Chapter 42: Klisa Is a Lying Bad Child

"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere, Klisa?"

Inside the meditation room.

A faint ticking sound echoed.

It originated from the mechanical clock hanging on the wall.

The hands swept across the markings, emitting a steady and elegant ticking. Each click, each swirl, carried time toward a more precise next moment.

Xu Xi reached out, wrapping his hands around Klisa's arms and waist, helping her sit up in her dazed state.

The girl's reaction was slightly sluggish; after a moment, she shook her head blankly.

"No…"

"Mm, then I am relieved."

His furrowed brow relaxed.

Xu Xi settled the girl, took out a roll of homemade blocking bandages, and carefully wrapped them around her, circle by circle.

Those hidden Demon Race characteristics were in a very sensitive state; if not treated, they were very likely to reappear.

If it were more serious, it might even affect the girl's control over her body.

Therefore.

Xu Xi used the blocking bandages to wrap her, layer by layer, utilizing items made from these magical Materials to carefully seal and suppress Klisa's remnant horns and scales, letting them fall completely silent.

Circle after circle.

The white bandages wrapped around most of Klisa's body.

Especially the remnant horns on her head, which were tightly wrapped by the bandages, leaving not a single gap.

Xu Xi reached out to touch them, then stepped back a few paces to inspect, confirming there were no omissions before letting the girl stand up.

"Klisa, you must keep the bandages on for the next few days. If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, remember to tell me."

Xu Xi instructed.

"Yes, I will remember."

Klisa responded softly.

Her small face was expressionless, already appearing pitiful and listless. After being wrapped in bandages, that sense of shattered fragility became particularly obvious, like a broken toy forcibly stitched and pieced back together.

Hollow eyes, pale lips, a frail body.

Every part of her had suffered silent torture.

Although those wounds had long since healed, the pain of the past remained deeply engraved in unseen places, making the bandage-wrapped witch appear even more pitiful.

"…"

Klisa had nothing else in her eyes, constantly watching Xu Xi's figure. After finishing the surgery, Xu Xi began to pack up the tools and Materials.

That was originally supposed to be done by Klisa, but Xu Xi did not agree.

He insisted that Klisa, having just finished the surgery, continue to rest.

Ah… Ah ah…

She had truly become a "human".

Klisa lowered her head slightly, reaching out to touch the top of her head where her horns used to be, unable to believe that the Demon horns that had brought her misfortune had disappeared so easily.

In the past, whenever people saw those deformed and twisted horns, they would scold and beat the girl.

In countless painful days and nights, the girl had fantasized about letting these misfortune-bringing Demon horns disappear.

However.

The dream came true today, yet her heart remained completely calm.

It was not because of an emotional defect, but rather a natural feeling that such a thing was not worth being happy about at all.

Whether it was the Human Race or the Demon Race.

The girl had long since stopped caring about such things.

The reason she wanted to become human, the reason she had to become human, was simply because she felt that this appearance was more suitable for standing beside that man.

"If I become human, I should be able to get closer to him, right?"

Klisa's thought was just that simple.

Just a little bit more would be enough; just getting a little bit closer would be enough, and she would be able to more clearly feel that warmth, that beam of light.

Subconsciously.

Klisa reached out toward Xu Xi.

Tentatively, hesitatingly, she extended her small, bandage-wrapped hand that was trembling.

The girl, who had been quiet like a doll for so long and lacked a will of her own, had for the first time wanted to do something, but halfway through, she silently retracted her hand.

It was not allowed, it was not permitted.

How could an "object" presumptuously get close to its master?

Klisa thought this, slowly withdrawing her small hand. Although she liked Xu Xi so much and wanted to stay closer together, she had to recognize her own status and position.

"Klisa?"

Suddenly.

Xu Xi noticed Klisa's movement.

Looking at the girl's hand frozen in mid-air, like a half-closed sensitive plant, neither advancing nor retreating, he seemed to have misunderstood something.

He took the girl's hand on his own initiative, his tone full of apology:

"Sorry, I delayed things for so long today; Klisa must be exhausted."

"I will take you back to your room."

After speaking.

Xu Xi held Klisa's hand and walked on the ground, step by step, careful and gentle, heading toward the bedroom that belonged exclusively to the girl.

Several times along the way, Klisa wanted to speak.

To say that she was actually not tired.

To say that she could walk on her own.

But somehow, feeling the warmth from his palm, all words were stuck in her throat, unable to utter a single syllable.

She only wanted to feel more, to experience more.

She even wanted time to stop eternally at this moment.

"Sorry, Mother… Klisa has become a lying bad child…" As this thought emerged, Klisa subconsciously gripped that warm, large hand even tighter.

Only at this moment.

She absolutely did not want to let go.

…

[Your modification of the witch's external image was very successful. After four days of tight bandaging, you removed the bandages for Klisa, and what appeared before you was a very beautiful human girl.]

[There were no deformed and twisted horns.]

[There were no protruding, ugly scales.]

[From head to toe, Klisa showed no trace of Demon Race physical characteristics. No matter who saw her, they would only think she was a human girl.]

[You were very happy, because this meant that from today on, Klisa's life would completely change.]

[You had adopted Klisa for nearly a year. Although in this year, she had never expressed the desire to go out, nor did she want to come into contact with anyone other than you.]

[But you always felt that Klisa's life should be richer, rather than limited to this small courtyard.]

[Taking this opportunity, you decided to gift a wand to Klisa.]

[The witch, who had already been promoted to an Official Mage, urgently needed a handy wand to bring out her proper strength.]

The wand was brownish-tan.

The main body was carved from ash wood.

Slender and elegant.

At the same time, it was inlaid with several magic gems, which could store a large amount of magic power in advance as a mage's strategic reserve.

This wand, named "grey rekindling", was not cheap, but Xu Xi felt it was worth the high price.

Therefore, Xu Xi bought the grey rekindling and gifted it to Klisa.

Besides this.

He also bought a spatial ring separately.

As a mage, a wand and a spatial ring were indispensable necessities.

"Thank you, I like it very much."

The moment she received the gift, Klisa was still in an expressionless state, but judging from her slightly trembling eyelashes, Xu Xi felt she must like it.

"Try it out and see if it suits you."

Xu Xi smiled and began to teach Klisa how to manipulate the wand more conveniently, as well as various experiences that a mage needed to know.