Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

"If your followers and subjects knew that the ones who funded Haiqi Island were the wicked Fools, and that their leader was the one who spread the evil eye, how long do you think you could stay in this position?"

"I don't know," said Coral Palace Ryuka with a smile. "Are you going to report me?"

"Report you and then let your niece take the stage? No way, I prefer to work with people who will stop at nothing." The woman leaned against Coral Palace Liu Ge's chest, closed her eyes, and said lazily, "At least your niece definitely wouldn't want to be my masseuse."

“Who told us we’re all bad people?” Coral Palace Ryuka stared at the evil eye. “There’s something I really like about Ryo-chan: Power isn’t something given to those who are born strong; it’s only given to those who are willing to pay any price to get it.”

"how about you?"

"I?"

The woman scoffed, “I’ve seen countless people who crave the power of the Evil Eye, but most of them have dreams they must fulfill—but having the Eye of God and still craving the Evil Eye, apart from those fools who simply pursue becoming stronger, I’ve only ever seen one like you.”

Coral Palace Ryuka stroked the lady's body, and after a long while, she revealed that cunning smile again.

"I also have dreams that I must fulfill. A beautiful girl's dream is sparkling."

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[A suitable candidate for the Stigmata has been detected]

Name: Coral Palace Ruka

[Current progress: 25%]

Coral Palace Ryuka greatly admires you; she feels even better when she's toying with you.

[A suitable candidate for the Stigmata has been detected]

[Name: Rosalyn Cruzsica Loehafat]

[Current progress: 1%]

Rosalyn showed interest in you, but that's all.

Shen Liang, who had already returned to the mansion, suddenly heard the system voice, and then two windows popped up at the edge of his field of vision. Shen Liang was pleasantly surprised but also full of doubts.

Two more people have been recognized by the system. What's the reason for this time?

After thinking for a while, Shen Liang realized that Coral Palace Liu Ge and Coral Palace Xin Hai had two things in common: first, they were both holders of the Eye of God; and second, they both held a certain degree of appreciation for him.

This Stigmata system is starting to resemble a "favorability system." Does it mean that beautiful and powerful women who have feelings for him will have their feelings recorded? What kind of third-rate slice-of-life novel setting is this?!

But if it's not this setting, how do you explain that both the young and old witches became suitable candidates?

Is it true that a certain level of affinity must be reached before someone can be included in the system's collection? Previously, characters like Beidou didn't have enough affinity, only met once, and weren't "recognized," so the stigmata didn't trigger?

So, does that mean the level of goodwill I need isn't necessarily "liking," but more likely "approval"?

Shen Liang recalled his words to Coral Palace Liu Ge earlier. Perhaps some of those words touched a nerve with Coral Palace Liu Ge, which is why she "appreciated" him so much.

"But how do I know where I offended her?" Shen Liang realized that despite thinking so much, she still couldn't find a way to speed up the progress.

Besides, this progress doesn't necessarily seem like a good thing. Why is it that appreciating me makes me feel better faster when I'm being played with?

What exactly does "playing with" mean? Literally, it means playing with the heart of an innocent young man, but thankfully I'm a mature adult male, so I'm not afraid at all. What I'm afraid of is when the method of "playing with" isn't genuine, but rather purely physical...

Ridiculous! I'm not buying it!

However, the second name made Shen Liang perk up, and he rubbed his hair as he fell into deep thought.

At that time, only I, the High Priestess, the Junior Priestess, the Beast-Eared General, and a secretary priestess named Sihe were in the bedchamber. The name "Rosalind Cruzsika Loehafat" clearly indicated a foreign woman, and there was no one else in the bedchamber at that time.

Who is this Rosalyn?

One percent progress means she's only interested in me, and has some degree of approval for me. Since she appeared with Coral Palace Ruka, she must have approved of me along with her, so this person should have been in the bedchamber at that time!

Given the immense power of the goddess and shrine maiden, it's virtually impossible for anyone to hide near her undetected.

In other words, this is her person, someone who cannot be made public.

A...foreigner.

Shen Liang noted this information down. Although he didn't know what use it was for yet, it was better to keep it to himself for now.

He then breathed a sigh of relief.

He'd finally settled the money issue. Although he hadn't received the cash yet, his annual income from now on would be astronomical, practically equivalent to owning a gold mine. Even if he lost his job on Earth, it wouldn't matter; he could easily support his entire orphanage of sisters.

It's unambitious for a transmigrator to think like that, but Shen Liang doesn't really like Teyvat, which has a feudal social system. Apart from the abundance of beautiful girls with special talents from another world, there's nothing here that can compare to Earth—and speaking of which, there are plenty of beautiful girls on Earth too, but most people never get to see them in their lifetime.

Whenever he had free time, Shen Liang wanted to go back to Earth, but disappearing like this was really too abnormal. Although Shen Liang was also a homebody on Earth and could stay indoors for a month at a time, that was because Earth had a rich internet ecosystem. It was too boring here. He sat in the mansion for a while and decided to find something to do to pass the time.

"Bang, bang, bang." Shen Liang started knocking on the wall.

This was a rule he and Coral Palace Heart Sea had set. There were two rooms in this small courtyard, and Coral Palace Heart Sea lived next door to him, so he only needed to knock on the wall for Coral Palace Heart Sea to hear him.

After knocking three times, she would have to perform her duties as a maid.

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Chapter Thirty-Five: Let's Have Hot Pot Together!

Then Shen Liang didn't wait for the little witch to come in.

He was absent from work!

Shen Liang continued to forcefully knock on the wall of the Coral Palace's Heart Sea.

He didn't really have anything for Coral Palace to do; he was just idling around anyway, and since he remembered he had a maid, he decided to chat with her.

"Is there something...?" Coral Palace Heart Sea seemed to be asleep, responding groggily through the wall.

"Master hasn't gone to sleep yet, how can you fall asleep at this hour!" Shen Liang shouted.

It's already 11 p.m. Coral Palace Xin Hai usually goes to bed at 9:30 p.m., she never stays up late.

"Shen... young master, don't go too far! We just made an agreement, we're not really master and servant! You... hah... just say what you want to say!" Coral Palace was extremely sleepy.

"Do you think we can renege on the contract just because we signed it?" Shen Liang said indignantly. "I thought you witches were all people of your word. I never expected that you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, would also learn to lie to people."

Coral Palace Xin Hai sighed heavily in the next bedroom and struggled to escape from under the covers.

"Alright, alright, my proud master, what brings you here so late at night?" The little witch, clutching her bedding, pushed open Shen Liang's door and said helplessly.

"Oh, nothing, just asking if you were asleep."

"..."

Coral Palace Heart Sea's face was red, she was angry.

"But why did you bring a blanket?" Shen Liang subconsciously covered herself with the blanket. "Well, I don't need any physiological services right now."

Perhaps she had gotten used to it, Coral Palace Heart Sea no longer blushed at such words. She threw the quilt next to Shen Liang's tatami mat—inari wives often slept on tatami mats, spreading out the quilt as a bed, so all she needed to do was spread out another quilt to make a new bed—and then plopped down on it.

Shen Liang looked at her, feeling a little flustered. "What are you doing?"

"I'll sleep with you, then you won't be scared anymore," Coral Palace Heart Sea pouted.

"what?"

Shen Liang pondered for a while before coming to her senses. Did Coral Palace Xin Hai mean that he was afraid of sleeping alone? That's why he called her over in the middle of the night?

What kind of thought process is this? I'm a 21-...15-year-old boy, how could I be afraid of the dark and being alone?

"You're so young, traveling across the ocean alone in a completely unfamiliar place. Even Ryoko wouldn't be able to sleep. Alright, alright, Shinkai-neechan will keep you company. Uh... that's a bit cheesy." Shinkai sat gracefully on the made-up bed, looked at Shen Liang, and smiled gently. "I didn't expect Ryoko to have such a childlike side."

You're not just making things up in your head...

But Shen Liang didn't voice that complaint.

Looking into Coral Palace's gentle eyes, he suddenly remembered something from long ago and couldn't help but smile.

Coral Palace Xin Hai was right. He was indeed like that when he was fifteen: timid, afraid of the dark, and afraid of being alone.

As the only boy in the orphanage, he was placed in the attic, far from the dormitory. Every night, when the wind howled through the attic windows, like background music from a horror movie, he would tremble with fear, feeling very ashamed.

But the other children in the orphanage knew he was afraid and that he was too embarrassed to tell the nuns, so after lights out at night, some of them would sneak out of the window, climb up the walls to his windowsill, climb into his attic, and crawl into his bed.

The temperature in Oymyakon town drops to tens of degrees below zero at night. It was very cold to run over there in my pajamas. So as soon as I came in, the little ones put their icy little feet on Shen Liang's stomach and wrapped themselves tightly in his clothes, letting Shen Liang warm them with his body heat.

Then laugh at him recklessly.

"Hehe, even Seele isn't afraid of the dark. Even your older brother can be such a childlike side."

"It's so cold, brother, please hug me!"

"Why don't you bring a wig and stay in the girls' dormitory, brother?"

"What are you laughing at? You have such a kind expression on your face..." Coral Palace Heart Sea couldn't help but ask, "What a strange expression..."

“You haven’t called me ‘master’ for at least three sentences now,” Shen Liang changed the subject.

The gentle and demure lady of Coral Palace Heart Sea could no longer restrain herself. She was really angry. Shen Liang could always make her lose all her elegance with just a few words!

"Master, master, master! I'll grant you your filthy and depraved wish!" Even though the little witch was angry, she was still soft and not fierce at all. "What's wrong? Do you want me to serve you in bed?"

"Why is it that the only thing that comes to mind when you think of maids is that kind of thing?" Shen Liang shook her head. "You're a shrine maiden, can't you be a little more innocent?"

Therefore, every word made Coral Palace's Heart Sea want to grit her teeth and stomp her feet!

"Aren't you going to wear the clothes I gave you?" Shen Liang asked.

"Master, why are your questions always completely unrelated?"

"Are you saying I change my mind too quickly? That's called a divine twist. As a maid, you have to keep up with my train of thought."