Nameless Mountain Villa, midnight, top-floor bedroom.
Exhausted, Luo Di fell asleep again, only to be awakened by footsteps outside the door.
Groggily opening his eyes, he looked through the frosted glass window on the door, confirming it was still night, guessing he’d slept for less than an hour.
When he wondered who it was again, a woman’s silhouette appeared at the door, pressing against the window.
Black hair almost completely obscured the frosted glass.
Thud, thud~ A knocking sound followed.
Luo Di thought the hostess had some other errand for him, so he sleepily got out of bed and opened the door.
But just as the door opened... smack!
A slap directly landed on his face.
It wasn’t the hostess outside, but a girl Luo Di was all too familiar with.
She stormed into the room, still holding a bloodstained long sword in her hand.
"Wu Wen, why are you here?"
Wu Wen’s state was quite off, her black hair covered her face, revealing only half of a blood-stained eye.
In a torn, raspy voice: "Told you to come to the corner to find me, you speak well! Saying you’ll first try at the sisterhood to bring Hua Yuan along.
Now it ends up you’re sneaking here, and you’ve even moved in! If it weren’t for the family head arranging accommodation, you guys would probably be sharing a bed tonight, right?
I’ll help you cut this thing off and freeze it, so you won’t have wild thoughts, enabling you to focus on the exploration of the corner. When we want to have kids, we’ll unfreeze it then."
Luo Di was pushed against the wall, the blood sword already raised.
Just as he prepared to fight back,
A wave of nausea hit him,
structures resembling flower pistils grew from Luo Di’s eyes, mouth, and nose, slowly constructing Hua Yuan’s shape before him.
This bodily transition almost drained his energy, unable to fend off the impending strike.
After Hua Yuan appeared, she first leaned her hands over Wu Wen’s shoulders, glaring at him with equal malice,
"Luo Di, why do you lie to us? Why not come directly to the sisterhood? Why come here without a word to us?
I think Wu Wen is right, I don’t need your comforts either; put away your thing first, to avoid reeking like disease."
Hua Yuan extended a hand to grip the sword hilt together, cutting it down.
Luo Di suddenly sat up, his eyelids twitching fiercely, the bedding already drenched in sweat.
The first thing he did was check his lower body, sighing heavily.
Even though it was just a dream, it suffocated him more than last night’s trip with the hostess to the back mountain.
This trip to Invisible Manor, Luo Di indeed hadn’t mentioned to them, mainly because of his concerns, his own thoughts.
Luo Di noticed the time was nearing noon,
Since no one came knocking, it meant the manor wasn’t strict about this, he could head downstairs anytime.
Leisurely, he went to the bathroom for a simple wash.
Spitting out the mouthwash, Luo Di looked at himself in the mirror.
"Suddenly feeling Mia was right, these two women are indeed frightening..."
’Who are you calling frightening?’
A voice came, and Luo Di was stunned.
The sound didn’t come from around him, but within.
Luo Di quickly pried his eyelids with his fingers, seeing something wriggling in the gap beneath his eye.
A flower pistil soon emerged.
"Hua Yuan! Don’t come! This is Invisible Manor!"
Luo Di first experienced Hua Yuan’s ability when she was still a Pseudo-Person, able to transfer her entity through the thoughts of others.
Currently, just by being in the middle layer, as long as he thought of her, it would be instantly perceived.
’You jerk! Never mind not coming to the sisterhood to find me, yet you went looking for that person! And, it seems you’re in the bedroom now, could it be...’
Hua Yuan, hot-headed, disregarded safety issues, flower pistils appeared extensively, completing her entity reconstruction using Luo Di’s flesh.
The first action was to push the bathroom door open, looking towards the bed in the room.
Though there was no one, she saw a human-shaped wet outline on the bed. She even envisioned quite an exaggerated scene in her mind, face full of disgust.
She took a swift step forward to closely sniff the scent of sweat.
After Luo Di’s scent alone was captured, she finally breathed a sigh of relief; at least this man could still be saved.
Luo Di was leaning against the bathroom door, holding his head with one hand, his face full of helplessness, "Can you go back? The Family Head initially invited only me, it’s really hard to explain your presence here."
"Cough~ I admit I misunderstood you! Rest assured, I’ll leave immediately... Grandmother has emphasized before, this place is indeed dangerous, its corner status is almost on par with the Sisterhood.
I just spent a night with a sister last night; she is constantly thinking about me.
I’m leaving now~ Don’t mess around, when you come to the Sisterhood, I’ll personally inspect your backside."
"Can’t you read fewer strange literary magazines? Go, go~"
Luo Di returned to the bathroom and loosened his belt, relieved himself, and returned to the room.
To his surprise, Hua Yuan was still there, with a miserable look.
"Why aren’t you leaving?"
"I can’t go back... Although I can feel that my sister is thinking about me, the connection can’t be established. This house is clearly undefended, so why can’t it transmit back?"
Luo Di roughly guessed what was going on, and could only sigh heavily,
"Come down with me~ The Family Head is probably already watching you. Luckily, I did some things for the family last night, they probably won’t trouble you too much."
"Alright! I was bored in the Sisterhood anyway."
Hua Yuan was still smiling, but as the camera switched, her face was already full of worry.
Unlike the Banquet Hall, this is the family’s regular dining area. It’s relatively casual, but the food presented is the same, maintaining asymmetry.
Hua Yuan didn’t have any peculiar eating habits; the Sisterhood has sisters specifically responsible for food, and the taste is quite good.
But the food in front of her was hard to swallow, her whole body was even violently rejecting it.
Yet facing the Family Head and the matriarch sitting opposite, she could only find ways to stuff the food into her mouth, relying on the flower pistil to decompose it, trying to turn it into a different substance.
The Family Head’s voice came: "Being able to directly transmit from the Sisterhood here is a very rare ability; [Grandmother] should have high hopes for you, right?"
"Considering your intentions were completely innocent, and you assisted Lebeite somewhat during the videotape incident, you won’t be dealt with too harshly.
During this period, you’ll reside here, and leave with Luo Di at that time."
"Thank you, Father! Can I stay with Luo Di? We shared a room in the Sisterhood."
Hua Yuan’s proposal was directly rejected, "Co-habitation is forbidden, the housekeeper will arrange the most suitable room for you."
"Oh..." Hua Yuan felt a strong sense of unease, making her dare not disobey.
"By the way, Luo Di."
The Family Head’s gaze shifted to him, his white pupils staring at Luo Di.
"What is it, Father?" Luo Di focused his attention immediately.
"You broke the rules last night and went to the back mountain with Madam, right?"
Upon this topic, Luo Di froze for a moment, cold sweat quickly seeping from under his skin.
He first glanced at the matriarch, found her calmly eating, then had the answer in his heart. Official source ıs novel{f}ire.net
"...Yes." Luo Di chose sincerity.
"I heard you helped Madam a lot, the hunt went well. Let’s do this, tonight you few, accompany Madam to the back mountain.
It’s not about hunting, but to check the entrance.
You all have great talent, the plants are close to maturing, just go experience it ahead of time. If this side suits as your dungeon entrance, you’re welcome to enter from here anytime."
Luo Di had planned to check the entrance, didn’t expect the Family Head to bring it up.
However, the matriarch immediately gave a dissenting opinion, "Honey~ Isn’t it a bit early? The entrance situation changes constantly, should wait until Lebeite becomes..."
"Mom, I’m going tonight. Believe we can perfectly cooperate, just like in the videotape, no need to worry. If we behave improperly on the back mountain, feel free to halt the action."
Lebeite interrupted the conversation.
"Alright, Mom overthought it."
The matriarch was the first to stand up, "Since there are special arrangements for tonight, I’ll return to my room to rest first. Depart at midnight, everyone gather in the backyard then.
By the way! Luo Di, come here, follow me to the room."
"I promised you last night, the surplus from the hunt as your reward."
Seeing Luo Di leave behind such a woman, Hua Yuan felt something was off despite the legitimate reason.