Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 526 - 465: Heart Knot

"He Luan, I happened to catch this deserter on my way back. He’s a rare Enchanting Demon. It would be a shame to kill him, so I’m giving him to you as a plaything."

"An Enchanting Demon?" Sang Luo’s almond eyes widened in surprise. ’So they really exist?’

"Mhm, a very special type of the Demon Clan. They’re genderless and skilled at seduction and..." For once, Quan Jin looked a little embarrassed. He paused before adding, "concocting aphrodisiacs."

"Pfft— HAHAHA." Sang Luo laughed for a long while before stopping. She teased, "You kept him... you don’t happen to have other ideas, do you?"

"Sangsang." A suspicious blush crept onto Quan Jin’s face as he said righteously, "He was a subordinate of the former Demon Lord. When Little Treasure was bewitched by the Exquisite Heart, this one fanned the flames. Killing him directly would be letting him off too easily. I’ve placed a Demon Slave Mark on him and imprisoned his Divine Soul in a Demon Artifact. You can summon and command him as you please."

Sang Luo grew anxious the moment she heard this. ’That bastard dared to harm my child!’

"Just watch me work him to the bone. I’ll torture him properly and get revenge for my son!"

After she spoke, she seemed to hear a mournful, shrill cry from the music box-like Demon Artifact. The more she turned the music box’s crank, the more intense the struggles became. When it realized resistance was futile, it played dead and fell silent. Bored, Sang Luo tossed it back into her storage space.

The two children were bathing in Dragon Blood, and there was no telling when they would wake up. Quan Jin sealed the entrance to the forbidden area. If anyone were to breach the Defensive Array, he would sense it immediately.

"I haven’t been back in so long. Come walk with me."

Sang Luo rubbed her belly. "I’m hungry."

Quan Jin remembered she was pregnant again and rummaged through his storage space, pulling out a number of Crystal Cores.

The Demon Clan’s territory was a barren and desolate land, incapable of growing any tasty Spirit Fruits. However, it was teeming with powerful Demon Beasts. Over the years, he had hunted hundreds of Emperor Rank Demon Beasts, and countless King Rank ones and below. All these Crystal Cores had been purified by Little Yuan and could be consumed and refined directly.

Sang Luo popped an orange-red Crystal Core into her mouth. It melted instantly, turning into a sweet, honey-like Energy Dew that slid down her throat. She remembered something and gave Quan Jin a brilliant smile. "Back when I was pregnant with Little Qi and Little Yuan, you also scoured the world to find Crystal Cores for me to eat, terrified that the children wouldn’t be well-nourished."

Quan Jin recalled those days, his gaze softening. "Those years I most want to forget were also my happiest, because I had you and our two children."

Back then, on the Western Continent, he could have her all to himself. She belonged only to him.

No matter how many people surrounded her in the future, he was the one who first had her, and he was the one who made her a mother.

...

「Southern region, Long City.」

They found a restaurant that was doing good business.

"Your food is here, customers. Please enjoy!" After serving the dishes, the young waiter went to attend to other guests.

Sang Luo stared blankly at the waiter’s retreating figure, then looked at Quan Jin, who was cutting a meat patty into small pieces for her.

"He..."

Quan Jin shook his head. "He isn’t Leon Claudio. Leon passed away a hundred years ago."

"...I know. More than five hundred years have passed. Most of the friends we knew back then are gone. Who knows how many times they’ve reincarnated." The young man didn’t look like Leon, but his spiritual aura was the same. He was simply his reincarnation.

Quan Jin passed the cut pieces of meat to Sang Luo.

"I really miss Little Bai’s cooking. It’s a shame I never got to see her one last time. She couldn’t practice Cultivation, so she must have passed even earlier than Leon." Sang Luo tasted a piece of the meat patty, chewing slowly. The ingredients were just ordinary beast meat, but it was deliciously prepared.

Quan Jin also ate slowly, replying, "After Little Bai passed, I saw Leon once. He was middle-aged by then, much calmer and quieter than in his youth. In those years, they had adopted many homeless cubs. The children all grew up and helped run their chain of restaurants."

"What about Leon? Did he stop managing things?" Sang Luo said, disappointed. "After Little Bai became the proprietress, she rarely cooked herself. His skills were even better than hers."

"He was a soldier who came from the army. If he had really wanted to make a living doing odd jobs in a restaurant, he wouldn’t have gone to military academy back then." Quan Jin shook his head. "After Little Bai was gone, Leon gave the restaurants to the children and went off to travel the world alone... When he served under me, he once said that after he retired and saved enough money, he wanted to travel and see the world, free and unrestrained, to live out the final Chapter of his beast life."

"..." Sang Luo didn’t know what to say, her heart touched. "Little Bai was incredibly lucky to have met Leon in her lifetime. And with Leon by her side... even though they didn’t have children, Little Bai gave him a unique warmth and affection."

"It’s a pity they couldn’t stay together for the rest of their lives in the end." The more she thought about it, the sadder she became. "If only they were still here. We’ll never see them again."

Quan Jin didn’t speak, instead looking up toward the door of their private room.

Sang Luo followed his gaze, and her own eyes froze.

A pretty young woman in a pink and white floral dress walked over, her face beaming with a warm and lively smile. "Hello, distinguished guests! You’re our highest-spending customers of the day. Would you be interested in signing up for a membership? You’ll get 25% off all future dishes, and the restaurant will give you a complimentary plate of our new signature dish."

Sang Luo’s eyes grew moist. She didn’t know whether to be moved or to laugh and cry. The whole concept of a "membership" was something she had introduced to the Beast World, something she had taught Little Bai.

She questioned Quan Jin in her sea of consciousness. ’Such a coincidence. Don’t tell me you secretly arranged for them to get together, did you?’

’It’s fate that they met again,’ Quan Jin replied. ’The last time I saw Leon, I did give him a pair of Unity Spells. If his wish was strong enough, there would be a response in the unseen world. But whether they could ultimately meet, get to know each other, and stay together still depended on their karmic destiny in this life.’

The young woman stared intently at Sang Luo. For some reason, her nose tingled, but she held back the feeling and smiled brightly. "I feel like I’ve known you forever, miss, like we’ve met somewhere before. Let’s just say I’ve made a new friend. This meal is on the house! Please come back often!"

Sang Luo nodded with a smile. "The food at this restaurant is just to my liking. I’ll sign up for a membership. I’ll be coming by often in the future."

"Alrighty! Just infuse a sliver of your Beast Source Power into this Token, and from now on, it’ll be your exclusive membership card. If you want to add credit later, you can come to the restaurant. If that’s not convenient, you can also add me as a friend on your Jade Scroll, and just let me know there."

After they finished the process, the young woman walked out and ran into the waiter from before.

He rushed to support her. "Didn’t I tell you to get some rest? Sigh, you can never sit still. Don’t wear yourself out. What if something happens to you and the baby... What would I do then?"

His tone was chiding, but his face was filled with gentleness and care.

Hearing this, Sang Luo looked at Quan Jin in surprise.

He said, "She’s pregnant. It’s still early, probably only one or two months along."

Only then did she notice that the young woman’s dress was very loose, hiding the slight swell of her belly.

Sang Luo smiled too. "Little Bai had a congenital defect. She loved children but could never get pregnant. It was always a regret of hers. In this life, her wish has finally been fulfilled."

"Her body in this life can also be used for Cultivation. Her talent is quite good. She’s a Fifth Rank female beast, and in the future, she’ll have a good chance of advancing to the Seventh Rank."

"Their lifespans in this life may only be a short hundred years, but being able to support each other through thick and thin, grow old together, and stay by each other’s side for a lifetime is the happiness they yearned for but could not have in their last life."

Speaking of short lifespans, Sang Luo thought of Lan Cang, and a pang of sorrow filled her heart.