amaotonovel Chapter 369 A Tiny Little Bit
Chapter 369 A Tiny Little Bit
[Hehehe, just think about it. One is a high and mighty, incomparably noble king, and the other is a subject who secretly harbors feelings for the king. One is proud, confident, and incredibly powerful, while the other is a yandere with a mind full of romance. This combination, this setting, is just too exciting! ╰(*°▽°*)╯] The system became more and more excited as it spoke, and its voice grew louder and louder, as if it had already immersed itself in the plot it had imagined.
However, just then, Lin Xiyue suddenly heard some faint clicking sounds. Although the sound was not loud, it seemed particularly jarring in the quiet environment. Lin Xiyue's alertness immediately rose, and she asked suspiciously, "What are you doing? Why are there strange clicking sounds?"
The system seemed startled by Lin Xiyue's question, and it took a while to react. Then it chuckled and explained, "Ah, hehehe, there's a similar plot in the novels I've been reading lately, don't you think it's similar? I was just eating electronic potato chips, and I bought them with a commission from the translation card you bought this time. They're super delicious!"
Lin Xiyue shook her head helplessly after hearing the system's words, thinking to herself, "I knew I shouldn't have listened to your nonsense. You should read less novels and eat more potato chips."
Lin Xiyue sighed and rubbed her forehead, inwardly lamenting how frustrating this system was. She decided to stop arguing with the system and instead focus all her attention on looking at the photo albums with Ling Ye.
The two flipped through the photo albums page by page, and time slipped by unnoticed. After looking through more than a dozen albums, Lin Xiyue was completely stunned.
The number of photos in these albums varies, some with more and some with fewer. Some albums have a dozen or twenty photos, recording almost one photo a day; while others have four or five photos. These photos cover a variety of scenes and moments, but the only constant is that the main subject of these photos is always Merothy, or something related to Merothy.
Looking at these photos, Lin Xiyue seemed to be able to feel the stories and emotions behind them. Each photo was a memory, recording past times and experiences.
However, what's strange is that most of these photos were taken secretly, which is quite unbelievable. Just as Lin Xiyue was flipping through these photos and arguing with the system, she suddenly heard Ling Ye shout loudly, "Hey, hey, hey, Boss Lin, don't turn the page yet, look here!"
Lin Xiyue was startled when she heard Ling Ye's call. She quickly stopped clicking on the next page and asked in confusion, "Huh? Where should I look?"
Seeing this, Lingye quickly pointed to the glass of an inconspicuous shop in the photo and said, "Look here, the reflection in this piece of glass."
Lin Xiyue looked in the direction Ling Ye was pointing and indeed found a faint reflection on the glass. Because the glass was positioned relatively low, Ling Ye could easily point to it; otherwise, he probably would have had to leap up to reach it.
Lin Xiyue's gaze followed Ling Ye's direction and landed on the glass. From the photographer's perspective, that position should be diagonally opposite him, like a backdrop. However, it was precisely because of this backdrop that the reflection on the glass appeared thin and indistinct.
However, the Fei Bo here was different from the one Lin Xiyue had seen in the bakery. Fei Bo seemed quite young now, unable to fully control his body, so the image reflected in the light wasn't a complete human form. In comparison, he was even smaller than the image of Moros in the photograph taken during the ritual. Judging by his face alone, he appeared to be only about ten years old.
Of course, this is just speculation, because in the photo, apart from his face which gives a rough idea of his age, the rest of his body is obscured by his thin frame. His reflection in the light makes him appear to be less than a meter tall, and his lower half is covered by a large number of tentacles.
However, his tentacle differed significantly from Meros's. Meros's tentacle exuded a strong dark aura, resembling an octopus's tentacles, giving it a heavy and eerie feel. The thin tentacle, on the other hand, was entirely different; it appeared more delicate and beautiful. The tentacle was crystal clear, even possessing a semi-transparent texture, quite similar to a jellyfish's tentacles, giving it a refined, work of art-like appearance.
However, although these two types of tentacles differ in appearance, they share a chilling characteristic—they are deadly. Whether it's Meros's dark tentacles or Fibonacci's delicate tentacles, they both give the impression that a mere touch could be fatal.
Moving the gaze upwards from the striking tentacles, one comes into view of a small, thin chest. Perhaps because his abilities are not yet fully developed, unlike Meros, his upper body has not fully maintained a human form. Although his chest resembles a human, it is translucent, like a jellyfish. Not only that, even his muscles have a translucent texture, as if one could see the bones and internal organs through that thin layer of skin.
Therefore, when people's gaze fell on the parts of his body not covered by clothing, they could clearly see the blood flowing slowly like a trickle beneath his transparent skin. This scene was chilling, as if his body was not made of flesh and blood, but some kind of eerie transparent container, within which blood circulated in an inexplicable way.
Not only that, but his clothing also looked extremely strange. It resembled a set of children's armor, the hard material tightly binding his body, as if to prevent him from collapsing to the ground like a slime and turning into a puddle of goo. Occasionally, small pieces of flesh would peek out through the gaps in the armor, further reinforcing the feeling that if he didn't wear this children's armor, he would collapse like a slime without support.
Finally, shifting the gaze upwards, one sees his thin face. In stark contrast to the bizarre features of the rest of his body, his face now appears normal, not much different from that of an ordinary person. However, it is precisely this interplay between localized normalcy and overall strangeness that makes him appear all the more eerie and unsettling.
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