39. Living here , I feel so lonely!

Liora, sitting on the back, pounding while angry.

"Bad Manor Lord, you bullied Sister Lalatina."

Noah, below, retorted.

"No way. Just now was an accident, I really didn't mean it… Who am I, how could I do such despicable things… Stop thinking badly of me… No, I'll eat you right now."

Lalatina, cheeks flushed, perhaps from embarrassment mixed with shame. She hurriedly interrupted to explain.

"Liora, you can't say that. Just now was a misunderstanding, an accident. I don't think someone like the Manor Lord could have improper intentions like that…"

"Right, only Lalatina is the most sensible, you all should learn from her…"

…

The sun rose high, sunlight pouring, but in this manor, no sign of warming, a chilling cold touched the bones. In the room, Noah sprawled on a wicker recliner, draped with a warm velvet cloth. Around, three maidens of stunning beauty stood attending.

"Liora, why is your face so red… Have you never touched someone else's hand before?

You should learn more from Luna here… Relaxed…"

Liora, at this moment, face red to the ears. She had never heard of massaging hands before. First time touching, even rubbing and kneading the hand of a strange man, and this man was a senior who lived who-knows-how-many years…

"Manor Lord, this is my first time doing this, not very good, I'll try to learn from Sister Luna well. Surely, next time will be better."

"Alright, remember that… I'm looking forward to your next time…"

…

Suddenly, a tremor surged through. On the left side of Man Bull Mountain, a massive crack appeared, tearing across the sky, a tentacled monster slithered from the void.

Its form was enormous, with eight tentacles, a giant eye in the center of its head, constantly glancing around.

As it fully emerged, space trembled, light vanished, a heavy, depraved aura pressed down, spreading in all directions, that giant eye's gaze causing living beings to cower in fear and despair wherever it looked.

It roared. A low, heavy sound distorted the surrounding space. With it, a tentacle lashed straight toward the manor. A sense of inescapable doom locked the souls of all living things below.

Just as the tentacle was about to strike, a stone statue at the manor's left corner stepped forward heavily. In a strange stance, it hurled a stone spear directly at the monster's tentacle.

The spear shot swiftly, unstoppable, easily piercing the tentacle and aiming for the giant eye. But the monster's eye suddenly turned pitch black, an endless void. The pupil vanished, and the monster's form began to blur.

Yet the spear still sped forward, unyielding, its majestic, unstoppable force like a meteor shattering everything in its path, piercing straight to the eye. A flash of light, the octopus-like monster slowly disintegrated, vanishing into the void. The stone statue withdrew hand, the spear flew back. Holding the spear, the statue paused briefly, then heavily returned to its place.

Space returned to clarity, warmth, as if what appeared was just a fleeting dream.

…

Lying on the recliner, Noah was looking at a newly appeared notification.

System reports: Manor has eliminated an intruder, per the void treaty. Procedure: Deployed Four Guardians Protector.

After reading, glancing at the three maidens before him. Their faces showed confusion, panic, yet still stunningly beautiful.

"No need to panic, just now were some… stragglers… But they've been suppressed. Continue."

Seeing Noah's calm expression, the awe in the three's hearts grew even greater…

"Yes."

Looking at their awe, the expressions on their faces, outwardly Noah appeared composed, but inside, his heart was blooming.

Face tilted at a 45-degree angle, eyes gazing far, sighing dreamily.

"You must be curious. Actually, this manor is the junction separating the endless void and the world of living beings… Keep massaging…

When you arrived, you came through the eastern gate, from the world of living beings, guided by Heavenly Dao. But the western side is chaos, creatures there are very different. My manor stands in between, ensuring no creature crosses between the two realms…"

A melancholic gaze, reminiscing, looking at Lalatina…

"It's a noble honor, and also the chain binding me here… Keep moving your hands…

So, incidents like just now will happen often. No need to be too frightened. I'm still here, you can rest assured, if I'm not here, then all things would wither, living beings would suffer…"

"So, especially you, Liora, don't think badly of me. Be like Luna and Lalatina here. Understood?"

"You must treat me well, I'm truly lonely here…"