Xiao Si walked away quickly. After leaving the mansion and passing through the city gates, which were patrolled by unknown monsters, she took out a small flying device and sat inside.
"Alright, you can get down now," Xiao Si said, shaking her wrist.
Guo Xuyang dismounted from Xiao Si's golden bracelet.
"You still haven't told me your name," Xiao Si asked, looking at Guo Xuyang.
"A name is just a symbol. Why should we have known each other before we met? Don't you think so?"
"I didn't expect the person I saved to be a coward who's afraid to even tell me his name."
"What's there to be afraid of? You saved me? What happened?" Guo Xuyang was a bit surprised.
"Did you do something shady? Lord Hajiwa just sent someone over, saying that someone was probing the gene that Ada and the others were injected with. They want to invite my master to assist in the investigation."
"How did you know?"
"Do you think your little tricks can be hidden from my master? She simply doesn't want to meddle in other people's business. You haven't infringed on her interests."
"Didn't you say you didn't want me to be discovered by your master? Do you mean your master discovered me?"
"No. She doesn't want to waste resources looking for you. But she knows you are definitely within her territory."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because Ada told her master about her discovery. Although it was a suspicion, with my master's alertness, she definitely knows you appeared in her territory."
"Then why did you save me?"
"Would you believe me if I said I fell in love with you?"
"You like me? Don't joke, we've only met once, right?"
"Don't you believe in love at first sight?"
"But, but..."
"But what? Feel free to say whatever you want."
"Don't you have a man?"
"I am not allowed to have a man while serving by my master's side."
"You're so old, and you don't have a man?"
"Age? Is age a problem?"
"I don't know. I don't know how you maintain yourself."
"I don't need to maintain myself. I've always been like this, never having maintained myself."
"Won't you grow old?"
"Probably not? None of us have ever grown old."
"You people?"
"Yes. I believe since you know my age, you must also know my sisters."
"Is 'Xiao Si' your ranking among them, meaning you're the fourth?"
"No. I was the fourth to be taken in by the master."
"Weren't you with the master before?"
"Of course not. I haven't been with the master for too long, only about four or five hundred years."
"Then what did you do before?"
"I used to have my own territory."
"Were you also a lord?"
"Once. But I couldn't resist the master's temptation, so I submitted to her."
"Temptation?"
"Yes. You haven't met my master, but if you did, you would immediately want to marry her."
"I'm a man, so even if I met her, I would marry her."
"Let's not talk about that. It's always the lord who marries, never heard of a lord getting married."
"How many times has she married?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen her since then. Otherwise, I wouldn't have fallen for her."
"You're a lesbian?"
"What's a lesbian?"
"It means a woman likes women."
"Is that so? But she doesn't like me, even though I like her. What if I fall for you now? Is that being a lesbian too?"
"That's certainly not being a lesbian. But your affection is changing too quickly! You've only met me once and you like me."
"I can feel a charm about you that attracts me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have risked bringing you out."
"When we went in, I saw that Ada you mentioned wasn't inspected at all; she just landed at the entrance of the mansion."
"They have something on them for automatic identification, so they weren't stopped. I don't have that injected into me, so I have to enter and exit through the city gates."
"So there's such a thing. I didn't see you show anything?"
"This," Xiao Si shook her golden bracelet.
"Is this your pass for entering and exiting the city?" Guo Xuyang was a bit disbelieving.
"Yes. Only my sisters and I have this; no one else has it."
"I can make one and wear it on my hand."
"It's useless. If you wear it, you'll still be put in a dark room."
"Why?"
"Because yours would be self-made."
"Then what's different about yours?"
"This was given to us by the master. It has restrictions on it, and it's a symbol of our servitude."
"Oh, so there's something like that? Then why did you have me become invisible on your bracelet?"
"The most dangerous place is the safest. If you had become invisible somewhere else, you might have been discovered by those monsters."
"What are they? How are they different from you? Can you transform too?"
"They are a product of this planet, but they never need to eat or drink. Of course, I'm different from them. I have flesh and blood and need to eat food to live."
"When you said you couldn't resist your master's temptation, did that include the temptation of food?"
"That's part of the reason. But my master's food is indeed delicious."
"Is your good figure because you eat this food?"
"I don't know. I've looked like this since I grew up, and I've never changed."
"Are your sisters also like you?"
"Of course not. We are very different."
"How so?"
"Because these people were all lords before. And lords are masters of different domains. There are men and women among them. Some are younger and prettier than me, and some are older, but their appearances are all different."
"I thought the people around your master were all beautiful women like you?"
"Didn't you just complain about my age?"
"It wasn't complaining, just curiosity."
"Then do you like me?"
"Should I tell the truth or lie?"
"Of course, tell the truth," Xiao Si rolled her eyes at him.
"To tell the truth, I really like you, because you're more beautiful than many people I know."
"Do all men act like this when they see a beautiful woman?"
"Have other men said such things to you?"
"Of course. Don't forget, I was a lord before."
"Then why didn't you marry them?"
"You've got it wrong. It should be, why didn't they marry you?"
"Can't lords marry down?"
"From childhood to adulthood, I've never heard of a lord marrying someone of a lower status. Instead, I've heard of many lords marrying someone."
"What you're saying is just determined by your pathetic kingly consciousness from when you were lords. Then why can you marry down now?"
"I didn't say I would marry down."
"Didn't you just say you fell in love with me?"
"Yes. I said I like you, but I didn't say I want to marry you."
"What kind of logic is that? I don't understand."
"Who said that liking someone means you have to marry them?"
"Then what do you like about me?"
"I told you earlier, you have a special charm about you."