Martial artists can never be ultimately insulted.

Even while still asleep, Yuan Chen felt this heavy pressure and quickly entered battle mode.

Damn it! I, Yuan Chen, may not have eaten the whole thing, but I've at least eaten a quarter of Aunt Chun-Li's forbidden fruit! What can stop me? What can resist me?! Who in this world can stand in my way?!

Upon realizing this, Yuan Chen immediately opened his eyes. Looking at the purple-clad girl sitting on his waist, legs crossed, and observing him with great interest, Yuan Chen relaxed after a brief silence, then peacefully closed his eyes, preparing to continue sleeping.

Ingrid, it's alright now.

An inherently evil old witch!

Sensing Yuan Chen's thoughts, Ingrid smirked and then punched Yuan Chen in the chest with her small fist.

The spreading solar power immediately sent a shiver through Yuan Chen's body, causing him to instinctively let out a "Ugh!"

Although it didn't hurt, it made Yuan Chen realize that he couldn't keep up the act any longer, so he simply opened his eyes.

"……Hello."

"Is this how you treat your seniors?" Ingrid smiled as she looked at Yuan Chen.

"Shouldn't you greet your senior immediately upon their arrival? I even gave you a Sun Rune! Your rapid recovery is probably all thanks to this senior you wholeheartedly respect~"

"Thank you very much." Hearing Ingrid's words, Yuan Chen shrugged helplessly and said frankly:

"But how should I put it, since it's no use coming to me with problems that are difficult for you now, I feel like you're here just to have some fun."

"And if things really get out of hand, I can't beat you, so the thought that I might not be able to control myself makes me just want to go to sleep."

"Uh, what do you mean by having fun? I don't understand a word you're saying~" Ingrid waved her hand, about to make something up, but then seemed to sense something and reached out her hand after a brief silence.

A radiant, elastic energy barrier formed beneath her buttocks, and she then turned her gaze back to Yuan Chen.

"So, may I ask, big brother, what are you using to support your respected senior?"

"I'm only eighteen." Upon hearing this, Yuan Chen couldn't help but grin: "You're in your adolescence, that's normal. If you don't believe me, go back in time and see how old I am."

"Oh, is that so? Okay then~" Ingrid shrugged indifferently, but then said:

"Although I am also very curious about what the past of this world was like... After all, this world is so interesting now, it must have been very interesting before! But unfortunately, you have not fully awakened yet, and the timeline is still in a constant process, so I can only come to the present to see you."

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Chen nodded thoughtfully, but didn't take it too seriously.

The main problem is that Ingrid is too strong; what she says is really not very reliable.

Its duty is to travel through the infinite multiverse and clean up unstable factors in these universes. Once Ingrid deems a world to have no value, she can directly erase its existence.

This power is difficult to quantify in a single universe.

To use a less specific analogy...

If Gatanothor, the ultimate boss in Ultraman Tiga, were to slap a member of the Shinjo team, given the vast difference in power, would Gatanothor be Ingrid?

No, it's not that weak.

Then Shining Tiga came over and slapped Gatanothor. Is this our dear old magical lady? No, she's not that weak.

It was Eiji Tsuburaya who walked over and slapped Shining Tiga twice.

Yes, that's right. Eiji Tsuburaya is the magical old lady, while Shinjo is from the Street Fighter universe.

Given this difference in narrative level, all Ingrid needs to do to understand why she's unhappy is to know the reason for her dissatisfaction; there's no point in trying to solve it.

Just as Yuan Chen was about to ask Ingrid what she wanted to do, he was thinking this.

On the other side, Chunli heard a "uh" coming from Yuan Chen's room next door. She quickly got up, thinking that the Shadow Luo members had come to take revenge on Yuan Chen, so she kicked open the door to Yuan Chen's bedroom and looked into the room.

Then they saw Yuan Chen sitting naked on the bed, with a little girl who was no more than 1.6 meters tall sitting on his hips.

Upon seeing this, Chun-Li first stared wide-eyed in disbelief, but then realized that something was wrong.

The main reason is that, during their interactions, Chunli was certain that Yuan Chen, while not a perfectly upright person, was certainly not the kind of person without moral principles.

Thinking this through, Chun-Li asked with some suspicion:

"Um... Ah Chen... if you really have a need, you can come to me... because I know that you've been thinking about this for a long time and holding it in for a long time before you asked me..."

But... isn't it a bit inappropriate to do this to a small child? Or did something happen here?

“It’s really not good to do that to a child.” Hearing Chun-Li’s words, Yuan Chen quickly nodded and looked at Ingrid sitting in his tent, saying:

“It’s really bad…and I don’t have any fetish for older people.”

Upon hearing this, Ingrid pouted and said with a look of disgust, "Big brother is talking strangely, Ingrid doesn't understand!"

In saying that, Ingrid did not deliberately smear Yuan Chen—mainly because Yuan Chen had just expressed that he did not want such a thing to happen.

Thinking this, Ingrid also stretched out her hand, and intricate patterns woven from energy appeared around her, appearing dazzling and dreamlike. Then she turned to Chun-Li beside her and said:

"Hey~! My name is Ingrid, and as you can see, I'm a newly awakened magic user—"

"Magic Grandma," Yuan Chen corrected expressionlessly.

Chun-Li tilted her head in confusion, while Ingrid's smile froze on her face. Without saying a word, she shot a beam of light that immobilized Yuan Chen, then gently tapped his head. The moment the lock was released, accompanied by a "bang!", Yuan Chen lay motionless on the bed.

However, at the same time, with the infusion of eternal power into the solar rune, and under Ingrid's activation, Yuan Chen woke up at an astonishing speed, and his physical condition was also directly refreshed, from being thinner after waking up to being strong and powerful again.

After taking a moment to assess the situation, Yuan Chen was surprised to find that not only his muscles and blood energy had been depleted, but even the energy he had used up at Chun Li's place yesterday had been fully restored.

"Oh, thank you~" Yuan Chen has always been clear about gratitude and resentment, and he immediately expressed his gratitude when he found that his status had been refreshed.

Ingrid clearly appreciated Yuan Chen's thanks, and immediately nodded, giving him a "you know what's good for you" look.

"Hmph, now you know how amazing Ingrid is, right? Even with a fixed timeline, Ingrid can instantly restore you to your peak condition as recorded in the timeline!"

Chun-Li looked completely bewildered as she watched the interaction between the two.

He immediately activated the Holy Word D: "What...are you saying...?"

Volume 1: Chapter 32 - Yuan's Astonishment

Noticing the confusion on Chunli's face, Yuan Chen shrugged and said:

"This is the magical girl Ingrid. After I fell into a coma during the battle with Sagat, it was because I met this girl in the spiritual world that I was able to recover so quickly."

Ingrid's background and origins are both quite unique. Considering that the timeline of his own world has not yet been fixed and everything is still developing, Yuan Chen didn't know how to explain the old lady's background to Chun Li.

So I just blurted out a general idea.

Ingrid clearly understood Yuan Chen's explanation, and immediately nodded with a smile, saying, "Bingo~ Speaking of which, this world is truly amazing."

After staring at Chun-Li for a while, Ingrid, standing beside her, also spoke with great interest:

"Even though the humans in this world are so weak, they can continuously grow stronger through cultivation, and some individuals can even vaguely sense the gaps between dimensions through cultivation..."

"Hmm, as expected of the world of emblems that gave birth to you, it's certainly worthwhile for me to create a body specifically for you to reside in for an extended period."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Chen rubbed his chin and then said, "How about we change our form?"

"For example?" Ingrid squinted at Yuan Chen.

Yuan Chen, fearless of death, said: "For example, something that matches our original age."

Before she could finish speaking, Ingrid pointed at Yuan Chen with a snap of her fingers, and then knocked on his door again with a loud bang!

Being suddenly frozen in an eternity for a moment, and then suddenly thrown out again—this feeling of simultaneous confusion in one's perception of time, space, and the world is not pleasant.

Having learned from his first experience, Yuan Chen simply shook his head and adapted to the situation. He couldn't help but complain, "Your move is too underhanded. You didn't even have a proper opening move?"

"Good to know~ That's the magic of Ingrid the Sorcerer~ Yohohohoho~"

Although she was smiling, a hint of curiosity also appeared in Ingrid's eyes.

Is it just my imagination?

Although I did control my strength... why does it feel like this time the 'eternity' fell on my junior and lasted for a much shorter time?

Or... have you gotten used to it?

Just as the world has adapted to such a complex system?

Ingrid was curious, but she didn't pay any attention.

Even among emblem holders, aside from the unrecorded dark matter emblems, Ingrid is the strongest individual and the only one with innate awakening.

The innate strength, and the loneliness that comes with it, taught Ingrid the pure invincible spirit.

Thinking this, seeing the helplessness on Yuan Chen's face, and sensing the casualness and frankness of this junior, so different from his fellow clansmen, Ingrid chuckled softly:

"If you need, I can change my form too, to the kind that makes people lose all reason with just one look~"

"Then forget it."

Although Chun-Li didn't know what Yuan-Chen and Ingrid were talking about, she did hear that Yuan-Chen's rapid recovery was all thanks to Ingrid.

Thinking this, Chunli also bowed and thanked her, saying, "No wonder Ah Chen recovered so quickly, it was because of your help. Thank you so much! Please feel free to ask if you need anything!"

Although Ingrid looks young, Chun-Li tries her best to show her the utmost respect through Yuan-chen's conversations with her, her verbal tic, and her style of dress.

What to say?

While she is indeed very cute, I also felt that both her tone of voice and her behavior gave off a feeling of an older...lolita old lady?

Especially their clothing style, although it is indeed good-looking, a closer look will reveal that they cover up almost everything on their bodies, and even their hands are covered with gloves.

Sensing Chun-Li's curiosity and restraint, Ingrid didn't mind, simply waving her hand and saying:

"It's nothing, Yuan Chen... Big brother and Ingrid get along very well. Although he has a bit of a mischievous streak, the kind magical girl Ingrid will still offer help!"

Hearing Ingrid's words, Chun-Li smiled awkwardly.

Before, I just had a feeling, but now that Ingrid said it like that... how should I put it? Calling herself Ingrid-chan does give off a weird old lady trying to act young vibes.

However, while her appearance is indeed young and cute, her clothing style is far more conservative than her actual age...

Although she found it strange, Chun-Li didn't investigate further.

Although Chun-Li doesn't know Ingrid yet, she can more or less sense that Ingrid has no ill intentions towards Yuan Chen, and that Yuan Chen fully trusts Ingrid.

Well, the main reason is that I have some understanding of Yuan Chen's personality. I know that beneath Yuan Chen's cheerful, combative, and occasionally reckless exterior, he is not a dull or easily trusting person.

Thinking about it, Chun-Li suggested, "How about... we eat first?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Chen glanced at the time and nodded, saying, "It's indeed time to prepare a meal."

As he said this, Yuan Chen turned to Ingrid beside him and said, "Although this may not mean much to you, would you like to have something to eat? Consider it my way of expressing my gratitude?"

"Hehe, since it's big brother's request, then this old woman... no, I mean Ingrid-chan will accept it!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Chen ignored Ingrid's occasional displays of a sense of nostalgia, gave an OK sign, got up, put on his clothes, and went to the kitchen to prepare a meal.

While Yuan Chen was cooking, the other guests at Yuan Hanting also got up one after another.

Looking at the girl who was already sitting in the hall waiting, Tong Ang asked curiously, "Who is this young lady?"

"Ingrid-chan~" Ingrid introduced with a grin.

Sagat: "And who is this?"

"Ingrid-chan~" Ingrid introduced herself.

Huo Yin Dan and Huo Yin Qiang: "This?"

"Sauce~"

Watching Ingrid introduce herself to each newcomer, Chun-Li smiled wryly and began to wonder if she should put a sign on the side to save this mysterious girl who had helped Yuan Chen recover from his injuries from having to introduce herself again and again.

Just as Chunli was still thinking, an old man slowly came to the dining table, his cloudy old eyes looking at Ingrid, and Yuan also fell into a moment of silence.

"you are?"

"Ingrid~" As if sensing something, Grandma's enthusiastic expression softened slightly.

Upon hearing Ingrid's self-introduction, Yuan hesitated for a moment before saying:

"Where...have we met before?"

Volume 1: Chapter 33 - Flashbang Sneak Attack!