The grotesque spider spirit's appearance signaled the end of peace as they knew it.
Ye Ran needed strength to protect himself and the ones he loved.
The timely arrival of the FGO gacha system was undoubtedly a "tonic" for his lack of security.
"Ye Jun, I forgot to take a towel. Could you get it for me?"
At this moment, a unique, alluring female voice belonging to Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka suddenly came from the bathroom.
The young man's heart skipped a beat.
He quickly grabbed a clean, dry towel and walked towards the door.
"Thank you."
A steaming, white mist flowed out from the half-open bathroom.
A slender, white arm took the towel from him, but didn't close the door.
The hot, humid steam, mixed with the scent of the girl's bath lotion, made Ye Ran instinctively hold his breath.
"Humph, Ye Jun, want to come in and wash with me? The door isn't locked, you know."
"I'll go!"
True to her reputation as a "lewd senpai," this alluring skill, who could resist it?
Ye Ran's blood boiled, and he felt his newly evolved red dragon heart pounding uncontrollably.
Just as he was about to open the door and go in, he heard playful laughter from behind the door.
Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka, looking languid, with only a snow-white bath towel wrapped around her, stepped out of the bathroom with her round, slender, white legs.
The girl's clean, fresh face held a mischievous smile.
She smiled at the embarrassed young man and said, "My junior, you're quite dishonest."
"It's you, senpai, who likes to tease me too much," Ye Ran retorted, not happy.
"Come over here, help me blow-dry my hair."
Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka didn't care, she just stepped on the wet floor with her wet feet, leaving delicate footprints.
Ye Ran obediently sat down at the bedside, and the girl with long black hair easily burrowed into his arms.
Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka had a graceful figure, she was tall and slender, her waist was both fleshy and toned, with a tight curve.
The thin bath towel could not hide her graceful curves.
Her firm, full hips, plump like peaches, made the towel very tight.
Her slender, white legs, even without black stockings, were smooth and delicate.
Buzz buzz buzz...
Ye Ran held the hair dryer and helped his girlfriend dry her wet hair.
Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka looked up, as if feeling something, and looked at her boyfriend's handsome profile, her heart suddenly realized something.
How could it be that, in less than half an hour.... Ye Ran seemed to have been reborn, as if he had changed a lot?
This was one of the many benefits of Lingji transformation.
The fragments of Old Sword's Lingji not only transformed Ye Ran's body, but also gave him the power and temperament of a Heroic Spirit.
Arthur, with full charm points, was a person full of human brilliance in the original work.
His smile was as gentle and radiant as the morning sun.
He loved kindness, believed in justice, was incredibly gentle, and also a handsome knight.
In the original work, even Shajo Aiko, who was connected to the root and possessed magic power equal to or even surpassing that of a mage, couldn't resist Old Sword's charm, calling him "the ideal prince."
Ye Ran, inheriting his Lingji fragments, would naturally not be bad either.
"Um... Senpai, do you want to keep drying?"
The long hair in his hands was already smooth and silky.
Ye Ran turned off the hair dryer.
He looked at Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka, but saw her flushed face.
"Blow-dry me? N-No, I don't need to....."
Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka came to her senses and couldn't help but lightly spit out a few words in embarrassment.
She scolded herself in her heart for being spineless.
She was blushing at Ye Ran's smile.
Today's boyfriend was really strange, she had to question him properly!
Although she was a light novel writer who specialized in romance, Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka herself had never been in a relationship.
When Ye Ran confessed to her that day, her heart soared, she was so happy she didn't know what to do.
And when she learned that they were both each other's first love, her whole heart was devoted to the young man.
So many strange things happened today, and her boyfriend seemed to know something. The worried girl naturally had to find out the truth before she could feel at ease.....
"Ye Jun."
Leaning against the young man's warm embrace, Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka's wine-red eyes seemed to be drunk, misty and hazy.
"What about that spider spirit? And what exactly was that silver liquid that protected us?"
"To put it simply, I awakened the bloodline in my body."
Ye Ran thought for a moment.
He decided to keep it from Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka.
After all, he was also confused right now, completely unfamiliar with the supernatural world.
The more he said, the more likely he was to make mistakes. He could only come up with an excuse to stall for now.
"Shizuka, you know I'm not Chinese."
"My ancestors were a family of exorcists who eradicated evil spirits. As modern society developed, this bloodline ability gradually became diluted, and even our family gradually forgot about it. I didn't expect it to awaken in me."
The lie was ridiculous.
There were many inconsistencies.
But for the boyfriend who risked his life to protect her in the face of the bizarre, Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka, with her heart full of love, instinctively chose to believe.
"I believe you." Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka nodded lightly, taking the initiative to hug the young man, her voice trembling slightly: "Can you tell me the truth about this world? Will that spider spirit appear again?"
"I'm sorry, this is the first time I've awakened, and I don't know much about the supernatural forces of the land of Wa either. But what can be determined for now is..... In the face of [the Bizarre], as long as you pretend not to see it, you can escape."
Ye Ran comforted his girlfriend in a gentle voice.
In his heart, he thought of a manga he had read in his previous life - [The Girl Who Can See].
The protagonist of the story, Yotsuya Miko, was born with an incredibly powerful Yin Yang eye.
She could clearly see powerful evil spirits, divine spirits, and other spiritual bodies that ordinary spiritualists couldn't see.
The spider spirit's questioning habit.... was very similar to a meme that circulated in the world of the bizarre.
Ordinary people could not see this strangeness.
Only a very few gifted individuals could see their true form.
Ye Ran didn't know why he and Kasuga no Kyūko Shizuka encountered the ferocious spider spirit.
But just in case, he still told the girl this method.