Chen Xing chuckled softly, “Of course I dare. What’s there to be afraid of?”

“Hmph…”

Upon hearing this, little Zero looked smugly at the demons, “Did you hear that? Chen Xing wouldn’t deceive me!”

However, those demons still remained unconvinced, “He’s just talking big.”

“Exactly! If he’s so confident, why not go to Lord Star Demon for evaluation now?”

“That’s right! Go now! Once you’re at Lord Star Demon’s place, his true nature will be revealed!”

“Men are all the same!”

Little Zero was getting irritated by them! Why were these demons being so unreasonable! Why did they have to question her relationship with Chen Xing!?

Why!

“Fine, we’ll go! Hmph!”

Demons: “Let’s go then! Right now!”

Little Zero pouted, extremely annoyed!

“Let’s go! Hmph!” (•̀o•́)ง

Chen Xing suppressed his laughter as he looked at the angry little treasure in his arms. How could anger be this cute?

Then, following these demons, Chen Xing headed toward the so-called Lord Star Demon. Throughout the journey, little Zero remained sulky.

Chen Xing gently patted her back all the while, “Alright, it’s okay now. Don’t be angry, my wife.”

“Hmph~”

After comforting her for a while, Zero’s anger subsided. Then, she obediently leaned against Chen Xing’s shoulder. She whispered softly, “Where are we going now?”

Chen Xing: ???

…did she lose her memory? Or was she just playing coy?

In a gentle tone, he replied, “We’re going to get married, silly…”

“Huh!?”

“Get… get married!? Why!?”

“Ah! I remember now!”

Finally, little Zero realized what she had said in anger earlier. Her face instantly turned red!

Oh no!

She got carried away!

Did she actually say that she wanted to marry Chen Xing?!

And she even initiated it herself!?

Wasn’t that equivalent to her proposing to Chen Xing!

How could this be! Proposing… how could she say something like that!

“Ah! I… I don’t want to go anymore!”

Little Zero suddenly had second thoughts!

Chen Xing wasn’t surprised though, he held back a laugh and said, “It’s too late for you to have second thoughts now!”

“When you were so determined just now, everyone was waiting to see the show!”

Blushing, little Zero shook her head frantically, “No, no… what I said earlier… that was just in the heat of the moment! I don’t want to go!”

Just as she finished speaking, the demons in front said, “We’ve arrived! Please enter.”

“Huh… so soon!?” Curious, Zero looked ahead.

It was a relatively large building, but the sign at the entrance looked worn out, even the door seemed like it hadn’t been opened in months. It looked like no one visited here normally!

The sign read: “Star Demon Covenant Appraisal Bureau – Samira Star Demon”

“Please, come in!”

The demons stood on both sides of the entrance, looking at Chen Xing and little Zero.

“Hmm…”

In her daily life, Zero often fantasized about their wedding. She had even experienced it countless times in her dreams. Every day she looked forward to turning 20 so that they could get married!

However, now that it was actually happening, she felt a bit hesitant.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to, but she thought… this was too hasty!

Marriage… For her, it was an event that only happened once in a lifetime!

Seeing her hesitation, Chen Xing didn’t want to force her: “You don’t want to?”

“Uh… it’s not that… it’s just that…”

Zero didn’t know how to express herself and was afraid Chen Xing might misunderstand her. Feeling anxious, she looked a bit distressed. (>_<)~~~~

Chen Xing chuckled softly, “You think it’s too rushed?”

“Well, yeah…” Little Zero nodded with a red face.

Chen Xing was about to say something when San’er suddenly spoke up:

【Don’t worry, marriage in this dimension is different from what you imagine. It’s a cultural difference of sorts.】

Chen Xing thought the same way. Just because they got married in this dimension doesn’t mean they couldn’t get married back in the Spirit Continent. If possible, he’d even want to get married in every dimension.

Marriage to a demon little Zero in the demon dimension, marriage to the elven twins in the elven dimension… No harm done, everything is legal. Logical and reasonable.

However, little Zero was a bit curious: “What does marriage look like in this dimension?”

San’er smiled but didn’t reveal the truth: 【You’ll know when you go in! Kehehe…】

???

Seeing San’er’s strange smile, Chen Xing felt that something was off! But for the moment, he couldn’t quite figure it out.

He hugged little Zero and, under the gaze of the demons, walked in. Whatever it was, they would find out once they were inside!

The lobby of the Star Demon Covenant Appraisal Bureau was spacious. In the center, there was a curtain door, and four female demons stood beside it, each of them carrying a sword at their waist. They were clearly experts.

These four women showed no emotional fluctuations in their eyes upon seeing Chen Xing and Zero. Each of them was a swordmaster, their strength formidable. They were stationed here to guard the appraisal bureau. If anyone had a change of heart midway, they would be punished.

On the curtain door, there were white runes that Chen Xing couldn’t understand. They formed a hexagram shape and were covered in intricate spells.

Dozens of demons followed them inside. The hall was large enough that even with everyone present, there was ample space. One of the demons said, “Go inside, it’s behind that curtain door!”

Squinting his eyes, Chen Xing carried little Zero forward.

As they reached the door, the runes on the curtain suddenly lit up! A beam of light shone upon them.

In the next moment, the runes turned red!

Upon seeing the red light, the demons behind them immediately displayed expressions of disdain.

“Huh?”

They all stepped back half a step. Even the four female demon swordmasters beside the curtain door revealed expressions of repulsion.

Chen Xing didn’t understand what this meant.

In reality, these runes were a kind of gender-detection symbol. White represented females, and red represented males.

In the demon dimension, red meant impurity, greed, desire, while white symbolized purity. Even so, all the demons had red demon markings on their bodies.

However, these runes only emitted a red light when detecting male demons. This was clearly a form of gender discrimination. At the same time, it revealed the oddities of this dimension…

The runes detected that Chen Xing was a male demon, thus emitting a red light.

“Come in~” A voice came from inside, its gender indistinguishable, but it carried a somewhat elderly tone.

Carrying little Zero, Chen Xing gently lifted the curtain and stepped inside. The room was dimly lit, with only two oil lamps providing faint illumination. It was quite narrow.

Various blades hung on the walls, which were also stained with blood. The sight was eerie and sent shivers down one’s spine.

It was hard not to suspect that this wasn’t a “Covenant Appraisal Bureau” but rather a “Covenant Sacrifice Bureau.”

Little Zero felt a bit scared and nestled closer in Chen Xing’s arms. She looked at the person seated in front of her.

The demon was heavily wrinkled and seemed quite old.

Chen Xing noticed that this person couldn’t be clearly identified as male or female, not only from their voice but even their appearance lacked distinct gender characteristics. It was as if… they were genderless!

Chen Xing couldn’t help but wonder inwardly: Are star demons different from regular demons in some way?

The star demon, seated on a chair, lifted their eyelids. Their gender-neutral voice sounded again, neither particularly high nor low: “Are you here to get married?”

Chen Xing nodded, saying, “Yes.”

The star demon scanned Chen Xing up and down, then sighed: “Ah, such a young lad, why rush into marriage?”

Chen Xing: ???

“Put down the demon in your arms and begin the sacred marriage ceremony! This manner of behavior tarnishes the dignity of the Queen Succubus!”

Chen Xing narrowed his eyes, put little Zero down, and pondered: Apart from Demon Kings, this world also has a Queen Succubus?

Did that mean in order for Chen Xing to be crowned king, he had to defeat the Queen Succubus?

Just as he was thinking, the star demon spoke again: “Ji li gu lu ji li gu lu…”

This time, neither Chen Xing nor Zero could understand what was being said!

It was an incantation.

However, after that incantation was finished, nothing happened. It was as if they were left in silence.

Then, the star demon finally spoke in demon language: “Would you, beautiful demon miss, be willing to marry the male demon by your side and spend the rest of your lives together?”

“Um…!”

Little Zero’s face immediately turned red! She stole a glance at Chen Xing and found him looking at her with a smile.

Under the illumination of the oil lamp, her eyes seemed to have flowing water within them, sparkling and clear. In the next moment, she blinked her eyes and gazed into Chen Xing’s clear eyes.

At this moment, she realized that she didn’t care anymore. All those dreamt-of weddings, the perfect ceremonies, they all became insignificant. As long as she could marry Chen Xing, it didn’t matter what form it took, she was willing!

They were already ready to spend their lives together, so why bother with any formalities? A small dimple appeared on her blushing face again as she said: “I do.”

Chen Xing’s heart softened as he looked at little Zero with deep affection.

In a gentle tone, he said, “I do too.”

The big black mouse beside them watched with utter confusion: What are these two doing?

Unbeknownst to them, San’er was already rolling on the ground in laughter within the system.