It's okay for me to bully my wife for the sake of the young master's dignity, right?

Chapter 268 [024] Shadow of Time

Qin Jiandan didn't know when he would meet other time travelers, so he felt uneasy staying in the room. Xiao Xia was unwilling to leave after eating and drinking:

"Are you nervous, big brother? Is this your first time talking to a girl so closely?"

"You look so fierce, you must not have a girlfriend, right? That's so disgusting~"

Xiao Xia took out a round lollipop from the inside of her ninja suit and licked it with her restless tongue, not knowing which one would bring her more pleasure, the sugar or the mockery of Qin Jiandan.

Qin Jiandan desperately counted in his brain in order not to change history... Anyway, he was ridiculed more than 20 times, right? In the future, Xiao Xia will soon know that the steel armor breathing method can not only open the time tunnel, but also other tunnels.

"Ah... I'm a little sleepy..."

Xiao Xia skillfully pulled out the blanket and pillow from the closet and spread them on the tatami to prepare for a nap. She rewrapped the unfinished lollipop in candy wrapper and placed it where she could reach it.

"You are not allowed to lick my lollipop secretly, understand? When I wake up... oh, I should have asked the slave to help me make the quilt, it's because daddy always trained me to take care of myself that I forgot!"

Qin Jiandan had been holding back his anger for a long time, but he was so angry that he said:

"Who has such a perverted hobby? You shouldn't lick my lollipop secretly!"

Xiao Xia crawled under the quilt and made a face with her tongue out at Qin Jiandan:
"As expected, big brother wants to do something naughty to me~ But if you do that, you will die! Just fantasize while guarding the door for me!"

This room was given to Qin Jiandan by Miyamoto Issou for rest, but Xiaoxia took over and took a nap here. Although Qin Jiandan was dissatisfied, he could not treat this female kid like he would treat Xiaoxia in the future.

While thinking about the next course of action, Qin Jiandan suddenly found that the quilt was empty. Xiao Xia had knelt down opposite him at some point, and the two of them started playing flower cards.

"Brother, it's your turn now, hurry up! You're not such a loser at playing karuta!"

Qin Jiandan was shocked to notice that he also had a deck of flower cards in his hand, but he had no memory of when he picked up the cards.

And the sky outside... the moon has risen. It was noon just now, why is it night all of a sudden! ?
There seemed to be some rustling noise behind him. Qin Jiandan turned around and suddenly saw a black monster bigger than a human being eating something with its head down!
The monster was all black, and at first glance it looked like a large mutant bat, but upon closer inspection it looked more like a pterodactyl. It had come into the room at some point, and seemed to be chewing Qin Jiandan's shadow.

Xiao Xia, who was sitting opposite Qin Jiandan, should have seen the monster earlier, but Xiao Xia did not respond at all except urging Qin Jiandan to play a card. It seemed that she could not only not see the monster, but also could not hear any sound made by the monster.

Could this be the "other time travelers" that Doctor Li mentioned? Why do I look like a monster? Or do other time travelers also look like this to me?
Qin Jiandan trembled slightly and said, "Xiao Xia, you... you really can't see it?"

Xiao Xia was stunned, then raised the corner of her mouth teasingly:
"What kind of conspiracy is this naughty brother trying to play? How about whoever loses takes off a piece of clothing?"

Who wants to play strip poker with you! Wait a minute, your dad will come over to check, and I will be chopped by him! You can't see the huge monster behind me, right? Maybe it will eat yours after it eats my shadow!

Qin Jiandan didn't want to act rashly because he hadn't felt any discomfort. He turned his head to stare at the monster eating and found that the shadow under the monster's mouth did not become thinner or broken. If the thing eaten by the monster was not the shadow, then what was it? The whole afternoon jumped over in an instant. Could it be that it was eating the time around me?
Qin Jiandan felt cold all over. He put the flower cards on the tatami, stood up and said:
"I'm going to the bathroom, I'll come back and play with you."

Qin Jiandan went out, and the black pterosaur monster followed him out. Xiao Xia had no idea of ​​Qin Jiandan's real intention of going out, and she even took the opportunity when Qin Jiandan was away to peek at Qin Jiandan's cards.

Walking around the rockery in the courtyard, Qin Jiandan came to an open space where few people went. The moonlight was bright above his head, and a slight chill and mist shrouded the surroundings.

The monster followed Qin Jiandan closely without making much noise. When Qin Jiandan quickened his pace, it flapped its wings and flew into the air to increase its speed.

A maid in kimono met Qin Jiandan and covered her mouth in surprise. Qin Jiandan thought that the maid looked familiar and should be the one who was responsible for receiving him after he entered the castle tower.

"Can you see it?"

As soon as Qin Jiandan asked a question, the kimono maid ran away in a hurry. Her eyes were not on Qin Jiandan's back, but on Qin Jiandan's face.

The black monster suddenly made a sound similar to that of a low-quality tape:
"...Shasha... He plays the cards so slowly and strokes the edge of the flower cards so hard. Big brother is really a pervert."

"...I wonder if today is the day when the Shingen Mochi Immortal cooks. You can go and check for me later..."

"...Jian Dan, you have to be careful...time vampire..."

The first two sentences were Xiao Xia's words, but after the monster ate time, Qin Jiandan had no impression of them at all. The last sentence was obviously Doctor Li's inter-time communication, but the monster could even eat this!
"Are you a time vampire? What on earth are you? Stop imitating Xiao Xia and Doctor Li!"

Qin Jiandan turned around to face the monster and shouted the name "Time Vampire", causing the monster to freeze in place for an instant.

"hiss--!!"

The monster spread its wings and opened its mouth wide, revealing countless fangs. It is not accurate enough to describe it as a pterodactyl.

It is like the real vampire in early horror movies, a hybrid of human, bat and pterodactyl. Its skin is pitch black like a sinister beast, and a faint black mist lingers under its wings.

Qin Jiandan felt his memory beginning to fade again, and the encounter with the maid just now became blurry.

It's devouring my time again! Time vampires seem to be able to plunder time from travelers! Why did the maid scream when she looked at my face just now? What happened to my face?
Qin Jiandan was very afraid that he would grow a pterodactyl's beak like the time vampire. He reached out and touched his face, but didn't feel anything obviously abnormal, but the fear in his heart did not diminish.

My steel armor breathing method is used to support the time tunnel. Can I defeat the time vampire with my greatly reduced power? However, if I do not take any action, will it continue to steal my time until I become an old man?
Just when Qin Jiandan made up his mind to fight to the death, an old but powerful hand appeared from behind without warning and grabbed Qin Jiandan by the collar.

"Master?" Qin Jiandan half turned his head, surprised and happy, but soon he exclaimed:
"Master, your face..."

(End of this chapter)