Chapter 63: The Suitor

"Oh my god!! It's her—"

Felice reacted swiftly, pulling Nian Tu into his arms and shielding her as he strode quickly outward to prevent a larger commotion.

Lu Zhan and Sion brought up the rear, blocking those individuals from pressing close or following behind.

Even though they couldn't get close to Nian Tu, everyone's gazes remained filled with shock, falling upon her from afar.

"An SSS-rank female!!"

"The Beast God's messenger! She must be the Beast God's messenger!!"

"The Beast God has not abandoned us!"

...

The cheers shook the heavens. Those who previously had no idea of Nian Tu's identity finally realized with astonishment—

She turned out to be an SSS-rank female?!

This was completely different from what they had imagined!

In everyone's fantasies, an SSS-rank female should be a high and mighty, god-like existence, far more unreachable than any other female.

Ordinary females already treated males as humble slaves; the world's one and only SSS-rank female must surely possess an even worse temper and be even harder to serve.

Yet no matter how terrible an SSS-rank female's temper might be, countless males would still rush forward head over heels, willingly submitting to her commands.

After all, she was an SSS-rank female.

But what had they just witnessed?

The legendary SSS-rank female had eyes and brows overflowing with gentle smiles all along, and she had actually trotted all the way to fling herself into her male's arms!!

The little female was breathtakingly moving, and her looks and temperament truly were as ethereal as they had fantasized, but this sweet personality completely surpassed their imagination!

Even more astonishingly, her males had accepted her embrace with practiced ease, without showing any expression of being flattered.

This undoubtedly meant that she was usually this gentle, rather than merely putting on a pleasant face for males only when she was in a good mood.

Looking again at the males beside the grey-eyed female, they appeared disheveled all over, making them look all the more desolate by comparison.

The contrast was too tragic, leaving everyone sighing with emotion.

Complex gazes assaulted from all directions, causing the grey-eyed female to blush to the tips of her ears.

Recalling what she had said just moments before...

She had said... a female who fawned on and ingratiated herself with males like that couldn't possibly have a high mental power...

And now, the entire lobby was overflowing with voices shouting for the SSS-rank female, feeling like a heavy slap across her face.

A trending post quickly drifted up on the Interstellar Network—

[So lucky to have seen the SSS-rank female with my own eyes. I've never seen such a gentle female; her males are so blessed...]

One stone stirred a thousand ripples, and countless people replied in the comment section.

[I'm so envious. When will I ever be blessed enough to see her in person...]

[Author, hurry up and elaborate with details!!]

[Nian Tu is truly gentle! I used to be her fan.]

[Me too!!]

[Sigh, I even sent her a courtship application before, but unfortunately there was never any reply...]

[I want to be her male ahhhhhh!!]

[Duh! Who doesn't want to!!]

Following the official announcement of the SSS-rank female's awakening, Nian Tu's identity was exposed almost instantly.

Those past videos surged onto the trending searches one after another. Fans plunged into a carnival, while others who were learning about Nian Tu for the first time became hopelessly captivated.

What happened at the Emerald Pavilion moved them to tears.

Seeing Nian Tu soothing the out-of-control Black Mamba, they once again exclaimed at her kindness and softness.

The replay views of her breakfast live stream also skyrocketed continuously. As males watched the little female hugging the snow wolf and lion while smiling with absolute happiness, the more they watched, the more green-eyed with jealousy they became, wishing they could pull Sion and Lu Zhan out from the other side of the screen and replace them.

When the official announcement was first released, although the Interstellar Network was filled with shock, everyone merely viewed the SSS-rank female as a symbol of hope, looking up to her and sighing with yearning as if gazing at a lofty deity.

It wasn't until these videos were dug up that the Interstellar Network was completely turned upside down, and Nian Tu practically became the dream bride in the hearts of every unmarried male.

The entire empire fell into a frenzy known as "Nian Tu."

A beauty that eclipsed the mortal realm, an impossibly perfect personality, SSS-rank mental power...

Whoever was fortunate enough to become her partner would undoubtedly become the object of jealousy for hundreds of millions of males.

Personal information checked on the system showed that she currently had no partner.

Thus, her guardians inevitably bore the brunt of becoming targets of attack, and the third guardian besides Sion and Lu Zhan was finally dug out—

[???]

[Did I read that right...]

[Oh my god!!!]

[Felice Lane? Is that the Felice Lane I'm thinking of?]

[Confirmed, it really is Lord Marshal...]

[If I remember correctly, Major General Sion seems to be Marshal Felice's biological nephew.]

[What what??]

[An uncle and nephew serving the same wife??!! You guys play this wild?]

After the intense shock, everyone finally gradually regained their calm.

[They're just guardians; they probably won't become partners. The Marshal is most likely just helping Sion take care of his female...]

[Unmarried elders acting as a female's guardian is still fairly normal.]

[The Marshal is a lifelong bachelor who isn't interested in females.]

[That's the cold-blooded Marshal!]

Felice's image as someone untempted by beauty was deeply rooted in people's hearts, and only the staff of the Ministry of Military Affairs felt a subtle sense of wrongness.

[Um... I'm from the Ministry of Military Affairs. Actually, the Marshal previously requested leave to go on a date. Is this okay to talk about...]

[Stop talking, I'm afraid the Marshal will call you in for a chat.]

[Even if he calls me in for a chat, I have to say it. It's true!!]

[I'm also from the Ministry of Military Affairs, I can vouch for this.]

[Since you're all saying it, I'll say it too. It's true!]

[We were guessing who the Marshal's date was before, but we didn't dare guess it was Nian Tu.]

[Now it seems, maybe it really was Nian Tu...]

The voices of the military staff were too soft and failed to attract much attention. Even if some saw what they said, they only took it as a joke.

[Hahahaha, daring to make jokes about the Marshal, you guys have a lot of guts!]

[I feel you, I also love spreading rumors about my boss.]

[Make up stories, go on, keep making them up. If I believe a single word, count me as a loser.]

...

Convinced that the Marshal couldn't possibly harbor any thoughts toward Nian Tu, the trending heat was about to die down.

Until people surfing the Interstellar Network suddenly discovered that Lord Marshal had updated his personal status—

Felice: [Solemn statement: I am Nian Tu's guardian, and her suitor, not her elder.]

As the Marshal of the Empire, Felice rarely posted on the Interstellar Network. The few items on his homepage were all related to work, mostly consisting of official announcements with a stern tone.

A confession status hung prominently pinned right at the top of these contents, looking extremely abrupt, almost to the point of absurdity.

Those who scrolled past the status rubbed their eyes in unison, suspecting that their frequent late-night staying up had caused mental confusion, mistaking some high-imitation account for the Marshal.

Yet after repeated confirmations, the poster was unmistakably the Marshal in the flesh.

The trending topic instantly exploded across the entire Interstellar Network, and gasping screams from gossip-lovers echoed from every corner of the empire.

A guardian was one thing... but a suitor??