Refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit!

After screwing the cap back onto the birch liqueur bottle, Leon let out a hum of satisfaction and took the last leaf from the Red-haired Director, whose face was full of resentment.

"Zzz~"

[Name: Memory Residual Leaf (Memory, Destruction)]

[...]

Accompanied by the familiar faint noise, another distinct style of memory entered Leon's mind through the leaf veins of the [Memory Residual Leaf].

And the first scene in this hazy memory was the Director, now in a bright red gown, brushing her vibrant long hair to the side of her neck, unconsciously biting her lower lip, and shyly murmuring:

"Leon..."

Huh?

Before Leon could react from the shocking revelation that the "female lead" of the seventh leaf was the Red-haired Director, the Director in the scene tightened her collar, blocking the indescribable allure, hesitantly pushing away and saying:

"Isn't what we're doing a bit unfair to Emma?"

Huh??

While Leon's mind buzzed again, overwhelmed by the shocking "hidden route," his own voice rang out from the scene, accompanied by a bold line soaring across time and space:

"Since we're after excitement, let's see it through to the end~"

With "Leon's" response, the lights went off in the scene, and two tightly clinging figures were illuminated by the moonlight streaming in through the window, casting their shadows on the floor of Emma's senior's office.

Huh???

Wait...is this really how abstract I am on this "route"?

As the memory scenes with a cinematic feel kept flashing, Leon's sanity felt like it was being hit by eighty hundred-ton trucks racing downhill, shattered by the outrageous memories of the seventh leaf.

"Leon, isn't what we're doing a bit unfair to Feiliya?"

"Leon, isn't what we're doing a bit unfair to Nicole?"

"Leon, isn't what we're doing a bit unfair to Melly?"

"Leon, I..."

Am I really such a hungry ghost in lust?!!!

Upon viewing this memory, which skipped all "plot processes" and was nothing but chaos from start to end, Leon, who prided himself on being a decent man, was left totally shaken.

No wonder the Director was reluctant to give the leaf. In this memory, he's not even a "sea king" anymore but rather the ultimate seabed scooper, trawling from the depths of the ocean and taking even the tiniest fish in his net!

Now that I know such an absurd possibility, how can I face the Director and Emma in the future? This "sea king" route is just too...wait a minute! Sea king?

At this thought, Leon hastily opened the badge panel to find a black iron badge he had all but forgotten.

[Scumbag: A male human who is not loyal in love and establishes intimate relationships with more than one female...with improper conduct.]

[Wearing effect: Your charm will be slightly increased... However, for some females with special preferences, your attractiveness will greatly increase.]

[Advanced Route: Continuously ask ambiguous intimate females for money more than 10 times, this badge will automatically advance to bronze badge "Soft Rice Man", current progress 5/10;

Or charm 10 females and establish intimate relationships, skipping the bronze stage to directly advance to the silver badge "Sea King", current progress 9/10]

[Hidden characteristic (no need to wear): The spiritual harm you actively inflict on females will be enhanced.]

Sea king...is it really a sea king?

Staring at the 9/10 behind "Sea King" for a good while, Leon could not help but shiver hard.

Does this mean that on this route, to quickly boost power for some reason, I tried to ring up this [Sea King] badge and it quickly got out of control?

This...this...

...

"Is there something wrong with this leaf?"

"Huh?"

Seeing the Red-haired Director who had come over at some point, watching him with a face full of gossip, Leon's breath slightly caught before he asked back somewhat suspiciously:

"Didn't you see?"

"I wanted to, but I couldn't."

The Red-haired Director said rather regretfully:

"The memory in here is just one of many possibilities; it doesn't necessarily happen, but in the end, it involves some future things, and the cost of leaking the future is great.

For beings like you who are less than a True God, seeing a glimpse of your future doesn't require much, but if someone like me, who is infinitely close to the Pillar God, were to learn specific details of my future, it would be consuming enough to drag down the Grand Sorcerer and that woman from the Pisces Branch half-dead."

"..."

So...you only know the "female lead" should be you, but you don't know what exactly we did?

Hearing the Red-haired Director's words, Leon couldn't help feeling as if he had been granted a reprieve, feeling an opportunity to salvage his character, which was almost crumbling at the cliff edge.

And as Leon breathed a sigh of relief, the Red-haired Director seemed to be suspicious, her originally gossip-filled eyes suddenly sharp, squinting slightly as she asked:

"Leon? Did you see something unusual?"

"I... did see something unusual..."

After calming down slightly, using his strong psychological quality and excellent facial control ability, Leon's stiff face instantly softened, then he opened his mouth in exaggeration, fabricating:

"Director, did you know? In the future I saw, you actually quit drinking because of me! Hahaha, this is really... Director?"

Seeing the pupils slightly shrink uncontrollably, clearly startled Red-haired Director, Leon couldn't help but raise an eyebrow quizzically.

Yet, watching the slightly puzzled Leon, the Red-haired Director's left arm that was folded behind her trembled unconsciously before she quickly returned to normal, her eyes full of disdain as she said:

"Living like that would be too boring, men aren't as good as alcohol, thankfully, I didn't really do anything with you!"

"Hehe, I think so too."

After exchanging a few sentences naturally, Leon glanced at the time, then hurriedly found an excuse, happily taking his leave.

And once he somewhat awkwardly exited, the Red-haired Director also relaxed, moving slowly back to the desk, placing the crystal she held in her left hand onto the table somewhat exhaustedly.

Gave me a scare...I thought the [Memory Manipulation Crystal] had failed when he suddenly mentioned quitting drinking...

Rubbing the disorderly colored crystal pieces after extracting the real memory she tampered with when Leon received the memory via the [Memory Residual Leaf], and observing the constantly flickering hazy light and shadow in her palm, the Red-haired Director couldn't help but heave a deep sigh.

Previously, when the winter firs bloomed across the streets, spreading pollen throughout the city, Nicole noticed Leon's anomaly, specifically seeking me out to chat about Leon's background, guessing he might be from the East Three Nations across the sea.

Yet Nicole's speculation was only half correct. While Leon indeed came from across the sea, he wasn't originally from the East Three Nations but from the East "Four" Nations.

Before being captured by that photo and brought from across the sea to the Royal Capital, his identity was likely as a survivor of the East Carleighwen Kingdom, which I personally destroyed, and from Leon's unusually brave demeanor, he could even be of the East Carleighwen royal bloodline.

And I...once ruined everything for him with my own hands!