Chapter 206
Chapter 206
Chapter 206
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 206 – Talia Catches Lan Qi on the Spot
The workbench was cluttered with scattered drawing tools and scraps of materials, and in the center of it all rested a completed magic card emitting a violet mist.
Lan Qi leaned back against the sofa-like chair, yawning again and again, nearly falling asleep.
Today, he had finally made a magic card he couldn’t even use himself, and once completed, it was no longer his concern.
The Poet of Great Love’s slender fingers gently picked up the newly born card, her eyes filled with joy and anticipation.
“Try it.”
Lan Qi mumbled with his eyes closed.
“Do you still have enough mana? I’ll need your mana to use this.”
The Poet of Great Love hesitated, setting the magic card down for a moment as she asked.
She could feel Lan Qi’s mana reserves were nearly empty.
“It’s fine.”
Lan Qi waved his hand, signaling that she could use it if she wanted.
While they were talking—
Someone had already knocked several times at the door to Lan Qi’s dormitory.
But the two of them had been so absorbed in the card workshop that even if they faintly heard something, they assumed it was just a neighbor’s door being knocked.
“Lan Qi, someone’s been knocking for ages, meow.”
The Cat Boss, who had been sitting by the entrance watching them work, glanced toward the front door.
Then it turned its little cat head and called out toward Lan Qi in the workshop.
“At my place?”
“Yes, meow.”
Lan Qi shook his drowsy head, thinking he hadn’t misheard.
Having a talking cat at home was indeed convenient.
So, Lan Qi stood up wearily, returned to the living room, and turned the doorknob.
To his surprise, he froze for a moment.
Standing outside the door were Huperion, and beside her, almost like a guardian, was Talia.
Huperion, seeing Lan Qi’s just-woken expression, gave him an apologetic nod and said:
“Since the Cat Boss hadn’t returned for so long, the shop clerk asked us to come look. I thought maybe it was here at your place—”
Before Huperion could finish her sentence, her eyes caught sight of the Cat Boss in the corner. But following its direction, she noticed someone else in the living room—
A black-haired beauty, admiring herself in the mirror.
“!!”
She rubbed her eyes.
When had Lan Qi hidden a girl in his home?!
Huperion was sure she had never seen this beautiful black-haired girl before.
The girl’s dark green coat was trimmed with gold buttons and insignia, paired with a white blouse and an emerald tie. Her pale skirt was decorated with white rose patterns. Her hair, like black silk, shimmered with depth as it swayed.
Her emerald eyes rippled with clear gentleness, her skin pure and white as snow. The hem of her skirt fluttered lightly, revealing her slender, elegant legs, her black shoes tapping confidently with each step.
When she turned around, her smile was sweet, as warm as sunlight, irresistible to approach.
Even Talia furrowed her brows.
She hadn’t expected Lan Qi to be living with a human woman she’d never seen before…
But when both Huperion and Talia finally got a good look at the girl’s face—
They realized it was all too familiar.
Excessively familiar.
The Poet of Great Love had completely taken human form, with the same black hair and green eyes as Lan Qi, looking as though she were his own sister!
Huperion’s jaw dropped open like a little round hole. Meanwhile, Talia’s eyelids sank instantly, releasing a chilling killing intent that froze the air.
Even Lan Qi shivered, jolted awake.
He looked back at the Poet of Great Love, then toward the doorway where Talia was glaring daggers at him.
It seemed she had come at the worst possible moment.
Talia walked slowly toward Lan Qi.
He instinctively stepped back two paces, but behind him was only the wall.
“Lan Qi… so you like to take my appearance for things like this? Is it so fun to change her clothes?”
Talia stood before him, lifting her gaze up to his, asking in a quiet voice.
The last time Lan Qi had modeled the Poet of Great Love’s form after her, she had let it slide, counting it as part of their contract and payment.
But now, she finally understood what a disaster the Poet of Great Love was.
At any moment, she herself might be completely exposed to Lan Qi!
She had thought he wouldn’t do something like this. But if he really did have such preferences, she wanted nothing more than to kill him.
And then, breaking their contract, she would take her own life as well.
Lan Qi, feeling Talia press closer than ever before, saw her delicate face and the hand she was slowly raising. For the first time, he truly felt he was on the verge of death.
He had never imagined Talia could be this furious.
From his past impressions of her, she had always been more calm than not!
“No, no, no! It wasn’t me changing her clothes. This was to give the Poet of Great Love another disguise. She’s too pretty, too eye-catching!”
Lan Qi shook his head furiously as he explained, feeling Talia’s hand pinning his shoulder to the wall. It looked light, but he couldn’t budge an inch.
“…”
Talia’s hand faltered slightly. She had intended to refute him, but found it hard to deny the reasoning.
Humans, when panicked in the face of death, usually spoke the truth. And he wasn’t lying.
It seemed Lan Qi really did think her appearance was extremely beautiful and conspicuous.
But no matter what, Talia’s anger did not subside in the least.
“Talia, because we’ll be heading to the Northern Continent soon, we needed to prepare disguises for the Poet of Great Love. You’re just too beautiful. Without disguises, she’d stand out far too easily.”
Huperion hurried to explain.
“…”
Hearing Huperion, Talia’s expression shifted complicatedly as she glanced at her, but she still did not release Lan Qi’s shoulder.
She was simply furious.
A vague, irrational anger.
As if she was less than the Poet of Great Love—a mere summoned being.
As if she could never compare to her, a woman so effortlessly likable.
But why was she comparing herself to the Poet of Great Love?It wasn’t like she cared what Lan Qi thought of her.
The messy turmoil in her chest had no outlet, so it transformed into resentment and anger toward Lan Qi.
At that moment—
The Poet of Great Love, gazing from a distance at Lan Qi’s predicament and Talia’s aggression, let out a faint sigh.
“So you still think Talia is more beautiful and moving. Just now you were talking with me, but the moment she arrived you vanished. I knew it had to be Talia…”
She stepped forward, speaking toward Lan Qi.
Huperion nearly panicked.
If the Poet of Great Love stirred things up right now, Talia might actually lose control and strike at Lan Qi!
Huperion’s gaze fixed on the Poet of Great Love. In her human form, she looked more refined, more gentle—and, strangely, carried traces of Lan Qi’s aura.
If they appeared together before strangers in the Northern Continent, anyone would believe they were blood relatives.
But Huperion couldn’t quite say why the Poet of Great Love seemed so similar to Lan Qi, beyond hair and eye color.
“You’ve never praised me like that.”
Standing by Lan Qi’s side, the Poet of Great Love lowered her green eyes, speaking in a wounded voice.
“…”
Just as Huperion was about to stop her, she hesitated.
Those last two lines from the Poet of Great Love…
Was she truly a little resentful, picking a fight—?Or was she actually helping Lan Qi handle Talia?
What looked like a rift between human and card—Was in fact top-tier cooperation!
The Poet of Great Love was even picking up a bit of tea-flavored subtlety!