Sniff! Sniff! Sniff!
"Huh?"
Levi looked at Qingque, who was leaning over him and repeatedly twitching the tip of her nose. His face was full of question marks. "What are you doing?"
Hearing this, Qingque silently took two steps back and drank some water.
She said in silence, "...How many days has it been since you last showered?"
"? Since you were possessed by a Heliobus.", Levi answered honestly.
As a Herrscher, and the Herrscher of Flames at that, there was basically no possibility of bacteria or bugs existing on his body.
He only showered to feel refreshed.
"But why are you asking?"
Qingque's brows furrowed into a tight knot.
"You smell like the Luofu's ten-thousand-year-old public toilets."
She wasn't sure whether the woman who had come into contact with Levi had sprayed on too much perfume, or whether Levi had spent too long in some ten-thousand-year-old toilet on the Luofu and had become thoroughly impregnated with the smell.
'That smell... Is really something.'
Hearing Qingque's words, the first thing Levi thought of was Big Snake's laboratory.
However, the place was full of disinfectant smells. There was no way even the slightest bit of stink could have clung to him.
Besides, she was describing it as the smell of a ten-thousand-year-old toilet.
Levi could already imagine what that smell must be like.
He sniffed his sleeve but couldn't detect the smell Qingque had described.
Qingque tilted her head. "Maybe the perfume smell is just too strong, making my sense of smell mistake it for a bad odor."
"You know, I naturally have a pleasant body scent, so I don't need perfume at all. That's why I'm more sensitive to the smell of that stuff."
Hearing this, an ordinary person might have thought Qingque was showing off. But as a high-quality man among men, Levi suddenly sensed that something was off.
"Let's talk about which area would be suitable for buying a house first."
Qingque took another sip of the tea in front of her to moisten her throat. She looked at Levi, the corners of her mouth lifting and her eyes curving slightly, but she didn't follow his suggestion and discuss housing.
Instead, she smiled and said, "So."
"While I was being bewitched by the Heliobus..."
She glanced at the Heliobus beside her, its eyes crimson red, then continued with a smile, "How many girls did you get intimate with?"
'Oh boy!'
Levi's heart trembled. So he finally had to face this kind of question?
"Can you remember how many slices of bread you've eaten?"
"Two thousand six hundred and eighty-five slices."
"..."
Levi immediately shut his mouth and stared wide-eyed at Qingque, who had her arms crossed over her chest.
'Wait, you actually remember?!'
"I don't eat bread that often in the first place, so remembering the number isn't that difficult."
There's no need to make such a fuss.
"Now it's your turn to answer." Qingque leaned her upper body toward Levi, trying to make herself more intimidating. But she soon realized that no matter what she did...
Unless she stood on a chair, she would always have to look up at Levi. What kind of intimidation was that supposed to be?
Qingque immediately gave up on those gestures.
She simply stood in front of Levi with her arms crossed and a stern expression, interrogating him. "While I was under the Heliobus's control, exactly how many girls did you get intimate with?"
She now seriously suspected that the reason Levi had known she was being controlled by the Heliobus but hadn't come to rescue her immediately was most likely because he'd found a new love and forgotten his old one.
"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't go around saying whatever you want."
Levi also put on a stern expression. "Among all the people on the Xianzhou Luofu, who doesn't know that I, Levi, am a pure-love warrior?"
"Mm." Qingque nodded. "Pure love."
"The reason I didn't come to save you right away was to let you enjoy yourself in your dream for a while, wasn't it?" Levi looked sincere. "Seriously, President Qingque, I, Levi, absolutely haven't told a single lie."
The moment Qingque heard the title "President Qingque," her expression changed. She immediately looked around.
She suspected that she was still trapped in an illusion and hadn't returned to the real world.
Otherwise, why would that guy Levi call her "President Qingque"?
The real Levi would only call her things like "Little Qingque."
Besides, the title "President Qingque" had only appeared in her illusion. Given how much of a lazy slacker she usually was, there was no way the word "president" would have anything to do with her.
"Am I still in an illusion?"
Looking at the familiar mahjong parlor in front of her, Qingque's eyes were filled with confusion.
'What kind of technique is this?'
'An illusion within an illusion?'
'An illusion inside an illusion?'
Just then, she saw Levi in front of her suddenly freeze for a moment. He glanced around but didn't find anything that could have caused him to pause.
He immediately confirmed that this was reality.
Only the real Levi would suddenly freeze for no apparent reason like that.
The Levi inside the illusion had acted like a lovesick simp.
He had never behaved like the real Levi, who seemed to be missing a piece of his brain.
But why did Levi know the title she had been called in the illusion?
"You were spying on me!"
Qingque shouted. She abandoned her earlier theory and now suspected that the bastard Levi had been lurking in some corner of her illusion, secretly spying on her the entire time.
Or perhaps the Levi inside the illusion had actually been the real Levi himself.
The way Levi had acted like a lovesick simp in the illusion...
If the real Levi had genuinely wanted to cause trouble, he could definitely have acted the part, and he could have kept it up, too.
That guy was capable of doing absolutely anything.
As long as something interested him.
It was a good thing he wasn't interested in fighting and killing. Otherwise, she couldn't even imagine what the cosmos would turn into in the future.
While watching the group chat, Levi replied, "How can you call a gentleman's actions spying?"
Besides, the person he had been spying on... observing was Qingque from another world. What did that have to do with this little Qingque here?
'But why did Kiana tag me and then stop talking?'
"Let's put aside whether you're a gentleman or not for now."
Qingque said, "Just tell me how many girls you've gotten together with!"
Her eyes carried a strong sense of pressure.
The expression on her face seemed to say that if he didn't tell her the truth, he could forget about going to bed tonight.
Levi frowned and thought it over. "Who have I gotten together with..."
He genuinely didn't know.
Among the people who had the most contact with him... Everyone knew that Kiana liked Raiden Mei.
Elysia loved him, but not in the romantic sense. As a divine maiden, she loved everyone selflessly.
Stelle and Lumine were both now veteran members of the Anti-Levi Association.
It was hard to say that either of them had gotten together with him.
As for the little rich girl Asta, he'd set her up so badly last time that he should already be grateful she hadn't reported him to Herta. Forget about getting together with him.
"Tsk... I don't know." After going through everyone in his mind, Levi still couldn't figure out who he'd actually gotten together with.
He felt as though he'd gotten together with everyone, yet at the same time, it seemed he hadn't gotten together with anyone.
For Levi, who called himself a playboy, this was practically a disgrace.
"? Is that another new nickname you've given yourself?"
"I said I call myself that. It isn't true."
Levi gave an awkward laugh.
Afterward, he took Qingque to the Alchemy Commission to have Bailu examine her body and check whether being possessed by the Heliobus had caused any problems.
After picking up some nutritional supplements, Levi discussed with Qingque which area in Central Starskiff Haven would be best for buying an apartment.
In the end, Qingque promised that she would go out and look around today, bringing the discussion to a close.
Meanwhile, Kiana, who had tagged Levi in the group chat without saying anything, finally spoke up.
[Kiana: @Levi, are you free?]
"What's up?"
"..."