Ryan twisted his neck with a click, adjusted his monocle, and walked out of the toilet calmly as if nothing had happened.
And as soon as he came to the corridor.
Ryan saw at the end of the corridor, in the direction leading to the living room, the mistress dressed as a noblewoman was standing there with a big smile on her face.
Her smile was extremely stiff.
It was like a smiling face sewn on with needles.
And Bai Yi had disappeared without a trace as if he had never been here.
The mistress opened her arms with a smile, looking extraordinarily bright.
"Ah—my honored guest, I thought you had left. If you're still not full, we've prepared some exquisite dishes for you again! Would you like to enjoy them?"
"It'll be even more sumptuous than last time."
Ryan took a glance at the walls around the corridor, then walked up to her with big strides.
Without warning, an abnormal smile suddenly appeared on his calm face, and he said,
"Of course. Let's eat now."
Somehow.
That smile made her heart skip a beat.
She suddenly felt that this doctor, who had been amiable just now, seemed to have undergone some imperceptible changes.
Unconsciously, a chill ran down her back.
"Hehehe—That's wonderful. Doctor, please follow me!"
The mistress covered her mouth and chuckled softly, forced herself to keep the expression on her face unchanged, then turned around and walked towards the living room with big strides, leading Ryan.
However, it was obvious that her walking posture had become a bit stiffer than before.
...
In the hall.
The grand candles were still burning.
The table that had been covered with plates and leftovers before had been cleared.
And now, on the white tablecloth, plates covered with silver lids were placed one after another.
Several red candles were burning, as if bleeding.
"Come on! Guest, please enjoy yourself to the fullest."
The mistress licked her blood-red lips, showing a strange and kind smile.
Ryan tied a napkin around his collar, held a fork in one hand and a knife in the other, and sat in his seat in front of the dining table.
"These are all dishes carefully prepared for you."
She walked gracefully to Ryan's side, stretched out her long fingers, and took off the lid on the plate in front of Ryan.
Suddenly.
A thick fragrance wafted over.
"This is a special dish that I prepared for you. All the ingredients are of the highest quality. I guarantee that it'll whet your appetite."
Ryan took a glance.
He saw that on the plate were a pile of bloody internal organs.
There were hearts, livers, lungs, intestines, and a sauce made of thick plasma, and they were still wriggling, as if they had just been taken out of a prey's body.
And the introduction immediately popped up in front of Ryan's eyes.
[The Feast of a Young Human's Five Viscera]: A meal made from freshly removed high-quality human internal organs, usually used to entertain friendly and approved guests.
"How is it?"
Seeing Ryan sitting there motionless.
The smile on the mistress's face gradually grew stronger, and the inexplicable chill that had risen in the corridor earlier had already dissipated.
"Eat, doctor. Make sure to finish it all. My lovely Alice has woken up, and she really likes you so much!"
"Eat, doctor. After eating, we'll be a family."
That mysterious and bewitching voice rang in Ryan's ears.
Ryan held the knife and fork, maintained that strange smile on his face, and sat there straight, saying,
"I've already said that I don't like internal organs. I really don't like them at all. I feel sick when I see internal organs. But you keep asking me to eat them, asking me to eat..."
Buzz—
There was no wind, but the candles around were flickering with a whooshing sound.
And the servants who were mechanically cleaning the walls and tables around also paused, and their movements became even stiffer.
The mistress beside Ryan slowly opened her mouth, opening it to an extent that a human could never achieve, and said with a smile,
"You... are so rude! You've already eaten all the ingredients we prepared for several months."
"To continue entertaining you, we even had to sacrifice a family member who had just reunited. And Alice, without her brother, is really sad. She's so pitiful. She really wants a brother who can be nice to her."
Click—Click—Click—
The mistress stretched out her increasingly pale hand and reached for the internal organs on Ryan's plate.
And her voice became even more strange and eerie.
It was like someone was licking your back, making you feel a creepy sensation.
Her smile also became even brighter.
"Do you need me to feed you..."
"These are fresh and just-right ingredients. You'll surely be very satisfied, and you'll surely like them, you'll surely..."
But just as her hand was about to grab the plate of internal organs.
Zing—
A fork directly pinned her pale hand to the table.
The mistress: "!!!"
Ryan suddenly turned his head, calmly adjusted his monocle, looked at her face that was gradually becoming distorted with fear, and said,
"Do you like it so much? Then why don't you have a taste yourself!"
In an instant.
Before the mistress could react, Ryan suddenly stretched out his left hand and directly thrust it into her wide-open mouth.
His expression instantly became ferocious.
"Lefty, our patient's family member really likes these delicious dishes. What do you think we should do?!"
Lefty instantly showed a row of white teeth and grinned strangely, saying, "Of course, make the patient full."
Buzz—
Under the terrified gaze of the mistress.
The "food" that Lefty had eaten and stored but hadn't digested yet was instantly disgorged by Lefty into her mouth.
[The mistress, the Dark Elf's fear level towards you + 10]
[The mistress, the Dark Elf's fear level towards you + 15]
[The mistress, the Dark Elf's fear level towards you + 20]
She struggled desperately in fear, but one hand was pinned to the table, and the other was tightly restrained by Ryan's hand like a steel clamp.
Her stomach began to swell at a visible speed.
"Woo!!! Woo!"
This sudden change made the candles in the whole hall sway wildly.
The next moment.
Slap—
Ryan kicked her to the ground, pulled his left hand out of her mouth, stared at her calmly yet somewhat sickly, grabbed her collar, and said in a sickly tone,
"Is it delicious? Is it delicious?!"
"A sick person needs to be treated! And I think you're really seriously ill!"
"Sorry, sorry, sorry! You're the patient's family member. I should be more polite to you. Ah, yes, I should be polite. Right, right."
Ryan straddled her, stretched out his hand tremblingly and erratically, pulled the corners of his mouth up, and fixed a kind and polite smile.
"Tell me, tell me quietly. Don't be nervous. Whisper to me. Where did you hide my fellow townsman?"
"That's your son, Bai Yi. Yes, his name is Bai Yi. He's a fellow townsman of mine. Do you know what a fellow townsman means? It means people from the same place!"
"Yes! Tell me, tell me quietly."
Ryan leaned his ear over, trembling slightly.