alright… I will," he said while laughing. "What about this dream?"

"About a world similar but different from this world," Lyca uttered.

"An alien world?" he laughed. "Alright, I will stop. Heh, it won't happen again. I will listen now."

"It's a world where magic exists. A world where people can use fire magic and ice, water, wind, rocks, and even thunder. Some people can fly and even turn invisible. Some people can heal using magic, and some can become animals or plants. In that world, monsters exist. Ants as big as elephants are considered pets, and we can see a lot of flying monsters in the skies. It's a weird world, isn't it?" she smiled but didn't wait for Shen Qui to continue. "In that world, I was a princess of a clan."

"What was your ability?"

"Its darkness," Lyca answered. "I could manipulate the dark."

"That is an awesome ability. What happened next?"

"I grew up in a rich assassin family and basically we are all assassins. Kids as early as four already started training. We train to kill." She sighed. "Sadly, I woke up too early. I wasn't able to finish the dream." Silence followed her words. She once again looked at the fireworks display. "What if a world like that exists? Isn't it too scary?"

"Now that you mention it. That was indeed scary. A world like that should be lawless, right?"

She nodded in response. "When I was in my teens, I started studying about alternate realities, alternate worlds. It was pretty interesting."

"So you think your dream is— "

"Yeah. I think it's like that." Unknowingly, her hand clutched her moon necklace. "The universe is vast and endless."

"I don't know about that."

"Hm?" she looked at him.

"I mean... You are my universe, so I don't know or care about this other universe that you are talking about."

"…" Lyca's face reddened. Under the different lights from the fireworks display, her face looked adorable. It was enough to make Shen Qui laughed out loud. Taking advantage of Lyca's daze, Shen Qui already stood and run away from her. He already knew what was coming.

And just like that, Lyca started chasing Shen Qui.

Under the colorful fireworks, two people run around the house. One was laughing, the other was cursing.

"Who would have thought that Boss Q had this side of him." Ronan mused as he continued drinking his beer. The four of them maintained their distance from the lovers.

The other three people nodded when they heard Ronan's words. Then they continued watching the fireworks as Lyca and Shen Qui actually stopped running and walked away from the house.

"Where are you taking me?" Shen Qui said. "Listen, while I won't stop you from doing this kind of action right now, we are completely exposed. The lights from the fireworks were enough to illuminate the whole place, and if my guess is right, this would last for another twenty minutes. Of course, I know that you love adventure and we haven't done this kind of thing on this ranch, but this is really too risky. What if mother and father suddenly wanted to find us? This is too embarrassing."

"What are you talking about?" Lyca stopped walking. They are currently standing under a big tree a few tens of meters away from the house.

"We can't do it here," Shen Qui answered, ignoring her question. "There are ants everywhere." He said.

Confused, Lyca tilted her head. "Huh?"

"I know what you're thinking. But we really can't do it here! There are ants there… can you see the small little hill? Those are colonies. Let's find another tree."

"Hey, hey, stop, don't pull me. I want to do it here."

"Why?" He widened his eyes. "The ants will definitely bite us! Are you crazy?"

For a few seconds, Lyca stared at him, confusion flashing in her eyes. She couldn't help but wonder what kind of dirty thoughts this man had. "I just want to show you something!" Lyca said.

"Show? Show me something? We're not actually doing it?"

"You pervert!" Lyca playfully slapped his arms. "I just want to show you a secret." She said before she started undressing her clothes.

"Jesus Christ! What are you doing? I told you! There are ants here!"