They are all characters I control.

"Put her hands on the table." Claire picked up a fork and tapped the table beside her.

Without a word, the knight grabbed the maid Anna's hand and pressed it onto the table.

"Then, Lia, enjoy yourself to the fullest. I'll take my leave now."

"Me too, don't make this restaurant too dirty."

Marquise Mara and Elena knew what was going to happen next, and they didn't want their dresses to get dirty from the splashing stuff.

Seeing her patron leave just like that, the maid Anna panicked.

"Lia! It's Anna! What are you going to do? You really want to... Ah!" She was still trying to 'awaken' the young lady in front of her to her senses, but she was quickly interrupted by the fork piercing through her palm.

Looking at the wailing servant and the blood staining the carpet, Claire expressionlessly grabbed another fork and gestured for Anna to place her other hand on the table as well.

Just as he raised his hand, the fork was about to fall and nail into Anna's other hand.

[Anti-addiction system activated... You have been forcibly logged out of the game...]

With a clatter, the fork fell from Lia's hand.

After a few seconds of dazed expression, Lia von Rost opened her innocent and kind eyes again, as if she had just woken up.

The first thing she saw was Anna, the maid whose hand was pinned to the table with a fork. She immediately cried out in a panicked voice, "Anna! What happened to you? Who did this? Anna, are you alright? Why are you holding Anna down? Let her go!"

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Anna looked at Miss Lia, who had been tormenting her just a second ago but was now showing concern for her the next.

Looking at Lia's face, which seemed to have the same sincere and innocent expression as before.

At this moment, she felt a chill run down her spine; this woman was terrifying!

Chapter 4: First recharge of six yuan is possible...

Faced with the injured maid Anna, Lia had no idea what had happened.

Her memory was still stuck on last night; she only remembered that it was a bit cold sleeping on the floor.

But now, when she wakes up, she finds herself in a restaurant for no apparent reason.

Moreover, his maid Anna was in such a miserable state, with scars and whip marks on her face, and dark red scabs on her ears.

Most shockingly, her right hand was pinned to the heavy oak dining table by a gleaming silver fork.

Fresh blood stained a small patch of the pristine white tablecloth, slowly dripping down the edge of the table.

"Good heavens! Anna! What's wrong with you? Who did this?!" Lia stood up from her chair and shouted at the knights who were holding Anna down.

She reached out to help her only friend remove the fork from her hand.

However, his movements were very clumsy, and he didn't have much strength.

Instead of helping, Lia shook the fork stuck in Anna's hand and stirred it in the wound, making Anna wince in pain.

"No! Get away from me! Don't come any closer!" the maid Anna cried out in anguish.

She bit her lip, enduring the pain, and pushed away Lia, who was trying to help.

Taking a deep breath, the maid Anna grabbed the fork from her hand, pulled it out, and threw it on the ground. Blood dripped onto the white tablecloth and the expensive carpet.

But compared to her injured hand, she was even more terrified of the hypocritical and terrifying Miss Lia in front of her.

"Lia...no, Miss, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, please don't punish me anymore, please let me go..."

Anna's voice trembled violently with fear as she pleaded incoherently, tears streaming down her face.

Huh? What's wrong?

Lia was completely stunned. Her outstretched hand froze in mid-air, her innocent face filled with confusion and hurt.

Why did Anna look at her like that? Why did Anna avoid her? And why did she say something like "Stop playing around"?

What did she play? She doesn't know anything about it.

"Anna, what are you talking about? I'm Leah! We're friends! We grew up together! Didn't we promise to be best friends forever?"

Leah took a small step forward, trying to comfort her friend who was clearly on the verge of a breakdown.

However, her words were completely ineffective, and Anna let out an even sharper scream: "Ah—! Don't come near me!"

After saying that, the maid Anna ran away.

Watching her best friend's retreating figure, Lia herself felt a little like crying.

She looked up at the servants and knights around her, who were looking at her with some fear in their eyes. Feeling a little wronged, Lia looked down at her blood-stained clothes and quickly returned to her room.

Having changed back into her school uniform, Lia stared thoughtfully at the basin of water and her clothes stained red at her feet.

"Strange? Why is there so much blood on my hands? And on my clothes too. This shouldn't be from when I was helping Anna remove the fork, right?"

Looking back at the messy room behind him, he saw that the pillows had been torn to shreds.

The riding whip lying on the ground and the bloodstained longsword looked like some kind of fight had happened early that morning. But I had absolutely no memory of it. What on earth had happened?

“Miss Lia, it’s time for you to go to the Royal Academy.”

A maid's voice came from outside the door. Usually, these maids would ignore Liya, but today they were actually kindly reminding her to go to the academy.

Liya was flattered and quickly replied, "Okay, okay, I'll head out now."

When Lia stepped out of the Marquis's mansion, the knights and maids waiting at the door bowed to her, which startled her again.

What happened next was even more unexpected. When Liya arrived at the Marquis's mansion, she found her stepmother waiting by the luxurious carriage.

"Lia, you've arrived! Hurry up and get in the car, we've been waiting for you." Marquis Mara waved to her with a beaming smile.

Normally, the carriage is reserved for her stepsister Elena by various excuses, such as wanting to ride alone because she is not feeling well, or wanting to be alone because she is in a bad mood.

Naturally, this was also facilitated by the tacit approval of her stepmother, the Marquise Marie.

"But, but Elena..." Lia was flattered by her stepmother's enthusiasm.

Marquise Mara, however, smiled broadly and took Lia's hand, saying, "It's alright, it was Elena who wanted to travel with you."

“That’s right, Sister Liya, please come up quickly.” Elena leaned out of the carriage and reached out her hand to Liya.

"This, this..." Lia felt that the scene in front of her was a little unreal, but her stepsister Elena's hand was warm, so this was not a dream.

"Then I'll have to trouble Elena and Mother."

Sitting in the carriage she had always ridden in since childhood, Lia felt as reserved as a guest.

"Hmm? Where's your maid Anna? Didn't she come?" Elena, the stepsister, looked behind Lia.

The stepmother, Marquise Mara, immediately frowned: "How could a maid abandon her mistress?! What kind of behavior is this? Go and call her over immediately!"

"No, it's alright. Anna is injured today, let her rest. She doesn't need to come to the academy with me today," Lia quickly pleaded for her maid Anna.

Although she didn't know why the maid Anna was so afraid of her, Lia felt it was necessary to calm Anna down and explain to her after she returned from the academy.

Marquise Mara and her stepsister Elena frowned slightly upon seeing this.

You should know that the maid Anna is their spy, and she keeps an eye on Lia even in the academy.

Now that Lia is telling Anna not to come along, she must already know Anna's identity as the mole, right? But since Anna and her side have agreed that Anna will hand over the 'engagement ring,' it's not good to break off relations at this time.

“Alright, let Anna rest today. You two remember to help out at the academy.” Marquis Mara, her smile becoming somewhat forced, winked at her stepsister, Elena.

Elena, the stepsister, naturally understood. She smiled, took Lia's hand, and nodded, "Of course, don't worry, Mother."

Overjoyed by the mother and daughter's gentle treatment, Leah was completely unaware of their subtle actions.

She was inexplicably moved at that moment; for the first time, she felt accepted by her stepmother and stepsister.

Lia has finally become part of her mother and sister's family.

Meanwhile, in the dungeon, Claire was baring her teeth at the system notification in front of her.

[Anti-addiction system activated... You have been forcibly logged out of the game...]

[…Exclusive benefits for new players! Limited-time first recharge discount…]

[First recharge only 6 yuan, instantly enjoy the following super value gift pack:]

[1. Instantly receive 1 [Login Time Expansion Card (60 minutes)], which will immediately increase your login time by 60 minutes! (This does not conflict with the Bond Value cap and can be used in combination. Please manage your game time accordingly.)]

[2. Unlock the exclusive outfit for the Agent 'Lia von Rost': [Dark Moon Attire - Shadow]...]

Claire skipped the ads; they were everywhere, like eczema.

He's traveled over a hundred years ago, forgotten all his bank card numbers, and his face has changed so he can't use facial recognition to pay, let alone spend money.

Chapter 5: Please increase your favorability.

In an unknown dungeon.

Claire, the only living being in the dungeon and also a prisoner, is greeting the system.

"Damn it! Anti-addiction measures? Anti-addiction mini-girls?! If you can't recognize me, I'm over a hundred years old!?"

They've already traveled into the game themselves, and they still have this anti-addiction system?

What's more, you can only log in for thirty minutes?

What can you do in thirty minutes? Not even enough time to deal with the Rost family.

[Hint: Agent 'Lia von Rost's Bond Value +5]

Just as Claire was preparing to unleash her full power, a new system notification popped up.

The bond value has increased? Claire remembered seeing this setting when she chose her initial character.

The system prompt that followed provided Claire with further explanation.

[Note: The player's current bond level with the agent 'Lia von Rost' is 5/100.]

Increasing your bond level will extend the duration of each login session.

[How to acquire Bond Points: Experience events together with the Agent, improve the Agent's overall abilities (strength, status, reputation, etc.), fulfill the Agent's wishes, or achieve special hidden conditions.]

When the Bond Value reaches 20, the maximum login time per session is increased to 1 hour.

Claire analyzed this information and felt that the bond value and the favorability were about the same?

This affinity value can increase login time.

It seems that something he did before made Lia very happy? So she gained five points of bond value?

However, we only have five bond points right now.

At this rate, how long will it take to accumulate 100 synergy points and get [The Keeper's Gaze]?

“It would be better to just steal the [Guardian's Peep] directly from the Rost family…” Before she could finish speaking, Claire realized a problem.

"I've forgotten, I don't even know where I'm being held."

So even if Claire controls Lydia and obtains the Rost family's mysterious artifact, the "Secretly Guardian Spy," she won't be able to deliver it to him.

But how long will it take to get the [Guardian's Gaze] reward through this bond value?

Claire didn't want to wait; she was now a lamb to the slaughter in the hands of the Church of Goddess.

At this point, he was powerless to resist whatever others did, and this state of imprisonment and restraint made Claire feel like each day was an eternity.

Now that we can finally 'go out,' we can only 'go out' for half an hour?

It seems necessary to plan the next half hour carefully. Claire's half hour of logging into Leah cannot be wasted on Shabi like it was today.

Therefore, the primary task at present is to figure out the location of one's own body and look for clues about it.

Let's see if we can get [The Keeper's Peep] ahead of time.

If that's the case, then we need to improve Lia's strength, as Lia is currently too weak.

...The afternoon classes at the Royal Academy have ended.

"That concludes today's magic lesson. get out of class dismissed." The old magic professor on the podium said this, then turned and left the classroom.

The classroom immediately became noisy and chaotic.

The crowd surged toward Lia, but not for her; they were there for Elena.

"Miss Elena's answer in class was excellent!"