Nothing happened overnight.

Early the next morning, Merlin opened his eyes, and in the first rays of the morning sun, the burly demon king turned into a handsome prince.

The alternation of bodies also shocked Merlin, who had studied all night, and he tightened his pajamas that automatically shrunk to just fit and stood up.

Well, he finally doesn't have to run naked every time he changes like he used to, and yesterday's shopping trip allowed him to finally find the clothes he needs that automatically adapt to his body shape.

Originally, he thought that this kind of clothes should be difficult to buy, and he still needed to customize something, but he never expected to find it directly in the clothing store where he bought a new robe for Alice and others.

According to the shopkeeper's aunt, the ability to transform is quite common on the mysterious side, so this kind of clothing that can automatically match the size of the transformed body has been available for a long time, and it is still quite popular.

In addition, the clothes on the mystery side are not only suitable for body shape, as long as the guests want, they can also provide customized services for the species with wings or tails, using magic materials to make clothes that do not affect the movement of the wings or tails.

So, Merlin decisively took out his wallet and bought two sets of ready-made dressing gowns first, and also ordered a few sets of custom-made dresses, because his demon king's body had no wings for the time being, so he ordered a tail model, but the dress would be ready two days later, and the clothing store would arrange for home delivery after it was done.

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"Nasty, it's daylight again."

Merlin's neck, once again weakened, the snake couldn't help but grumble.

"Don't forget to tell me the rest of the story tomorrow, I'm curious to know what that basilisk senior did with those seven magic dwarfs?"

The demonic snake, which seemed to be getting more and more crooked, told Merlin this, and then shrank in size in the sun full of unwillingness, and its soft body became stiff, and finally turned into a delicate cane.

"Yes, yes, got it."

Merlin picked up his cane from the ground and said yes to it.

His fairy tales were originally meant to be told by little Alice, but now that the little girl has gradually adapted to the environment in the castle, she is a little embarrassed to come and occupy Merlin's bed every day, but as a result, the demon snake is becoming more and more addicted to it, and Merlin has to sacrifice half an hour of precious study time every night to tell her stories.

"Other people's traversers use stories to pick up girls, why do you become hooking up with a snake when you come to me, what kind of sin am I making."

Merlin shook his head amusedly.

But he doesn't lose anything, after all, it's a first-level seal with this demon snake, and after having a good relationship with her, he doesn't have to worry so much about the backlash of this product when he uses her power in the future.

Although Merlin's Night Stalker's status just offsets the biggest side effect of the Serpent's Staff being eaten at night, he still didn't dare to use the power of this dangerous seal at will, because if you want to use this seal, you have to awaken the snake's consciousness first and let her take the initiative to cooperate with you.

Generally speaking, the people who can hold the first-level seals are often the high-level elites of the major organizations, they are all big bosses, and the previous holders of the staff of the snake are also like this, they may find it a little tricky for the snake that is half-freed at night, but during the day, they still have the ability to easily solve the little resistance of the weak snake, but Merlin can't do it, he really fights five scum ordinary people during the day, and the prince's small body can't withstand the toss of this demon snake.

Merlin had been serving the snake lady with good food and drink every night, and had sacrificed precious study time to tell her stories, where had this demonic snake been abused in the past been treated like this, and she was now almost as tame as a domestic pet snake.

Of course, it was absolutely impossible for Miss Snake to admit this, in her opinion, she was not corrupted by Merlin's sugar-coated cannonballs, she just couldn't disobey the orders of the Demon King.

Well, that's right, if Merlin hadn't been a demon king, even if she would rather starve to death, she would never accept a bite of food from a lowly and weak human.

"Why don't you give it a try?"

Merlin hadn't tried the power of awakening the Serpent's Staff during the day until today, and he was still curious about what kind of power this thing had as a first-level seal.

Anyway, now that the staff of the snake has no negative effect on him, why don't you familiarize yourself with the equipment first? So as not to be in a hurry when facing the enemy because of unfamiliar abilities.

Do what you want, Merlin didn't bother much, he changed into loose sportswear, and then walked to the castle's martial arts training ground with his cane.

After all, it is a first-level seal, and the reaction should not be small when the seal is unsealed, so it is safer to go to a relatively strong martial arts training ground.

"Alas, the home is too big, and this is also a kind of distress."

Half an hour later, when Merlin finally walked from his bedroom to the martial arts training ground on the hill behind the castle, he thought out of breath.

I have to say that his physical fitness in the state of the prince is really not good, he was originally a little stunted because of his heart, and the original owner was a scholar, he only knew how to read and study, and he had never been too lazy to exercise, so this body was even weaker than the fat house physique in his previous life, it was just Lin Daiyu, he took two steps to breathe, and he had to rest for a while to catch his breath in less than five minutes.

"It looks like I'll have to take some time to exercise in the future, this physical strength is too rubbish."

Merlin was a little self-loathing, and he also wanted to see if proper exercise could promote the development of this body, not for anything else, at least a little longer, now this is too tall to hurt.

The martial arts training ground of the castle is the daily training place of the royal guards in the previous imperial period, the huge area is enough to accommodate thousands of people to train at the same time, in the past, this was the most lively place in the castle, every day there will be a training trumpet, there will be guards here to compete martial arts or something, but now it is a little desolate, from the cracks in the stone bricks on the ground there are countless weeds growing wantonly, and the wooden handle of the former exercise tools in the corner has also become rotten because no one has used it for a long time.

"Hey.... Ha ......"

Merlin had just reached the door of the training ground, but she suddenly stopped, and she heard a soft cheer coming from inside.

"Well, is anyone else going to use the training ground now?"

Merlin was a little curious.

It sounded like a woman's voice, and it sounded familiar.

He poked his head out and looked inside the training ground, and saw the figure wielding a sword in the middle of the huge field.

It was a tall woman, with a beautiful body curve that could be seen at a glance even from afar, and her silver hair was coiled behind her head for ease of movement, and the morning sun shone down, reflecting a delicate face that could eclipse the sunlight.

She was wearing a loose white swordsman suit, holding a training iron sword in her hand, her temperament was clear and awe-inspiring, heroic, and naturally exuded a nobility and indifference that could only be seen from afar.

She didn't practice any subtle swordsmanship, but she repeated the well-known basic swordsmanship almost reverently, which is the swordsmanship of the rotten street that anyone who learns swordsmanship, but in her hands it is not inferior to the grace of dancing, and the flowing movements are not like practicing swords, but like dancing.

Merlin was stunned, he almost forgot to breathe, knowing that a soft cry would wake him up.

"Who is it?"

The woman practicing the sword stopped moving, and her gaze swept in the direction where Merlin was.

Peeking to be discovered, Merlin had to walk out with some embarrassment and greet the female swordsman.

"Good morning, Vile."

This was the first time he had seen the head maid not usually wear a maid costume, which made him really amazed when he was used to the head maid dressing up all year round.

"Your Highness, why did you come here?"

Seeing that it was Merlin, Vioris breathed a sigh of relief and let down her guard, her doll's face was still expressionless, but there was some confusion in her eyes.

The cold head maid now only has obvious emotional fluctuations when facing Merlin.

"It's just a rare need to exercise for the first time in a long time, after all, I'm going to work from now on, and my body is really too weak."

Merlin scratched his face and replied.

"Vile, did you come here every day to practice swords?"

He also asked with some curiosity.

In Merlin's impression, it seemed that every time he woke up, the head maid was already dressed neatly, looking ready to serve him at any time, he rarely got up a little early today, but he didn't expect to see a different side of the head maid.

But think about it, if you don't practice swords every day, even the sword master will regress in martial arts.

"Hmm."

Vioris nodded slightly, answering Merlin's question.

She tightened her swordsman's suit a little unnaturally, as if she was a little unaccustomed to being seen by Merlin.

"It's beautiful, Vile, I always feel that you are very handsome as a swordsman."

Merlin calmly expressed his true thoughts.

"It's really nice to meet Vile, I want to try this guy's strength, can you please help me watch it."

He raised the staff of the snake in his hand and pleaded to the head maid.

"Your Highness, please be careful."

Vioris looked at the staff of the serpent, slightly vigilant, for this dangerous seal, she actually didn't want Merlin to use it, but as a servant, she would not interfere with her master's thoughts, as long as she secretly raised her vigilance, she clenched the sword in her hand, ready to immediately rescue people if there was a little accident.

As for Merlin, with the head maid to take care of him, he is naturally more at ease, even if this guy is just giving in in disguise, he doesn't have to worry about safety.

So, he raised his finger and put it in his mouth and bit it hard.

"Ah, it hurts....."

He cried out in pain in his heart, but because the head maid was still watching, he was too embarrassed to really shout.

"My bitter fingers, hurt every day."

It's only been a few days, and it's only three days for the fingers at both ends to bleed, thanks to the fact that after the demon transforms every night, the human body will recover from injuries the next day, otherwise his fingers will not be full of wounds.

Merlin's thoughts were scattered to distract from the pain.

Finally, he pressed his blood-stained finger against the staff of the snake, and the bright red blood flowed into the mouth of the snake at the head of the staff.

As a result, the snake staff, which had been like a dead thing, was awakened, and an ominous magic power emanated from the staff, and quickly wrapped Merlin who was holding the staff.

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