"Why five?" Even Anita Talia was curious this time.
"What the eyes see is not necessarily real..." LAN blinked innocently, not ready to explain too much, "Anyway, you and Garcia will come for a rehearsal before the dance begins."
Anita Talia simply didn't ask. It was just a matter of waiting for two more days.
In two days, LAN took Anita to all of Rosemary's tailor shops and ordered dozens of dresses. And Anita got a glimpse of the situation from the two puppets he had ordered to fit her.
"Puppet spells are demonic spells, aren't they?" Anita Talia suddenly asked.
"Um." " Seeing the girl's hesitation, LAN had to explain, "This spell was taught to me by a deity who has a good relationship with my brother." Lilith, the moon demon, is not an exaggeration to call him a deity.
There was obvious disbelief in Anita's eyes.
"These are things you can't explain." LAN gave a wry smile, "zero is infinity, and the end is the beginning. God and devil are one, one wanes and the other rises. -- This is all about the world, understand it, and then you can become the new god or demon, beyond it, and then you will surely be free from the shackles of life and death."
"I don't understand the first sentence, I know the second one." Anita Talia stopped dwelling on the question.
For the rest of the day, Anita stayed in LAN's dormitory, and even Garcia was not allowed to ascend the seventh floor where LAN lived. And LAN was constantly learning how to dress, not his own clothes, he wasn't so mentally handicapped as to be, he was learning how to dress girls in banquets!
An ordinary dress is not as simple as putting it on. Every crease must be placed in the right position, every ribbon must be tied up to the right tightness, and there are many other trivial matters that need to be taken care of, such as matching the jewels and shaping the hairstyle.
"Now it is known that being a noblewoman is not an easy thing." Looking at herself in the mirror, who was bewitzingly beautiful, LAN finally showed a look of satisfaction.
"Humph." Anita Talia could not find a proper word to describe her mood at the moment.
She had seen the transformation of LAN with her own eyes. The young man's bones, under her gaze, had turned into the form of a sixteen-year-old girl, and her long, glowing red hair almost reached the ground. She even wondered if LAN was originally a woman, because when LAN, in the form of a young girl, was naked before her, revealing her flawless body, she could not find the slightest trace of the LAN she knew.
Even transfiguration could not have achieved such a perfect effect.
If it weren't for the fact that the face didn't change at all... But even so, the face she was familiar with had become extremely charming under his deliberate adornment.
"Well, that's it." LAN picked up her clothes, turned into the bathroom, and came out back to her original state.
"LAN..." Anita hesitated for a moment. "Alex could not recognize you. Even I, watching you change to the final state, did not have the courage to call you."
"Silly girl." LAN smiled, her pretty fingers touched the girl's chin, and a kiss that was just right was imprinted on her lips. "I can teach you this ultimate transfiguration later."
"Why should I learn this? I don't have to become a man." Anita Talia frowned, Ultimate Transfiguration? It fits the spell perfectly and can be so realistic as to be indistinguishable from the real thing.
"It's not human that can transform." LAN continued to tempt her, "Elves, dragons, or strange things, as long as you can imagine them, you can transform them."
"I'll learn!" " This time Anita Talia didn't think about it, so that she could pretend to be a monster, a goblin or something, do something bad when she was bored, and no one would notice.
"So you can pretend to be a monster or a goblin and do something bad, right?" LAN chuckled and said, "The bad things in your little head are probably all those girls who stick to me."
Anita Talia stuck out her little tongue in frustration, "You know again."
Two life-sized dolls, under LAN's manipulation, quickly grew flesh and blood. LAN cut her finger and smeared her blood on the eyes and lips of the dolls, then took out two fix-sized fluorescent red crystals and embedded them in their bodies. Immediately the dolls came to life, and they now maintained female bodies. Under LAN's command, they took out a dress and changed into it.
This time it was much easier than Anita instructing LAN, after all, the puppets had the memory of the vertical line in some way.
Soon two beauties of different styles appeared before the eyes.
"Now you can call Garcia up." "LAN said.
"I'll go and get the sticker, but..." Anita Talia's playfulness got the better of her. "Garcia can't see you today, but I'll see if he can recognize you tomorrow."
LAN shrugged nonchalantly, "He will surely recognize you."
Anita Talia went downstairs with a look of suspicion. Soon, five invitations were thrown on the table. She had been busy all day and was tired. She decided to go back early to rest in order to get enough energy to watch the good show tomorrow night.
The much-anticipated ball was coming in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the women who filed into the carriage, he did not understand what method LAN had used to change his appearance, nor did he understand how the other two women had done it. The only thing he knew was the expression of the girl's reluctance after he had correctly pointed LAN out in front of Anita.
The general plan had already been told to him.
"Garcia!" Anita called his name, and the girl's character grew more lively day by day. Sometimes she went crazy, and even Garcia found it unbearable.
"Huh?"
How did you recognize LAN? Anita was very curious. She would have at least hesitated for a moment, but he recognized LAN at first sight, perhaps because she hadn't known LAN for a long time, the girl consoled herself, from clinging to LAN at the beginning to now regarding Garcia, Osirena, Emilia as her companions, her heart had been changing all along.
From being cursed by the closest to being saved by LAN, she shouldn't have been so easily trusting of others, but she loved LAN's warmth, which made her unable to have the heart to retaliate, and a world without hatred was so beautiful, and she couldn't bear to destroy her own happy life with her own hands.
"It feels so warm," she said. Gasiah suddenly laughed, "What? You can't recognize it?"
"Humph." And she really doesn't recognize it!
"You must not have felt it carefully." Gasiah got the chance but didn't plan to get a tenth back in front of Anita. "You never pull the wrong person when you lean on LAN, and you never tell."
Anita thought about it too. When she rubbed against LAN, she was sure she wouldn't rub it wrong even with her eyes closed. That warm scent was something no one, no spell could imitate.
In the blink of an eye, the carriage reached the house of Princess Elaine. It turned out that Princess Elaine was Alice's sister, and because of her intelligence since childhood, she was favored by the queen, so she was made a princess, adopted as a daughter, and bestowed this house.
The noble woman standing with Alice at the entrance of the hall must have been Princess Elaine, with her pale golden curls beautifully tied up in a bun, and her forehead ornaments, earrings, necklace, along with the jewels adorning her dress, made her shine brightly.
"Though she is a beauty, she is obviously lacking in the sense of beauty in her dress." LAN was critical of the beauty, though only Gasiah and Anita could hear her voice.
The two doll beauties stood quietly on either side of LAN, and this time LAN even changed the color of her hair and eyes. Please stick one of the five and none of them have LAN's name on it. The blonde doll is called Xun, the brown-haired doll is called Yu, and LAN is transformed into a woman with blonde hair and green eyes named Huan.
Gasiah dutifully introduced her master one by one, and Princess Elian, who had to entertain other guests, only had Alex accompany them into the hall.
"Of these three young ladies, one is dressed by LAN, but you have only one chance to choose." Gasiah whispered in Alex's ear.
As soon as they entered the hall, the three young ladies mentioned by Gasiah received the invitation at once.
Miss Xun, a quiet and shy doll, was surrounded by a large crowd of suitors, and even some nobles nearly fought over her.
The proud and bold doll girl, generous and unpretentious, is like a beautiful butterfly constantly dancing with different partners one after another, not feeling tired at all.
But Miss Huan, played by LAN, is the most captivating. His pale white hair, paired with his delicate face, is so elegant and refined. However, on such a face, there is a pair of emerald eyes, which not only do not spoil his elegance but give the whole person a strange feeling.
In Anita Talia's words, if LAN was an angel sent by the gods to save her, then Huan was a demon sent by the devil to deceive all living beings.
Gasiah frowned. He really didn't know that LAN's acting skills could reach such a talent. At this moment, even he would never recognize Miss Huan as the LAN he knew!
If even Garcia thought so, then Alex, needless to say, immediately ruled LAN out of the only possibility.
And that's what LAN intended. From the very beginning, it was a bet that Alex was bound to lose. If he had been a man who didn't play by the rules, he would have had a chance to catch a dead mouse, but Alex was a man who couldn't be more normal, so he was bound to lose.
As the ball came to an end, Anita did not accept anyone's invitation and just pulled Gasiah to dance.
Princess Elain seemed unhappy, but she managed to maintain her status as the main character by her own worth, though she did not show her dissatisfaction to the crowd. Her early education allowed her to treat women who were more beautiful than herself calmly. She would envy, but not be jealous, and her displeasure was directed entirely at the noblemen.
Alex finally chose Kaoru, the result LAN had expected.
Gasiah and Anita sighed sympathetically, then pointed at Huan, who was still refusing the escort of the nobleman one by one and laughing unrestrainedly.
Alex looks at the goblin at the door in astonishment. Could it be LAN? !
"Let's talk somewhere else." So flirtatious, is this LAN?
Gasiah bumped into Alex quietly, and the young man came to his senses. "Please come with me."
"Your Highness the princess, come along too. Otherwise, if those noble young men keep coming to inquire about the identities of the young ladies, Your Highness will probably be troubled too." "Annitalia said, after playing such a big game, one must inform the master.
"I know about your bet, and I just want to see this one..." For a moment, Princess Ailen did not know how to address LAN.
"Just call me LAN." Turning into the side hall, there were only seven people left in the large room. The glowing red flames flared up from the soles of LAN's feet and quickly devoured him, but the brilliant flames had no warmth at all!
This is absolutely contrary to common sense. After the flames, there is LAN, dressed in a fiery red robe. "First meeting, I am LAN." He said with a smile to Princess Ailen.
"Then the other two?" Alex looked at the two beauties behind LAN.
They are not human beings. "LAN said, scattering the magic from the puppets, two red crystals flew back into his palm, and the two puppets lay down on the ground, with specks of scarlet blood on their eyes and lips.
"Well, what do you want?" Alex gave a wry smile. He didn't forget their bet.
"May I see your collection?" LAN did not directly state his purpose, while Anita, on the other side, had already set out to wipe the bloodstains from the eyes and lips of the figure.
"I'm afraid you'll be disappointed..." Alex did not hesitate. "This is the only crystal ball in my collection for now." Willing to accept the bet, though he had a vague sense of LAN's purpose.
"Then it must be him," LAN said without the slightest courtesy. When the matter is done and you can leave, saying goodbye to Princess Ailen and leaving the gate, he suddenly turned around again, "If you are in trouble, let Gasiah bring you to me, though not qualified, but since you are willing to give me your only collection, I will accept your intention."