Chapter 89 World E: The Fall of Stars, casually...
Starfall casually removed her hand from her newly replaced magic circle on her fingernail, lazily lifting her eyelids to glance at the potion placed in front of her.
The potion was contained in a perfectly standard glass bottle, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. It moved automatically without wind, its surface rippling and its colors gradually changing. From pink to purple, then to blue, it was a kaleidoscope of colors, resembling more of a strange ornament than a potion.
Starfall looked at Ethan, who, on the fifth day of the potion-making process, had finally used up the last batch of materials to create the potion and was now feeling insecure and anxious again.
She lightly touched the bottle opening with her fingertip, subtly applying a probing spell that made the already beautiful potion even shimmer. Starfall also confirmed that drinking this potion would not have any adverse effects on her.
She drank the potion in one gulp, but to her surprise, her beautiful brows furrowed as soon as the potion entered her mouth. Her expression revealed a surprising fragility, making her look rather pitiful, and one couldn't bear to let this beauty suffer any longer.
"Shit." The fragile beauty crushed the potion bottle, gritting her teeth and revealing a chilling smile: "Are you trying to kill me with spiciness? Licorice is meant to neutralize other potions, to counteract their opposing effects, not to be the main ingredient. You added so much, are you trying to make my intestines rot?"
Actually, she was exaggerating. The fact that this potion could be made proves that it wouldn't harm the person who drank it. But it's true that Ethan added too much licorice, which is closely related to the name licorice.
It is a type of grass that snakes, which are now extinct, love, with a 100% capture rate. However, this grass is also like snake venom, with extremely strong corrosive properties. If you pick this herb without proper safety precautions, you will be 100% injured.
What happens when the corrosiveness is reduced to negligible levels? It becomes spicy, which is also a form of pain.
When Starfall taught Selene how to brew this potion, he also told her that he preferred a milder flavor, so the amount of licorice was just right. This made the potion sweet and sour, like a popular sweet and sour fruit juice, without any strange, unpleasant spiciness or harshness.
"I can't imagine just how much you like licorice?" Starfall rolled her eyes without any politeness. What was originally an impatient gesture was actually softened by her high-scoring good looks, making it even pleasing to the eye. "You should retake your studies and have your world's Starfall teach you again. If he knew how much licorice you added to your concoction, he would be ashamed. Even Selene has never made me drink something so strong. I'll barely pass you."
Ethan, who had been hanging his head in dejection after being scolded, suddenly looked up, his eyes sparkling as he looked at her, just like when Cynthia, whom he had always disliked, acted cute. Xingyun habitually frowned and looked away.
To be honest, Ethan was still in a daze when he presented the potion to Starfall, and he was extremely shocked that he had actually created it.
It turns out he wasn't so bad after all; as long as he worked hard, he eventually got the result he wanted.
Ethan, who had been discouraged after coming into this world, began to lose confidence again, thought this way.
A minute passed, five minutes passed, ten minutes passed. Starfall was still admiring her newly painted nails, completely ignoring Ethan and Turner standing patiently in front of her, waiting for the result.
Ethan stared intently at Starfall, his gaze burning as if it would pierce through her. Only then did Starfall, as if taking pity on her, finally look at the potion with her eyes.
She picked up the potion, weighed it in her hand, and then tilted her head back and drank it all in one gulp.
Ethan: "!"
As expected of Lord Starfall, he actually drank the entire potion that could regenerate flesh and blood from bones with just a single drop. Did he think it was a beauty potion? Well, it could be considered one, right?
Could this be the secret to the beauty of Lady Starfall in the parallel world?!
Ethan felt as if he had discovered the secret to beauty in this world.
If Starfall knew his thoughts, she would definitely laugh at his naivety. She's a god now, what great effect could these things have on her? Didn't you see that she's been researching for so long and still hasn't figured out a poison that could kill Helia? At most, it might make her skin a little softer, because the principle of this potion is to allow new flesh to grow.
“This is the last request.” Starfall dismissed the others, leaving only Ethan and her in the hall.
The rolled-up paper flew to Ethan, slowly unfurling to reveal a portrait of someone he knew all too well—his scumbag father, only looking a few years younger than in his world.
"This, this is?" Ethan looked at Starfall with almost complete bewilderment, wanting to know what Starfall meant: "...Lord Starfall?"
“The third request.” Xingyun curled her lips, which were painted with a deep blue and purple polka dots, making her look somewhat eerie. She was still looking at her nails, blowing away non-existent dust, and said casually, “Kill your biological father in this world. I don’t want my saintess to suffer irreversible damage to her body from childbirth. This world doesn’t need your existence. Selene doesn’t need any burdens. If you understand, I will give you five days to kill him.”
Ethan's face drained of all its remaining color in an instant.
Actually, he wasn't entirely sure. It was Xingyun's ruthless behavior—commenting him merely as a burden and offering no further thought, treating him like a complete stranger—that made him feel uneasy, even though it was Xingyun from a parallel world. Well, more than just a little uncomfortable.
Or was it because she was Selene's superior, demanding that she not have children and that he kill her biological father, a scoundrel whose morality was unknown? Although, stereotypically, he considered him a villain.
If he could go back in time, he might even choose to prevent his parents from meeting. If his mother could avoid those calamities, it wouldn't matter if he disappeared, but he couldn't predict the butterfly effect of doing so, and that would be too dangerous.
Actually, he wasn't so obsessed with having his other selves in other worlds be born. As long as his mother in other worlds was doing well, it didn't matter whether he was born or not. It didn't matter whether his scumbag father was alive or not.
However, this was the first time he had been asked to kill someone, and he was stunned into silence.
Even though the previous legislation made Starfall City's laws as normal as those outside, instead of having its own corrupt and chaotic order, it indirectly killed many people. However, those who killed for trivial matters should indeed pay with their lives.
Can someone kill another person just because they don't like them? He wouldn't let that happen again, so even though he couldn't adapt the first time, he continued doing it.
Kill those octopus monsters, slime monsters, and those demons and evil sorcerers—these are all unidentified concoctions that wreak havoc; none of them are human.
This was the first time I'd been so specifically tasked with killing a pure human.
Should we go? The power is right before our eyes, within reach, and can accelerate his journey to save his world.
However, he is someone he doesn't know yet, at least not in this world. There are already worlds where he is the villain, and he doesn't dare to imagine if there is a world where a scumbag's biological father is a good person.
Well, that was a bit too much for him, a bit disgusting. It would be better if the father who only knew how to raise his fists against his wife and children were dead.
So, should I do it? Go kill this scumbag father of the world, stop my own birth from the source, and let my mother live a peaceful and carefree life.
...I'm sorry, he was a little tempted for a moment.
But he quickly dismissed the idea.
Regardless of whether he had a prejudice against that person, he shouldn't have so easily and carelessly taken the life of someone he didn't know at all. No one had that right.
“Starfall, Lord Starfall…” Ethan mustered his courage: “I’m sorry, I can’t do that. Can we discuss something else? For example… how about making the other person unable to have children? That way, I will definitely not be able to give birth again.”
The portrait, which had been kept suspended in mid-air by magic, gently floated to the ground.
He saw Xingyun, who should have been playing with his nails, looking at him coldly with a familiar yet strange disappointment in his eyes, as if he were a hopeless waste, which made him stop talking.
“How could he have raised you to be like this?” Xingyun sighed. “He completely ruined you. You don’t even dare to kill anyone. I’m actually a little interested in the weak and incompetent Xingyun from your world. Oh well, you can have him.”
Some tiny specks of light spilled out from Starfall, gathered in one place, and then drifted into Ethan's body. Before he could react, a strong suction force began from behind him.
“Actually, it doesn’t matter whether you kill her or not.” Ethan watched her dark blue lipstick lips move as she uttered words that made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave: “After all, I made Selene dig out her own uterus.”
"What? You said—" Before Ethan could question Starfall about the meaning of his words or their truthfulness, he was banished from this world by Starfall and disappeared from the spot. The shock and anger on his face were very obvious when he disappeared.
At the same time, Starfall casually tossed Tenas, who was waiting behind the door with Selene, out. Selene watched as Tenas, who had just been chatting with her, disappeared without a change in expression. The door behind her slowly opened, and she walked in.
She stepped on the portrait, but acted as if she hadn't stepped on anything, and walked directly to Xingyun: "Why would you make this request to him?"
"Lord Mingming, you already killed this person, didn't you?"
Starfall yawned boredly: "That doesn't conflict with anything, as long as you don't have him."
Yes, she had already killed him long ago. After learning of Ethan's existence, she immediately found his blood relative. Although it was from another world, it didn't affect bloodline magic, and he found him effortlessly.
This person is a follower of the Church of Light. He appears sincere and genuinely believes in the God of Light, but in reality, he has a lot of dirty deeds to his name, and the killing of Xingyun is even more justifiable.
“But, my lord,” Selene said innocently, “I already have Ethan.”
"Hmm?" Xingyun's dangerous gaze fell on her lower abdomen, a dark light swirling in her eyes, the temperature rapidly dropping: "You dare disobey my orders?"
“Ethan.” Selene pulled open her wide sleeves, revealing a fluffy little parrot in her hand.
The little parrot was still a bit dizzy from seeing the light. It staggered a few steps, shook its head, and seemed to wake up a bit. Then it called out loudly to Selene and Starfall, "Mama! Mama, Mama! Good morning—Mama!"
"Oh." Xingyun's eyes cleared instantly, and she breathed a sigh of relief. "Is this Ethan? Ethan from our world?"
Selene nodded. She trusted her intuition; she had a strange feeling that this was her Ethan.
After receiving an affirmative answer from Selene, Starfall tentatively reached out and tapped the fur on Ethan's head, causing the little parrot to shake its head wildly.
"You're so mean!" the little parrot cried out, hiding back in Selene's palm. "You're so annoying, Ethan!"
Selene: "Ethan heard it."
Starfall: "..."
"I wasn't talking about you. Human Ethan and parrot Ethan are treated differently." Starfall poked the little parrot's head again, her tone more friendly than Selene had ever seen before: "I can teach you magic, little magic parrot!"
"Do you dare treat Ethan like that?" Selene questioned Starfall, who was demonstrating double standards to the fullest extent.
“Uh, I don’t want to. I still hate that Ethan,” Starfall said. “Our Ethan is different.”
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Author's note: This star has fallen; it's easy to appease.
I saw so many favorites today, I thought my post had been banned, then I remembered the clip's preview for tomorrow! It'll be posted tomorrow! Thank you everyone for your support! [Sprinkling flowers]
Ethan the parrot: She's awful! She hates Ethan! Ethan hates her too! *The parrot is furious!*
Starfall* is teasing the bird*: Chirp chirp chirp chirp
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