61. Dual Personality?
“Name: Shangguan Ziyuan.
The rest: omitted.”
This time, the system thoughtfully only showed her what she wanted to see. The girl’s name was correct, not changed into something strange—as if!
What she wanted to see wasn’t the name, but whether this Shangguan Ziyuan, currently rubbing against her chest with her tail wagging happily, had taken the wrong medicine.
Well, in a sense, she had!
“System, help! Qiu Shui is smiling, a very creepy smile!”
Gong Yiling’s gaze was fixed on Qiu Shui, sensing a strange dark aura emanating from her. She had a premonition that her already low affection level with Qiu Shui would plummet to absolute zero.
“Notification: Based on the host’s request, the system provides the following analysis of possible similar situations: Report Title: [A Little Fox’s Oedipus Complex]. To view the detailed report, press 1.”
Gong Yiling: “…”
She had lost. She wasn’t the rebellious daughter; this Shangguan Ziyuan was.
Having zero experience with this situation, Gong Yiling could only sigh. “Um… can you get off me first?”
“Big Sister, do you not want to be close to Ziyuan?” Shangguan Ziyuan looked up, her eyes filled with a pitiful expression.
Don’t look at her like that! She couldn’t handle it.
With her heart, not other body parts.
“Get down and eat something. Where’s the fish you stole from me earlier?”
“Ah… the fish!”
At the mention of food, Shangguan Ziyuan straightened up and looked around, quickly spotting the dust-covered fish skewer on the ground.
“Mmm…” The fox girl’s lips pouted, her ears and tails drooping sadly.
Fox girls were indeed creatures that evoked sympathy.
Miss Gong seized the opportunity. “It’s fine, I’ll grill you another one. Get down first.”
Shangguan Ziyuan tilted her head, thinking for a few seconds, then jumped off Gong Yiling.
Miss Gong finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But she didn’t idle.
To appease the strangely emotional Shangguan Ziyuan, she quickly grilled another skewer and handed it to her, then went to sit beside Qiu Shui.
“Master, are you close with the Fifth Princess?”
Hearing this, Gong Yiling almost slipped.
“No, not at all,” she quickly explained to Qiu Shui. “Her Heavenly Fox bloodline just awakened. She probably mistook me for a relative.”
“Then why didn’t she mistake Qiu Shui for a relative?”
I can’t answer that question!
Gong Yiling scratched her head, but Shangguan Ziyuan answered for her, albeit haltingly.
“Qiu… Ming… is… also… a good person…”
Looking at Shangguan Ziyuan, her hair and tails had returned to purplish-red, and her eyes were back to normal.
Her demeanor and aura were completely different from the black fox.
Seeing this, Gong Yiling had a bold thought.
Could this be… a dual personality?
Normally, she was the shy and timid Shangguan Ziyuan. But when pushed to the limit, her “dark” personality would emerge, acting completely opposite to her usual self.
Was this the system’s so-called personality change…? It was a drastic change.
Thinking this, Gong Yiling wanted to confirm the trigger for this personality switch.
As she grilled the fish, she said,
“Her name is Qiu Shui. Qiu Ming is just an alias.”
“Qiu… Qiu Shui?”
Hearing Shangguan Ziyuan say her name, and seeing her docile demeanor, Qiu Shui’s displeasure dissipated.
“Why don’t you go and say hello to her? Get closer?” Gong Yiling suggested.
Qiu Shui nodded, put down her half-eaten skewer, and sat down beside Shangguan Ziyuan, starting a conversation.
Initially, Shangguan Ziyuan kept her head down, but after a while, her hair changed color again, and she became more talkative.
But compared to Gong Yiling, this Shangguan Ziyuan showed a certain resistance towards Qiu Shui, like a territorial instinct.
Seeing this, Miss Gong understood.
This personality, a protective one, emerged when the original personality was “threatened.” But it was also a personality born from her newly awakened bloodline.
Although mature, talkative, and cheerful, she retained some animalistic traits.
Territorial, possessive of a maternal complex, and more unrestrained and impulsive.
If the current personality was an overly shy noble lady, then the other personality was a wild child.
But that wasn’t the main issue.
The main issue was…
That shy little princess, with some training, could have been manageable.
But how could she explain this to the Heartflame Empire?
Your princess was almost killed, and although I saved her, she’s now a fox girl with a dual personality.
Although true…
Who would let such a princess become the Empress!?
Wouldn’t that mean failing the quest?
Wouldn’t that mean not getting the fox girl cosplay outfit?
Wait… not getting the cosplay outfit… shouldn’t she be happy about that? She wasn’t planning to wear it anyway.
Then it was fine?
Just as she was thinking this, the system’s voice echoed in her mind.
“System notification: Failing a timed quest will result in a penalty, such as transforming the host into a loli version of Gong Yiling from seven or eight years ago, never to grow up.”
What?
What the hell?
Gong Yiling: “System, I’ll fucking—”
A string of curses was censored by the system. After venting, Gong Yiling had a splitting headache.
Although she had no idea what to do, she could only take it one step at a time.
“Qiu Shui, and Ziyuan, let’s go.”
“Okay.”
“Alright, Big Sister.”
Hearing this, Shangguan Ziyuan clung to her like glue.
Fortunately, she reverted to her original personality at that moment and obediently followed Qiu Shui, sparing the already stressed Gong Yiling further headaches.
—First… they should return to the city. She didn’t know if the carriage driver had reported the dead body to the guards.
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