drop--
Lilian placed the crystal ball on the door lock and sensed it. With a soft sound, the door opened automatically.
Looking at this series of processes, Xia Ye felt a familiar sense of technology. In the world before time travel, most people were like this, using mobile phone sensors or fingerprint scans to open the door to their homes.
But the various details around it exude a sense of classicism that is completely opposite to the sense of technology.
For example, the door in front of me is actually made of stone, with exquisite carvings on the surface. The door lock is not a mechanical device, but a rune that looks like a witch's contract.
The same thing happened with what I just saw outside.
It is obviously a high-rise building with hundreds of floors and huge advertising screens that has a sense of science fiction. However, the high-rise buildings do not use glass exterior walls, but stone walls carved with gorgeous reliefs. As for the advertising screens, they are unimaginably large. Crystal plates, the light of runes constantly flowing on their edges, driving the advertising screen to play repeatedly.
Magic punk…
Such a word couldn't help but flash in Xia Ye's mind.
No, strictly speaking, it is not magic that drives this world, but the witch's contract.
So, should it be called "witch punk"?
"Master Traveling Witch, this, this is my home, please come in..."
Lilian's voice interrupted Xia Ye's thoughts. The girl's voice was a mixture of nervousness and expectation. After all, in her opinion, she was inviting a powerful and mysterious "traveling witch" to her home.
"excuse me."
Xia Ye answered calmly as she walked into Lillian's house. She raised her calves, took off her black leather shoes one by one, and placed them by the door. Then she straightened up, took off the triangular hood around her neck, and held it in her hand.
Although there was no head, Lilian still felt that Xia Ye was looking at her, and she reacted cleverly: "Ah - Ms. Traveling Witch, the head, uh... the hat can be hung there."
"Well, thank you."
Xia Ye followed the direction of Lilian's finger and saw the hat stand standing on the wall. There was already hanging an exquisite black witch hat on the hat rack. It must be Lilian's. The black triangle was stained with red stains. After the hood and it were hung side by side, a strong contrast was immediately revealed.
Hmm... It seems that next, I will buy a witch hat first, Xia Ye thought to herself.
But the problem is, I don’t have a head. Even if I buy it, how should I wear it...
While hanging up her "hat" on Xia Ye, Lillian had also taken off her shoes, and her little feet wrapped in translucent black silk stepped directly on the floor. There is no such thing as "slippers" in this world, because the floor of the room is always Everything was spotless at all times - whether it was Lilian's home or the sealed room where Xia Ye was reborn, this must be the effect of some kind of witch contract.
"Master Traveling Witch, do you need to take a bath first? Or eat something first? Or first..."
"Eat you first?"
"Huh?!"
Probably because a certain joke before time travel was played too badly, Xia Ye subconsciously picked up the sentence, but Lillian obviously didn't know this sentence, so the girl's reaction was not shy or surprised, but frightened.
After all, Xia Ye said it herself not long ago that although she was a traveling witch, there was no guarantee that she would be a good traveling witch.
Coupled with the headless appearance, Lilian couldn't help but wonder at that moment whether the other party was going to eat a certain part of her body to perform what she called a "sacrifice."
"Ahem... I mean, let me ask you first. Let me ask you a question first." Looking at the petite girl who was as frightened as a bird, Xia Ye felt a rare compassion and did not continue to scare her.
"Ah...that's it. Okay, of course, no problem, please sit here!"
Lilian let Xia Ye sit on the sofa in the living room, and she dragged a chair over and sat upright opposite Xia Ye, with her straight and slender calves close together and her hands neatly placed on her knees. Like a primary school student waiting for the teacher to ask questions.
Looking at the other party's appearance, Xia Ye couldn't help but smile, but for her without a face, Lilian couldn't tell even if she smiled. She was always the traveling witch who was hard to fathom.
She relaxed her body, leaned on the soft sofa, crossed one thigh over the other, and swayed gently with her little feet wrapped in white silk.
"So, the first question..." Xia Ye raised her index finger and started her own question.
…
"Very well, here's the last question. From now on, can you call me 'Sister Xia Ye'?"
"Eh?"
Lilian obviously didn't expect that the last question would be this, and she didn't know how to answer it for a while.
"It's too awkward to always call me 'Ms. Traveling Witch' or something like that." Xia Ye explained, "Why don't you just call me 'Sister Xia Ye' from now on? How about that?"
"Of course!"
Lilian finally reacted and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. Although not long ago she protested against Xia Ye calling her "landlord's sister", but...this time is different from the past.
"Very good." Xia Ye shook her neck with satisfaction, "I will call you 'Lillian' from now on."
"Um...Sister Lu, Xia Ye, can I also ask you a question?" Lilian raised her hand carefully, "Ah, of course it doesn't matter if you don't want to answer."
"You can ask me any questions you want. Of course, whether I answer or not depends on the content of the question. In addition..."
Xia Ye patted the seat cushion next to her.
"Sit here, don't be so restrained. After all, this is your home, and I'm just a lodger. From now on, we can get along casually. Don't worry, I'm not a monster and won't eat you. "
"Okay, okay..."
Lilian stood up from the chair and sat next to Xia Ye. However, her sitting posture was still exactly the same as before, with her legs tightly together and her hands half-clenched on her knees, without any feeling of relaxation.
"If you have any questions, ask them." Xia Ye said.
"Sister Xia Ye, I'm just a little curious. I originally thought you would ask me some difficult questions. Those questions just now... many of them are common sense. Why are you asking these?" Lilian lowered her head and carefully asked.
Because I am a time traveler who lacks common sense - Xia Ye said in her heart. Of course, she could not answer Lillian like this, but gave out the excuse she had already thought of.
She pointed to the broken part of her neck and said, "I remember I told you before that I sacrificed my head to the great being who must not be named directly."
"Yes." Lilian nodded obediently.
"The reason why I did this is because before arriving in this city, I encountered a terrible enemy and had to sacrifice myself to temporarily gain stronger power so as to defeat the opponent. But the price was that I lost Although my head will not die, I have forgotten a lot of things, including many memories of the past and a lot of common sense."
"But... when you rented that room from me, even though you were wearing a veil and couldn't see your face clearly, you did have a brain."
Lilian thought for a while and continued to ask. Although she was in awe of Xia Ye, she was not that easy to deceive.
"Because the price paid for the sacrifice is delayed, after I defeated the enemy, I dragged my injured body to this city. The reason why I rented that room from you was to find a place to hide temporarily. After living in the room Soon, the price of the sacrifice was paid, and I lost my head and was unconscious in my room for three months, so I couldn't pay your rent in time."
"So that's it!" Lilian couldn't help but sigh. She couldn't help but feel proud secretly in her heart when she thought that she had inadvertently helped a traveling witch who defeated an evil enemy.
"Yes, that's right." Xia Ye nodded seriously, "Speaking of which, I also want to thank you for providing me with that room three months ago."
"Huh? As long as I can help you, there's no need to express gratitude or anything like that..."
The thought in her heart was suddenly revealed, and Lilian felt a little embarrassed. A light blush appeared on her white porcelain cheeks.
Phew, now I can finally justify myself.
Looking at Lilian who looked shy, Xia Ye thought silently in her heart.
To be able to make up such a set of stories in such a short period of time, I am indeed a genius at lying.
