Chapter 75 Rest
Chapter 75 Rest
When her father was mentioned, Celia's mood clearly sombered, and a trace of sadness and longing flashed in her eyes.
Lin Tian coughed lightly, changing the subject: "It's alright, if we don't know, we don't know. We'll figure it out eventually. Maybe it's some hidden benefit."
Upon hearing this, Celia tried to calm herself down and nodded.
After a while, Lin Tian looked at the two transparent crystals in his hand that had lost their energy and muttered, "Do I have to stick them to my forehead to absorb crystal coins? That's a bit troublesome, and it looks a bit silly."
Hearing his complaint, Celia couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle, explaining:
"No, Master. You can absorb it even if you hold it in your hand."
"I just placed it on my forehead because my current level is only 0, and my absorption capacity is too weak. Placing it on the forehead, where energy gathers, can slightly speed up the absorption process."
"Moreover, my absorption efficiency was originally only 50%, and the process was inherently slow and difficult, requiring the use of every feasible method."
"Master, you have 100% efficiency. Simply holding it in your hand to absorb it is already the most efficient method, and it won't be slow."
"Fine, you knew all along but didn't tell me. Were you just making fun of me on purpose?" Lin Tian deliberately put on a stern face and reached out to lightly flick Celia's smooth forehead.
"Oops!" Celia exclaimed softly, rubbing her forehead in a wronged tone, but her eyes were filled with laughter. "Master, I was wrong, I won't do it again!"
"That's more like it." Lin Tian smiled and stopped arguing. After this little incident, Celia's mood improved significantly.
He looked out the window; Luoxia City was already shrouded in night, with only the magic lamps and some shops emitting light.
"Alright, enough fooling around. We haven't had a moment's rest since we got back from the Abyss Fortress, and it's getting dark now, so let's get some rest tonight," Lin Tian said. "Tomorrow morning, we'll go check out the two shops we bought. The butler and the staff should be here by then."
He paused, then thought of something more important: "Then I must hurry up and complete the job change quest."
"I'm already level 15 and still just a basic mage, that's ridiculous. I wonder if I can use both of these hidden class certificates at the same time..."
Lin Tian rubbed his chin, his eyes sparkling with anticipation and a hint of uncertainty.
"Theoretically... it should be possible, right?"
......
Turning his gaze to Celia, who was standing quietly to the side, Lin Tian said, "Alright, that's enough for today. Go back to your pet space and rest."
As he spoke, he prepared to put Celia back into his pet space, just like he always did.
However, upon hearing this, Celia's previously calm face instantly turned panicked. She abruptly raised her head, her pale purple eyes quickly becoming misty, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, and she pleaded urgently, "Master! No... please don't lock me up there!"
Her voice trembled slightly, almost imperceptibly:
"There's nothing in there... it's eerily quiet, like... like a forgotten corner of an abyss. I'm so afraid of that feeling of loneliness..."
She became more and more agitated as she spoke, her eyes turning completely red, and glistening tears seemed ready to roll down her cheeks at any moment.
"Please, Master... let me stay outside. I promise I won't disturb your rest. I can stay in a corner..."
Looking at Celia's tearful and pitiful appearance, especially considering that she had just experienced the pain of losing her father and had a difficult life, Lin Tian couldn't help but feel a pang of tenderness in his heart.
That cold pet space might indeed have felt like another prison to her.
He sighed and waved his hand, "Alright, alright, stop crying. If you don't want to go in, then don't. Just find somewhere in the house to stay."
"Thank you, Master! You're the best!"
Celia stopped crying and started laughing, her face instantly radiant, as if the sun had just come out after the rain, and the previous gloom had been swept away.
The speed at which she changed her expression made Lin Tian even doubt whether her pitiful look just now was an act.
After a long day, one inevitably gets covered in dust and the smell of battle.
Lin Tian pointed to one side of the room: "There's a washroom over there. Go and get yourself ready."
The game "Battle for Supremacy" is extremely realistic. Although skills and combat are digitized, senses such as hunger, fatigue, and cleanliness are no different from reality.
Celia nodded obediently and walked lightly towards the bathroom.
Lin Tian also found a guest bathroom and did a quick clean-up.
The warm water washed away my fatigue, and I felt much refreshed.
He changed into comfortable clothes, yawned, and walked towards the most spacious master bedroom on the second floor.
The soft, large bed seemed to have an endless allure.
Lin Tian almost collapsed onto it, letting out a comfortable groan, feeling as if all the bones in his body were going to go limp.
Just as his eyelids were drooping and he was about to drift off to sleep—
"Knock knock knock..."
There was a slight knock on the door.
Immediately afterwards, Celia's unique voice, tinged with timidity and sweetness, came from outside the door: "Master... are you asleep? I... may I come in?"
Lin Tian jolted awake, mostly waking up. He instinctively felt something was amiss in the middle of the night and quickly said, "Wait! Don't..."
However, before he could finish speaking, the bedroom door was gently pushed open a crack.
Celia turned sideways and timidly peeked her head in.
After just one glance, Lin Tian instantly felt a lack of oxygen in his brain, the sleepiness he had just suppressed vanished, and even his breathing became labored.
Celia, standing outside the door, had somehow changed into a classic black and white maid outfit!
Lin Tian mentally screamed: What kind of fetish did the original homeowner have?! Why would they keep clothes that were clearly the wrong size in the house?!
The dress clung tightly to Celia, accentuating her breathtaking curves.
Her long, snow-white hair was not completely dry; a few strands clung damply to her slightly flushed cheeks and slender neck, adding to her alluring charm.
Her originally cool, pale purple skin now seemed to be tinged with a faint pink halo, spreading from her cheeks all the way down to her collarbone, radiating an irresistible glow under the soft, magical light of the bedroom.
Those pale purple eyes, which always carried a hint of melancholy and majesty, were now watery and evasive, filled with obvious shyness and unease. Her long eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings, but she dared not look directly at Lin Tian.
Her delicate nose twitched slightly, and her full, rose-petal-like lips were pursed, as if she were too nervous to know how to speak.
A pair of small, restless hands gripped the overly short hem of the maid's skirt tightly, trying to pull it down a little, but this action only accentuated her straight, slender legs with a subtle glow.
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