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Chapter 140 The Cohabitant in the Mansion
The mansion was filled with the tranquil aroma of old wood and black tea.
Kuonji Yuju sat on the sofa in the hall.
Opposite her, a blond man wearing a large black cloak sat in a proper posture.
The man's clear, emerald-green eyes held a hint of curiosity, like that of a newborn baby.
He quietly surveyed the Victorian-style furnishings and stained glass windows in the hall.
Yu-chu held her teacup, her gaze seemingly calm, but in reality, she was considering how to deal with this "contractual partner" in her mind.
"Bang!"
Just then, the gate of the mansion was pushed open.
Accompanied by a flurry of footsteps, Aozaki Aoko's energetic voice suddenly rang out in the hall.
"Ah! Yuzhu, why didn't you wait for me?! What's going on with that big pit in the back mountain? What happened...?"
Aoko's voice abruptly stopped.
As she stepped into the living room after changing into slippers, her bright blue eyes widened instantly as she stared in shock at the unfamiliar blond man sitting on the sofa.
The man heard the sound and turned to look.
Late at night, in a Western-style mansion, a tall, unfamiliar man wearing only a black cloak...
Aoko's brain only froze for a second.
Since Yuzhu is still sitting there drinking tea and nothing has even appeared, it means that the scene is quite harmonious.
Aoko understood everything in an instant and then felt relieved.
"Ah...so there are guests here?" Aoko coughed twice, trying to cover up her earlier lapse in composure.
She swallowed the question, "Did you catch anyone after the barrier was broken?" and said, "Then I won't disturb you any longer. I'll go upstairs first..."
"The culprit behind the destruction of the barrier is the man in front of you."
Yuzhu put down her teacup and casually offered the answer to the question that Aoko hadn't asked.
Aoko stopped abruptly, turned around, and looked at the man in front of her with disbelief in her eyes.
The barrier was so badly damaged, leaving such a huge crater, and the culprit was this man?!
The man did not refute her, but gave Qingzi an apologetic smile.
Those emerald green eyes were as clear as a spring, without a trace of the violence of an intruder.
"Are you kidding me?" Aoko thought to herself.
Given Yuzhu's extremely territorial nature, how could she bring the person who destroyed the barrier home unharmed?
Could this man have a terrifying background that even Yuju fears?
"Hello, I'm Aozaki Aoko, and you are?" Aoko asked tentatively.
"Excuse me, miss, I..."
"He said he damaged his brain and can't remember anything," Yuzhu coldly interrupted the man.
"However, he expressed a strong desire to compensate for the losses caused."
Therefore, his current status is that of "my property," for which I have signed a contract, and he will begin working at the mansion to pay off his debts from this day forward.
"This is outrageous!"
Aoko rubbed her temples in pain and sat down on the sofa.
"It's a living, breathing person, do you think it's a stray cat you picked up?"
Okay, even if someone has amnesia, they still need to be addressed, right?
"Hey, you really don't remember your own name at all?"
Aoko gave it a triple tap without even taking a breath.
The man looked intently at Qingzi sitting beside him and shook his head slightly:
"I'm very sorry, miss, no matter how hard I try to recall, my mind is completely blank. If you'd like, please give me a name."
"Hiss... Listen to that extraordinary tone of voice..."
Aoko couldn't help but rub the goosebumps that had risen on her arms.
In this modern society, how can there still be people who speak in a tone that sounds like they came from a medieval court?
She turned to look at Youzhu, "What are you going to call him?"
Yuzhu picked up the freshly brewed black tea and said expressionlessly:
"Since he is a blank slate, there is no need to give him a name. In the realm of magic, a 'name' is an extremely powerful 'spell' and 'binding'."
Giving him a random name could lead to uncontrollable risks; just call him "Nameless" or "Number One" is fine.
"turn down!"
Aoko slammed her hand on the coffee table in front of the sofa, unable to hold back her complaints:
"Do you think you're assigning numbers to your fairy tale familiars?"
If someone comes to check the water meter and collect the electricity bill in the future, am I supposed to introduce myself to them as "Hello, this is my house number one"?
I'll definitely get arrested by the police as a pervert who illegally imprisons men!
Aoko felt even more confident after glancing at the blond, handsome man next to her who seemed harmless and even a little bewildered.
Yuzhu frowned slightly, seemingly agreeing with Aoko's assessment: "So, what do you want to be called?"
"We need a decent human name that can handle ordinary life..."
Aoko rested her chin on her hand, her azure eyes beginning to scan the man's body with unbridled fervor.
Blonde hair, blue eyes, and deep-set features.
Even just sitting there draped in a cloak, his upright back and broad shoulders exuded a deadly aura.
"I have to say, this guy is way too good-looking," Aoko muttered to herself.
"With blond hair and blue eyes, he has the air of an English knight who has stepped out of a medieval picture book."
"Let's just give him any name that suits his face, like... Lancelot? Charlemagne? Or..."
A flash of inspiration struck Qingzi. She snapped her fingers and casually said:
"Arthur! Look at him, he's just like the legendary King Arthur who pulled the sword from the stone. How about we call him Arthur?"
The moment the word "Arthur" casually slipped out of Aoko's mouth.
"Thump!"
The man, who had been sitting quietly, involuntarily stiffened.
The instant that syllable reached his eardrums, his heart, which had been dormant, suddenly roared uncontrollably, like muffled thunder!
The man's pupils suddenly contracted, and a flicker of emotion, which even he himself could not understand, flashed in his emerald green eyes.
He instinctively raised his hand and clutched his chest tightly, his brows furrowing in pain.
"What's wrong with you?!" Aoko was startled by his sudden and violent reaction, and thought that the man might be having a heart attack.
"No...it's nothing."
The man slowly lowered his hand, looking at his palm with a somewhat bewildered expression:
"When I heard that sound just now, my heart... was pounding really hard, like something was about to burst out."
Sitting to the side, Yuzhu noticed even more, her dark eyes fixed on the man she had taken in.
As someone who had entered into a contractual relationship with a man, she felt the surge of magical power that erupted in that instant more clearly than Aoko.
The moment the word "Arthur" appeared, the hidden fairy tale contract mark on the back of her hand became so hot it felt like it was about to burst into flames.
That is, the man's soul resonated with that name in some way.
"Could it be... that Aoko actually guessed his real name by sheer luck?!"
Without making a sound, Yu-ju pulled her burning right hand back into her sleeve. In mysticism, the awakening of the true name signifies the re-establishment of the soul's anchor point.
"Since your body responds to this sound, then use it."
Yuzhu put down her teacup, looked into the man's eyes, and after careful consideration, spoke:
"From this day forward, in this mansion, your name will be—Arthur."
The man looked at Aoko, then glanced at Aozaki Aoko beside him, who looked smug, as if to say, "See? I have such good taste in naming things."
Although his mind was still blank, for some reason, when the name actually landed on him, he felt a familiar sense of security.
He stood up, his black cloak fluttering slightly with his movement.
He placed his right hand naturally over his heart and bowed slightly to the two girls:
"I understand. Well then, I'd like to greet you both again. I'm Arthur. Please take care of me in the days to come."