The Iron Black Pot standing nearby halted his work upon hearing this.
He then looked at Sea Flip with a look of disbelief: "Are you kidding? You saying you found Mage Fang Ka not wearing underwear is more believable than this."
"Mage Fang Ka with that personality, could fall in love?"
Sea Flip immediately took offense at those words: "You can doubt my morals, but you cannot doubt the truth of my words!"
Iron Black Pot glanced at him: "What truth do your words hold?"
Sea Flip slapped the tree beside him: "I have evidence."
Iron Black Pot became intrigued: "Oh? Tell me more?"
Sea Flip repeated what he had said to Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching.
After hearing Sea Flip's account, Iron Black Pot pondered uncertainly for a moment: "Come to think of it, there's actually a hint of credibility there? Who would've thought that someone like Mage Fang Ka could fall in love?"
"And isn't this way of pampering someone a bit unusual? Offering extra meals? What kind of romance is that? Pure romance sewer, complete macho concrete, huh?"
Saying this, Iron Black Pot turned to look at the Caged Parrot: "Parrot, what if you're in love and your partner offers you extra meals, what would you think?"
The Caged Parrot plucked a bowstring: "Trying to make me fat? Then I'll go out and flirt around? Definitely need a keyboard to serve them!"
Iron Black Pot glanced at Sea Flip and shrugged slightly: "That's more like it."
Sea Flip felt speechless: "What do you mean? That's an innocent merfolk, never seen the world, like a blank slate, how can you compare?"
The Caged Parrot slammed the bow on the ground: "What do you mean by that? Are you saying I'm not innocent? I'm ink-stained paper?"
Sea Flip took a step back: "I didn't say that, you said it yourself, I'm out, gotta go collect Magic Potions."
With that, Sea Flip quickly ran into the distance.
The Caged Parrot glared at Sea Flip's back, then turned to Iron Black Pot: "Black Pot, do you think Mage Fang Ka really fell in love with a merfolk?"
Iron Black Pot shrugged: "I don't know if Mage Fang Ka is in love, but with Flip spreading rumors like this..."
By tomorrow, they'll say Mage Fang Ka and the merfolk, even had a kid..."
The Caged Parrot paused: "Isn't that too much? The merfolk still has a fish tail!"
Iron Black Pot grinned: "Never underestimate those shenanigans on the internet, by tomorrow there'll be hundreds of versions of Mage Fang Ka's love story."
The Caged Parrot shook her head as she strung the bow: "Xiao Mantou will probably feel bad when she hears about this, after all, Mage Fang Ka is her online crush."
Iron Black Pot smiled meaningfully: "Xiao Mantou won't do, I think Mage Fang Ka prefers Big Mantou."
...
The next morning, after having breakfast, Fang Ka logged into the game reviews to take a look.
Every now and then, he would check to see if any players had come up with useful ideas that he could draw inspiration from.
But upon seeing this, he was stunned.
There were a ton of new game reviews, all incredibly absurd.
'I've got an adorable merfolk here, everyone give a thumbs up, and she'll have a little merfolk with Mage Fang Ka.'
'Haha, I snuck a peek at Mage Fang Ka's partner, I must say, Mage Fang Ka has good taste.'
'Hey, will Mage Fang Ka and the merfolk have a wedding? I'd love to attend! Will there be perks at the wedding? Could they gift some Silver Coins to the kid? The kid is so poor, boohoo...'
'Merfolk me, today I'm going to have a hundred little merfolk with Mage Fang Ka.'
'I heard Mage Fang Ka and the merfolk have a kid? Can someone tell me, which one is it?'
'Is the clueless designer here? Please give Mage Fang Ka and the mermaid a magnificent wedding!'
'Mage Fang Ka is mine (˃⌑˂ഃ), beat up the merfolk third wheel! ε=ε=(>Д<)ノノ'
'I ship it, I ship it! Strongly request the clueless designer to use Mage Fang Ka and the mermaid's photo as the game cover! (๑♡ω♡๑)'
...
After reading these game reviews, Fang Ka's face darkened like a pot's bottom.
What is all this?
How did he have a kid with a merfolk?
He hasn't even touched a merfolk's hand!
God help whoever that mischievous player is that's stirring things up.
Taking a deep breath, Fang Ka calmed himself a bit.
No need to fuss with this silly group of players.
Getting angry isn't worth it.
After thinking it over a bit, Fang Ka decided it was necessary to provide these merfolk with a proper background story.
Firstly, to enhance the players' immersion, and secondly, to give them an understanding of the merfolk, preventing them from idly making things up about him.
With some thought, he crafted a background story for the merfolk.
And then posted it on the exclusive trading platform, specifically adding a dedicated section on the platform.
He also created a collection of in-game characters, which included character cards.
Fang Ka used his Golden Finger to craft photos for the character cards and added personal bios underneath.
Then, he sent out a game update announcement.
"Non-stop update: This update includes a collection of game data, providing categorized introductions to factions and character backgrounds. For more details, check out the exclusive trading platform. Additionally, this update enhances the game ecosystem and fixes several bugs."
Soon, players received this update notification.
Many players couldn't help but be surprised, and then hurriedly logged off to check out the exclusive trading platform.
At this time, Sea Flip eagerly finished reading the updated data and then reviewed the character cards.
"So why doesn't Kain in the background story have a character card? Is he just a prop in the background?"
"Huh? So this merfolk is called Noel?"
"Let me see... huh? This clueless designer didn't add Mage Fang Ka to Noel's relationships? Only relationships with other merfolk?"
"Oh, and there's an extra sibling bond with Xia Lin. But leaving out Mage Fang Ka, isn't this just pretending nothing's going on?"
"Hmph, the wise me has already seen through everything. Even if there's no official couple from you guys, it's definitely a love relationship!"
"What do the game developers know? It's us players who define it."
Satisfied, Sea Flip logged back into the game, eagerly seeking out other players to spread the gossip.
...
That morning, Fang Ka was sitting on a deck chair meditating when he suddenly felt a strong wave of magic power coming from the beach.
This magic power wave lasted very briefly, quickly disappearing.
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