Arc 2 Chapter 2.10 ( Intersellar Beast World )

note : This chapter contains slight ambiguous activity and drama .

Zone clenched his fist and tightened his hold on Jiro's body . Is he really Jiro's reincarnation?

Zone suddenly felt Jiro's hand rubbing his back . Zone immediately purred in pleasure and rubbed his ears on Jiro's cold neck .

Zone shed tears and started complaining about Shiela's despicableness . He pushes Jiro on the sofa , sat on his lap and started crying silenty while taking advantage of the security he felt within Jiro's arms .

Jiro on the other hand , although hurt that Duan Li was sad because of a useless woman . He still couldn't bear let his waifu being bullied .

But his limit is actually about to snap . He felt uncomfortable , especially when Duan Li sat on his lap.  The unbearable feeling of not being able to move his hips while trying his best not to alert Duan Li . 

The furry tail suddenly coiled around Jiro's wrist as it tightened . Jiro paused and stared at the furry tail . He slowly raised his other hand and poked it . Zone within his arms suddenly paused from sobbing .

" May i? " Jiro

" ... " Zone

Duan Li still did not respond , still has his head burried on his neck . Jiro thought Zone would surely disagree yet the furry tail suddenly moved and circled itself on his palm .

Zone subsconsiosly purred as his triangular furry ears drooped down and produced coquettish sounds .

Boom!!!!

Jiro couldn't avoid his arousal anymore and wanted to push Duan Li away . Zone indeed noticed Jiro's reaction but he still wanted to tease him so he stopped Jiro from running away .

Oh my beast goodness , Duan Li please don't abuse me. Thought Jiro who was on the verge of turning berserk .

" Jiro "

Jiro paused and looked down at the silver head on his shoulder . Is it his hallucination? Did he just heard Duan Li mentioning his name .

" Jiro "

Jiro widened his eyes . Zone slowly looked up and saw Jiro's dumbfounded face. Zone chuckled and pecked Jiro's lips .

" Long time no see . "

Jiro touched his lips and blushed . " Zone? "

Zone nodded and wrapped his legs around his waist to sit properly . Jiro's muscles on his legs made Zone's butt feel a bit hurt .

" You didn't forget your past life? " Jiro asked confused .

Zone immediately shook his head . " No ... I only transmigrated here for two months . "

Jiro calculated , he actually woke up late and Zone already met Shiela . No wonder , Zone was so hell bent on courting Shiela . Turns out he only wants to play Shiela .

" Did you court Shiela because you still liked her? " Of course , Jiro already knew that Zone was a sociopath . He only wanted to test if Zone would lie to him .

When Zone heard Jiro's question he chuckled and looked weirdly at Jiro . " You have always known how bi[beep]hy that girl is . Do you think i still have little speck of feelings for her? "

Jiro subconsciously smiled , happy that Zone did not lie to him . After all , sociopaths are known for their abnormal brain cell .

Zone looked into his eyes , although his red iris held no love within it . Knowing that they could still get along made Jiro happy .

" By the way , what's the purpose of your visit . " Zone suddenly asked .

Jiro turned stiff and opened his mouth but no sound escaped out of his mouth . His cheeks turned red as a shy expression emerged .

He said softly . " I ... I want to court you.  "

" Court me? "

Thump thump thump . Jiro couldn't stop his heart from pounding so loudly because of nervousness and shyness . Everytime he hears Zone talk with his gentle yet casual voice , Jiro feels comfortable around his presence . One would normally feel comfortable within his presence , but Zone was his crush so he couldn't help feeling nervous . His heart would beat fastly in response to his feelings for Zone .

However , Jiro was unable to stop his greed and desires . Jiro wanted to acquire Zone's genuine love , and get his approval .

" I'm a man , why would i need a man to court me . "

Jiro bit his lips and asked . " Then what should i do? "

Zone chuckled and answered . " Just write a decree and you will be able to marry me . "

" ... But you rejected my proposal before . " Jiro couldn't help but answer in aggrieved manner .

There's a hurtful emotion that could be seen within his eyes as his brows met in the center while the edge turned below down in sadness .

With his glistening golden eyes , Zone halted his breathe in fascination . He didn't expect Jiro's handsomeness would still be this fatal when it comes to attractiveness .

Yet when he realized what Jiro just said . Zone immediately cursed within his mind for being a fool . How could he reject such a proposal from a handsome man?

" Fine ... I regret rejecting your proposal . After all , i did not know that you are actually Jiro at that time . "

Thinking about it , Zone was still determined on taking revenge against Hu Jie so he was unwilling to be binded by a man that could cause his movements to be restricted . Now that he knew that the little mouse was his child's reincarnation . He couldn't bear murder Sean's reincarnation's lover . So his reason to live in this world disappeared . After his final decision , Zone was actually surprised by the response he felt within his body . Although he couldn't understand if the original was related to him or what , he has suspicions that he and Duan Li are one person . After all , despite being a sociopath , his sympathy for Duan Li's heavy feelings affected him .

Jiro stared excitedly at Zone's eyes . " Then will you marry me? "

Zone nodded , he didn't even realize that marrying Jiro was his deepest hidden desire that he always denied subconsciously . Jiro however was saddened that Zone agreed to his proposal but Zone still doesn't have feelings for him . He was confused why Zone doesn't mind marrying his friend in his past life without feeling shame or rejection .

" Don't you feel disgusted that i , your best friend wanted to marry you? "

Zone halted as his furry tail and ears stiffened . " I did not realized that . "

Jiro could feel his heart breaking . He wanted to cry!!

" But didn't you know long ago that i had feelings for you before? Although, i no longer love you . I still don't mind marrying you . We had already kissed , marrying you doesn't bother me . "

Jiro smiled wryly . Zone ... Doesn't mind marrying me ... And that meant he's nothing within his eyes . Jiro felt soffucated and hurt . Jiro could feel his heart being squeezed tight by an invisible hand making his throat to tighten in heavy emotions .

Jiro held his emotions and smiled while the corner of his eyes wrinkled to create an illusion that he was actually delighted by Zone's statement .

" That's right . "

Zone smiled in satisfaction and burried his head on Jiro's neck again , swaying his furry tail from left to right . " When we get married ... That means , we'll sleep in the same room right? "

Jiro nodded .

" Then ... Doing what couples do would no longer be impossible right? "

Jiro gulped and slowly nodded . He gritted his teeth in anger , Zone is really an expert when it comes to manipulating his feelings . He knows well how to play with his emotions and Jiro hated Zone for it as he couldn't cope up with his pace . It almost overwhelmed him .

Zone chuckled and bit Jiro's neck . " I'm tired , let's sleep ..."

Jiro was about to stand up when he heard Zone continued . " Together "

Jiro blushed and slowly nodded . " Ok "

Zone looked at Jiro's face and smiled in satisfaction . " Good boy "

Jiro almost tripped because of Zone's words . Fortunately he's quick enough to stabilize himself or he would surely fall out of balance .

Zone burst out in laughter as they entered the master bedroom .

Clang .

The door closed and sounds of Jiro's gay panic echoed throughout the room . Followed by Zone's villainous laughter .

One month later , the whole Beastmen Empire turned into uproar when the decree for choosing an empress became public . The Duan Family stood up in shock when they heard that their family's Duan Li was chosen as the male empress of the empire . Even the other prominent families was greatly shocked by the news . They immediately complained about how will the emperor produce another dragon body if the emperor wouldn't marry a female Beastman .

The emperor however turned a deaf ear on their complains and continued his marriage with Zone(Duan Li) .

Lai Xiurong knelt down in despair realizing that Zone couldn't produce a grandchild for them . She berated Duan Li when Zone returned to the Duan Mansion to inform the Duan parents of his engagement with the emperor .

Duan Xiaoli also cried in despair asking Duan Li if he forgot his promise to marry a female and give them grandchildren .

Zone however activated his shameless personality again and made up lies and convinced the Duan parents to just adopt an arctic fox from the orphanage that they could take care . When Duan Jiayi heard Duan Li's reasoning , he strongly supported him thinking that he wouldn't be pressured to marry anymore if the Duan parents have something that could divert their attention to .

The tacit understanding between the siblings made Duan Li's engagement with the emperor to be approved . Jiro on the other hand was constantly pressured by the ministers and officials in the court and ended up resorting to intimidation to tame them all . However , this method wouldn't last long .

Fortunately , Zone recommended him a method to calm them down and announced that they would choose a crown prince from the second branch of the royal family . They chose the son of a duke to become the crown prince and adopted him .

Zone despite being an empress , he remained loyal to the emperor and didn't let himself be involved in any kind of scandals . He was taught about his responsibilities and rights as an empress and remained unbothered by the large amount of rules . As long as he did his job , no issues would be found .

However , a rumor suddenly circulated among the circles of aristocrats . That the empress actually doesn't love the emperor .

When Zone heard this , he was first still felt unbothered and thought it was nothing , but to maintain his good image as an empress . He immediately suppressed the rumors and started showing public display of affections in front of the throne room daily with the emperor.

Even as an empress , he was still invited to join the daily meetings in the throne room . And he is especially admired by the ministers for his intelligence and good views , coupled with his good communication skills . He quickly gathered a lot of positive views from the ministers and officials .

When the daily meeting ended , the emperor and the empress remained sitting on the chair .

Zone boredly propped his cheeks on his fist and told Jiro . " Being an empress is so troublesome , I don't even want to confront the ladies from the prominent families for a mere tea party . They just wanted to become your concubine , I'm really displeased by their haughty attitude , i almost wanted to slit their throat with my claws. "

Jiro smiled wryly and slowly held Zone's waist . " You're stressed? How about we relieve it on the bed? "

Zone's eyebrows lifted in amusement . " That's a good idea . Let's go! "

Zone immediately stood up and dragged Jiro to the master bedroom to roll on the sheets . Jiro who was being dragged bit his lips in silence , in the half a year of his married life with Zone . He was still unable to make Zone fall inlove with him .

Although , Zone's lack of empathy were slowly recovered from the spiritual pills that Doze secretly put in his head . Zone's heart remained hard and didn't fall inlove with him .

Jiro sometimes wondered wether he is not attractive enough to plant his image within Zone's mind . He's getting more and more depressed in these past few months . Worried that Zone would leave him someday because of boredom .

Jiro's eyes turned watery , one could not imagine how much he feared that thought within his heart .

When the two of them entered the master bedroom . The whole room remained silent , noticing the silence of the person behind him . Zone turned around and saw Jiro's head hanging down . He looked depressed and dull , as if his vitality were going to vanish .

Zone frowned . " What's wrong? "

Jiro's hands trembled . He shook his head weakly and told Zone that it was nothing . He flashed a reluctant and slowly undressed.

Zone frowned and felt that Jiro was more dull today than the other time . He even felt his interest of becoming Jiro's spouse fading . However , seeing as Jiro doesn't look fine .

Zone felt irritation , why does Jiro looks so sad? Did he do something wrong?

Jiro walked slowly towards Zone and unbottoned his trouser . He slowly hugged Zone gently and sniffed Zone's neck . Zone felt itchy and closed his eyes to savour the sensation . However , Zone felt impatient by the slow action of Jiro .

" Do it quick! "

Jiro didn't answer and just bit his neck gently . He slowly layed Zone's body unto the bed and weakly undressed Zone's purple robe .

Zone observed Jiro's expression , although he knows that Jiro was depressed . He could not fall unto a conclusion about what is the reason for it . Jiro , just like Zone became more and more unreadable as time passed by . Zone also noticed it and didn't get impatient anymore .

Doze flashed beside Zone and ruthlessly planted another spiritual pill and run away after it finished .

Zone's heart turned heavy , his fingers trembled when he felt the cold sensation on his skin . However , followed by this cold touch was the chilly air that brushed upon his heart .

When Jiro's weak and dull face turned nearer to his face and kissed his lips gently . Zone felt an electricity numbing his spine as he felt that he couldn't bear to look at Jiro's sad expression anymore .

He felt irritated and wanted to wipe that depressed expression and replace it with his normal expression , and the usual bashful expression .

" Husband ... What's wrong? "

Jiro's heart trembled when he heard Zone's soft voice. But he doesn't dare believe that it was true , after all ... Zone was only doing his responsibilities as an empress .

And it was to please the emperor .

" Hubby "

Jiro didn't answer and just slowly moved his hand to Zone's jaw and put a moderate strength to pry open his mouth . He just focused his attention on pleasing his wife and taking advantage of eating tofu .

" Tell me ... Honey what's wrong~ "

Jiro threw the purple robe away from the bed and started licking Zone's fingers . Cleaning it clean from the fingertips to the palm , then the wrist back to the finger tips . Kissed it gently like a touch of a dragonfly and sniffed it before licking again .

Zone could feel his heart stirring from unfamiliar emotions . These past few days , his impulsive and unemphathethic behavior turned calm and he even felt that he is turning more and more docile . Usually , whenever something bad happened . Zone would usually don't bother about it , but now ... He could feel that he's becoming more aware of his surroundings .

The most ridiculous of all is that , he would feel hurt whenever someone is sad . He would feel concern if someone is sick or injured .

Zone felt irritated by these unfamiliar emotions and wanted to turn it off . Surprisingly , he was actually successful in turning off his empathy .

But whenever Zone felt unbothered , something strange will always happen within his body .

And Zone did not realized that Doze was the reason of his rehabilitation .

When Jiro turned to rub Zone's skin on the waist . Zone asked Jiro " Why are you sad? "

Jiro paused then softly asked . " Why would you bother wether I'm sad or not? You usually do not bother whenever i felt happy or sad . "

" I'm your wife "

" ... Yeah ... I know ... "

" ... I know " Jiro repeated .

" That is why I'm asking you what is wrong. " Zone frowned and stopped Jiro from leaving marks on his skin .

" I don't like this dull atmosphere. "

Jiro paused and looked at the hand that was touching his hand to prevent him from moving . " You want me to become more aggressive? "

Zone nodded .

However , Jiro shook his head weakly . " I can't ... I don't have an energy to do so . "

Zone turned silent then slowly sat up . He looked at the man kneeling in front of him . He leaned forward and pecked Jiro's lips .

Jiro remained unresponsive and the usual red that would surface whenever Zone kissed Jiro did not appear . Zone narrowed his eyes in coldness . Why doesn't Jiro react like the normal times?!!!

He kissed Jiro again , but Jiro just remained calm and even stick out his tongue to lick Zone's approaching lips .

" Why are you like this? " Zone felt his actions were childish , but he can't just vent his emotions whenever he felt irritated in front of Jiro.

Smile!!! Blush!!! Why are you not blushing!!!

Zone gritted his teeth in anger and kissed Jiro's lips again . Zone felt restless and somehow even nervous for no reason .

Smile for me!

Why are you so dull?

Blush! Why are you not smiling!!!

Look at me properly!

Don't look at me with that depressed look!

I hate it!

Zone punched Jiro's chest in anger . " Just what is wrong with you! Why are you so silent!!! " Zone burst out in anger .

Jiro hung his head down when Zone was about to kiss him again .

Zone suddenly felt his heart throbbing in pain . He felt his cheeks stinging from an invisible slap when he noticed Jiro avoiding him .

He trembled and bit his lower lip, this is the first time he couldn't control his emotions from going out of control . His restless emotions intensified .

Hate , irritation , sadness , and confusion mixed within his heart and Zone couldn't understand why is he feeling this way .

Just ... Smile at me ok?

Why are you like that?

I don't like it!

Zone forcefully lifted Jiro's chin . " What's wrong with you? "

" ... " Jiro

" Jiro!!! Why are you not speaking!!!! "

" ... "

" I hate you!!! "

Zone punched the soft bed and kicked Jiro out of the bed . Jiro rolled unto the ground , he did not move for a second and slowly sat up after .

He looked up and saw the unfamiliar emotions painted on his wife's countenance . This is the first time he saw Zone react this way .

There's indeed hate within his eyes , yet ... Jiro felt like ... There's worry and concern hidden within it . He doesn't know wether he is hallucinating or not .

Zone huffed in anger and climb down to the bed and sat on Jiro's cheeks . He weakly slapped his cheeks . " Look at me!!! "

Jiro looked at Zone's red iris . When Zone was angry , Zone's crimson eyes would turn darker and darker almost turning black from the murkiness .

" Do you dislike me? " Zone asked

Jiro shook his head , how could he dislike Zone? He loves him so much there's no way he would dislike him .

" Then why are you like this? "

Zone touched Jiro's cheeks which he had just slapped . He somehow felt guilty and rubbed his cheeks to ease the pain .

Jiro closed his eyes in pain , not the pain he felt when he was slapped but the pain within his heart . He doesn't dare believe Zone's careful actions , he doesn't want to hope . But he's greedy and yearned for Zone's caress .

Tears fell down from his eyes as he sobbed slightly . " It doesn't matter to you wether something is wrong anyway . You don't have to worry about me , you don't love me so it doesn't matter . "

" I'm ... Worried , I can't make you fall inlove with me so i was anxious and depressed . "

" I know that you have ASPD , so i understand that you can't love me normally . But .. i just yearned for true love . "

" And I'm so foolish as to think that i can change you . " Jiro gritted his teeth and stared at Zone with a pained expression .

" I was unable to make you fall inlove with me again . "

Zone became silent ... his grip on Jiro's collar loosened and stared silently at the tears spilling out of Jiro's eyes .

" Is that what you are worried about? "

Zone chuckled inwardly ... Fool , I'm already falling inlove with you again . Can't you see?

Jiro nodded and sobbed like a child . He looks so cute and tempting .

Zone raised his hand and held Jiro's neck before taking a lick on Jiro's salty tears . It was cold , unlike human's hot tears .

But he still proceeded licking Jiro's tears clean and kissed Jiro's lips lightly .

" Silly , I'm already yours ... What are you worried about? Think about it , i am once in loved with you . Don't be discouraged . "

I'm about to fall inlove , don't give up .

" Really? "

Zone nodded and kissed Jiro's lips again . " Now that my husband feels happy again , let's go and roll on the sheets again . "

Jiro chuckled and wryly smiled before reluctantly agreeing with Zone's statement .

But Zone would never expect ... That Jiro will vanish in his world tomorrow .