Chapter 70: Him? (Seeking monthly votes)

Facing his sister's concern, Lu Mian shook his head:

"No."

He looked left and right and said: "Let's talk inside."

Arriving near the stove, he first briefly mentioned his and Ryan's exploration process, then told his sister that if Madame Pualis came to attack them later, don't hesitate, surrender immediately, and betray those three outsiders.

Based on his encounter in the castle and the various phenomena he saw, Lu Mian didn't feel that the brother and sister could beat Madame Pualis together; they might not even be able to handle that "midwife."

Aurora listened quietly and couldn't help but laugh:

"From a rational point of view, your strategy is indeed the best, but how does it make me feel weird, just like becoming a villain in a novel, and not the main villain, the kind with charm."

"The result is what matters." Lu Mian emphasized to his sister, "According to your words, it is: endure humiliation, bear heavy responsibilities, preserve a useful body, and wait for the future to show value."

"..." Aurora couldn't help but raise her hand to support her forehead. "Did I teach you too many weird things usually?"

"Yes." Lu Mian nodded "sincerely."

Aurora rolled her eyes:

"Alright, I understand. Unless it's the most critical moment, I won't fight Madame Pualis head-on."

"Just now, Madame Pualis discovered the alarm was triggered and wanted to leave. I didn't force her to stay, just showed reluctance and chatted with her for another minute."

"Hmm, tell me in detail about the details of your search."

She walked to the side of the dining table and sat down, assuming a listening posture, while paying attention to the surroundings, guarding against Madame Pualis coming over with anger to question them.

Lu Mian pulled out the chair on the other side of the dining table and told the gains of the exploration and the process of the battle from beginning to end.

Listening, Aurora's expression gradually became a bit strange, more and more strange.

"What's wrong?" Lu Mian noticed his sister's anomaly.

Aurora pondered for a good while, and asked back with that strange expression:

"Madame Pualis's bedroom has a photo of a man, and that man looks somewhat like her, suspected to be her brother?"

"Hmm, those three outsiders said it might be a missing member of the Rochefort family, named Plet." Lu Mian relayed Ryan and the others' words, including "Dandyism" and many illegitimate children.

He finally added: "According to the investigation of those three outsiders, there is no one named Pualis in the Rochefort family on the surface."

Aurora nodded lightly and let out a breath:

"Then I can basically confirm my guess is correct."

The strange expression on her face didn't fade, but became more obvious.

"What guess?" Lu Mian looked puzzled.

Aurora looked at him and said:

"Perhaps, Madame Pualis is the missing Plet."

"Ah?" Lu Mian was shocked. "They are one man and one woman... Madame Pualis even gave birth to two children!"

"Who knows if she gave birth to them herself, perhaps the Administrator gave birth to them?" Aurora retorted with a sneer. "Even if they were really born by Madame Pualis, it doesn't explain anything. In the world of mysticism, everything is possible. Think about it, Louis Louis Longde, a man, can give birth to children, so Plet becoming a woman is nothing impossible."

"That's true in principle, but..." Lu Mian still couldn't accept it.

Aurora showed a teasing smile:

"The reason I dare to guess this way, and those three outsiders didn't have similar inspiration, is because I have heard, no, witnessed a thing."

"Do you remember which path is adjacent to 'Hunter'?"

"'Assassin'." Lu Mian answered without hesitation.

He had been tempted by this name, which was clearly better than "Hunter," at the beginning.

"In our organization, which is the Curly-Haired Baboons Research Society, there is a gentleman who likes to be an 'Assassin' very much and chose this path." Aurora said with a strange expression, "Later, at a gathering, he told us with a melancholic and troubled face, 'Assassin' needs to take a potion called 'Witch' at Sequence 7."

"'Witch'?" Lu Mian felt what was going to happen next as soon as he heard this potion name.

"Correct, 'Witch.' In the world of mysticism, 'Wizard' and 'Witch' are two completely different concepts. You always confused them before, saying I was a witch from time to time, and I felt weird in my heart when I heard it." Aurora took the opportunity to educate him. "Clearly, drinking the 'Witch' potion will turn one into a witch, act as a witch, and the body will also completely transform into a female."

*Hiss*... Lu Mian took a light breath, feeling extremely lucky that the first material he obtained was a "Hunter" Beyonder characteristic.

If what he got was related to "Assassin," with his urgent state of mind of not wanting to choose, he would have likely embarked on that path of no return.

"Later, did that person drink it?" He couldn't help but ask.

Aurora answered with a smile:

"He struggled for a long time, neither wanting to become a female nor willing to stop at Sequence 8 from then on, until someone persuaded him, 'Life is short, why not try?'"

"At a later gathering, I met him again, no, at that time it was already her, a very beautiful and charming woman."

"..." Lu Mian had nothing to say.

Aurora looked at him with a smile and said:

"Later, when you reach Sequence 5, if you can't get the Sequence 4 material for the 'Hunter' path, you can consider the Sequence 4 of the 'Witch' path. Yes, the 'Assassin' path is also called the 'Witch' path..."

She had an expression of watching the fun and not fearing the trouble.

"Witch"... Lu Mian deeply felt that the name "Assassin" was really misleading.

The world of mysticism is dangerous everywhere!

He hurriedly pulled the topic back to the right track:

"Looking at it this way, Madame Pualis really might be the playboy Plet."

Even an "Assassin" can become a "Witch," a path that can make men give birth to children can likely make men become women.

Aurora nodded and looked out the window vigilantly:

"I suspect Madame Pualis also became a woman after reaching a specific sequence, having to say goodbye to the family in the way of missing, lest she be discovered by the official side. Hmm, according to that mysterious lady's statement, the power granted by the deity can also be divided by sequence."

"This abnormal path of hers should also contain the power to promote fertility, utilize life, and control the undead."

"Utilize life, control the undead" was what she deduced from the battle between Lu Mian and the others and the "midwife."

This was also consistent with the performance of "Lady Night" in the Other Shore World being followed by many undead, and that person looked very much like Madame Pualis.

Speaking of this, Aurora suddenly said "Uh."

"What's wrong?" Lu Mian asked carefully.

Sister wouldn't think of some scary truth again, right?

Aurora frowned and looked at her brother:

"During afternoon tea, Madame Pualis suddenly said something about love being difficult to grasp, clearly because he made a mistake, wishing he would die, but when he really faced death, she couldn't help but want to save him, and wouldn't tell the other party.

"I was very puzzled at the time, but didn't pay much attention. Now looking back, did she have a hidden meaning, saying it specifically?"

Lu Mian was also puzzled:

"She saved someone, when did she save someone..."

Suddenly, he stopped and looked at Aurora.

The brother and sister thought of the thing where "Lady Night" took away the undead in the Other Shore World in the last loop, indirectly saving them.

"But that was the last loop..." Lu Mian just wanted to deny it, but couldn't continue.

He and Aurora looked at each other, discovering that both of their eyes were full of shock and fear.

If Madame Pualis was really referring to that thing, it meant she could retain memories in the loop, at least part of the memories!

"No way..." Aurora whispered, "Forget it, treat it as true, rather treat the enemy as powerful than be careless."

Lu Mian agreed and thought of one thing:

"Aurora, uh, sister, combined with the point that Madame Pualis might have been a man, is the person she fell in love with you?"

"I didn't do anything wrong, clearly you peeked at Louis Louis Longde giving birth to a child, the person Pualis loves should be you." Aurora retorted in response to the stress.

Lu Mian said subconsciously:

"Maybe she thinks I was directed by you."

"I don't have much contact with her usually, just brought people to break into her and the parish priest's adultery that time and was teased by her, while you discuss literature and fashion trends with her from time to time, and occasionally go to her house to borrow a pony."

"Eww..." Aurora's tone rose, showing a disgusted expression. "Then why did she introduce a marriage partner to me? Didn't you say, they weren't good, even very bad?"

Lu Mian thought for a moment:

"Maybe she wanted to use this way to destroy your interest in men, and then slowly lure you toward her..."

"What kind of weird things do you read usually?" Aurora glared at her brother angrily.

Lu Mian was not only righteous but also bold:

"Your novels."

"Is that so..." Aurora fell into deep thought.

After a while, she looked out the window:

"It's been so long, Madame Pualis hasn't come to find trouble for us, and the loop hasn't restarted..."

"Maybe she doesn't want to kill those three outsiders. Such official investigators sent out, once truly killed, might bring bigger trouble." Lu Mian guessed, "And she doesn't know I participated, so she didn't suspect you."

The witness is dead, and no one else saw him.

Aurora nodded imperceptibly and mocked herself:

"This wait makes me not even in the mood to prepare dinner."

Lu Mian suddenly had an inspiration:

"How about I go to the castle to see?"

"Criminal returning to the scene?" Aurora laughed.

Lu Mian nodded:

"I'll go see what the situation is at the castle. Anyway, Madame Pualis shouldn't suspect me."

"Ah, right, I haven't picked tulips yet, just use the excuse that you want to make fragrance to ask them for a few."

On the surface, Aurora and Madame Pualis are friends, Lu Mian doing this has no problem at all.

Aurora thought for a few seconds:

"You can try, but wait a bit longer, we can't fully confirm Madame Pualis won't come to find trouble yet."

"Hmm, if you haven't returned in half an hour, I'll go to the edge of the village to trigger the loop and restart directly."

"Good." Lu Mian agreed.

When he arrived at the Administrator's castle again, the sun had already gone behind the mountain, and the sky was full of red clouds.

Lu Mian passed through the garden and came to the open front door, saying to the male servant guarding there:

"My sister Aurora plans to make a kind of fragrance, I don't know if I can borrow a few tulips from Madame Pualis?"

The male servant wearing a red top and white trousers answered without any anomaly:

"I'll go ask the Madam."

He hurriedly turned into the castle, and after a while, came out:

"The Madam said, you can go directly to the garden to pick them."

She really didn't suspect me? And, it's like nothing happened... Lu Mian didn't try to enter the castle, walked into the garden, and looked for tulips.

When he saw those flowers, he also discovered a maid pruning the branches of a flower tree in the shadows nearby.

On the way passing by, Lu Mian looked at that maid casually.

Suddenly, his gaze froze.

That maid was in her forties, with brown hair and brown eyes, her face was beautiful, with no wrinkles, it was exactly the "midwife" who had a big battle with Valentine and the others and was finally thoroughly killed by Ryan!

At this very moment, she was standing alive beside Lu Mian, her face seeming to be dyed with a layer of shadow by the flowers and trees.

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