“Young Lady, since the clothes have arrived, why don’t you play a couple of rounds with me? We promised Xia Miss, so we shouldn’t keep her waiting too long, right?”
Su Mendgdie, who had just showered, radiated a fresh fragrance.
Just leaning on her shoulder sent Penelope into a state of intoxication.
No, she had to stay dignified!
She was the Young Lady, after all.
How could she be conquered by a tiny bit of body fragrance from her own Maid?
Penelope’s face turned slightly red, but she cleared her throat and feigned composure.
“Ahem~, maybe tomorrow. I’m a bit too tired today… I want to rest early.”
“Mhm, then should the Young Lady get into bed early?”
After seeing the Young Lady to bed, Su Mendgdie was just about to turn and leave when Penelope suddenly grabbed her from under the Duvet.
“Su Mendgdie, where are you going?”
“I’m going to my own room to play for a bit; I’ll be back in a while.”
“Mhm… remember, you must come back! If I don’t see you when I wake up tomorrow morning, I’ll make you wear an outfit even more embarrassing than the last Cat Girl Outfit!”
Penelope’s expression held a trace of mischief.
“Then please spare me… Don’t worry, I’ll be back very soon~”
Su Mendgdie sat down and patted the Young Lady’s delicate hand to comfort her until she closed her eyes and her breathing became as steady as if she were asleep.
Only then did she carefully tuck the hand back into the Duvet, turn off the lamp, and leave the room.
However, not long after Su Mendgdie left, Penelope suddenly opened her eyes.
After a brief flash of light, she underwent a Transformation into her form as Canary.
“Hehe~, little thing… let me see where you are.”
Golden Magic condensed between her fingertips, then transformed into a flat Star Map.
The intersecting grid lines on the Star Map sketched out the general layout of the city.
However, no matter how Penelope searched, she couldn’t see the desired golden dot on the map.
“Could it be that she didn’t undergo a Transformation? But that thing should have forced her to stay in her transformed state…”
The Mark engraved on the Demon King was no ordinary mark.
Not only would it constantly display the specific location of the one marked, but without the permission of the one who placed the mark, the person marked would be forced to maintain their Transformation state and would never be able to release it on their own.
Penelope didn’t believe it and continued to expand the search range.
Yet, no matter how much she zoomed in, the Star Map remained empty, without any response.
“Could she be dead or did she find a way to break it?”
To determine which case it was, Penelope changed the Magic Power between her fingers and strengthened her perception of the Mark.
Suddenly, the golden threads entwined around her fingers reacted.
“She’s still there! But how on earth did she release the Transformation?”
Although she didn’t know how the other person managed it, as long as the Mark was still there, she could forcibly activate it.
“I’ll teach you a lesson for releasing the Transformation without permission. First, I’ll let you suffer a bit, and then I’ll deal with you when I have time!”
Just as the Mark was activated, a loud bang came from Su Mendgdie’s room, like something had fallen to the floor.
What happened?
Is Su Mendgdie coming back?!
Penelope was startled by the sound and hurriedly released her Transformation, diving back into the Duvet to continue faking sleep.
However, she waited for quite a while.
Su Mendgdie didn’t show up, and her fake sleep eventually turned into real sleep.
***
At the same time, in Su Mendgdie’s room—
“Ungh~!? This feeling… what’s going on?”
Su Mendgdie had just turned on the computer when her body experienced a sensation both familiar and strange.
The heavy book in her hand fell to the floor with a thud.
After a while, the feeling finally subsided with great difficulty, only for the area below her belly to become scorching hot, as if roasted by fire.
Su Mendgdie scratched lightly a few times, trying to alleviate the discomfort, but it wasn’t very effective.
Suddenly, she realized what this feeling was and hurriedly took out her Mobile Phone to call Mo Xiaoke.
“Hello~? Xiao Ke… ungh~”
Su Mendgdie’s voice was even softer and more delicate than usual, even accompanied by a few peculiar moans, which startled Mo Xiaoke on the other end of the line.
“You… what are you doing?! I’m not the target for your late-night episodes!”
“It’s not that! I’m calling because I have an urgent matter.”
She was really full of herself; who would seek out this bookworm for such a thing!
Su Mendgdie suppressed the restlessness in her heart and briefly explained the situation to Mo Xiaoke.
Even though she was trying her best to stay restrained, that kind of biological need wasn’t something that would pass just by enduring it for a bit.
On the contrary, it was gradually wearing away at her sanity…
Su Mendgdie felt she couldn’t hold on much longer and prayed that Mo Xiaoke knew what she needed to know.
What a coincidence!
After hearing her explanation, Mo Xiaoke actually remembered something related.
“I seem to have some recollection, but I don’t remember the specifics clearly. I only remember that if the Mark acts up, it can be slowly relieved through that method… Since you already know what it feels like, you should understand, right?”
She understood, but at the same time, Su Mendgdie had a new question.
“Why is it that you can’t remember the Mark clearly, but you know the way to relieve it?”
“Uh… because it mentioned that? Things like that, one way or another, you’d end up remembering it unintentionally…”
Mo Xiaoke spoke with a guilty conscience, knowing that this topic couldn’t continue.
“Anyway, I’ll go check it out for you first. You find a way to relieve it for now. Hanging up~!”
Mo Xiaoke hung up immediately, not giving Su Mendgdie a chance to say another word.
“She ran off so fast; she must have a guilty conscience.”
Su Mendgdie didn’t have time to dig into the reason now.
Continuous endurance made her cheeks as red as a ripe Apple.
Sweat soaked her clothes, and even her body felt as soft and powerless as if it had been rolled into a marshmallow.
There was no choice!
In this state, let alone sleeping, even walking back would be a problem.
Better settle this quickly.
***
In the blink of an eye, the time had gone from past eight o’clock to eleven.
After cleaning up the scene, Su Mendgdie opened the window in the room.
The sweet scent lingering in the air was somewhat eerie, making her feel uncomfortable just smelling it.
Her head felt heavy and groggy, as if she had a fever.
But even without that strange smell, given her current situation, she certainly couldn’t play the Game anymore.
Who knows if the Young Lady would wake up in the middle of the night without her “body pillow”?
Su Mendgdie stood by the windowsill, looking at the quiet and serene night view outside, feeling the cool night breeze.
She would head back as soon as the scent on her body dissipated a bit.
However, she was even more worried about what to do tomorrow.
If something like this happened again, how would she explain it to the Young Lady?
That damned Canary, to put such a wicked Mark on her!