Vol 4. Chapter 94.1: An Interesting Discovery

“Little brother, you’re trying to hide your identity by pretending to be a girl, aren’t you?”

“Y-yes......”

“Hehe, I knew it. Since you’ve come into my shop, that means we were brought together by fate~ Since that’s the case, I’ll help you out a little~”

“Help? What do you mean?”

“I’ll just sell you a few useful items. Of course, since you’re such a pitiful little brother, I’ll give you twenty percent off~”

Shopkeeper Noya said with considerable amusement.

Although Shang Mo knew that the person in front of him was the type who lived for entertainment and was probably planning to mess with him, considering her overwhelming strength and the oppressive aura that left no room for refusal, the unfortunate newly reborn Child of Destiny could only bow beneath the fox lady’s tyranny in the end.

He handed over every last bit of his wealth to the fox lady in exchange for a tutorial called ‘The Self-Cultivation of a Cross-Dressing Man,’ along with ten spirit pills that could apparently help him conceal his true sex?

Only after squeezing the very last Origin Stone Coin out of him did the fox lady reluctantly allow him to leave the magical bookstore.

“What a fucking profiteer!”

After leaving the magical bookstore, Shang Mo couldn’t help cursing inwardly.

Thanks to Noya forcing that purchase on him, the little bit of money Shang Mo had earned from selling the ship’s cargo had bid him farewell just like that. And because he no longer had that money, poor Shang Mo had been forced to sleep outdoors and live off whatever he could find all the way until he reached the Black Rose Family’s territory.

Originally, Shang Mo thought he had simply been ripped off.

But the things that damned fox had given him seemed surprisingly useful?

After studying the book she had given him a little, he really did start getting better and better at pretending to be a girl?! He had even managed to fool the Black Rose Family’s physical examiners completely?! With his current appearance, combined with what he had learned from the tutorial, disguising himself as a girl didn’t seem difficult at all.

Uh......

The only thing he needed to be careful about was not getting too immersed in the role, or he might actually start thinking of himself as a girl.

The book was definitely useful, but those pills seemed to be the real deal too? After taking one, they could actually temporarily transform him into a girl?

Seriously, just who was that profiteering fox? Why did she even have medicine like this? It was powerful enough to fool even the Black Rose Family......

But no matter what,

thanks to the medicine that profiteer had given him, he hadn’t been exposed.

Looking at the stunned Luowei in front of him and the muscular Barbie standing beside him who had fallen completely silent, Shang Mo inwardly let out a long sigh of relief.

At the same time, he was also deeply thankful that he had made the right decision earlier.

“Looks like taking that pill before coming to see Lady Luowei was the right choice...... They really were suspicious of me......”

Still,

that was understandable. His talent was this absurdly high, and he was fucking claiming to have amnesia too? Anyone normal would be suspicious, right?

But......

Did they really have to be this rough......

Wuwuwu~

Lowering his head to look at his bare upper body, Shang Mo couldn’t help feeling wronged.

At the same time, he began recalling what he had read in those books, thinking about what an ordinary girl should do if she encountered a situation like this.

Very quickly, Shang Mo found his answer.

Cry!

As a Child of Destiny and a proper man, naturally, a man should not shed tears lightly.

But under extraordinary circumstances, Shang Mo resolutely tossed aside all that so-called masculine dignity.

He was already fucking cross-dressing, so what was there to be afraid of about crying?!

Besides,

“I really do feel like crying!!”

The moment he thought about how two female hooligans had directly stripped him, how his own little sister down there hadn’t even been properly touched by himself yet but had already been teased by someone else, and how being dragged here had caused him to miss lunch, Shang Mo’s eyes instantly filled with tears.

Bean-sized tears began falling uncontrollably.

“Wuwuwu......”

As Shang Mo’s crying broke the silence in the office, Luowei and Keke finally snapped out of their shock.

After pulling, pinching, and touching him like that, Luowei had completely rejected her earlier suspicion.

The blue-haired girl in front of her was undoubtedly a genuine girl.

There was no way she could be the Child of Destiny.

Which meant......

She?

She really was simply someone with extraordinary talent?!

Realizing that she had misunderstood and hurt the fragile child in front of her, Luowei couldn’t help feeling a trace of guilt.

However, as an old hand who had spent years working for the Black Rose Family, Luowei quickly regained her composure and bowed deeply to Shang Mo with an apologetic expression.

“I’m sorry, child. I misunderstood you just now.”

As she spoke,

Luowei gave the burly Black Rose Knight beside her a meaningful glance.

The knight named Keke immediately understood and quickly released the still-sobbing Shang Mo.

The moment his feet touched the floor, however, Shang Mo’s legs went weak, and he collapsed directly onto the ground.

Rubbing his reddened eyes, he wore an extremely aggrieved expression, as if he had just suffered some enormous humiliation.

“My...... my food......”

Watching Shang Mo cry so pitifully, Luowei apologetically removed her cloak and wrapped it around him, covering the large expanse of snow-white skin that was still exposed.

“I’m sorry, child. We recently received intelligence that a spy from the Crimson Leaf Empire had infiltrated our territory while disguised as a woman. I’ve been anxiously trying to find that spy. Your figure looked rather similar to the sketch we received, so I accidentally mistook you for them. I hope you can forgive me.”

Luowei’s eyes were filled with sincerity.

Although the entire story about a spy had been fabricated on the spot, Luowei acted as though it were completely true.

Her goal was very clear.

Since Shang Mo wasn’t the Child of Destiny, but instead a once-in-a-thousand-years peerless genius, then she absolutely had to make amends for what she had just done.

She needed to apologize properly to the girl, erase any resentment in her heart, and ensure that she would continue staying peacefully with the Black Rose Family in the future.

The female knight beside her naturally understood Luowei’s intentions as well.

She lowered her head cooperatively and said apologetically,

“I’m truly sorry. I was...... far too rough just now.”

“Wu?”

Seeing the two women beside him suddenly reveal guilty expressions, the resentment in Shang Mo’s heart began to ease.

At the same time, the confusion in his mind seemed to have finally found an ‘answer.’

So that’s what it was. A spy......

I thought I’d been exposed......

No wonder their attitude had been so strange?

When they had forcibly removed his outer clothing earlier, Shang Mo had already been deeply confused.

Suspecting that he was the Child of Destiny was a little ridiculous, but not impossible, considering how absurd his talent was.

But even if they suspected him, why had they shown such intense hostility?

As one of the pillars supporting the human forces, why would the Black Rose Family be hostile toward someone chosen by destiny?

That question had puzzled Shang Mo for quite a while.

But now, it seemed the mystery had been solved.

“They weren’t hostile toward the Child of Destiny...... They just hate spies. Phew...... Thank goodness.”

Shang Mo felt a wave of relief.

No matter what,

if the Black Rose Family he had come seeking refuge with really was an organization hostile toward someone chosen by destiny, wouldn’t he have fucking walked straight into a trap himself?

Fortunately,

he wasn’t that unlucky.

After finally getting his emotions under control, Shang Mo nodded pitifully.

“I...... don’t mind. I understand. Spies...... are really hateful...... I-I don’t blame Lady Luowei......”

Shang Mo tried his best to appear understanding and reasonable, hoping to leave an even better impression on the Black Rose Family.

However,

because his acting skills were terrible, neither his tone nor his movements made him look particularly understanding.

Instead, they only made him look even more like a pitiful little thing who had suffered a grievance.

Unfortunately, Shang Mo himself didn’t realize that.

Luowei, who took in all of Shang Mo’s expressions and movements, could only sigh helplessly.

Looks like she’s the type of girl who can’t hide her emotions.

Her grievance is written all over her face, and she’s still saying she doesn’t mind......

Sigh.

If she isn’t the Child of Destiny,

then this girl......

She was hunted down, lost her memories, and has so many scars all over her body.

She really is rather pitiful......

Luowei couldn’t help feeling a trace of sympathy toward the child in front of her.

Then, the secretary raised her hand and gently patted Shang Mo on the head, soothing him softly.

“I’m sorry. I’ll compensate you. Is there anything you want?”

?!

The moment he heard that, Shang Mo’s entire body trembled.

Then he abruptly raised his head and stared straight into Luowei’s eyes.

But now, the grievance in Shang Mo’s gaze had vanished completely.

In its place was overwhelming anticipation.

“Um! I want food! I want to eat! I want meat!”

“Uh......”

Watching Shang Mo suddenly change faces like a Sichuan opera performer, Luowei—who had just been sympathizing with the little girl—couldn’t help the slight twitch of her brow......

......

A short while later,

in order to appease this extraordinarily talented blue-haired girl, Luowei still ordered an incomparably lavish lunch to be prepared inside the office.

Then the secretary and the female knight Keke beside her witnessed an utterly jaw-dropping scene.

The blue-haired girl who had looked so wronged just moments earlier immediately swept away all the gloom between her brows the instant she saw food.

After receiving Luowei’s permission, she charged straight toward the dining table like a starving ghost reincarnated.

Under everyone’s dumbfounded gazes, she swept through dish after dish with the force of a hurricane.

In less than ten minutes, she had devoured two entire buckets of rice and three baskets of bread.

The amount of food required to feed five Black Rose Knights for an entire day disappeared into the petite girl’s stomach in an instant.

And judging by her expression, she didn’t even seem half full yet......

“My god......”

Watching this pitiful, weak, helpless, yet astonishingly gluttonous girl, Luowei’s eyebrow twitched somewhat uncontrollably.

Still, the secretary had seen plenty of major events in her life and quickly steadied herself.

Then she quietly leaned beside the window, staring thoughtfully at the blue-haired girl as she ate.

So the person who stayed hidden for so long......

was actually a girl?

Hehe.

No wonder she nearly got killed.

That old bastard really does favor boys over girls......

To think he would even abandon a child with talent like this.

Well,

that works out nicely for us.

It gives us an opportunity~

Thinking this, a meaningful smile gradually appeared on Luowei’s face.

While Shang Mo remained completely absorbed in his glorious mission of stuffing himself with food, Luowei leapt out of the window and landed in the garden below.

Then she took a rare communication magic stone from her spatial ring.

“Your Grace, I’ve discovered an interesting little fellow......”

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Let’s stop here for today. I’ll update the rest tomorrow. Going to sleep.

Extra — New Year’s Day, Part I

Seventh Update

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Eastern Region of the Great Winter Forest,

inside the barrier,

as morning arrived, little Limo—who had long since woken up and could no longer contain her impatience—realized that the ‘playtime’ Mother had specified had finally arrived.

Without another word, she transformed into a gigantic snow-white wolf and happily rushed out of the mansion with her adorable younger sisters Liyu and Yuan’er in tow, charging onto the snowy ground outside to begin a brand-new round of rolling around and causing chaos~

“Awoooooooo~ Awoooo awoooo~”

For a time,

the giant wolf’s cheerful howls and the clear, melodious laughter of the two little girls shattered the tranquility of dawn exactly as expected.

......

......

At the same time,

inside the master bedroom on the third floor of the mansion,

the faint howls drifting in through her drowsiness caused the black-haired girl lying on the enormous bed—possessing a perfect, completely naked body—to furrow her brows slightly.

Mmm?

The children?

They’ve already started making trouble......

So that means...... it’s morning already......

Mmmmmm~

The black-haired girl lazily pursed her lips.

Normally, the black-haired girl—our Lady Yumo—didn’t actually need sleep.

She usually spent the night in building mode.

Because of that, she had always been the earliest one awake in the entire household.

Being woken up by the children playing around like this was genuinely rare.

Not only that,

Lady Yumo even felt like she didn’t want to get out of bed.

Right now, her entire body was sore, weak, and aching.

Her body—especially her waist and both legs—was almost completely consumed by a feeling of exhaustion.

Her head felt heavy and hazy, and her eyelids were particularly difficult to lift.

Only after quite a bit of effort did she barely manage to open those crimson-red eyes.

Even then, she was still half asleep.

“Mm............ ngh......”

In her dazed state, a soft moan filled with exhaustion and drowsiness unconsciously escaped from deep within Lady Yumo’s throat.

Clearly,

our Lady Yumo must have gone through quite a storm last night to be this exhausted.

“Forget it. Last night...... we messed around for so long...... I’ll sleep in today......”

Anyway,

Youlan was back now, and Karina was here too......

There was no need for her to keep an eye on those children herself.

Thinking this, Lady Yumo tried to raise her right hand and reach for the communication magic stone on the bedside cabinet.

It seemed that she wanted to use the magic stone to notify the children outside and tell them to go make trouble somewhere farther away.