Xiao Xue'er felt awkward straddling Su Fan, not expecting him to wake up at this moment.
"I... I was waking you up," she said, her face flushed.
Su Fan was speechless. Knowing Xiao Xue'er's usual demeanor, she was definitely trying to get close to him.
"Can you let me get up first?" Su Fan rolled his eyes at Xiao Xue'er.
"Oh." Xiao Xue'er finally got off Su Fan.
"How much time has passed?" Su Fan glanced at the dark night outside, unable to tell how long he had slept. He asked Xiao Xue'er.
"About an hour," Xiao Xue'er replied after some thought. She had heard the night watchman twice, which usually meant about an hour had passed.
"So long?" Su Fan frowned. An hour was two hours. He couldn't stay here any longer. The destined Su Fan would likely wake up soon.
"I have to go. This Su Fan probably won't disobey your orders. He'll basically listen to whatever you say, so be careful." Su Fan decided to leave. Since he couldn't regain control of his body for now, he would put it aside. The most important thing now was to find out when Xiao Yuan planned to attack the real world.
"Ah? You have to leave so soon? Today is our big day," Xiao Xue'er pouted in dissatisfaction.
Hearing Xiao Xue'er's words, Su Fan looked at the destined Su Fan lying on the bed again. He had a strange feeling, like a cuckold. Su Fan shook his head, dismissing the stray thoughts.
"He's the one marrying you, not me." Su Fan had no intention of leaving any romantic entanglements in this world. Even if Xiao Xue'er was as beautiful as a celestial being, Su Fan wouldn't be moved.
"I don't care! The one marrying me is Su Fan, so whoever of you is Su Fan has to marry me!" Xiao Xue'er acted shamelessly, refusing to let Su Fan leave.
"Also, why do you two look exactly the same? Are you twin brothers?" Xiao Xue'er walked to the bedside, pointed at the destined Su Fan on the bed, and asked curiously. She had checked them both earlier. These two Su Fans were identical from head to toe, even having the same birthmarks in the same place with the same patterns. Twin brothers wouldn't be this alike. The only difference between them was their personalities: one was taciturn and indifferent, cold as ice, while the other was more like the Su Fan she knew. Xiao Xue'er could naturally distinguish between them. She just didn't understand who this extra Su Fan was.
"We're not..." Su Fan was about to explain to Xiao Xue'er when his eyes suddenly narrowed, and he looked at Xiao Xue'er's back with a solemn expression. The destined Su Fan had woken up at that moment and sat up, his gaze fixed on Su Fan.
"Not what?" Xiao Xue'er hadn't noticed the anomaly behind her. Seeing Su Fan stop mid-sentence, she asked in confusion.
"Xiao Xue'er, hide!" Su Fan knew he wouldn't be able to leave so easily now. He said to Xiao Xue'er with a grave expression.
Xiao Xue'er turned around curiously and was startled to see the awakened destined Su Fan.
"Ah!" Xiao Xue'er cried out and sat on the floor.
"You... How did you wake up?" Xiao Xue'er's voice was flustered, like a thief caught in the act.
The destined Su Fan ignored Xiao Xue'er, his gaze solely on Su Fan. He felt a familiar aura emanating from Su Fan.
"Are you the destined one?" Su Fan asked the destined Su Fan, wanting to confirm his guess.
"Yes, this is your body, isn't it?" The destined Su Fan also sensed Su Fan's identity as the original owner of his current body.
Su Fan's eyes narrowed. It was indeed as he suspected!
"I never expected you to have self-awareness. Do all four divine artifacts have self-awareness?" Su Fan's eyes darted as he asked the destined Su Fan.
"I'm special, and you gave me the opportunity to take advantage of your weakness. If you hadn't left, I wouldn't have been able to possess this body," the destined Su Fan answered Su Fan's questions without reservation.
"I see. Was the Ice Snow City in the extreme north also destroyed by you? For the Heart of Ice?" Su Fan boldly guessed, recalling the terrifying ice power the destined Su Fan had previously unleashed.
"Yes, the Heart of Ice will make me more human," the destined Su Fan admitted readily, nodding.
Su Fan clenched his fists secretly.
"Just for a Heart of Ice, why slaughter an entire city?" Su Fan recalled the tragic deaths of the Ice Queen, Han Zhongjun, and Han Jiangxue, and asked the destined Su Fan with a cold expression.
"Didn't you also slaughter many bandit dens for equipment and levels? What's the difference between that and me?" the destined Su Fan retorted.
Su Fan was stunned.
"How do you know about that?" Su Fan frowned. Those were his past experiences. How did the other party know?
The destined Su Fan pointed to his head.
"Memories exist in the mind. I naturally know. Before I obtained the Heart of Ice, I didn't understand. Now, I understand everything, including... the real world." The destined Su Fan said calmly to Su Fan. The destined Su Fan had learned a lot about Su Fan's past through the memories remaining in the original body. This astonished Su Fan; the destined Su Fan knew so much. Was he the one holding the Staff of Destiny in that prophetic scene? Su Fan thought with a furrowed brow.
"Let's join forces. Help me kill the Emperor, no, help me destroy the entire royal family. I'll help you conquer the real world. I'll be the king here, and you'll be the king of the real world," the destined Su Fan tempted Su Fan.
Su Fan was shocked. He hadn't expected the destined Su Fan's ambition to be so great. Was the army attacking the real world not led by Xiao Yuan, but by the destined Su Fan?
"Why don't you do it yourself? With the power of two divine artifacts, your strength has completely surpassed Guanglong. No one in Tianlong City can match you. Why do you need my cooperation?" Su Fan asked the destined Su Fan.
"Although I have gained self-awareness and humanity, my essence hasn't changed. As a royal divine artifact, I cannot attack members of the royal family and must obey their commands. Currently, I've been pretending to be a puppet who only follows orders. Xiao Yuan believed it, and Guanglong also believed it. You just need to kill all the members of the royal family, and I'll be free," the destined Su Fan explained to Su Fan.
The destined Su Fan telling Su Fan all this in front of Xiao Xue'er made Su Fan pause, then look at the shocked Xiao Xue'er.
"Make your move," the destined Su Fan said to Su Fan. Su Fan understood what he meant. Killing Xiao Xue'er was a show of allegiance.
"Heh heh." Su Fan suddenly laughed.
"You say you've gained humanity? You probably don't even know what humanity is. You've only gained greed. Humanity is very complex. I doubt a cold, inanimate staff like you would understand," Su Fan mocked the destined Su Fan.