Chapter 238: The 'Power Up Plan'
It looked like she wasn't here to beat around the bush, and she was becoming quite good at hiding that killing intent bubbling up inside her.
|How far have I gone with Azmond?| Boundless asked with a finger on her chin.
|'What does she mean by that? Was she asking how close we are? That must be it!'|
And like the dense girl she was, she responded with, |All The Way!!!|
"..." "..."
Both Azmond and Crystalline were left stunned by the words spoken by Boundless.
...
"Mhmu??" Even Emu was not left out of that speechless state they all found themselves in.
"Azmond?" Crystalline's voice leaked out with a darkened expression.
She was not playing around!
'Well, shit'
Azmond couldn't believe the 'predicament' he had found himself in.
It was supposed to be smooth sailing after he revealed the existence of Boundless! Smooth sailing! Did this look like smooth sailing!?
'I swear, when I find the god who thought this would be funny, I'll stick a flute up his ass and have a donkey play a tune.'
Azmond's eyebrows flickered around the luxurious room, attempting to distract himself from the chaos that was about to ensue.
He could take on monsters or beast waves; he could even go up against asteroid-sized monsters with no problem. However, when it came to women, even Azmond started to have cold feet.
"Well?" Crystalline questioned once more.
Azmond had no choice now! He had to come up with something, and fast!
'Ahh! I know just the thing!'
It hit him like a bolt of lightning as words started flowing out of him...
"You see Boundless is a poor and impecunious soul. She doesn't have much in this life! I'm really the only thing she has! So when you asked her how far we went, she responded with the deluded dreams she has when she 'sleeps'.
She can't help it!" Azmond described his words with exaggerated hand motions as he pointed at the puzzled brown-haired girl beside him.
|What?? I'm not lonely, Azmond!| Boundless retorted with a pouty expression.
"See, clear signs of denial! You can't help but pity her! I will definitely find a world-renowned doctor to help her out one of these days. But for now, you can just see her as nothing more than someone you have to be understanding of," Azmond added with a 'pained' countenance.
His hands clasped over the shoulders of Boundless as he attempted to 'help' her get through her 'problems'.
|Ow ow! Azmond! Stop squeezing so hard; it hurts!| She feigned pain as she backed away from the group with chipmunk-like cheeks.
Boundless couldn't believe this was how she was treated after all the 'work' she put into introducing herself!
|'This is what I get for trying to be on the same level as everyone else! But it looks like in the end, I'm still too awesome to relate to anyone else!'|
She still somehow managed to have her nose pointed to the sky, even under such circumstances...
Nonetheless, it looked like that was all the proof Crystalline needed to believe Azmond, as she directed a gaze of pity toward the conceited Boundless.
"... I see what you mean, Azmond," she whispered underneath her breath.
Azmond leaned his head on her shoulder before replying with, "I know, you just need to be patient with her... She is still learning, but I believe she will get there one day" He spoke with a 'melancholic' tone as he gazed off into the distance.
And just as Azmond thought he would get away with everything, a dead voice sounded out next to his ear: "But you really haven't done anything with her?"
"Why, of course not, My Love~! Who do you think I am!? I'm an extremely faithful man! But if you were to allow it, then who would I be to den-" He began with a righteous tone before...
*Bonk!*
He was slapped across the head by Crystalline.
"No!" She announced with a dangerous look on her face.
"Ow Are you sure about that, My Dear? There could be so many benefits to such a scenario!" Azmond feigned pain before attempting to back up his 'case'.
He wasn't willing to give up so easily! Just thinking about all the strength he could gain from Dual Cultivation alone was enough to make him give up some of his dignity!
Azmond would never cheat on his Crystalline, but that didn't mean he wouldn't try his utmost hardest to 'coax' her over to the dark side!
"I said No!" Crystalline repeated with a scary look on her face.
She wouldn't allow any other b*tches to get their nasty bodies on her man! She refused!
"But what if I told you that both you and myself could gain even more strength if I made a few 'special' connections with a select few women?" Azmond advertised with a true businessman's look on his face.
He would convince his Ice Queen to follow through with this 'power-up plan', no matter what he had to do! After all, power was the first and foremost thing Azmond desired in any number of lifetimes.
And if he had even the slightest chance of 'convincing' his Little Ice Flower to allow the opportunity for more power, then he would sure as hell put his all into it!
"More power?" Crystalline wouldn't deny that she wasn't the least bit intrigued by such a notion.
However, she wouldn't give up so easily! She may be a power hog like Azmond, but she still had standards!
"Yes, My Dear~ I will love you all the same, even if I have more women. But think about it this way: there is this 'feature' of my system that allows me and anyone I 'dual cultivate' with to become stronger.
But that is not all, as it also allows higher strength boosts to be transmitted through partners the more I have~," Azmond began his elaboration of the benefits with a wily look on his face.