Roy didn't hesitate and quickly stripped off his clothes and jumped into the pool.
The water in this pool was bone-chillingly cold. Even though Roy's Constitution stat was already as high as 57 points, he could still feel a coldness seeping into him from the outside.
"Little Roy, soak in the water for a bit. I need to go prepare some things."
With that, Elizabeth left the basement.
Roy soaked in the pool for about five minutes, feeling like he was about to shrivel up from the cold, before he saw Elizabeth return.
Elizabeth had changed her attire. She was only wearing a black, transparent gauze robe, with nothing underneath, making her look mysterious and alluring.
The guy was holding a basin in his hands. Because Roy was soaking in the pool, he couldn't see what was in the basin, but logically, it should be some kind of liquid.
"Don't move!"
With that, Elizabeth poured the contents of the basin over Roy's head. Instantly, a strong, bloody smell assaulted his nostrils.
"Ah, what kind of blood is this?"
The water in the pool was dyed bright red, startling Roy.
Elizabeth saw through Roy's thoughts.
"Little Roy, don't worry, this isn't human blood. It's sheep's blood."
Roy sniffed carefully and indeed could smell a hint of mutton in the bloody scent. He was relieved.
Immediately afterward, Elizabeth took out a silver dagger and made a cut on her fair, jade-like arm. A drop of blood fell into the pool.
The water in the pool instantly heated up, changing from bone-chillingly cold to scorching hot, and even started bubbling.
Even with Roy's partial demon bloodline and naturally high fire resistance, he felt like he couldn't handle it.
"Little Roy, endure it!"
Since Elizabeth had said so, Roy had no choice but to grit his teeth and bear it.
However, Roy didn't have to endure it for long. Elizabeth also stepped into the blood pool and hugged him in her arms.
Compared to the scorching blood pool, Elizabeth's body temperature felt cool and refreshing, making him feel very comfortable.
Then, Elizabeth leaned close to Roy's ear and whispered seductively.
"Now, let the show begin."
The sword blank was placed into the charcoal fire!
Roy felt like he was being quenched in a furnace, yet Elizabeth's skin was cool.
The heat of the blood pool, the coolness of Elizabeth, the heat of the furnace—the feeling was quite peculiar.
Especially since Elizabeth also used the illegal move from the competition, the koala hug, practically hanging completely onto Roy.
This really tested his core and abdominal strength.
Fortunately, after his trip to Los Angeles, Roy was no longer the same. All his stats had increased by at least 10 points, and his combat power had greatly improved compared to a month ago.
During the battle, Elizabeth also spoke into Roy's ear with heavy breaths.
"Remember, little Roy, your life is mine. I don't want to see you getting involved with any shady women!"
This was probably referring to Asmodeus. Elizabeth never cared when Roy fooled around with other women before.
It was only after smelling Asmodeus's scent that Elizabeth's expression would change drastically.
It seemed that the conflict between the King of Sloth and the King of Lust was even greater than Roy had imagined.
Roy initially thought that the two sides had some entanglement of interests, but now, judging from Elizabeth's tone, it seemed that there was more of a personal grudge between the two demon kings.
What kind of grudge could it be?
This kind of gossip was quite intriguing. After all, Asmodeus was once a subordinate of Belial, ranking thirty-second among the seventy-two pillars of Solomon in ancient times. At that time, he was just a mid-ranking demon, but he eventually rose to become Asmodeus, one of the seven princes of Hell.
This was even more exaggerated than the ascensions of Beelzebub and Mammon, who were at least the leader of the seventy-two pillars and ranked seventh, respectively—both were high-ranking demons.
Roy suspected that Elizabeth's conflict with Asmodeus might be due to this.
However, Elizabeth's domineering words still made Roy very dissatisfied. He didn't refute her verbally but expressed his attitude through action.
Demon Transformation!
Frenzy!
He'd drag them all down with him!
The sudden change in size made Elizabeth's eyes widen. The majesty of the demon queen almost faltered.
Then, Roy silently dragged Elizabeth down to the bottom of the blood pool, catching her off guard.
In the blood water, Roy felt as relaxed and comfortable as a fish. He didn't expect his expert-level water sports skills to come into play for the first time in this situation.
And because Elizabeth wasn't good at underwater combat, she was actually suppressed by Roy for the first time in a fight.
This made Roy very excited, and he began to output even more violently, wanting to seize the initiative and turn the tables completely!
[Ding! Obtained Belial's Conquest Treasure Chest! Open it?]
He didn't know how long had passed, but the blood-red color in the pool gradually disappeared, returning to its clear state. Only a black, transparent gauze robe floated on the surface of the water.
After a while, Elizabeth emerged from the pool and picked up the black gauze robe to drape it over herself.
Then, Roy, who had returned to his normal form, also popped his head out of the pool.
"I must say, little Roy, you always manage to bring me some surprises!"
Elizabeth conjured a chair and gracefully sat down, savoring the feeling from just now.
This ability to create something out of nothing was truly enviable. Roy wondered how Elizabeth did it.
Roy looked at Elizabeth with a tired expression. Although he had indeed won, it was a pyrrhic victory.
"Teacher Elizabeth, how long do I have to soak before the mark is completely gone?"
Elizabeth looked at Roy strangely.
"Mark? It was directly removed after my blood dropped in just now! You can come up anytime."
Roy opened his mouth, realizing that everything afterward was just to satisfy her, wasn't it?
The ritual to remove the mark took ten minutes, while satisfying Elizabeth took three hours. This was truly...
Very much in line with Elizabeth's personality.
Roy climbed out of the pool speechlessly and put on his clothes.
"Teacher Elizabeth, where does the underground water in this pool come from?"
"You mean this? Actually, this underground water is connected to the pool at the Great Falls."
The Great Falls was the scenic spot outside Gravity Falls, and the main source of income for the town's tourism industry.
"That pool? But why is it so cold?"
"Hehe, because this pool has a passage leading to Hell. That's how I came here."
Elizabeth's words reminded Roy of the movie Jennifer's Body. Indeed, there were hints that the pool at the bottom of the Great Falls was connected to another world, but Roy didn't expect Elizabeth to have come to the human world through this passage.
This also reminded Roy of another place, room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel.
"Teacher Elizabeth, are there many such passages connecting to Hell in this world?"
"Yes, there are indeed many, but most of them are sealed off after being discovered. However, new passages will always appear."
Roy looked puzzled, and Elizabeth continued to explain.
"The distance between different worlds isn't static. Just like celestial bodies, they are always in a dynamic process of change. So, from time to time, some space-time passages will appear for various reasons. Some are not discovered and nothing happens, and they will close themselves later. Others are discovered, or some accidents occur, and then they will be sealed off.
And this pool is the Hell passage that I discovered and stabilized."
So that's how it was. Roy looked thoughtful.
"Alright, little fellow, shouldn't you be going home? Considering your good performance today, I can give you a little reminder. That little one at your house has been acting a bit strange lately!"
The little one at home? Was she talking about Emma?
Before the trip to Los Angeles, Lilith had once reminded Roy that Emma was a witch who hadn't awakened yet and told him to be careful.
However, because Allen Berg was urging him, Roy didn't deal with Emma's matter and only asked Lilith to help keep an eye on her.
Could something have happened?
Roy quickly sped up getting dressed, but because of the large movements, his lower back faintly ached.
Damn it, his Constitution still wasn't high enough!
Seeing Roy's small movement of supporting his lower back, Elizabeth laughed.
"Little Roy, you still need to work harder! Teacher has high hopes for you!"
Roy glared at Elizabeth fiercely, feeling like he had turned into poultry being evaluated by a customer.
Just you wait, before long, I'll make you call me Daddy just like Eluriel!
Huh, why did he suddenly think of Eluriel?
Roy shook his head and left Elizabeth's estate.
It was already late at night. Roy first drove back to his own house, only to find that no one was home.
After listening to the messages on the answering machine, he learned that his parents had gone on a business trip for a few days, and Emma was currently staying at Niddy's house temporarily.
Well, the matter between Roy and Jennifer and Niddy had already been understood by both families.
And Niddy's parents, Arthur and Rebecca, didn't openly oppose the three of them being together because Roy had saved Niddy's life.
As a result, the relationship between the parents of the two families became better and better, and they would help each other out with anything.
Great! Might as well go to Niddy's place to take a look!
Roy put away his luggage and then drove to Niddy's house.
"Roy, you're back!"
Niddy, who opened the door, looked at Roy with surprise and then hugged him uncontrollably.
Although Roy had been chatting with Niddy on MSN almost every day while he was in Los Angeles, this feeling definitely couldn't compare to hugging each other face-to-face and pouring out their hearts.
Sure enough, absence makes the heart grow fonder. After being apart for a month, Niddy actually had the courage to hug him主动.
Then Roy wouldn't be polite and directly captured the other party's rosy lips.
"Mmm—"
Niddy didn't struggle and greedily took what was offered, as if trying to make up for all the longing of the past few days, forgetting that they were right at the doorstep.
"Niddy, who is it?"
Rebecca called out from inside the house, quickly waking Niddy up. She immediately wanted to break free from Roy.
But the war was initiated by Niddy, and when the war ended would depend on Roy's will.
Roy naturally wouldn't let go of Niddy so easily, but at this moment, he heard light footsteps, as if someone was secretly watching.
Releasing Niddy, Roy saw Emma standing at the corner, looking at him and Niddy kissing with a blank expression, a strange look in her eyes.
Being seen kissing by someone, and a child at that, made Niddy very shy and she couldn't help but punch Roy a few times.
"Mom, Roy's here!"
As soon as she heard that Roy was here, Jennifer also came out.
"Roy, you're back!"
Roy noticed that after Jennifer appeared, Emma immediately shrank back, looking very afraid of her.
"Yeah, I'm back."
Jennifer also gave Roy a warm hug, practically clinging to him like a koala.
Compared to Niddy, Jennifer's "body" missed Roy even more.
However, with Niddy and Emma present, Jennifer was too embarrassed to kiss Roy directly.
"Roy's here! Are you sure you want to be affectionate at the front door?"
Rebecca walked out of the house and happened to see Jennifer clinging to Roy.
Jennifer immediately became shy as well. Even the campus queen had her embarrassing moments, and she quickly pulled Roy and Niddy upstairs to hide in the bedroom.
As for Emma, she could only watch the three of them enter the room with a complicated expression.
"Roy, did your trip to UCLA go smoothly?"
Niddy was the first to ask Roy how his talks with UCLA went. After all, it concerned whether the three of them could attend the same university in the second half of the year, and this was the most important thing in her heart.
"Very smoothly. If nothing unexpected happens, we'll be classmates at UCLA in the second half of the year."
Ever since Roy had made some promises to Allen Berg, the latter had become very proactive, not only getting UCLA to agree to Roy's previous conditions but also helping him negotiate even more favorable terms.
Indeed, as long as people have enough benefits, they will exploit themselves.
"That's great!"
Niddy and Jennifer were both very happy.
Afterward, the three of them began chatting about interesting things that had happened during this time. Although some things had already been said on MSN and in text messages, the feeling of saying them face-to-face was still different.
Especially the two new incidents that happened to Roy on his way home.
If there were no surprises, Ashley would definitely continue her studies at Oakwood High School. Roy decided to give Jennifer and Niddy a heads-up.
Jennifer pouted.
"Looks like you had a pretty good time during this period, no wonder you have such dark circles under your eyes!"
Actually, Jennifer had already learned about Roy's romantic affairs from Lilith, the other soul residing in her body, and she had already silently accepted this fact in her heart.
But accepting it was one thing, and seeing and hearing it firsthand was another.
However, the main reason for Roy's dark circles was the exploitation by a certain unscrupulous teacher, and it didn't have much to do with this trip to Los Angeles.
Niddy, on the other hand, didn't care. As a genius girl with outstanding intelligence, she could also vaguely sense some things.
"As long as the three of us can continue to live happily together, I'll be satisfied!"
Niddy hugged Roy and Jennifer. After experiencing the Pennywise incident and the near-death danger, this was her true feeling from the bottom of her heart.
The three hugged each other, quietly enjoying this warm moment.
Then, Roy suddenly remembered Elizabeth's previous reminder.
"Jennifer, there's something I want to talk to you about privately."
Jennifer and Niddy in the same frame
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