ARC 1.2

Reese kindly invited them to stay at his home, which is actually a very beautiful and spacious tree house that could even accommodate atleast 5 people, so technically there was no problem of Ning Yue and the little bun Xiao Xing staying. Only, they felt themselves as guests while their host is probably planning murder.

Staring at the night sky, Reese calmly stepped into the lake for a bath, remembering the familiar faces he had seen today and even more of a coincidence of seeing his brother's future lover, the mermaid king.

Yes, Reese was reborn. It was just yesterday he had a high fever out of nowhere and woke up with his past self's memories of being ripped into pieces and being burnt to ashes.

closing his eyes and gradually calming down his boundless hatred for his supposed family and friends, he already was determined to make them pay a hundred fold for all of what they done to him.

But, now with the addition of the mermaid king in his midst, his plan got a little tangled.

He even suspected if because of his rebirth the time and space might have been in chaos that's why the mermaid king got here earlier than expected. Although in his memories the Mermaid king didn't show up 1 week after having a competition about the visitation to the Mermaid kingdom.

The competition is usually held to encourage the young and to give chances to others who haven't seen the world yet and the Mermaid Kingdom is the most Mysterious among all the Kingdoms in the continent, rarely they would allow strangers in their territory, that's why when the mermaid king allowed a visitation here and there, various races would hold a competition among their young to be the visitors. Every race would also have atleast one elder to go with them on their journey and the Mermaid Kingdom would also send escorts.

Reese who won in his past life incurred the jealousy of his brother and they schemed how to throw him off of his horse and he ended up leaving the world without even a speck of him intact.

thinking about how he endured everything they did, it was already great that he didn't rip them apart the moment he opened his eyes.

A splash of water interrupted his thoughts and he came face to face with Xiao Xing who have a curious look on his face. Reese's lips twitched when he saw a glittering silver tail waving at him and a cute face practically sticking unto his face.

Xiao Xing gave him a small cute smile and greeting him warmly, " Hello Elf Big brother! "

"....."

Xiao Xing receiving no reply only blinked, confused.

" Elf Big brother? "

"....."

" Elf Big brother. "

"....you're too close. "

" O–Oh! " Xiao Xing immediately gave him more space (probably not much hehe) but still attentively locking his gaze to Reese like he was some rare animal in a zoo.

Reese also stared at him back but only received meng attacks mercilessly just by looking at Xiao Xing's big eyes blinking curiously infront of his face.

"What brings you here?" finally not being able to take it, Reese decided to break the ice first by asking.

" Uh–i wanted to say thank you for saving my big brother.. " Xiao Xing immediately utilized his acting skills to the peak to appear naturally shy and embarrassed while timidly scratching his cheek.

Ofcourse what Xiao Xing said was all bullshit. He was just checking out the fallen protagonist as per his Host's request when he felt a slight soul interference earlier and now that he checked again it only shows that, the fallen protagonist only experienced Rebirth.

His Host probably won't even do anything and just cleanse his image infront of the fallen protagonist and the mission would be done.

But, he still checked again this time, when he felt a very foreboding feeling like something was wrong. As an SSS system that has graduated from his first 100 worlds he felt assured by his capabilities. So it might just be his imagination of some foreign visitor bypassing his radar. (well...)

Reese who was attacked—Cough thanked by Xiao Xing was a bit startled but soon reverted back to calmness.

" You don't need to thank me, most people would do the same thing when faced with this sort of thing." Reese humbly waves off Xiao Xing's thanks and gently smiled, hiding his dark intentions.

Xiao Xing was about to reply again when the water abruptly turned into gigantic water snakes and caught him gently, " Hyde what are you doing in our benefactor 's bath and disturbing him? " A cold and calm voice was heard and Xiao Xing was immediately kidnapped—brought to the shore.

Reese turning back saw Ning Yue casually conjured a couple of water snakes to fish out the child out of his bath area. "Gyro..."

Ning Yue only nodding back in greeting and quickly turned around with the Xiao Xing in tow as if fleeing.

Ning Yue who was about to have Xiao Xing go back only to witness Reese bathing.

Because the the moon is exceptionally bright and round today it only enhanced the blinding scenery, quickly fishing out Xiao Xing and fleeing at the scene.

Reese who was left smiling darkly at their direction and it only add into the enchanting scene, like a devil's temptation.