My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Anru and Janice changed into red fleece-lined long coats full of festive spirit.

They walked hand in hand down the street, their steps light and quick, intending to explore all the bustling shops that day.

The little girl, Janice, has been staying at her home in the St. York community for the past few days.

The small room at the end of the second-floor corridor is her current bedroom.

Anru helped her decorate the bedroom, setting it up in a style the little girl would like, and even placed a washing machine in the separate bathroom opposite the bedroom.

The little girl adored Anruer, and the two spent almost all their time together, chatting about various topics, except when they were sleeping.

Xia Zuo followed behind them with his hands in his trench coat pockets, not feeling that Janice had taken his place.

Anru did not tell Janice about the bloodline mark for the time being.

She proposed an idea:

After Janice becomes a mage apprentice, we will teach her how to use the Bloodline Mark.

Xia Zuo had no objection to this.

Janice is absolutely capable of becoming a mage apprentice; there's no need to worry about that.

She passed the Black Eye Trial on her very first day at the academy. If she weren't so young, she would be studying poison alchemy now, not oil alchemy.

Anjou also suggested that Janice should be encouraged to apply for graduation after completing one branch of artifact alchemy, instead of rushing to graduate and find a job after only studying one free subject, like other students.

Xia Zuo completely agreed, and even suggested that it would be fine for Janice to learn all four alchemy subjects.

He had looked into the tuition fees; they weren't much. If they lived a normal life, he could save up for about two years to support Janice in completing all four alchemy courses.

Spending this little bit of money to help a blood relative complete their advanced studies is absolutely worth it!

Because Xia Zuo discovered a little secret about [bloodline management].

Hehe ~

Its attribute sharing is bidirectional.

Xia Zuo can share his "vitality" with Anru and Janice.

They can also share their charm with Xia Zuo.

This operation does not require their consent or any so-called sacrifice; Xia Zuo can complete it simply by thinking about it.

Anru'er's charm level has now reached double digits!

...

【charm】

10+2 (Affected by [Blood Sisters], Charm +2)

[Blood sisters]:

You have become best friends with your blood relative Janice, temporarily increasing your charm attribute by 30% of her charm attribute value.

...

What does this mean?

This shows that the vase is no longer just a vase!

She can shine and perform her function!

Whether it's appearance, physique, education, mage rank, or citizen level, all can increase your charm attribute value.

What Xia Zuo needs to do now is to make them more and more beautiful, more and more attractive, and increase their charm attribute value...

Ok…

If possible, recruit a few more female blood relatives to stack up the bonus effect of [blood relatives as sisters]...

This requires Anru'er's consent.

The description of the effects of the "Blood Sisters" clearly states: "Good sisters who treat each other with sincerity."

Therefore, if Anru doesn't like it, she can't increase her charm through this special effect, and Xia Zuo can't increase his charm either.

With the help of [Bloodline Management] and [Bloodline Sisters], you won't have to worry about gaining charm attribute points for a while.

This is great news!

This saved a lot of free attribute points.

Xia Zuo walked behind them, and the more he looked at them, the more he liked them.

Anruer wore her favorite bun hairstyle, was tall and slender, and was clever and charming, gradually developing into a mature woman.

Janice, with her red and white polka-dot bows tied in her pigtails, bounced around, lively and adorable.

Both are pretty good.

hey-hey..

Xia Zuo wiped the drool from his mouth.

A small snowflake drifted down from the sky, swirling in the air currents created by the crowd as it fell to the ground.

The snowflakes seemed to be a signal that it was going to snow, and within a minute, it started to snow lightly on the street.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xia Zuo quickly walked over to An Ru'er and said, "Let's find a restaurant for dinner, and then go straight back."

"Mmm~" Anruer reached out her left hand and took her lover's hand. "There's a seafood restaurant nearby, how about we go there to eat?"

Xia Zuo nodded.

"Yay!" Janice cheered, hugging Anru's arm. Her little face flushed with joy, and her eyes inexplicably welled up with tears. "Thank you for accepting me... I..."

Before she could finish speaking, Anru'er gently pinched her cheek. "Don't think about unhappy things anymore. Study hard from now on, and listen to your tutors at the academy. I'll come to the academy to find you every Saturday, and we'll take the Elemental Concretization class together. You have a lot of things to do, so look forward, things will get better."

"Mmm!" Janice nodded her head and leaned affectionately against Anru's arm.

...

It was 8 p.m. that evening.

The three of them ate and drank their fill and returned home.

Xia Zuo took a bath and sat alone in the study.

He has now developed a habit of reading and thinking in his study every night, and he is not disturbed except when Anru comes to bring him fruit.

Janice would also conscientiously wash up in her own bathroom, and then sit at the table in her small bedroom to read novels.

There are no TVs, computers, or cell phones here, so there's no need to worry about kids watching TV, playing games, or not wanting to do their homework.

Xia Zuo sat at his desk and switched to the perspective of Servant No. 1.

He recently confirmed something.

Servant Number 1 was in complete darkness, simply because there was no light.

In fact, there are many strange and unusual things around it.

This was discovered by Xia Zuo by chance through the detection spell cast by his No. 1 servant.

He took a stack of papers out of the drawer.

This stack of paper, made up of more than a dozen sheets of white paper glued together end to end, forms a flat diagram of a sphere when unfolded.

Each page corresponds to one of the observation angles of Servant No. 1. The pages record the predicted effects of various unknowns and are numbered from 1 to 130.

A dozen or so pieces arranged on a table to form a sphere can reflect the things around Servant Number 1.

This is Xia Zuo's harvest over the past few days and nights.

Using the boxing doll he first saw when he used his Detection spell as the origin, he rotated along the planned route, detecting and recording a total of 130 items.

The way to free Servant #1 is hidden among these 130 items.

These things don't always exist; they occasionally disappear for a while and then reappear.

Xia Zuo gradually realized that the dark space where Servant No. 1 was located seemed to be some kind of storage space.

The things that disappear are things that people take to the outside world to use, and then put back after they're done.

Therefore, to leave this place, you need to find out the usage patterns and habits of the storage space's owner.

Xia Zuo recorded many time points and things that should have disappeared at those times on blank pages in his notebook.

Tonight will be a chance to try and get out of this predicament.

Xia Zuo held the spherical paper model in his hands. As he rotated the sphere, he simultaneously moved the perspective of Servant No. 1 and found something that looked like a gauntlet.

The information from the detection technique indicates that it appears to be some kind of detachable mechanical prosthesis, which can be taken out of the storage space and put on the hand when needed.

Based on this characteristic, Xia Zuo had his No. 1 servant attach to the surface of the gauntlet in the dark, so that he could leave the gauntlet the moment he left this place.

"Time for some fruit~" Anruer put down a fruit platter on the table, glanced curiously at the spherical paper model and her focused lover, put a slice of apple in his mouth and then quietly left the study.

Xia Zuo glanced at the clock on his desk and silently calculated the time... If nothing unexpected happened, the boxing gloves would be taken out of the storage space in a little while.

5 minute later.

Here it comes!

The perspective of Servant No. 1 suddenly turned purplish-black, and then the scene changed to a brightly lit scene, with a lively shouting sound in his ears.

"Aug!"

"Aug!"

"Aug!"

Xia Zuo hurriedly manipulated his No. 1 servant to leave the gauntlet, looked around, and saw the audience raising their arms and cheering.

The five rows of circular seats were all occupied, arranged around the circular arena, and the audience seemed to be caught up in a frenzy, chanting the name "Augu" in unison.

Where am I?

Xia Zuo scanned the audience seats and saw all sorts of people dressed: dirty robes, open leather trench coats, short robes with tight cuffs, shirts with vests... it was a complete hodgepodge.

Servant Number 1 flew upwards, arriving at the ceiling ten meters high, and landed on the chandelier.

The "Disband" button is now working.

But Xia Zuo didn't rush to dismiss Servant No. 1, because he discovered that Servant No. 1 was located in a very distant place to the east, so far that he couldn't estimate the distance.