Defeating Magic Chapter 25: “Can I mark you?” 

Chapter 25: “Can I mark you?” 

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Kiramekineko

  

Zhou Yan once again had that dream, the one that used to embarrass him so much.

Yes, it was about Luo Futu.

The dream was more real than the previous one, perhaps because of the accident that happened when he was fed the medicine, and it had a very strong sense of invasion. Zhou Yan saw himself standing in darkness, with the white moonlight shining down from his head and spilling over his feet. Although there was moonlight, it did not show the way for Zhou Yan, but as if he was trapped, the moonlight outside was endless darkness.

Zhou Yan became anxious. He wanted to leave this place, but did not dare to choose a random direction to walk in. At that moment, a pale hand reached out from the darkness, it tore through the white moonlight and grabbed Zhou Yan’s wrist precisely, pulling him out of there.

Somehow, the moment it pulled his wrist, Zhou Yan realized that it was Luo Futu.

Perhaps because the shape of that hand was so beautiful, or perhaps because the back of its hand was covered with familiar white bone armor pieces…. Zhou Yan was particularly impressed with the scene of his first crocus flower, and could not forget the bone armor on his hand.

Anyway, just by seeing this hand, he knew it was Luo Futu.

The other party pulled him into his arms and hugged him tightly, while those eyes gazed over tenderly at a downward angle.

“It’s dangerous to barge in like this.” Luo Futu opened his hand and held it vaguely by Zhou Yan’s ear, as if he wanted to ruffle his hair, but then it fell on the side of his face. He gently cupped Zhou Yan’s face and rubbed his thumb over his face. “But don’t worry, I’ll protect you…”

Protection? He was never the one to be protected. Zhou Yan wanted to mock his self-servingness, but the words that came out were: “Why are you in my dream again?”

This person was so rude, barging into other people’s dreams without even saying hello, and doing strange things here.

Luo Futu suddenly smiled when he heard these words. “Because you are thinking about me.”

“You…bullshit. I want you to get out…!” Zhou Yan couldn’t finish his words; Luo Futu suddenly lowered his head and kissed him, blocking his voice.

Zhou Yan froze, and then pushed him away, without hesitation with a slap on the face. The pop sound was very real, not at all like a dream.

Luo Futu was slapped and seemed a bit aggrieved, and the white moonlight wavered slightly like water ripples, making Luo Futu also become like water waves, twisting and turning translucent. “Funny, how can I have an omega consciousness…”

This dream was very similar to the last one: Zhou Yan knew very well that he was dreaming and could not wake up from the dream, but he could generate very structured thoughts about protection and his desire for alpha; these are all thoughts that tend to be omega consciousness and should not appear in his dream.

Zhou Yan just thought this way, and Luo Futu’s pheromone smell wafted over, a cold and strange aroma, wrapped in wind and snow blew towards him. This pheromone was not dominant, but rather leisurely stopped in front of Zhou Yan, as if seducing him, and then waiting for him to take the initiative to bite.

Zhou Yan shook his head and took a step back, then suddenly turned around and drew his legs to run. But his body was immediately held tightly by a pair of arms—from behind. In this way, the person holding him was able to press his lips against the gland at the back of his neck.

“You’re afraid of me?” Luo Futu’s voice came from behind Zhou Yan’s neck. Because of its proximity, the voice did not come directly into his ears, but climbed up through the vertebrae at the back of his neck and made him hear it through the vibrations of his bones, a communication method that reminded him of a snake’s auditory system, which was more sensual and flirtatious than hearing it directly from the air.

This felt very much like a bone hearer—Zhou Yan had based this on the principle of snake hearing and developed a kind of auxiliary stethoscope, which had been used to help doctors listen to certain abnormal sounds made by the organs in the patient’s body, to facilitate experienced doctors in better diagnosing the patient’s condition. Later, a company bought his patent, but also developed an erotic headset. The body would be very sensitive to the sound emitted, the sensitivity to sound in the air decreased, and each other’s bone vibration and shivers were heard clearly… You could imagine what effect it would have, especially in bed. Some kind of liquid going into the reproductive cavity would be accompanied by the other party’s violent breathing and shivers, which were processed into a sound signal together into the eardrum, and simply could not stop.

This headset could sell much better than the bone hearer, and Zhou Yan had to admire the other party’s business acumen. Zhou Yan felt like he was wearing one, and the sound of Luo Futu’s heartbeat was transmitted through his bones into the eardrum.

…Why is this?

Zhou Yan panicked, but heard Luo Futu lightly laugh. “Your mouth can lie, but the sound of your heartbeat can not fool me.”

Zhou Yan’s heart was shocked—could Luo Futu also hear…

His body was being held tighter and tighter by him, the white moonlight above his head became solid, and the path in front of Zhou Yan was completely blocked. The darkness that was still illusory became a wall, and he had no place to escape. His pheromone spread out uncontrollably and mingled with Luo Futu’s pheromone.

Zhou Yan finally gave in to the pheromones and raised his hand to the back of Luo Futu’s neck, pressing his four fingers against it and stroking it heavily—the action of stroking the gland would not normally occur in an omega’s flirtation with an alpha, but Zhou Yan himself was still more alpha conscious. Luo Futu didn’t stop him, just pressed against him and asked hoarsely, “Can I mark you?”

Zhou Yan felt his kiss on the back of his neck, and the sound of his heartbeat came through his bones clearly. Zhou Yan almost nodded, but the word “marked” turned twice in his head. Zhou Yan suddenly woke up; he hurriedly let go of his hand, bent his elbow to Luo Futu’s chest and thrust it hard, and forcefully broke free.

“…!”

Zhou Yan sat up violently, the strange darkness disappeared, and he woke up completely from that strange dream. Zhou Yan gasped for breath, and only after a long time did he realize that he was still sitting on his own bed, and that the scene just now was just a dream.

The moonlight was bright, shining in from the window.

“What?” A lazy voice accompanied the moonlight.

Zhou Yan subconsciously looked over and saw Luo Futu sitting on the floating window with his legs stretched out, looking sideways towards this side. He was only partly clothed, his long hair fell on his pale chest, his exposed skin was tinted with moonlight, and it was impossible to say whether it was charming or cold.

Luo Futu raised his eyebrows at him. “Why did you suddenly sit up? You scared me.”

Zhou Yan’s heart was still thumping, and he swallowed dryly. “Nothing, a nightmare.”

Luo Futu heard the word “nightmare” and suddenly curled his lips. “Oh? What kind of nightmare scared you so much?”

“…” What kind of nightmare… In short, it is very frightening. Zhou Yan didn’t answer, but asked, “Why aren’t you sleeping?”

Luo Futu raised a leg, propped his elbow on his knee and looked sideways. “I was wondering if I had been tricked and couldn’t figure it out, so I couldn’t sleep.”

Zhou Yan wondered, “What?”

Luo Futu moved his long legs, walked down from the floating window, and came to stand in front of Zhou Yan. “In fact, the reason why you have taken me in until now, you have long made up your mind to cooperate with me, right?”

Luo Futu finished this sentence, and he watched Zhou Yan’s eyes become clear from the confusion in the dream all of a sudden. He raised his head to look at him, and Luo Futu hooked the corner of his lips, and moved in front of him to sit down. “Once you found out my identity as a high priest, the identity of the commander, and also knew I needed help, you decided to go along with the flow and let me stay. But you never mentioned cooperation, preferring me to ask first. You are a bit cunning.”

He thought that Zhou Yan was simply being kind, but later he gradually realized that this did not seem to be the case, just as he himself said, Zhou Yan had taken him in and never regretted it.

Because he wanted to work with him.

Luo Futu originally thought that he was the one who took the initiative, but he never thought that he was being led by Zhou Yan’s nose all the time. He showed him those theories of world governance without any reservation and gave him advice, and at the same time, showed the difficulties he encountered without any reservation.

Zhou Yan did not do anything, just believed Luo Futu was a smart man, and that the two sides would need one another and have the bargaining chips on the negotiating table. All he needed to do was wait for his reaction—then, whether they cooperated or not, he could make a deal.

Zhou Yan did not expect him to mention this suddenly, and his expression showed his surprise. “Do you have a spell for reading the mind? I do have this idea.”

“…You just admit it? No defense?” How arrogant is this person?

Zhou Yan was puzzled, “Why should I be defensive?”

Luo Futu stared at him with a frown. “You used me.”

Zhou Yan gave him an expressionless look. “If I wanted to really use you, I wouldn’t have let you realize that I was using you. It’s called cooperation, and of course you can refuse.”

“…”

Zhou Yan felt a little thirsty and he couldn’t sleep anymore, so he simply stood up and opened the room’s door and went to pour a glass of water. “But I don’t think you’ll refuse me. You’re being chased and losing all your power, you need help, and I need someone in power who will listen to what I have to say.”

He turned back to Luo Futu after taking a sip of water. “Well, you should be glad that you still have value to use, at the moment you are only being hunted, and your public image and public prestige have not been reduced, otherwise you would not be qualified to work with me.”

Luo Futu was very speechless, this was the first time he had seen someone like him, and after being demolished, he graciously admitted it? He himself did not seem to be angry.

In fact, in a way, this was also considered ill-intentioned, if it were anyone else, he would have killed them.

Luo Futu looked at him and smiled. “Well, since we are talking about cooperation, let’s lay out the conditions. What do you need me to do, and how far can you go for me?”

Zhou Yan sat down at the table. “I will help you regain power. I want you to unify the mystic forces and become the only one in power.”

“Wow.” Luo Futu raised his eyebrows slightly. “Your ambition is not small.”

“A divided regime does not make for a healthy and positive society, and after hearing you talk about your conflict with Thomas, I think it’s unlikely that the two of you will ever become one, so we’ll have to take him out.”

“You choose to be on my side?”

Zhou Yan said frankly, “If you don’t agree with me, I’ll be on his side.”

“Damn you, you wallflower, you’re threatening me? Aren’t you afraid I’ll kill you? I agree.”

Zhou Yan glanced at him. “Don’t be happy in a hurry.”

Luo Futu gritted his teeth. “Do I look like I’m happy?”

Zhou Yan continued, “You also have to promise me that after you take back power, you will carry out reforms. To promote the cultivation of food, to promote farming… At that time, there will be policies to develop the economy to talk to you about—you can have discretion, but you need to completely abolish the previous system of exchanging planting flowers for food.”

Luo Futu had actually guessed Zhou Yan’s purpose: he did not intend to cooperate with him for any personal purpose, the only thing he wanted to do was to change the world.

“For me to promulgate such an order, wouldn’t it be the same as before? Me brainwashing ordinary people. Only before it was to make them loyal to mystics, now it is to make them grow food…”

Zhou Yan smiled. “The difference is huge.”

Luo Futu was a little confused, and Zhou Yan said, “At this stage, society does not allow us to tell the truth to those people, they will think I am crazy. But when the overall productivity of society increases, their way of thinking will change with it. People struggling on the poverty line are not qualified to talk about ideas; people must first fill their stomachs.” He finished, and did not shy away from Luo Futu. “When that time comes, they will get rid of their ignorance and be able to think independently, and you will not be able to control their thoughts anymore.”

“…Aren’t you afraid that I will reject you if you say such things?”

Zhou Yan was silent for a moment. “I don’t like to lie about such things, and I hope you will seriously consider my proposal. You can still be a leader at that time, that won’t shake your position. Society will change a lot, not only will their lives be better, but your life as a leader will be better too, and it won’t be bad for you.”

Yeah, don’t like to lie about such things, but what kind of things do you like to lie about? Like, on something like having a nightmare?

“Besides, I think you need me.”

Luo Futu looked at him slightly stunned, and then snorted. “Since when do you have such an idea?”

“After knowing who you are.”

“Then why did you save me before?”

When facing the two mystic attacks, Zhou Yan never seemed to think about running away either, he didn’t know his identity at that time.

Zhou Yan lifted his eyes to look at him. “Why? I don’t understand, the reason for this is very complicated, because I find mystics interesting and want to learn more, but also because we happened to meet, so I did it by hand… Not everything needs a reason to do so.”

Luo Futu looked at Zhou Yan and took a deep breath. “Okay, the most important question, how are you going to help me take back my power?”

If he can’t do it at all, then all their negotiations are empty talks and can’t stand.

Zhou Yan obviously understood this and showed his cards. “I will provide you with weapons that can be operated by ordinary people to defeat mystics.”

“Is it mecha?” Zhou Yan nodded, but Luo Futu wasn’t too happy. “Isn’t that used to deal with those monsters?”

“Even Lurian can be killed by this weapon, so how can it not deal with mystics?”

“…” It seems to make sense, but Luo Futu thought that according to Zhou Yan’s character, preventing those monsters was his original intention, and he cared more about the life and death of ordinary people than fighting for the right to rule.

Zhou Yan seemed to have been looking for a balance that would satisfy both his own needs and his, for a win-win solution.

He was right, he needed such talents. But not only as a talent…

After Zhou Yan explained all this, he covered his mouth and yawned, walked to the bed and re-entered the blanket. “I’m sleepy, good night.”

Not long after, he felt something sink deep behind him; it seemed to be Luo Futu lying down on the other side of the bed. Zhou Yan ignored him, but not long after, he suddenly heard a muffled voice. “Do you know that when you lie, your glands turn red?”

Glands turn red? Are you kidding? The glands are buried under the flesh, so how can they turn red? …Unless the infrared scan was presented, the capillary-rich location would be redder than the surrounding color. But Luo Futu was not a snake, so how could he see that?

Zhou Yan dazedly closed his eyes, ignoring the words as dream words, but did not see the person lying in the same bed with him staring at him with a smile. Broken stars flowed from his fingers, scattered above Zhou Yan’s head, and then disappeared. Zhou Yan did not feel anything, just took a deep breath, as if he had fallen into a deeper dream.

Luo Futu touched the back of his neck, the feeling of being touched still lingered, leaving a strong and possessive feeling that shouldn’t belong to an omega. He couldn’t help but laugh twice and raise his hand to gently wrap around Zhou Yan’s body. His eyes turned into vertical pupils, as if they were the eyes of a snake. “Have a good dream.”