Chapter 1010 - 489: You’re Too Sensitive... Pinch Pinch

Chapter 1010: Chapter 489: You’re Too Sensitive... Pinch Pinch

She worried that this was another misjudgment on her part, anxious and afraid that her joy might be in vain.

"Why so shy? Didn’t you just touch me?"

Herbert chuckled at her timid and hesitant demeanor, then took both her hands and placed them back on him.

One hand fell onto his chest, the other on his cheek.

"See, what is there to be afraid of?"

Then, he brought her other two hands over, placing them on his waist, making her embrace him.

From an outsider’s perspective, it seemed as if Herbert was being harassed by Luhier...

After completing this set of actions, Herbert tilted his head with a smile and rubbed his cheek against her palm, laughing softly, "There, do you understand now?"

He looked at the Fallen Angel who stood there in a daze, and said softly, "Luhier, I upheld our agreement and did not become His follower."

Herbert also reached out his hands, gently placing them on the Fallen Angel’s chest and cheek, and said softly, "So, rest assured, you don’t need to fear losing me."

"Luhier, I won’t leave you."

!!!

It was only at this moment that the Fallen Angel snapped out of her trance, staring blankly at the smiling young man before her.

For some unknown reason, she felt an emotion she had never experienced before.

That feeling was... reassurance.

She didn’t understand why she felt a sense of security from a young man much weaker than herself.

Yet she did not dislike it.

In just a brief moment, her emotions fluctuated dramatically several times.

Rising and falling.

Just when Luhier thought everything couldn’t get worse, she was suddenly told that it was all just her own wild imagination, and nothing had happened.

You have not been abandoned.

He has not left you.

This strong sense of reversal, of regaining something lost, made Luhier’s heart tremble intensely, and she instinctively wanted to thank the divine for its kindness.

But before words of gratitude could escape her lips, she realized—Herbert was able to keep his promise to her precisely because he did not succumb to divine control.

He held fast to the agreement with his own will, not through the divine’s mercy.

And as one who had abandoned the divine, she knew better than anyone how difficult this truly was.

Touched.

Luhier’s lips trembled, her arms did not retract, but instead gently caressed Herbert’s cheek.

Her fingertips dared not exert pressure, as if fearing to shatter him.

—But Herbert was different, showing no reservations at all.

"Hehe." Herbert blinked with delight.

Oh my?

You just touched me, didn’t you?

Since you’ve so openly touched me, then I won’t hold back either.

Then I won’t pretend to be a gentleman!

You touch me, I touch you, isn’t that fair?

Yes, yes, that’s very fair.

He smiled and pinched Luhier’s cheek, savoring the unique texture.

Luhier did not mind Herbert’s "impudence" on her cheek, allowing him to do as he pleased, while she looked at him in confusion.

She couldn’t understand.

To her, Herbert was like a walking contradiction.

Herbert carried the blessing of the Sun God, yet he had no trace of the Sun God’s will.

The blessing he bore surpassed that of an ordinary Divine Favorer, reaching the level of a Saint, a truly unparalleled blessing.

Yet there was not a hint of divine will remaining!

It was as if the generous deity had no desire to interfere with mundane affairs, purely bestowing blessings without restraint.

This was impossible.

Luhier knew better than anyone the personality of the Sun God, that controlling deity would never allow such a thing to happen.

If Herbert had prayed to Him, then while bestowing power, He would also inevitably interfere with his will unseen.

"Is this impossible? This... No, perhaps, there is one way."

Luhier thought of a near-impossible possibility and swallowed silently.

Unless...

The Sun God gave it willingly, and Herbert still chose to refuse.

He did not want it, but He insisted, making refusal impossible.

"Hiss!" Luhier’s thoughts scattered wildly, inhaling sharply, feeling she might indeed be losing her mind.

But then, that raised another question, how exactly did Herbert refuse the Sun God?

Impossible.

He was only Legendary now, how could a mere Legendary possibly reject the Master of the Sun’s gifts?

But dammit, he actually managed to refuse successfully, not becoming His servant, just freely gaining power.

Ah!!?

Even she had only managed to barely break free using Saint Level power and an unexpected attack.

On what basis could Herbert accomplish this?

She didn’t understand.

She couldn’t understand at all!

The more Luhier thought, the more confused she became, even finding the situation before her beyond comprehension.

Yet no matter how much Luhier wrestled with her thoughts, Herbert stood there vividly before her, making refusal impossible.

In the end, Luhier gave up thinking, softly asking, "Herbert... how did you do it?"

"Do what?"

Herbert tilted his head with a smile, leisurely saying, "If you’re referring to how I refused the divine descent of the Sun God onto me, I didn’t refuse... He indeed used me as a vessel for His descent."

Yes, that female ruffian indeed forced her way into my body. (sob)

"But if you’re asking why I didn’t become His follower but rather His ally, then..."