Deep in the Living-Chapter 536 - 518: Late Night

The dishes served afterwards, although uncomfortable, can still be eaten with some effort, and the ingredients themselves are fresh and pose no harm to the body.

In comparison to eating,

Luo Di’s attention is more focused on his father,

The chair his father sits in, a restraint chair, is actually a support device. It ensures his father relies entirely on electrical power to move his arms while dining, guaranteeing no "autonomous" dining behavior.

From the father’s continuous stumbling upon entry, it may be analyzed that his monster-like special attributes might relate to misfortune or bad luck.

If he were to eat directly, there’s a chance the fork could accidentally pierce through his mouth, or a bone could pierce through his throat, disrupting the banquet.

Judging from Luo Di’s accidental tongue-biting incident, the curse seems transferable.

The banquet ends.

The father is very pleased with the dining etiquette of the two young humans, "Shortly, the butler will arrange rooms for both of you and explain the precautions in the manor."

"May I ask if I will be staying with Yu Ze? What about Lebeite?"

It’s naturally safer to stay together the first time lodging within the monster family; ideally, staying with Lebeite, this special family member, ensures maximum safety.

"No.

Your current identities are not as guests but as family members.

Based on your performance from ascending the mountain, entering the manor, and dining, your accommodations will be decided."

"Okay."

Luo Di dares not voice any objections; he can sense that though his father seems reasonable, defying his arrangements might lead to something terrifying.

"Let’s conclude the banquet here, I need to return to rest."

The restraint device on the father’s body is undone, and a butler steps forward to carry him on his back, moving to the secret door without relying on his own movement.

It’s almost certain that as long as it’s not his own actions, the misfortune events won’t be triggered.

Luo Di is about to ask Lebeite about the father and family matters, but Lebeite has already put away the book and assumes a crouched, crawl-through-dog-hole posture.

"See you during the free activity time tomorrow morning; it’s already night now.

Our family is very strict about time management; at night, don’t wander around, the nights here might be more dangerous than those experienced in videotapes."

"Okay, uh..."

Luo Di wants to say more, but the other party has already crawled through the dog hole to leave.

The deformed butler also comes to Luo Di and Yu Ze’s side, "Please follow me to the residences; it’s suggested to crawl through the hole, choosing to detour will waste time, and there’s a high chance of encountering danger, as it’s already night."

"What danger?"

"I’m not qualified to discuss this; the only thing I can tell you is that this danger can directly threaten your lives."

Since even Lebeite crawled through the hole, Luo Di compromised. freёnovelkiss-com

They turned through the dog hole back to the initial entrance, then ascended the stairs.

"Mr. Yu Ze, your room is temporarily on the second floor, head to the right from here, and another part of me will attend to you."

"Old friend, see you in the morning."

"Alright."

Luo Di continues to be led upstairs, arriving at the fifth floor here, the deepest room on the top floor of the mansion.

This level’s design is distinct from the other floors,

A semi-open corridor allows one to look directly at the mansion’s backyard,

Seeing the twisted, distorted trees like human faces, and the irregular kerosene lamps hanging on the trees, barely lighting the forest, as if secrets hidden in the deep woods.

"What’s that?"

Luo Di suddenly notices something seemingly returning from the woods to the backyard, approaching the mansion.

Meanwhile,

The thing seems to feel the gaze, stops, and lights the kerosene lamp it just extinguished.

Illuminated by the light,

Luo Di sees the figure—a woman wrapped in a dark red dress, her dark brown hair hanging over her face, just blocking her eyes.

Her exposed nose is half missing, the other half perfectly intact.

Her lips are half stitched, pale and cracked, the other half painted with red lipstick, warm and full.

The woman’s other hand drags a large black bag, resembling her harvest from the back mountain forest.

At this moment, the woman also lifts her head to look.

However, the top-floor corridor is already empty,

At the crucial moment, Luo Di is pulled away from the edge by the butler, avoiding eye contact with the woman. Now, the elephant-like butler pants heavily, even his speech becomes unclear.

"Don’t make eye contact with her, don’t meet her, it’s very dangerous."

"What is that?"

"I have no right to answer, please quickly return to your room! It’s unexpected that she came back so early today, likely aware of the guest visiting the family.

I’ll give you a piece of paper rather than explaining the precautions verbally!

No matter what, please do not leave your room tonight; the position you are staying in is more dangerous than your companion’s."

Luo Di felt the butler’s proliferating tissue wrap around his arm, dragging him rapidly to a room at the end of the floor.

Whether it was this room or the rooms passed along the way, it seemed that no one had lived there for a long time, not only were they dusty, but the door structures were also of an older type.

The surface of the room door was even outfitted with an observation window, though closed off with frosted glass, it still posed certain privacy issues.

Just as Luo Di intended to find something to cover the window, the butler handed over the key and reminded him:

"This window must remain, as does every room. It’s a family rule because father forbids anyone from secretly doing anything untoward inside their rooms.

That’s about it! I also need to go and rest, I won’t be able to respond to your calls tonight, please come down at six tomorrow morning for breakfast."

The butler seemed quite flustered, though it was only a small portion of his actual form, he hurriedly moved his malformed body away.

Luo Di was somewhat intimidated; after all, this was his first time staying at Invisible Manor, feeling completely different from being with the Sisterhood.

Both the father and the red-dressed woman he had glimpsed by chance were very strange.

They didn’t exert the most direct pressure like grandmother did, but rather an indescribable eerie unease.

Or, from the moment he stepped into Invisible Manor, this anxiety began to gradually increase, magnified further by encounters with various family members.

Crack!

The door was locked,

Luo Di immediately released the Crow Colt, transforming into a half-human, half-crow figure to start cleaning the room, while he himself began to contemplate the day’s experiences.

"Lebeite’s thread must be grasped.

To quickly reach the Corner Depths, I am definitely not enough by myself. Such a rare monster, able to grow natively in the Corner, must be key to reaching the depths.

Regarding this family, perhaps after becoming more familiar with the father, I can propose taking Lebeite away.

According to Lebeite’s own words, once his plant matures, he can move freely, having been through the videotape incident, it’s almost time.

Stop thinking too much, let’s deal with it tomorrow.

This family should definitely be more than what I’ve seen so far."

Luo Di briefly checked the en-suite guest room, all arrangements and water conditions were the same as human ones, except for the asymmetric design there was no difference.

Although he couldn’t leave the room, he didn’t waste time.

He quickly skimmed over the rules for staying in the manor, and then sat cross-legged on the bed to enter a state of meditation.

Heading to the Moon-like pituitary space, releasing the dungeon’s victims as hypothetical enemies, continuing to practice the Great Slaughter learned in Hell.

Every mental fluctuation produced subtle whooshing sounds of slicing through the air within the room.

Such mental simulation soon brought on a sense of fatigue,

by ten at night, he promptly went to sleep,

however,

dreamless deep sleep was disrupted by a sense of discomfort, even someone like Luo Di who slept exceptionally well, woke up in the middle of the night.

Bleary-eyed,

consciousness hazy,

his ears caught some noises, sounding like the dragging of a heavy object.

Instinctively, he looked towards the source of the sound, towards the window on the door.

Behind the frosted glass,

just as a red figure passed by.

Luo Di immediately became alert, recalling the red-dressed woman he had seen earlier, the dragging sound naturally matched the black sack in her hands.

However, the figure neither entered nor knocked on the door, just passed by outside.

Gradually,

the sound faded away.

Because family rules prohibited changes to room decorations, including adding items, Luo Di couldn’t set up traps, so he kept his guard up and prepared to go back to sleep.

Unexpectedly, he received a notice from his prostate, though not strong, it was better to deal with it.

Luo Di quickly went to the bathroom, and completed the bodily fluid cycle.

Shook his lower half, pulled up his pants, and turned to return to the room.

As he passed the sink, his peripheral vision accidentally caught the reflection in the mirror, showing more than just himself, the red-clad figure was right behind him.