“Master of the Box Garden, your dullness makes me sigh.”
The object, which was instinctively taken into his hands, let out a long sigh.
Squinting in the dim light, I stared for a long time before I could recognize that the familiar shape was indeed Yao's beautiful head, just as I had thought.
Her long, smooth brown hair was neatly tied back, and her usually sparkling eyes were closed. Her thin, pale lips were slightly pursed, as if she were fast asleep, and her face remained as serene as ever.
I hesitated for a moment, then tried to lift her head slightly, looking up at her amidst Yao's astonished exclamation. I had wanted to do this for a long time since we met, always curious about the techniques used at Yao's joint joints, and what kind of internal structure they had that made them fit together so perfectly that it was almost impossible to tell they weren't a single piece.
Perhaps because my body acted faster than my mind, or perhaps because I knew that if I voiced my request, it would be difficult for the other party to accept it, I had already completed this less-than-honorable act of spying before Yao chose to stop me.
However, I was destined to be disappointed.
Contrary to my initial assumptions, Yao's neck did not contain any strangely shaped structures. Instead, it contained a large number of muscles and tendons similar to those in the human body, similar to the limbs I had seen before. Of course, there were some differences. Not only was there no blood flowing within these tendons, but the connections between the muscles were also in a way that I could not recognize.
Of course, I could also discern some things. The most obvious thing was that the connection between Yao's head and body was through something resembling a spine that did not exist on her head, and that she did not have weak structures like a trachea and esophagus.
That makes sense. She can freely hot-plug her own head, even throw it out and let it roll around on the ground or bang on doors to scare people, so why would she need something that only causes trouble and weaknesses?
As for how to solve the problems of vocalization and survival... Although I always feel that it is a bit unnecessary for me to consider these things, according to Yao's solution, the former is to combine the free-state magic in the air to form a specific sound, while the latter is that her unusual body does not need to rely on the inefficient conversion method of decomposing and absorbing the energy in food to maintain itself. As long as the magic in her body is not completely empty, it is fine.
To exaggerate a bit, it could even be described as the realm of the ancient legends, where the most capable people could drink the wind and dew.
That's really enviable.
"...Master of the Box Garden, could you please explain what you are doing right now?"
Yao Youyou’s voice rang in my ear, like an invisible female ghost gently placing her hand on her prey’s shoulder from behind, breathing softly in my ear, her voice carrying a hint of anger and resentment questioning my actions.
This rare girlish demeanor startled me, making me realize that even though Yao had survived so many rumors for so long, she was actually a genuine woman.
Of course, I couldn't admit that all of this stemmed from my sudden curiosity, so I coughed lightly to cover up my embarrassment and earnestly apologized to her repeatedly. Only after receiving her forgiveness and the warning that "this will not happen again" did she finally let it go.
Then I asked her about her purpose and reasons for coming.
While it would be pleasant to have an extra advisor to help me think when I'm troubled, it's really unnecessary to just teleport myself over, let alone just send over a head. Apart from being horrified and bizarre, I can hardly find any other feelings that can be translated into words to describe it.
Well, that's why I had some suspicions when I caught Yao's head. If Hikari had caught it, it's hard to say whether she would have screamed and thrown it away immediately.
I have a strong feeling that there's a high probability that that little idiot will do something like that. But if it really does go that way, then we'll have to worry about whether there are any backups and how to fix those two things.
Fortunately, this possibility did not materialize.
There seemed to be rising stomach acid in the distance, and viscous liquid was dripping from above from time to time, but fortunately it didn't affect us for the time being. After replenishing my defensive shield, I still had a little time to catch my breath and have a friendly chat with Yao.
"I noticed the danger here by chance while following the clues you gave me and investigating the surrounding area." Yao, who was always the most sensible and discerning of the four, quickly got into the zone and explained clearly and fluently why she was here. "At that time, I happened to be reading a book called [Frost Sword]'s Heartfelt Words."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know at first that it was the Book of Heartfelt Words. I just thought it might contain some important information, so I skimmed through it. By the time I noticed something was wrong, I had already noticed the interactions between her and you these past few days, as well as the series of unfortunate accidents that happened to her."
“At the time, I was going to close the window directly. Spying on someone else's thoughts, even a stranger's, without permission is more impolite than checking the publicly available chat content. But just before I closed it, I noticed that in the latest description, she repeatedly mentioned the danger she had encountered with you in a critical tone.”
The head being cradled swayed slightly from side to side, as if checking its surroundings, but the eyelids covering its eyes remained closed.
Yao, having completed her observation, continued with certainty, "This should be the stomach of the abnormally sized dragon beast she repeatedly mentioned, right? According to her inner thoughts, she missed the chance to jump into the dragon beast's mouth because she was pulled back, and could only linger outside, trying to interfere with the dragon beast's feeding behavior, but due to the dragon beast's enormous size, she didn't achieve much. During this stalemate, the injured person who had recently been swallowed by the dragon beast suddenly appeared not far away, but we couldn't find you among them..."
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