“I can’t believe we’re not… sharing a room tonight?”
Ai Lin’s words left His Blackstone and Rafina Falier frozen in place at the same time.
It took a long moment before His stammered out:
“Huh… what?”
“We spent most of the day on the road, and I just wrestled with you a bit. I’d like to take a bath—is there a problem?”
“No problem, really… no wait—that’s not the point!”
His waved his hands frantically, at a loss as he looked toward Rafina beside him.
“Miss… Miss Ai Lin, what… what are you saying?”
Catching His’s gaze, Rafina hurried to speak up.
“Young Master His has already made arrangements. We’ve prepared a separate room for you.”
“Oh, is that so?” Ai Lin gently brushed the hair draped over her shoulder. “I’ve heard that engaged couples are supposed to sleep together.”
“Wait… who on earth put that idea in your head?!”
“The Captain told me.”
“That person…”
His covered his face with one hand.
Wait a second?
His froze as if suddenly realizing something.
If she believed engaged couples were supposed to sleep together, then she still willingly came to find him?
Doesn’t that mean she’d already prepared herself to sleep with him before she even arrived?
At that thought, His’s gaze unconsciously drifted toward Ai Lin.
This… this doesn’t seem right.
Is my affection level with her really that high?
Stay calm, His… this isn’t the time to be thinking about that…
Looking at Ai Lin, who still radiated an imposing aura even in casual clothes, His couldn’t help but swallow hard.
“Anyway… it’s getting late. Rafina, take our guest to her room to rest.”
“Yes, Young Master His.”
Rafina quickly stepped ahead of Ai Lin, then slightly stepped aside and made a “please” gesture.
“Miss Ai Lin, please follow me.”
“Mm.”
Ai Lin didn’t press the matter further, readily following Rafina out of the Hall.
His stood in place and let out a long breath before finally heading back to his own Bedroom.
Lying in bed, recalling his few encounters with Ai Lin, His didn’t feel he’d done anything to leave a good impression on her.
Yeah, sure enough… what just happened was all his imagination.
She’s just too obsessed with Swordsmanship, knows little about these matters, and got tricked by that irresponsible Captain.
Yeah, that must be it!
Just as His convinced himself and was about to close his eyes to sleep, he suddenly noticed a faint trace of Dark Element drifting through his Bedroom.
As if sensing that His had finally noticed its presence, the Dark Element immediately drifted toward the Bedroom window, then paused right at the windowsill.
It was almost as if it was guiding His to follow it.
“This is…”
His frowned as he sensed the Dark Element.
To control Dark Element with such precision—this clearly wasn’t the work of that little Maid of his.
Moreover, the aura of this Dark Element was extremely faint. If His himself didn’t possess Dark Element and happen to be in the Bedroom, he probably wouldn’t have noticed its presence at all.
The Dark Element lingering by the window saw that His showed no sign of following, so it began to increase its presence little by little, as if urging him.
“Interesting…”
Looks like it wasn’t going to leave unless he went out with it tonight.
After thinking it over, His decided to follow and see what was going on.
If anything happened, he could just call Li Nuo Er to come save him.
***
Following the wisp of Dark Element, His made his way to an Open Ground not far from the Duke’s Mansion.
Looking from a distance, he could make out a figure waiting there.
Drawing closer, what appeared before His was a beautiful young girl with black hair and crimson eyes, wearing a gorgeous Gothic Dress princess gown.
At this moment, she stood with her hands behind her back, flashing His a meaningful smile.
“Seems I guessed right. Our Young Master His really does have keen perception of Dark Element.”
“Should I be thanking you for the compliment?”
His felt a strange sense of familiarity from the girl before him, yet couldn’t place where he’d seen her, so he decided to take the initiative.
“You… looking for me?”
“Yeah, and it’s urgent.”
The girl answered mysteriously.
“I prefer it when people just speak plainly.”
“Is that so…”
The black-haired girl took a light step forward, leaned her body in slightly, and brought her head close to His’s ear.
“Could you please… stop making those weapons?”
Hearing the girl’s whisper, His’s eyes went wide instantly.
“You…”
“Hehehe.”
The girl hopped back a step.
“Are you… of the Demon Race?”
“What? Only figured it out now?”
The girl spun around in the moonlight, as if showing herself off to His.
“Lilith, princess of the Demon Race, for now. Pleased to meet you, Young Master His~”
“Lilith? Princess?!”
Hearing the girl’s name and identity, His was even more shocked.
In the Original Game, Lilith was the last member of Feng Aotian’s Harem, and the romanceable character with the least personal story.
As the Final Boss of the game, she clashed with Feng Aotian countless times before finally losing in the final battle, after which she was unsurprisingly pinned to the ground by Feng Aotian and—
No no no!
The real issue now is, why is she showing up this early?!
Right, right, she mentioned the weapons just now.
Could it be that the Gray Crystal Weapons he’d been making were causing real trouble for the Demon Race, and that’s what alerted this boss-level figure?
Oh man, this is not good.
If his memory served him right, this person wasn’t someone Li Nuo Er could handle just by calling her out.
Though, given the current timeline, she might not be at her full endgame strength yet…
But he wasn’t about to gamble his life on that possibility!
Seeing His frozen in place, the smile on the black-haired girl’s face deepened.
“What’s wrong? Young Master His doesn’t recognize me anymore?”
With that, the girl gathered her long hair in her hand, forming a ponytail. At the same time, she wiped the smile from her face and put on an indifferent expression.
“Well… does this look more familiar to you?”
As the girl’s appearance shifted, His finally understood where that sense of familiarity came from.
“Li… Lila?!”
“Oh ho? Finally remembered, huh? Young Master His~”
The girl let go, allowing her long hair to fall loose behind her back, and a smile returned to her face.
“I thought you’d forgotten all about me by now~”
“So you were…”
Before His could finish, a sharp sword aura suddenly struck between the two of them.