"Senior, how am I doing?"

"Well, good, it was all beyond my expectations." Xue Qiong's right arm circled her waist and clasped tightly with her right hand.

"So..."

The energy of the two fused together, and it was like a substantial dark attribute magic that obscured the sky, sending the dawn back to darkness once again.

And then there are the flowers.

Flower.

Flower.

Flowers, flowers.

Countless long and narrow flowers and leaves sprout out of thin air from the ground, flourish and then wither, and then from the same place pull out slender stems with gradually expanding buds.

When a trace of slender stamens stretches out of the petals and opens into a strange and unique shape that people can't take their eyes off, the black-gray Manzhu Sawa has bloomed into an abnormally large diameter of more than one meter, blooming all over the castle and the entire Yuanhu Town...

In an instant, there was only a sea of black and gray flowers left between heaven and earth, completely changing the tone of the world like a black and white silent movie, and even the full moon hanging high in the sky was covered with a layer of gray, but it was dazzlingly bright.

And Manju Sahua, which symbolizes the boundary between life and death, also makes everyone who sees this scene suspect that this is a beautiful vision that he saw when he was dying...

In fact, it doesn't make a difference.

"Let's bloom."

As the two of them announced in unison, countless manju sawa composed of energy flashed with electric light, and while losing their stability, they also directly turned into countless *, until all the places where there were living creatures in the vicinity were completely washed!!

"Hey!! You guys are crazy!! ”

Canquillo stood in front of Artoria, and the countless fist shadows he threw formed an energy shield, so that he didn't turn into minced meat like the others.

And by the time the dust of the explosion cleared, the two men were long gone......

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A day before, at night.

"Tomorrow is the full moon..."Xue Qiong watered the flowers in the moonlight, lilies.

It's been over a week since I came here.

During this time, Xue Qiong lived a very comfortable retirement life every day, standing at the gate of the yard every day yawning and basking in the sun, and lying on the bed at eight or nine o'clock in the evening.

After eating that day, he still bought a few fresh fish from the lake as he said, and when he walked into the kitchen, he flipped his wrist and found an extra bag of sauerkraut fish ingredients packed in the supermarket.

As a person who has already seen through the illusion in the star of Azulla, and has almost absolute control over the owner of his brain, he will easily regain control every time he dreams, and then continue to test or transform his psychological state in the dream according to his own wishes, and even simply refresh, and Lu Ziqiao, who really controls this world, has completely let him go, if he wants to make this half-virtual and half-real world a little more insignificant, even if it is a small thing that does not exist, it is just a matter of thinking or not wanting to.

Although considering Xiao Yun's physique, there is no garlic in this package of ingredients, and the taste is even worse, and Xue Qiong's own cooking level is also completely half-baked, but how can the food culture accumulated in the East for thousands of years be comparable to this crude diet in the context of the Middle Ages? So all he needs to do is boil a pot of water, pour everything into it in one go, see if it's cooked, and then fish it up, and then he can complete the pinnacle of freshwater fish cuisine here - "boiled in salted water, dripping lemon juice and served with red wine".

Since that day, Xue Qiong has been in charge of the food and beverage work in this castle, and he has not stopped using 21st century industrial pre-ingredients, making different spicy chicken, beef noodles, curry rice, strange-shaped dumplings, braised pork, New Orleans grilled chicken thighs and even miso soup, and he doesn't even have to worry about these extra spices causing suspicion, after all, the residents of Yuanhu Town have already scavenged a lot of things from the surrounding ghost towns that they have never seen before, and everyone in this entire castle, Aside from the Blood Slave Butler who had nothing left in his mind full of etiquette, everyone had more important things to care about...

When he returned from buying fish, Canquillo had already told him about the conversation he had overheard.

He said that he was looking for evidence, but Xue Qiong said that he was too lazy, you go by yourself - he knew most of the things by heart.

These few words let Xue Qiong know that the two "sisters" are making a bet with planting flowers, and "Artoria" actually needs to "eat", but she may not know it herself... It's just a little more complete and interesting.

That's why he came to take care of the lilies planted by Artoria.

And when Xue Qiong was comfortably serving as a doorman, cook, and gardener, although "Miss Flo" did not have a good face every time she saw him, she appeared on fewer and fewer occasions.

Not to mention, after two more servings of fertilizer, these lilies really became a lot more lush in a short period of time, and more buds were drawn. In contrast, because the flowering period of Manju Sawa has reached the end in September, and Flo is gradually neglecting to take care of it, this half of the flower field is really a bit of a last-up meaning... He wasn't worried about what would happen to him. Even if there is no opportunity to communicate, he believes that whether it is from the perspective of Xiaoyun or "Flo", whether it is from the level of fun, or from the benefits that Artoria can bring to them after growing up in this, this is not a right thing.

As for Canquilo, in order to get more information from Artoria, who seems to be as pure as a white lotus, he has actually gotten closer and closer to her in the past few days, and even investigated several mysterious disappearances in Yuanhu Town with her...

"Will it be open tomorrow?" After finishing the matter, Xue Qiong looked at the buds that were slightly swaying in the moonlight with water droplets, and whispered.

Will it be opened, in fact, Xue Qiong doesn't care at all, he just wants to talk to himself like this.

With his hands behind his back and humming two small songs, Xue Qiong paced back to his room slowly, like an old man walking home.

Tomorrow is the full moon, which he calls ordinary heart.

However, when he opened the door to his room, he found that although it was only the night before, it was no longer normal.

Because it was close enough, even if it was only through the small window facing north, the little reflection of the moonlight that was so faint that it was imperceptible, he could see through the thicker and thicker yin qi, and he could see the humanoid energy reaction in front of the bed who didn't know how long he had been standing.

Compared to the day they first met, the energy in her body has been much stronger, but it is still so familiar and cordial.

"What's wrong?" Although he didn't care about the darkness, for the sake of a certain mood, Xue Qiong still went to light the candle and exposed his back to the other party defenselessly, "Eh, I thought I was hated by you..."

The candlelight lit up, and Flo, who had been standing, sat down on the edge of the bed, caressing the silky warm velvet sheets with one hand and pinching the hem of her skirt with the other.

Xue Qiong turned around and stared into her eyes, waiting for her to continue to say something.

Since the first day here, Flo hadn't been seen by him at night, not even attacking Canquillo—mostly because of her sufficiency, embarrassment, vigilance, and the fact that she had been spending less and less time in the past few days.

The silence continued until Flo looked away from him, but his tone tended to be calm, "Today, you must go. ”

Six words later, her lips were still rolling, and her voice was faint, but for Xue Qiong's hearing, it was still clear: "Give you a way to live... Damn, how could I... This bastard—"

She clutched the sheets.

Originally, she wanted to have a good meal before the big day, but how did she get here become...

Xue Qiong didn't even ask why, but walked straight to the bottom left of the edge of the bed, put her right hand on her left hand, and reconnected her gaze.

Flo's mouth opened wide, and he showed his four fangs in a demonstrative gesture to bite, but the rest of the game was the same as the last time.

Xue Qiong felt her hair little by little with the skin covered with neurons on her chin and neck, letting the scent into her nasal passages, and then remembering the taste of each molecule.

Even though his cold body still didn't have a trace of temperature, he was still happily enjoying the fullness in his arms.

“… Who are you? ”

"What do you say?"

"It's definitely not the stupid name of Kung Pao Chicken."

"Hmm."

"You'd better hurry up, tomorrow... I can't protect you. ”

"So I'm going to stay here and stay with you."

"You rascal."

"Thank you."

"We've seen each other before?"

"Then ask yourself."

"Why can't I refuse you?"

"Then you have to ask yourself. But there's no hurry... Just go with the flow. ”

“… Alas. ”

Flo finally looked up, "Come with me, I'll show you something." ”

"Okay."

"But after that, you're leaving."

"Let's see first."

Without holding up the menorah, the two of them walked around the castle where they could not see their fingers, until Flo turned a crucifix in her own room that was not very standard, and the death was too miserable, and half of the bookcase moved slowly in the grinding sound of the machine, revealing a secret passage downward.

"Actually, I've been sleeping in it for the past few days, replenishing my energy, just to prepare for tomorrow night."

In the automatic candle flame, Flo pointed to a coffin in the middle of the underground chamber and said solemnly.

However, Xue Qiong's eyes were focused on the corner, something with a completely different painting style, "What's that?" ”

It was a very sci-fi cryogenic cabin.

"I don't know, it seems like it was there a long time ago... Hey, are you listening to me? ”

"Oh~~" Xue Qiong pretended to be surprised, covering her mouth with one hand and pointing at people with the other, "You are a vampire?!! ”

“… Well. ”

"Fools can see this kind of thing..."

"Huh?!"

"Or what do you think?"