Ethan lay on a beach chair, sunbathing while reflecting on everything that had happened the day he first arrived. He belatedly realized how many flags he had raised for himself. Honestly, it was no surprise things had escalated the way they did.

"It's a bit embarrassing," he muttered, "but at least I wasn't completely taken advantage of."

He was currently on an uninhabited small island. The island was tiny, about the size of a football field, and there were no creatures on it, only some trees and a very small lake. Ethan wondered how Diana had found this place.

After sending messages to Tony and Hippolyta respectively, he had been staying here with Diana for the past few days, living a very "primitive" life.

"You don't look so good right now. Do you want to take a day off?"

While Ethan was lost in thought, Diana had somehow already sat down on the lounge chair next to him, looking at him with her eyes full of laughter.

"Don't you know my physical condition?"

Rolling his eyes, Ethan didn't say anything about wanting a day off. If he did, it would sound like he was incapable, which would be utterly lame.

He absolutely couldn't admit that he was that guy who was about to be worked to death!

"I know how many hairs you have all over your body. I watched you 'grow up' with my own eyes."

Ethan wanted to roll his eyes again. Diana was completely letting loose this time. He really hadn't expected the dignified Wonder Woman to have this side to her.

However, thinking about it, it didn't seem strange. After all, she came from the Amazon tribe and grew up on Themyscira. He had long known what Amazon women were like, and the customs on that island were crystal clear. Diana was actually quite well-behaved.

Diana had lived in the ordinary world for most of these years, adopting many secular concepts. She had now integrated well into normal human society, living a relatively ordinary life, and better understood what kind of group humans were, as well as their various living habits.

These things couldn't be learned from Ethan and his crew, because there were no ordinary people on Ethan's ship anymore. Their lives were not ordinary at all. They usually sailed around in a world full of oceans, with magical islands popping up from time to time; when they got bored, they would go on adventures in various other strange worlds. This kind of life was far from ordinary.

"When did you find this island?"

The island was not far from Themyscira, an awkwardly located deserted island in the Mediterranean Sea. It was far from the coast, with average scenery. Although it had fresh water, it lacked other resources. If it were to be transformed into a resort island, the cost would be too high, which was why no one was interested in it.

Perhaps seeing these issues, Diana chose this place and even built a wooden house here, setting up quite a few things.

"Three years ago."

"So you planned to do this three years ago?"

She immediately brought out the Lasso of Truth. Although this item's effect on Ethan was far less effective than on others, given his magic resistance far exceeding that of ordinary people and even mages of the same level, he could completely resist the Lasso's ability to compel people to speak the truth.

As for the binding force that could trap people, Diana didn't use the full power of the Lasso of Truth, and Ethan could easily break free.

"If you're talking about the idea, it's been more than three years..." Diana pointed to Ethan's now very strong body. "If I hadn't been worried about accidentally not controlling my strength and hurting you back then..."

"..."

Ethan really wanted to retort that he wasn't that fragile, but thinking about the strength in Diana's legs and his own ordinary physical fitness back then, if Diana had really done anything at the time, it was genuinely possible for a joyous occasion to turn into a funeral due to excitement.

From this point, it could be seen that men and women with too great a disparity in physical fitness could not be together for long, because they would not be happy.

Although it was the truth, Ethan still felt unhappy, especially as that strange feeling grew stronger: other transmigrators collected girls, so why did he end up being collected by a girl?

"Tell me about what happened after I came back."

Diana also lay down, not on the one she had been sitting on, but on the one Ethan was lying on. Two people squeezed onto such a narrow lounge chair was definitely not comfortable, but at this moment, only a fool would say, "Aren't there empty lounge chairs over there?"

Ethan's intelligence hadn't dropped offline, so he moved over a little and offered his arm as a pillow for Diana. While sunbathing, he recounted his experiences after Diana left.

He didn't tell it in great detail, but by the time he was almost finished, the sky had already darkened.

The two of them had already sat up and built a bonfire, preparing dinner while discussing Ethan's experiences during this period.

According to Ethan's ability to summarize things, he could have finished talking about what happened during this time in a very short time, but Diana wouldn't just sit there and listen quietly. Whenever Ethan mentioned something that interested her, she would ask detailed questions about various specifics, which made the narrative grow longer and longer, leading to it being almost completely finished by this time.

"Is that so? So much time has passed already."

She knew that Ethan had no way to control the exact time he arrived in this world. Even if the two of them parted ways one second and Ethan wanted to come over the next, they might not actually meet for many years.

Of course, she also knew that Ethan wouldn't just come back right after leaving her. This had nothing to do with whether her charm was great or not, because Ethan still had his own things to do.

Among other things, Ethan had to continue working hard to train and improve himself. If they truly wanted to be together, she should support him in improving his strength even more.

"Now you can establish a closer connection with this world?"

Upon learning that Ethan could now better pinpoint the time he arrived, Diana nodded with satisfaction. Ethan's strength was improving faster than she had imagined, which was a good thing. Otherwise, only being able to meet every few years would not be a pleasant experience.

"Although I can't control it very precisely yet, I won't accidentally end up decades in the future."

"Speaking of which, if you came this time and found that decades had passed in this world and I already had a boyfriend, how would you feel?"

Ethan held a grilled fish. He really hadn't thought about this question. Did he instinctively feel that Diana was his and would definitely not run away?

Seeing his reaction, Diana knew that this guy hadn't thought in that direction at all, which made her a little unhappy.

Although she didn't directly show her dissatisfaction, Ethan suddenly felt the surrounding air pressure drop, the temperature turn cold, and at the same time, he kept breaking out in cold sweat all over, with a strange soreness in his lower back.

Over the next three days, as these symptoms significantly worsened, Ethan and Diana finally left this nameless island and returned to Themyscira.

They didn't leave for any other special reason, but because their dwelling had been completely messed up by the two of them, and their pre-stored food was almost consumed. If they didn't go back soon, they would have to live an even more primitive life. For Ethan, who preferred to enjoy life, this was unacceptable.

After completely destroying the dwelling and cleaning up the garbage they had created, they directly teleported back to Themyscira using magic.

"Your expression looks strangely familiar to me. It's like I see it often somewhere."

Seeing Tony again after several days, this guy hadn't moved out of Themyscira as he had said before, but he was no longer being harassed by the Amazon warriors.

After all, he was Queen Hippolyta's guest. The Amazon warriors also chose who they snatched men from. Ordinary men could be snatched, but they didn't dare to do anything too outrageous in Tony's situation.

Moreover, Tony himself was very smart. He had led the trouble onto others. There wasn't just him as a man in the team. Even if Logan couldn't help him, there were still O'Connell and Jonathan. Imhotep, that bald guy, also couldn't help him. That guy and Anck-su-namun were so glued together they were inseparable, and even on Themyscira, which was full of women, Imhotep hadn't paid attention to any woman other than Anck-su-namun.

As for the remaining Jonathan, he didn't fit the Amazon warriors' aesthetic. O'Connell, however, was very much to their liking. So, Venelia, who had been pestering Tony, went to find O'Connell.

It was clear that O'Connell, who would have originally ended up with Evelyn, couldn't resist the enthusiastic offensive of the Amazon warrior. He had been having a very happy time during this period, so happy that he swayed when he walked, and his complexion wasn't looking too good either.

"I thought you often saw a similar expression in the mirror," Logan casually retorted to Tony. Currently, the main people who could often joke with Tony were him and Jonathan.

One was because they met more often and were relatively familiar, the other was because of his outgoing personality, able to chat with anyone for a long time.

"I haven't been like this for a long time," Tony said with a serious face, emphasizing that he was no longer the old Tony Stark. However, he couldn't stay serious for three seconds and suddenly put on a smug smile, constantly sizing up Ethan. "Congratulations, after so many years, you've finally grown up."

Logan suddenly pulled out a cigar and handed it to Ethan. "It's worth celebrating."

Ethan looked at these two guys and really wanted to blast them both away with a fireball. Besides, a cigar wasn't meant to celebrate this kind of thing, okay? It wasn't like he had a son or won some competition or battle!

Just as Ethan was about to say something, Tony, who had long since maxed out the skill "Transfer Enemy's Attention," suddenly pointed at a few women not far away.

"I think you're going to have trouble."

Following the direction Tony was pointing, Diana was chatting with Selene, Ada, and Hill, among others. The women were having a very happy conversation, and the bursts of laughter made Ethan feel a strange soreness in his lower back.

(To be continued.)