Divine Visage

"Hello?"

Yuri, legs crossed behind the counter, answered the phone. Before him sat four Mutants radiating nervous tension, with Vanax at the head undergoing an Inuit language examination.

"What? You need me to come over?"

Silly Bird and the three behind him—Shack and the others—lit up. Was the test about to be suspended? Hahaha! Silly Cat was unlucky—she'd passed her test just now—but ours was being postponed!

"Ten million?"

"I'll be right there!"

Yuri hung up, meeting four pairs of eyes brimming with surprise and relief. His mouth twitched a few times; he understood that strange feeling all too well.

"Boss, is the test really getting suspended?"

Vanax sighed with fake regret: "What a shame. I wanted to pass it in one go like Kate did~"

"Heh."

Yuri stepped out from behind the counter and gave her a sharp flick on the forehead. Watching the silly bird clutch her head and yelp, he grabbed a copy of Les Misérables from the front desk and shoved it into her arms, then turned to Shack and the other two: "Keep an eye on her. Finish the translation tonight. I'll check it when I'm back."

He pinched Vanax's face—on the verge of tears—and forced a grim smile with both hands. Meeting her resentful little glare, he grinned wickedly: "How could a test that's already started end? No need to regret it. Once you finish the translation, you'll pass in one go, just like Kate!"

"Mm!"

Vanax stared at the finger-thick "exam content" and made one last attempt: "Um... my pen refill ran out!"

"Haha!"

Yuri laughed out loud. He reached behind the counter, grabbed a handful of pen refills—over a dozen—and handed them to Vanax, saying gently: "Don't worry. If you run out, come to the front desk. Even Les Misérables is no problem—we've got enough for the Oxford Dictionary too."

"Hmph!"

Vanax took the refills, furious but powerless, and muttered: "Bad boss!"

Yuri waited until the four of them were settled and the "test" resumed. After proctoring for a while, he headed back to the third floor alone to change clothes and prepare to leave.

"Boss."

Yuri looked up in the stairwell and saw Kate, dressed in a tight black leather bodysuit with a cute cat-ear headband.

One hand gripped the doorframe, her body leaned naturally against the wall, and her long legs rubbed against each other restlessly: "Can we not go...? I want to mate with you. Right now."

Yuri blinked, forcing his gaze away from the heat that had unconsciously flared. He lowered his head, and two little figures began to war inside him: one shouting "I want to mate," the other screaming "Ten million dollars!" They went back and forth, brawling fiercely.

"Enough!"

Yuri strangled both little figures to death. He wrapped an arm around Kate's slender waist and headed toward the bedroom, saying: "Go change into something normal. You're coming with me."

"Normal clothes?"

Kate wrapped her legs around Yuri's thick waist, agilely and seductively flipping backward over his crotch in a backflip. She leaned close to his ear, puzzled: "I think this outfit is perfectly normal?"

"Phew—"

Yuri steeled himself, peeled the warm body off his back, and tossed her onto the sofa. He walked into the bedroom, picked out a pure black off-shoulder evening gown, and threw it to Kate: "Wear this tonight."

Just as he turned to leave, he added: "And grab a bag. Bring the leather suit too."

"Yes!"

Kate easily unzipped the hidden zipper at the back of her leather suit and slipped it off in a few moves. Yuri caught a glimpse of the band-aid on her chest, twitched his mouth, and had to toss her a set of underwear: "Take that off. Use this to cover up."

"Yes, boss!"

Yuri let out a long sigh. None of these five kin were easy to handle. With this kind of lifestyle... how could he feel confident letting her go out and stand on her own!

After opening the car door for Kate, Yuri yanked the silly cat—whose head was full of curiosity about how hard the door handle really was—behind him and said to the burly young man smiling before him: "Thank you, Happy."

"It's my pleasure."

Happy's gaze kept drifting to Kate in her black lace evening gown. In fact, he'd already sneaked several glances while driving—he couldn't help it.

How could a woman this perfect exist in the world?

Yuri knew exactly what Happy was thinking. When he'd sculpted the faces and bodies of Vanax and the other four, he'd racked his brains and exhausted every trick—they could practically be considered world-class divine beauties.

Happy's reaction was normal.

Not like he could touch her anyway.

"So..."

Yuri pulled Kate gently into his arms. She obediently rested her little head on his shoulder, rubbing back and forth. Yuri smiled and asked: "I'll need you to trouble yourself and lead me to Tony. You know how big this villa is."

"Oh! Right!"

Happy snapped back to reality. He lowered his head nervously, leading the way while apologizing: "Sorry, Mr. Yuri. Miss Kate is just too beautiful."

"Thank you."

Yuri patted Kate's stomach, signaling her to thank him too. Instead, she tilted her head in confusion and asked: "Boss, am I really that beautiful?"

"Ahem!"

Happy nearly stumbled and fell. He cleared his throat to ease the awkwardness, then said with utmost seriousness as he led the way: "Actually, Miss Kate, you're the most beautiful and elegant woman I've ever seen. Mr. Yuri is truly fortunate to have you as his girlfriend."

"I'm not—mmph!"

Yuri clamped a hand over Kate's mouth. He didn't want this silly cat to say another word, so he forcibly changed the subject. "Happy, do you know why Tony called me over tonight?"

As a professional bodyguard, even though his physique had gone to seed later on because Tony had the armor for close protection, his professional instincts had always been reliable. When it came to anything about Tony, he could answer with near certainty. "Honestly, I don't know the exact reason either, but when I saw Tony, there was also a one-armed man in a white coat standing next to him, so... maybe it's some kind of experiment?"

One-armed?

White coat?

Yuri and Kate exchanged a glance. The latter's eyes were full of confusion and curiosity: Why is the boss looking at me? Does he want me to wear a white coat when we mate? But I didn't bring one!

"I'm not thinking about you!"

Yuri promptly withdrew from Kate's mind. A silly cat whose brain was full of nothing but mating—was she reliable?

Following Happy into the elevator, Yuri watched him fiddle with the controls and then pull out a red button hidden behind a panel.

"Tony told me to take you straight to his Secret Garden in the underground garage. This is the only way I know to get there."

Happy explained without turning around. He was genuinely afraid of losing his composure again.

Yuri felt the elevator descend at a steady speed. What bullshit underground garage! Was there any garage built fifty meters below the surface?!

"Ding-dong!"

The elevator stopped. The steel doors slid open slowly, and Tony, dressed in a white coat, hurried over. He didn't even glance at the other two in the elevator; grabbing Yuri by the arm as he walked, he said, "You're finally here. Quick, come see what's going on with this!"