Chapter 139: Chapter 125 How Long is Aina’s Shelf Life Still Unlawful? _1 Chapter 139: Chapter 125 How Long is Aina’s Shelf Life Still Unlawful? _1 The servant took a portion of pastries from a passing maid, placed it on a plate, and handed it over.

“Sir, would you like to eat something? These are freshly baked pastries from our kitchen.”

[Ding! Talent: Same-sex Repulsion has been triggered, the servant’s favorability towards you -50]

[Description: The servant thinks you’re the offspring of some high-ranking noble. Even if interacting with you makes him slightly uncomfortable, he still believes you’re someone worth trying to curry favor with.]

Luo Xi glanced at the text and smiled at the servant. He took a piece of the pastry, leaned down gently and placed it at the lips of the girl beside him.

Wei’er paused for two seconds.

Damn, what is this guy trying to do?

Then she opened her lips and lightly bit into the pastry.

The servant’s smile grew even brighter.

[Ding! The servant’s favorability towards you +30]

Luo Xi took the girl’s hand as he stood up and nodded with a smile, “Thank you for the pastries, we will just stroll around nearby.”

The servant said with a smile, “Please feel free to do as you like. The first and second floors are accessible to distinguished guests like yourself, but you will need the permission of the young master of the Mansion or a governing official to go any higher.”

Luo Xi nodded with a smile as well, “Yes, I understand.”

He took the silent Cat Cat, walking along a corridor that led to an unknown destination within the Mansion of the City Lord.

The servant watched Luo Xi’s retreating figure, thinking to himself that it was indeed the presence of a noble offspring – a class apart from ordinary people.

He just didn’t understand why he felt so uncomfortable just now.

It must have been a feeling of jealousy that arose within him.

That saying is certainly true; the gap between people can be wider than between a person and a dog.

Luo Xi was unaware of the servant’s thoughts. According to the map provided by the intelligence shop owner, if he walked further inside from the hall, there should be a rather large atrium.

Along the corridor, there was no one else, just bright lighting.

Wei’er asked softly, “Why did you just take something and feed it to me?”

“Was it delicious?” Luo Xi countered.

“It was quite tasty…” Cat Cat puffed out her cheeks, “I’m asking you a question!”

Luo Xi placed the remaining half of the pastry next to Cat Cat’s mouth, “There’s still so much left, why don’t you finish it?”

“I won’t eat!”

“You really won’t eat it?”

“No.”

“Oh, then I will eat it. Can’t waste it.”

Luo Xi threw the pastry into his mouth and swallowed it in two bites.

Wei’er looked up for a moment, then lowered her head again, emotionless.

However, Luo Xi could feel from the grip of the girl’s hand he was holding that Cat Cat was not as calm inside as she appeared.

Wei’er’s small hand was also soft and tiny, petite enough that both of her hands together might not match one of his.

Of course, squeezing them was a little painful for his bones.

[Note: Perverted damn Traveler, aren’t you afraid of getting hacked by a chopper for teasing her like that?]

Luo Xi flicked away the Damn Text with his hand.

Afraid of what? He was prepared to restart anyways, so naturally he had to be bold.

After not much longer, a warm breeze blew by, causing Luo Xi to freeze in place.

In front of him lay an atrium of at least a few hundred square meters, with no snow on the ground but filled with many bright-colored flowers. It was warm as spring, and the wind that blew in was also warm.

Incredible.

Even though it was minus fifty degrees outside, the Mansion of the City Lord managed to create an atmosphere of spring and summer.

Luo Xi looked back at Cat Cat and noticed that she too was stunned.

The girl murmured, “How did they manage this…”

“Greenhouse technology, I guess,” Luo Xi thought for a moment, “It’s probably similar to a hothouse, but making it like this must cost a fortune.”

Wei’er shook her head, “I don’t really understand…”

“It seems we’ve found fellow enthusiasts who also find the ball boring and came to admire the garden, right? The central garden of the Mansion of the City Lord is quite nice, isn’t it?”

A pleasant male voice rang out not far behind Luo Xi.

Someone was approaching with light footsteps.

Luo Xi felt his hand being squeezed slightly.

Wei’er lowered her voice, “I won’t talk, you handle it.”

Since Luo Xi had handled the encounter with the servant impeccably, Wei’er was willing to let him take the lead.

Soon, a tall man with an elegant figure approached Luo Xi, flicking away a few stray strands of hair from his forehead. He surveyed both of them with a pretty face and then turned to Luo Xi, revealing a gentle smile.

[Ding! Talent: Same-sex Repulsion has been triggered, Xx’s favorability towards you -50]

[Ding! Xx’s favorability towards you +60]

Luo Xi: “…”

He could understand the loss of favorability caused by Same-sex Repulsion, but what was the situation with the 60 points he just got?

Could this person be another Gay?

The man was also startled.

The moment he saw the youth who was about the same age as him, for some reason, his heart filled with displeasure, a sudden urge to punch someone surfaced.

However, the temperament and appearance of the other party matched too well, making it hard for him to dislike him. So, after he collected his thoughts, that feeling quickly dissipated.

Interesting.

Extending his hand, the man smiled and said, “My name is Gerxius. I am the eldest son of the warden of Winter City. May I ask who you are?”

Luo Xi also laughed, “Luo, just an ordinary merchant.”

That was the identity he had come up with for himself. It’s easy to be caught if one carelessly claims to be the offspring of a high-ranking official in places like this. It’s better to fabricate a lowly identity; the other person might just fill in the blanks with their own assumptions.

And what if it fails?

If it fails, then it fails.

Luo Xi hadn’t planned on smoothly finding the things he wanted in the Mansion of the City Lord this time.

“Oh, ordinary?” Gerxius shook his head with a chuckle, “Those who can enter here are not ordinary at all. If you don’t want to say it, then forget it.”

He looked down at the girl standing beside Luo Xi with her head drooped.

She seemed to be about the same age as his sister.

“Is this your female companion?”

“Hmm.” Luo Xi nodded.

“Your taste… is very unique. But people who like flowers can’t be bad, right?”

Gerxius smiled, turned his back to Luo Xi, walked down the steps of the atrium, and then lay directly on the grass amid the flowers.

“Won’t you join me to enjoy the fragrance and warmth of the flower sea?”

Luo Xi shook his head with a smile, “We won’t go down for now. My companion and I are here at the Mansion of the City Lord for the first time and are quite curious about this place. We thought we’d take a casual stroll around here.”

The other party also smiled, “Then I hope you have fun. Oh, and don’t try to go up to the third floor. If guards find you and bring you down, it’ll be quite embarrassing for you, making you the laughingstock of the day.”

“Sure, thanks for the heads-up.”

Luo Xi then took the girl’s hand again and turned into a corridor on the side.

After walking for a while and seeing that no one was around, Wei’er spoke up, “How did you manage to talk to them so freely? My heart almost stopped from the shock.”

“It was okay,” shrugged Luo Xi. “I was just giving it a try. I didn’t realize I had this talent for acting. If I had known, I would have applied to Central Film University.”

“What Central Film University… Why are you still holding my hand?!”

Luo Xi let go of Wei’er’s small hand with regret and then asked a question he had always been curious about.

“So, Cat Cat, are you never going to grow up anymore?”

“What? Think I’m too small? Weren’t you dissatisfied with what happened in the changing room just now?”

Wei’er looked at Luo Xi with a dangerous gaze, her words carrying an implication.

Luo Xi: “…”

Should he reply that he was satisfied or dissatisfied?

Without waiting for Luo Xi to answer, Wei’er went on, “Aina and I are born with Mutation Syndrome. Hence our growth and development from a young age have been affected by the Mutant Factor. The factor in me is probably from a small-size Cat Clan Origin Beast, which is why my development stopped three years ago.”

Three years ago, even considering his world’s timeline, Wei’er would have been around fourteen years old, right?

“What about Aina?”

“Aina should still grow. Origin Beasts of the Wolf genus, especially those above the disaster level, are usually large in size.”

As Wei’er spoke, she suddenly looked at Luo Xi warily, “Pervert, what are you thinking asking about Aina? I’m warning you, she’s still young. Touching her ears or tail is one thing, but those strange acts are off-limits!”

[Note: Don’t worry, Cat Cat. That damn Traveler just wants to know how long the shelf life of the illegal Lolita Aina is~]

“Strange acts? I’m not really a pervert… Hm? But I can still touch the ears and tail?” Luo Xi was surprised.

Cat Cat’s boundaries seemed to be getting lower and lower.

Turning her head away, Wei’er said, “Even if I say no, aren’t you still going to secretly touch them?”

“…”

Luo Xi changed the subject, “Speaking of which, since you’re a born Mutant Patient, why isn’t your mother one?”

Wei’er hesitated and then said softly, “When my mother was pregnant with me, something happened at home that led her to inhale an excessive amount of factor. But since she was strong enough, she herself wasn’t infected, though the fetus wasn’t so lucky. Aina’s situation is probably similar.”

“I see…”

Luo Xi fell silent.

His keen interest in their cat and wolf ears, was that really okay?

For them, these features of Mutation represented suffering and a curse, not parts to grant enjoyment and happiness to others.

With a frown, Wei’er spoke, “What are you thinking about? Now’s not the time for that sort of thing. If you want to touch my ears or tail, we can talk about it after we return. Aina and the others are waiting for us to come back safely, understand?”

Luo Xi: “…Okay.”

Cat Cat’s boundaries had definitely lowered.

[Note: All thanks to the training by you, that damn Traveler~]

The two of them made their way up the spacious staircase.

Meanwhile, on the fifth floor of the Mansion of the City Lord, through a corridor over ten meters long and in a bedroom filled with countless toys, someone suddenly opened their eyes on the bed and murmured to themselves,

“Eh, two strange guests… Who could they be? My adoptive father didn’t tell me there would be additional guests. Should I invite them to play with me? He probably won’t get angry, right? Yeah, if I invite them secretly without adoptive father noticing, it should be fine, shouldn’t it?”