Chapter 107: A Female on Par with a Biological Weapon
Chapter 107: A Female on Par with a Biological Weapon
Chapter 107: Chapter 107: A Female on Par with a Biological Weapon
Feng Si decided to go see who it was.
She turned, opened the main door, and walked toward the pavilion on the right side of the courtyard.
In the white, octagonal pavilion, a young female sat with her back to Feng Si, facing the small pond. She wore a pure white slip dress, its long skirt trailing on the ground. Hearing the sound, she turned her head.
Sitting there, she offered a sweet smile. "I heard a new female moved in at the foot of the mountain, so I came to say hello."
Feng Si blinked slowly.
’Hm? Feng Lian.’
"You must not be very familiar with Pantian City, having just arrived," Feng Lian said with a smile. "You were on the road for quite a while, weren’t you? Since you just got to the Boman Gate Institute, you probably haven’t heard about the Coming-of-Age Ceremony banquet, have you?"
"Because of the Beast King’s command, this year’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony has been postponed to the middle of next month. So... don’t worry, you didn’t miss it even though you arrived late." Feng Lian’s expression was one of understanding and warmth, her opening words meant to be comforting.
Yun Chi, who had been about to fall asleep, sensed an unpleasant aura and his large eyes snapped open with a SWISH.
Feng Lian continued, "You have to prepare your own gown for the banquet. I’ve summoned Pantian City’s best designer today, and I came over to invite you to get a gown custom-made with me~"
Her smile was very sweet, making her seem approachable.
All her probing was hidden within her questions, making her appear exceptionally warm and friendly. "I’m a High-level Female, but you don’t have to be so formal with me."
Inside her pocket, Yun Chi’s eyes were filled with vigilance.
’That Beastman outside is chattering away, and her scent is even more disgusting!’
Feng Si reached into her pocket and soothingly stroked Yun Duo’s black claw. She felt a warm, soft, smooth touch, and then her fingertip was gripped in return.
She looked at Feng Lian. This was her original body’s older sister, a High-level Female who had been identified at the Sacrificial Hall during this year’s dry season. It wasn’t strange for her to appear here now.
’Her smile is perfect, but based on what she just said, her words are dripping with probing intent...’
’Starting off by mentioning my travel time and the gathering place for females in Pantian City... she’s trying to dig up my background and identity, isn’t she?’
’Then, using kind reassurances and mentioning her own status, she’s trying to show off her superior fertility, and also to see how I’ll react. A roundabout way to gauge my worldliness, perhaps?’
At the very least, a low-level female would have a natural sense of inferiority when facing an Advanced Female.
Too bad—
’That doesn’t include me, a human.’
Feng Si stopped walking toward the pavilion and bluntly refused with a shake of her head. "I have things to do. I have no time to waste on useless socializing. Please leave."
Feng Lian had never heard someone told to leave so directly. She forgot to manage her expression, and her smile instantly stiffened.
’This is outrageous!’
’What level even are you? What gives you the right to be so much more arrogant than me?’
She dropped her smile completely and said dryly, "I was just trying to help you out of kindness. My apologies for bothering you. If you regret this later, you can come find me. I live in building A7, near the mountain peak."
With that, she whipped her long skirt around, held her head high, and hurried away.
Out of Feng Si’s sight, Feng Lian’s expression was frighteningly dark.
She couldn’t keep up the act any longer.
—Logically, when she revealed her status and extended the invitation, the black-haired female should have agreed, regardless of her own rank.
The excuse of getting a gown made was a flawless reason to get closer, framed as an act of kindness from the bottom of her heart, as she couldn’t bear to see a new female fall behind others when it came to her attire.
She had deigned to approach her, so that female should have been grateful enough to agree immediately. Then they would have naturally become friends, and all of her future actions would be right under Feng Lian’s nose.
But she never expected that black-haired sub-female to reject her outright!!
Especially since that female was rather attractive...
A powerful rival had suddenly appeared.
Feng Lian’s expression grew even darker.
...
「Inside the Hall of General Affairs in the Imperial Palace.」
High Priest Ran Qi, dressed in an ornate and lavish golden robe, walked into the hall with two other Priests.
Having just finished with the King’s coronation, he had to dive straight into preparations for the most important ceremony of the year—the Female Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
After bowing to the King, Ran Qi raised his head. He methodically reported on the preparations for the female coming-of-age banquet. Next, honoring the Beast King’s priority in choosing a mate before taking a Female Queen, he presented the information.
He presented the information on the females of High-level rank and above.
"Your Majesty, would you care to see if there are any females who interest you?"
"There are none here." Without a single glance, Chi Jie simply sat languidly on his throne, his eyes slightly lowered. He smiled at High Priest Ran Qi, who was standing in the hall. "You needn’t worry yourself... There will be one soon enough."
Hearing the King’s words, Ran Qi adopted an ’I knew it all along’ expression and retrieved the thin stack of documents—information considered exceptionally precious on the outside.
After finishing his routine report, he was about to ask for leave to depart the hall when he suddenly remembered something. His aged voice spoke up again.
"Your Majesty, a black-haired sub-female named Feng Si recently arrived at the Boman Gate Institute from Nantong City. Her identity and appearance were not found in the Sacrificial Hall’s database, which means she has never been registered."
Speaking of which, such a thing was unheard of in a thousand years.
Ran Qi’s face was full of admiration as he praised him sincerely, "Your previous decree to conduct a screening across the entire Empire was truly a decision of great foresight. Your wisdom shall illuminate the South Desolate Continent, for all eterni—"
Hearing the High Priest’s words, and with the topic of females being brought up again right after he had concluded negotiations with the Northern Wilderness yesterday, a name flashed abruptly through Chi Jie’s mind, along with the exquisite face from the light screen.
The effortless smile Chi Jie always wore faltered almost imperceptibly.
’Feng Si, from Nantong City... so she’s the one Tiger Flame wanted?’
...
Feng Si returned to her house, her mood completely unaffected.
In any case, now that they had met, it was clear she looked nothing like Feng Lian, her original body’s sister. She didn’t know why, but her appearance had shifted to resemble her human body.
With the trouble of a ’top-tier’ relative gone, Feng Si returned to the bedroom with the cub.
She opened her pocket to find Yun Duo staring with wide, alert eyes. The moment he saw her, his little body slid up, and he let out a worried HISS.
Seeing the little guy was no longer sleepy, and remembering he had slept for a long time before, Feng Si wasn’t in a hurry to coax the cub to sleep.
She simply placed Yun Chi on the bed, then took out the handmade blue ball toys one by one, piling them up next to Yun Duo.
Sensing the happy aura coming from his mother, Yun Chi rolled around blissfully among the ball toys.
His toys only had his mother’s scent and his own. With a light flick of his tail, a ball would go rolling far away.
His nimble tail batted each of the balls in turn, sending the round spheres rolling in all directions around the little Chi’s body.
’So adorable!!’
Feng Si burst out laughing at the sight. She rolled onto the bed with him, leaned close to Yun Duo, and softly tried to teach the cub to speak. "Good Yun Duo, I’m the one who makes the round balls. Ma... Ma."