Chapter 4106: Rescue and Agreement

The young woman then reminded them:

"I know some of you are quite formidable, but you have no way to influence those women behind this wall. There is no way to cheat in this game."

"Human nature should not be tested. No matter how noble a soul may be, it will fall when faced with temptation time and time again."

A middle-aged man in the crowd spoke up suddenly; he was the church ring-mage the impostor had mentioned.

The young woman smiled and replied:

"This is not a test of human nature; it is just a small game. Besides, sir, since you say that, doesn't it mean you have already given your own guess? That the black-haired girl will use the tool, right?"

She asked the others again:

"Then, guests, what are your guesses?"

After a moment of silence, people in the crowd spoke up one after another. Viga grabbed Xia De's arm and looked at him, while "She" continued to say gently:

【Participating in this game will continue to increase the sin of "Envy/Vanity." Or rather, it will become increasingly impossible to refuse the temptation of the skin-objects.】

"Can we choose not to participate in the game?"

Xia De asked. The young woman was somewhat surprised, but she still nodded:

"Of course you can, but do you really not want to participate? Even if you lose, there will be no loss."

But Xia De still shook his head, looking expressionlessly at the two girls behind the glass:

"This is your territory. I have no way to help them, and I don't even know if what you are saying is the truth. Perhaps they are just two 'actors' wearing skin-objects. So I will not participate; otherwise, that would only increase my sin."

When he said the word "sin," he paid attention to the people accompanying him, but no one had any special reaction.

"No, handsome young sir, they are truly normal living people. I would never lie~"

Of the nine people in the final row, a total of only four did not participate in the game—Xia De, Viga, Mr. De Long, and the unknown church ring-mage. Of the remaining five, one guessed the girl would not act, and the other four guessed she would.

The answer was soon revealed. The black-haired girl who woke up behind the glass wall was panicked at first, and after trying to wake the blonde stranger to no avail, she looked at the box.

As people expected, she opened the box and saw the "operating instructions" inside. A look of astonishment appeared on her face, but after only a moment, she reached into the box and took out a small knife.

Of course, she was not about to act immediately. Even if influenced by the relic, the moral sense accumulated in the normal world still could not let her do cruel things. But for an ordinary person under the influence of a relic, the effect of mental resistance is almost equivalent to nothing. Her eyes gradually changed from terror to an indescribable meaning. Her gaze moved away from the knife and looked across the table...

Xia De felt the strength of Viga holding his hand increasing, and Xia De heard a sigh from behind him, though he did not know whose it was. Everyone watched as the black-haired girl stared blankly at the unconscious blonde girl, but before she could tremble and show whether she would put down the knife or take that step, Xia De spoke:

"Wait a moment."

Xia De said to the young woman leading the way:

"Stop. Let her stop. Since they are alive, I will buy them. I will bear her sins and let them leave here."

Even Viga was surprised by Xia De's approach. Although she could not bear to see this scene, she did not expect Xia De to be kind to this extent. But she would not oppose Xia De's decision; in fact, after her initial shock, she felt joy that the person she had chosen was indeed the right one.

The young woman leading the way pointed at the glass wall, and time behind the glass wall was immediately frozen. She asked Xia De curiously:

"You want to save them? To be honest, there are many ordinary people like them who come to the clubhouse. If I keep letting these people appear, can you save everyone?"

The Outlander knew very well what he was doing:

"I have always held this view—when I can help others and the loss to myself is not great, I will definitely reach out to help.

Since they are the first pair I have encountered since arriving here who have not yet met with disaster and can be saved, of course I must save them. If similar situations arise later, I will be powerless; I can only do what I can."

This was the Outlander's code of conduct after arriving in this world. Of course, this code only applied to strangers; if it were the girls he loved deeply, no matter how high the price, Xia De would still choose to pay it.

"Look at you, what girl wouldn't love you? You have both a good appearance and a golden soul..."

The young woman said with a smile, then looked at the glass wall:

"Alright then, I can agree to your request, but this is a loss for the other people participating in the game. They will also have to voluntarily give up the game."

The five people participating in the game subsequently indicated that they could give up the game. It was just a relic derivative mask, which did not count for much for the people who could appear here, and the consequences of Xia De's actions were what they were truly concerned about.

"They do not belong to your time. It was more than six hundred years ago that they entered the clubhouse. Even if you let them leave, they have long since had no relatives or friends. Besides, are you sure you want to save both of them?"

The young woman's eyes carried a smile and anticipation:

"The price is very high."

"Yes, save both. I don't care about their past stories or the reasons they entered here. Since I have encountered them, I will save them both."

Xia De said firmly, and the glass wall turned back into a mirror.

"Very well, noble guest. Their skins are not worth much, so this transaction can be concluded. Afterward, they will leave the clubhouse safely. Do not worry about us lying; there is a contract here."

She pulled a leather scroll from her sleeve. Xia De did not need to think to know what material the scroll was made of.

When the scroll was opened, it was already filled with strange, tadpole-like letters. However, no matter what language it was, it was the same for the Outlander; the "Language Comprehension" ability had never had any problems so far.

This was indeed an agreement. The content was that the clubhouse would release the two girls just now and guarantee that they would immediately return safely to the real world, while Xia De would be responsible for bearing all the sins they had accumulated through subtle influence during their six hundred years of slumber here.

Although Viga supported Xia De in saving people, she did not want Xia De to sign such an agreement of unknown origin. She pulled Xia De's arm, and although she did not speak, she had already made her attitude clear.

Even Mr. Gerald De Long held the same view, but after Xia De finished reading the content of the agreement, he only confirmed with "She" that the sins of ordinary people were not enough to allow him to directly obtain a spiritual rune, and then he signed the name "Xia De Su Lun Hamilton" in the blank space of the agreement.

The miracle 【Treasured Item】 took effect at this moment, but it did not activate the active effect of the miracle to make this scroll a supernatural item that could only be used by Xia De. Xia De only exerted the effect of the miracle to the minimum extent, ensuring that he could vaguely sense the location of the scroll because of the existence of his name.

He saved people not only because of kindness; he also wanted to use this to try to understand what the clubhouse's "agreement" was really like.

Now that his goal was achieved, the moment the name was written, Xia De felt as if something had been added to his soul, yet it seemed as if nothing had been added at all. It was as if many people were whispering in his ears; those voices told of their respective desires, the longing for a beautiful appearance, the expectation of showing off in front of others, the envy of those appearances they had never obtained...

This was somewhat similar to when he played cards at the 【Sin Clubhouse】 and gained the original sin of "Sloth" out of thin air.

"She" could inform Xia De of the specific situation in great detail:

【Outlander, you have felt the "Whisper."】

【Outlander, your original sins of "Envy" and "Vanity" have increased. This sin is of "Ordinary" quality and cannot be given a specific scale.】

【Outlander, you have gained some insight into "Vanity."】

Xia De handed the scroll back to the young woman. The latter did not seem to notice the trick Xia De had played when signing, and she put the scroll away again. And in Xia De's perception, the moment the scroll disappeared from his sight, it appeared out of thin air in the chaotic space at a certain location on the third floor above his head.

Xia De noted this location and said nothing more. The young woman smiled and said:

"Very good, I have finally made my first business deal. Although the profit is not much, it counts as having opened for business. Then, guests, please follow me to continue the tour. The second floor still has many interesting projects."

Although she did not take the group to see the skinners' work site with their own eyes, the second floor still had many uncomfortable rooms.

After leaving the room with the glass wall, the group visited the "Skin-Object Maintenance Studio," "Skin-Object Fitting and Makeup Room," "Non-Human Special Skin-Object Exhibition Hall," "Damaged Skin-Object Repair Site," and "Taboo Skin-Object Exhibition Hall" one by one.

During the tour, although the young woman did not bring any more ordinary people to demonstrate the process of making skin-objects to everyone, she still played several so-called "small games" with them.

These games, without exception, increased the sins of the participants, but each game was very simple, and it was easy to obtain the clubhouse's unique relic derivatives as prizes, so many people participated in the games.

Xia De and Viga, of course, did not participate at all. Games such as "Finding the flawed one among five skin-objects," "Finding the one whose gender is different from the skin-object among those trying them on," and "Guessing what race the folded skin-object originally belonged to" were also subtly increasing everyone's acceptance of skin-objects.

At least for Viga, her nausea was no longer as intense as it had been at the beginning. ===== CHAPTER 4107 =====