Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1182 I am your maid
Xia Shou waited quietly before the dark jade door.

Alice placed her hand on the cold stone door, as if sensing something.

After a long while, Alice finally withdrew her hand.

She sighed helplessly and frowned, saying, "I'm sorry, Lord Xia Shou, I can't do it... It is indeed a restriction that I personally imposed, but there are things mixed in that I can't understand right now."

I was familiar with those things, but now I've forgotten them.

"I see." Xia Shou stroked his chin, lost in thought. "Should we go in or not?"

Actually, he could go in now, but he would only be able to bring out very limited items, probably just writing something on his arm like before.

Before entering Merlin's House, he had considered some opportunistic strategies, such as taking the paper in and copying down the information to bring out, but the Dead Record Notebook said that was not feasible.

It's impossible to bring any information out of there. Even if you record it, it will be stripped away. So even if you go in, write something down, and bring it out, all you'll get is a series of command-style instructions... just like last time.

After much deliberation, Xia Shou decided to go inside.

"Alice, open the door for me."

"Yes."

The heavy, black stone door slowly opened, revealing complete darkness inside.

Looking at the impressive darkness, which seemed to absorb all light like a black hole, Xia Shou couldn't help but gasp.

He still remembered how he felt after entering this door last time. It was like being under anesthesia during surgery. He had no memory of going in; the next second after entering, he was already out.

"Alice, come in with me too. You came in with me last time."

After saying that, Xia Shou lifted his leg and stepped into the darkness.

In the instant he entered darkness, Xia Shou suddenly could see something: an antique wooden dining table. All around him, however, remained a deep, dark expanse.

Xia Shou walked forward and came to the dining table, where plates, knives, forks and chopsticks were placed, and burning candles were stuck in golden candlesticks, the flames flickering quietly in the darkness.

“This place… feels familiar,” Alice said softly.

Xia Shou had a strong sense of déjà vu, but he didn't comment.

His first reaction was to look at the flame above the candlestick, as if he knew there was something there that would catch his attention. And when Xia Shou focused his gaze on it...

He saw the words floating on the flames.

"I see. So this is what the notes meant by 'reclaimed information'?"

Even though he knew he would forget all of this once he got out, Xia Shou was still somewhat excited.

He subconsciously realized that these words were strongly related to his supernatural abilities, so he activated the text description and began searching for the information he wanted in the boundless darkness.

"Lord Xia Shou, let me do it first. Perhaps I can find a way to remove the restriction on this door," Alice suggested.

Xia Shou nodded and immediately began searching for information about Alice.

Immediately afterwards, lines of jumbled information containing entries about Alice began to appear.

Alice's cooking is delicious! It would probably taste even better if I used my own body and all my senses were intact. What a pity...

Alice has a really good figure. She would definitely be a top model in my time. But I heard that she used to be a servant of God, which sounds like a Christian nun. So she probably wouldn't be able to accept a career like modeling.
I don't know why Alice, who was a nun at first, became my maid. What exactly is Alice keeping a secret about...? Maybe in the future I will really be able to travel from the other side completely and fall in love with Alice.

But will Alice agree?
If I think about it seriously, it's really hard to say. Although Alice has never rejected me, I'm still not entirely sure about this.

Forget it, getting out of this book is the most important thing.

Upon seeing this line of text, Xia Shou frowned immediately.

Would I have written this kind of text before?
Is this him? Will he have these thoughts in the future?
Xia Shou felt a wave of shame. On one hand, he was reading these words with Alice, and on the other hand, he suddenly realized that he didn't need to wait until later; he had actually had some similar thoughts while taking a bath earlier.

This made Xia Shou realize just how wicked his true nature really was.

Even though he realized that he did have such thoughts, he still felt immense hatred for the person he had been when he wrote those words.

He thinks the person who wrote this is an idiot!

He definitely wouldn't write it; what decent person keeps a diary?!

Um...maybe it's the diary law?
If that's the case, it's indeed understandable; perhaps the past self could no longer hide their inner thoughts.

"Sigh." Xia Shou sighed helplessly.

Thinking about it, it makes sense. If he hadn't met Wei Yu, his choice of a life partner would have been quite obvious.

He hadn't met Wei Yu or Xiao Yue in the past, nor had he encountered Sister Yan in the book, but Alice had always been by his side, both in the past and now.

So, it's really understandable.

Xia Shou forced himself to read on, thinking that he would forget everything after he left, so it didn't matter.

But the thought that if the restriction on this door were lifted in the future, he would definitely come back and read these contents again without forgetting them made Xia Shou's head ache again.

And this silence is truly unbearable.

Do you want to say something?
"Alice..."

Alice remained silent, her eyes tightly closed as she stared intently at the candle flame, her expression thoughtful.

She was completely unaware of Xia Shou's changing thoughts beside her. After seeing these words, she was overwhelmed by a tremendous mental shock, and an indescribable, wonderful, and incredible sense of comfort washed over her.

This feeling is indescribable and cannot be compared to ordinary physical sensations.

If I had to describe it, it would be that in an instant, she touched the core of her own existence, like a blind person opening their eyes to see all the colors under the light, a person with a malfunctioning sense of smell smelling the fragrance of a vast flower field, or a deaf person hearing the song of a lark in the mountain wind.

In an instant, all pursuits were revealed, and an infinitely beautiful future unfolded like a scroll painting.

The need and longing that Xia Shou showed her in just this passage made her realize that she existed for this purpose.

in love?

Impossible, she could never become lovers with Lord Natsumori.

The identity of lovers is too superficial; a relationship of mutual longing and sharing cannot possibly express even a fraction of her emotions.

To serve... to give everything without asking for anything in return.

Lord Natsumori was her anchor; she was like a shadow, unable to leave her master.

"Lord Summer Guardian," Alice called softly, her voice filled with a strong, heavy emotion that she had to express.

Xia Shou scratched his head and quickly swiped past this part of the text.

"Ah? What...what happened?"

“I am your maid,” Alice said gently and respectfully.

In that instant, she had many worldly things she wanted to say, but when they reached her lips, she felt they lacked meaning, and in the end, she instinctively chose the words that best conveyed her feelings at that moment.

Yes, that's enough.

...Lord Natsumori, I am your maid.

(End of this chapter)