Chapter 262: Night Rabbit Secret Sutra

After Lily returned to the Temple of Silver and Tin, she began to check what she would bring for tomorrow's trip.

She hummed softly and checked the luggage again and again lively.

In fact, compared to Aiwass, Lily was the one who was more excited about the trip. She was really looking forward to it.

She had never left the Glass Island since she was born—before she came into the Moriarty family, she lived in Lloyd's; and after that she moved to the White Queen.

Even before Aiwass took her to the Temple of Silver and Tin to ask Isabel for a place on her behalf... Lily hadn't left Moriarty Manor, let alone White Queen District and Glass Island, for several years.

It’s not that Aiwass doesn’t give her a holiday.

It’s because Lily will use her rare vacation time to read and enrich herself.

——However, this is not because Lily doesn't like going out.

On the one hand, it was because she had very little free time and she longed to read; and she wanted to read so much because she instinctively did not want to spend the rest of her life as an ignorant maid in a daze.

From this point of view, it also proves that Lily's body does indeed have the insatiable blood of Droste flowing in it.

On the other hand... Lily didn't want to leave Aiwass for too long.

Because she had read so many books, she had more experience than the other servants. Therefore, she knew that most girls who served as personal maids would not be as lucky as herself.

There are regular holidays, a generous salary, permission to read the master's books, and sometimes even meals together when there are no outsiders around. Moreover, the master she serves is also young, smart, handsome, and gentle...

Lily knew she was lucky.

So she didn't want to miss this opportunity.

So, even on vacation, she was reluctant to leave Moriarty Manor. What if Aiwass needed her on the day she was off? What if Aiwass got into trouble while she was away? If someone else took care of Aiwass, would she no longer be Aiwass's personal maid when she returned?

After all, in Avalon, real big shots generally don't deserve personal maids.

For example, family heirs usually have personal male servants since childhood.

They were stronger and more powerful, able to help carry heavy objects and protect their masters. Having grown up together, they were closer than brothers, playing together wherever they went. They could serve as coachmen, bodyguards, cooks, assistants, secretaries... This offered them greater freedom than the need for personal maids to maintain their beauty and appearance.

At that time, Edward had not yet joined the Inspectorate, so he could still inherit the Moriarty family. Therefore, Mr. James was Edward's manservant and Aiwass's maid.

After that, Edward joined the Inspectorate. According to Avalon's rules, those who joined the Inspectorate were forbidden from touching the family business—this was to prevent abuse of power for personal gain. After all, the Inspectors' main job was to monitor the various knight families.

In other words.

Lily knew that from then on, Aiwass had become the first heir of the Moriarty family.

As a male head of a household, bringing along a personal maid... According to the books Lily had read, this would be ridiculed by his peers in public social settings in Avalon. It was basically like saying, "I'm still a child and need a maid to take care of me," or admitting that he had no luck with the opposite sex, no lover who was both respectable and outstanding enough to be accepted by the elders in his family.

There were nearly a hundred knight families in Avalon on Glass Island alone, and the number of family heads with maids totaled just over ten. They generally gave the impression of being gentle and weak.

Ever since she learned about this, Lily had been extremely anxious. She was terrified that if she left home, she would no longer be Master Aiwass's maid when she returned, and she might even be kicked out of the Moriarty family because she was no longer useful...

If it was during the first few years after joining the Moriarty family, she might have been happy because it meant she was free.

But now she was no longer naive, and had gradually come to understand many things - she was all alone in a foreign land, without family or support, so where could she go? Was she supposed to be like in the books, marrying someone she had never met and didn't love, and becoming the wife of a businessman or a scholar?

She doesn't even have parents.

Without mom and dad, there is no home.

Mr. James and Mr. Aiwass, who were so kind to her, were her family. Mr. Edward was always old-fashioned and silent, while Miss Yulia was gentle and kind. They were all kind and good people.

Parting with family only needed to happen once. Lily was always afraid of being left behind again.

That's why Lily never dared to go out on vacation; that's why Lily was so careful to maintain her beauty and etiquette, thirsting for knowledge and showing loyalty. The root cause of all these impulses was the fear hidden deep in her heart, which she herself didn't even perceive.

Just like a cat or dog that has been abandoned once, it will become very well behaved when it is picked up and raised again.

——As long as we can be together, that’s fine.

When Lily was given the opportunity to embark on the extraordinary path by Aiwass, she was really happy.

This meant that she would become more useful. It also meant that Aiwass valued her equally and did not regard her as a burden that needed to be replaced and made him less dignified.

And now, Aiwass even takes her with him when he travels...

Does this mean that she has become useful? She won't be abandoned again...

After confirming this, the fear in her heart was dispelled. The shadow was like a brick of tea brewed in hot water, transforming into warm, bright water with a floral fragrance.

And after feeling at ease, she subconsciously began to crave more.

As Lily packed her luggage, she began to feel the desire in her heart gradually magnified.

I want to monopolize the young master, I want to love him, I want to love him hard.

Want to...eat him. Want to suck his blood and chew his flesh...

As she imagined it, her pupils gradually turned scarlet, her breathing gradually became heavier, and her heartbeat became more intense, so loud that it echoed in her ears.

“…Huh?”

Lily suddenly paused, her eyes slightly widening in surprise.

The power she gained from the path of adaptation suddenly calmed her down.

"Why……"

She was surprised at her sudden wandering thoughts.

At this moment, Lily suddenly felt a slight abnormality in the room.

She followed the vague impulse in her heart and walked over.

I found out that it was the birdcage that the young master had placed on the desk during the day.

There was supposed to be a book inside the birdcage. It was the "Morning Crow Secret Sutra" that the young master had read a few days ago. When the young master was reading this book, his clothes were burned and his hair grew longer.

--but.

Lily's eyes suddenly widened, her heart skipping a beat: "The book... is gone?"

The book in the birdcage disappeared and turned into a big snow-white rabbit.

The rabbit's scarlet eyes stared at her motionlessly, making Lily feel a little uneasy.

But what really made her anxious was that the young master's secret book was missing.

"Damn it, how could it be..."

Lily walked over subconsciously, wanting to check if the rabbit had sat on the book.

But when she approached the rabbit, she suddenly had an illusion in front of her eyes——

She saw the birdcage suddenly open and the rabbit jumped out.

The world around her instantly turned into a snowy scene—she was no longer in the room, but appeared in the deep snowy night.

The rabbit glanced at her in front and then ran forward.

“Don’t run!”

Lily felt extremely irritated and furious, and her rationality disappeared without a trace.

She didn't realize how unusual this snowy night was, but subconsciously chased after him: "Come back soon!"

(End of this chapter)