Deep in the Living

Chapter 520 Bad Luck
Centered around a long marble table,
The deformed-looking butler brought over a chair.
The two photos on the left correspond to the two guests who have come to the family.
One of them is on the right, corresponding to the young master of the family, Libet.

The last special chair was placed at the top of the long table, the host's seat.

What makes it special is that this seat is completely different from the conventional ones. It is equipped with various types of restraint devices, corresponding to a set of humanoid armor, and is powered by electricity.

It seems that once the owner sits inside, they will be secured by the armor, but it's unclear what its purpose is.

Roddy knew very well that the "father" Libet mentioned was the head of the Invisible Manor.
He frequently mentioned this word, and whenever the word "father" was mentioned, Liberty would become noticeably more restrained and respectful.

The father seemed to have appeared at one of Mr. Question Mark's games, but when Roddy tried to recall, he couldn't remember at all.

Tap-tap, a series of footsteps approached.
He's neither too heavy nor too light, just like a normal person.

However, the sound did not come from the dog hole that Libet crawled through, nor from the basement that Roddy and the others took a detour through, but rather from some secret passage.

really.

The butler pulled a wall lamp on one side of the banquet hall, and a hidden door opened.

A man wearing a top hat is walking out.

He wore a family seal ring on the ring finger of his left hand, his body was wrapped in a black suit, and a yellow scarf covered everything below his nose.

He had an old and bulky appearance, and it even seemed that he had stuffed a lot of things inside his clothes, which made him move rather slowly.

The brim of the round hat also faintly revealed the silvery-white hair of an elderly person.

Even though the scarf covered most of her face, it couldn't hide her pale eyes and the wrinkles around her eyes.

If you didn't know it was his father, Roddy would probably think it was his grandfather.

What Roddy found most strange was that he couldn't sense anything.

Even the pituitary gland's most effective gray-sensing ability couldn't glean any information about this "father."

It is impossible to determine its monster level or the approximate type of plant.

The other party did not even exude any monstrous aura; at first glance, it looked no different from a human.

Upon the arrival of the head of the family, Roddy and the others quickly stood up, nodded, and watched him take his seat, only to... *smack!*

The "father" who had just stepped out of the hidden door suddenly slipped and fell heavily, and the cane in his hand just happened to be slightly raised after hitting the ground.

Swish!
The end of the needle was firmly inserted into the "father's" eye socket, and blood spread across the floor.

Upon seeing this, the butler immediately let out a strange, mournful cry.

Soon a large number of deformed housekeepers arrived, taking rags to clean up the blood on the ground, while also spraying cleaning agents to remove the odor.

The weird thing is,
Not one of the many housekeepers went to help the fallen "father".

For some reason, Roddy instinctively wanted to help the other person up, but suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his tongue and quickly stopped his good deed.

Yu Ze, standing next to him, did the same; he had barely left his seat when he immediately sat back down.

Li Beite sat opposite him without saying a word, her expression indifferent, quietly watching her father fall to the ground.

After a while

My finger twitched.
The father gradually got up, pulled the cane out of his eye, wiped the blood off with his handkerchief, and continued to walk forward with the cane.

Just as they were about to sit down,
As a result, his hand, which was holding onto the back of the chair, slipped unexpectedly, causing him to shift his center of gravity forward and fall again! This time the fall was even harder, his face hitting the raised part of the seat, his scarf came off, and several teeth were knocked out.

One of them, by sheer coincidence, landed on Roddy's plate, and a drop of blood, flicked from the root of his teeth, stained the corner of Roddy's mouth.

The housekeepers got busy again, and also changed Roddy's plate and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with a sterilized cloth.

And the father was still ignored.

However, a butler brought over a brand new scarf.

After the father got up again, he was finally able to sit down.

He also activated the mechanical switch on the seat, which bound his entire body with the armor and used the mechanical energy provided by the electric current to control his body to perform various activities.

It is worth noting that

The father's injuries from the previous two falls have not healed, leaving him with a ruptured eye, a torn mouth, and six broken teeth.

He put the scarf back on, but no longer covered his mouth. He opened his torn, bleeding mouth and spoke in standard British English.

"Welcome to the Invisible Manor. Thank you, Roddy, for assisting Libet on several occasions in the corner, especially for allowing him to touch the essence of the event. Although he ultimately failed to obtain the essence of the mist, he himself gained a considerable improvement in the event."

The resort rarely receives outside guests, but I am very happy to welcome you since you brought your friends along this time.

You may stay here during this period and enjoy basic family privileges, but not for more than a week.

"Thank you. May I ask how to address Mr. Libert?"

"Libet is my son's name, it belongs solely to him and has nothing to do with me. During our time in the family, you can simply call me 'Father'."

"Any creature that sets foot in the Invisible Manor is my family."

"Okay...Father."

Although the way he was addressed felt strange, Roddy quickly accepted it.

"Let the banquet begin. You must be very hungry after your journey."

Upon receiving the message, the housekeeper immediately brought out appetizers from the kitchen.

As the lid of the plate was lifted, the food that appeared before Roddy caused him to feel intensely uncomfortable once again.

The asymmetry reappears.

However, this time the asymmetry involves more than just shape;
A deformed baby quail is placed on the plate.
The quail's body was already cooked, but the part above its neck was still alive, writhing and struggling in pain.

Despite being called a quail, it actually has human-like fingers and hair structure.

At this moment, Roddy seemed to understand something, and he understood why Libert was so eager to see the human world... Indeed, who wouldn't want to go out and see the world after being forced to live in such a family?

Since we are already attending a banquet, we must eat this food; otherwise, it would be disrespectful to the host.

Yu Ze had already come up with a plan; he put a talisman in his mouth.

The decomposition talisman will break down food into its most basic nutrient solution upon contact and remove harmful substances from the body.

Roddy followed suit, using the hellish properties to heat up his mouth. Once the quail was in his mouth, it would undergo "secondary cooking" to burn off harmful substances, so at least the food he ate would be cooked.

The operation has actually begun.

Using a fork, I put the baby quail into my mouth, and everything went as planned. The roasted quail tasted surprisingly good.

Just as Roddy finished swallowing, he suddenly felt as if some bits of meat were still stuck between his teeth.

After he used his tongue to get the shredded meat out, he subconsciously opened his mouth to chew.

Little did Roddy know that after biting, he felt something was wrong with his face... *crack!* What was supposed to be a normal biting action had resulted in him accidentally biting off his entire tongue.

The severed tongue landed perfectly on the plate.

There is still a big question mark on the surface.

Just as Roddy was about to explain his rude behavior, his father raised his arm through mechanical control, indicating that he didn't need to be nervous.

“Your tongue is being monitored, so you should refrain from using it while you are at the resort. ‘Mr. Question Mark’ is a rather troublesome individual, and the person your tongue corresponds to is not someone I like.”

"Ah."

Roddy made a sound in another way, and his original desire to reproduce was immediately stopped.

He then realized that

The father's various misfortunes upon entering the venue seemed to be intentional, especially the second time.

The flying tooth and the blood that happened to land on Roddy's lips were perhaps the root cause of the tongue-biting accident.

Compared to the various asymmetries and anomalies exhibited within the family,

It was the father's "strange" behavior that made Roddy feel even more uncomfortable.

He also discovered that his father and Libert were completely different types of people, with almost nothing in common. He would have to be very careful if he wanted to live in this family from now on.

(End of this chapter)