About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

"You're not paying for your meal?!" "You're trying to dine for free?" "You ate two bowls of noodles and didn't even pay for one?"

"Ah wow wow wow wow wow..."

Inside the Panda Burning Restaurant, unlucky chick Xue Zhi sat at a table, sweating profusely. She lowered her head, eyes closed, and made a series of noises, like a computer freezing. Around her were three or four kitchen staff, waiters, security guards, and others. These burly men surrounded Xue Zhi, each rubbing their hands in anticipation, looking at her with expressions that suggested, "Let's have some meat tonight!"

Because of the sound shielding imposed by Orson, and the fact that he hadn't had a proper meal for a long time, Snow Pheasant, who was concentrating on eating, didn't notice the abnormality of Lappland and Orson beside him. Only after he had eaten all the rice in the bowl did Snow Pheasant raise his head with satisfaction, and then he found that there was no one around, and only a group of employees who suspected that he was eating a free meal.

"I...I...um, don't eat me, I'm really good at washing dishes—"

The unlucky chicken responded with a trembling voice, wishing he could crawl into the table.

"What did you say!" "Do you think washing the dishes is enough?!" "You still have to mop the floor!"

Men, get angry!

"Uuuuuuu——!"

Just when the Snow Pheasant was about to be picked up by the muscular man like a chicken, a familiar voice came from behind the crowd.

"Wait a minute, she didn't dine for free. The money is here."

"Oh, Orson! I thought you were secretly getting rid of me... Jiji!?"

After hearing Orson's voice, the snow pheasant immediately raised its head and rushed over with tears in its eyes. However, just as the chick got past the muscular man, it was frightened by Orson in front of it, who was covered in "blood" and looked like he had just returned from a murder scene. It almost fainted.

"Wow! What are you two doing—"

The store manager was also shocked by the appearance of Orson and Lappland.

"Sorry, manager. We went through the wrong door and ended up in the back alley, accidentally spilling some canned tomatoes. Please consider this as compensation. Could you please let me use your restroom?"

"Canned tomatoes? Where can I find that in the back alley..."

"Yes, a lot."

Orson took out a stack of Lungmen coins from his pocket and stuffed them into the store manager's hand. The store manager, who was about to say something, immediately nodded with a smile after feeling the weight of the truth.

"Yes, you can have them all! Our restroom is quite large, you're welcome to come often!"

The store manager counted the money and left with his brothers, while Orson rubbed the head of the snow pheasant, who was still a little confused, through a few tissues.

"Oh, Orson! I thought you dumped me... Because this happened to me all the time when I was in college at Columbia..."

When the snow pheasant learned that there was "tomato juice" on Orson's body, it immediately pounced on him and almost burst into tears on the spot.

For a moment, Orson didn't even know whether to complain about how annoying the Columbia University students were, or to sigh that Snow Pheasant still believed in the kindness of others even in this situation.

"I'm sorry to have frightened you, little Snow Pheasant. Don't worry, I won't do anything like that."

"Um……"

The unfortunate child nodded, and then began to observe Orson and Lappland who arrived late.

At this time, not only were the two of them covered in red "tomato juice", but Orson and Lapland's clothes were also wrinkled, and Orson's shirt even had its buttons crooked.

There were also inexplicable wounds on Orson's arms, cheeks, and other parts of his body, which looked like scratches and bite marks.

"Orson, these injuries on your body..."

"I got scratched by a Luper beast when I knocked over a can of tomatoes...it hurts!"

Orson explained seriously with a frown on his face, and then was lightly kicked by Lappland beside him.

"Oh... well, I have red medicine in my bag, if you don't mind--"

Snow Pheasant nodded worriedly, seemingly not questioning Orson's statement at all, and even began to search for potions in his pocket.

"It's okay, Snow Pheasant. Instead of those, you can order some desserts as an apology."

"Sweet, dessert...! How can this be..."

When she heard the word "dessert", Xuezhi's eyes flashed, but her reason still made her try to refuse Orson's thanks.

"Haha, of course I'll fatten you up so you have more meat for cooking."

"Hey!?"

Lappland scared the snow pheasant and the chick immediately retracted its head.

"Don't make things worse, Lappland... Anyway, you can wait for us for a while, okay? I think the money we just paid won't cause any more trouble for the manager."

Orson soothed the startled chick, who nodded miserably.

"I, this is the first time in my life that someone has treated me to dessert... I will definitely—"

"Do you really want to send me to jail, Xuezhi? Anyway, just order whatever you want from the menu. Wait for us a while."

Orson, who had just been "sexually raped" a few minutes ago, hurriedly stuffed the menu to Snow Pheasant. The little chicken, who was just making dangerous remarks, was immediately attracted by the dazzling array of unprecedented desserts.

"Let's go to the bathroom first, Rapp..."

Orson habitually reached out to Lappland, but stopped halfway in embarrassment.

"Don't you know the way, little dog?"

Lapland grabbed Orson's hand and led him into the fairly spacious bathroom, locking the door.

"So, what are you going to do with me in this closed room now, little dog~?"

Lappland looked at Orson with an evil smile on his face. And he didn't know if it was an illusion, but compared to the original pure wildness and madness, he looked more... mature?

As for Orson, he smiled slightly and then took off his wrinkled clothes covered with "tomato juice".

"Ha, what else can you do in the bathroom in this situation? Wash clothes, of course!"

"...?"

Orson answered seriously, and then really stuffed the clothes into the washing machine in the back kitchen bathroom.

"Put yours in there too."

"—"

Lappland blinked, then obediently took off her outer clothes, leaving only her bra-like underwear.

For a moment, the only sound in the monotonous bathroom was the sound of the washing machine drum. Orson and Lapland were silent to each other, and the awkward atmosphere became more and more obvious.

"Lappland——"

Orson opened his mouth first. He turned and looked at Lappland without avoiding her gaze.

"I know you just did it because of the side effects of Chimera blood... Uh, anyway, I won't pretend it didn't happen. I will take responsibility seriously. But if you think your previous behavior was an accident, I will also completely treat it as-"

"Do you think I'm that kind of guy, little dog?"

Orson's words were interrupted by Lappland. She stood up from the sink and walked to Orson, her silver eyes meeting Orson's black pupils closely.

"What was done is done, no matter why. I won't be a sissy and make excuses."

Lapland expressed his views without hesitation, and his expression and demeanor did not waver at all.

"But... this is indeed a bit too fast - although I like decisive people, but this kind of thing... well, damn it, you guy!"

"Ugh!?"

Lapland, who was so confident a second ago, was still a little bit reckless after all. Although she could put life and death aside, it did not mean that she could put her first time aside. When the barrier that symbolized female purity was penetrated, the wonderful pain was something Lappland had never experienced before, and she would probably never forget it in her life.

Lappland stammered as he tried to add something, but ultimately he angrily called out to Orson, scaring him so much that he almost crouched down with his hands covering his head.

"Well, don't be so surprised. After all, I'm the one who's in charge first—well, why should I explain all this to you?"

"Eeeeeeeeeeeee!"

"..."

The two seemed to be caught in some subtle vicious circle. Lappland wanted to vent her anger on Orson for her free behavior, but Orson's reaction always told Lappland that he was the one who would be taken to the police station.

"Anyway, I'll remember today, but until then—let's just maintain our original identities for now."

Lapland sighed heavily and spoke as she sat on the edge of the bathtub. Orson nodded in agreement.

Although the two of them snuggled up to each other and Lappland showed Orson her most "ugly", "real" and "vulnerable" side, the relationship between the two had not actually reached such a progress.

Chimaera Blood acted like a catalyst, accelerating the time it took for the two to grow closer, develop trust, and finally open up to each other. However, for Orson and Lapland, this time still needed to be slowly made up.

"The antidote should arrive in about a week. During this time, Lappland, you shouldn't experience any more withdrawal symptoms. Um... I'm so sorry that you were taken away by someone like me—Ouch!"

Orson was halfway through his apology when Lappland suddenly stood up and pushed him against the wall again.

"Don't say that, Orson—maybe my brain was completely fried, maybe my blood was running wild, but even so, I'm still the Wolf of Syracuse. This is the choice I made, understand? You're the one I approve of. If it were anyone else, even if it was some bullshit withdrawal reaction, I would still bite him off, haha! Got it?"

"I see."

Orson nodded, and very tactfully did not ask Lappland "what to bite off".

After saying this, Lappland let go of Orson and turned his back again - his face flushed.

What the hell is this?! What I just said may sound cool at first glance, but it's not a confession... It has nothing to do with it!

Lappland rubbed his head angrily, attributing all his misbehavior so far to "damn withdrawal reaction!"

There was another silence until the washing machine stopped.

"Are you going to just wait like this until the clothes are dry?"

Lappland, who had barely managed to calm down, asked Orson as he took the clothes out of the washing machine.

"Hehe, you do need to wait before drying, but the time is completely different from what you think!"

——It’s the [Housekeeping Mode].

Looking at the confident and imposing Orson in front of him, Lagou had already analyzed what this guy was going to do next.

As expected, Orson held up the knight's long sword "Scarlet Queen" that he brought with him, used the tuning to inject heat into it, then put the clothes on the sword and twisted the handle.

laugh--! ! !

The bathroom was instantly filled with mist and steam, and the originally wet clothes were steamed dry and ironed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Fuck..."

Lappland's eyes widened as she watched from the side.

In less than two minutes, the two men's clothes were brand new, even neater than before the alley Tata opened.

After getting dressed, the two prepared to leave the bathroom, and just as Orson put his hand on the door handle, he suddenly thought of something.

Orson stopped and looked seriously at Lappland behind him.

"Lappland, I have something I must tell you."

"Huh, is this a question about your other little lovers?"

"No, you have to remember to take contraceptives—"

Boom! !

"grumble!?"

Snow Pheasant, who was sitting in the hall drooling over her dessert with her hands clasped together, was startled by the sudden loud noise. She turned around immediately and saw Orson flying out of the bathroom, followed by a blushing Lappland who hurriedly left the hotel without looking back for some reason.

"Osen, Osen, did you guys have a fight?!"

Snow Pheasant quickly put down the spoon and ran to Orson to ask.

"Maybe the way I expressed it was a little too straightforward..."

Orson got up from the ground and rubbed his neck, where there were still three or four bite marks.

Although this was not the first time that Orson had climbed a wolf, whether it was Tallulah or Frost Star, at least Orson would not have any psychological burden because of the other party's physique.

(It’s not that you can’t force a life, but to do that, you’d have to tune your own OO, which is a bit too outrageous.)

But Lapland was different. Apart from the fact that she would sometimes chew on him like a bone when she was excited, the difference in physiological tolerance between her and Orson was at least within an acceptable range. Therefore, Orson would naturally remind Lapland to take protective measures.

Then he was kicked out by Lappland.

All in all, the "withdrawal reaction" incident seemed to be over for the time being, and Orson and Snow Pheasant returned to their seats.

"Orson, um... I've thought about it carefully and feel that I can't do this."

Xuezhi swallowed and put aside the mango sago that he had just ordered, then looked at Orson seriously.

"This is the first time in my life that I've been invited to such a sumptuous meal. I... I just saw the prices on the menu, and I think this is too extravagant even as maintenance fees!"

"It's not as serious as you say, Snow Pheasant. I don't usually have much money to spend, so don't worry about it."