“Flute?” Jenson spat out.Baby Robbie nodded.Jenson exclaimed, “What a ferocious hypnotist! She made me sleep for six hours straight and lose a part of my memories. If she had hypnotized me into murder or arson in those six hours, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have been able to control myself.”Baby Robbie said, “You’re quite right. Once you left the Mammoth Courtyard last night, you merely walked toward the direction of our rental place like a puppet. While we were halfway back, a python appeared out of nowhere and attacked you. I threw this seal out in a moment of desperation and that’s how I managed to save your life.”Baby Robbie explained the full details of what had happened last night to Jenson again.When Jenson heard this, he was utterly petrified.“Madam Nephele is indeed sly.”Baby Robbie played with his seal admiringly and said, “Before this, I always thought that it was bulky and a hindrance. I didn’t expect that it could save our lives last night. I’ll have to remember to
Jenson’s eagle-like pupils burst into rays of light when they spoke of hypnotism. He looked toward Baby Robbie, high in spirits as he asked him, “Say, who’s better in hypnotism, me or Madam Nephele?”Baby Robbie was still as absent-minded as always when answering. “You’ll know once you compete with her.”Jenson nodded while saying, “Great idea.”He looked at Baby Robbie while harboring malicious intentions and called out to him gently, “Robbie?”Baby Robbie looked up and saw a black shadow floating in front of him. It appeared to be a dragon-like creature at times, and occasionally, it shape-shifted into a wild goose… Baby Robbie asked in astonishment, “What are you?”“Robbie…” A melodious female voice rang in Baby Robbie’s ears.“Who are you?” Baby Robbie narrowed his pupils, and his consciousness was gradually entering a psychedelic state.“I’m a descendant of the Davis clan, and I’m here to ask you for something…”“Davis clan? Are you Madam Nephele?”Jenson bewilderedly loo
“I remember when Daddy taught me hypnotism, he once said that the space a hypnotized person enters is something related to the real space. Therefore, what the hypnotized person does and says inside of it has a certain significance to its actual reference.”“So what you’re trying to say is that Madam Nephele is also searching for a book in reality?”Jenson knocked on his head and said, “But how did the information of Madam Nephele looking for a book get inside your head?”“I didn’t know that she was looking for a book before!” Baby Robbie shouted out loud.Jenson rolled his eyes at him and explained, “No. You do know. Your brain cells have stored this information, and you were only able to say it out loud after getting hypnotized.”Baby Robbie placed his hands on his hips and said in bewilderment, “What you said has a certain scientific truth to it, but I’ve never been in contact with Madam Nephele before, so where did I get such a piece of information?”Jenson’s gaze suddenly shi
Upon hearing this, Baby Robbie slapped the fragrant wood log to the ground and scoffed. “Then don’t touch it. Otherwise, you’ll have its lingering fragrance all over your body and perhaps provoke another wild animal.”Jenson said, “I’ll go take a shower.”When Jenson was washing up, Baby Robbie scraped off some powder from the fragrant wood log and secretly placed it into his sachet bag. Then, he wrapped the fragrant wood log tightly, making sure that the smell no longer permeated the air before returning it to its original place.Once Jenson was done, Baby Robbie hurriedly threw his clothes at him. They needed to hurry off to school after getting dressed. “Hurry up. We’re going to be late. If the teacher reports us to Mommy, we’re screwed.”The school bell rang as soon as the two stepped foot into the classroom. Baby Robbie was still panicking while saying, “We’re lucky we got here on time.”Jenson touched his sunken belly and asked Baby Robbie, “Did we forget to have breakfast
The teacher gave it a thought and waved her hand at him, saying, “Go, go, go. Make it quick as well.”He ran out of the teaching block and quickly caught up with Jenson.The two had their meals in the cafeteria, and Jenson said nothing the entire time. There was a heavy look on his face, as if he was deep in thought about something.Baby Robbie waved his hand in front of his eyes and asked, “What are you thinking about?”Jenson abruptly grabbed his hand as if something had stirred him up. “Madam Nephele is very likely here for Boye.”Baby Robbie was stunned. “Are you saying that she’s doing so many things to force Great-grandma to show herself?”Jenson loosened Baby Robbie’s hand while saying, “But Great-grandma has left Imperial Capital. If she doesn’t show up, will she continue doing more preposterous things?”Baby Robbie reminded him, “Jens, Madam Nephele is Grandpa Jacob’s woman. She might be stirring up havoc at this moment purely to fight for the Ares family’s benefits.”
When Baby Robbie and Jenson saw the woman standing in the middle of the room, both of them were stunned still.“You actually entered our house without destroying our fingerprint lock. How peculiar, indeed. I’m getting more and more interested in you, Madam Nephele,” said Baby Robbie with a casual look on his face.Madam Nephele slowly turned around and saw Jenson and Baby Robbie standing beside the door. Her cold face was shrouded by another layer of chill.“Return my belongings to me,” said Madam Nephele furiously.Baby Robbie walked in and said, “You’re already in here. Can’t you look for them on your own?”Madam Nephele retorted, “I’ve searched around but you brats hid them away, so I can’t find them.”Baby Robbie smiled and said, “And here I thought that you possess remarkable abilities that could shoot yourself to the moon and back. I didn’t expect you to be so bad at turning the room upside down. Wait here, I’ll take your things out.”Then, Baby Robbie turned around and en
Madam Nephele looked at Jenson in disbelief. “Weren’t you hypnotized by me?”Jenson replied, “You used the same old trick. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, well, you get the gist.”Madam Nephele grinned at him, saying, “You truly are extraordinarily wise. It’s a pity that your time is up.”She suddenly took out the wooden flute again and began playing a tune. A couple of thin and black young snakes crawled out of her neckline and sleeves not long after.Jenson, who was a neat freak, merely thought that these young snakes were gross, so he jumped a couple of steps back.Baby Robbie came out of the bedroom while drooping his head. He muttered to himself listlessly, “Strange. I clearly placed it in the drawer, why is it gone?”When he looked up, he saw a bunch of tiny snakes crawling out of Madam Nephele’s clothes. Baby Robbie hurried over and pulled Jenson, who was filled with nothing but disgust, behind him.“You have to be careful, Robbie,” said Jenson in a concerned t
Madam Nephele was already having a tough time fighting all of them at once, but now she was being besieged by the enraged Ares sisters. Vigorous punches and kicks landed on her face and body. She was quickly bruised and became bloody all over. Her aged yet charming face was currently as swollen as a pig’s head.Ultimately, she lay lifelessly on the ground while wailing in anguish, “Stop! Stop! I concede!”Baby Robbie leaped down from the window sill and walked toward Madam Nephele. His bright and beautiful pupils were filled with frost, and as if it happened inadvertently, he slammed his foot down on Madam Nephele’s hand. He asked, “Why are you trying to harm my mommy?”Madam Nephele seemed to be on her last breath as she said, “I have my own diplomatic mission.”“What mission?”“I’ll never tell you.” Madam Nephele would rather die than yield.The sisters very rarely saw such a furious Baby Robbie. Yet, at this moment, they had a flash of realization as to why Baby Robbie had del