The Girls Are All Coveting Me

"But now I want to stop at this moment."

Lilith calmly said words that were surprising.

Chloe whispered:

"Senior, you're drunk."

"Indeed, a bit drunk." Lilith smiled, "So are you going to drive me away again?"

Chloe frowned.

What does 'again' mean?

He looked up at Lilith.

Then he saw her sitting there with a hint of intoxication, her emerald eyes reflecting his image.

He felt dazed for a moment.

"... Walnut?"

A moment later, he slapped his forehead and said:

"Sorry, I was hallucinating, pretend you didn't hear anything."

Upon turning back, he saw tears in Lilith's eyes.

"Hmm."

Chloe froze in place, thinking he had heard wrong.

For a moment, the two sitting at the bar were engulfed in a long silence.

"Call me Lilith, let's say we're getting to know each other anew."

"So what does that 'hmm' mean?"

"What answer do you want to hear?"

Chloe wasn't someone who was easily agitated, but at this moment, his breathing was uncontrollably rapid.

"I have a friend I couldn't save..."

Lilith sighed:

"Actually, I didn't really save myself either, but I can't figure out what's going on with me?"

She didn't admit she was Walnut.

But her statement already revealed many things.

Chloe clenched and unclenched his fists, eventually turning to the cabinet to grab a bottle of wine, and chipped a few pieces of ice from the ice machine.

"Didn't you say you didn't like drinking?" Lilith took his wine glass.

Chloe didn't resist, but after she took it, he took it back, saying:

"Occasionally, I do indulge."

This time, Lilith didn't stop him.

He drank the wine in one gulp, leaving the ice swirling in the glass, then said:

"When did it start to become like this?"

"After waking up, it's like having a long dream, the dream ended, and then it became like this. It might be a bit of schizophrenia, but it feels like it's not schizophrenia."

Just as she said, she didn't know if she really was Walnut, but she also didn't know if she was Lilith.

She couldn't tell anymore.

"Do you trust me?"

"For now... let's say I do."

"Then let go of your guard, I'll help you check."

Lilith tilted her head, with the ice cubes slightly swaying in her wine glass, she smiled mischievously and said:

"You're not accusing me of being touchy-feely now?"

"President, dear president, let me see the situation first, this matter is very important to me."

Chloe can't stand seeing friends and family end in tragedy.

Honestly, he doesn't know what his relationship with Walnut is.

Due to the old dog Victor, does he feel more affection for Magical Creatures?

Yes.

Because he felt Walnut was strange, but not annoying, so he began interacting out of curiosity?

Yes.

Seeing through the White-crowned Crane's appearance, discovering an interesting soul inside?

Yes.

These aren't lies.

But to say the two became nominally husband and wife?

Chloe can only scratch his head and say it was all muddled.

Is it love, he doesn't know.

He's surprised by Walnut's intelligence, and likes the quiet compliance when grooming its fur.

But regardless of which, there's one thing he can be sure of.

Walnut being alive is very important to him.

Lilith didn't like others touching her body.

But she didn't resist Chloe.

She also felt confused about her situation, but was reluctant to talk to her family.

At times like this, Chloe seemed most fitting.

So she sighed and said:

"Do whatever you want."

People familiar with Lilith know, she is quite lazy.

Now the lazy girl has given up struggling.

Chloe lifted her hair tips, revealing a beautiful forehead.

His warm fingertips gently cupped Lilith's face, the light of Recovery slowly seeped into her body.

Instinctively meeting Chloe's gaze, Lilith's eyes seemed to be consumed by his deep eyes.

Gradually, her face flushed.

At some point, in Chloe's hand, the Red Moon's Cage Hand quietly emerged.

The scarlet power spread on Lilith's body, as if something was awakening, a beautiful yet shattered gemstone slowly emerged on Lilith's forehead.

Chloe stayed silent for a long time.

A moment later, he slowly withdrew his hand.

Lilith lowered her head and asked:

"Why aren't you speaking?"

"Just feeling the world is quite marvelous."

He sighed.

"You truly are not Walnut, or rather, not solely Walnut."

Lilith tilted her head, not understanding Chloe's meaning.

Chloe attempted to pour himself another drink, but Lilith stopped him.

He set down the wine glass, grabbed a bottle of milk, and sat back in the chair, saying:

"How much do you know about the Red Moon Maiden?"

"Pretty much know what needs to be known."

"Then you know the history of the Red Moon, and the matter of the Red Moon Fragment?"

"Yes."

"Let me tell you something you don't know, about the Red Moon Fragment."

"Hmm, I'm listening."

The two started talking like old friends.

Lilith finished her mojito and mixed another for herself.

Chloe began to speak of something few people knew about even in the original storyline.

"The power of the Red Moon Maiden is uniquely dangerous among existing divine powers."

Lilith nodded.

She was aware of this.

She tilted her head and said:

"The Red Moon Fragment can only be used as weapon material now; it seems very hard to digest and absorb."

"Not just hard, everyone who attempted to digest and absorb the Red Moon's power died."

"Hmm?"

"The Red Moon Fragment represents the True God Uniqueness of the Red Moon Maiden; if it could be absorbed, a New God would have already been born over the past few thousand years."

"You mean..."

"Yes, because the Red Moon Maiden isn't actually dead; her life continues.

It's unclear whether it's due to her own speciality or the King of Redemption's intervention.

In any case, as time progresses, the fragments of the Red Moon will eventually merge, and the Red Moon will be fully resurrected."

This is the reason why Red Moon Fragments can only be used as weapon material.

The indigestible True God Uniqueness provides the Red Moon a worldly anchor.

As long as the fact that it can't be digested remains, the Red Moon is destined to descend.

Chloe pinched her brow and said:

"So the problem now is that you're still alive, which clearly contradicts the fact that the True God Uniqueness of the Red Moon is occupied, unless..."

"Unless I am the Red Moon?"

Lilith seemed dazed.

She recalled the voice she sometimes heard in her dreams, always whispering in her ears:

"Kallen, I grant you indestructible substance."

"Even if you're battered by storms and oxidized into wind,"

"Become the foam that disperses over the beer,"

"Turn into the dust nestled under streetlights,"

"But just as atoms in the universe won't vanish, we shall meet again."

"I grant you the right not to be chosen by destiny, and the luck to actively choose your fate."

"The entanglements and desires of the world won't cling to you; you will grow up in the love of your family."

"Until one day, someone leaves a tear in your heart, and you wish to choose new family."

Whenever this happened, she would feel engulfed by boundless warmth.

It was as if someone extremely close had come to her side.

At that time, she could fall asleep peacefully.

Seeing Lilith's thoughtful expression, Chloe shook her head and said:

"So you've misunderstood from the beginning.

Whether it's Lilith, or Walnut, or possibly those of natural fusion, all are parts of the Red Moon Maiden."

Those not naturally fused died early.

Even the naturally fused, most perished in infancy before their lives began.

You and Walnut are like that.

Your original destiny was to start a new cycle of reincarnation under the influence of Red Moon Fragment."

Each reincarnation is a completion to the Red Moon."

All Red Moon Fragments constantly converge from branches to the main trunk until the Red Moon is prematurely awakened."

This is rooted in the True God Uniqueness."

But rules allow it, I do not."

Chloe nonchalantly spoke these audacious words.

No matter the reason, he forcibly interrupted the Red Moon's process of self-completion.

Thus, the self-completion of the Red Moon that should continue tracing its roots is now off track at this moment.

As someone who once peered at the supreme throne as the King of Pride, he easily understood Lilith, or rather Walnut's current state.

"So you don't need to wonder; you are Lilith, and also Walnut, but you are both the Red Moon, merely awakened early."

Lilith nodded.

This resolved a doubt in her heart.

Why there was no rejection during her fusion with Walnut, and their experiences seamlessly integrated.

Because they were, in essence, one.

Still, Lilith asked the question lingering in her heart.

"Would you prefer I be Lilith or Walnut?"

Chloe slightly bowed, his stern eyes revealing a hint of gentleness:

"I only hope you don't die; maybe that's why I chose to burn my life to keep you back then.

Though I don't know the process, my subconscious told me if I didn't, I'd regret it.

Anyhow, seeing you again, I'm very happy."

The conflict in Lilith's eyes gradually dispersed, and a myriad of emotions surged forth.

Her red lips slightly parted:

"Don't you want to ask me why I did that now?"

Chloe replied helplessly:

"Is this important now?"

"Why isn't it? You nearly went to build a nest with someone else."

Chloe felt somewhat awkward.

What kind of description is this?

What do you mean I went to build a nest with someone else?

"Isn't that so? Others can find you, but I can't?"

Lilith started to take action.

Chloe exclaimed that things were going awry.

No.

Walnut, I admit it was too much to call you a shrimp head before.

But coming on so strong, it's beyond my expectations, putting a lot of pressure on me.

"You don't like it?"

"I'm just..."

"I'm good to all members."

"..."

No, Chloe felt somewhat angry.

"But it stops at the level of a president to a member, and if anyone tries to cross that line, I'll deal with them."

"So what about me? Forced to cross the line?"

"You don't count, because facing you, there isn't even such a line."

And then he saw Lilith lift her head and say:

"So while I'm drunk today, take me."