Chapter 39: The Imaginary Dog and Its Medicine-Testing Maid

Beikelande, Queen's District.

In a magnificent hall, a grand ball was being held.

The hall was divided into two parts: one was the dance hall, decorated with various splendid ornaments, luxurious to the extreme, and in the corner there was a band playing.

Noble gentlemen, ladies, and misses were dancing gracefully in the hall.

Along the stairs leading up from the dance hall was a corridor resembling a grandstand.

Guests stood in twos and threes on the upstairs corridor, either chatting idly or admiring the dancing in the hall below.

From time to time, a noble gentleman would approach a noble lady or miss and invite her to dance.

If permission was granted, the two would join the dancers below in the hall.

In an unnoticed, somewhat secluded corner on the second floor, Fengyi held a glass, his expression calm as he watched the nobles inside the hall.

Deep in his eyes, a faint golden light flickered, like a deep vortex, carrying a hint of dreaminess, as if it could swallow a person's soul.

"Truly ugly souls, a corrupt class!"

"If it weren't that this world is somewhat off, and that I am merely a transient visitor to it, I would likely have obtained the script of Great Emperor Luosai'er!"

Watching the radiant figures inside the hall, Fengyi couldn't help but feel a vague sense of awe.

Although these nobles appeared poised, under Fengyi's mind-reading ability, a stream of false or dirty thoughts continually surfaced in his mind, giving him some understanding of the corruption of these Beckland dignitaries.

At the same time, this state of knowing everyone's thoughts gave Fengyi a feeling of standing behind the scenes, looking down on the crowd.

"Indeed, the Spectator pathway is both the hardest to lose control of and the easiest to lose control of."

"Such control over others' souls easily leads one to immerse in role-playing, becoming arrogant, deviating from one's nature, gradually ceasing to be oneself."

At the moment this thought arose in his mind, Fengyi's ears suddenly heard an illusory shattering sound; within him, some conceptual power seemed to dissolve, completely merging with his innate spiritual light, becoming part of himself.

Stream after stream of information surfaced in his heart; Fengyi's body, mind, and spirit perfectly harmonized, entering a certain special state.

After using it for a while, the rules and abilities contained within the Mind Reader's potion inside him finally merged perfectly with himself, becoming a talent-like ability of his own, thoroughly made his own!

"What an effortless and heaven-defying system—no cultivation needed; various authorities, rules, and abilities are directly controlled by oneself, becoming part of oneself, simply like an active gift from the will of the world!"

"No wonder Kelai'en, in just a few years, directly surpassed the true gods and achieved the rank of a Pillar-level Old One!"

"Of course, the price is being able to endure the madness it contains, not being replaced by the mental imprint it contains!"

Various insights continually flowed in his mind; Fengyi unconsciously closed his eyes, quietly savoring this special feeling.

After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly felt something and opened his eyes, looking toward the other side of the corridor.

The next moment, a girl of exceptional bearing and appearance entered his view.

She was a tall girl with smooth, silky golden hair; her emerald-green eyes were clear and bright, like dazzling gemstones.

Her features were delicate yet soft, as if finely carved; every proportion was just right.

Even amidst this grand ball gathering many noble ladies and misses of Beckland, she seemed like the most dazzling gemstone.

She was Beikelande's most dazzling diamond, the daughter of Earl Hall, a great noble—Aodaili Huo'er.

"No wonder Kelai'en mistakenly took her for a witch—her looks and bearing are truly admirable."

His thoughts turning, Fengyi's gaze did not linger on Aodaili Huo'er but instead instinctively fell on the golden great dog beside her, his eyes showing a hint of strangeness.

"This is the great dog that, according to Aodaili Huo'er, mistakenly swallowed the Spectator potion at the previous gathering on Source Fort—a dog of Imagination?"

Thinking of Kelai'en and Alger's dazed expressions back then, Fengyi couldn't help but feel a speechless thought toward this nervy noble miss.

On the other side, seeing the secluded corner he had deliberately sought, now occupied by a figure he had previously seemed not to notice at all, Aodaili Huo'er's heart couldn't help but stir with doubt.

After skipping the opening dance, she had been standing on the upstairs corridor, one side observing the crowd in the hall, the other using the Spectator ability to watch the details of people's behavior, thereby digesting the Spectator potion.

But before she could even settle, she noticed through the details that many nobles around were 'restless', wanting to invite her to dance.

More importantly, while she acted as a Spectator observing the crowd in the hall, turning her head, she found her golden-haired dog Suxi behaving like a spectator outside the theater, silently observing her.

This caused Aodaili Huo'er to break her defenses, withdrawing from the Spectator state.

Afterward, she hurriedly brought her golden-haired dog Suxi to this somewhat secluded spot: first to avoid the 'enthusiastic' nobles, and second to properly tell Suxi that, as a lady's dog, such immoral peeking is unacceptable.

But what Aodaili Huo'er didn't expect was that a familiar figure was standing in this secluded spot.

"Baron Yadelien, how are you standing here? I hadn't noticed you at all before!"

"Aodaili Huo'er, as an extraordinary one of the Spectator pathway, you're too careless—remember this lesson!"

After a quiet self-reflection, Aodaili Huo'er's expression didn't change much; she remained the elegant and gentle Miss Hall.

"Hello, Baron Yadelien!"

With a flawless smile on her face, Aodaili Huo'er performed a proper salute, greeting the figure before her.

"Hello, Miss Hall!"

Seeing Aodaili Huo'er perfectly observing noble etiquette before him, Fengyi recalled the candid and lively Justice Miss from the gathering on Source Fort, and couldn't help but sigh that, as a daughter of a great noble, her acting showed no trace of performance.

His thoughts turning, Fengyi smiled and said, "Miss Hall, you are the most dazzling gem of tonight's ball!"

"Baron Yadelien, you overpraise me; you too are quite the gentleman tonight!"

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Fengyi turned his gaze to the golden great dog beside Aodaili Huo'er, smiling and saying, "This must be the Suxi Miss Hall mentioned earlier—indeed, very adorable!"

Saying that, Fengyi reached out and casually rubbed the head of the golden great dog Suxi, silently investigating the changes produced in an animal after consuming the Spectator potion, sensing how it differs from humans.

Facing Fengyi's touch, the golden great dog Suxi not only did not refuse but instead comfortably closed her eyes, looking very pleased.

Beside her, Aodaili Huo'er had been worried that her own dog Suxi, which had taken the Spectator potion and was very human-like, might show some abnormality; about to speak, she saw this scene and her face involuntarily showed a hint of surprise.

"Suxi doesn't usually like strangers approaching, does she?"

Having this thought arise, Aodaili Huo'er looked at the seemingly comfortable Suxi and immediately felt puzzled.

(End of Chapter)