About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

Orson could feel that this kind of "split-line operation" situation was definitely not what Kal'tsit wanted to see. Generally speaking, if the plan went astray, this old lynx would definitely put the blame on him at night.

On this basis, Orson's expression became even more conflicted when he thought that the two of them might have to lie side by side in a double bed under the same roof at night.

"What's wrong, Mr. Orson?"

Hei on the side asked curiously. Orson, who had been very generous and calm from the beginning, suddenly became extremely flustered, which made her curious about the reason.

"Nothing, just that I might get killed tonight... Compared to that, Miss Hei."

Orson waved his hand to indicate that he was just a dead man in the futures market, and then redirected the topic to Hei.

"—"

Hei's ears stood up instantly. Although she did not have the ability to listen to the inner melody of others, she could still sense the "changes" of others.

It was obvious that Orson's aura had changed visibly at this moment. The young man was more serious than ever, and...

It seemed as if some evil 'desire' was revealed.

"What's the matter, Mr. Orson?"

"Well, your master, the mayor, should have said that he would [serve and satisfy] me unconditionally, right?"

The corners of Orson's mouth curled up slightly, and his tone contained a certain expectation.

"Well... yes, I will unconditionally meet any needs you have."

Hei's body paused, and after a very brief hesitation, she nodded, confirming Orson's question.

——This is my punishment for my extreme behavior. It cannot affect the signing of the contract with the master in any way.

"In that case... then, that... hehe."

Orson's gaze was unobstructed, glued to himself, and he looked him up and down in a very explicit manner.

——Could it be that the so-called identity is just a cover-up, and in the final analysis, he is no different from those people?

Hei could only silently endure Orson's behavior and restrain himself from raising his arms to cover his chest.

"Miss Hei, please be patient - this is my punishment for you."

Orson stood up and slowly walked to Hei's side. His originally pure and clear eyes were now completely replaced by desire and chaos.

"……I see."

Hei agreed in a low voice, closing his eyes slightly and turning his head away from Orson, trying to alleviate his shame to the minimum in this way.

"Don't move, Miss Hei... Hehe, and don't turn your head away. Please face me."

Even such a tiny right to resist was deprived by Orson. Hei could only endure the humiliation that was about to overflow and face Orson again.

"That's right, that's it..."

Hei still had her eyes slightly closed, but even so she could still feel Orson's breath getting closer and closer to her, as well as the heat from his palm that was gradually approaching her.

——This boy...is he planning to do that kind of thing in a place like this?

Hei was somewhat surprised at Orson's extreme behavior, which was totally inconsistent with his appearance. However, things had come to this point and he had no room to resist.

Hei restrained his body, not allowing himself to dodge or shrink his head, so as not to anger Orson and affect the business contract signing process on the mayor's side.

However, what she felt was not her own breasts, but... her own hair.

"Hey hey hey..."

Orson's somewhat obscene, yet somewhat cute voice reached Hei's ears. At the same time, Hei could confirm that the warm and itchy feeling coming from his head was the boy touching his head.

"...??"

Hei opened his eyes and saw that Orson had a satisfied look on his face. He stretched out his right hand and placed it on his hair, rubbing it back and forth slowly.

"Mr. Orson, what are you doing...?"

Hei was completely confused about the situation. He had originally planned to "never question this boy no matter what he did", but he couldn't help but express his confusion.

"Hehehe, actually I've always wanted to ruffle the hair of someone taller than me. I think the last time was when we were at Longmen."

Orson responded somewhat embarrassedly, while continuing to pet the cat.

"—"

Hei was completely stunned, the only thought in her mind was "That's it?"

"Huh—thank you for your cooperation, Miss Hei, your hair feels great!"

After rubbing for dozens of seconds, Orson stopped with satisfaction, returned to his seat, picked up the menu and ordered.

"That's all?"

"Hmm? Of course not, Miss Hei. While I'm in Xiosta, whenever you meet me, no matter when or where—you must obey my requests and bow your head when I ask you to rub your head. How about that?"

Orson flashed a wicked grin at Hei, but unlike the wicked grin on his face, the 'terrible deal' Orson proposed was half of the 18+, meaning 9+. This made Orson's 'evil grin' even cuter.

"You...uh...I get it."

Kuromoto wanted to say something, but in the end he could only sigh exhaustedly.

This boy is so weird

Hei originally thought that his confusion about Orson would at most be limited to the fact that he took advantage of "playing however he wanted, but ended up rubbing his head".

However, when the ordered dishes were served, the young man took the plate and handed it to me with a much more professional and elegant manner than the waiter. He even thoughtfully put a napkin around my neck.

Hei had no idea what the purpose of Orson's actions was. After making the servant cry, Orson seemed to have just realized that he was in trouble. His face instantly turned red and he sat back in the chair with his head down.

"Sorry, Miss Hei... well, my occupational disease is acting up."

...What does occupational disease mean?

Although Hei no longer has any desire to expel Orson, her confusion and concern for the young man have become much higher than before.

"You should have checked my background, Miss Hei. Of course, I'm not sure how much you've found. What I'm saying is... uh, a lot of the information is false. But I don't have a formal household registration in Ursus. I will use the city of Che, the Casimir Knights Association, Longmen, and Rhodes Island as collateral. I have no intention of harming this city, Miss Ceylon."

During the meal, Orson and Hei chatted, and Orson took this opportunity to seriously set his own restrictions on Hei.

"I trust you, Mr. Orson. Although you still have a 'twist' that cannot be ignored, I have to admit that you are different from any blood-stained person I have ever met."

Hei put down his knife and fork, looked straight at Orson, and spoke in a very formal tone.

"Thank you for forgiving my previous actions. As the leader of the Xiosta Security Bureau, I swear—"

Ding Ding Ding ~

In response, Hei was about to swear an oath, but was interrupted by the ringing of the phone halfway through the oath.

"Excuse me, Mr. Orson. Is there something you need to report—what!?"

Hei apologized to Orsen while answering the phone. However, less than 10 seconds later, the bodyguard who had always been steady and "cold" suddenly stood up from his seat in panic.

10. Orson the Cat Tamer

"What... Miss, she left a note saying, 'I'm going to investigate the truth'? — No, I can probably guess where she is. Keep in touch. I'll find a way... Hmm."

In the restaurant, Xiosta City's security chief, Hei from the Filin clan, who had been able to get along well with Orson, suddenly stood up from his chair after receiving a phone call, and his expression was visibly anxious.

"What happened, Miss Black?"

Orson, who was sitting nearby, stacked the plates together and put them aside for the servants to clean up, while asking the somewhat panicked Hei in front of him.

"Nothing... No, it's not nothing, actually - Miss Ceylon left home."

When asked, Hei was a little hesitant at first whether to tell Orson, but her hesitation did not last long. In the end, Hei chose to tell the boy the reason why she was uneasy during the phone call.

"Hmm, so that young lady has a hobby of running away from home? Come to think of it, Miss Hei really has her eye on Miss Ceylon."

Orson nodded, indicating that he understood, and at the same time, he lamented how much Hei cared about Ceylon. Judging from Orson's unhurried tone, he thought Ceylon just didn't want to be a vase at home, so he sneaked out to play.

"No... Well, you're right. I do care about Miss Ceylon. But I'm not the type of person who would just try to keep her hidden in a safe area. But this time the situation is a little different."

Hei originally wanted to argue, but she directly admitted that she was indeed a big girl. At the same time, she informed Orson of the seriousness of Ceylon's departure this time.

"The young lady has been saying there's something fishy about the volcano in Xiosta City and wants to investigate it, but I haven't been able to grant her permission for safety reasons. I originally planned to escort Miss Ceylon to investigate the volcano after this business negotiation, but it seems... the young lady is still so energetic."

Hei said helplessly. She felt a little regretful. Would it have been better if she had told Ceylon to wait a while and she would accompany him?

"Umm, volcano?"

Orson looked out the window and could easily see the large conical bulge on the horizon at the far end of the "coast" not far away.

"Speaking of which, one of Kal'tsit's purposes for coming to Xiosta this time was to investigate the volcano... But there shouldn't be any problem with the volcano, right? According to the Xiosta travel brochure, hasn't that volcano erupted in 300 years, and it even 'suppressed' the Scourge's attacks?"

Orson asked curiously. That place didn't look like a dangerous area, so Hei shouldn't need to be so worried or nervous.

"No, the description of Xiosta in the brochure is actually somewhat different from the real situation. Although the volcano is advertised as a completely safe area, Xiosta has actually just recently made the volcano area off-limits to tourists. The reason is that a large number of Originium worms have been found in the obsidian mining area and the surrounding area of the volcano. The behavior of these Originium worms is extremely abnormal, and they will even actively attack passers-by."

Hei took a look at the Xiosta Tourism Brochure that could be seen everywhere. As the chief of security, she knew at a glance how many of these fancy words were carefully embellished lies.

"The enraged Originium bugs that are actively attacking humans..."

Hearing the familiar situation, Orson held his chin and thought for a moment.

Orson has encountered several Originium worm riots, the largest of which were the Originium worm riots in the north during the guerrilla period and the collective attack of infected creatures in Lungmen.

Orson is not a professional catastrophist, but even so he more or less understands that when the Originium worm behaves abnormally, it is usually caused by some changes in its habitat.

In other words, something is changing in Xiosta. It could be the climate, the water level, the shifting of tectonic plates, or perhaps... a natural disaster.

Although I feel it is necessary to remind Hei, as I said before, Orson himself is not a professional natural disaster scholar. This kind of scientific idiom, such as "swallows flying low means it will rain", cannot attract the attention of the public. Instead, it may be used by people with ulterior motives to cause panic among the people.

I'll see the specific situation later when I observe with Kal'tsit. Although the old lynx's business ability is as terrible as Miss Ceylon's tea-making skills, he can still beat me in academic research.

"Anyway, I think I understand. The current situation may not be as serious as 'the young lady ran away from home'. Can you contact Miss Ceylon?"

Orson understood the reason for Hei's impatience and asked if he had any contact information.

"No... I can't get in touch with her yet. Miss Ceylon must have brought some detection tools with her when she went out, and those detection tools may have interfered with the phone's signal."

——Oh, this is really troublesome. These signals have so many restrictions.

Orson, a humanoid self-propelled 24-hour base station, sighed like this. After all, unlike the single-band mobile phones made by his own "tuning" source stone skills, most of the communication equipment in the Terra world have more stringent requirements for the signal environment quality.

"Then it seems that I have no choice but to go and fetch this reckless scientific research lady myself, right?"

"Hmm... well, maybe this is the only way."

Hei responded with some difficulty and confusion.

It can be seen that Hei's entanglement and urgency at this moment are not disguises, but real facts.

This mysterious young lady from the Filin tribe, who at first glance seems not to show any emotions, actually unexpectedly reveals emotions that are very close to those of ordinary people when facing Ceylon.

——Hmm... I can understand why Miss Hei was so impulsive towards me before.

After seeing with his own eyes how important Ceylon was to Hei, Orson could understand the security chief's previous rude behavior towards him.

——Put yourself in her shoes. If a guy who looks extremely bad at first glance, whose origins are unknown but who seems to be extremely cunning, suddenly appears next to Tallulah, I would definitely be very anxious.

Orson thought so in his mind. Originally, he wanted to imagine himself as the "handsome and evil" that Hei had imagined. But after trying for a long time, the imaginary enemy in his mind turned into Miss Black Snake posing in a small skirt.

——…Thinking about it carefully, it seems that Miss Black Snake really fits this setting.

Initially, Osentalla's attitude towards Black Snake was indeed completely opposed to her, but later, as the integration movement gradually got on the right track, Tallulah's determination gradually became firmer, and Black Snake's obsession that had lasted for thousands of years gradually dissipated. Now, Miss Black Snake is no longer as frightening and disgusting as she was at the beginning.

——I never thought that I could get along with Miss Black Snake like this.

Thinking so, Orson looked up into Hei's eyes.

——That's right, if even Black Snake can become like that, then Miss Black and I can definitely become very close friends! Please rest assured, Kal'tsit, I will definitely build a good relationship with Miss Black!

Orson thought so in his heart, clenching his fists tightly with a determined look on his face.

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"Ah!"

On a cruise ship on the sea in Xiosta, Kal'tsit sneezed while sitting at a table near the floor-to-ceiling window.

"What's wrong, Dr. Kelsey? Is the temperature in the room a little too cold?"

The mayor of Xiosta City, Ceylon's father Hermann, sat opposite Kal'tsit and immediately asked with concern.

"No, whether it's the scenery, the environment, the food, or the temperature, everything you arranged is impeccable, Mr. Hermann."

Kal'tsit responded by shaking her head.

"It would be best if it suits your taste, but you seem a little gloomy. Are you worried about the condition of the young man from Liberi who's traveling with you?"