Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1139 Taking a Bath
Being able to freely manipulate the power of Merlin's House is almost equivalent to breaking the chains that have bound him for so long.

However... some places are still quite strange.

"Alice, you probably don't remember anything about my past, do you?" Xia Shou asked.

"Yes, I heard that those memories are corrupted and preserved in my lost eyes." Alice's pale golden eyebrows furrowed slightly, showing some anxiety.

Xia Shou nodded: "It's a message left by my future self in the book who traveled back in time. We still need to pay attention to this matter."

The traitor has always tried to prevent me from signing my name, and he also mentioned your eyes in Vogt's notes from that time.

Moreover, your eyes were lost during my failed ascension, in order to maintain my normal sanity, and there is a high probability that they are in the hands of a traitor.

But now that I've successfully affixed my name, what will the traitor do next? Will he continue to hide within the Moyu Division?

Xia Shou felt increasingly strange as he thought about it.

He felt no sense of reality about having his own name on the film, even though he had indeed completely left the "Season of Falling Stars" franchise.

However, according to the Death Note, his use of his name was a reality that had already been achieved. His journey from the book to the present world simply allowed him to possess the power of his name, which could only be used while wearing a mask.

Logically, he should now reclaim his original power.

The reality is that he felt absolutely nothing.

Observing himself using the [text description], the only change is that [Self-Destruction], which used to occupy the skill bar, no longer occupies the skill bar and has become his special ability.

Apart from that, nothing has changed.

Clearly, compared to the risks involved in the naming ceremony, such a small benefit is far too insignificant and seems unreasonable.

Before this, Xia Shou had sensed something was wrong, but he didn't immediately tell the Death Notebook.

Before leaving the world in the book, he had so much to talk about with the Dead Notebook that the number of pages he could read became quite limited.

Therefore, Xia Shou plans to wait until he has sorted out and simplified all the points that are confusing him before asking the notes, so that the communication efficiency will be higher.

After wandering around Merlin's House, Natsumori returned to his dormitory and, as usual, planned to take a bath and then go to bed.

As he opened the door, intending to take a bath, Alice followed him in.

Xia Shou was taken aback, staring at Alice dressed as a maid, and coughed awkwardly, "Alice, do you think this... isn't appropriate?"

As he spoke, Xia Shou spread his hands toward Alice, indicating that she was now a physical being and it would be inconvenient for her to go into the bathroom with him like before.

After all, they were inseparable before because they couldn't be separated at all, but now that Alice has a body, it's best to waive some of the excessive services.

Alice was taken aback by Xia Shou's prompting, clearly not understanding immediately. But the next second, she suddenly realized what he meant and hurriedly said:

"I...I'm so sorry! Lord Natsumori, I didn't even realize that I already have a body!"

Alice felt ashamed of her haste; how could a maid be so careless?

She now has a real physical body, not a spirit, so how can she serve Lord Xia Shou as before?

If you serve someone while wearing a maid's uniform, your clothes will get completely wet. You'll definitely need to change into a bathrobe first!

I didn't even notice this simple detail.

"Indeed, this is somewhat inappropriate! I didn't consider that," Alice apologized, biting her lip.

"It's alright, you can go out now, it's just a bath." Xia Shou breathed a sigh of relief.

Alice is so understanding, it's wonderful. Alice bowed respectfully, gracefully stepped back from the bathroom, and quietly closed the door behind her.

He was the only one left in the bathroom.

Looking at his empty reflection in the mirror, Xia Shou felt a strange sense of emotion. He carefully turned his neck until it went beyond the angle that was originally considered taboo, and then slowly turned it back.

liberated.

They were truly liberated. He and Alice were both liberated, and from now on they no longer had to worry about turning their heads too much.

Xia Shou chuckled, quickly stripped off his clothes, and soaked in the bathtub that Alice had prepared with hot water.

"This is the kind of life a time traveler should have."

The rising steam, like a huge, soft gray silk, swayed silently in the air illuminated by fluorescent lights.

As the heat slowly opened my pores, fatigue, like a black liquid, seeped out from them and gradually disappeared. A drowsy sense of comfort spread from my spine, as if even my spine was satisfied.

Xia Shou slowly sank his body down, letting the water reach his waist and chest, leaving only his head above water.

In an instant, all the extraordinary, tense crisis and terror seemed to be melted away by the warm water.

Heat is no longer external; it becomes countless invisible needles, precisely piercing every tired joint and every stiff muscle.

He could almost hear a satisfied, relaxed sigh coming from deep within his body.

This feeling reminded Xia Shou of a time when he had a similar experience in high school, when he was with Sister Yan.

He was taking a bath alone when Sister Yan suddenly walked in, and then...

"Click!"

The bathroom door suddenly opened, and Xia Shou jolted awake, straightening up from the water and looking at the doorway in shock.

"I... Alice?!"

Alice was wearing a bathrobe, her hair was tied up in a cute bun at the back of her head, and her slender neck was as beautiful as the protagonist in a swan dance.

She was wrapped in a bathrobe and looked at Xia Shou with her eyes closed. With her eyes closed, she had an indescribable divine quality about her... She was very clean and pure.

The curves of the bathrobe clearly reveal Alice's astonishing figure.

"Lord Natsume, I'm back. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." Alice said with a smile, and then walked towards the bathtub without any hesitation.

Xia Shou's mouth dropped open in utter shock. A torrent of words was about to burst from his mind, but the sheer volume of words only hindered him from stopping Alice's actions as quickly as possible.

His body tensed up, and he instinctively shrank back towards the side of the bathtub.

However, when Alice stepped in, Xia Shou realized that his actions just now seemed to be making room for Alice.

Alice skillfully squeezed out the shampoo, her transparent ghostly hand rubbing against her real hands to create lather.

"Lord Xia Shou, shall I wash your hair? Please turn around?"

"..." Xia Shou closed his wide-open mouth and silently turned around.

"It's not a possessing spirit anymore, so it's definitely still a bit inconvenient in this kind of situation."

(End of this chapter)