(a)

It was another early morning suitable for morning exercise, with light snow in the sky, light frost on the ground, the morning glow turning from blue to red, and the air was filled with the unique fragrance of winter. The monster sage Yakumo Purple was snorting white air on the edge of the Lake of Mist, and his nose was red from the cold.

"You've got something wrong with your brain!" she grumbled to Nalan Twilight, who was walking ahead, "Tell me out loud what time it is? 5:50!

In Nalan Twilight's impression, this was the first time that Yakumo Zi had exploded in hundreds of years, and the experience of the past few days really made him realize a new monster sage, a ...... A not-so-condescending monster sage.

He turned his head and smiled at Yakumo, who was glaring at him angrily: she had a pair of panda eyes, her brow furrowed, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes deepened by exhaustion and anger, making her look several years older...... In fact, she just got up too early and didn't have time to put on makeup.

"Wake up at half-past five...... Is it early?" Nalan twilight scratched the back of his head, pretending to be ignorant, "I usually wake up at this point, and my body is very good. ”

"That's you!" Yakumo roared, "You're not a normal person, don't put your work and rest habits on others!

"I don't think you have anything in common with 'normal people', but ......," Nalan said, "Why don't we go back and sleep again?" and come out at noon? I don't care, anyway, it's not me who is anxious to lose weight in ten days and half a month......

"I'm still sleeping when I'm up, where are you going, lead the way!" Yakumo Zi kicked Nalan Twilight's ass, and then said indignantly, "I don't care if you're aerobic training or strength training, let the horse come!" Today I just want you to see what 'bed qi' is!"

"Okay, I'm afraid of you!" Nalan said perfunctorily, "I'd better run two laps to warm up today before doing anything else." When I went out for a walk recently, I found a nice route to give you a change of taste. ”

So saying, he took a step and trotted to a bush not far away, deviating from the route of his previous morning run. Although Yakumo Zi didn't know what kind of calculation this guy was playing, with the idea of "who can't lose to him if you lose", she still sped up and followed.

(b)

It was a fairly secluded trail, located just off the Red Devil Pavilion. On the surface, it was just another grove of trees around the Lake of Mist. If you pass through the woods, you will see an old road that cuts through the forest and stretches straight into the distance.

This road is not a dirt road like that of the Enchanted Forest, but a flat avenue paved with gray bricks, wide enough to accommodate a troika, but it has fallen into disrepair and has been eroded and cut off by the forest. As a new morning running route, the forest here is lush, the morning fog is filled, and there are birdsong from time to time, which is far away and clear, giving people a feeling of "winding paths and secluded".

Thanks to the fresh air in the forest, Yakumo Zi ran all the way down, and miraculously didn't get tired. As soon as the sweat on her back came out, her body warmed up, and the uncomfortable feeling of getting up early in the morning was also swept away.

At the end of the road stands a dilapidated old mansion: white walls and red roofs have long since faded, Romanesque reliefs are full of cracks, and in the middle of a long-abandoned garden is a dry fountain occupied by vines. It stands alone in this forest, devoured and digested by the nearby trees year after year, not like a dwelling but like a tomb.

It can be seen that this mansion was once a mansion, although it cannot be compared with the Red Devil Pavilion in terms of scale, but it is also luxurious enough. Of course, that was all in the past, and now it's just an uninhabited house.

"How's that, it's amazing, isn't it?" Nalan Twilight stood at the gate of the ancient mansion, turned around, and said, "After finding this place, I went out of my way to ask Remilia, but even she didn't know that there was such an abandoned house near her house. ”

"Before I brought you here, I walked around the house by myself, and found nothing out of the ordinary, except that it was a little haunted. ”

"What do you mean 'somewhat haunted'?" Yakumo said, raising her eyebrows.

"That's it...... Sometimes there will be some weird noises, the tables and chairs in the room will change positions when you are not looking, and things like that......" Nalan twilight shrugged his shoulders and said, "You know, I'm not a person with much inspiration, so I can't explain it to you, but it's haunted or something, to be honest......"

"It's not a big deal, is it?"

In other words, it is two college student couples, and when they come to such a gloomy ancient house, it is the development mode of a horror movie. However, Nalan Twilight and Yakumo Purple are ......

Strictly speaking, it's not the ghosts that haunt them, it's the ghosts they "haunt". A ghost with a little strength can also create an atmosphere of a haunted house for these two and add some fun, and those who don't have any strength estimate will be scared to the point when they see Yakumo Zi's old face.

"Let's go sit down and rest for a while, and then do some simple muscle training. Nalan said, "I hope you can hold on a little more today, so that Wen's spirit in the sky can rest in peace." ”

"You can choke to death if you don't say a few words?" Purple glared at him, reaching out and pinching his arm.

"Seriously," Nalan asked, rubbing his bruised arm and squeezing his face again, "What happened to Wen later?"

"Not much. Purple said angrily.

"Then why can't I see her?"

"I said, it's not good!"

"Photo...... Did you shoot it well?"

"Nalan Twilight!"

"Okay, good, my fault, don't talk about it, don't talk about it......"

(c)

The inside of this abandoned mansion is far more dilapidated than the outside. Most of the furniture was rotten to slag, and the few remaining tables and chairs were crumbling, as if they would collapse at the slightest touch.

After entering, Nalan Yu took Zi's hand, went straight up to the second floor, and led her to the door of the master bedroom.

“Leira...... Prism...... river...... Layla Prizmliba?"

There was a faded number on the bedroom door, and Yakumo whispered the words on it. It seems that this Miss "Layla" is the owner of this foreign mansion...... Or rather, it used to be ......

"This is it. ”

Nalan Yu said this, and as soon as he pushed open the door, the scene behind the door was displayed in front of Yakumo Zi.

How to describe what you see? Yakumo Zi stood at the door, racking her brains and thinking for a while, and finally a word popped out of her mouth:

"Frozen ......"

The time in this bedroom was frozen.

Anyone who comes here will inevitably have such thoughts!

Indeed, anyone would be surprised that such a western-style mansion that has been abandoned for tens or hundreds of years has such a bedroom that is almost as good as new, and can even be said to be spotless.

Yakumo slowly walked to the large bed by the window, and the mottled shadows of the trees spilled through the open glass window onto the pure white sheets. She bent down and sniffed carefully—it was the smell of the sun.

"Here, presumably, it's ghostly...... Uhh

Before she could finish her sentence, she was pushed from behind and fell onto the bed. When he turned his head to look, of course, it was Nalan who was smiling evilly.

"What kind of plane are you kids!" Yakumo said angrily.

It stands to reason that both of them have long passed the age when young boys and girls are giggling and playing tricks on each other, unless......

Nalan Yu didn't say anything, just smiled and took off her shoes, got into bed, and climbed to Yakumo's side.

In the whole dark mansion, there is only such a place that shines through all the year round. The warm winter sun, the snow outside the window and the fragrance of the forest mingle to create a dreamlike atmosphere for the two. In such an environment, even if something happens that shouldn't happen, it's not surprising, right?

"What do you think......" he leaned into Zi's ear and whispered, "What should we do if we two lonely men and widows run to such an abandoned ancient mansion and find such a good place to lie down and stretch our muscles?"

The slightly cold breath that belonged to the vampire, accompanied by his words, blew on Yakumo's ears one after another, making her heart itch. She had done similar things to Nalan Hui before, this time, could it be regarded as "in the way of others, but also in the body of others"?

"You guy...... What the hell do you want to do?"

Yakumo Zi's old face turned red, and his voice trembled slightly. She should have kicked this damn vampire away, but for various reasons, she finally squeezed out only one sentence that had no deterrent effect.

This is not what a monster sage should look like!

"Can't you see what I want to do?"

With a rather ambiguous attitude, Nalan Yu blew his last breath in Zi's ear. Then he sat up and moved his body against Purple's legs, making it impossible for her to break free.

"When I came here, I thought, it's a pity not to make full use of such a good mattress. Nalan Yu smiled and said, "I'll help you press your legs, and you do sit-ups, a group of fifty, and if you don't do four, don't want to get out of this room." ”

"Wait, wait, wait...... What?"

This turn was too abrupt, and Zi couldn't accept it for a while.

"What do you want me to do?" she asked, looking stunned.

"Sit-ups!" replied Nalan as a matter of course, "Couple, shouldn't you do sit-ups when you have a cushion? Or do you want to do half-boat pose?"

"It's okay to be a fart, you can die!"

Yakumo Zi was ashamed and angry, picked up a pillow casually, and threw it away according to Nalan Twilight's head. She shouldn't have been angry, to be honest, she didn't know why she was angry, anyway...... She's just angry, so angry that she's going to die.

Having expectations for something like Nalan Twilight is simply a stain on her life as a monster sage Yakumo Murasaki!

"Oh-I see!" Nalan Yu grabbed the pillow that Yakumo Zi threw over, and said as if he had a sudden realization:

"You weren't supposed to be ...... You're all getting old, no matter how you say it...... Not quite right, right?"

"Give me death!"

"No, no, don't get me wrong, if it's too much to bear, I can help with it, but I'll have to wait until you've done two hundred sit-ups......."

"Die twice!"