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Chapter 257 The Confused Icarus

When Jing Chen returned to the venue, the rocking fishing competition had already ended. He saw Zhi Shu floating on the water, his head covered in red welts, his underwear hanging down beside him. Jing Chen walked towards the awards podium; he was quite interested in the champion.

"Match time is over! The champion is Maydayane's team!"

The host announced the end of the competition. At the same time, Mikako and the nightclub uncle stood on the awards stage. Mikako held the nightclub uncle's hand and waved to the people around them.

After school, Chu Yuan and Icarus walked home. Along the way, Chu Yuan complained, "Ash, really! What's with all that 'shake-and-catch' stuff, and 'the legendary pond owner' nonsense? And what's with all this talk about proposing? This guy has absolutely no idea how I feel."

"Miss Chu Yuan," Icarus suddenly called out.

"What's wrong?" Chu Yuan stopped and turned around to ask.

"What is love?" Icarus asked.

"Huh?" Chu Yuan was taken aback. Icarus's sudden question really surprised him.

"I don't understand what love really is."

A gentle breeze accentuated the tranquility of the moment, but also highlighted Icarus's current confusion.

"However, the power unit keeps aching, which is very uncomfortable for me." Icarus clutched his chest with one hand, his expression somewhat sad.

"I see. I'm just like you, Miss Icarus. I don't understand what love is, and I only feel uneasy. But I still want to be with the person I like, right?" Chu Yuan asked.

Icarus listened attentively to Chu Yuan's explanation. "Yes."

Chu Yuan smiled. "Let's go."

Watching Icarus's retreating figure as she walked ahead, Chu Yuan realized something. "Miss Icarus really does have feelings for Jing Chen..."

Icarus stopped and turned back to look at Chu Yuan with a puzzled expression. Chu Yuan shook his head. "It's nothing." He then followed Icarus home.

At that moment, Nymph was at home watching her midday drama, a love-themed series. The scene playing was of the male lead holding a jewelry box containing a necklace.

The female lead took it and asked the male lead in surprise, "Is this a proposal, Mengtai?"

The male protagonist gently replied, "Yes, it's a marriage proposal."

Just then, Icarus passed by the door and witnessed this scene. Drawn in by the story, Icarus stopped at the doorway and watched the midday theater.

Icarus walked into the room, and at that moment the television screen showed the male and female protagonists embracing each other.

"Proposal."

"It's just a declaration of love, right? A promise to be together forever," Nymph said nonchalantly, propping her cheek up with one hand and holding snacks in the other.

"Together forever."

Nymph turned around and looked at Icarus standing behind her, asking, "What's wrong with you?"

"So, you're still bothered by not understanding love?" Nymph asked.

Icarus nodded blankly and gave a soft "hmm".

"Speaking of which, Tomoki said there were quite a few things..." Nymph put a finger to her lips as she spoke, recalling the events, then climbed to the cabinet where the TV was placed and reached out to look for something.

"I remember it should be here." Then, Nymph pulled out a DVD. "Got it!"

Icarus climbed over to watch it too. The DVD packaging read, "Learning to Love Series, My First Experience, Four Hours of Endless Tears."

Just by looking at the name, you can tell this thing isn't good. Conymf and Icarus have no idea; they're like infants to the human world, how could they possibly know anything about such things?

"Learn to love," Icarus read aloud from the words on the packaging.

"Is that right?"

Then, the two of them sat together in front of the TV, watching the indescribable scenes on the screen and making indescribable sounds.

"What is this?" Nymph asked, leaning forward.

"I don't know," Icarus replied.

"Yeah, finally free." Just then, Tomoki returned. He had barely reached the doorway when he suddenly saw the explicit content playing on the television and was immediately startled. "What are you watching, hey!"

Then, he pushed Icarus and Nymph out of the room, shouting, "No, no, no!" and slammed the door shut.

"Um, Tomoki," Ikaros said, turning to look at Tomoki.

"What?" Tomoki was practically shouting as he spoke.

"Master, about your proposal last time..." Icarus looked particularly shy.

Tomoki didn't understand what Icarus was saying at all. Icarus continued, "Back at the temple fair."

Hearing Ikaros say this, Tomoki finally realized, "That's not what the previous proposal meant!"

Tomoki frantically tried to explain. However, the more he explained, the more confused he seemed to become.

"Hey everyone, what's all this commotion about?" Jing Chen returned at that moment. Seeing the three of us standing in the corridor, he asked meaningfully.

"Ah, it's nothing," Tomoki said.

"Oh, right, Icarus, Nymph, here you go." Jing Chen handed Icarus and Nymph some money.

Nymph asked in confusion, "Pocket money?"

Jing Chen nodded, "Yes, in that case, you can buy whatever you want yourself. Now that you can go out and buy things on your own, it's only right that we give you some pocket money. You can manage this pocket money as you see fit."

"Do you want me to go buy something?" Icarus asked blankly, not yet understanding Jing Chen's meaning.

"No! Icarus, this money is for you to buy whatever you want. Look, don't you like watermelons? With this money, you can go out and buy watermelons yourself," Jing Chen patiently explained to Icarus.

"Yes, Master," Icarus said blankly.

"Okay, I'm going to take a nap. I'm a little tired." Jing Chen waved and went back to his room.

Just as Jing Chen closed his eyes, he heard someone calling him. Opening his eyes, he saw Daedalus. Jing Chen propped himself up and asked, "Daedalus, what's up?"

"Um, I wanted to ask, Synapse, what do you plan to do?" Daedalus asked.

Jing Chen rested his chin on his hand and thought carefully for a moment. "Hmm... my original intention was to destroy Synapse directly. However, on second thought, the existence of Synapse in this world isn't necessarily all bad. So, in a way, I'll let Synapse remain in this world to protect it. However, in return, Synapse cannot arbitrarily interfere with any order in this world, otherwise I will destroy Synapse!"

Daedalus remained silent with his head down. Jing Chen said, "Don't worry, as long as Synapse doesn't interfere with any order in this world, Synapse can continue to exist. However, before that... I will definitely deal with that so-called Lord of the Sky. After I deal with that so-called Lord of the Sky, you will be the new Lord of the Sky of Synapse."

"Me?" Daedalus looked up in surprise, pointing at himself and asking in disbelief.

Jing Chen nodded. "Yes, in the entire Synapse, you're the only one I can trust. I'll be leaving this world soon. But don't think that just because I'm gone, you can do whatever you want. If I want, I can destroy Synapse in any other world!"

"Okay...okay," Daedalus said.

Jing Chen nodded and disappeared. Upon waking up in reality, the first thing he saw was Icarus's prominent chest.

"You're awake, Master," came Icarus's indifferent voice.

Jing Chen rubbed his head and sat up. "Good morning, Icarus."

"Good morning, Master," Icarus replied.

"System, bind Synapse to this world for me. I need to be able to destroy Synapse at any time."

"Beep... Binding... Binding successful." The system's voice came through.

Jing Chen nodded in satisfaction. He had finished dealing with everything that needed to be done. Next up was Astraea.

(End of this chapter)