Yu Sheng and Erin brought Hu Li downstairs.

The next important thing was to find a place for the demon fox girl to sleep.

"There's an empty room on both the second floor and the first floor," Yu Sheng said, standing in the corridor of the second floor, pointing to the door opposite his room, "This room is opposite my room, it has been used for storing some miscellaneous items, but it's quite clean. The empty room on the first floor doesn't have any stuff in it, but it also lacks furniture, and it hasn't been cleaned for quite a long time. There's also a basement, but although it's spacious, it's very damp, not suitable for living."

"I'm fine with whatever Savior arranges," Hu Li nodded and said while casually pulling out a biscuit from her tail, nibbling on it bit by bit, "No matter what, it's better than the valley."

Yu Sheng's gaze uncontrollably fell on the demon fox girl's bunch of fluffy tails, still unable to comprehend how the girl managed to hide things inside them.

Just like he couldn't understand how Hu Li's tail could weave through her clothing — it seemed like those tails passed directly through her clothes like a phantom, without the need to make a hole in her pants, but those tails swiping around occasionally touched things nearby, obviously being of solid structure.

One could only say, demon foxes are truly magical.

"What's that room for?" At that moment, Hu Li seemed to have suddenly noticed something, raising her hand to point at the door at the end of the corridor and asked.

"That one... theoretically, it's Erin's room," Yu Sheng followed her pointed finger, looking over with a slightly odd expression, "But that room is having a little problem right now..."

"A little problem?" Hu Li, pulling out half a pack of instant noodles from her tail, stuffed the noodle cake into her mouth and chewed while curiously asking.

"After opening the door, the state of the room isn't very stable, and I still need to observe it for a while," Yu Sheng said, finally unable to stop the twitching at the corner of his eyes upon seeing Hu Li continuously pulling things out of her tail, "… How much stuff have you stuffed in there?"

"I took a shower, passed by the living room, and all the food Savior gave me, I stuffed them inside," Hu Li held the instant noodles, wearing a satisfied smile on her face, "I didn't touch anything else."

Then, she looked at the room at the end of the hallway again, and very seriously commented: "Savior's abode is quite magical."

Yu Sheng stared blankly at Hu Li's bunch of tails, pondering that this girl was more magical than his "abode"… How did she stuff all those things in there? Was her thing like the pocket of that round-arm blue fat man?!

He pondered this inwardly for a long while, but in the end he put these questions aside for the moment and pointed at the room opposite his: "Then you can live in this room for now, there's actually some furniture inside apart from the miscellaneous items, later you can help me move all the messy stuff to the basement… I'll find you a set of clean bedding."

Hu Li immediately nodded happily: "Great!"

Erin on the side also joined in the enthusiasm: "Great! Moving stuff, moving stuff, I love tidying up!"

"You just stop joining in the chaos," Yu Sheng looked down at the little doll (66.6cm), "Not as tall as a box, later if you fall down the stairs while moving stuff, breaking arms and legs, they'll still need fixing."

Upon hearing this, Erin instantly became furious, rushing over and energetically jumping just to kick Yu Sheng right on the knee: "Yu Sheng, you bastard!!"

Yu Sheng cried out louder than Erin had jumped.

Hu Li looked on somewhat blankly at this scene but quickly realized it was just the friendly daily interaction between Savior and Erin, her brief concern turned into a happy smile—and then she pulled out a sausage from her tail again.

...

Deep within the old district, a seemingly ordinary private clinic from the outside, Doctor Lin Yi, who had deep brown shoulder-length hair and wore a white coat, was frowning as he looked at the right arm of the girl in front of him.

Little Red Riding Hood sat across from Doctor Lin, her arm laid out on the table, wearing a sleeveless T-shirt. The missing-sleeved dark red jacket hung on a coat rack near the door.

"Doctor Lin, is it serious?" Seeing the doctor in front hadn't spoken for a long time, Little Red Riding Hood couldn't help but ask.

"This time isn't serious—but your problem is serious," Lin Yi lifted his head, his gaze somewhat annoyed, "How many times has it been now? Your injuries never stop. If this goes on, your side effects from the metamorphosis will have almost no respite, your body and psyche won't have enough time to recover. It might be fine this time, but there will definitely be a major issue in the future."

"I know, but the situation was really urgent at that time, and there was no other choice," Little Red Riding Hood's gaze shifted slightly away, "We were chased by an entity with a danger level of above three, with a tendency for mental contamination. Being able to come out alive in one piece is already a miracle..."

Lin Yi took a deep look at the girl in front of him, didn't say any more, but took a surgical scalpel from the side, and without hesitation, sliced across his own arm.

In the next instant, a cut appeared out of nowhere on Little Red Riding Hood's right arm in the same location. Dark red blood instantly gushed out from the wound, but it seemed as though it was absorbed by some invisible force, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

The black lines that covered the girl's arm started to fade rapidly, disappearing.

"Thank you, Doctor Lin…" Little Red Riding Hood bowed her head, sincerely thanking him, "I'll transfer the consultation fee to you after settling with the Special Service Bureau."

"Forget it, this time I'll do you a favor and won't charge you," Doctor Lin Yi sighed, looking somewhat helplessly at the girl across from him and hesitated a few seconds before continuing, "…I know you are their 'parent,' but you should also save some money for yourself, look how thin you are."

"I got it, I got it." Little Red Riding Hood pouted, making an impatient face.

"Just this line every time," Lin Yi shook his head and carelessly tossed the scalpel into the porcelain dish beside him, adjusting his posture in the chair, "Since you're here today, let's do an assessment ahead of time—when was the last time you 'dreamed'?"

Little Red Riding Hood immediately shifted her seating position, her expression growing serious and attentive: "Three days ago."

"In the dream, was it from the perspective of a human or a wolf?"

"Two-thirds of the time as a human, one-third as a wolf—with a moment as the 'Hunter.'"

"Who did the Hunter shoot at?"

"The wolf."

"Good, it seems relatively stable," Lin Yi rummaged through a cabinet nearby, took out a form, and then grabbed a ballpoint pen from a cup on the desk. Scribbling on the paper and getting no ink, he tried another one, still no ink, and frowned, "…It must be those two new assistants, each one writing as if they're carving stone with all their might..."

She rummaged in the pocket of her white coat for quite a while until she finally found a pen that worked and began recording rapidly on the form, continuing to ask questions as she wrote: "Did you see 'Grandma' in the end? Was it a human or a wolf?"

"…A wolf."

"Judging by your expression… were you caught?"

"I was caught, but that part of the memory is very chaotic. The last thing I remember is escaping out of the forest with the Wolf Pack."

Lin Yi paused, frowning tightly, tapping the side of the table irritably with the ballpoint pen: "Then there is still some risk. When you leave later, take syringe number 2 interventional agent with you. Inject it intravenously before you sleep tonight. I'll put the cost on your tab."

"Okay."

Next, Lin Yi asked several more questions in succession, to which Little Red Riding Hood answered honestly.

This was the "assessment" she had to go through every month, and like her, every member of Fairy Tales had to undergo this regular assessment.

In the Boundary Land, there were actually many "doctors" capable of conducting such assessments and providing corresponding "treatment." However, Doctor Lin was the one she was most familiar with.

The lengthy "questionnaire survey" finally came to an end, and Doctor Lin wrote a conclusion at the end of the form that read "temporarily stable, observation required" and then took a long breath.

Little Red Riding Hood saw the conclusion at the end of the form, and despite the girl trying hard to keep a calm façade, a relieved smile still broke through.

"You know how to worry, huh?" Lin Yi glanced at Little Red Riding Hood, "If you're really that scared, take better care of yourself. Don't end up like the last Little Red Riding Hood…"

She suddenly stopped and did not continue.

Little Red Riding Hood also fell silent, and the clinic was enveloped in a suppressed quiet for a while.

After what seemed like a long time, Little Red Riding Hood suddenly felt warmth in her hand.

Doctor Lin placed her hand on the girl's.

"Little Red Riding Hood, you are different from the others—at least from the other Fairy Tales members I've come in contact with," said the young Exotic Doctor, staring intently into the girl's eyes, her tone serious and grave, "Your wolves... the ones you first tamed, they're close to you. Even though I can't feel it directly like you can, I can tell they're willing to protect you.

"So, the chances of you successfully reaching adulthood, even undergoing Feather Transformation, are higher than others'. But it's because of this that you can't squander this gift just because you're more stable than others. You need to find ways to stay alive, to live longer, understand?"

Little Red Riding Hood was silent, and after a long time, she finally nodded gently: "…Yes."

In the shadow beside the girl, a few pairs of faint green eyes quietly emerged, with one pair drawing closer, a tongue reaching out from the shadows, tenderly licking her fingertips.

Lin Yi sensed the change in aura in the shadows, but she didn't look that way. Instead, she got up from her chair, walked over to the corner's refrigeration cabinet, and took out a syringe glowing with a faint luminescence.

"Here you go, interventional agent number 2, just happens to be the last one left. I'll give it to you for half price—hurry up and settle the bill when you get paid, you owe me several thousand now."

"Thank you, Doctor Lin."

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