Morning light penetrated the gradient gauze curtains drooping from the ceiling, dyeing the room in an ambiguous, hazy peach color. Caelus's eyelashes trembled slightly as his consciousness surfaced from the edge of deep sleep.
The air still held the lingering scent of Night Sakura aromatherapy, mixed with the fragrance from the tips of Bronya's hair.
The first thing Caelus felt was the gray-haired girl curled up in his arms. Turning his head sideways, he glimpsed Seele, who was being protected behind Bronya. Behind Seele, the toys from the room were scattered in a messy pile.
The breathing of several people wove together into a sticky web.
Caelus extricated himself from the web and lay on the bed, blinking as he gazed at the smart mirrored ceiling overhead, which reflected the blood-pumping scene on the bed from another angle.
It had to be said, the love hotel rooms of the Interstellar Era were truly not bad.
Aside from the toy instructions he had skimmed over before, Caelus had actually experienced many new gadgets last night.
For example, the temperature-sensing restraint bands. Locking the black bands onto wrists and necks, they would automatically tighten to a critical pressure point based on body temperature.
The micro-motors built into the bands resonated with Stelle's anklet. Whenever she curled her toes, a butterfly-like numbness would transmit to the space between Bronya's legs.
Another example was the physiological data visualization; the wall screen would scroll with real-time monitoring data.
Seele's heart rate peak reached 168 beats per minute. She was wearing a carbon fiber bodysuit that would release a peppermint cooling mist based on the situation, delaying the body from reaching its breaking point.
The ceiling could even lower a controllable mechanical arm via remote control, hoisting up Little Duck—who had fed herself to the tiger to protect Seele—in a spread-eagle shape...
Seele was so moved she was almost in tears, and then rewarded Sister Bronya with a cute younger sister's kiss, full of Brother Caelus's scent.
Ahem, Caelus wasn't some kind of devil.
Seele was basically himself, after all.
Back in Belobog, Caelus had taken advantage of the time when 'White' Seele's consciousness returned to the body within the Sea of Quanta to achieve the 'Big Duck, Seele, and Raven limb-entangling combat' achievement.
It was just that because 'White' Seele's consciousness was in this world almost most of the time, the opportunities for Caelus and Seele to be intimate were relatively few, and 'White' Seele was completely unaware of this.
Last night was the first time 'White' Seele was aware of it, and it started right off with a Group Dungeon. Little 'White' Seele was so shy she hid in the deepest part of the mental space.
The successive impacts on both body and spirit turned 'White' Seele's eyes into swirls. Her consciousness wanted to control the body to faint, but unfortunately, the owner of this body was Caelus-Seele!
'White' Seele could only passively enjoy it.
Caelus blew out a forceful breath, blowing away the messy hair on Stelle's face. The Stellaron spirit, sensing the airflow, twitched her willow-leaf brows and casually rolled over.
Getting out of bed, Caelus left the themed room. As soon as he opened the door, he heard a faint sound coming from the bathroom area; the ventilation system inside was active.
"Hmm? Who is it?"
Caelus walked towards the living room in surprise.
This was a hotel, not a guesthouse. The scale of the rooms was large, and the types were abundant. For the suite Caelus had booked, there were three themed rooms inside.
One was the room they stayed in last night. The other two themes were a 'Wizard of Oz' with a wild swing set vibe, and a 'Classroom Play' theme.
Besides that, there were large and small bathrooms, changing rooms, and everything one could need. The soundproofing in every room was gaga-good!
No matter how loud the noise made inside was, nothing could be heard in the living room just a wall away—extreme protection of guest privacy!
The frosted glass transmitted a warm halo of light. A petite silhouette moved within it, her loose black hair shifting against the glass like ink spreading on rice paper.
Before Caelus could voice his question, the bathroom door opened. A snowy, tender, slender leg stepped out, water droplets falling from the ends of her hair and staining dark circles onto the carpet.
"...Waaah!!"
Having walked out a meter or two, Qingque, wrapped in the hotel's bamboo-green bathrobe, suddenly realized there was a pair of eyes staring at her from the corner not far away.
The girl was instantly startled, shrinking back a large distance at high speed.
"Old Caelus, why do you walk without making any sound! You scared me to death!"
After recognizing the arrival was Caelus, Qingque breathed a sigh of relief.
"Unless I stomp hard enough to collapse the floor, you probably wouldn't be able to hear it."
Caelus shrugged. "Why are you here?"
"Oh, March 7th is using the small bathroom, so I could only come here to wash," Qingque explained, her voice recovering its lazy tone.
Under normal circumstances, the steps should have been:
If you still lose everything, then it's physical compensation, friend.
At least let me rest a while, friend.
Pregnant after just one night, friend~!
We must grow old together, Husband!
But in reality, Caelus and Qingque didn't proceed to the last three steps last night.
After all, Qingque had inhaled the aphrodisiac gas last night, and her reason was affected by the drug. She might have made an error in judgment regarding these matters.
More importantly, he couldn't let Little Qingque participate in a Group Dungeon on her very first time.
It wasn't just Qingque; Ah Qi was also there. The two of them had slept in another themed room last night.
Only Caelus and the other three—himself, Little Duck, and 'White' Seele—had experienced a round with the various novelty toys.
"Hmm? Old Caelus, why are you suddenly looking at me like that?"
Feeling that the look in Caelus's eyes had become somewhat strange, Qingque lowered her head in confusion. She looked left and right, confirming that there was nothing wrong with the bamboo-green bathrobe on her body.
"Speaking of which, I keep feeling this bathrobe is a bit weird to wear.
"Where did you get it?"
"Just used the one in the bathroom."
"Question: What kind of hotel is this?" Caelus asked with a smile, sitting on the sofa.
"Erotic... Uh, are you saying?"
Qingque blinked, suddenly reacting as her footsteps paused.
"I don't know what material this is made of, but as long as I concentrate my gaze, the bathrobe will gradient into a transparent color. The harder the 'gaze', the greater the transparency intensity," Caelus said with great interest.
This bathrobe wasn't bad, eh? He should change the bathrobes in his and Stelle's room to this type later!
"...Huh? Seriously! Why are there schemes and traps everywhere in here!"
Qingque's small face turned slightly red as she loudly retorted and complained. Her soft small hands groped at the cheating bathrobe. "Built-in..."
She sucked air through her teeth, but in the end, she made no other moves and sat on the sofa diagonally across from Caelus.
"Aren't you going to change?" Caelus yawned.
"Aiya, it's no big deal."
Qingque lay flat in a salted fish posture, speaking indifferently. "Anyway, it's not like you haven't seen it."
Encountering a cheater playing cards with his life at night—strong as a monster, impossible to defeat even with full effort—she had been stripped completely bare.
Everything that should be seen had been seen. Rather than being coy, it was better to be generous. Anyway, right now, it was a case of 'whoever chickens out is the awkward one'.
"Besides, last night I was even thinking about how to write the leave application for the Master Diviner today. In the end, even when it came to that, you didn't pull me in. Could I still not trust you?"
At least let me rest a while, friend—this stage did not happen.
But If you still lose everything, then it's physical compensation, friend—this stage did happen.
Caelus had used a Kato Taka-level technique to help Qingque relieve the body heat induced by the drug.
When the drug's effect was at its peak, Qingque had even actively opened her small cherry mouth to bite onto the Imperial Arms Divine Rare Iron.
Even if something really happened with Caelus, Qingque would have accepted it; she had no resistance to it. But she hadn't expected that after Caelus helped with the little interlude of the drug's power, he stopped his actions and sent her back to the room to rest.
Since it was like that last night, what was there to guard against now?
"Suit yourself then."
Although Qingque's tone was considered calm, Caelus could clearly see the girl's ears were bright red.
Trust was trust, but Qingque was still a young maiden in her prime; shyness was inevitable~
Especially in her current mindset, as Qingque recalled the thing she had bitten when opening her mouth last night. The wondrous taste seemed to still linger in her nasal cavity and on the tip of her tongue.
Qingque's face grew redder and redder. She violently shook her head, throwing those absurd scenes out of her mind.
"By the way, Old Caelus, tell me again about the Celestial Jade tiles we played yesterday."
At first, the rules of Strip Mahjong were the Xianzhou version. After the newcomers got familiar with it, Caelus added higher competitive elements—the points system.
Qingque was curious and expectant about the new gameplay of Celestial Jade, so she naturally wouldn't refuse. As a genius Mahjong girl, she picked it up extremely quickly.
Bringing it up now was just to change the subject, and incidentally to see if Caelus had other ways to play.
"That's called Riichi Celestial Jade. It also has another alias, one that matches you very well—Sparrow (Que)."
The winning method was different from Shenzhou Mahjong; it was a common Japanese Mahjong gameplay calculated by points. To Qingque, this was very novel and interesting.
"Sparrow... that really does match me well. As expected, the bond between me and Celestial Jade is very deep."
Talking about Celestial Jade, Qingque's awkwardness and shyness all vanished like smoke. The two began to discuss the grand plan of jointly promoting the new Celestial Jade gameplay and setting off a Celestial Jade craze.
Not long after, March 7th, having finished her bath, carefully pulled open the room door. She poked out a fluffy pink head to observe the situation inside the room.
Only after confirming she didn't see any naked men or women did she breathe a sigh of relief. Little March hopped out, but froze when she hopped into the living room.
"You two are..."
Seeing Caelus's figure, March 7th's small face turned slightly red. She had also been seen completely last night, but, after all, it was Caelus.
She usually had no sense of distance when playing with Stelle, and Caelus shared senses with Stelle. Never mind seeing; Caelus might have even touched her through Stelle.
What made March 7th freeze was Qingque.
The two had been in the same room last night and were already quite familiar with each other.
With Qingque's lazy, Buddhist-like salted fish personality, no one would feel too much pressure getting along with her. On the contrary, it might even make one's mood much more relaxed.
She saw many things very clearly.
When a naive little live wire met an optimist who had fewer desires than a monk in a temple, there were naturally many places where the two could connect.
But now, Qingque was with Caelus wrapped only in a bath towel. Referencing the situation last night, it was hard for March 7th not to overthink.
"Ah Qi, you're awake. Come eat something. Jade Saliva Phoenix Tail Egg, a delicacy recommended by Qingque."
Caelus opened his mouth. A shadow Stelle in raccoon form peeled the eggshell and fed the peeled egg into Caelus's mouth, as well as to Qingque who was lying like a salted fish on the sofa.
"Heiya, this ability is really convenient!"
Enjoying the shadow's service, Qingque felt a bit sour. She really wanted an ability that could raise her like a useless person too!
"It's delicious."
Hearing this, March 7th's eyes changed immediately. Like a Husky leaving the cold Arctic, her true nature overpowered the environmental buff, and she ran over to start stuffing her face.
The three chatted while eating.
"Give the diviners of the Divination Commission a holiday blessing. Input the corresponding divination data into the formation that calculates actions, and finally obtain the result that giving diviners a holiday can turn bad luck into good luck."
Caelus's expression shifted from sentimental to sincere: "And you, my friend, are the true hero!"
"Qingque, aren't you afraid of being fired?" March 7th was completely stunned.
"Relax, relax. The Six Commissions can't fire employees at will, otherwise people will say they can't afford to play."
Qingque waved her hand. "The only thing is the Master Diviner. She's been assigning me all sorts of tasks lately. My daily work intensity has surged, almost reaching the level where I have to do three days' work in one day!"
"Heh, fortunately, I started responding in time, making sure the extra work was always unfinished or the quality wasn't up to par. That's how I kept the daily workload from increasing any further."
Qingque was proclaiming her workplace survival guide and slack-off magic, but she saw Caelus's expression suddenly turn odd.
"Old Caelus, what's wrong?"
"Speaking of which, what time do you usually go to work?" Caelus asked, resting his chin on his hand.
"..."
Qingque's body froze, like a robot that had lost power. In the next second, she violently turned her head to look at the clock, her eyes widening and her face filled with horror.
"Ten o'clock."
"I'm done for!"
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