Inside Kent's house,
"I knew that he would reject, only a mad man would come to our house after we attacked him!" Mrs. Li said after hearing Patrick's answer from her son in the family's dinner.
"Then I will have to do that tactic then!" said Old Li.
"What tactic, grandfather?" asked Kent.
"You will know tomorrow tomorrow!" said Old Li before putting a piece of tofu into his mouth.
***
Inside the royal palace
Patrick has used the System's Perfume on himself, now he was trying it 'attractive' effect with other people, beginning with the maids.
"Greetings, Your Royal Highness!" said the two maids while Patrick was passing by the East Hall and met them.
Patrick nodded and passes by, then he silently hid behind an armor in the corner of the hall.
"Wow, Prince Patrick looked so handsome today!" said one maid.
"Yeah, I almost can't believe it's the fatty and lazy prince we usually see." said the other maid while holding her cheek, her face a little red.
"Yeah, if we were a noble's daughter or another country's princess, I would woo him!"
"Wow, I don't think women like us allowed to be that bold and daring!"
"Wasn't Queen Victoria the one who proposed to Prince Albert? So I don't think there's anything strange to chase your crush, even if you are a noble!"
"Hehe, I admire your fantasy and boldness!" the other maid laughed.
("I just have a little fat in my face and belly, how dare you call me a fatty?") thought Patrick.
("However, with this, I can find favor with people, hehe!") another thought appeared in Patrick's head.
***
Upon returning to his room, Patrick immediately asked the homework from Kai again.
After he was done with copying and pasting homework, Patrick went into the System's dimension again to practice shooting and learning Layla's skills.
"Hey, Dyrroth! Come here and stand beside me!" said Patrick.
Dyrroth did not say anything but went to Patrick and stood beside him.
"What's that for?" Layla asked.
"Standing beside a demon for some time will make the perfume become diminished." said Patrick.
"Why do you have to do that though?" Layla asked.
"Ugh, you pitiful girl. Master was already discovered by the Taoists to have come in contact with demon, and he is faking it that he doesn't know anything. If the demonic aura on him suddenly disappears, isn't it will be suspicious?"
"Oh, you are right!" Layla finally understood.
"Ugh, you silly girl, no wonder you were kidnapped by that laboratory...what was the name? Ah, yes, Laboratory 1718!" said Dyrroth before he suddenly realized something.
Hearing the word "Laboratory 1718", Saber turned to Dyrroth and then Layla.
"Don't mention it AGAIN!" shouted Layla, she didn't want to remember the horrible memories of Laboratory 1718.
And there was dead silence, except the shooting sound from Patrick's rifle.
"...I think that's enough for your perfume to be diminished." said Dyrroth before leaving.
"Umm, thanks!" said Patrick.
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Inside the System's dimension, somewhere with Abyss background.
"You seem to know something, Dyrroth!" asked Thamuz.
Dyrroth then told the whole story of returning the machine, which used to serve as a shell for the System and got Kent's luggage back, to Thamuz.
"I remember when I took the machine, it had 'Laboratory 1718' emblem on it."
"If that is the case, this is serious. That Laboratory had only been doing experiments in our world. Why did it appear here?" Thamuz said.
***
Meanwhile, in another place in System's dimension
Saber was practicing his sword movements while remembering about his time being a killing machine for Laboratory 1718.
"One day, I'll return to the lab and burn it to the ground." said Saber after finishing his sword movements.
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And many dummies were created. Different from those used for Patrick's practices and learning, not only these dummies could move but they could attack back.
Without saying anything, Saber, holding his swords, dashed toward these dummies.
***
"Good job, Master!" said Layla.
"Yeah, only the Ultimate left now." said Patrick while swiping his sweat.
("And then I will get my own Leviathan rifle.") thought Patrick joyfully before he received notifications from the System.
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< Agility: 8>> ("Indeed, I feel that I can hold this rifle more firmly and shoot targets more accurately now.") thought Patrick before logging out. After Patrick had logged out, Layla took her Leviathan rifle prototype out. "System, get me some dummies too!" Without saying anything, the System created some dummies for Layla. Just like with Saber, those dummies could move and attack. Raising her rifle, Layla kept shooting at the dummies while dodging their attacks. ("Dad, one day, I will rescue you out of their hands!")