Shu Yue only felt a force grabbing her, her head forcibly tilted up to look.
Amber eyes met deep blue ones.
Her eyes were very clear, carrying a clean and pure aura that made one feel no sense of aggression.
This was, of course, something Shu Yue was putting on…
Well, not exactly putting on.
She was just reining in her sharpness, not actively opening her little mouth to show her canine teeth.
In short, when Shu Yue wasn’t baring her teeth, she could still be quite demure.
Shu Yue blinked, a bit flustered.
Eustia’s actions made her somewhat uncomfortable.
What are you trying to do?
Eustia’s eyes were profoundly deep.
Deep blue inherently had a feeling of being unfathomable, opaque and oppressive, with black pupils like abysses.
All the signs told Shu Yue one thing: behind these windows was a powerful soul.
Gulp~
Shu Yue swallowed a mouthful of saliva, somewhat frightened by Eustia.
Although she knew the other party probably wouldn’t kill her—she could still activate her bloodline and use the Dragon Princess Form to beg for mercy, and Eustia would most likely let her go—doing so would expose her little secret.
She didn’t know much about Eustia.
What if, after learning her secret, Eustia captured her?
So, unless absolutely necessary, Shu Yue didn’t plan to expose herself.
“You…”
Taking as light a breath as possible to calm her emotions, Shu Yue was just about to open her mouth to start a conversation.
Eustia suddenly spoke up, interrupting her.
“I hate this face.”
With that, Eustia flung away the hand pinching Shu Yue’s cheek, nearly causing Shu Yue to fall flat on her face.
She crouched there, head lowered, lightly biting her vermilion lips without speaking, looking exactly like a young, cherished wife abandoned by her own husband—wronged but not daring to show it, afraid of domestic violence.
Shu Yue definitely had some complaints in her heart, but since she couldn’t beat the other party, she could only endure it.
Hmph, sooner or later, I’ll make you regret this!
Eustia seemed to see through her inner thoughts, speaking with a playful tone.
“What, not convinced?”
“No.”
Shu Yue admitted defeat without the slightest hesitation.
A true man knows when to yield and when to stand firm.
Now that she was a girl, she could yield even more.
She could even touch her toes in a seated forward bend; what was this compared to that?
Then, the two of them ran out of topics, and the space fell into silence.
Ever since Eustia arrived, the bathroom had become cold, the floor covered in frost.
Shu Yue, sitting on the ground, felt her buttocks freezing and had to slightly lift them to distance herself from the cold air on the floor.
However, she didn’t dare to rub them, as Eustia was still watching her from the side.
The cold air was stealing the warmth from Shu Yue’s body.
Fortunately, she was at Tier 1 now, and her magic power could already be used to protect her body.
She wouldn’t get frostbite in a short time.
If she had still been soaking in the water earlier, she probably would have become crushed ice, right?
Shu Yue secretly glanced at those wind blades.
They were quite powerful, reminding her of the elemental wind spell that Sister Anna had taken, which had a similar ability but was much less effective than Eustia’s.
Eustia’s brows were slightly furrowed.
Reborn in this life, her eyes were blessed, able to see things ordinary people could not.
Many of her actions were to avoid future events.
For example, she killed Liya White to prevent the emergence of the “Calamity.”
She was certain she had successfully killed Liya White, preventing the Karmic Calamity from appearing.
She had always believed this was right…
But now, seeing Shu Yue and discovering that Shu Yue had taken Liya White’s identity, the threads of karma had entangled themselves around Shu Yue.
This was a situation she had never considered before.
“Even if the threads of karma are severed in advance, they will still reconnect. Is the Karmic Calamity unavoidable?”
“Could the birth of the Karmic Calamity be man-made…”
“So that’s it, I understand!”
A gleam of light appeared on Eustia’s clouded face.
She had figured some things out.
“In my previous life, it was precisely because I severed Liya White’s threads of karma that the Karmic Calamity was born. Because this violated the Divine Covenant Oath, the essence of the Karmic Calamity is a penalty for breach of contract. If you want to avoid paying the penalty, you can only terminate the contract normally. To terminate normally, you must have him!”
Thinking of this, Eustia’s attention returned to Shu Yue.
She looked at the youth she had cornered against the wall, crouching on the ground wrapped in a silver-gray curtain, and an idea came to her.
“You impersonated someone else’s identity for money and status?”
“Yes.”
That was a lie.
“I can choose not to expose you. But you must cooperate with me. This way, you can continue to be Liya White, enjoying everything his identity brings. I can even help you solidify this identity further. And you only need to do a small favor for me.”
“Cooperate?”
Shu Yue looked up at Eustia.
This half-elf girl’s face was very young and tender, not much older than her, yet her aura was profound, like an adult who had lived a long time.
Elves were generally long-lived, and even half-elves lived long lives.
Perhaps this Miss Eustia was already seventy or eighty years old, just looking like a young girl, hence this contrast?
And cooperation…
Shu Yue didn’t plan to be Liya White her whole life.
Her goal was the wider world!
But it seemed she didn’t have the right to refuse, did she?
“Um, can I have some time to think about it?”
“Sure. I’ll give you one day. I’ll come find you again at this time tomorrow. Give me your answer then.”
Eustia said indifferently.
Hearing this, Shu Yue felt troubled.
Given one day, how far could she run?
So, she planned to bargain a bit more.
“Isn’t one day a bit short?”
“Oh?”
Eustia smiled.
“Then how many days do you want?”
“Three days. How about three days?”
“Two days.”
Eustia looked nonchalant, but Shu Yue was serious.
One more day meant she could run much farther.
By then, the sky would be high and the sea wide, letting birds fly free.
She didn’t believe Eustia could still find her.
To prevent Eustia from going back on her word, Shu Yue called out, “Then two days it is!”
“Mm.”
Eustia naturally saw that Shu Yue wanted to run, but she didn’t care at all.
Even if Shu Yue ran to the ends of the earth, she could catch her.
After all, Shu Yue was entangled with her threads of karma~
Shu Yue was secretly pleased in her heart.
She hadn’t expected the other party to actually give her time to run.
She wondered how confident Eustia was.
The reason she wasn’t afraid of being chased was that after activating her bloodline and transforming into the Dragon Princess, she could evade all tracking methods based on her original form.
Plus, with the speed of the Dragon Princess transformation, Shu Yue felt she could definitely escape.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have confidently suggested needing time to think.
Eustia took a step back.
The ice crystals covering the entire room shattered into sparkling snow powder at that moment, soon turning into water vapor.
In the hazy white mist, the figure in the black robe dissipated.
The water vapor condensed into droplets and fell, quickly disappearing into the air.
The entire bathroom became damp, as if it had rained.
Shu Yue was also drenched like a drowned rat.
“She’s gone?”
Shu Yue widened her eyes and looked around.
She couldn’t sense any presence and couldn’t be sure if the other party had left.
Although she felt a bit uncomfortable now, she also didn’t feel like taking another bath.
What if Eustia hadn’t left and was still peeping on her from the side…
Wouldn’t that mean Shu Yue was bathing right in front of her?
By the way, did she figure out I’m a girl?
She sat on the wooden floor.
The cold air hadn’t completely dissipated and still felt a bit biting.
Shu Yue changed to a kneeling position, using her legs as a cushion underneath, which felt slightly better.
“What a hateful person! Sooner or later, one day I’ll make you regret what you did today!”
Shu Yue planned that after she became powerful, she would also rush in while Eustia was bathing, overturn her bathtub, pinch her chin, and disdainfully reply, “I don’t like your face!”
After waiting a while longer, she finally got up from the ground.
Not daring to change clothes here directly, she ran out of the bathroom door still wrapped in the curtain.
Fortunately, she had dismissed the maids earlier and told them not to let anyone approach the area.
No one was blocking her door now.
Returning to her bedroom, she carefully sealed the doors and windows before letting go of the curtain wrapped around her body.
The soaked curtain fell to the ground with a plop, revealing her lovely figure in the darkness.
Even in the dark, one could see the flawless whiteness of her skin, and her posture was graceful and charming.
She had the youthful, not-yet-fully-mature body of a girl—not too thin, with a somewhat fleshy feel.
[Fire Summoning: Burning Wind]
Hot air enveloped her slender body, drying the moisture.
Her hair became smooth and soft again.
“Did it get a bit longer?”
Her hair seemed to have grown a little, a change that seemed to have occurred after absorbing the Dragon Blood.
Shu Yue didn’t pay too much attention to this.
After transforming into the Dragon Princess, her hair extended past her buttocks.
At this length, it still looked quite neutral.
Besides, the world’s “Tonys” weren’t very skilled anyway.
She put on a man’s pajamas, which looked quite loose and didn’t fit her current body very well.
If she filled it out with Flowing Stone Armor, it would probably look much more normal.
But she didn’t want to wear the Flowing Stone Armor to sleep.
That thing was made of earth and stone, and it was heavy too.
She usually wore it as exercise, but who would tie sandbags to their hands, feet, and waist for no reason while sleeping?
Was she supposed to exercise her muscles in her dreams?
Shu Yue threw herself onto the soft big bed, ready to sleep well and figure out how to run away early tomorrow morning.
She definitely couldn’t run tonight.
She felt Eustia probably hadn’t gone far and was still guarding somewhere in the manor.
The moment she made a move to escape, Eustia would immediately appear and pin her to the ground.
Then it wouldn’t be cooperation anymore, but Shu Yue being unilaterally threatened and controlled by Eustia.
That kind of ending was unacceptable!
Just as Shu Yue thought, Eustia was sitting on a tree in the courtyard, gazing at the window of Shu Yue’s room.
She could roughly see Shu Yue’s movement trajectory.
Although she couldn’t open a heavenly eye to observe Shu Yue directly, having a mini-map to look at was already a minor advantage.
As long as Shu Yue showed any sign of escaping, she would immediately go over and catch her, using that to force Shu Yue to work for her.
Eustia let out a light sigh and murmured to herself, “I just hope this approach will be effective.”