Chapter 17 Lily

Starting last night, Lily had locked herself in her room, unresponsive to anyone who knocked.

Vivian had made breakfast for the whole house (though it was almost lunchtime, as they all woke up after ten), and noticed someone missing at the table. With a hint of worry, she looked towards the bedroom door on the side of the living room. "Is Big Dog okay?"

"After such a massive mental shock, she's bound to be down for a while. My worldview nearly collapsed just watching, let alone her being the person involved," Hao Ren said, piling food into his bowl. "I'll bring her food later. You're probably the last person that girl wants to see right now, it's too awkward."

Vivian didn't react for a moment. "Why?"

Hao Ren spread his hands. "She's always proudly fought against you as a werewolf, but now the vampire is still a vampire, and the werewolf has become a husky spirit—do you think she'd be comfortable seeing you now? She'd be mortified, right?"

"Inferiority complex? I don't believe she can think that complicatedly," Vivian said, taking a seat next to Hao Ren and tossing half a ham sausage to "Roll" by the table. "Besides, we're not as stiff as you think. I don't really like werewolves, and I often argue with Big Dog, but honestly… it's not like we're enemies. I don't think it's a big deal that we can't see each other. That's how I see it anyway."

Hao Ren wanted to say that only the person involved could say for sure, but thinking of Lily's usual scatterbrained attitude, it was hard to say what that simpleton was thinking in her room. He could only sigh helplessly. Izhaks watched silently for a long time, then suddenly blurted out, "Although I still don't quite understand what a 'husky' is, that little girl is pretty sad this time, isn't she?"

"I feel like it's hard to explain to you the psychological state of a werewolf after discovering she's actually a husky spirit," Hao Ren said sincerely. Izhaks laughed when he heard this. "What's so hard to understand? I had a demon captain who always thought he was a descendant of a fallen angel. In the end, I never dared to tell him that his wings were deformed from lack of oxygen during a difficult birth..."

Hao Ren: "...I'll go deliver food to Lily."

He prepared a plate of food for Lily, went to the latter's door, and knocked gently twice, but heard no movement inside.

"Lily, it's me," Hao Ren said, applying a little more force to his hand. "Open the door, it's time to eat. Don't keep anything that's making you unhappy bottled up. After we eat, let's discuss it together..."

Before he could finish, the door was pulled open, and Lily, still in werewolf form, appeared sleepily in the doorway. "Oh, landlord, is it time to eat?"

Hao Ren: "...You just woke up?"

"Yep."

"We took turns calling you at the door..."

"Didn't hear it."

Hao Ren: "..."

He carefully observed Lily's expression, and found no trace of sorrow or sadness on her face. The only thing he could see was the dazed look of someone who hadn't woken up yet. Instantly, he didn't know what to say: the three of them had worried about this girl for half the night and a whole morning, thinking something had happened to Lily while she locked herself in her room, but it turned out this simpleton hadn't moved because she had fallen asleep as soon as she got back to her room!

Hao Ren just wanted to ask: Miss Two-Dog, you just verified your identity last night, do you have to work so hard to emphasize your racial nature?

Lily had no idea what the wonderful expression on Hao Ren's face meant. She happily took her food and ran to the dining table as usual, starting to gobble it up. She ate so happily, downed two bowls of rice in ten minutes, and then contentedly burped before looking up at the people around her with a silly grin. "Mm, I'm full."

"Could she have been overstimulated and become completely stupid?" Even Vivian was a little dumbfounded this time, and couldn't help reaching out to touch Lily's forehead. "Big Dog, do you really remember what happened last night?"

Fortunately, Lily's expression finally changed when she heard this, proving that she wasn't stupid. She looked around and finally looked at Hao Ren hesitantly. "Landlord… am I really a husky?"

"Absolutely, there's no use in running away from reality," Vivian answered for Hao Ren. "Actually, you should think about it. Wolves and huskies are closely related. Werewolves are essentially wolf spirits, so wolf spirits and husky spirits are also relatively close… you can think of yourself as a minority within the werewolves."

"The whole clan is just me?" Lily counted on her fingers, her face looking very strange. "How could I be a husky…"

"Maybe there really is a branch of werewolves made up of huskies," Vivian actually started comforting Lily at this time. "Look, huskies evolved from wolves, and they were a family a few hundred years ago—so husky spirits and orthodox werewolves were also a family a few hundred years ago. It's entirely possible for a husky branch to split off from the orthodox werewolves."

"I feel like this is getting more and more mystical," Hao Ren muttered to Izhaks, nudging his arm.

The great demon nodded. "But I feel like this nonsense makes quite a bit of sense."

Hao Ren: "..."

Lily was obviously not good at such complicated questions. Vivian circled around a few times and she began to get dizzy. Finally, she waved her hand. "Forget it, I won't think so much. Anyway, I'm living well, it doesn't affect my eating and sleeping."

Hao Ren was immediately quite impressed: Truly a husky, look at this ideological awareness—a realm so high it's almost simple-minded.

"Actually, if you're still not reassured, I can use the most accurate method to identify you," Vivian, as a vampire, completely put aside her racial prejudice at this moment and took the initiative to help. She grabbed Lily's hand and said sincerely, "It's easy to misjudge based on appearance, and we don't understand that data terminal thing, but I have a way that you'll definitely approve of."

Lily's ears perked up. "How do you do it?"

"Let me suck a bit of your blood," Vivian said casually.

Lily instantly pulled her hand back and scooted behind Hao Ren. "Bat, be careful! I finally started treating you like a friend!"

"Look at how nervous you are," Vivian glanced at Lily disdainfully. "You have blood tests when you go to the hospital, I'm just sucking a bit to test your blood, it's not like I'm going to eat you. Think about it, once this opportunity is gone, you won't find a similar service anywhere else. You can only go to a vet, and there's definitely no vet on this planet who will help you identify whether you're a werewolf or a husky spirit."

Hao Ren instinctively felt that Vivian's crude method was less accurate than his data terminal, but after thinking for a moment, Lily decided to trust the vampire once. "Okay, we've agreed, you can only bite once, otherwise I'll bite back. My teeth are definitely better than yours."

A husky comparing teeth to a vampire, can you be any cuter!

Vivian smiled and slowly moved closer to Lily, who instinctively curled up on the sofa, her tail starting to stiffen. "Where… are you planning to bite?"

"According to my clan's rules, of course it's the neck. But if you're not comfortable, I can switch to the arm."

"What's so scary about it, bite the neck… eh wait, did you brush your teeth?"

"There can't be any bacteria on the fangs of a high-level bloodkin, don't worry, they're cleaner than a sterile room."

"...Then you have to rinse your mouth, I'm suspicious."

"You talk too much! Close your eyes, I'm biting!"

"Wah!"

Lily's nonsense was cut short, and Vivian had already bitten down. The werewolf girl only managed to choke out a short cry from her throat. Hao Ren watched the whole thing from the side, watching the two beautiful girls entangled on the sofa, the scene was like lilies blooming everywhere… what a waste.

Vivian followed her promise, only sucking a little blood. She finished in less than a few seconds, sat up, and started smacking her lips, slowly savoring the taste. Lily had a strange blush on her face, and carefully looked at Vivian. "How is it?"

Vivian's expression slowly changed from the initial calm. Her brow furrowed and her face became more and more strange. Lily became nervous when she saw this. "Don't scare me… how is it?"

"I think my understanding of this world is still too little," Vivian moved a little further away from Lily without showing any emotion. "I have two pieces of news, and I don't know if they're good news or bad news… First, you are indeed a husky, really. I swear in the name of the bloodkin, my judgment of blood has never been wrong."

Lily was mentally prepared, and was quite accepting of this news. "What about the second?"

"...I also tasted one-sixteenth Pekingese bloodline."