Arknights, but all characters are NPCs?

"Zofia (reaching the limit...)"

"Zofia (mind is blank...)"

"Zofia (repeating 'no no no' in her mind while shaking her head...)"

“Wu——?!”

A thud.

It seemed that Sofia accidentally bumped into the corner of the table, and the muffled groan drowned out Sofia's cry of pain.

It looked like it had hit the corner of the table pretty hard.

Because the whole table shook, the teacup that was originally on the table was knocked over, and the tea in the cup spilled all over the table.

The spilled tea flowed down the table and splashed all over the floor.

But for some reason, the water that flowed onto the ground soon reached the amount of a teacup. Even so, the tea was still flowing, splashing under the table.

"Aunt? Aunt! It's over. Did this aunt accidentally hit her big toe and then...oh, I mean fainted from the pain?"

Lu Shang, who seemed to have no sense of existence for the entire episode, spoke at the right time and made his presence felt.

Lu Shang shook Sophia's shoulders pretending to be worried, then reached out to sniff her breath: "It's over, this aunt's saliva... No, it's white foam all over her mouth. Come on, Little Platinum——"

Ah? Is this something I have to do with?

Xintelaiya looked up in confusion.

"Xiao Baijin, go under the table and help pick up this aunt's shoes. I will give her CPR and artificial respiration."

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"Well..."

Who am I? Where am I? I...

Oh, no, I didn’t lose my memory.

At most, Sofia just lost herself in thought and her brain went blank for a while, but she didn't really stick out her tongue or tilt her head.

But because she was absent-minded, she really didn't know what happened during this period.

"Why am I sitting on the table... And in this... Such a shameless posture..."

Although Zofia hadn't figured out the situation yet, it didn't stop her from blushing. She immediately closed her legs in an M shape, and then half-propelled herself up weakly.

"Hey, Auntie, are you awake? I saw your tongue sticking out. I was so worried."

"Who told you to call me auntie... I told you not to..."

After Sofia replied subconsciously, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Lu Shang who was sitting on the chair.

"Hey... why would you-uh..."

Well, after a moment of distraction, Sofia remembered everything again.

Although she had the thought of dying together with Lu Shang for a moment, this thought came and went quickly.

"Your dream is mainly about not having fun that...exciting. I wouldn't do that either...never mind."

Zofia was not thick-skinned enough to think about that incident. She just straightened her clothes and looked around: "Is Texas gone? Then...where is Sintelaiya?"

"Little Bai Jin? She is helping your aunt pick up your shoes under the table."

"shoe?"

After looking at her bare little foot, Zofia was silent for a while before she carefully got off the table. Then she squatted down and looked under the table, saying, "Xintelaiya? Come out, you don't have to help me pick up my shoes...eh?"

Lu Shang did not lie to her, Xinteleya was indeed under the table.

But... it doesn't seem like he's picking up shoes...

Seeing Xintelaiya squatting there, Lu Shang reached out and patted Xintelaiya's head lovingly, which made Xintelaiya shake her head back and forth, and the single ponytail tied behind her head also shook back and forth. If you listen carefully, you can even hear the sound of slurping and gurgling...

Sophia: “?”

Are you picking up shoes? Where did you pick them up?!

213. Xinteleya: Miss, you have to learn how to control men.

"Miss, you don't have to stare at me so intently, do you? It's as if I stole your man."

The real world, Casimir, the Whip Knight's manor, Zofia's boudoir.

At this moment, Xinteleya, who had just woken up and was called here by an order, yawned because of sleepiness.

Then, looking at Zofia, who was crossing her arms and looking like she was about to accuse someone, Xinteleya complained, "You can't blame me for this. I didn't expect that Lu Shang, the dream master, would actually listen to my advice and bring you to the table."

Sofia: "..Hmm..."

It was very successful, and Zofia failed in a second.

She was embarrassed and ashamed, and gnashed her teeth in anger: "Did I ask you to say this?!"

Sofia wanted to ask for an explanation, but what she wanted to ask was that Xinteleya was obviously her maid, so why didn't this little maid come to help her when she was killed by Lu Shang?

It would have been fine if she didn't help, but the little maid ended up having so much fun.

What? Is it such a happy thing to see your daughter suffer?

"But I'm not wrong either."

Xinteleya did not repent, and continued to complain as if it was a matter of course: "Not only that dream master, didn't you also listen to my advice, young lady? I said that when the dream master wanted to do something bad to you, young lady, you should clamp him with your legs, and young lady, didn't you clamp him in the end? Although my original intention was for you to clamp the dream master's head with your legs, in the end, you clamped the dream master's waist with your legs...but it's all the same, the big head is the head, the small head is also the head——"

"Shut up, you shameless maid!"

Before Xintelaiya finished her complaints, she saw Zofia getting angry and her face turned red. Then she looked around, picked up a pillow on the bed, and threw it at Xintelaiya with a "whoosh".

It looks scary, but the force with which the pillow is thrown is too gentle.

Ordinary people can easily dodge it, let alone Xinteleya who is a killer.

So Xintelaiya tilted her head casually, and the pillow brushed against her hair and flew behind her, then hit the wall and fell to the ground.

Oh, it didn't fall to the ground.

Because Xinteleya twisted her waist in time and stretched out her hand to catch the pillow.

why?

Haha, just telling a joke, the money for custom-making this pillow is more valuable than a murder order that Sintela received when she was the Platinum King.

If it were in the past, Xintelaiya would have said, "Rich people are rich people. A pillow thrown casually may be the lifelong property of a poor family."

But now Xinteleya won't complain anymore.

Well, because Zofia paid her a pretty high salary, let alone one pillow, Xinteleya can now buy two pillows!

But...Xintela still has to take this pillow. Maybe even if the pillow is dirty, a rich woman like Zofia would at most say "just change it". Then it would be better if you just give me the money for changing the pillow!

So with a look that said “Money, this is all money”, Cintrea patted the pillow too gently, and then as if she wanted to offer it up, she carefully put it back on the bed—

Sofia's eyes twitched when she saw that: "You maid...is it necessary? Why have I never seen you be so respectful to me? I'm not even as good as a pillow, right?"

"This is a pillow that the Whip Blade Knight used to sleep on. It has the original scent and is filled with the Whip Blade Knight's body scent. Miss, guess how much money this pillow can fetch if I advertise it like this?"

"Stop it! Don't describe it like that! It's too embarrassing!"

"Oh... okay, okay."

When Xinteleya sighed, and Zofia couldn't help but grind her teeth -

"Miss, if you don't want me to tell you about the dream master carrying you to the table, then what do you want me to say?"

Xinteleya asked sincerely, "Do you want me to tell you that you wanted to die with the Dream Master, but the Dream Master found out and punished you?"

"Can you blame me? If it weren't for the status bar above my head..." Sofia argued.

"You still want me to tell you, Miss, why didn't I remind you when you were hypnotized?" Xinteleya asked again.

"Well...then I didn't know that I was hypnotized..." Sofia began to feel a little unconfident.

"Or, Miss, are you trying to explain why I had to run under the table to help you pick up your shoes?"

At this point, Xinteleya did not give Zofia a chance to reply. Instead, she sighed and said, "If I don't help you pick up your shoes, what else can I do? After all, I don't know who said that I, a little maid, am a close friend at best, but a maidservant at worst. I am to be given as a dowry."

"Uh..."

Sophia was thoroughly embarrassed.

Because among the six hypnosis sessions that Lu Shang gave her, none of them were about modifying memory.

The hypnosis that Lu Shang gave her was to "magnify a part of the obsession in her heart." Yes, it was a replica of Arturo's specialty.

So what does it mean to magnify? What does it mean to be obsessed?

What this means is that this is what Sofia originally thought in her heart. She really felt that if she married Lu Shang, the dream master, in the future, she would bring Xinteleiya with her.

Well, since they are all dowry and maids, if the mistress is unwell, it is natural for her, the maid, to take care of the mistress's affairs.

"Ah...Ahahaha..." Zofia couldn't help laughing awkwardly, then her face turned red: "Sorry..."

"I can actually hear the master apologizing to the servant. It's really rare to see this in my life. But it's a pity that I didn't record this conversation. How about I go get the recording equipment now, and then Miss, can you do it again?"

"You little maid, are you being too arrogant...?"

Otherwise, how could it be said that the Linguang family is a rare breed in the aristocratic world and would actually apologize?

So even the bad-tempered Xinteleya showed a rare smile.

Then--

"Alas, you are the one who pays me, so in order to avoid losing the fight, you have to cry alone with your handkerchief in your mouth. You should learn how to control a man."

"Who wants to fight? Who else is going to cry? No, where are you going?"

Seeing Xinteleya turn around and leave after she finished speaking, Zofia couldn't help but shout.

In the end, Xinteleya said without even turning her head: "Get some teaching materials."

214.「ID:'初雪' has logged in」

Then she went out, and after a while, Xinteleya came back carrying a lot of bags.

He placed it in front of Sofia and opened the zipper, revealing that it was full of teaching materials labeled R18.

Sophia was shocked.

But she had eaten meat after all, so she wouldn't blush like a steam engine and scream.

Even so, Zofia pointed at the pile of textbooks with trembling fingertips: "What the hell are these?! Where did you get them from, Xinteleya?!"

"I bought it." Xinteleya added, "I bought it with your card, Miss."

Sophia: “?”

If I see my name in the Rose Press tomorrow, I will sacrifice you, my little maid, to God.

But Xinteleya didn't care. She just took out the textbooks one by one under Zofia's blushing gaze.

While taking it, Xinteleya said:

"Miss, you have to know that according to the rules of the dream world now, the number of people entering the dream world will only increase in the future.

Miss, if you don't seize this opportunity, as more and more people enter your dream, your role will become less and less, until there is no trace of you anymore.

So miss, don't think about your "rehabilitation training in the dream world, although the strength can't be brought back, but the combat experience can be gained, so maybe you can become stronger by relying on the dream world" thing.

"Young Miss, when you practice with the Dream Master next time, don't be stubborn, deliberately sell some benefits, deliberately tempt you--"

"cough..."

Zofia really didn't want to read those textbooks, so she could only cough lightly and change the subject: "In, in the dream world, how can it be impossible to train and become stronger in the dream world? Haven't you ever thought about it, Xinteleya? Make yourself stronger, and then take revenge on the Qingjin throne or something?"

"I haven't thought about it."