After a hearty meal, Bai Yue Ling returned to the Fate World. A flash of white light accompanied the message, [Welcome to the Fate World, esteemed Priest Heroine.]
The courtyard she and the Princess once shared had now transformed into a grand, majestic Chinese-style Mansion, radiating antiquity and Zen at a single glance.
The mansion was surrounded by a sprawling courtyard, where ancient trees stood tall with lush foliage; a shimmering pool reflected the cold moonlight; jagged rocks stood between water and wood, exuding an atmosphere of profound tranquility. It was like an exquisite landscape painting, captivating all who beheld it.
Bai Yue Ling was utterly entranced, her steps faltering as she moved forward, nearly stumbling into the nearby pool.
“Th-this… this is my home?” Bai Yue Ling’s eyes widened in shock as she stared at everything before her, murmuring, “What… is going on?”
Dazed, she stepped inside, passed through the entryway, and saw the Princess lounging lazily on an extremely ornate sofa, swirling a wine glass in her hand while plates of snacks sat nearby, admiring the beautiful courtyard visible through the picture window.
“Oh, you’re here?” The Princess raised an eyebrow and patted the sofa. “Following everyone’s ideas, I had the courtyard wall between our homes knocked down, then let the mages rearrange everything according to my specifications. And now it looks like this.”
Bai Yue Ling still hadn’t recovered from her shock: “Why is it so big?”
“Two nearly football-field-sized courtyards merged together—how could it not be big?” The Princess gently fanned herself with a folding fan. “Three floors above ground, two below, with a garden, a swimming pool, a game room… I added everything I could think of, and there are even some empty rooms. I also had a magical barrier placed on the courtyard walls—nobody below level 50 can get in… How much did it cost?”
She paused, then smiled: “Anyway, this will be everyone’s ‘home’ in the game from now on. What do you think?”
Bai Yue Ling gasped: “I think it’s very… but how much did you spend?”
The Princess smiled faintly: “Money—does it matter? It’s just a number. To me, what matters most is that my friends can feel happiness in the game.”
“Being able to make a friend like you, I, the Priest Heroine, am truly blessed across three lifetimes!” Bai Yue Ling immediately lunged over, hugging the Princess’s fair, slender legs and rubbing against them relentlessly, tears of gratitude nearly spilling from her eyes: “Rich lady, please don’t hesitate to tell me any request you have from now on—I’ll do my utmost to satisfy you!”
“Really?” The Princess raised her long leg, kicking off her high heel to reveal her toes wrapped in sheer black stockings, and chuckled softly while fanning herself: “Then kneel down right now and kiss the sole of my foot~”
“Gulp?” Bai Yue Ling swallowed hard and frantically waved her hands, shaking her head: “I-I was just joking.”
“~Jokes like that aren’t funny, you know. Make them too often and people get disappointed.” The Princess didn’t seem to take it to heart, her gaze shifting to behind Bai Yue Ling: “And who is that little Loli?”
“Loli?” Bai Yue Ling turned to look, only to see Guodong standing behind her, hands resting beneath her chest as she admired the magnificent mansion. Since Bai Yue Ling was still wearing the maid outfit she couldn’t take off, Guodong couldn’t transform into clothing and cling to her, so she had no choice but to maintain her big-chested Loli form. Hearing the Princess’s question, Guodong immediately put on an adorable expression, hugging Bai Yue Ling’s thick thighs and crying out: “Mommy!”
Bai Yue Ling twitched her mouth and fabricated a casual lie: “She’s an NPC I ran into on the roadside. Her name is Guodong.”
“Don’t try to fool me.” The Princess sat up straight, a teasing smile on her face: “Confess honestly—is she your child with Ying Ye?”
“No, we haven’t reached that stage yet…”
“What about you and Silver Tooth?”
“I’ve never had that kind of relationship with that girl.”
“Lie Lie’s?”
“That’s not it either.”
A flicker of displeasure crossed the Princess’s eyes: “Could it be that with so many big sisters around, even you don’t know whose child this is?”
Bai Yue Ling huffed angrily: “I told you, she’s just not my child!”
Only then did the Princess lazily recline again, crossing her legs and saying nonchalantly: “I was just joking too~”
This was her retaliation for Bai Yue Ling not kissing her foot earlier.
Bai Yue Ling took a deep breath and said helplessly to Guodong: “Can you go play on your own, please?” At this rate, every acquaintance she ran into would inevitably wonder if Guodong was her child, making things even harder to explain.
Guodong asked in a sweet voice: “Does Mommy not want me anymore?”
Another surge of anger welled up in Bai Yue Ling’s heart, and she said in a low voice: “I wouldn’t mind hearing the esteemed Slime Queen call me ‘Mommy’ a few more times—it’s me getting the better deal.”
Sure enough, hearing that, Guodong froze with a stunned expression, only then realizing she was the one at a loss. She turned around awkwardly and walked out the door: “Then I’ll go play by myself.”
It felt like Guodong in her Loli form also possessed a bit of a bratty little sister trait—perhaps she’d caught it from Bai Yue Ling.
Bai Yue Ling finally let out a sigh of relief and asked: “Where are Ying Ye and the others?”
“Ying Ye and Silver Tooth should be out leveling up. Lie Lie seems to be wandering around the courtyard.” The Princess stood up: “Let’s go find her together—I’ll introduce you to the courtyard I designed along the way.”
The two strolled through the vast courtyard, where flowers and trees appeared tranquil and exquisite under the moonlight, as if the Natural Goddess herself were gently caressing the scene. When they reached the area near the main gate, they finally spotted Lie Lie splashing about in the pool.
She was drenched from head to toe, with glistening water droplets hanging between the gaps of her fiery red scales, her snow-white, creamy skin shimmering faintly in the moonlight—alluring and seductive.
Yet completely at odds with her captivating, sensual image, she was clutching a large carp in her hands, her dragon tail cheerfully flinging splashes of water as she exclaimed excitedly: “Hahaha, I touched it, I touched it!”
Her joy lasted only a moment before she noticed two beautiful young women on the shore staring at her as if she were an idiot.
“…” Lie Lie awkwardly set down the large carp in her arms, her tail bobbing along the waves on the water’s surface: “Actually… I quite like water.”
Bai Yue Ling squinted: “But aren’t you a Red Dragon?”
Lie Lie said: “It’s true I like fire, but I also like hot water.” As she spoke, she breathed out a puff of dragon flame, and steam immediately rose from the water’s surface. The large carp behind her suddenly thrashed about wildly, seemingly protesting.
A glimmer lit up the Princess’s eyes as she waved her fan and suggested: “We could have Lie Lie work as our laborer and turn the swimming pool into a Hot Spring. Everyone soaks up top while Lie Lie handles the fire-breathing down below.”
Lie Lie squinted: “Then you’ll have to pay me a salary.”
Bai Yue Ling chuckled, about to say something when her body suddenly trembled violently, and she toppled straight into the water!
A holy gaze pierced through the thick, pitch-black clouds, bringing with it endless agony. The pain made Bai Yue Ling scream in misery as she flailed helplessly in the water.