Why Don't You Dodge?

After Elysia gave him a serious explanation of the difference between a "fried dough stick" and a "baguette," Mobius's expression stiffened. Realizing this topic was not beneficial to her, she let out a tactical cough and intended to bypass the subject entirely, leading Xu Ziling back to the underground laboratory to continue yesterday's experiments.

However, at that moment, a pink, elegant figure once again blocked Mobius's path, saying with a giggle:

"Oh my~ Dr. Mobius and Little Ziling, don't be in such a hurry!"

Seeing the Pink Demon blocking their way, Mobius immediately became wary. If it were just her, she wouldn't be so on guard. But after hearing Xu Ziling's "slander" yesterday and knowing that Elysia might have ambitions of a warlord, Mobius now had to be cautious.

After a moment of thought, Mobius put on her best hostess demeanor and said impolitely to Elysia:

"Elysia, I already made it abundantly clear yesterday that my relationship with Little Mouse is settled. We've already 'digested' internally, and it's not for outsiders like you to interfere. Now, you're still blocking our path, what do you want?"

"I want to~"

Elysia replied without hesitation.

"Pfft!..."

Before Mobius could react to Elysia's linguistic artistry, Xu Ziling behind her burst out laughing, leaving Mobius, who hadn't understood anything, completely confused. She asked Xu Ziling:

"Little Mouse, what are you laughing at?"

"No, I... uh... cough cough, Dr. Mobius, if you don't know what Miss Elysia just said... it's better not to know. Sometimes, knowing too much is not good..."

After a tactical cough, Xu Ziling met Elysia's half-smiling eyes and gave a helpless smile. He said, "Miss Elysia, I really don't want to describe a girl as 'fish white'... Are you stopping me and the Doctor because you have something to tell us? After all, as you can see, the Doctor doesn't seem to appreciate your jokes, Sister Ellie."

"Mhm?~ Little Ziling is smart, I'll praise you!"

Elysia gave Xu Ziling a generous smile and added, "But it's not really a big deal... It's just that yesterday, when I went out to buy ingredients for the lab, I saw so many beautiful clothes! So I bought a lot. If you and Little Ziling don't have anything particularly urgent today, why not try on some new clothes?

Just so you know, these new clothes are a token of Miss Elf's affection, and it's definitely not because I want to see you and Little Ziling in new outfits~ Little Blanca has already tried them on, it's just you two left!~"

"..."

Mobius looked at the "loudly conspiring" Elysia with a speechless expression, then muttered to herself, "So Little Blanca has already fallen victim to you... No wonder she was lying on the sofa half-dead this morning. Heh, Elysia, you truly live up to your reputation."

"Oh my! How can you say that?"

Elysia smiled and said, "I just had Little Blanca try on a few outfits, who knew she'd get so tired?"

"No..."

A strange sound echoed, and Mobius, Elysia, and Xu Ziling simultaneously turned their gazes towards the living room where the sound originated.

In the living room, on the sofa, Blanca, whose bones felt like they were falling apart, shakily raised her right hand and said, "When you asked me to change clothes before... you didn't say you'd also be 'rua-ing' me... ah..."

Seeing her good assistant reduced to such a state by Elysia, Mobius's eyes widened, and she shot Elysia a death glare.

"Uh..."

Elysia felt uncomfortable under the gaze and gave a somewhat forced smile, saying, "Oh dear... Oh dear~ Who could blame Little Blanca for being so cute in her new clothes? I just couldn't help myself for a moment, so I held her a bit longer?~ It's understandable, right?"

"I object..."

Blanca, sprawled on the sofa in the living room, weakly raised her trembling right hand again and said, "Um... Miss Elysia... I really don't know... thirteen minutes and forty-two seconds. of continuous hugging and face-rubbing, can it be considered... 'holding a bit longer'..."

"Oh my... cough cough... cough Ah! Little Blanca, don't focus on such details~ I'll make you something delicious later~ You should sleep for a while now, okay?~"

Blanca: ...

"Cough cough~"

Elysia gave another tactical cough, then smiled and waved at Xu Ziling and Mobius, saying, "Anyway, the new clothes are bought, just waiting for Dr. Mobius and Little Ziling to try them on!"

"New clothes?"

If Xu Ziling ignored the tragedy of Senior Blanca just now, he wasn't particularly interested in clothes. After all, the most common clothes he wore after transmigrating were company uniforms, and he was used to them. Plus, being male, new clothes were always a secondary concern for him.

But now, Xu Ziling looked at his body, which was a highly feminized version of the Doctor, possibly a female Bishop. He was still wearing Serpent's clothes and Serpent's lab coat. Although the researcher's attire was designed to be extremely neutral, and this lab coat fit surprisingly well... the thought of wearing clothes that Serpent had worn felt strange to Xu Ziling.

So, if he had a choice, Xu Ziling would prefer a normal set of clothes, at least to make him look like a gentleman, not a European courtesan.

"Oh! It seems Little Ziling is very interested in new clothes!"

Elysia keenly caught the hint of Xu Ziling's thoughts, smiled slightly, and then grabbed Xu Ziling and Mobius by the wrists, saying, "Dr. Mobius, you come too! Dress-up games are really fun! Miss Elf guarantees it~"

Mobius originally intended to refuse directly, but upon hearing that Xu Ziling was also interested, she frowned and looked at Xu Ziling, asking, "Little Mouse, you want to try on new clothes?"

Xu Ziling looked down at Serpent's lab coat on his body and gave a helpless smile, saying, "Doctor, I'm a man, after all. It's not quite right to always be wearing your clothes... If I had a choice, I'd prefer something more normal."

"Alright."

Mobius pondered for a moment. During her research, using her Little Mouse as a subject and stimulating its adrenaline through "rewards" wasn't a bad thing for the overall experiment. So, she indulged Xu Ziling. Turning to Elysia, she said, "Since the Little Mouse has spoken... Elysia, why don't you show us the new clothes you bought? But let me make this clear beforehand, I'm only picking out a few things for the Little Mouse. I won't be trying on any of the clothes you bought myself, understand?"

"Mhm, mhm, mhm!"

Elysia nodded with a smile, then pointed to her room in the small building and said, "Follow me~ I've already stored a lot of the new clothes I bought yesterday in my room. Doctor and Little Ziling can take their time picking them out?"

Elysia's words were truly infectious. Looking at her, and at Mobius, who was still chattering away but could already communicate with Elysia relatively normally, Xu Ziling was, of course, very happy inside.

However, the moment he and Mobius stepped into Elysia's room, which was overflowing with clothes but, as far as the eye could see, was entirely filled with women's clothing, Xu Ziling suddenly realized that perhaps he had been happy too soon