"Hm? What's wrong? Could it be that… even our illustrious 'Masked Fool' Lady Sparkle gets shy? That doesn't seem right, does it?"
Seeing Sparkle's "defenses" already showing signs of collapse, our Mr. Yun Fan pressed his advantage. While continuing to pressure the girl with words, his body kept advancing toward Sparkle.
'Thump—!'
Soon, as Yun Fan drew closer and closer, the corner Sparkle could retreat into grew smaller and smaller. In the end, she was forcefully backed into a corner by the handsome young man before her.
"You… I'm warning you, don't do anything reckless…"
Sparkle, helplessly forced back to the wall, trembled slightly. Even her voice lacked strength. Feeling that stimulating aura, the girl's face turned as red as a ripe apple, making people unable to resist the urge to reach out and take a bite.
"Why, my Lady Sparkle? Could it be that you don't want this reward?"
Gazing tenderly at the girl before him, our Mr. Yun Fan leaned down slightly, his lips gently brushing close to Sparkle's earlobe as he whispered softly into the girl's ear.
"I… I…"
Sparkle was rendered speechless by the young man's question. She stammered, wanting to say something in defense, but at that moment, a very familiar voice suddenly echoed in the ears of the two young people.
"Hahaha…!! What reward? What reward?! Aha wants a reward too!"
As these words fell, a deafening, ear-piercing laughter suddenly rang out from all directions in the room. Immediately afterward, a somewhat comical clown mask abruptly appeared out of thin air, forcefully inserting itself between Yun Fan and Sparkle.
"The… the God of Elation?!"
Staring at the mask that had suddenly appeared before her, Sparkle's pupils couldn't help but widen slightly. This was… the God of Elation? But something seemed off. Why did this aura only feel like that of an Emanator of the Aeon?
"Aha… didn't you go off to set up your own schemes? Why did you suddenly come back?"
The young man, whose intimate moment had been interrupted by Aha, grabbed the mask in front of him with an expressionless face, then forcefully pulled it right up to his eyes. His gaze was filled with killing intent as he stared at the rather comical red clown mask.
"Hahaha!!! Aha is very sorry, Aha is very sorry for interrupting Causality's fun, but Aha will dare to do it again next time, hahaha!!!"
Yun Fan: '...…'
Faced with the Aha mask that was still laughing heartily and saying "I'll dare to do it again next time" even while being held in his hand, our Mr. Yun Fan was helpless. In the end, he could only sigh in resignation and casually toss the mask away.
Freed from Yun Fan's control, the Aha mask flipped a few times in the air. A red glow flashed, and the mask carrying Emanator-level power of the [Elation] Aeon transformed straight into Sparkle's appearance, then landed steadily on the ground.
Watching her former superior transform into her own appearance, our Miss Sparkle felt as if "her head was about to explode."
All this time, she had only ever been the one impersonating others. She never expected that one day she herself would be impersonated by someone else. How the tables had turned.
"Speaking of which, our esteemed Lord Aha, what exactly brings you here? Could it be that you've already finished setting up your schemes so quickly?"
Sitting calmly on the sofa, Yun Fan's gaze swept back and forth between the two Sparkles. After a long while, he sighed and asked somewhat helplessly.
"Schemes? Heehee…"
Upon hearing Yun Fan's words, our 'Sparkle' simply giggled, then spoke unhurriedly.
"Where would I have any schemes? To use your words, Causality… how did that phrase go again? Let me think."
Saying this, 'Sparkle' lightly tapped her index finger on her lips. A few seconds later, she finally remembered.
"Oh right, I remember it went something like this…"
At this point, 'Sparkle's' expression turned serious. In this moment, the girl seemed like a completely different person.
"Pursuing Elation and seeking emotional value is something that should not involve plans. If all fun is achieved through planning, then what meaning does that kind of fun have? Or rather, through…"
"Stop stop stop!"
Facing 'Sparkle's' lengthy speech, our Mr. Yun Fan felt a bit embarrassed. Weren't these exactly the nonsense he had once casually told Aha? He never expected this guy to remember all of it and even repeat it back to his face!
"Alright alright, I really am scared of you!"
Facing 'Sparkle's' somewhat teasing expression, the black-haired young man covered his face with one hand. Who would have thought that someone as clever as him would one day be counter-attacked like this.
"What? [Causality], don't tell me you're going to admit defeat? Weren't you just annoyed that I ruined your fun?"
Seeing our Mr. Yun Fan starting to back down, Aha—who had transformed into Sparkle's appearance—also stepped forward step by step, mimicking the young man's actions. With a look of having victory in hand, and then…
'Slap—!'
A crisp slapping sound rang out. The smile on 'Sparkle's' face instantly froze. Yun Fan, this guy… he actually… he actually spanked her?!
"Heh!"
In response, the black-haired young man simply gave a cold smile, his eyes revealing a trace of disdain.
"Aha oh Aha, you really do shine brightly the moment you get a little sunlight. What, do you want to wrestle with me?"
At these words, Yun Fan's face showed a 'dangerous' expression as he stared at the girl before him with an unfriendly look.
Strictly speaking, Aha had not actually ruined Yun Fan's fun. The young man had only intended to tease Sparkle up to a certain point anyway.
After all, the avatar that had descended upon Penacony was essentially just an energy avatar, and energy avatars have no gender.
So… even if Yun Fan wanted to do something to Sparkle, it should be his main body far away on the Xianzhou Luofu that did it. This energy avatar simply did not have that capability.
The reason he had pressed forward step by step was entirely just to see the little girl Sparkle make a fool of herself.
Imagine: you manage to hook a girl's desires, only for her to discover the next moment that you can actually be her sister… cough, getting off topic.
"[Causality]… you really are something else…"
'Sparkle' gritted her silver teeth and finally squeezed out those words through clenched jaws. The [Elation] Aeon who had transformed into Sparkle's appearance had largely replicated part of Sparkle's personality.
Therefore, her reaction to Yun Fan's actions was almost identical to the real Sparkle's.
This scene, falling into the eyes of Sparkle's 'true self,' was utterly mortifying. The ashamed and angry Sparkle wished she could rush forward and kick away this former superior who was currently impersonating her.