Chapter 45: The Princess's Spell

Late at night,

Lu Xun lay on the spacious, soft big bed, snoring loudly.

Xiao Bai curled up on his chest, just like a milky-white snowball, sleeping especially sweetly.

The night breeze stirred the curtains, bringing pale red moonlight into the room.

Suddenly, Xiao Bai opened her eyes.

The eyes were still its eyes.

But at this moment, if someone met its gaze, they would feel that what they saw was not a cat.

but a person.

"I'm so angry!"

"How dare you make this princess carry his shoes!"

"You lowly lifeform, what right do you have to share a bed and pillow with this princess!"

"Ahhh, even going to the toilet requires the princess's company!"

"Detestable human, I will kill you!"

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Xiao Bai's whole body exuded killing intent, her little claws flashing with cold light as she lunged at Lu Xun.

Just as she was about to grab him, a strong big hand suddenly appeared and snatched her up.

"Indeed, it's been a month."

Lu Xun sat up from the bed.

These past days, that whatever princess hasn't shown up; Lu Xun guessed the pattern might be a week, half a month, or a month.

Sure enough, it's been exactly a month since the last time.

"Let me go, stupid human."

Xiao Bai, who had turned back into the princess, struggled.

Lu Xun let her down.

"Princess Barbara, we meet again; next time we meet, could you not be so fierce?"

Lu Xun gave a friendly greeting.

Her long name, Lu Xun only remembered the three characters Barbara.

In many old-era games and movies, this name happens to appear.

Of course, this is just a coincidental similarity in pronunciation; the Barbara this princess speaks of may not mean the same as the Barbara on Lan Xing.

"Detestable human, from now on you are not allowed to bathe and sleep with this princess, not allowed to bring this princess when you go to the toilet, and most importantly, not allowed to let this princess fetch your slippers!!!"

Princess Barbara raised her claws and solemnly listed three prohibitions.

"This has nothing to do with me; think about it, aren't these things you did yourself?"

Lu Xun spread his hands.

"Detestable!"

Upon reflection, Princess Barbara realized it seemed she herself had done those things.

Even when taking a bath, it was Xiao Bai seeing Lu Xun wash, then running into the bathroom herself to have Lu Xun help her wash.

And Xiao Bai is actually her body's instinct after her consciousness fell asleep.

In other words, her body's instinct is especially close to Lu Xun.

"Damn sleeping spell!"

Princess Barbara had a headache.

"Alright, the princess's time is limited, so I won't dwell on this; now the princess will teach you a spell as a reward for serving her these many days—if you can learn it, next month the princess can give you even more benefits."

Faced with the matter at hand, Princess Barbara decided not to quibble over these minor details.

"A spell?"

"Um, it's a magic spell; it's our Astra Star people's ultimate weapon, powerful spells only possessed by royalty—if it weren't for the princess ending up in this situation, you'd never dream of learning these spells."

"It's so precious; I'd rather not learn it."

Lu Xun lacked interest.

The system doesn't let him cultivate; what can he do?

"This spell can make a person pause for a while; the exact duration depends on the power gap between you and your opponent—even if it's just an instant, at a critical moment it can save your life or turn the tide—are you really not going to learn it?"

Lu Xun didn't want to learn, but Princess Barbara instead urged him on.

"Not learning—I don't like the hard work of cultivation."

Lu Xun shook his head.

"Stupid human, this isn't cultivation; it's just learning a phrase."

Princess Barbara was frustrated with his lack of ambition.

"Fine, you teach."

Lu Xun finally got a bit interested.

Can a single sentence really make someone freeze?

This isn't quite like the Immobilization Technique of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

No, it's still not as good as the Immobilization Technique.

Others need only a single character, while you need a whole sentence.

But since it's not cultivation, learning it is no problem.

More skills never weigh you down.

"Listen well, the princess is about to chant the spell."

Wait.

Lu Xun took out his phone, opened the video, and said, 'Now recite it.'

'Spells cannot be recorded; you're wasting your effort.'

Babala scoffed.

'Doh mi ka ha bi bi ne ba @#￥&（*&~'

Then, Babala spat out a long string of syllables that sounded full of magic.

'Did you remember it?'

After finishing, she asked.

Lu Xun opened the video playback to check—well, there really was no sound.

'Recite it again.'

He really hadn't memorized it.

'Doh mi ka ha bi bi ne ba @#￥&（*&~'

Babala recited it again.

'What about now?'

She asked.

'Still not working.'

'Really stupid.'

Babala had no choice but to recite it several more times.

'Doh mi ka ha bi bi ne ba @#￥&（*&~'

Finally, Lu Xun managed to recite it.

'Why isn't it working?'

He had recited it, but there was no effect at all.

'You're not royalty, so of course it's useless to just recite it like this. This is the magic power circulation diagram I drew for you. When reciting the spell, you need to use magic power to produce the sound—that is, vibrate the magic power to emit sound. Do you understand?'

While Babala was speaking, her claws had somehow drawn several extremely complicated diagrams on the wall.

'Magic power? Where would I get magic power?'

Lu Xun certainly had no magic power.

'Magic power is the ability possessed only by Western mages.'

'Oh right, I forgot about that. Now it's troublesome—if we encounter danger, you can use my blood... meow....'

Babala's voice turned into a 'meow' mid-sentence.

'Meow~ meow~'

After letting out several 'meows' in a row, she resignedly gave up.

Then, just like last time, the spirituality in her eyes vanished instantly, and the lively expression on her face disappeared as well.

She turned back into a real cat.

She became Lu Xun's Little White.

'Meow~'

Little White jumped into Lu Xun's arms and rubbed against him.

'This is your own doing.'

Lu Xun picked up Little White and examined the diagrams Babala had drawn on the wall.

He actually remembered that spell just now.

These diagrams are just too complicated.

He, lacking any magic meridians or magic power, simply couldn't understand them.

After thinking, Lu Xun still took out his phone and photographed those diagrams.

'What did she mean by her last words—that her blood could be used to cast a spell?'

Lu Xun stroked Little White as he thought.

Little White is Babala transformed.

Using its blood might actually work.

'Let's try it only if we really encounter danger.'

Little White is so obedient, Lu Xun couldn't bear to use its blood for an experiment.

If we truly face a danger we can't handle, trying then won't be too late.