Since Lily moved into this house, Hao Ren's furniture, doors, and windows have been breaking every other day. But on the other hand, Lily's skills in repairing furniture, doors, and windows have also been steadily increasing. After all, her income as a freelance veterinarian and obscure writer is limited. She can't afford to replace a set of new furniture every few days, so she's left with improving her repair skills. Reminded by Hao Ren, the husky girl looked up and saw a large face of her landlord imprinted on the steel security door. It was so lifelike and vivid. Not only the face, but also the outline of half a hand was printed below it, abstractly showing the resistance and hesitation of the owner of this face at the moment when the door attacked. The husky spirit's ears drooped on the spot, and she began to repair the door miserably.

The husky spirit's door repair is also different from other people's. She doesn't even need tools for sheet metal work. She directly holds the door panel and pats it on both sides with her hands. The concave and convex marks on it are instantly smoothed by her strange power. Not to mention Hao Ren's face, even the few remaining decorative patterns on the door are smoothed by her like a mirror. In fact, due to similar incidents happening frequently, this steel security door, which originally had many beautiful patterns, has now been completely flattened. Hao Ren has no doubt that other than the door frame, the rest of the door has actually been patted as thin as paper by Lily...

Lolissa followed behind Hao Ren into this "Papal Palace" that was completely different from what she had imagined. She first saw a large living room, which was furnished with various strangely styled furniture. Around the living room were several doors and an upward staircase, which should lead to other rooms and the second floor. On a short cabinet opposite the living room, a square, flat device was displaying lifelike images. A smiling woman was holding a colorful bag inside and introducing: "...This cat food is the product we highly recommend in this program. It is suitable for cats over two years old..."

On the coffee table in the center of the living room, the cat girl was squatting on the table, staring intently at the screen, drooling all over the place. Hearing Hao Ren entering the house, the silly cat immediately turned around and jumped down, rushing to Hao Ren's side in a few steps and shaking the latter's collar vigorously: "Big silly cat! I want to eat that, I want to eat that, you go buy that for me now!"

While shaking, she pointed to the cat food advertisement on TV, her eyes so bright that they could almost emit a halo.

"Go, go, go... I just bought you a bunch of cans a while ago, why don't you eat those?" Hao Ren slapped the silly cat's paw down. "And how many times have I told you, don't squat on the coffee table while watching TV!!"

Vivian heard the movement in the living room and poked her head out from the kitchen door: "Hao Ren, you're back... This is Lolissa?"

"Hello everyone," Lolissa looked around at the people in the living room, smiled, and bowed. Then she raised her hand and outlined a rune to dispel magic, instantly restoring her original appearance with long silver hair and elf ears. "Hao Ren said it's best to disguise myself when I'm outside, otherwise it will attract unnecessary attention—but it should be fine here, right?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Nangong Wuyue, in her octopus form, swaying down the stairs from the second floor. Each tentacle of the siren girl's lower body was wrapped with a rag, wiping the handrails and steps while waving the other two tentacles in greeting: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Look at how many people in this house are keeping their human form..."

Izhaks raised his head from the newspaper: "I always maintain my human form even at home."

"You're the least qualified to say that—you look like an alien even when you transform into human form," Hao Ren casually threw a sentence over, then looked around for the little demon girl's figure. "Old Wang, where's your daughter?"

"She's in the backyard repairing my electric bike," Izhaks chuckled, not caring at all about Hao Ren's teasing. He was used to it anyway. "What's the matter, are you looking for her?"

"While Lolissa is staying at our house for a few days, quickly let the little girl learn transformation from her, so she doesn't have to wear colored contact lenses and hats every time she goes out. She even has to wrap her tail around her waist," Hao Ren took off his coat and threw it to Gun, walking towards the sofa while casually saying, "Also, can you change your means of transportation? Your electric tricycle can barely carry you, and you still pull a bunch of refrigerators, TVs, and washing machines through the streets every day. I feel sorry for those three wheels... Gun! I gave you my clothes to hang up, not to spread on the ground to sleep on!"

Izhaks chuckled twice when he heard about the transformation technique: "Hey, isn't it the same if she learns from me? I'm planning to teach her recently."

Hao Ren rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Forget it, I haven't seen her learn anything else from you except researching fireballs all day long. And look in the mirror, is your own transformation technique even presentable?"

Izhaks thought about it and had to agree.

Lolissa watched Hao Ren's family's daily interactions in front of her with great interest, with a smile on her face. And unlike the indifferent smile she often showed in Holletta, her smile at this moment seemed full of warmth. Lily, who came back after repairing the door, keenly noticed this, and she was also a person who couldn't hide her words, so she directly went up and asked: "What are you smiling at?"

"It's nothing, I just feel... good," Lolissa blinked. "I thought I would be arranged to live in a strictly regulated church palace, but I didn't expect the Pope's place to be such a lively... I can't really describe it, but it's much better than I initially imagined."

"You really don't understand our landlord," Lily curled her lips. "This Pope of his is just collecting a salary. I've never seen him follow any rules. He almost used the Holy Bible that the Goddess gave him to prop up a table—and to be honest, if this place was really as strictly regulated as you said, I wouldn't have lived here long ago. I used to roam the mountains and rivers freely... Landlord, I'm hungry! Bat, I'm hungry!"

Lolissa was stunned as she looked at Lily. She couldn't figure out how the other party could suddenly switch to being hungry when she hadn't even finished talking about one topic. But she wouldn't think so if she understood what a husky on Earth was like: for Lily, nothing could stop her from shouting out the words "I'm hungry." On the biological clock for meal times, this girl was as accurate as an atomic clock...

"Come get your own food from the kitchen!" Vivian poked half her body out of the kitchen again. "You only care about eating and not doing anything, and now you're too lazy to even get your own food?"

Lily's ears perked up instantly, and she ran towards the kitchen, jumping and shouting: "Awoo, I'm coming, I'm coming! I'll be the first to get food!"

"Vivian always cooks at our house. You have to try her cooking," Hao Ren smiled and invited Lolissa to the dining table. "For you, our distinguished guest, she has brought out all her best skills..."

Vivian was carrying a plate of Kung Pao Chicken and smiled when she heard this: "I have many more skills up my sleeve. If I were to bring them all out, our living room wouldn't be able to hold them—do you know how many recipes humans have created in ten thousand years of history? Just the lost ones would be enough for Lily to eat for three years."

Lily, holding a large bowl of rice, just sat down next to the table. She looked up: "Why are you using me as a unit of measurement?"

"Because you're not picky about food. Other people might not be able to eat Egyptian roasted beetles," Vivian glanced at the husky girl, then saw the bowl in her hand. "I asked you to get the food, and you only got your own bowl of rice? At least help bring a few dishes, right?"

"Alright, alright, don't expect anything from her," Hao Ren smiled and stood up. "I'll go."

As a result, just as he stood up, he saw a large mass of tentacles crawling out of the kitchen with a swishing sound. Each tentacle was topped with a plate, and Nangong Wuyue's voice came from inside the pile of arms: "Landlord, you don't have to go, I've brought them all!"

This scene instantly gave Hao Ren goosebumps: "Holy crap... Wuyue, can you not transform into such a terrifying thing when we're eating? I thought Cthulhu was here to serve the dishes!"

The meal was enjoyed by all. Vivian's cooking skills, honed for ten thousand years, were not a joke. They had basically reached the point where a casual cup of tea was better than smoking weed, and cold beef tendon made you forget heroin. Even if Lolissa rummaged through the memories of the Elven Queen that she had inherited, she couldn't find anything better than tonight's meal—not to mention what she herself had eaten.

After dinner, it was time for the demons and ghosts at home to fight over the TV, which was inevitably another chaotic scene. These guys didn't really have to fight for any particular program, but were addicted to the mysterious pleasure of fighting for the TV, probably the same reason Hao Ren fought to eat the last potato chip when he was a kid. Anyway, the main characters in the TV fights were always Lily and Gun, or Elizabeth and Dou Dou, three mischievous kids plus a silly one, so Hao Ren understood their childish behavior and went to a quiet corner to stay when they started making noise in the living room.

After a while, he saw Lolissa coming from the side, so he casually asked: "Not used to such a noisy environment?"

"No, actually I think it's pretty good," Lolissa shook her head. "It's just that I still feel very surprised."

"Then you have to try to adapt. This is the family style here," Hao Ren shrugged. "You can't always use the environment you imagined to apply to the rules here."

Lolissa smiled: "However, I was born in a world where religious beliefs are supreme. My memories—the memories inherited from the original version—have deeply engraved the solemn church and the sacred clergy in my mind. These things can't be changed in a short time."

"I can understand that," Hao Ren leaned back in his chair, watching Gun jump up and down in the living room, snatching the remote control from Elizabeth, while Dou Dou was mischievously teleporting around in mid-air, adding to the chaos for both of them. "I guess besides my place, you won't find a 'Papal Palace' with this kind of style anywhere else. Actually, I have many colleagues in this universe, and they all hold the position of Pope in their respective civilizations. Whether they're enthusiastic about proselytizing or not... they're all more serious than me. By the way, can you tell me about your situation back then? In the era of the Magic Empire, how did the Church of the Creation Goddess operate? And how did you usually communicate with the Goddess?"