Chapter 84: You’re Not Good Enough~
Luo Yuxi woke up to an unfamiliar ceiling, her mind hazy. She sat up in the soft bed, looking at the familiar yet strange room.
“Really, when did I become so careless? I must have been too stressed…”
“You’re awake. You’re so trusting, falling asleep in front of me like that.”
Luo Yuxi looked at the teapot spirit, who was sitting on a nearby sofa, reading a book, looking quite proper. She noticed her tattered nun’s habit had been replaced with normal clothes. It was a welcome change, after all, the vampires had torn her old one to shreds.
“Did you change my clothes?”
“Ahem… I just changed them for you. I didn’t do anything strange!”
The teapot spirit’s book-flipping speed increased, as if trying to hide something. Luo Yuxi wasn’t worried, she was just a wisp of smoke, after all.
“Alright, you don’t have to explain, I believe you…”
“Y-You know, even though I’ve never left this teapot, I…”
“But you’re a wisp of smoke, so you’re not good at that~”
Luo Yuxi’s casual remark made the teapot spirit freeze. The room fell silent.
“I’m not good enough…”
“Wait… I was just joking!”
Luo Yuxi turned and saw the teapot spirit, her body shrouded in black mist, looking completely enraged. Luo Yuxi remembered a scene from the game where the protagonist taunted a witch and was subsequently “educated.”
“Hehe… I’m not good enough? Why don’t you try me and find out…?”
The teapot spirit looked at Luo Yuxi, her eyes filled with rage. Luo Yuxi regretted her words. She had just escaped the vampires, and now she was going to be “educated” by a teapot spirit?
“I just said one thing, why are you so angry? Are you going to educate me…?”
“Has no one ever told you not to tell someone they’re not good enough?!”
A black wisp of smoke shot out, wrapping around Luo Yuxi’s ankle and pulling her onto the bed. Luo Yuxi panicked, a feeling of dread creeping up on her.
“Calm down! I apologize for what I said, okay? Really! I’ve already apologized, what more do you want?!”
“You think an apology is enough?!”
“Then what do you want?! You’re just a wisp of smoke, what can you do to me… eh?”
Luo Yuxi looked at the giant wisp of smoke, which had formed into a large, rectangular shadow, casting its shadow over her. Her previous arrogance vanished.
“Your smoke is quite versatile, it can even turn into this…”
“And there’s more~”
The teapot spirit pulled, and Luo Yuxi was pinned to the bed. Looking at the massive rectangular shadow, Luo Yuxi broke out in a cold sweat. She had been “ground” into a pulp before, but this was on a whole other level. She would be like one of those heroines in those strange books, completely “poisoned.”
“Wait, I apologize! I formally apologize, okay?! I shouldn’t have underestimated you!”
“Hmph! This is going to be big, you better endure it~”
The teapot spirit, seeing Luo Yuxi’s panicked expression, smirked and spread her legs, then lunged forward. Luo Yuxi closed her eyes in despair, but nothing happened.
“Hmm… has it started yet?”
Luo Yuxi sat up and looked at the teapot spirit, who was standing over her, her massive black shadow just floating above her skirt, not even touching her.
“H-How is this possible?”
“What? So fast? I thought you were so powerful, but even with such a scary shape, you’re still just a wisp of smoke…”
Luo Yuxi sat up, looking at the teapot spirit, who was staring at her in disbelief. She kicked her leg, and the rope binding her foot dissolved into smoke.
“It seems you really aren’t good enough~ You look scary, but you’re so soft~”
Luo Yuxi lifted her skirt, looking at the teapot spirit with a teasing expression, her previous fear gone.
“You really aren’t good enough. Even if you’re in front of me, you can’t even get in~”
“I! I’m not!”
“Forget it, there’s no point talking to you. I can’t believe I was almost scared to death by a wisp of smoke…”
Luo Yuxi stood up, then noticed a golden birdcage on the table. Inside was a familiar, petite figure.
“This is…”
“I found her in the living room. She must have been brought in when you entered. I just locked her in the birdcage…”
Luo Yuxi looked at Vicky, who was lying in the cage, a dejected look on her face. She was confused. Shouldn’t she be the only one who could enter this teapot?
“Hey, you said no one else could enter!”
“How should I know? When I went out, she was just standing on the sofa, smiling foolishly…”
The teapot spirit sat on the edge of the bed, answering Luo Yuxi’s question reluctantly. She had been looking forward to having a beautiful girl all to herself, but now, her pride was wounded.
“Alright, alright, don’t look so dejected. If a wisp of smoke could actually pin me down, I’d be the one who’s embarrassed…”
Luo Yuxi waved her hand dismissively, thinking, She’s so fragile. She looked at Vicky in the cage. If she could bring other people in, this place could be a powerful tool.
“If I use this ability to infiltrate an enemy city with an army…”
Luo Yuxi’s mind raced. She looked at the key-shaped mark on her chest. Just taking it out had expanded the teapot’s interior. Even if she didn’t use it for anything else, it was a perfect secret base.
“This is great~!”
Luo Yuxi’s excitement was interrupted by a familiar voice.
“!!!”
Her dark doppelganger was floating before her, a mischievous expression on her face.
“So what’s your choice~?”
A. [Accept the power of the key and become a being of both light and darkness, a bug in this world.]
B. [Reject the power of the key and seize the throne with your own abilities…]
C. [Give the key to the dark Luo Yuxi.]