Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first?-Chapter 312 - 110: The Agreement

"What are you guys doing?" Aske asked.

"The day after tomorrow is Halloween," Peggy said, holding a pumpkin.

It was then that Aske remembered, almost unconsciously, that the end of the year was approaching.

Having passed nearly half a year since he had arrived in this world, he had no idea what the situation was like back on Earth. His mother must be posting missing person flyers everywhere, right? It was such a pity, for he had absolutely no clue how he had crossed over.

Why did this body, this Aske’s appearance, look so strikingly similar to his own before crossing over? Why could he speak the languages of this world from the very beginning without the memories of Aske? Sirius language, Latin, Frankish, Iberian, as well as Saxon and Britannian—none of which he had studied before, but they all translated in his mind the moment he thought about them. Was this a soul-transference or a physical crossing?

He just hoped it wasn’t some car accident or a fall from a building that had brought him here. If his body back on Earth was already dead, how would he return?

To tell the truth, he had been quite famous in the esports circle, having led his team to win the championship in the first global esports league.

However, the second season of the league hadn’t started yet, and the fame of the game "Iron and Fire" hadn’t reached a societal scale in his country. If it really were a death-crossing, perhaps the newspapers would print headlines like: Esports player commits suicide after winning championship.

And then his clueless parents would use it as a teachable moment to tell kids, "See, playing games gets you nowhere..."

Aske sighed, and suddenly everything went dark—a pumpkin had been placed on his head.

"Wow, the Squad Leader has turned into the Great Demon King!" Mia and Miel ran away giggling. Aske took the pumpkin off his head and watched them expressionlessly.

Even though they were always up to mischief in their free time, it was hard to dislike such pretty girls.

Back in the club’s team, he rarely interacted with women. The most he ever spoke to was probably the receptionist at the club: forgot his pass card, needed help getting it swiped...

All of his teammates were also male, and the only female player, Xiao Liu, left after a few months. Everyone joked that once they made it big, they would go pick up fans. Of course, it was just talk; a bunch of innocent homebodies who would blush just walking by a foot massage parlor, tsk.

But now, he didn’t really consider himself a homebody, right? After all, he had met so many girls. His mother always said playing games was no way to make a living, but once the team’s salary and bonuses came in, she’d let it go and instead enthusiastically started arranging blind dates for him.

Can you find a girlfriend by playing games? She used to ask him that often. Now it seemed you actually could... If he could return, should he consider bringing one back to meet his parents?

Forget it, they were, after all, from the world of the game, it felt a bit like dating a virtual character, strange.

"There you go again," Medea’s voice came from behind him, "Why do I always get the impression that you think you’re playing a game, treating us all like NPCs?"

"Medea," Aske said slowly, "It’s you implanting thoughts in my mind, isn’t it? No wonder I’ve had so much on my mind today."

"Can you stop being so troublesome? What’s the point of dwelling on that?" Medea said impatiently, "If you think you’re in a game, then go jump off a cliff right now, you can just respawn in the game, can’t you?"

"It’s not about respawning," Aske said, "If I’m to fall in love, I at least want it to be with a real woman."

"Why am I not a real woman?" Medea got angry.

"I didn’t say you weren’t real," Aske explained, "I just have reservations. Since you can read minds, you should be able to understand, right?"

Medea was speechless; so just because she could read minds, she was supposed to understand him?

However, she could indeed understand. Aske’s mentality was really a kind of moral fastidiousness, feeling that even if there was a one in ten thousand chance that the other person was a virtual game program, the thought shamed him—he would be devastated to give his heart to love her, only to find out she was a non-existent virtual program.

"So what if it really was a game?" Medea still wanted to try, throwing him a seductive glance, "Then wouldn’t you be able to play however you want, without any responsibility?"

"It’s not like that," Aske said solemnly, "If she’s real, then of course I must take responsibility."

Medea was at a loss for words. Weren’t you just boxing yourself into a corner? Did you seriously want to be a virgin for life?

"Sigh, I actually know that ’this world is virtual’ and the possibility is already very slim," Aske admitted frankly. "After all, with things like mind reading coming up, modern technology probably can’t do that yet."

"I just need a little time to convince myself."

"How long do you need?" Medea asked him impatiently.

"Just one successful return to the original world should be enough for me to accept it," Aske said.

"You mean, go back and then come back?" Medea mused.

"Yeah," Aske said. He couldn’t just ignore his family back in that world.

"What if you don’t come back?" Medea asked, doubtful.

"Then I’d be at a huge loss," Aske said with a smile. "I wouldn’t get to see a beautiful girl like Medea anymore."

"Hmph." Medea’s nose felt hot, and she quickly covered her face and turned away. This always frigid Squad Leader suddenly flirted, which was seriously against the rules, almost too much to handle... Ah, I’m fine now.

"Anyway, I still don’t agree," she said nasally, pinching her nose. "Maybe you’ll really never come back. I don’t agree, and I’ll stop you by any means necessary."

"Then bring it on," Aske said with a laugh.

Medea hurried away. This consistently scheming girl also had such a pure side to her, which Aske found both surprising and entertaining.

He turned around, smiling, only to see Nora holding a cleaver expressionlessly. novelbuddy-cσ๓

"Nora?" For some reason, Aske suddenly felt guilty, like a thief caught red-handed. "What are you doing with that cleaver?"

"It was for cutting the pumpkin just now," Nora said, hiding the cleaver behind her back and breaking into an elegant smile. "What were you saying to Medea just now?"

Aske instinctively wanted to make up an excuse, but then remembered this girl was also a member of the Mind Reading Club and had no choice but to confess,

"I told her I would return to my own world."

"Oh," Nora raised an eyebrow. "And she didn’t object?"

"She did," Aske said. "I told her I would come back."

"And you didn’t ask her to wait for you?" Nora asked, her tone unfriendly.

"No," Aske said. "Isn’t it tiring to hold the cleaver? Maybe put it down first?"

"I just used my Life Ability to ripen a few pumpkins, haven’t harvested them yet," Nora shook her head and sighed. "Anyway, if you really choose her, Aske, please, do me a favor and tell me as soon as possible, okay? Don’t let me wait here foolishly, like an idiot."

"Okay, I’ll definitely tell you." Aske had barely spoken when he suddenly felt something was amiss. "No, I mean, I definitely won’t say... What I mean is, can we not discuss this right now? It’s too early, and I haven’t thought that much about it yet."

Against the cunning Medea, he could flirt back or tease. But with a sincere girl like Nora, Aske couldn’t say any ambiguous platitudes and simply had to tell the truth — in some ways, she was like his kryptonite.

"Pff." Nora laughed at his incoherent appearance. "Let’s not talk about that. In any case, if one day you finally get your wish and return to the original world..."

"You have to come back, you know?" Her clear eyes fixed on Aske, causing him an inexplicable sense of shame. "I planted extraordinary flowers in the garden. Without using extraordinary abilities, it takes several years for them to grow from seeds to maturity. When they bloom, you have to come back and watch them with me."

"Okay," Aske said.

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