On the Ark.

This was the only thought in his mind at the moment.

What kind of artist is this? What kind of kind-hearted shop owner? It's all fake, completely fake! What about the promised 50% off? What's with this long string of zeros on the price tag?! It's just a piece of clothing, why is it so expensive?! Why don't you just rob someone?!

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly. He looked up at the smiling shopkeeper and suddenly felt that this guy might also be a Sarkaz... No, Sarkaz are much cuter than him! This guy is the real demon, isn't he?!

"This...isn't the price a little off?" Lin Ye asked with a stiff smile.

"Hmm? Is that not right?" The store manager glanced at it and said, "There's nothing wrong with it. Don't worry, I just said I would give you a 50% discount."

Even with a 50% discount, it's still damn expensive!

Lin Ye was internally raging, ready to have a serious argument with the shop owner, when Nightingale emerged from the fitting room, the shrine maiden outfit from before now wrapped up. Seeing Lin Ye's odd expression, Nightingale asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"No, nothing?" Lin Ye swallowed back the words he was about to say and shook his head. "I'm already ready to pay."

After saying that, Lin Ye sighed inwardly, realizing he was indeed someone who cared a lot about his image. At that moment, he could somewhat understand how his father had felt when he emptied his mother's shopping cart during Singles' Day. Who would have thought that the tables had turned and now it was his turn?

Despite his heart breaking, Lin Ye pretended to be nonchalant and paid the money. After paying, he grabbed the Nightingale's clothes and ran off immediately, afraid that others would also want the clothes in the store. Just then, Skadi, who hadn't spoken for a while, suddenly walked up to him and softly asked, "On Halloween, does everyone wear new clothes?"

At this moment, Lin Ye was still immersed in the grief of massive bleeding and did not immediately react to Skadi's words. He simply nodded subconsciously and said, "Yes."

“Is that so…” Skadi looked at Nightingale’s new clothes and said softly, “Then I won’t wear them.”

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Author's note: Three chapters today! After finishing this chapter, I can go participate in the event, right? I wish everyone good luck in getting Mostima.

Chapter 369 It would be fine if you and I shared a room.

Skadi whispered in Lin Ye's ear. Because her voice was so soft, Lin Ye didn't react at first, only instinctively humming in response. It wasn't until he took several steps forward that he realized something was wrong, and after a few more steps, he understood—this was seriously wrong! He immediately stopped, glaring at Skadi: "What did you say?"

"Can't you just listen to me for once?" Skadi sighed, then said softly, "I'm saying that on Halloween, I don't need to wear..."

"Wear it! Of course you have to wear it! What are you thinking?!" Lin Ye was about to crack open Skadi's head to see what was going on in her head, "How could I not..."

Lin Ye was speaking when he suddenly realized his voice wasn't quiet; not only Nightingale, Lappland, and Ifrit could hear him, but also passersby. He immediately lowered his voice, moved closer to Skadi, and said in a voice only Skadi could hear, "How could you not be wearing clothes! What are you trying to do, going out naked like that!"

Skadi frowned slightly: "When did I ever say I would go out naked?"

"What you just said! You said it right in my ear!"

Lin Ye was completely taken aback by Skadi's open-mindedness. In his mind, Skadi should be an extremely conservative person. He could tell just by looking at her clothes; from her appearance, you couldn't tell how good her figure was at all. Only someone like him, who had seen Skadi's inner... wait, wait, wait... what strange things was he thinking now!?

"You, do you not listen to people completely?" Skadi sighed again, seemingly helpless with Lin Ye. "I just said that I don't need to wear those new clothes anymore."

Lin Ye was taken aback: "Is that so?"

"What else did you think?" Skadi glanced at Lin Ye. "Do you think I'm a pervert who goes out naked?"

"Of course not. How could I possibly think you're that kind of person?" Lin Ye scratched his head and chuckled sheepishly. Honestly, he really shouldn't let his mind wander while walking next time, lest he cause such a strange misunderstanding. But then again, it's probably just that Skadi's own explanation was too easily misunderstood!

Of course, Lin Ye only thought this to himself and didn't dare say it to Skadi's face. So he coughed twice and quickly changed the subject: "Why don't you want new clothes? Don't you want to participate in Halloween?"

“I don’t really like these kinds of events; they’re a bit too noisy for me,” Skadi said calmly. “Besides, I didn’t bring much money with me, so I can’t afford those clothes.”

Lin Ye said, "If it's just about money, don't worry, I have some here. Whatever you want, I'll buy it for you. Although I know you don't really like noisy places, it's Halloween after all, and having an unprecedented experience wouldn't be bad, right?"

Skadi asked, "Are you going to buy clothes for everyone?"

"Is that not possible?" Lin Ye smiled. "I still have that much money."

"But your expression changed when we were paying the bill."

Lin Ye's smile gradually froze: "Yes, is that so?"

Skadi nodded: "Yes."

...Even if you don't tell the truth, we can still be good friends.

“I don’t want to make things difficult for you,” Skadi said softly. “So don’t waste your money on me, it’s pointless.”

Skadi's words made Lin Ye feel a little strange, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.

"It doesn't matter. As long as we're having fun, that's all that matters," Lin Ye said. "Besides, not all clothes are as expensive as Liz's outfit."

Skadi thought for a moment, then nodded: "That's true, you don't need to spend so much money on me."

...That sentence sounds a bit strange.

At this moment, Lin Ye felt his mind was in a mess, but he couldn't pinpoint the reason. He felt like he and Skadi were on completely different wavelengths. To avoid making any more mistakes, Lin Ye decided he needed to calm down, so he suggested that they call it a night and go back to the hotel to rest. After all, Halloween didn't start until the day after tomorrow, and there would still be time to go out shopping tomorrow night.

Although Ifrit, who hadn't had enough fun, was reluctant to go back, no one else objected, so she had no choice but to follow Lin Ye back to the hotel with a disgruntled expression. Back at the hotel, Lin Ye went to the owner to get the key; they had simply left their luggage there before going out and hadn't had a chance to check on their room.

"Hmm... Mr. Lin booked the rooms, right? Let me see." The shop owner checked the booking records, then took out three keys from the drawer and handed them to Lin Ye. "Yes, that's right, there are three rooms in total. Here are the keys, please keep them safe."

Three rooms?

Lin Ye took the key. It was booked by White Owl in his name. He didn't know how many rooms there were before he arrived. He originally thought it was one room per person, but it turned out that White Owl had only booked three. But three rooms were just right, since there were five of them in total, and Lin Ye could have one room by himself.

That was the original plan, but when it came time to assign rooms, an unexpected incident occurred.

"What's going on? This room is so small, do we have to share it with others?" Lappland crossed her arms and refused the room assignment with great displeasure. "I'm not going to live with anyone else."

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly. Just as he was about to say that Lappland was making a fuss, Skadi spoke up as well.

“I don’t have the habit of sleeping in the same room with people I don’t know well,” Skadi said softly. “It makes me very uncomfortable, and I don’t like that feeling.”

Lin Ye: "..."

If it were anyone else, Lin Ye would have thought they were deliberately picking a fight. But considering it was Skadi, someone who never lived in the dorms and always stayed on the fourth floor of the office building, it seemed she genuinely disliked living with others. It was just her personality. Although Lin Ye believed that Skadi would do as he asked if he requested it, he didn't want to force her, especially with the noisy Lappland also present.

With no other option, Lin Ye had to go back and ask the hotel owner for another room.

"There are no rooms left." The hotel owner spread his hands and said in a rather helpless tone, "Young man, Halloween is the day after tomorrow. How could I possibly have any extra rooms at a time like this? To be honest, all my rooms were booked three days ago. The three rooms you have are the last ones."

The hotel owner's words left Lin Ye somewhat dumbfounded, but there was nothing he could do; this was the situation he had anticipated. He could only take the keys and return to the group, then explain the situation: "There's really no other way; we only have three rooms left. Do you want to make do, or should we find another hotel? But given the current situation, if this hotel is full, other hotels probably won't have rooms either, and even if they do, there probably won't be four. Unless we split up, but I don't recommend it."

This was a rather troublesome problem, but Lin Ye did not expect that Skadi would quickly come up with a solution.

“In that case, let’s try a different distribution method,” Skadi said.

"Change it to another one?" Lin Ye looked at Skadi with some confusion. "How can we change it? There are only three rooms in total..."

“I’ll share a room with you,” Skadi said.

"...No matter how many times we change...Huh?!" Lin Ye was stunned. "You're going to share a room with me?!"

Skadi asked calmly, "Is there a problem?"

"This..." Lin Ye didn't know what to say. "Didn't you want to have a room by yourself?"

“I didn’t say that. She was the one who said she wanted a room alone.” Skadi glanced at Lappland. “I just said I don’t want to share a room with someone I don’t know well. But you’re not someone I don’t know. If I were to share a room with you, then there would be no problem.”

How can there be no problem?! This is a huge problem!

Before Lin Ye could speak, Skadi continued, "I don't know what you're hesitating about. This isn't the first time, is it? Anyway, we have things to do tonight. Staying in different rooms and running around will only disturb others."

Skadi's voice wasn't quiet.

The next second, Lin Ye felt countless gazes fall upon him.

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Author's BB: I've already pulled her and promoted her to Elite 2! I got two double pulls in a row during my 10-pulls, so happy! I've also finished the event story. I really like Mostima; the angel with devil horns, her character design is amazing!

Chapter 370 Skadi: Do you want to take a bath with me?

Lin Ye didn't know why things had turned out this way.

Logically speaking, even if Shining wasn't entirely familiar with all the operators' personalities and quirks, or simply wanted to save money, the three rooms he booked were more than enough from any perspective. After all, five people, three double rooms—even an elementary school student could do that math.

But Lin Ye never expected that his work would turn out this way.

Skadi sat up on the bed, leaning against the headboard, and stretched slightly. Then, looking at Lin Ye, who was sitting on the other bed with an unnatural expression, she asked, "What's wrong?"

What's wrong with me...? And you're asking me what's wrong...

Lin Ye didn't know how to explain it to Skadi. Skadi's inexplicable words earlier had made the passersby who overheard him look at him strangely. But this was clearly a normal thing; Lin Ye would occasionally choose not to go back to the dormitory because he was too tired from training late and would just make do on the sofa in the office. Skadi, on the other hand, would rest in another room on the same floor, but Skadi's explanation was the inexplicable "It's not the first time anyway."

Skadi's comment, "Anyway, we still have things to do tonight. Staying in different rooms and running around will easily disturb others," was referring to training! Skadi came here to supervise Lin Ye's training, and Lin Ye does need to train with Skadi at night. If he stayed with others, or if Skadi stayed with others, it would indeed be easy to disturb others late at night.

But why does it sound so strange coming from Skadi's mouth, even though these are all normal things?

Faced with Skadi's questioning gaze, Lin Ye couldn't help but say, "Skadi, could you... watch your mouth a little more in the future?"

“Be careful?” Skadi frowned slightly. “What do you mean?”

"It's just... don't use methods that are too easy for people to misunderstand."

"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?" Skadi was still puzzled.

Lin Ye really didn't know what to say. Although Skadi seemed very mature, her heart wasn't as dirty as Lin Ye's... no, not as mature. If she understood this, that would be fine, but if she didn't, Lin Ye felt that his explanation would only make things worse. If not explaining would only lead to misunderstandings from others, but explaining would cause Skadi to misunderstand, Lin Ye felt it was better not to explain at all.

"Never mind," Lin Ye sighed. "It's nothing."

"This is really baffling." Skadi shook her head and said softly, "Can't you explain things more clearly? And why do you seem a little nervous? What are you afraid of?"

Nervous? Afraid?

Skadi's words immediately made Lin Ye feel somewhat displeased.

He's a man! Why would he be the one feeling nervous and scared while sharing a room with a woman? The woman isn't some wealthy, older woman, so why would he be afraid? It's ridiculous. From any perspective, Skadi should be the one feeling scared, right?

Lin Ye felt his pride had been hurt, so he unusually stood his ground and said to Skadi, "Afraid? Why should I be afraid? You're not some kind of demon or monster, why should I be afraid of you?"

Skadi didn't quite understand why Lin Ye's aura had suddenly increased, which puzzled her. But it wasn't something to delve into, so she didn't want to think about it further. She simply nodded and said, "That's good. I thought you were afraid of me."

"Why would I be afraid of you?" Lin Ye crossed his arms, feigning composure as he looked out the window. "Even if everyone on Rhodes Island is afraid of you, I won't..."

Halfway through his sentence, Lin Ye heard a rustling sound. He turned his head in confusion, and then his eyes widened.

Skadi had untied her shawl at some point, revealing her flawless white arms, and was now unbuttoning her close-fitting shirt.

Lin Ye was startled and almost jumped out of bed: "What are you doing?"

"Hmm?" Skadi looked up at Lin Ye and said, "I want to take a bath."

"Take a bath?!"

“Yes, there’s a bathtub in the bathroom,” Skadi said. “It’s a bit small, but it’s usable enough. What’s wrong?”