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????!!!!!
"Mmph..." Ning Ke was caught completely off guard by the kiss.
He wanted to struggle, but at some point, Lou Yunxiao had raised his chained hands above his head.
Lou Yunxiao had never kissed anyone before, and this hardly felt like a kiss.
It was more like biting.
The Demonic Aura around him had long since overwhelmed his spiritual energy.
So now, he was more like a demon who obeyed his desires.
Whatever he wanted, he had to have.
Restraint had no place in a demon's mind.
Greed was their true nature.
Lou Yunxiao's memories were muddled, but that didn't mean his body had forgotten.
He had been suppressing his urges toward Ning Ke all along, and now those urges had seemingly lost their restraints.
They were unleashed in full.
Ning Ke's back pressed against the cold wall, stark white bones scattered beneath their feet.
Dressed in black rather than his usual clothes, Lou Yunxiao's dark hair tangled with Ning Ke's loose strands.
He pinned the beautiful young man tightly against the wall and took what he wanted.
Only after a long while did he reluctantly release Ning Ke's lips, lowering his head to nestle against Ning Ke's neck and shoulder.
His teeth gently grazed the tender skin as he murmured, entranced, "So warm..."
Ning Ke breathed through his open mouth, his eyes misted over from the intense kiss, while inwardly swearing up a storm.
Could someone tell him what the fuck was going on?!
Why was Lou Yunxiao kissing him!!!!
Wasn't he supposed to be the straight male lead?!
How had "dying" once changed even his sexual orientation?!
And what the hell was that under his robes?!!!
Where had his wholesome, well-behaved Eldest Senior Brother gone—the one with no worldly desires, who even felt uncomfortable visiting a brothel?!!
[Oho.] Xiao Yuan covered its eyes, then conspicuously peeked through its fingers. [How exciting.]
[Exciting, my ass!!! Xiao Yuan, stop enjoying my misery and think of something! If this keeps up, my ass is done for!]
[Did that damned Demon do something else to him?! How did he turn him into this?!]
Ning Ke absolutely refused to believe that Lou Yunxiao was doing this of his own volition.
He firmly believed the Demon must have tampered with him.
[Xiao Yuan can't help. Xiao Yuan is just a useless little system. Please fend for yourself, Host.]
With that, Xiao Yuan made its escape.
"..." Ning Ke gritted his teeth in fury.
But a moment later, he let out a muffled groan.
Lou Yunxiao had bitten his neck.
Beads of blood seeped out, only to be gently licked away as he lingered with near-greedy fascination.
It made Ning Ke feel as though he was about to be eaten!
"Th-the mouse is being saved for Master!" With no way out, Ning Ke shouted, "You can't eat the mouse yourself!"
Remembering that Lou Yunxiao now obeyed only the Demon's orders, he decided to invoke the Demon to curb his behavior.
And clearly, it worked.
Lou Yunxiao stiffened.
He stepped back a little and released Ning Ke.
He looked a little dazed.
"Master told the mouse to stay in the Side Hall, so he can enjoy it when he wakes up."
With that, he moved to fasten the chain to the wall, and Ning Ke immediately said, "Wait!"
"The mouse wants to wander around a little. Once he's done, he'll go back to the Side Hall. He absolutely won't run away!"
He tugged ingratiatingly at the hem of Lou Yunxiao's robe. "Can he?"
Ning Ke didn't want to fight Lou Yunxiao, much less hurt him.
So if he could fool his now rather dim-witted senior brother with a few words, that would be the best solution.
He lowered his voice and coaxed him softly. "Please?"
Then he saw Lou Yunxiao furrow his brow, seemingly deep in thought.
Suddenly, he seemed to think of something.
Lou Yunxiao actually smiled.
It was as innocent as a child's smile.
Yet his words also sounded exactly like a child greedily demanding a reward.
"I want to do what we just did to the mouse again."
"After that, I'll take the mouse for a walk."
To be a demon was to desire.
He was acting on instinct.
He couldn't disobey his master's orders and eat the mouse whole.
But he could have a little taste.
That way, his master wouldn't notice.
"???" Ning Ke couldn't believe his ears.
"How can you ask for something like that?"
Lou Yunxiao said nothing.
He simply moved to fasten the chain again.
His position was perfectly clear.
Closet pervert!
Even without his memories, this man was such a closet pervert!
Ning Ke ground his teeth in anger, but in the end, he compromised.
Lou Yunxiao smiled.
His smile was exactly like the smug look of a child who had successfully demanded a toy.
He kissed Ning Ke until his spine tingled before finally letting him go.
Afterward, true to his word, Lou Yunxiao led him out of the Side Hall.
Once Ning Ke had calmed down a little, he poked Lou Yunxiao and asked him,
"Why do you want to do that to me?"
"Because I like it."
For some reason, Ning Ke's heart skipped a beat.
He stared at Lou Yunxiao in astonishment, but found no trace of pretense in his expression.
"When the mouse hugs me, touches me, or talks to me, it makes me happy."
"I like that feeling."
[Host, he's so straightforward.] Xiao Yuan, who had fled earlier, popped back out to interrupt.
[You actually fucking remembered to come back?!]
[Don't be mad, Host, don't be mad. I didn't really run away. I went to look into what exactly is going on with Lou Yunxiao.]
[Then what did you find?]
[I think he was forced to absorb too much Demonic Aura, throwing him out of balance. That's why everything he does now leans more toward his truest desires.]
[For instance, things he wanted to do before but didn't dare to, he'll now do outright-and he might do them twice as much, or several times as much.]
[...]
[To give you a simple example, if he only wanted to kiss you before, now he wants to fuck you; if he wanted to fuck you before, now he wants to fuck you to death.]
[????] Ning Ke bristled. [Listen to yourself! Is that something a decent person would say?]
[I'm just telling it like it is,] Xiao Yuan said. [I've always heard that the more reserved someone is, the more intense they get when they let loose. Looks like novels haven't lied to me.]
[Host, you'd better be ready to give yourself up at any time. It's all for the mission, anyway, and this isn't your own body. If you really can't fight back, lying back and enjoying it isn't a bad option.]
[...Get lost.]
[You got it~]
Xiao Yuan promptly rolled away.
Still, its words made Ning Ke realize something very important.
He tugged on the chain and said to Lou Yunxiao, "Can you take me for a walk near the entrance to the Underground Palace?"
"Yes." Lou Yunxiao led Ning Ke out through the Underground Palace, all the way to the glowing barrier of runes.
Ning Ke could step through, but Lou Yunxiao was blocked inside. When he reached out, Demonic Aura appeared on his hand and clashed with the barrier, making a teeth-grating sound of corrosion.
"Come back, mouse," he said. "I can't get out."
Ning Ke returned, his brows tightly furrowed.
Because his guess had been right.
The Sealing Array now recognized Lou Yunxiao as a demon.
Unless they found a way to balance his spiritual energy and Demonic Aura, he would never be able to leave.
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