I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 38, December 19: The Secret Mansion and Miss Lily's Toy House

The door to the study on the second floor was locked; a key was required to open it.

Mu Yegui gripped the doorknob and stared at it silently.

"How about I go find the key?" Zhou Hao suggested from the side.

During the day, Mu Yegui suddenly interrupted the game, which allowed them to end the game early, at least saving their lives.

Just as midnight struck, Mu Yegui suddenly burst into the toy room and called out Zhou Hao's name.

Zhou Hao didn't know how Mu Yegui knew about this mechanism, but he still obediently looked in the mirror and changed back. After that, he followed Mu Yegui to the study on the second floor.

Last night, Mu Yegui broke a window and Mu Yin kicked down the front door, so Yifa only appeared briefly while watching TV. The rest of the time, she went out to buy supplies to have them installed tomorrow. In other words, the broken door and window remain damaged.

Mu Yegui opened the cover of the doorknob and saw a painting sculpted from metal.

A golden square, two centimeters on each side. Mu Yegui bent down to look at the metal sculpture at eye level. It was carved with a spider web, with a spider on the web and a bound doll next to it. It was called a doll because its eyes were indicated by XX.

This XX was also present in the previous letter of authorization, and it seems that the Secret Mansion's crest still contains the XX.

An X was still carved on the spider's abdomen.

“I’ve seen this before,” Zhou Hao suddenly said from the side.

Mu Yegui looked up and around without saying anything, seemingly waiting for him to continue.

"After we turned into dolls, we didn't appear here immediately. Instead, we stayed in the dollhouse with this spider mark for a while until the butler bought us and gave us to Miss Lily." Zhou Hao carefully recalled his memory but couldn't recall the appearance of this shop's sign. He only remembered vaguely hearing one of the customers say three words.

"It's just my guess, but I vaguely heard customers calling it 'The House of Silk.' The owner is a man whose face is covered in exaggerated white powder, more terrifying than a clown. His face seems to have been stitched up several times, with several patches of skin that look like patches. The shop is decorated strangely and has many bizarre and terrifying dolls, but business is still booming. There's a central fountain in front of the shop." Zhou Hao thought it was the most unbelievable thing that anyone would come to such a shop.

Speaking of the clown Mu Yegui, I'm reminded of Fei Xiu. Although he's a bit strange, he's very good-looking, so the owner of the Silk House probably isn't ugly either.

“Ifa once described you as the latest work of a puppet master.” Mu Yegui gave up on forcibly breaking down the door. She felt that if they forced their way in today, Ifa would definitely do something that would be detrimental to them.

Fei stood silently at the corner, his dark, tousled hair concealing his eyes. Since his injury, he had never inquired about Ruan Peng or paid her any attention whatsoever. Beside Fei's feet was a woman's head; the white cotton wadding around its neck confirmed it was a doll, yet it still sent chills down one's spine.

"Your hair's gotten a bit long," Mu Yegui said after walking up to him and observing him quietly for a while. "It'll get in your eyes."

A black scarf covered half his face, making it impossible to discern his expression. Fei remained silent, only nodding slightly in agreement.

Zhou Hao was very surprised by this. Even he couldn't get close to Fei, so how did she do it!
A crisp 'tap-tap-tap' sound echoed from the stairs, carrying a chilling atmosphere in the silence. Zhou Hao took a step back, trying to get closer to Fei, but the latter took a step forward, creating distance between them. Mu Yegui pointed to the corner, signaling them to stay away, while she herself walked to the top of the stairs, looking down at the people gradually ascending.

His black, meticulously tailored tuxedo was buttoned all the way up, and his platinum blonde hair was neatly styled. His handsome face wore a perfect smile that seemed to have been measured with a ruler, and his narrow, amethyst eyes held a mysterious glint.

"You really do enjoy wandering around at night." He glanced at the empty space behind Mu Yegui with his narrow eyes and said with a light laugh.

“Isn’t Ifa?” Mu Yegui gazed at her quietly, his expression serious, and answered.

Ifa paused slightly, casually adjusting his neatly arranged cufflinks, and said meaningfully, "From the first time I met you, I noticed that you seemed to be searching for something. Have you found it yet?"

"Isn't it Ifa?" The same answer not only meant that Mu Yegui admitted to it, but also that she knew Ifa had ulterior motives.

“You’re joking.” As for what he was joking about, Ifa didn’t say anything at all, denying that he had any ulterior motives.

Mu Yegui took a few steps down the stairs, then suddenly sat down cross-legged, only three steps away from Yifa. She took off her khaki beret and played with it in her hand, as if chatting with Yifa about how nice the weather was that day. "I heard there's a dollhouse called 'Silk House' in Doll Town. Are the dolls there very beautiful?"

“That puppet master doesn’t receive outsiders, but if it’s you, he should be very welcoming.” Ifa knelt down on one knee, took the hat from her hand, and gently placed it on her head, while also gently tidying her slightly messy hair.

Mu Yegui grabbed his wrist, her cold silver eyes staring intently at the sapphire ring between his slender, fair fingers, which was both magnificent and as deep and mysterious as the ocean.

This ring is exactly the same as the sapphire ring on the hand of the butler behind the noblewoman in the huge portrait hanging on the wall in front of them. Whether it is Ifa himself or not, it is inescapably related to him.

"Your ring is beautiful," Mu Yegui said slowly.

“Your ring is prettier than mine,” Ifa said with a light laugh.

The two seemed to be playing a game of charades, neither willing to give in. However, Ifa was unaware that while Mu Yegui was speaking, he had secretly used the last chance to use the item that Rabbit Village had stolen.
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【10】Siren

Rank: Crown Prince (SS)

Description: From the most mysterious abyss of the ocean in the Kingdom of the Unbelievable, possessing the power to bewitch others.

Passive: Increases the probability of any event handled by the user by 20%.
Active: Cast an illusion until you wake up.

Cooldown time: 10 days (currently on cooldown)
Review: An essential weapon for hitting someone in the back; it's so stealthy you won't even know it.
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The ruby ​​hidden behind his back turned into dust and vanished completely. Mu Yegui flipped his hand over and poured it out, then touched the hilt of the short sword sheathed at his waist.

The first Crown Prince item has appeared; I need to make a record of it.

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(End of this chapter)