Feeling the gazes of the surrounding informants grow increasingly strange, Luwei instead proudly puffed out her chest a little.
What Luwei needed to do was to confirm their accusations.
That’s right, she was just as despicable as the rumors said.
She took pleasure in tormenting young girls, was immersed in hedonism, and was morally corrupt.
Just like that, hurry back and report to your masters.
Luwei was just a useless, ornamental young lady, not worth worrying about.
What’s truly important is to get a piece of the pie from the declining Caris Family!
Whether it’s seizing market share or embezzling funds…
Anyway, act quickly, or all the benefits will be taken by others!
How exciting… just how many leeches will she be able to root out when the time comes?
Thinking this, that signature wicked smile appeared on Luwei’s face.
If you’re going to act, you have to go all in.
The only question is, can Shuangsha keep up with her acting?
Thinking this, Luwei scrutinized Shuangsha’s expression…
But she didn’t detect the slightest hint of tacit understanding on her face,
only an expression full of loyalty, and a tight-lipped silence.
“Huh?”
What does that mean?
Seeing Luwei cast a puzzled look her way,
Shuangsha nodded very seriously, looking like she was saying “I guarantee I’ll complete the mission.”
Then, just like that, she carried Li Ke away.
“Wait… that’s not…”
Luwei wanted to explain, but then remembered she was acting… so she gritted her teeth and swallowed her words.
Watching Shuangsha’s retreating back, Luwei clenched her fists—
Fine, Shuangsha, is that really the image you have of me in your heart?
That I like to abduct girls from the roadside, take advantage of people’s misfortune, and force things to happen?
This is all an act, why can’t this girl see that?
That night, in Luwei’s room…
“Tsk, just how many is this now?”
Luwei murmured, as if lamenting how far she had gone down this path of no return.
It wasn’t until a faint rustling sound came from the bed that she pulled back her scattered thoughts.
…The little one seems to be waking up?
So comfortable~
What kind of fabric is this…?
Lilique snuggled deeper into the blanket wrapped around her.
The silk material gave off a pleasant, faint fragrance, rubbing against her whole body, cool and smooth…
However, this somewhat unusual sensation made Lilique feel something was off.
She lifted the blanket a little, feeling a chill spread throughout her body.
Sitting up, Lilique looked down and was shocked to find herself lying naked on an unfamiliar bed…
She turned her head to look around and quickly spotted Luwei leaning against the window.
Silver moonlight streamed through the window, casting a faint, glowing light on the girl.
Seeming to notice Lilique waking up, Luwei turned her head…
“You… is this your home??”
What Lilique noticed first was the room’s decor.
The room’s owner was rich, not just ordinary rich!
“Sorry for bringing you home without permission.”
Luwei explained calmly,
Her expression was remarkably serene, so serene that Lilique found it somewhat unfamiliar.
As if she was deliberately putting it on to salvage her impression…
“That’s not a problem.”
Lilique couldn’t help but feel curious about her identity.
“Just who are you? You look very wealthy.”
“I am the head of the Caris Family.”
Luwei gave a slight, wry smile, still wearing that faintly melancholic expression.
“Caris? Doesn’t ring a bell.”
But…
Lilique looked Luwei up and down.
To become a family head at such a young age?
Not simple… there might be some value in cooperating.
“You don’t know the Caris Family? You’re definitely not from around here, then.”
Luwei was actually being a bit conservative.
The Caris Family had a resounding reputation throughout the entire Kingdom of Avalon, and even in the Northern Frontier.
This was enough to indicate that Li Ke came from a very, very distant place…
But Li Ke herself shook her head nonchalantly.
“Where I’m from isn’t important…”
A meaningful smile curled at the corner of Lilique’s lips.
She got out of bed and walked straight over to Luwei…
“What’s important is, I want to give you a chance.”
She dramatically spread her arms, saying things that sounded impressive—
“I see great potential in you, let’s cooperate! Whatever wish you have, I can fulfill it for you!”
Completely unaware that, with her harmless appearance, no one would believe a word she said.
Of course, Luwei didn’t believe her either.
She remained silent for a long time, instead looking at Lilique with a strange expression.
“Before discussing something so serious with me… don’t you plan to put some clothes on first?”
“Be careful not to catch a cold~”
Hearing this, Lilique froze in place.
If you want to interrupt someone’s train of thought, attack their appearance first…
Feeling attacked, Lilique felt a surge of anger welling up inside.
She was trying to have a serious, equal conversation, so why did the other’s tone sound so much like she was humoring a child??
Lilique felt the other party wasn’t respecting her at all!
“Are you even listening to me??”
She shouted loudly, trying to establish authority this way.
“Hmph, I’ve long been sick of your act of pretending to be mature! Who do you think you are, talking to me like that, you little brat?”
“Little brat?”
The corner of Luwei’s eye twitched involuntarily.
She did look young, but was she really so young that Li Ke could point at her nose and call her a child?
“So, you’re very mature, then?”
Luwei still used that tone of humoring a child… this was also her task for tonight.
After all,
To cement the impression among those informants of being debauched and beastly… she had to spend the whole night alone with Li Ke.
But she unexpectedly discovered that Li Ke, in her usual state, was like this…?
Spouting chuunibyou lines without realizing it, her tone also carrying a forced sense of world-weariness.
“Of course I’m mature! How old are you, daring to speak to your grandma like that!?”
Li Ke seemed to have some obsession with appearing mature.
Well, kids are like that,
When they pass twenty, they’ll start cherishing their youth—then shamelessly lie everywhere, saying they’re only eighteen.
“I’m almost seventeen,” Luwei replied flatly.
Seventeen??
A look of shock indeed appeared on Lilique’s face.
Was it stunted growth?
Although learning Luwei was seventeen was somewhat shocking for Lilique—
Unfortunately, in front of Lilique, who had lived for three hundred and twelve years, it still wasn’t much.
“I’m three hundred and twelve years old! You’re only seventeen, what are you pretending to be mature for in front of me?”
To be honest, when Li Ke said she was three hundred, Luwei’s heart actually skipped a beat.
Because in her impression, that terrifying Lilique was, in terms of setting, a centuries-old loli.
But seeing Li Ke’s utterly guileless appearance—hands on hips, pretending to be mature.
Luwei simply couldn’t connect the two.
Kids randomly claiming to be hundreds of years old is pretty common, right?
Three hundred and twelve… that’s just twelve.
See, the little one’s thoughts are just too easy to guess.
But even though she thought this, Luwei didn’t say it outright.
“Is that so, so Li Ke is already a three-hundred-year-old adult~~”
Luwei blinked.
“But, adults wear clothes properly, they don’t run around with their butt naked like this.”
Hearing this, Lilique felt a fire rising in her heart.
Why was this person’s tone sounding more and more like she was humoring a child??
These words stirred an incredibly strong rebellious feeling in Lilique’s heart.
“What’s it to you whether I wear clothes or not?”
Lilique almost wanted to use magic to teach this arrogant person a lesson.
But she sensed the mana in her body—it had barely recovered to less than five percent.
“Huff… not yet…”
It wasn’t time to turn hostile yet…
The more it was like this, the more important it was to endure.
“Give me another hundred bottles of that potion from before, and I’ll put on clothes properly.”
Lilique endured the shame, uttering a very cheap threat…
“A hundred bottles?!”
Luwei’s eyes went wide,
“Even drinking it like water, you couldn’t drink that much!”
“I…”
Lilique naturally couldn’t tell her the real use of the Life Potion,
“I think it tastes good, is that not allowed?”
Hearing this, Luwei just felt a headache coming on…
She had tasted Life Potion too.
It tasted like orange peel, strong, not too bad, but definitely not addictive.
Maybe…
Li Ke’s preferences were different, just like not everyone hates cilantro…
“If you go to bed obediently, I can reward you with one bottle tomorrow.”
Luwei had fully slipped into the role of humoring a child.
“I don’t want one, I want a hundred!”
But the Li Ke in front of her started throwing a tantrum.
Luwei couldn’t help but feel troubled,
No matter how you look at it, a hundred bottles is just too many, right?
And…
Luwei recalled Li Ke’s appearance after drinking ten bottles in a row.
What if she drank too much and got sick?
This was a precious treasure with a Golden Trait.
“Consider it a deal! Just give me these hundred bottles of Life Potion… I’ll do whatever you want!”
Lilique gritted her teeth and said.
She could tell Luwei’s attitude towards her was very unusual.
But unfortunately, Lilique couldn’t guess the other’s true purpose at all…
Unless Luwei proactively revealed it like this—
“Do whatever I want?”
Luwei repeated word by word.
Hearing this, Lilique looked up, only to find that, at some point, Luwei’s expression had become quite strange.
“Really? You said it yourself…”
The look in her eyes directed at her clearly held an undisguised… fervor?
Lilique suddenly froze…
She keenly sensed something was off.
“Wait! L-Let me think…”
A hint of panic appeared on Lilique’s face as she made a ‘time-out’ gesture with her hand.
Immediately, the entire process of her encounter with Luwei flashed through her mind—
Her identity hadn’t been exposed.
Neither her mana fluctuations nor her Vampire characteristics… she had hidden them all well.
By appearance alone, she was just a weak, delicate girl.
Looking at Luwei instead,
She was quite wealthy and powerful, definitely not after the gems in her pocket.
But from her, Lilique could always sense a faint possessiveness.
Thinking of this, All of Luwei’s actions seemed to connect in Lilique’s mind…!
What the other wanted… seemed to be on the verge of being revealed…?
Facing Luwei’s somewhat piercing gaze, Li Ke’s momentum suddenly wilted…
She crossed her arms over her chest, slightly curling up her body.
“You… you don’t want to…?”
“Hehehe, you finally realized?”
Luwei deliberately laughed in a scary way,
“Little ones who don’t like to wear clothes will attract the attention of bad big sisters~~”
Li Ke seemed to have misunderstood something,
But Luwei didn’t mind much, instead going along with it—
Although saying such things wasn’t very dignified and hurt her image, it should help cure Li Ke’s bad habit of running around naked.
“W-Wait a minute… I take it back…”
Li Ke plopped down onto the floor on her knees, shrinking back towards the corner.
Seeing her like this, Luwei’s eyes unconsciously widened a bit.
Yes, yes, This feeling of helpless vulnerability…
“It’s too late to regret it now~~”
A strange thrill rose from the depths of her heart,
Luwei felt as if some switch inside her had been flipped…