Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

# Chapter 261: Was there a war here?? Ah...

It couldn’t be that unlucky, could it?

There really are Seaborn.

The moment he heard it, Lucas really wanted to speak up and ask for clarification. However, realizing he was currently an Originium Slug, he quickly dismissed the thought and continued to play the role of an Originium Slug, openly eavesdropping and peeking from the sidelines.

But...

Thinking about it carefully.

It wasn’t necessarily Seaborn.

After all, Lucas and Skadi had been to Iberia before.

The moment they arrived in Saltwind City, the Seaborn in the ocean had swarmed toward Skadi like crazy, as if they had smelled her. If there really were Seaborn in the waters off Siesta, there was no way they wouldn’t be frantically coming ashore to find Skadi and Laurentina.

And...

Although the Obsidian Festival hadn’t officially started yet.

Tourists had been arriving in droves for the past week, and the beaches were already packed. If there really were Seaborn, how could it have been this quiet for so long? They would have been discovered long ago.

”Mm...”

Ceylon nodded, her attention completely focused on Lucas, as if she could never get tired of looking at him. After all, this Originium Slug was genuinely tiny and actually pretty cute.

It was the same feeling as getting a new puppy. Even if the puppy was just lying on the floor sleeping, you could lie on the floor and watch it sleep for ages, just feeling that it was inexplicably adorable.

”Schwarz...”

Suddenly, Ceylon called out to Schwarz, who was about to leave the room.

”Um, I’m finally back home for a visit. How about you explore the city with me tonight?”

Schwarz, who was just about to step out of the room, froze. She then said apologetically, ”I’m very sorry, Miss. I still have work tonight. It’s the Obsidian Festival, and it’s not safe outside with so many people. If you really want to go out, Miss, I will arrange for bodyguards...”

”No need!!”

Ceylon puffed up her cheeks, her pretty face swelling with anger. Her ’young mistress’ temper flared up slightly. She looked like a cute, angry hamster, making one want to reach out and give her cheeks a good petting.

Schwarz sighed helplessly, bowed respectfully to Ceylon, and left. This gesture only made Ceylon even angrier. She stomped her foot, which was wrapped in thin white stockings, on the floor.

”I don’t want you... to treat me like this!! We’re friends, Schwarz!”

Schwarz didn’t say anything. She turned, left, and gently closed the door for Ceylon.

After Schwarz left.

Ceylon deflated like a popped balloon, collapsing into her chair without much of her ’young mistress’ decorum. Although her ladylike etiquette was deeply ingrained, she would let loose a little when no one was around.

”Why is Schwarz always so busy? Ever since I went to university, she’s rarely hung out with me like she used to... We used to be the best of sisters, but ever since I went to university, things seem different...”

Ceylon slumped onto the desk, meeting the gaze of Lucas in the container, and muttered dejectedly to herself.

Lucas pretty much understood.

This ’Ceylon’ was likely some young heiress, and Schwarz’s attitude was more akin to that of a family bodyguard. A princess and her knight.

When Ceylon was younger, they could act like friends, but as she grew up, a distinction of status had to be made. Ceylon, as the one in high society, might not understand, but her friend naturally couldn’t be so casual.

This plot.

It was so common in novels. The most common was the noble lady and her handsome bodyguard. Books with this theme used to sell really well. Later, as ’aesthetic fatigue’ set in, readers’ tastes gradually shifted from this kind of outrageously wish-fulfillment-style plot to... something more twisted. Back then, these plots leaned toward pure love, but now... hypnosis was all the rage...

*Regarding the Matter of the Tsundere Young Mistress Being Hypnotized by Me, Her Humble Servant, and Becoming My XX.txt*

Ceylon reached out and poked Lucas’s body.

”So cute...”

Ceylon had already tested the unknown mucus secreted by this Originium Slug’s body. It was just ordinary, non-toxic, harmless mucus, completely different from the venom on a toad’s skin.

Seeing Ceylon get busy searching and recording things on the computer again, Lucas returned to the Doctor’s body on the beach.

Meanwhile, the ’murder volleyball’ main battle had already reached the fourth round.