The night before (9)
It was evening again, and twilight dyed the entire sky.
Linyin carried the kitten downstairs and saw Song Baiyue standing upright outside the corridor, with even two dead leaves falling on his shoulders.
The next second, she was pulled into a trembling hug.
Song Baiyue's arms were like an iron cage, but they relaxed as they touched her back. His hot breath fell on the back of her neck, and the buttons on the front of his uniform pricked her collarbone.
"I'm sorry." He apologized sullenly, "I've hidden a lot of things from you."
The kitten cried out in protest, squeezed out from between the two tightly pressed bodies, and landed lightly on the ground.
"I joined the Fantasy Beast Palace when I was ten years old, and later... became a shadow guard, and have been carrying out observation missions ever since. Kitten is one of my observation subjects." After he said this, he let go of her, his chest rising and falling slightly.
Linyin brushed the fallen leaves off his shoulders. "You're the principal's right-hand man... Should this member of the discipline team take you to detention now?"
The corners of her mouth rose, and a hint of warmth returned to her eyes. "Let's talk somewhere else."
She was not surprised by his other identity and had been waiting for him to say it himself.
Her senses were extraordinarily sharp, and she noticed it the first time Song Baiyue came to her.
She wondered if it was because he cared about her too much, to the point where he needed to watch her in secret day and night - but that was too much of a coincidence. It wasn't possible that after the kitten was hatched, he would just find himself hopelessly attracted to her at that moment and begin to pay close attention to her whereabouts and daily life.
When she found the kitten, the shop owner muttered that it was a "channel item" from the Fantasy Beast Hall. She was wary of it.
Later, he took out the exotic beast stabilizing potion. Just by hearing the name and looking at the packaging, you could tell it had an extraordinary origin.
He is an orphan like her, without any family inheritance, but he can come up with a special blood contract method;
There was also the terminal on his wrist, which looked the same as hers, issued by the school. In fact, there was an extra small knob on the side. She observed that he often checked whether the knob was in place, and thought it was related to some special means of communication.
All signs indicate that he has a close connection with the Fantasy Beast Palace.
The two walked side by side on the campus, the night wind ruffling Song Baiyue's usually meticulously kept hair. "I was too conceited," he said with a wry smile, "I actually thought I could hide the news from Xiaomao and protect you."
The kitten twitched its furry ears at the words, looking unappreciative. The Fantasy Beast Hall had never been a happy home for it. It hadn't even interacted much with the Moonlight Deer. Officially, it came from the Bright Moon Forest, but in reality, it was from the Fantasy Beast Hall. When it was still a Fantasy Beast egg, the Moonlight Deer had lived next door to it, giving it daily injections.
Similarly, it had no interest in being nice to Song Baiyue, who was guarding the gate at home.
Song Baiyue smiled bitterly and told everything in a gentle tone.
It turns out that the Lord of the Hall of Fantasy Beasts is unable to inherit the Hall of Fantasy Beasts' inherited fantasy beast, the King of All Devourers, because he does not have the blood of the Frost family.
But to control the Fantasy Beast Hall, the Hall Master must possess repressive force. So she implanted herself with a Scarlet Rose, an immature result of the Fantasy Beast Hall's experiment.
The idea behind the synthesis of Scarlet Rose was to imitate Lan's Dark Night Orchid, but in reality, the finished product bore little resemblance, and the side effects were extremely severe, including but not limited to—
The implanted person will become paranoid and sometimes crazy;
Too frequent use will lead to the drying up of blood essence, and an external blood source will be needed;
If the blood supply is not replenished, the host's body will gradually become its stronghold, and eventually the entire body will be hollowed out.
Thus, the "V Plan" was born to control Scarlet Rose.
According to the Frost family's records, among the mythical beasts, there exists a "Guide," capable of exerting a dominant, repressive power over all beasts. Artificially cultivating "Guide" is one of the paths of Project V, and Kitten, as Subject 0, has been invested with the most resources.
At first, all its indicators and vital signs were the strongest among all the experimental subjects, and the Palace Master also had high hopes for it.
But about a month later, all the kitten's indicators on the monitor began to decline. Even more strangely, after its condition worsened, the other 48 eggs began to die overnight, as if infected.
"It's like following a kitten," Song Baiyue described it this way.
Since the investment in the project is too huge, giving up on it would be a huge loss.
The Fantasy Beast Hall had no choice but to try a last-ditch effort. After isolating all the experimental subjects, those that hadn't completely died were released to the public - hoping that some extraordinary person would be able to bring them back to life.
The most anticipated experimental subject No. 0 was placed near the Thorn Flower Academy.
Song Baiyue happened to be carrying out a long-term observation mission at Thorn Flower, so the task of observing the condition of the experimental subjects naturally fell on his shoulders.
Linyin bent down and picked up the kitten that was scratching at his boots. "I still don't understand. According to you, the kitten is alive now and has indeed become a 'guide'. But since the kitten and I have such a close relationship," the kitten leaned forward and rubbed her palm, "shouldn't I be the one holding your vital points?"
"Control?" Song Baiyue forced herself to ignore the harsh "you". "The Palace Master... never wants to be controlled by others. With our current strength, if the kitten's situation is exposed, we will only 'voluntarily' become experimental subjects."
The kitten sneezed, shaking out a few strands of golden hair, which floated down between the two of them.
Song Baiyue lowered her eyelashes. "It's too late to say these things now... The news of your contract should have reached the ears of the Palace Master. But no matter what the outcome, I will face it with you."
Only the shadow guards who were classified as his own people by the Palace Master knew how much courage it took for him to say "face it together" at this moment.
Linyin looked at the sparkling stars on his eyelashes and wanted to tease him, "Eh? But the mythical beast I contracted yesterday was the Flame Suanni... Belle found it for me. Is it still dangerous?"
Song Baiyue was stunned, as if the whole person was paused.
"But... a guide won't allow his human companion to make a contract with another mythical beast..." He was stunned. "Isn't the kitten a 'guide'? Or... is there no contract between you and the kitten?"
She and the kitten are so close and have such a tacit understanding, how come they have never made a contract?
"Puff."
Linyin looked at his dazed look and finally laughed out loud, "Okay, stop being so bitter and resentful."
"There really isn't any kind of contract between me and Kitty." Seeing Song Baiyue's relaxed expression, Lin Yin added, "Of course, I don't have a contract with the Flame Suanni either."
Kitten jumped back to the ground, her hands in her pockets. "I don't plan on contracting any mythical beasts, and the school agrees to let me participate as long as I can earn back the lost points."
Song Baiyue stood there blankly, overwhelmed by the complex emotions that surged up in him.
Delighted, she had found a relatively safe path. As long as there was no contract, even if the Fantasy Beast Palace used special means to retrieve the kitten, it would not be able to do anything to her through the kitten.
Proud that the girl he liked was so smart and brave.
Annoyed that he had been so foolish, so overcome by panic, that his first reaction had been to try to stop her from competing.
"I think I can do it." She turned around and opened her arms. The whole blue sky seemed to be in her arms. "Don't you believe I can do it?"
“How could I not believe you…” He took a deep breath and thought of another question: “You… don’t blame me for hiding it from you?
Linyin bent down, picked up the kitten, and put it in his arms: "It's weird or not...it depends on your performance."
Even a clay figure can be fiery, and she wasn't one for soft temper. She could certainly step outside her own perspective, calmly analyze the current state of society, and conclude that the Phantasmal Beast Hall wasn't the primary culprit, but she still felt unhappy.
The heartbeats of so many people were toyed with time and again by the Fantasy Beast Palace and the forces led by it.
That’s right.
Those upper-class people can even openly change the data in the citizen information database. This time they just changed the rules of the game before the game - do they, the common people, dare to resist?
Well then, let’s just let the world see that as long as the owner is strong enough, he can also participate in the Fantasy Beast Ladder Tournament with his pet cat.
She was going to take the kitten and stand on the highest podium of the ladder competition.
…………………………
The coach to Coachella.
Bei'er sat on Linyin's left, and Song Baiyue sat on her right. She herself sat upright, looking straight ahead.
Song Baiyue was browsing the forum and secretly pushing up a post about Yin Qingyue who was missing a couple, which he thought was well-written. He didn't notice that there were already undercurrents between the two people on his left.
Belle pressed her fingers under her collarbone, her delicate eyebrows twisted in a distorted way, and she applied a little pressure with her fingertips, looking like she was imitating the "Breathless Realm" that Rin had used on her.
Seeing her biting her lower lip, her movements were awkward and she looked clueless, Lin Yin couldn't help herself and whispered to her side, "Don't practice like this for now."
Belle paused, "Aren't you ignoring me?"
Linyin laughed dryly: "No, no. It's all a misunderstanding."
For some reason, the air became even more stagnant.
Belle stared at Linyin for two seconds, her eyes strangely hot and her nose sore. She quickly lowered her head and pretended to continue studying her lung meridian.
Lin Yin reluctantly took her hand off and placed it on her thigh, "You should first cultivate your Wuji Zhenqi, and then consider the subsequent moves."
Belle thought that if she didn't do something outrageous, she would still ignore her, but her words softened, "It's all your fault. You said you would teach me, but you haven't been around all day, and...you still ignore me."
As he spoke, his eyes became red again.
She was so good to her! She showed her the Infinite Qi, even risked exposing the Dark Night Orchid to participate in the ladder tournament for her, and diligently and conscientiously found her an Earth-level mythical beast... She even reminded her not to drink the Stabb family's potion!
She just… just didn't tell her the whole truth. But… the Stapp family had a good relationship with the Lan family, and they were a buffer zone between the Lan family and the Fantasy Beast Hall, so she couldn't easily reveal their secrets.
There are also some secrets about the foundation of the nobility that are even more difficult to tell.
She also has a lot of difficulties!
"I'm not ignoring you." Lin Yin said seriously, "I took your book and I have to teach you. This is what we agreed on."
So what about the other things besides the agreement? Should I just ignore her?
Belle felt so wronged she wanted to burst into tears, but as proud as she was, she refused to shed a single tear. She pursed her lips tightly to hold back the tears, "Then you, you must teach me before the competition. Otherwise, I'll just be putting in the work and not putting in the effort. The Dark Night Orchid can't be exposed in vain."
"...Okay." Linyin had already made up her mind. She silently opened the terminal and sent a message to Song Baiyue.
"ah."
Someone who was immersed in the CP post was startled. He locked the screen in panic, his ears turned red, as if he was caught on the spot.
"Is it okay?" Linyin nodded and motioned him to check the message.
"...Yeah." Someone agreed, feeling sour in his heart.
It would be great if Rinyin could pay this much attention to him someday.
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