Chapter 248: Chapter 248: A New Milestone

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Feng Yu appeared somewhat hesitant as she looked at Eren. However, her hands had turned pale white from the cold. She couldn't even move them properly.

She subconsciously reached out his hand, placing them in his hand.

"His hands are so warm," she said, wondering what kind of physique Eren had. She never expected him to have something that could protect him against the cold.

Fortunately, this was also what protected him from the cold and kept him alive. Otherwise, in such a cold, he would have long been dead with those kinds of wounds.

The bleeding had also started to stop now, his complexion slowly appearing as if it was returning as natural healing appeared to have begun.

It was clear that he couldn't heal with just natural healing, but it also made her relieved as it meant that his condition wasn't going to deteriorate anymore.

There was clear conflict on her face as she thought about keeping warm. However, she had never embraced a man. Was it right to do that, especially when she was barely wearing anything?

She took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it. For now, the priority was to stay warm until he woke up.

Even though hesitant, she moved even closer to Eren, her body sticking close to his body. It was as if both of their bodies were warming each other, but in reality, it was Eren's warm body that was keeping her warm.

Eren didn't react, but his mind was quite chaotic. He could feel so close to him that her breasts were brushed against his body and her hands resting over his belly over the only place that wasn't filled with wounds.

It was as if even in this condition, she was being extremely careful to not touch his wounds, not wanting to make it worse for him.

Feng Yu didn't even realize when she fell asleep like that. For some reason, it felt just too comfortable to be in his embrace.

She wasn't even sure if it was because she was cold and loved that warmth or something else was at play. The only certain thing was that she felt top comfortable.

It was as if she was back to her younger years, the last time she had slept so peacefully. Ever since her father had died, she never once had a peaceful sleep, always waking up with nightmares that only she knew about.

Looking at her face, he also felt a lot of conflict. If he wanted to complete his second path, he had to make her love him. However, he also didn't want that love to be fake.

He had fooled people to be his disciples, just like Feng Yu's daughter. However, he never took advantage of them. He didn't snatch that girl from her master, just giving her an extra master.

Even with the Great Elder Zia, it was a trade where he gave her something of importance and was also planning to teach her.

As for his first disciple, he didn't want to abandon her either. Her training was just starting after all. He had more confidence that he could help her more now that he was stronger.

In a way, all of the people he had tried to fool thanks to the system had something that they could gain from him. The only exception was Feng Yu.

Was it really right to fool her into loving him? He wasn't sure. If he went by morals, it was a scummy thing to do. But if went by his survival instinct, he had to do it.

For now, even he wasn't sure if he was taking the right path or not. All he knew was that if he made her love him, he didn't want to abandon her.

He didn't realize that as her thoughts went into depth about Feng Yu and his feelings of concern for her grew, the thread of marriage on his wrist only became thicker.

While he was lost in thoughts, he heard a voice in his head.

[Congratulations on completing a milestone]

[You have completed 20 percent of Path of Lover]

[Tertiary Options have been made available]

[Please select wisely]

Multiple screens appeared in front of his eyes, in the same manner as his secondary options had appeared after the milestone in the path of Conqueror.

Soon, a new screen appeared with four new options, related to his second path.