Don't let it affect you...

This has nothing to do with me, completely unrelated, just a transaction...

Silently repeating these words in her heart, warning herself again and again, giving herself psychological hints, the girl looked at the scene before her and finally felt that her mindset had become somewhat normal. However, there was still a feeling of unwillingness and bitterness in her heart, always feeling that these things should have been hers.

On such a significant day, encountering such a thing, how could one remain calm?

Miss Ah Shi, with her very traditional views and thoughts, found it difficult to completely detach her sense of belonging from this matter. After all, at the end of the day, all this was built on the foundation of "it's her own marriage," and inevitably, she always subconsciously felt that this was her big day.

No matter how much she tried to convince herself that this was a deal, mutually beneficial as agreed beforehand, there was no way to truly let go and become entirely indifferent...

"Hey, Ah Shi, Ah Shi, do you think I look good in this wedding dress?"

Miss Tamamo no Mae was now completely immersed in happiness, paying no attention to her temporary friend's feelings, eagerly holding the wedding dress to herself, and couldn't help but look at the girl opposite as she asked.

"It looks... good..."

Oda Chi's expression suddenly became a bit stiff, but she still gritted her teeth and nodded vigorously as she said this.

What kind of torture and torment is this!

Can this Miss Fox Spirit first fulfill her promise to help herself leave this place, rather than sitting here feeling so uncomfortable?

"It looks good... hehe, that's great." Miss Tamamo no Mae's eyes curved as her smile became even brighter. She held the wedding dress high, then couldn't help but rub it against her face fiercely. The happiness was undeniable, intoxicatingly overflowing.

Watching this scene, even Oda Chi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

After coming to her senses, she couldn't help but sigh lightly. Is this really the legendary Nine-tailed Demon Fox? No matter how you look at it, this appearance is so endearing. Even as a fellow woman, she couldn't help but be moved...

So...

What is Lord Mo thinking?

"Miss... the auspicious time is approaching."

Just at this moment, someone outside gently knocked on the door. It was the maidservants who came with Oda Chi softly reminding from outside.

"Huh? Ah, okay, I-I understand..."

Oda Chi suddenly became flustered, stammering her response to the outside, while looking at the opposite side with pleading eyes, afraid something might go wrong.

"Don't worry, I'm here. Since it's been agreed, it won't change..." Miss Tamamo no Mae nodded very seriously, giving her a reassuring look, then turned to look in the direction beyond the door, and said—

"Alright, you all come in for a moment. I can't manage these clothes alone..."

The voice and tone had directly turned into an Oda Chi template, even the details were captured very realistically, cleverly conveying that weak and flustered nervousness of Miss Ah Shi. Not to mention the maidservants outside couldn't detect the flaw, even the real one was dumbfounded.

In fact, a person should be quite unfamiliar with their own voice, but even Oda Chi herself felt like she was hearing herself speak.

This proved that this Fox Elf wasn't simply mimicking voice and tone, but was using an Illusion Technique that made everyone hearing her speak subconsciously think it was Oda Chi speaking, completed by the impression in their mind. Thus, even the real one felt it was just like that.

Because her impression of her own voice was like that.

The door opened, and several maidservants flooded in one after another. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Of course, they ignored the real Miss Ah Shi sitting by the bedside and instead chirping surrounded what they thought was Miss Ah Shi, discussing all sorts of novelties of Rice Leaf Mountain, and the warmth of the people here, while busily helping the miss into her elaborate wedding dress.

Miss Tamamo no Mae sat there blissfully, letting them do as they pleased.

But at that moment, her face suddenly changed slightly, sensing the ritual that was ongoing was suddenly invaded by a force, a mysterious magic power fluctuating unpredictably, attempting to distort the rules repeatedly, rewrite reality, interfere with the "probability" of various phenomena happening, trying to force the occurrence of fundamentally impossible phenomena.

Damn...

The Master actually still wants to resist!

With slender fists clenched, Miss Tamamo no Mae was unreasonably annoyed, she knew why this was happening, but she wouldn't give up.

Moreover, she had prepared the ritual for so long precisely to prevent such a situation from arising. At least now, the Master was at a disadvantage, unable to resist this Authority power of the "Counterpart Country" level!

Yes, Miss Tamamo no Mae must succeed today!

......

"What to do, what to do, what to do..."

Thinking these words in his mind, on the other side, the already heavily adorned Gu Mo was extremely anxious, repeatedly initiating the Power of Lies, but unfortunately, as expected, it didn't create an effective impact on the Authority power suppressing him.

As contemplated before, the Authority power isn't something that can't become a Skill Badge, the reason it hasn't appeared as a badge is because it hasn't been fully mastered, transformed into power that belongs to himself yet.

After much effort over this period, he narrowly made it in time for this critical moment, finally condensing the Skill Badge of the Power of Lies, very rapidly equipping it in the Skill Bar, letting the God of Mischief's Divine Power cross universe dimensions instantly, projected onto his body.

But the skill tier was decreased, far from enough to shake this adverse situation.

Couldn't crack it, couldn't destroy it...

Miss Tamamo no Mae certainly didn't play around, she came prepared. Such poor sportsmanship.

What to do? Continue like this and... A few beads of cold sweat appeared on Gu Mo's forehead. They were almost back...

Wait! There's another way!

A ridiculous idea suddenly flashed in his mind, but Gu Mo's eyes immediately lit up. He thought of a way to rise from the ashes, at least better than the current situation...after all, as the saying goes, don't worry about scarcity, worry about inequality. If things continued as they were, it would be a true dead end.

And if they followed the crazy idea that popped into his mind, it might seem worse, but practically it was the only way out!

Do it now! No time left!

"Self-Transformation" activated instantly, rapidly reallocating his total attributes, trying to lump the unused portions into the Spirit and Intelligence attribute values, bringing his temporary assessment as close as possible to his true normal level...

Tried it once, confirmed still unable to directly confront the power of Fox's Marriage, Gu Mo took a deep breath.

Lie—

Distort!

Simultaneously, the Power of Authority in conjunction with Mind Power operated at full capacity, interfering with the "probability" of various phenomena occurring, forcibly making the impossible happen.

......

...

"Finally back... huh?"

Within the festively decorated room, the shadow of a black-haired girl suddenly appeared, returning to her own time, Miss Saito exhaled softly, then looked around somewhat puzzled.

"This, is this Rice Leaf Mountain Castle? How did we return here directly, shouldn't it have been back to that Chuye Village or something? And is there a celebration today?"

She looked towards her elder sister's direction in astonishment, only to find there was no one beside her.

......

In the room not far next door.

Hidechika also furrowed her brow, looking around in some shock, yet before she could react, there was a knock on the door outside.

......

Meanwhile, on the other side.

"This is..."

Walking through the Teleportation Gate and raising an eyebrow, Kikyo found herself in an elegant room, rather than the scenery of the cool Moon Surface City she should have returned to. She looked around, the red candles exuding a festive vibe, everything set up somewhat...

Strange.

"I... opened the gate to return, right? Could it have been intercepted by someone?" Hiri's face was filled with shock, unable to fathom how they ended up in such a peculiar scene by crossing the Teleportation Gate?

The next moment, there was a knock on the room's door.

A woman's voice spoke softly outside—

"Miss, the auspicious time has come..."