My Beautiful Disciples, I'm really not the Main Character!
Chapter 248: Chapter 248: A New Milestone

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Feng Yu appeared somewhat hesitant as she looked at Eren. However, her hands had turned pale white from the cold. She couldn't even move them properly.

She subconsciously reached out his hand, placing them in his hand.

"His hands are so warm," she said, wondering what kind of physique Eren had. She never expected him to have something that could protect him against the cold.

Fortunately, this was also what protected him from the cold and kept him alive. Otherwise, in such a cold, he would have long been dead with those kinds of wounds.

The bleeding had also started to stop now, his complexion slowly appearing as if it was returning as natural healing appeared to have begun.

It was clear that he couldn't heal with just natural healing, but it also made her relieved as it meant that his condition wasn't going to deteriorate anymore.

There was clear conflict on her face as she thought about keeping warm. However, she had never embraced a man. Was it right to do that, especially when she was barely wearing anything?

She took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it. For now, the priority was to stay warm until he woke up.

Even though hesitant, she moved even closer to Eren, her body sticking close to his body. It was as if both of their bodies were warming each other, but in reality, it was Eren's warm body that was keeping her warm.

Eren didn't react, but his mind was quite chaotic. He could feel so close to him that her breasts were brushed against his body and her hands resting over his belly over the only place that wasn't filled with wounds.

It was as if even in this condition, she was being extremely careful to not touch his wounds, not wanting to make it worse for him.

Feng Yu didn't even realize when she fell asleep like that. For some reason, it felt just too comfortable to be in his embrace.

She wasn't even sure if it was because she was cold and loved that warmth or something else was at play. The only certain thing was that she felt top comfortable.

It was as if she was back to her younger years, the last time she had slept so peacefully. Ever since her father had died, she never once had a peaceful sleep, always waking up with nightmares that only she knew about.

She didn't realize that the person whose embrace she was loving was the same person who had supposedly killed her father, albeit with a different soul.

In his sleep, she moved even closer to Eren, there being only a few inches of distance between their faces.

Only after Eren confirmed with his seventh sense that Feng Yu had fallen asleep, he gazed in her direction. He didn't open his eyes as if it was the same weather he did or not. They didn't work in this place after all.

Still, it was the first time he was regretting not being able to see properly. Although he could see with his Seventh Sense, it wasn't perfect.

Feng Yu was so close to him that he could even hear her breathing. Her warm breaths brushed against his face, her lips being so close that he could just move a few inches and kiss them.

All he wanted was to win her favor, but even he hadn't expected something like this to happen. He didn't feel the same kind of seductive appeal from Feng Yu that he did from Xiu Ying, even though Feng Yu was also just as beautiful.

Instead, he felt like there was an urge within him to protect her. He slowly reached out his hand, moving her bangs behind her ears as they had fallen in front of her face.

For a moment, he even felt apologetic that he had to put on an act. Because of him, Feng Yu had to sleep at a place like this, almost freezing herself. If it wasn't for the progress of his second path, he never would have done something like this.

He wanted to say that he was sorry, but he didn't want to wake her up with his voice. He just remained like that. For a moment, he even felt as if he wanted the time to just stop in this moment for eternity.

Even though his body was in pain and his wounds hadn't healed, he didn't even register the pain. He had already grown tolerant of the pain worse than this.

His Dragon Bloodline also made him resist the pain to some extent.

If he didn't know any better; just looking at the young lady sleeping in his embrace, he could never have imagined that this girl was one of the strongest four people across the four continents.

For the world, she was the demoness that could kill without a shred of humanity. She was someone who had lost all her emotions.

Even Eren felt like that in the past. But looking at her now, he realized that she was much more than that. She was just someone who wanted to protect herself and the people around her, even if she had to freeze herself.

Was that the sign of someone who was a demoness or someone who had lost their emotions? It felt unlikely.

Looking at her face, he also felt a lot of conflict. If he wanted to complete his second path, he had to make her love him. However, he also didn't want that love to be fake.

He had fooled people to be his disciples, just like Feng Yu's daughter. However, he never took advantage of them. He didn't snatch that girl from her master, just giving her an extra master.

Even with the Great Elder Zia, it was a trade where he gave her something of importance and was also planning to teach her.

As for his first disciple, he didn't want to abandon her either. Her training was just starting after all. He had more confidence that he could help her more now that he was stronger.

In a way, all of the people he had tried to fool thanks to the system had something that they could gain from him. The only exception was Feng Yu.

Was it really right to fool her into loving him? He wasn't sure. If he went by morals, it was a scummy thing to do. But if went by his survival instinct, he had to do it.

For now, even he wasn't sure if he was taking the right path or not. All he knew was that if he made her love him, he didn't want to abandon her.

He didn't realize that as her thoughts went into depth about Feng Yu and his feelings of concern for her grew, the thread of marriage on his wrist only became thicker.

While he was lost in thoughts, he heard a voice in his head.

[Congratulations on completing a milestone]

[You have completed 20 percent of Path of Lover]

[Tertiary Options have been made available]

[Please select wisely]

Multiple screens appeared in front of his eyes, in the same manner as his secondary options had appeared after the milestone in the path of Conqueror.

Soon, a new screen appeared with four new options, related to his second path.