Their commission was suspicious.

Although Youmu Konpaku can't fly, she's the fastest legendary runner on Earth. It's okay if she can't fly; I just need to be faster than her.

Seeing that Yakumo Yukari had brazenly ignored the sleeping guard, Chen Luo subconsciously used his master-level stealth skills, afraid of waking the sleeping guard.

Because he was often woken up by the Herald of Knowledge, Chen Luo felt a strong sense of empathy for the poor sleep quality of others.

"Whoosh!" Several sounds of air being cut rang out.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Then came the sound of a sharp blade piercing into something.

Chen Luo subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound, and then saw Hong Meiling, the main character, lying on the ground with blood gushing from her head.

"China, you're slacking off again," a cold voice rang out.

After Chen Luo felt a strange, distorted sensation, a silver-haired maid appeared in front of him. At the same time, she walked towards Hong Meiling, who was lying on the ground, and pulled the throwing knife off her head.

Oh, what a thrifty kid! He even knows how to recycle throwing knives.

"Miss Sakuya, I didn't slack off!" After the silver-haired maid pulled the throwing knife off her head, Hong Meiling immediately hugged the maid's leg to protect herself.

"Oh, then who are these two?" Izayoi Sakuya asked, pointing to Chen Luo and Yakumo Yukari who had already stepped through the gate.

Sakuya Izayoi, the head maid who manages all affairs of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, possesses the ability to manipulate time and is known as the perfect head maid.

She has short silver hair, wears a maid outfit, and has a free-spirited yet rational personality.

She can be described as the ultimate dream servant.

Who hasn't dreamed of having a head maid who they can hug, sleep with, and even turn into a useless person?

Okay, Chen Luo hadn't thought about it.

Chen Luo's goal is to turn everyone except himself into useless people, rather than letting others turn him into a useless person.

Ideally, we should go to a place where everyone else needs Chen Luo to feed them a meal; that way, we might get more raw stones every day.

"When did you two go in?" When Meiling turned her head, she was shocked to see Chen Luo and Yukari Yakumo, who had already crossed the gate and entered the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

"Just... just now."

"Miss Sakuya, I definitely didn't slack off just now. The reason they went in was because... because... that Yukari Yakumo next to her used her ability to pass directly through the door. I was just about to stop them!" Seeing that the die was cast, Hong Meiling thought for a long time before stammering out this lie.

"Alright, stop making excuses. I just watched them walk into the Scarlet Devil Mansion with my own eyes. China, you shouldn't have any objections to deducting a month's salary, right?" Izayoi Sakuya looked coldly at Hong Meiling, who had just stood up.

“I have a problem with that! I have a problem with that! My salary has already been withheld for five years!” Hong Meiling strongly objected.

"Besides, my name is Hong Meiling, not China!" Hong Meiling objected even more vehemently.

"Hmm? Hong Meiling?" Izayoi Sakuya frowned when she heard the name.

"...My real name, my real name is Hong Meiling, not China, Miss Sakuya, please remember it!" Hong Meiling was almost crying.

The only eccentric monster in Hong Meiling's Gensokyo... probably...

In any case, Huo Qing'e and Chunhu are both Chinese beings, and neither of them are monsters.

"Alright, China. Got it, China." Izayoi waved his hand impatiently.

LOL, isn't "China" easier to remember than "Hong Meiling"?

"You two, get out of the gate right now! Don't make me take action." Hong Meiling realized that there was probably no hope of making the other party remember her name, so she could only think about whether she could keep her salary for next month five years from now. So she said to Chen Luo and Yakumo Yukari.

“Don’t be rude. These two are guests that Miss specifically asked me to wait for here. Please don’t mind them,” Izayoi said.

"Since he's a guest... then why are you deducting my salary for next month?" Hong Meiling exclaimed in surprise.

"It's true that the other party is a guest, but it's also an undeniable fact that you're sleeping during work hours. Besides, this will give guests a bad impression that the Scarlet Devil Mansion has poor discipline. What? You have a problem with deducting a month's pay?" Izayoi Sakuya glanced at Hong Meiling.

"No..." Hong Meiling said weakly.

"China, don't be lazy anymore, or you won't get dinner tonight." Before leaving, Izayoi Sakuya glared at Hong Meiling.

"Please follow me, both of you." Izayoi Sakuya said to Chen Luo and Yakumo Yukari quite politely, but there was also a hint of coldness in her politeness. However, Chen Luo didn't mind, since he and Yakumo Yukari were not exactly proper guests.

"Miss Sakuya, right? Did the great and dignified Remilia Scarlet send you to wait for us here?" Yukari Yakumo seemed to have no doubts about Izayoi Sakuya's appearance, but Chen Luo was different.

Chapter 495 A "Majestic" Young Lady? No need for formalities, let's start laughing!

How did they know I was coming? Could it be... they used some kind of destiny ability?

When Chen Luo thought of the other person's ability to control fate, he thought of his own ability to control fate.

Chen Luo's destiny ability is definitely not weak, but the key is that Chen Luo can't master his destiny ability.

Chen Luo looked up at the Scarlet Devil Mansion. All the red threads of fate that belonged to him were cut off when he entered the mansion, making it impossible to see where his destiny would lead.

In terms of fate ability, Chen Luo is indeed weaker than Remilia Scarlett.

"...Well, please ask about the specifics after you meet the young lady." Izayoi Sakuya glanced at Chen Luo with a complicated expression.

For a moment, Izayoi Sakuya couldn't tell whether Chen Luo was praising her young lady or making fun of her.

Majesty slowly? You really have the nerve to say that.

……

"The interior of the Scarlet Devil Mansion seems to be larger than the outside." This was something Chen Luo noticed as soon as he entered the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

"Since ancient times, the concepts of space and time have been related. So if you are very familiar with the control of time, it is possible to slightly affect space. This is called drawing inferences from one instance to another. In fact, time only exists in three-dimensional space. In higher dimensions, it has no meaning, and the same is true for space."

"So don't look surprised, okay? It's embarrassing." Yukari Yakumo said to Chen Luo with disdain.

"...It's just spatial expansion, who do you think you are?" Chen Luo said unhappily.

"Besides, I'm the Herrscher of the Void, do you think I can't see something so small? But..."

However, while he could see it, Chen Luo couldn't achieve a spatial expansion as vast as the Scarlet Devil Mansion, where the inner world and the outside world were completely different.

Chen Luo's Herrscher of the Void ability develops in a different direction than that of normal spatial ability users.

Although after the modification, she gained some of the abilities of other spatial ability users across a wide range and multiple fields, the Herrscher of the Void's powers are still better suited for traversing different spaces rather than expanding space.

The limit Chen Luo could achieve was expanding a small room of two or three cubic meters into the size of a student dormitory; anything more advanced was beyond his capabilities.

It's not possible now, and it's uncertain about the future.

Sakuya Izayoi, who was walking ahead of the two, continued walking towards the hall without saying a word.

That's right, Izayoi Sakuya is the one who made the interior and exterior spaces of the Scarlet Devil Mansion different.

Although Chen Luo himself didn't understand the principles, Izayoi Sakuya could indeed manipulate space by controlling time, at least to the point of making the interior of the Scarlet Devil Mansion larger.

However, what really annoyed Sakuya Izayoi was that after enlarging the entire interior of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, she faced an even more pressing problem: she couldn't keep up with the cleaning.

In a sense, it's a case of reaping what you sow.

"Speaking of which, the Scarlet Devil Mansion is so big, is it really possible to live there all at once?" Chen Luo asked as he walked through the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

"Who cares if we can live there all the time, as long as it's big enough, that's all that matters. Isn't that how rich people are?" Yukari Yakumo said.

"Bang!" Chen Luo, who was walking on the road, suddenly heard the sound of a plate being smashed.

Sakuya Izayoi, who was walking ahead, paused for a moment and then disappeared for a brief instant, but then returned to her position the next moment.

A short while later, a cute little elf-like child stumbled out from a door next door.

"Head Maid!" The elf was startled when she saw Xiao Ye.

"I've already cleaned up the vase. Be careful next time," Izayoi Sakuya said calmly.

"Ah, I understand." The elf nodded and then flew to another room.

A short while later, another elf ran out of the room.

"Don't run! Oh, it's the head maid! Little... Miss Sakuya?" The elf hesitated for a moment before calling out Sakuya's name after seeing Izayoi Sakuya.

"She ran over there." Seeing that the spirit didn't even remember her name, Izayoi Sakuya's expression changed, as if she became somewhat helpless, but she still kindly pointed out the direction the spirit had run away.

"Thank you!" The elf bowed gratefully before chasing after him.

"Those are fairies, a kind of incarnation of nature. They are born with the characteristic of being absolutely immortal, and even if they die, they will be randomly resurrected in another place, but they are very weak. Moreover, they may lose their memories after death. However, for these simple-minded fairies, losing a small part of their memories is not a big deal. There are many such fairies in the Lake of Mist," Yukari Yakumo explained.

"I see... I was looking at those fairies earlier, and they seemed to be wearing maid outfits. Are they also maids from the Scarlet Devil Mansion?"

"They're just a bunch of fairies responsible for causing chaos in the heavens, hardly maids. The young lady said the Scarlet Devil Mansion was too deserted, so she hired some fairies. They provide food and lodging, but you can't expect them to be of any help. It's already good enough if they don't give me any extra work." As a qualified head maid, even though Chen Luo and his companions were uninvited guests, Izayoi Sakuya still explained quite considerately.

Of course, it was also to show off the generosity and dignity of their young lady.

"I feel like Miss Izayoi is having a tough time," Chen Luo said sincerely.

There is only one maid in the Scarlet Devil Mansion, who also serves as the head maid; this is Izayoi Sakuya. She is the only human in the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

But Chen Luo had reason to suspect that the other party was no longer entirely human, at least not an ordinary human.

Sakuya Izayoi possesses the ability to manipulate time, which means she can pause time to handle the affairs of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. For example, just now she paused time and entered the room where the vase was smashed. After cleaning up, she returned to her original position to guide Chen Luo and the others. This is why her position shifted slightly.

Sakuya Izayoi was in charge of managing the entire Scarlet Devil Mansion, while the fairies were responsible for adding to Sakuya Izayoi's workload.

Chen Luo always felt that the Scarlet Devil Mansion was full of problems, and that without Sakuya, all of them would be doomed.

Think about it, besides Sakuya Izayoi, who else in the Scarlet Devil Mansion is reliable?

Remilia Scarlett is dignified but knows nothing about anything?

Flandre Scarlet, who may not have any malicious intent, but is extremely innocent and possesses dangerous and highly destructive abilities?

Hong Meiling, a security guard, sleeps in late every day and has never successfully guarded the gate.

A witch who is physically exhausted, panting after every step, suffering from anemia and severe asthma?

He's incredibly weak, probably not even as strong as Cirno. He's a little devil who usually just cleans the library and loves to play pranks.

Well, just like how Stand users attract each other, trash also attracts each other.

Tsk tsk.

The key issue is that the different groups of people in the Scarlet Devil Mansion have different schedules. Vampires are obviously active at night, while Patchouli, as a human, is active during the day, working 24 hours a day without rest. Chen Luo always felt that Izayoi Sakuya might suddenly die one day.

The Scarlet Devil Mansion was indeed quite large. After walking around for two minutes and circling around for a long time, Chen Luo and his group finally entered the main hall.

Upon entering the hall, the once dimly lit but still visible mansion, illuminated by corridor lights, was plunged into complete darkness after Izayoi Sakuya closed the door behind Chen Luo.

Looking at the dimly lit hall and the thick curtains that were drawn to block out the sunlight, Chen Luo suddenly felt an urge to take out the food he had made.

This refers to food that has been smeared with a flashbang.

I'm going to blind everyone with my brilliance!

However, Chen Luo thought about it and realized that he was there to pay a visit, not to cause trouble, so he put that idea aside.

"call!"

Suddenly, two flames burst into flame in the dimly lit hall. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be two burning candles. These two candles served as the only light source in the entire hall, making everything slightly clearer.

But what is most striking is still the tall throne, its shadow stretched extremely long by the light of the two burning candles.

And the figure on the throne, exuding an extremely strong presence, appearing somewhat terrifying and majestic.

"You've arrived. Yakumo Yukari, and... servants of fate." A voice, though somewhat youthful, carried a deep and profound quality, instantly elevating the speaker's sense of authority and mystery to its peak.

The next moment, it was as if wings suddenly unfolded behind the other person, causing the candles on both sides to sway slightly, making the figure even more frantic and rendering the atmosphere more mysterious and terrifying.

"Snap!" The sound of the switch being pressed rang out, and the entire hall instantly returned to its spacious and bright state.

Chen Luo, who had been staring at the figure, finally saw the other person's true face.

She had short, light blue hair and red eyes, and wore a pink dress that was completely out of character with her previous demeanor.

This is the master of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, the 500-year-old vampire lord.

She had a bat wing on her back that was even larger than herself, making her appear even more imposing and terrifying.

Remilia Scarlet possesses the ability to manipulate fate, making her incredibly powerful and one of the strongest beings in Gensokyo!

A majestic and powerful vampire!

Well, the premise is... the premise is... to ignore Izayoi Sakuya, who was standing under her feet carrying books for the other person.

Izayoi Sakuya had somehow teleported to the other person's side.