In the Mysterious Shop, she always said to travel light—if she could avoid carrying extra burdens, she would never bring them... Jiu Ming figured that if he placed the World Crossing Gate somewhere else, she might run around the house in nothing but underwear all day. After all, it was spring all year round here; even without something like air conditioning, the temperature stayed at the level most comfortable for humans.?..
Of course, Jiu Ming could kill time by creating a deep-winter environment and climate here if he really wanted to.
After making a round of his "territory" and finding that the real area still had not noticeably expanded, Jiu Ming temporarily stopped paying attention to it. The expansions of this real area always came in the strangest ways, and he could not pin down the reason. Even though he had started paying close attention to all sorts of mystical, superstitious things in order to better understand the Mysterious Shop's inner workings...
Some were useful, some were useless. Still, every bit of understanding counted; it was better than drifting with the current and knowing nothing at all.
"Mm, I'll go buy some seeds." Looking at the silver wristwatch still lying on the coffee table, Jiu Ming shook his head and put it away. "I think it's because this thing differs from the World Crossing Gate."
After looking at the rippling passage before him and then at the World Crossing Gate, Jiu Ming stepped into the ripples. "What does an H-crazed pervert like you want with Miss!?"
Tch! What an unfriendly answer. Jiu Ming clicked his tongue. Did she have to be so cold every single time? You foolish maid... What the hell was an H-crazed pervert?
"I just wanted to ask—"
"The time is next Sunday. I'll tell you the