From the Abyss of Stars Part 1

045. I Have Few Friends

"Wow..."

Qiu Ran huddled in the corner, covering her face with her fingers, but through the gaps between them, her flushed and excited face was still visible. Nomi could faintly hear her excited muttering:

"Can I really watch this? This is so intense..."

Yavanna pressed Li Aozzi beneath her, her long blue hair disheveled, making the normally authoritative black-and-white Law IV trench coat exude a touch of femininity. Her body, influenced by gravity, was tightly pressed against Li Aozzi.

Their faces were close, and in the gold-green and grey eyes reflected in each other's pupils, there was a momentary flash of a strikingly similar golden hue.

"Wow!" Qiu Ran's eyes sparkled. "This is so dramatic, but I love it!"

Smooch...

Yavanna opened her mouth in shock, sitting up stiffly, separating herself from him.

Li Aozzi felt a rush of impact on his head. He was silent for a moment, then reached out to touch the bloodstain on his lips. Sure enough, there were remnants of something not his own.

"Beast... pervert..."

Li Aozzi muttered, his face turning red with embarrassment. Wiping away the stain on his lips, he cursed:

"You damn pervert! You stole my first kiss after 21 years of being single—I'm—I'm not pure anymore, damn it!"

"...Huh?"

"Give me back my purity! Damn it, if a man remains pure until 30, he can become a wizard! I was only nine years away! Now it's all ruined, damn it! You destroyed everything!"

Li Aozzi, feeling as if stung by something disgusting, quickly retreated, shrinking beside Qiu Ran and retching repeatedly.

"So gross... Ugh! I need to find a mud pit to rinse my mouth!"

Why... Why did it turn out like this?

Yavanna was kicked to the other side by Li Aozzi, who hugged the seat and wiped his mouth vigorously as if touching something unclean.

Shouldn't I be the one feeling wronged?

Her gaze lingered on Li Aozzi's handsome face for a moment, contemplating the situation.

Maybe I didn't lose out?

Yavanna, stunned by Li Aozzi's scolding, hadn't yet reacted when the two handguns she had holstered fell out, landing between them on the floor.

Clatter.

In the next instant, both of them exploded into action, each grabbing a gun and pointing it at the other, pulling the trigger without hesitation.

Click—

No bullets fired.

"—I'm out of bullets," Yavanna said solemnly.

Li Aozzi snapped back to reality, the shame of having his first kiss stolen clouding his judgment.

The gun was empty; he had figured that out himself.

[I was just nine years away from becoming a wizard...]

This wasn't just a rumor.

In *Star Abyss*, if you're over 30 and have no friends of the opposite or same sex, you can gain a powerful spellcaster achievement—[Pure Heart]: All spells return 10% of their energy cost.

He initially aimed for this, but it was now ruined here.

"My pure heart... my first kiss—oh, the first kiss isn't important. You lost just a kiss; I lost 10% mana return!"