Chapter 272 "Seduction"
"True love needs time to settle and last. It cannot be forced by external factors. Don't mention this matter again."
Zhongli finally couldn't help but interrupt their discussion.
If they were not interrupted, the allies would set out to rent a venue. They even planned to ask Hu Tao and the staff of Wangsheng Hall to distribute flyers.
"I understand, ally. From now on, you will be my sister-in-law. I will train you to be a good wife."
Liu Bai immediately understood what Zhongli meant and patted Ruoli on the shoulder.
"……Ah I?"
Ruoli's tail was hanging down and dragging on the ground. She raised her little hand and pointed at herself in surprise.
"Don't mess around with the relationship. It's getting late. Go back and wash up and rest."
Seeing that Liu Bai had misinterpreted his excuse, Zhongli shook his head in frustration and amusement.
"Hmm...it seems that Brother Zhongli has someone in his heart..."
After finding out that Zhongli had no interest in blind dates, Liu Bai looked at the options listed by the system and quickly came to this conclusion.
Let him see his beloved friend again?
Muttering to himself, Liu Bai secretly opened the system interface and took a look at the skills and props he already had.
Soon his eyes lit up and he immediately looked at Zhongli.
Seduction technique, activated!
The next moment, Liu Bai's body changed rapidly. The light of rock element appeared around him. His body quickly became much smaller and his hair became longer.
Soon the light of the rock element dissipated, and Liu Bai disappeared.
"Begging for a beating!"
Before Liu Bai had time to check what had happened to himself, Ruoli, who was standing beside him, punched him in the chest.
"Hiss... it hurts! Why are you hitting me, ally?"
Liu Bai quickly covered his chest and took a step back, making the same sound as Ruoli's.
"Humph, who told you to look like me? Change back now."
Ruoli said this with her hands on her hips, and her tail slapped the ground unhappily, making a popping sound and causing cracks to appear on the ground.
This person actually wanted to seduce Morax on my behalf, how abominable...
"what?"
Liu Bai quickly took out the mirror used by Nashida from Xiaobai's room, and through the faint light in the room, he could see his current appearance clearly.
There is a crown of the Dragon King on her head and a crouching dragon tree growing behind her, and she looks exactly like Ruoli.
“…Brother Zhongli, the person you just missed is my ally!”
Liu Bai suddenly realized and pointed at Zhongli.
"Eh?"
Ruoli also immediately turned around and looked at Zhongli, with a rare blush on her face.
"...Don't talk nonsense. You're still drunk. Go back and get some rest."
Zhongli was sure that he didn't think so just now, after all, the Dragon King Ruota did not die in the battle.
"I'm not drunk. My skill is to become someone who matters to others."
Liu Bai pinched his cheek hard and it hurt.
Then he refuted with certainty.
"Ruotu is an ally who has fought with me to protect Liyue. He naturally has a place in my heart. What I missed before were only those allies who have sacrificed their lives and could not accompany me to see the prosperity of Liyue today."
Zhongli shook his head and had to explain to Liu Bai.
"Morax..."
Ruoli looked back at Zhongli, then immediately put her hands on her hips and looked at Liu Bai: "That's right, change back quickly and don't use my appearance!"
“…That seems to make sense, eh?”
Zhongli’s words made Liu Bai scratch his head.
Although this skill is called seduction, the object of transformation is basically not the other person's lover.
But since that person is not the one Zhongli just missed, he cannot complete the system option.
Scratching his head, Liu Bai tried to use the seduction technique again.
This time, countless dust particles gathered from all directions without warning, and several flowers called glazed lilies appeared out of thin air in the cracks between the surrounding bricks.
"..."
Zhongli was stunned, and as he tried to figure out what was going on, anger appeared in his eyes for some reason.
But the next moment he realized that this anger did not come from his own emotions, but seemed to come from wear and tear. He immediately calmed down his anger and returned to his normal state of mind.
[Seduction: You can randomly transform into a person who is important to the target. If you are discovered, the target's anger will increase by 1000%]
Dust surrounded "Ruoli", and when it receded, only a girl with gray hair and a white dress with wide sleeves was left, standing barefoot on the sand on the ground.
When he saw the girl appear, Zhongli opened his mouth, but reason told him that the person in front of him was just Liu Bai.
"Is this right this time?"
Liu Bai looked down at himself, then picked up the mirror and took a look.
"Hmm, it's indeed someone I haven't seen in Liyue~ Is she the person you were missing just now, Morax?"
After looking at her current appearance in the mirror, Liu Bai asked Zhongli in a girl's voice.
Her question made Zhongli feel dazed, and he almost thought she was him.
"Yes, she is one of the allies who walked with me on the land of Liyue, just like Ruota, before Liyue settled down."
Zhongli nodded.
"You should change back first. I used to be reminded of people by seeing things, but this is the first time I've been reminded of someone by seeing a person..."
Zhongli wanted to sigh, but couldn't do it, so he had to urge Liu Bai to change back.
He was worried that this would exacerbate the wear and tear that had just caused him to lose control of his emotions.
He couldn't imagine the consequences if he went crazy like King Rādhāraṇa.
"Well, I'll go back first. See you next time, Morax~"
The girl raised her hand hidden in her wide sleeves and waved it. After saying the last sentence, she slowly disappeared.
Zhongli subconsciously raised a hand, only to see Liu Bai reappear in the same place.
[Congratulations to the host for winning the reward: "Matchmaker Red Thread"]
[Conceptual item: Red string of matchmaker: When you obtain it, it will automatically fix your existing marriage and it will never wear out, so now you can probably only use it to flirt in the bedroom.]
After Liu Bai turned back, the system determined that Liu Bai had completed the option.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Zhongli really thought it was him at some point...
"So Brother Zhongli is thinking about the girl just now. Can I ask her name?"
Liu Bai took a look at the props rewarded by the system, and then couldn't help but ask Zhongli.
"…She is the Demon God of Dust, Hagentus, also known as Guizhong. She was the demon god who once ruled the Guiliyuan area and was also the first demon god to form an alliance with me."
Zhongli explained to Liu Bai.
For some reason he felt a little tired and wanted to go back to his room to rest.
"So that's how it is... I'm here to help others, Zhongli, take it!"
Liu Bai nodded, then immediately took out a fried egg with skin injuries, tore off a little bit of it, and stuffed it into Zhongli's hand.
Although Zhongli didn't know what Liu Bai meant, he knew that the fried egg was a healing medicine and was about to accept it.
But at this moment, Liu Bai suddenly looked up and shouted.
"Haagen-Dazs! Come over here and have some omelette!"
Zhongli: "..."
"Ding ding, the designation failed. There is no one named Haagen-Dazs among the host's cognition objects!"
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