After Transmigrating to Become Lady Skylark - Chapter 30

Chapter 30

As her words fell, the atmosphere in the room instantly became exceptionally strange.

Chinami, who had been trying to step forward to ask if she was feeling unwell, quietly withdrew the half-step she had just taken. She even lightened her breathing, and with exceptional professional ethics, she stared at the floor tiles, thinking, Why didn’t I stay outside with Tetsuya Kusakabe?

I shouldn’t be in this room.

As for the person being asked, Kyoya Hibari’s eyebrows twitched. His expression was subtle as he watched her actively take his palm and not let go.

His gaze followed her jade-white hand upwards. His gray-blue eyes, with a sharpness that could see through people’s hearts, sized Jin Chaoyan up and down.

A moment later, he turned his head and looked at Chinami, who was trying hard to act like she didn’t exist. “After the emergency medical team arrives, remember to have them check her head.”

Chinami, who was suddenly pointed out, was stunned for two seconds before belatedly responding, “…Yes!”

Jin Chaoyan on the bed: “?”

Wait, what’s that supposed to mean?

The one whose physical condition has been spread and needs to be checked is you, isn’t it?

She was greatly confused and a little dissatisfied with the dog-man’s disregard. If her instincts hadn’t constantly reminded her that this was a beast she couldn’t provoke, she would have definitely given him a good pinch to make him stop.

Jin Chaoyan expressionlessly withdrew her palm and pulled up the blanket. She felt herself recovering from the discomfort of her soul returning to her body. Her sluggish mind finally got back on track, and she couldn’t help but ask, “Why did you come here?”

Sensing the dissatisfaction radiating from her, the man standing by the bed looked at her again. He naturally connected her mood with the strange question she had asked earlier.

Originally, when he saw the woman awake and seemingly fine, he was ready to leave. But now, he paused for a moment. Kyoya Hibari’s lips curled up slightly as he added casually:

“Next time you make that kind of invitation to me—”

“I hope it’s when you’re sober and in a normal state.”

After saying that, he didn’t look at Jin Chaoyan again. He turned and walked towards the hotel door. It was when he turned around that Jin Chaoyan noticed that a line of the purple shirt at the back collar of his suit was slightly torn.

This was extremely rare for Kyoya Hibari, who was always impeccably dressed and whose suit jackets were never creased.

Thinking about how warm the palm she had just held was, as if the other person had just finished a particularly intense exercise and their blood flow hadn’t fully recovered, Jin Chaoyan naturally guessed:

Did he just come from a battlefield?

“Bang.”

The hotel door opened and then automatically closed. She vaguely heard Kusakabe’s concerned voice, but the door’s excellent soundproofing blocked Kyoya’s magnetic reply. She didn’t hear anything clearly.

Jin Chaoyan naturally withdrew her gaze. Chinami also approached at this moment, looking at her with a face full of relief. “Madam, it’s so good that you’re okay. You’ve been sleeping in the room for more than a day and a night. Because I was worried about your safety, I took the liberty of coming in to check on you last night…”

She briefly explained the reason for Kyoya’s presence and also mentioned Jin Chaoyan’s previous state where her breathing and heartbeat had become weak.

Since this was her first time using the Greed Island card, Jin Chaoyan had no idea that the card’s so-called 24-hour limit also came with the physical body gradually weakening after the soul was out for too long.

“You can’t be blamed. Something went wrong on my end. You were just worried about me.”

Thinking about the tumultuous day she had spent in the Millefiore building, Jin Chaoyan now felt a little fear. Fortunately, even though the plan had gone awry and she hadn’t gotten the answer from Shouichi Irie, things had taken a turn for the better, and she had still gotten the information she wanted from Uni.

The so-called “future more distant than defeating Byakuran,” since it existed in this world, proved that this timeline was the only one where a miracle could happen, where the Vongola family members from ten years ago could come, defeat Byakuran, and create a miracle.

She could temporarily stop worrying about the world being destroyed.

As Jin Chaoyan thought this, she sorted through the information she had obtained and relaxed back into the bed.

Two seconds later—

She sat up suddenly, as if from a deathbed illness. “Wait, so he was by the bed just now because he thought I was dead and wanted to check my breath?”

And not to do some kind of late-night hooligan behavior?

Chinami froze for a moment and then tried to answer, “I think so?”

Then wouldn’t the question she asked after suddenly coming back to life be… like she had been coveting her husband’s body for many years, her obsession was too strong, and the first thing she did when she woke up was to fulfill her greatest wish before she died?

She rubbed the goosebumps that had suddenly appeared on her arm. She was shocked by her own analogy and felt that this guess was truly absurd.

Jin Chaoyan yanked the blanket over her head, hypnotizing herself to forget this moment of social death. Her voice was muffled as she said to Chinami, “I’m a little tired. I want to sleep some more. This time I’ll set an alarm, so you don’t have to worry about me. Thank you for your hard work, Chinami. You should go rest too.”

The housekeeper mentioned the emergency medical team she had just called, but Jin Chaoyan flatly refused. After confirming her situation again and again, she could only say helplessly:

“Okay, Madam. If you need anything, I will come in at any time.”

“Oh, right. You have a an auction to attend at 3 PM. Do you still want to go?”

The cocoon bundled in the soft bed poked its head out. After a moment of thought, the world wasn’t going to be destroyed, so she could still go shopping happily!

“Yes!”

1 PM.

The hotel’s thick blackout curtains were pulled open. The warm sunlight softly poured in. Unlike Japan’s scorching, cicada-filled summer, Sicily, with its Mediterranean climate, was a summer retreat.

However, at this moment, smelling the faint scent of the incense lit in the room, Jin Chaoyan had sleepless dark circles under her eyes. When Chinami approached to wake her up quietly, she was startled by the vacant look in her eyes as she stared at the ceiling.

“Madam, did you not sleep well?”

Jin Chaoyan turned her head to look at her, and from this angle, she happened to see the iconic blue Millefiore building in the distance outside the window. Everything from yesterday came back to her, and she heard the sound of her heart stopping.

She remembered.

To confirm that her assets wouldn’t go up in smoke, she had specifically gone to the Millefiore headquarters to confirm the information yesterday, which nearly led to a life-threatening situation. So, her all-capable housekeeper, Chinami, had called her husband in a moment of desperation.

And she, having just woken up and lost her mind, had said strange things to this husband.

It was because of those strange words that led to strange associations. After she lay down, her mind was filled with the details of their past interactions: Kyoya’s arms, his wrists, the lines of his neck revealed when he wore a yukata, and the faint sight of his abdominal muscles…

I’m screwed.

I really seem to have become a pervert who lusts after a handsome man’s body even on her deathbed.

Jin Chaoyan’s expression gradually changed from blank to horrified. Especially after thinking about it all morning, she realized that her husband was indeed handsome and in good shape. Her mind was now filled with only one line of text playing on a loop.

That line of text was “Kyoya Hibari.”

“Ah—”

Jin Chaoyan, who hadn’t slept at all, was physically exhausted but strangely excited. She sat up from the bed in a collapse, clutching her head and letting out a cry of despair.

“Madam, what’s wrong with you?”

Chinami, who hadn’t gotten a response, watched her expression change and change, and began to worry about her again. She instinctively reached for her phone.

“I…” Jin Chaoyan pressed her forehead weakly. Her lips moved, and she honestly spoke her true thoughts, “I think I’m a little bit… lustful for a man’s body.”

Chinami: “?”

Chinami: “!”

Her eyes widened silently in surprise. After a moment, she hesitated, wanting to make a suggestion, but was interrupted by Jin Chaoyan’s wave of a hand. “Never mind. There’s still more than half a year. Time passes quickly.”

Why think about Kyoya Hibari? He can’t even do anything.

He just happens to be good-looking and in good shape, and he just happened to inadvertently say some things that made my thoughts dirty. That’s all.

Anyway, this marriage would only last for a little over half a year. She just had to wait patiently for the time to pass. After the Vongola from ten years ago came back and saved the world, she would just have to turn a calendar page, and this marriage would naturally be dissolved.

Jin Chaoyan had looked at the property division part, and after the agreement ended, she would still have a lot of assets to fall back on.

—After the divorce, what kind of young stud could she not get?

Why get hung up on this one tree named Kyoya Hibari?

Because of her lack of energy, Jin Chaoyan was listless at the auction that afternoon.

After waiting for several unattractive antiques and some rare-but-not-that-rare handbags, she felt like she was about to fall asleep at the auction.

“That’s strange. Several of the original items for auction have been replaced.” It was at this moment that Chinami, who was next to her, flipped through the auction catalog she had received upon entry and found that it was different from the information she had seen before. She leaned over to Jin Chaoyan and whispered.

“The gems, right?” After the housekeeper nodded, Jin Chaoyan thought about the recent operations she had heard about in the Millefiore conference room and said to herself, “They started with fighting over the rings, and now they’re not even letting go of gems of this quality?”

It seemed that a great battle was imminent.

As the headquarters of the Mafia, Sicily wouldn’t be far from chaos. It was a shame, though, that such a beautiful place would be caught in the crossfire.

She picked up her bag and looked at the host who was introducing the products on stage. She said to Chinami, “Never mind. I’m not interested anymore. Let’s go back. Arrange a flight. We’ll go back to Japan today.”

“Oh? Okay, I’ll go back and pack your luggage right away. I’ll book the earliest flight…” Chinami paused, seeing the latest message she had received. She changed her question on the spot: “Mr. Kusakabe said that Mr. Hibari has decided to leave here in five hours to return to Japan. Would you like to travel with him?”

“No.”

Jin Chaoyan refused flatly. Because of what happened in the early morning, she was already a little unable to control her lust for Kyoya Hibari’s beauty. What would happen if she saw him a few more times? Would she become addicted and be unable to quit?

It’s better to stay out of sight.

Three hours later.

She and Chinami stood at the airport service desk. She heard Chinami confirming with the person: “Cancel the flight? Why? Due to special circumstances? When is the next flight to Tokyo? We have to wait for an announcement? But we have an urgent matter to handle…”

While Chinami was confirming the information with the service desk staff, Jin Chaoyan could see some people in suits with fierce looks walking back and forth in a corner of the airport.

She had no idea which Mafia family was causing trouble.

She pushed up her sunglasses with her fingertip and looked at the time. When Chinami turned around to ask her if she wanted to stay and wait, the woman shook her head and sighed. “Never mind. You… go ask Tetsuya Kusakabe if they have taken off yet?”

Chinami readily agreed. “Okay.”

When she finally completed the boarding procedures for the private flight and walked through the boarding bridge, Jin Chaoyan turned to look at her all-capable housekeeper next to her. She thought about the number of people who would be in the cabin—

One, two, three.

Four with Hibird.

Would that guy, who hates group gatherings, use his tonfas to ‘invite’ them both out on the spot?

The person who had unknowingly voiced her worries heard the housekeeper say with a smile, “Madam, you don’t have to worry. I have a license to pilot passenger planes. Mr. Kusakabe and I will go to the cockpit. Please feel free to enjoy your time alone with Mr. Hibari.”

Thinking about Jin Chaoyan’s startling statement at the hotel in the afternoon, she held her cheek with one hand and quietly encouraged Jin Chaoyan, “I heard that the experience on a private jet is quite exciting~”

Jin Chaoyan: “???”

Her expression was horrified. She almost couldn’t catch her sunglasses that were slipping down her nose. She felt as if a truck had just run over her face.

A moment later, her expression became calm. She calmly replied, “You’re talking about spending time alone with Hibird on the plane and playing the ‘lift me up’ game, aren’t you?”

“—That does sound quite exciting.”

Chinami: “?”

“Click.”

This time, after Jin Chaoyan entered the cabin, the first thing she did was to find a seat, sit down, and fasten her seatbelt. Then she peacefully closed her eyes, hoping that she could sleep through the next ten or so hours.

Across the aisle.

Kyoya Hibari glanced at her. He noticed that she was exceptionally quiet today, so he didn’t say anything more. He just lowered his head to look at his tablet and handle his business.

The plane taxied out of the airport. When it took off smoothly, Hibird came out of his suit pocket and looked around. It happily flapped its little wings and went to Jin Chaoyan’s shoulder, rubbing its head against her cheek:

“Chaoyan~ Chaoyan~”

“Hmm?” The woman, who had accurately caught it with her eyes closed, responded quietly. “Long time no see, baby. Do you want to sleep with mommy?”

Hibird quietly perched on her shoulder and didn’t move again. It closed its eyes and, as she wished, obediently fell asleep with her.

Jin Chaoyan unconsciously fell asleep.

It wasn’t until the plane suddenly began to shake that her head tilted so much to the side that she almost twisted her neck. She woke up abruptly, startling Hibird from her shoulder into her arms. She instinctively stroked the little bird to comfort it and then looked around, asking with a nasal voice:

“What’s wrong? Did we encounter extreme weather?”

As soon as her words fell—

“Bang!”

A loud noise, followed by an unusual “rumbling” sound from the engine. From Jin Chaoyan’s perspective, she saw thick black smoke pouring from the wing outside the window.

“!”

She was greatly shocked. She heard Kusakabe’s voice coming from the cabin’s loudspeaker. “I’m sorry, sir and madam, we’re under attack. Our altitude is rapidly decreasing. We’re descending at a speed of 20 meters per second. We have already fallen out of the stratosphere… Please prepare for an emergency landing!”

“What attack? What emergency landing?”

Jin Chaoyan was dumbfounded.

This was the first time in both of her lives that she had encountered a plane crash. She had completely forgotten all the survival knowledge she had learned from flying on commercial planes. Her peripheral vision caught the rolling black smoke pouring from the two or three windows on her side, making it impossible for her to see anything outside except for the gray smoke.

Compared to her confusion and panic, Kyoya Hibari was calm, as if he was used to life-and-death situations. His gray-blue eyes were even brighter than usual, making people have no doubt that in the next second, he would order Kusakabe to forcibly open the cabin door and fly down from tens of thousands of feet to bite all the attackers to death.

But in the end, he just got up, opened a hidden cabinet, and took out an emergency parachute pack. He turned his head and looked at Jin Chaoyan. “Do you know how to use it?”

The woman shook her head frantically like a rattle, nervously holding Hibird in her arms while sitting on the chair.

She even started frantically calling out to the dog-mall, telling it to hurry and take her money. The only condition was that it had to immediately customize a life-saving skill for her for high-altitude landings.

Binding Spell #73 – Inverted Mountain Crystal

Customized Version: 100,000,000 yen

Description: A must-have skill for home and travel, murder and arson, and high-altitude landings. Operated by 001 with affection, guaranteeing a safe landing without injury~

Flying Thunder God Technique

Customized Version: 100,000,000 yen

Description: Guarantees that you will throw a marked kunai to the ground before you land. Even in the 0.00001 seconds before you turn into a meat patty, it will definitely save your life.

Oh.

So no matter which one I choose, I have to jump down, is that it?

Jin Chaoyan was so numb that she didn’t react when someone unbuckled her seatbelt and pulled her up from the chair. It wasn’t until the man reminded her in a cold voice:

“Raise your hands.”

She instinctively followed the command. She raised her hands and saw the parachute pack being put on her shoulders. She grabbed the man’s wrist with her other hand, lifted her head, and emphasized, “I really don’t know how to use a parachute!”

Meeting her violet eyes, he saw a hint of redness in the corners of her eyes from fright. Kyoya Hibari raised an eyebrow. “So, you’re planning to just jump down then?”

Jin Chaoyan: “?”

Seeing Hibird fly into the other person’s suit pocket, Jin Chaoyan also thought for a moment, Why didn’t I transmigrate as a bird?

She stammered, “I… I’m afraid of heights. I can’t open a parachute. I haven’t learned how—”

Once her emotions broke down from speaking, the words she usually kept to herself came pouring out. “Wuwuwu I haven’t spent all the money on my card yet. I haven’t ridden in my customized Ferrari or my private yacht. I haven’t been to Greenland to see the Northern Lights. I haven’t sunbathed on the small islands in the South Pacific. I haven’t even finished visiting the sights in Japan…”

“And the seven continents and four oceans, wuwuwu… I haven’t even found the perfect love. I haven’t slept with a young stud. I don’t want to die here…”

Kyoya Hibari: “…”

He remained silent. When Kusakabe reminded him that the altitude was only four thousand five hundred meters and the instrument panel was about to fail, he finally opened the cabin door. He looked down at the person who had been crying and talking at some point. After she finally became quiet, he said unhurriedly:

“Why don’t you continue?”

“Are you done with your last words?”

Jin Chaoyan: “…”

Do you think you’re listening to a thousand-word speech under the national flag?

Perhaps the dog-man’s calm demeanor was inexplicably reassuring. Jin Chaoyan also remembered that she still had the dog-mall and 001. Her grief was interrupted, and she was a little unable to continue.

After being pulled to the cabin door with the parachute pack on her back, even when the cabin door slowly opened and a fierce wind rushed into the cabin, she was no longer scared to the point of tears.

The sky at sunset was beautiful and magnificent. She saw the lush green mountains and the ribbon-like rivers in the distance, and she also saw the clouds floating in the air, misty like smoke—

The next second.

Her waist was pulled by a strong force. As she fell from a high altitude with the other person, the roaring wind blocked all her screams in her throat.

Her heart was beating wildly in her chest from fear. She opened her eyes in astonishment, as if she saw the grim reaper’s scythe swinging towards her. But in an instant, it passed her by. After falling for so long, in the wild wind, she finally saw the appearance of the person above her.

The plane, the sky, and the clouds gradually receded.

She couldn’t see the speed at which she was falling. All she could see was his soft short hair being messed up by the wind. On his beautiful face, his gray-blue phoenix-like eyes calmly met hers.

Later, Jin Chaoyan couldn’t remember all the scenes from that day. But she only remembered his eyes, and she even once thought that was the color of the sky on that day.

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