Chapter 4108: Clubhouse Master and Word Trap

"Miss Astley, this gentleman is your male companion from that charity banquet night, right?"

Mrs. Connaught asked with a smile again, and nodded affirmatively before Viga could answer:

"It must be him. I really envy you. With a young and beautiful appearance as capital, even if you are already 25 years old, you can still attract such a handsome young man in his early twenties.

As for me, I am already in my thirties. Time really doesn't forgive. When I was your age, although I didn't have your charm, I could always meet young men chatting me up at banquets, and I could always make the manservants at home steal glances at me."

Then she blinked and asked Viga:

"Since you have already come to the clubhouse, would you be willing to lend me your skin to wear? I swear, I just want to try to make myself as young and beautiful as you. Afterward, I will return the skin to you."

"You are indeed completely insane."

Viga was not angry, and her tone was very calm:

"Even if you are released, I'm afraid you will only cause trouble for Arcadia."

"Ordinary people with strong desires who come to such a place will naturally become insane more easily than others. However, she seems to be very adaptable here; the 【Skin-Object Clubhouse】 has high compatibility with her."

Xia De said. Then, a silver moonlight flashed, and Mrs. Connaught's head fell from her shoulders. Wearing a skin-object did not mean immortality; blood sprayed onto the ceiling, and she died.

"You are really rude. Killing people at will in the clubhouse is not a good habit; it is very wasteful."

A sweet, cloying voice said. The girl who had just been lying on the bed had already stood up, using her red-painted toenails to hook the robe on the ground and drape it over herself.

It snapped its fingers, and so the corpse and blood all disappeared:

"Two guests, although you are both honored guests of the clubhouse, please do not do such things a second time."

Viga did not speak again and hid directly behind Xia De. Although Xia De's perception was limited here, he could also perceive that the person in front of them was not anything they had encountered before; she was not even a skinner.

"Who are you..."

"The master of the clubhouse. I have no name, and I don't need a name. After all, once you put on a layer of skin, you are a brand-new person; there is no need to take a fixed code name for yourself. However, for the convenience of communication, you can call me 'Skin'."

The young woman said very casually. Xia De and Viga were both shocked:

"Are you deliberately waiting for us to come here?"

Xia De's perception of his true name was not wrong. This was indeed the only way to the location of the scroll, and the clubhouse master clearly saw Xia De's intention, which was why she appeared here.

The young woman nodded:

"Since you know her, I wanted to let you two meet her. After all, being able to see an acquaintance is always good. It's just that I didn't expect you to be so repulsive toward her.

She is a very nice person. Perhaps after ten thousand years of time, she can also become a skinner. This time the clubhouse came to Arcadia City, the most potential life discovered was her. The kind of rotten desire and craving deep in her heart, although not strong, is exceptionally pure.

However, dead is dead. Humans, this kind of creature, can always give me surprises. Although she is peculiar, she is not unique."

She waved at Xia De and Viga:

"Follow me. It seems you have no intention of visiting here anymore. Don't keep wandering around. I will take you to get that item that the clubhouse has been keeping on behalf of others for many years. Since the descendants of the Red Stone Duchess have come, I originally wanted to treat you well, but unfortunately, you cannot appreciate our art like the Red Stone Duchess."

The wardrobe by the wall automatically moved to the left, revealing a secret door on the wall. The young woman opened the secret door and walked into the next room. The layout of the brand-new room was very simple. A kerosene lamp hung from the ceiling, and under the lamp was the only piece of furniture in the room—a table, and on the table was a small metal box.

"This is the item that the lady from back then entrusted us to keep."

"Skin" said:

"The box is locked, so we don't know what is inside, but I think you must have a way to open it. Take it away, and in this way, the agreement from back then will be completed."

This was a bit different from what Xia De thought. He thought he would be able to see another neck-curved bottle directly, but doing this was obviously safer.

Of course, to prevent the clubhouse from playing tricks, Xia De still looked at Viga. Viga had said that she had a special sense for her sister. And after Viga walked to the table and put her hand on the box for a moment, she said very affirmatively:

"No problem."

Seeing that she had no intention of trying to open the box here, Xia De walked to the table and picked up the small box:

"Then there is no problem. The agreement is perfectly fulfilled. Can we go now?"

He waited for the other party to turn hostile and say something like "the agreement does not include letting you leave safely," but the young woman who called herself "Skin" asked very casually:

"You killed my previous partner, so are you interested in staying and whipping me a few times?"

"Not interested."

Viga said straightforwardly. The young woman nodded regretfully:

"Alright then, you can just return the way you came. After leaving this room, you can return to the initial third-floor banquet hall, then take the elevator back to the first floor, and after opening the door, you can return to the outside of the building."

She clearly had no intention of seeing them off. Viga looked at Xia De again, then held Xia De's empty left hand, and turned to leave the room with him.

Outside the room was indeed the banquet hall, and that elevator was by the wall opposite the banquet hall.

In the banquet hall, the men and women wearing skin-objects were still indulging in pleasure. Viga had many things she wanted to say, such as "It's over just like that," "Should we continue to explore," "The Skin-Object Clubhouse actually didn't play any tricks," "Will there be traps downstairs," but she instinctively felt that something was wrong.

During the time she passed through the banquet hall with Xia De, she looked at the box held by Xia De again. She was very certain that she could feel a part of her "sister" inside. That feeling originating from the depths of her soul could not be faked, but she just felt as if she had been deceived.

"Yes, deceived."

This was Xia De's thought. He did not know what means the 【Skin-Object Clubhouse】 had used, but he was very certain that the other party would absolutely not complete the content of the agreement so easily. The other party even coveted the skin-object of 【Desire】, and the skinners who were alone and not in the clubhouse last night dared to act directly against Xia De and Viga. How could the clubhouse master hand over the item so easily?

Not pointing it out in public was not because Xia De did not want to have a direct conflict with the clubhouse master, but because he was very certain that the other party was not the main body at all, and even if he drew his sword just now, it would be meaningless. So he went outside to meet up with Iluna and the others first. Since he already knew the internal situation and had his own true name as a guide, the unveiling session was over, and the combat session could begin.

Of course, leaving while knowing he had been deceived was also to verify an idea—whether Peggy Lemay had been paying attention here all along.

Once Xia De and Viga really left like this, Peggy Lemay would not know that Xia De would boldly want to take this opportunity to directly destroy the 【Skin-Object Clubhouse】—the tour just now made him make up his mind. So from the perspective of that female alchemist, leaving meant that the quarter of "Aurora Lemay" would never be found again, and she absolutely would not allow the "Perfect Child" plan to have such a loophole.

So, Xia De was waiting for Peggy Lemay to appear at this moment. Of course, if the other party did not act, Xia De would act together with Iluna, Sister Daifulin, and the others.

Of course, Xia De did not tell Viga about these things, but Viga, out of absolute trust in Xia De, although she suspected she had been deceived, still said nothing. Passing through the crowd, the two got closer and closer to the elevator, but there was still no one around them talking to them or giving hints.

Just when Xia De was ready to go downstairs, the two stopped abruptly, because the floor under their feet was vibrating, and then—

Boom!

A loud noise like a steam bomb exploding beside them came from the depths of the third floor of the clubhouse. The huge fluctuation of miracle elements almost completely suppressed the Sage-level relic itself in that second, but it was only for a second before the whisper elements regained the upper hand.

The surrounding space seemed to twist, and then continuous explosions and impact sounds covered the entire space.

"Someone has acted in the 【Skin-Object Clubhouse】! Is it Mr. De Long or the other church ring-mage?"

This was Xia De and Viga's first reaction, but before all their actions, the indoor lights dimmed abruptly, and all sounds stopped abruptly at this moment.

"Moonlight!"

Following that, the brilliance of the silver moon opened up light in the pitch-black darkness. Only when looking around again, there was no one in the empty banquet hall except Xia De and Viga, as if the liveliness and prosperity here in the previous second were just an illusion.

With a bang, the metal box was torn open by Xia De, and so the familiar-looking neck-curved bottle fell out of the box. After Viga caught it and took a look, she laughed because of extreme anger:

"Good, you actually dare to do this!"

The bottle was indeed left by Peggy Lemay, and the red liquid inside was also real. But the problem was that the solution in this bottle only occupied half the volume, and the other half was empty. And now, the solution in the neck-curved bottle in the Fragrant Residence was a full bottle's amount—

"Skin-Object Clubhouse! You actually dare to do this!"

"Word games? I am a bit suspicious, is the 【Skin-Object Clubhouse】 a relic or a demon? I thought only demons were good at playing with contracts. Hmm?"

The perception of demons appeared abruptly at this moment, but disappeared abruptly. But the feeling of all things withering that appeared at the same time was definitely not Xia De's illusion:

"That demon is also acting here!" ===== CHAPTER 4109 =====