El ran as fast as he could to the direction of the Royal Palace. He used the first carriage he found in the morning.

When he woke up, he noticed an enveloped with the Royal seal on it. When he opened it, a paper and a silver plate fell on the floor.

He picked the paper and plate up. El opened the paper only to see a couple of sentence written on it.

"Meet me in the Royal Palace as soon as you can, Mr. Host- Leophylis Lydia"

El quuckly grabbed his jacket and sprinted his way to the Royal Palace.

It is quite a journey and once he arrived there, he showed the guards the silver plate.

He stopped abruptly at the garden to catch his breath. The Guard that was escorting him stood still.

El straightened his back again, only to be tackled to the ground by a human !

He clicked his tongue and shoved the person aside —which proved to be useless since he's a shrimp and compared to this person it's like a bunny trying to shove a lion away— .

"Stop struggling, will you ?"

The man nibbled his earlobe which made El grip the man's sleeve tighter.

"W-wait what are you—there's a guard—"

Leophylis licked his lips and stared at El with brilliant violet eyes.

Only then, El noticed that Leophylis already shoo-ed the guard away. Leophylis carried El to a bench near the trees and sat him on Leophylis's lap.

"Mind expla—" before El could finish his question, his lips was covered by Leophylis's warm ones.

Leophylis kissed El fiercely and with love until El's lips are swollen red. El couldn't comprehend what was happening anymore and gripped Leophylis's back tighter. His legs feels like they are melting.

"Mmmh.."

After kissing El fiercely, he nibbled El's earlobe once again. Making El moan softly.

Realizing what he's doing, El quickly covered his mouth.

"W-what the heck happened, bastard ?!" El asked, his face red.

Seeing his host in a vulnerable state—face red, lips swollen red, his eyes dazed and unfocused, even the tip of his ears are red— he hugged his host tightly.

"Mm...how to explain this.."

El huffed. He booped Leophylis's nose and smiled. "Just.. The simplest explanation"

"Uh okay... So... Basically... I am connected to Leophylis, and then he remembered a certain memory, then my soul is sucked inside of him, then i'm him"

El furrowed his eyebrows. "I don't get it"

"Ahhh, fine ! Let's not talk here, kay?"

Leophylis stood up, not letting El go. He teleported to his room and locked the doors. In case a guard stormed inside of his room when he's 'busy'.

Leophylis placed El on the bed and he sat beside him. "You were dying and as your system i can't stand it. So i turned back time to when we first met"

El stared at Leophylis silently. He...didn't remember any of that. It felt like...he met System Happy for the first time though.

"Maybe, because in the first mission, i'm not very helpful to you... And you failed your first mission too..."

"Sadly, when i first tore the fabric of reality, it leaves a black void as my System Space. The world we were in before was broken and it can't be fixed again. Since it became a black void. I also lose some of my memories and Leophylis is one my vessels. When he triggered that memory, i got sucked into him. To complete the lost fragments"

Leophylis hugged El again.

"I can't stand losing you again. Not when i can turn back time and save you"

Tears began to roll on Leophylis's cheeks. El, not sure what to do, hugged his system back. He rubbed Leo's back soothingly.

"...i may not remember but i do feel the same way... I feel like you lit a fore of hope inside my heart after i died. I don't know...but i recall this feeling...i...i knew from the start that i fell for you, hard"

"Seeing you fade away....i can't take it...please don't scare me anymore.."

El reached out to wipe the tears away and kissed Leophylis on the lips gently.

Leophylis's eyes widened before he deepened the kiss between them. El ran his hair through Leophylis's gray hair while he moaned under Leophylis's kiss.

Done with his lips, Leophylis turned to El's exposed neck. He unbuttoned El's clothes and threw the jacket away. Leophylis bit El's collarbone.

He kissed El from his neck, to his chest. Leophylis quickly unzipped El's pants without warning, making El pinch Leophylis's arm.

"Wh—are we doing it now ?!"

Leophylis stared at El with puppy eyes. "Can't do ? You know...i missed you so much—"

"It's just 1 day—"

"—and i want to claim you as mine. Is that wrong ?"

"Don't worry, El. I'm going to be gentle. I'll even make it so you can walk perfectly fine tomorrow ~✨"

El's face paled. "W-w-WHAT ?!"

Without him realizing, Leophylis already threw his pants away. "No—"

He moaned again when Leophylis bit his inner thigh.

The night—technically morning but Leophylis placed a soundproof magic on his room—is still young.

( う-´)づ

Morning came and El found out that Leophylis (System Happy) is a liar. A big time liar.

Who says he's gentle ?

He can't even feel his hips anymore. He saw hickeys in placed he can't even comprehend. So he could only curl up to Leophylis.

"You liar."

He flicked Leophylis's forehead. Knowing full well that the man is awake.

"Haha. Can't handle myself. Sorry. I kinda...went overbeard when i heard you yell my name so... seductively?...fuck sorry it was inviting me sorry"

El's eyebrow twitched. He then leaned in to whisper Leophylis's punishment for lying.

It succeeded. Leophylis's are wide and he stared at El with his violet eyes.

"Serious ?"

"Dead serious."

Leophylis gulped. "Ahhhh, fine !" he pouted very childishly.

"I'm gonna attend some diplomatic boring stuff. You, stay here" Leophylis pointed at El.

El narrowed his eyes, insulted. "Who the fuck do you think is at fault here ?"

Leophylis smiled dangerously. "Language."

"the fuck do you think is at fault here ?"

Leophylis sighed. "okay, fine~ your clothes is on the table near the bed. I'm off~" Leophylis them teleported out of his room.

El rolled around the bed until he's bored. He knew that this room is locked and soundproofed. So he decided to sing to pass time.

Surprisingly, from all that screaming he'd done last night, his voice is still clear.

Haha, magic.

Meanwhile, Outside of the room. Leophylis glanced at Isla and raised his eyebrow.

"Did you record it with the stone i gave you?" Leophylis asked. After waking up, he gave Isla a recorder to record her conversation with her father.

He called a magic stone for safety purposes though. He gave Isla a pill he specially made for brainwashing.

Isla wisely decided to not ask why does he have such things.

She nodded and showed him the recoedings.

"Good. Now for the Monthly Meeting my Brother oversees.."

( う-´)づ

Time flies fast and the decision of the Crown Prince shocked the nobles of the Monthly Meeting.

The day of his coronation is also the day of execution for some people.

He declared Yura and Countess Uli plus several other people guilty of treason and attempted rebel.

On his Coronation day, he executed a total of 20 people.

His changes of rules also shocked anyone who hear it. But it's a nice surprise, so they accepted it in stride.

Even more surprising is when Isla Phane tore the Engagement paper into two in front of the masses and declared,

She then smirked. "I'll take you on anyday"

And she proved to be very capable at beating their asses down.

Their newly crowned King also came out to the whole masses telling them that his lover is a man, "heir ? what's that ? pfft~ FROM NOW ON, ANYONE CAN BECOME KING !!"

And that's how Leophylis used democracy for their kingdom. Or more like, country.

Many changes were made, but regardless, the citizen were happy. They celebrated the new era. They danced, they partied.

No more nobles nor royalties.

They changed Lydia to Escha.

After changes were made, El received his points for the sub mission. He furrowed his eyebrows.

"Hey, Leo.."

Leophylis, who sat on a chair near the window, turned to El and hummed. His gray hair started to grow dark.

"Are you my true love...?"

Leophylis hummed once again. He cupped his chin with his fingers. "I wonder..."

"I received the remaining points today and i love you, so who else ?" El raised an eyebrow.

He walked behind Leophylis and hugged him.

"Don't tell me... Are you lying to me about your feelings and it turns out that i love someone else entirely?"

Leophylis snorted.

"Who do you love ? Leophylis or System Happy?" Leophylis grabbed El's wrist.

"Aren't you two the same person ? I'm confused"

Leophylis chuckled. "Don't be. Because i am him and he is me. The difference is that, Leophylis is a mere vessel for my soul to reside in. I figure that in every world we visit in, my vessel is just a character in the storyline. Up until he remembers or triggers a certain memory. At that time, the me who's outside of the vessel will be sucked in"

"So don't freak out when i fade out of nowhere, kay?"

El pouted. "...kay.."

"Next world ?"

"What will happen if we're gone though ?? Please explain in a way i could understand"

Leophylis nodded. "Of course, Mr. Host. Any trace that indicates we are her will be erased. Once i am outside of my vessel, Leophylis will no longer remember you nor having me inside of him. The changes i made will be altered. This world's memory of how Lydia became Escha will be altered too"

"...okay"

System Happy chuckled. The world around them twisted and they are back inside the black void.

"...can you at least decorate this boring space ?" El asked.

"Nah, i'm lazy"

System Happy then realized something. "Ah the timer already started—"

"Timer ?!"

"—3,2,1 !"

Light then blinded his eyes.

( う-´)づ

Leophylis fiddled with his black earring unconsciously while waiting for the meeting to end.

"Ah, Mr. Leophylis ! That's a fancy earring you've got there ! Where do you buy one ?"

Leophylis blinked. "Uuh...if i remember correctly it was given...by someone..."

"Someone ?"

"...i don't know...maybe it's mother's gift. I found it next to my pillow one night. I feel calm when playing it"

"Ahh....your good luck charm!"

Leophylis grinned. "I suppose..but i feel like this earring is very precious to me so i kept it"

Leophylis stared at the window not so far away and smile melancholy.

Song of Lies, fin.

A

AAAAAAH, YOU GUYS!! I FINISHED THE LAST CHAPTER!!! SORRY IF ITS SO RUSHED. MY HANDS ARE TOO ITCHY TO EXPLAIN THINGS PROPERLY AJSBSBSH—

Thank you to the ones who have followed Arc 1 ! Arc 2 will come next~ hehehehe! (ง ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ว stay tuned !

P.S: that almost smexy scene, i used all of my ability to write it.

gonna hide in a corner now that i did it. At least.