Chapter 73 World D: 1 Ethan and Turnas arrived in a...

Ethan and Turner have arrived in a new world.

Ethan looked at his hand thoughtfully, appearing somewhat hesitant, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

"What's wrong?" Turner immediately noticed his distraction and asked with concern.

Ethan clasped his hands together and then opened them again. There seemed to be a transparent barrier on his hands that he couldn't touch just now, like a plastic film. It seemed that he hadn't been able to enter this world immediately.

Strange... Does this world reject people from parallel worlds? But they still got in; the barrier only appeared for a moment and then disappeared.

“It’s nothing.” Ethan withdrew his hand and carefully examined the place he had arrived at with Turner.

It looks so familiar, like I've seen it somewhere before? But aside from occasionally going to other cities on missions, Ethan has always stayed in Starfall City.

However, there are many differences compared to Starfall City. For example, although he has tried his best to hire more sanitation workers and increase their wages in Starfall City in his world, there are still many dirty and messy places in every corner of the city. Only the places with more people are clean.

This place is different. It's so clean that the ground reflects light. It's much cleaner than Starfall City, and even the buildings are gray and white.

The people of Starfall City are quite free-spirited. If they don't like someone on the street, they might just punch or stab them. Street fights are common, and the people involved don't hold back, hurling increasingly vulgar insults, and their henchmen are equally ruthless.

This place is different. The distance each person walks is as if it has been strictly measured with a ruler. The distance between them is enough to fit two more people in, and the distance to the left and right is even more spacious.

Even during rush hour, a large group of people walked in a line, but no one seemed to be rushing to get to work. Cars also drove slowly, and everything was orderly.

If it weren't for the sounds of passing cars and the soft footsteps of pedestrians, Ethan and Turner would have thought they had entered a completely silent world, or that they were deaf.

...This strange feeling hit me right away, I stopped acting altogether, it just didn't look right no matter how I looked at it! Are there any cities like this in their world? It seems not.

Turner and Ethan hid in an inconspicuous corner, carefully observing the world. Turner frowned and studied it for a while, but his brows furrowed more and more tightly.

"Ternas, can you tell which city this resembles?" Ethan asked in a low voice, because it was so quiet that he unconsciously spoke in hushed tones.

"I don't know, but it looks kind of familiar." Turner also lowered his voice, not daring to make too much noise.

"Do you think it's possible that these are cities that don't exist in our world?"

"I'm not sure, it's possible, but when I looked at it just now, it seemed a bit familiar, like I'd seen it somewhere before."

"...Actually, I also feel that it looks a bit familiar. It feels a little like Starfall City, just a little bit, but the two cities are very different."

"For example?" When Tenas heard Ethan say that it sounded familiar, he immediately perked up at the mention of Starfall City, wanting to hear what similarities the Starfall City guardian had to say. The two then began to whisper about the similarities.

"Let me tell you something." A voice whispered in Ethan's ear, something draped over his shoulder, and it murmured, "Actually, this is Starfall City~"

Ethan jumped back a few steps like a cat with its fur standing on end, covering his ears which were still a little uncomfortable from the hot breath he had just been breathing, and turned around with a mixture of fear and confusion on his face.

Turns around in surprise to see a person with the exact same appearance as Ethan standing in the spot where Ethan had just been. The person's smile was different from Ethan's, and in this situation, the person looked somewhat smug, as if they had succeeded in playing a prank.

This Ethan was wearing the same style of cloak as Ethan, but unlike Ethan's dark cloak which had a hint of blue, his was pure white. The magic circle patterns on his cloak were gold, which was different from those on Ethan's cloak. Under the sunlight, the gold lines looked like tiny, wriggling snakes.

"Hello, nice to meet you, welcome to my Starfall City." Ethan waved his hand gently, as if to say hello, his eyes crinkling with a smile, looking quite adorable: "Ethan."

His Starfall City...? Ethan thought that this world was indeed very different from his own.

Putting aside their respective Starfall Cities, they look quite different, not only in terms of local customs but also in other aspects. Only some of the buildings are similar.

The two men's personalities and clothing preferences seem to be two extremes... Anyway, he wouldn't say anything about Starfall City, he doesn't have the guts to do that, so he must be from Starfall City.

Thinking this, he slowly moved back and greeted them in a slightly unsteady voice.

“This is the first time I’ve ever met an counterpart.” Ethan warmly grasped Ethan’s hand. “Would you like to come back with me for a while? Lord Starfall is really looking forward to meeting you! He’s never seen me from other worlds either. Shall we go back and meet him before we talk things over?”

Ethan glanced at Turner instinctively, and only after seeing Turner nod subtly did he awkwardly agree.

Help... Why is his counterpart so enthusiastic? It feels like the dazzling personality of Ternas, it's blinding him, I'm so uncomfortable.

Looking at his own face, which was exactly the same as his own, but whose behavior and personality were completely different, he became the kind of social bull he feared most, and he couldn't adapt.

The other person held his hand, humming a tuneless, lighthearted melody, and pulled him directly back to the alien space of Starfall.

It should be... a different dimension from the fallen star, right?

Ethan stared at the scene in disbelief, momentarily stunned.

An extravagantly large crystal chandelier hangs at the top, and when you look up, you can only see the diamond-shaped crystals illuminated by the light in different corners.

The walls had neat, uniform patterns, but when Ethan touched them with his fingertips, the texture was different from what he had imagined—it was wallpaper.

Ethan looked at the endless alternate dimension and saw that the furthest distance he could see with his naked eye was still covered by these wallpapers. Ethan was shocked. How long had it taken for the otherworldly beings to cover it up like this?

Ethan looked around like someone who had never seen the world before.

A magnificent tapestry, expensive-looking decorations, a large cabinet filled with unknown herbs... wait, is that the long-extinct herb he recognized? A body-shaping material that can enhance one's physical attributes?

And this! This looks just like that potion I learned before, which, if you pour it into a corpse's mouth within an hour, can forcefully pull the corpse's soul back to the body's core material.

It was so astonishing, and each of the materials was incredibly precious, with several already extinct, that Ethan had always thought it was just a legend.

Excitedly looking around, I thought it was a black reflective tile, but upon closer inspection, I found it was transparent. How could it be a magical artifact? The black thing below turned out to be an unexplored part of another dimension, with billowing black smoke. That... seems to be Lord Starfall's primordial power, right?

So, Lord Starfall suppressed all his power and threw it into his own alternate dimension? He had been curious before, if Lord Starfall in this world was like this, then his world's must be similar, right?

Ethan tapped the magic device lightly with his finger, and as he tapped it, some of the black smoke dissipated, turning it a little gray.

"There's nothing to see. Don't touch the ground, it'll get dirty." Ethan grabbed Ethan's hand, pulled him up, and cast a cleaning spell on him. His tone was a little reproachful. He conjured up a carpet from somewhere and laid it on the spot where the two of them were standing. Ethan felt that the carpet felt very soft under his feet.

Ethan still couldn't get used to this kind of natural and familiar concern, even if the other person was his own counterpart, it should be out of a desire to welcome his counterpart from another world to show closeness.

“This place is like a palace,” Ethan said awkwardly, changing the subject.

Ethan blinked, then suddenly smiled, leaned close to his ear and whispered mysteriously, "Actually, there's a 'Throne' here. Want to see it?"

Ethan was so surprised he could barely contain himself: "The 'Throne'—? It's really become a palace?"

"Come on, come on." Ethan didn't say much, just smiled and pulled him along: "We'll see when we get there. Lord Starfall should be around there too."

Ethan had no choice but to let Ethan lead him there, and the two stopped in front of their target.

Ethan looked at the "throne" adorned with countless jewels and diamonds. It was a flight of stairs to reach, and the lights around him were so bright they hurt his eyes. His first thought was that it must cost a lot of money.

Ethan watched as Ethan excitedly flew down onto the throne, proudly putting his hands on his hips and saying, "How about it? Pretty, right? It took me a lot of effort to create this. I designed hundreds of versions, and Lord Starfall helped me choose the ones. This blue diamond was a gift from Lord Starfall when I begged him last time!"

As he spoke, he showed off the large blue diamond at the very top of the "throne," which was adorned with some small pink heart-shaped diamonds, looking extremely proud of himself.

Ethan thought Ethan's expression looked like a U∨U, like an emoticon. This persona is so lively, almost scorchingly sunny. I never knew he could be so confident. Is this an environment nurtured by love?

Ethan felt that Ethan must have grown up with a lot of love to become the dazzling person he is today, who is not afraid to socialize with others and instead warmly invites others to his home.

Listen to what he's saying? Acting coquettishly? To Lord Starfall? He certainly couldn't do that, and it seems the Lord Starfall in this world is so lenient with Ethan, even looking at hundreds of designs before choosing one. The Lord Starfall in his own world wouldn't be so indulgent…

He's too embarrassed to act cute, not even with his mother, let alone Lord Xingyun, because he feels he's too old for that.

I'm a little envious of Ethan. Unlike my own terrible personality, Ethan has the kind of happy personality that his mother likes and wants him to have.

Seeing Ethan staring blankly, Ethan used a cleansing spell to clean the spot where he had just been stepped on several times: "Want to come up and sit down? Come and experience what it's like to be a king."

Ethan snapped out of his daze and frantically waved his hands in refusal.

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Author's Note: Ethan: I am about to ascend the throne! I am about to ascend the throne!

Ethan: Ethan is my counterpart, you can also come up and ascend the throne with me.

Ethan, with his lively and cheerful personality, is quite different from Ethan! He's kind of cute, loves to laugh, and enjoys being pampered.

This world is a very friendly one! [Has any world been unfriendly so far? Hey!] Anyway, I'll just play around here and leave. The next volume is basically about experiencing different worlds.

It's been several months since I last read articles in the industry. I hadn't read much while writing this book, but I devoured some this morning.