“Master, according to the maid, it seems to have suddenly quieted down inside.
Do you need to go in and check?”
“No need.
They’re probably exhausted after finishing their business, likely just fell asleep on the bed.
Instruct the maids not to disturb them, let them rest for the night, and we’ll talk tomorrow,” Norma instructed.
“Understood.” The head maid took her leave, dispersing the eager young maids outside the room.
The next day.
“Ugh…” Jasmine felt a dull ache in her head, her consciousness hazy.
Even though she had slept until her biological clock naturally woke her, it still seemed like it wasn’t daylight yet.
She slowly got up, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and looked around, suddenly noticing something unusual.
“Snore, snore…” Right beside her, a blonde girl was sleeping with her, not only that, but she was also hugging Jasmine’s tail, drooling all over it, with saliva dripping from the corner of her mouth.
How disgusting! Jasmine pulled her tail away, looking at the saliva left on it with disgust.
She grabbed the bedding to wipe off the transparent liquid, but still felt it was dirty, so she used some water to continue cleaning it.
Speaking of which, what happened yesterday? How did she end up sleeping with this furry girl? As she gradually recalled the events of yesterday, she remembered having a fight with this mixed-breed cat, and then? After a long and exhausting battle on the bed (just kids playing around), they both fell asleep.
Jasmine, having sorted out the sequence of events, held her forehead, wondering why she had been so childish to make a big deal out of a small matter with a kid.
Not feeling hungry anymore, Jasmine smoothly transformed back into her human form.
Just then, a crisp ‘click’ sound came from outside the door, as if some kind of lock had been opened.
“Uncle Norma, you finally decided to open the door?” Mo Li said with a smile as Norma quietly entered the room.
“Ahem, Mo Li, how did you feel last night?” Seeing Mo Li already awake, Norma no longer tried to be sneaky, coughing to cover his embarrassment.
“Last night, you still have the nerve to ask about last night?” Mo Li looked at Norma with a forced smile.
“Ahem, well… I saw you were making good progress and wanted to give you a helping hand.”
“What helping hand? This whole thing was wrong from the start!” Mo Li explained, feeling a headache coming on.
“Wrong from the start? Oh, I see, you’re still in the early stages of love, and progressing too quickly isn’t good for solidifying feelings, right? Well, you don’t need to worry about that…” Norma rubbed his chin, with an ‘I understand’ expression, patting Mo Li on the shoulder with a smile.
“No, that’s not it!” Mo Li found it hard to keep up with Norma’s train of thought.
This uncle, almost middle-aged, still had such disrespectful thoughts, with his mind full of inappropriate ideas.
“Not that? Oh, I get it, you’re afraid of causing trouble with a single move, right? You don’t need to worry about that either.
I’ve already prepared everything for the aftermath, including a crib, parenting books, and a full set of early education materials.
As for a room, there are plenty of mansions in my territory, and I’ve also prepared toys for the kids.
For boys, there are toy carriages, and for girls, dolls…”
“No, none of that! What are you talking about, uncle?!” As the conversation veered further off course, Mo Li felt like they were on completely different wavelengths.
“Right, right, prenatal education shouldn’t be neglected either.
We can’t let the kids lose at the starting line!”
“Enough!” Mo Li took a deep breath.
“It’s not what you think at all.
From the start, it was a misunderstanding.
I’m not in a relationship with her at all!”
“…Huh?” Norma was taken aback.
“Not in a relationship?”
“Of course not.
I’ve known her for less than a week, and inviting her to dinner was just because she helped me with something.”
“…” After learning the truth, Norma fell silent.
“I see, but have you considered starting as friends?”
“…Uncle, how much do you want me to get married and have kids?” Mo Li was exasperated, with a ‘be normal, you’re scaring me’ expression.
“…Alright, I was indeed too hasty.” Norma sighed, shaking his head helplessly.
He had thought their progress might be at the fifth step, or maybe the fourth, or at least the second.
He didn’t expect they hadn’t even taken the first step, leaving him a bit disappointed.
“By the way, who is this girl?”
“Well, she’s not human.” Seeing that Norma had almost figured it out, Mo Li didn’t hide it and told him directly.
These things couldn’t be shared with others, but with Norma, who had clearly seen a lot, it was fine.
The proof was that Norma showed no surprise at Mo Li’s half-human, half-dragon identity.
“Not human? Then what is she? A heretic or a different race?”
“She seems to be a beast race under Aurevigia.”
“Aurevigia, a fox race, huh?…” Looking at the sleeping girl with her cat ears fully exposed, Norma gradually recovered from his surprise.
“Uncle Norma, do you know much about the fox race?”
“Not much.
I only know that this race, like the White Feathered Dragons, belongs to the mythical species.
However, they act even more low-key than the White Feathered Dragons.
In the human kingdom, people might have heard of dragons, but no one has heard of fox spirits.”
“Is that so.” Mo Li frowned slightly.
The information Norma had about fox spirits wasn’t more than what he knew.
At least in his previous life, he had met the saintess of the fox spirits.
“In that case, how did she come to the human city-state? And what is her purpose here?”
“I don’t know, but for now, it doesn’t seem like she’s acting as a spy.”
“How can you tell?”
“She’s surprisingly dumb.
If she were a spy, she’d be a sitting duck.” Mo Li said with a blank expression.
“Besides, she’s also one of the contestants in this competition, just like me, with several consecutive wins.” Looking at the still-sleeping Limdis, Mo Li’s eyes flickered.
“By the way, she has a bloodline.”
“I see, so the bloodline holder you mentioned is her?” Norma pondered for a moment, not sure what he was thinking.
When he looked up, his gaze was more serious.
“Mo Li.”
“Hmm?”
“Do you think this girl will be an obstacle to you winning the championship?”
“Not really, why?” Mo Li picked up on the undertones in Norma’s words but wasn’t sure.
“If she’s a threat you can’t handle, you might as well… deal with it in advance.” Norma’s voice turned cold.
“…Uncle, have some faith in me, will you?” Mo Li rolled his eyes at Norma.
“I don’t think I’ll lose to such an idiot.”
Besides… although he didn’t consider himself a good person, he had his principles.
There were certain things he wouldn’t do, even if he could.
